 What do you eat? Where does that food come from? What are your long-term plans for sustainability and Oh, some nice kind words. Thank you We're slowly increasing the percentage of food that we grow ourselves, which I'm very happy about I'd like it to go faster, but as long as we're increasing that it's good. So we're still buying a lot of food from town We also buy stuff from From neighbors around here who grow stuff. We just bought a whole bunch of yam pee, which is like Kind of like yucca. You don't know what yucca is. It's a root thing. It's it's a potato with the skin roughly and Let's see. What do we eat? We eat everything Like I I'm omnivore. I eat anything I Make a lot of pancakes when my pancakes are like mostly coconut and banana And then a little bit of other stuff So we eat a lot of coconuts because I have unlimited coconuts and then you know tropical things like bananas yucca What else is grown here, I don't know. I just eat everything Deshaena makes bread and she has a kombucha thing going so she makes that and some other fermenty stuff Yeah, we we see lots of different stuff. Oh, we eat fishes. I have a fish trap out in the Bay right now And sometimes I go fishing when I have time Huh, I roughly covers it right. Yeah, when do we get to see what you've done on the other island pretty soon? I'm like Over 90% of the way done the section that I I need to get done before I can really do anything there So pretty soon presuming I don't like you know hurt my knee anymore Which is feeling pretty good right now, but I'm still taking today off. Just want to make sure it heals Why am I living on a different island than than Deshaena? Well, he says and the three minions the girls the kids Will live in both places they I will have bedrooms for them and they'll have bedrooms here, too And the other island is not far like I'm planning on setting up some parabolic dishes So we can talk through them to each other, you know old telephone style Uh, we also have walkie-talkies like I'll only be on a different island If we have 24 hour communication So if anyone needs anything and it's not far we can go back and forth very easily Um And then yeah, one of the reasons someone answered the question here another reason is that I wanted to make a place that's more hidden for various reasons It's just nice to have a place that Like some some tourists came by this morning and just drove up to my dock and I'm like Hi, and then they just turned around and left And you know, it would be kind of nice to have a place that's hidden where strange people aren't just going to drive up Because they don't even know anything's there that that'll be nice Oh, what's my favorite material to work with? Ah, it depends what I'm making. I really like masonry because it's long lasting. I really like stainless steel because it's long lasting I guess I really like Materials that last long and those are not the easiest materials to work with For sure, but you know, I'd rather drill a hole through stainless steel Which is five times harder than drilling through regular steel knowing that the stainless steel thing Once I make it it's done. I'm not going to have to fix it when it rusts to pieces So yeah, basically just any materials I like working with materials that are going to last And do a good job I asked about the 3d printer. I just answered that And another thing Okay, am I still building a bigger tower on the same island here or am I moving to a new location for just for construction? Um Well, when I made the original plan to put two towers on this little island over here We didn't have a bunch of other properties, but since then I've bought a few other properties one place particular that I really like um So basically this island is not big enough for the two of us well Basically, I just let disheina have this whole island over here And now she has lots of space. She can do gardening. She can make whatever mess she wants She can put her stuff wherever she wants and that works really well for us because She likes having her space and I like having my space and I'm I'm gonna be on an island that's Very close by And I'm gonna do whatever I want there and no one's gonna mess with my stuff And it's gonna be spectacular I know you wanted to start a community. How's that going? Okay, I was waiting for someone to ask about that The community is actually going pretty well. Of course, it depends how you look at it. Um It's growing slowly I've had a lot of people come and go A fair number of whom We're planning to stay But just either weren't prepared or weren't interested enough or you know There are a few people who came who are just playing horrible But then about a year ago A guy and his wife and his daughter came And that was really cool because they have a daughter who can hang out with my daughters And he's still here. He bought some land a couple miles that way And I don't know a few months ago. Maybe like six months ago. He stopped talking to me I guess he got upset So I asked some of my neighbors. What's going on with that guy? How's he doing? Is he doing all right? And they're like, oh, he doesn't talk to me So apparently he's not talking to anybody. I don't know what's going on there. So I guess that was a