1. 20 March 2005

    1297 days ago

    Living on the Cheap | Ask MetaFilter

    Suggestions as to how to obtain food on a budget: cook for yourself with fruits, beans and vegetables – a little meat mixed in.

    via Kjell Olsen1297 days ago

  2. 31 January 2005

    1346 days ago

    2004 Police Auction Schedule

    I want a new bike this spring, and the minneapolis police auctions look like the place to get one. April 15, I’m gonna put it on my calendar.

    Kjell Olsen1346 days ago

  3. 04 January 2005

    1372 days ago

    Maris Freighter Cruises, Question and Answer Guide

    Boy – traveling on freighters looks inciting… Here is a large german shipping company’s travelling faq.

    6) What Will My Fellow Passengers Be Like?
    They are often an affluent but unpretentious lot who relax on board in shorts and sandals, lie reading a book in a deck chair, hearing nothing but sea gulls and waves. Ashore, they visit places they have read about and dine quietly in the fresh-fish restaurants.
    Large groups and organized activities are not for them. Rather, the excitement of discovery is their motivation. Often they are people who can take lengthy periods of time off … such as teachers, entrepreneurial types who run their own businesses, retired people, etc.

    All I can possibly disagree with is this:

    And while the Internet is not available, email can be arranged through the Captain’s office free of charge.

    via Kjell Olsen1372 days ago

  4. 1372 days ago

    Internet Guide to Freighter Travel

    Ride the waves, cheap, on Ocean Freighters. Probably not glamorous, but I bet those ships are incredible!

    via Kjell Olsen1372 days ago

  5. 03 October 2004

    Vagabonding

    1465 days ago

    Author Rolf Potts lays out his methods and ideas and how he manages to travel the world whenever he wants. Vagabonding is a very interesting book with lots of good resources for the beginning “vagabonder.”

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