Poor boys make bad rulers. Viz Hasbeen and Vladimir Lenin coincidentally.
Lenin’s last quote was; ‘Better Fewer, But Better’.
And a further coincidence; Lenin ended his days in a wheelchair.

Beware Hasbeen!

Hasbeen,

<<Only a fool would believe that most of those "in need" are there through any reason but their own lack of effort.>>

The world of reality causes your statement to come crashing down.

My friend in his 60s has had a massive stroke that has caused him to be wheelchair-bound for the rest of his life. "His own lack of effort" did not cause the stroke. I support the "Stroke Foundation" to engage in more research to investigate what causes strokes so prevention might be attained.

Christians are being slaughtered around the world because of their belief in Jesus Christ. That is not "their own lack of effort" but those left behind need support. That's why I support the "Voice of the Martyrs."

And for the more base-level thinkers among us in an ever expanding and non-inclusive society, let’s observe the dog pack and the baseline imperatives of Mother Nature herself! Viz.

In every park there are dog owners blissfully ignorant to the fundamental purpose of Fido fetching a stick.

Fido is in operation mode of the most fundamental of animal instincts: Bringing home the bacon!

A sharing caring fundamental ingrained by Mother Nature into all of life. Like God, unseen, but everywhere.

What the dog owner should do, is extend the play into tug-of-war: The game plan to reduce the catch in size to share among all the pack, young and old.

The Wolf pack, when moving, moves at the pace of the slowest animal, usually the old dog.

We are building an uncaring society by excluding the lower forty percent from a home; and progressively, now the rented accommodation has evaporated.

If you, like Lenin, take the attitude as he did, evinced by his last recorded quote on his dying breath, ‘Better Fewer, But Better“, you also miss the point of life, and maybe have a need to spend some time in a wheel chair, and mellow out!

Dan

Alan B- You can pick up cheap old panels off Gumtree (a few hundred dollars for a 1000 watts of panels) usually people replace their whole systems when they upgrade- you can use the panels- but you may need a TA to fit them if you don't have the skills or capability. There's a fair bit of red tape to get stuff done- but if you're completely off grid there may be more flexibility. Some just mount them on the ground on wooden frames rather than on their roof.

Some people may be willing to help you just so that they can understand how solar fits together. There's some risk but there is everywhere.

There's youtube videos to help you. But yes some people believe that "what's their's is their's and what's your's is their's".

If you put your heart at someone's feet there's a pretty good chance they'll put their boot on it- so you have to have a shield- some might say that's a bit aggressive but there you go

Thanks C.M. I'll keep that in mind. And better/more useful, than some of the, bone headed, it's all down to you, commentary
Cheers, Alan B.

Take care Alan B.