flop but then kind of during that time another couple came and they're living really close to us like Really close They bought a little island that's very close to here and they're amazing They don't have any kids yet. I hope they get some kids soon because that would be great But uh, they're very chill The guy right now is working on a boat like building a boat and he borrowed one of my boat molds for that And I wouldn't just let my I wouldn't let anyone borrow A mold that I spent all this time making but He also borrowed a mold for the for a fiberglass dome And he returned it in better shape than I gave it to him was all cleaned and waxed and this is great. They I don't know these two are very very appreciative. They don't expect things from me, but if I help them with something They're just like, wow. Thanks. That's great. And you know, if they have some help to offer they do and they're very very chill and it's ah, it's just You know after going through a whole bunch of people it's just really awesome to find a couple people Who are who I mesh with, you know kindred spirit kind of people So hopefully I'll get more of those kinds of people Uh, you know living in the area and the community will continue to grow But yeah, just just having having a A few people to get it started is really great And then of course, there are people who've who are already living here And you know, there's some there's a few cool people around So yeah, overall, I'd say the community is going well. It's growing slowly, but I I knew that was going to be the case because Most people today Are not really going to be into the kind of lifestyle I want to do or Or won't be prepared to do it or you know, it's it's an unusual thing to do Based on popular culture today. So all right. What's next question? When you built a bulldozer to help move dirt around your fortress, you said you didn't want to expend yourself digging As you did when you built the road back in Vermont. I don't know what I said But when I built the road back in Vermont, that was awesome I mean, I got so strong. I lost a bunch of weight, but I got super strong Maybe I said something about not wanting to Eat so much food actually about that Uh, I just gave up on trying to conserve energy and not eat so much and as of I don't know, maybe a year ago I've maybe less than that maybe like six months ago. I've just been eating tons and like Doing tons and just not trying to hold back on anything anymore because for a while. I was trying to eat less and kind of conserve energy All right, so what's what's different about this new place that makes it worth it Well, I mean really I just wanted to build a bulldozer because it's a super useful thing to have It has its own on board power supply that's like an infinity machine because it it's powered by the sun So I can plug things into it anywhere it charges the I mean it powers the workshop and I can plug things into it anywhere It's just a really super useful thing Okay, but one one thing that's different about here than when I lived in Vermont is when I lived in Vermont I I had a pretty good idea that I wasn't staying there permanently Like it was a possibility, but I just had this idea that I'm probably leaving there here. I don't think I'm leaving I think I'm staying here permanently. So I want to build cool long-lasting stuff That's going to be useful for for a long time. So like the bulldozer. It's all stainless steel and aluminum nothing Oh, there's a few steel pieces internally, but it this thing should last a super long time and be a really useful item So I'm I'm trying to build things like that that are going to be really useful and Long-term things and I'm willing to put A fair amount of effort into those How will you deal with girls growing up wanting to go to school college town, etc? I guess I'll deal with my girls growing up the same way any father would I'm going to protect them Help them do whatever they want to do Help guide them in life try to get them on a good path help them help them. Yeah, basically I just want to Enable them to have awesome lives take it one and one day at a time Find out what they want to do or they want to go give them advice and guidance and I don't know the same thing any dad would do I think Hey, Jamie is your community growing? How many members are there currently? I would be honored to join with my little family. Oh, well send me an email or If you don't have my if you can't find my email. I just send me another message on here. Let me know and I'll Tell you where to thingy um Yeah, and we can talk about it the community currently I mean The community isn't really a set thing exactly but the people That I've like actively brought here Is five three of whom don't talk to me anymore. I don't know what but um, so I guess it's really two people besides my family Who are here and are like fully on board and it's going really well So it's it's growing slowly but it's growing. I talked about this a minute ago. I think Ah an air creed question Okay, I have been thinking about some doing some air creed experiments I do have a compressor and the basic components I pretty sure I have everything to build a foamy machine to make air creed And then other than that I just need you know cement and some buckets and stuff So I think I have everything here to do it Um, I'm waiting till I'm done some other stuff and then I can devote some time To doing that tremendous advantages in off-grid grid construction. He says well, I hope so I hope the experiments go well. I'm thinking of doing some of the upper layers of my house In air creed. Oh speaking of the house. I want to build. I do have a a tentative picture of what it might be like So here's one idea. I'm thinking about this is a cross section So this is like a 10 foot story another 10 foot story like three meters three meters And then this ceiling would be really high like 20 foot ceiling Like six meters like tall enough to play basketball. See there's a little basketball hoop And here's a guy that would be me. Look I can jump around and play basketball. This would just be like wide open gymnasium area the the bottom floor will be Workshop on one side and like kitchen and that kind of stuff on the other side And then the second floor will be mostly open But it's going to have like a lane that goes around in a circle So you can like have a little running track to run around and I'm going to have a banked floor So you can run kind of up the wall and have a really bank thing. So you can actually run around this track really fast You know if I end up I think I I am really liking this design And you know, this would be a top view. So this thing here will be what holds up the second and third floors like the track here and then the floor up here And there'd probably be eight of those Maybe 12. I just have to measure how that how it works out. Yeah, I answered that one Yeah Okay, do you watch youtube yourself? If so, who are your favorite youtubers? Nah, I don't really watch youtube Like I don't even watch my own videos. I just watch them enough to edit them and slap them on there and then I Probably at some point in the future. I'll have more free time And probably watch more stuff, but I I spend Very little time online like this doing this right now answering these questions is like the most time I've spent online in a while because in the in the daytime I'm just like doing work outside in the evenings. I'm working on this video game that I'm really happy with and uh You know doing stretching and stuff And uh, yeah, I don't spend much time online Oh, you know, it's really funny speaking of online people are always like Oh, you must get a million emails every day. Dude, I get like one email a week. It's pretty funny. I'm very inactive on email Who are the new citizens on the islands the one we see corners of from time to time? Yeah, I talked about them a little bit Oh, so happy they're here. It's it's going really well with that What are your thoughts about religions like islam? I actually know next to nothing about islam Personally, I don't have any beliefs Like belief is not part of my thought process like I don't I don't well usually the the analogy or the example I give Is that I don't believe the ground is it's going to be under me in the next few seconds It'll probably be there just statistically speaking But I don't have to whether or not I believe the ground is going to be under me Doesn't affect whether it's going to be there. It's either going to be there or it's not So I just don't worry about it and I don't worry about believing things. It's just You know stuff is there and I just try to do my best in life and everything else cosmic magical things I I don't know I just try to do the best where I am And when I am At any point in time and that's that's really like the That's really something I concentrate a lot on is you know being really present and doing my best right here and right now and not worrying too much about you know After life and before life and like gods and Magical things and all that stuff Okay, this one's basically how's the concrete dome doing there There's one spot where there's a crack that's moving and it was because it was new ground That I put there and it's settling But there's there's not there's no there are no cracks that um Uh Are structurally concerning basically there's just like this one section of wall that kind of sunk and there's a crack above it Like kind of like it's just like But it's it's fine. Um, I'm not worried about Yeah, I'll you know, I'll fill it in when it looks like it's really done moving. It hasn't been a problem at all Um, yeah, everything's going pretty well. Oh the drawbridge moats still happening Well, not really a moat, but the there are two draw bridges which don't currently draw. They're just sitting there You know the the idea of them actually drawing, you know going up and down That's that's totally a luxury thing. That's a low priority. So i'm working on more important things But you know presumably at some point in the future I'll probably make the the bridges go up and down or maybe at some point my kids will I don't know this is kind of a low priority thing like it it'll be fun But it's not important Hmm this guy says holy whisks jamie. I wonder if he's talking about I have a few really nice whisks Here's my uh my whisk collection That's a major heavy-duty whisks here. Yeah, that guy sold them to me really cheap and I was like, yeah