Comments on: 86-year-old lives alone on island he bought in 1962 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/01/86-year-old-lives-alone-on-isl.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 08:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: rocobo9 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/01/86-year-old-lives-alone-on-isl.html#comment-1412744 rocobo9 Thu, 03 May 2012 07:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157802#comment-1412744 for me it's 1.5 hours each way door to door. but that's still a 3 hour chunk of my play time. the issue with the 8-8-8 rule is your 8 hours of work in uncompromising. it's the the play and sleep that are compromised. the only way to truly stick to it is to work from home or at least very close to home. it's something i've always aspired to but this has clarified it for me. for me it’s 1.5 hours each way door to door. but that’s still a 3 hour chunk of my play time. the issue with the 8-8-8 rule is your 8 hours of work in uncompromising. it’s the the play and sleep that are compromised. the only way to truly stick to it is to work from home or at least very close to home. it’s something i’ve always aspired to but this has clarified it for me.

]]> By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2012/05/01/86-year-old-lives-alone-on-isl.html#comment-1412401 awjt Thu, 03 May 2012 00:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157802#comment-1412401 I'm in total agreement.  Work is about 30 mins away, but it's programming and analysis.  So I can do it anywhere, anytime; it's just faster in the office.  When I had a 1 hour commute, talk about misery.  I like 'books on tape' and music, but it can only take you so far...  If I had a 3 hour commute, I would deffo be looking for a way to get that off my schedule! I’m in total agreement.  Work is about 30 mins away, but it’s programming and analysis.  So I can do it anywhere, anytime; it’s just faster in the office.  When I had a 1 hour commute, talk about misery.  I like ‘books on tape’ and music, but it can only take you so far…  If I had a 3 hour commute, I would deffo be looking for a way to get that off my schedule!

]]> By: Brad Zimmerman http://boingboing.net/2012/05/01/86-year-old-lives-alone-on-isl.html#comment-1412312 Brad Zimmerman Wed, 02 May 2012 22:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157802#comment-1412312 €12 to visit anything/where is a reasonable deal and virtually all touristy places have overpriced food (especially when they are on some tiny little island somewhere).   I'd happily pay it, assuming I could afford the costs of getting to the physical point where I was allowed to pay. €12 to visit anything/where is a reasonable deal and virtually all touristy places have overpriced food (especially when they are on some tiny little island somewhere).  

I’d happily pay it, assuming I could afford the costs of getting to the physical point where I was allowed to pay.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/05/01/86-year-old-lives-alone-on-isl.html#comment-1412243 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 02 May 2012 21:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157802#comment-1412243 I've never lived more than a couple of miles from my job. For much of that time, I walked, which meant that I had a longer commute, but it was either through Golden Gate Park or over Corona Heights. Now I work about two feet from my bed. I can't imagine long commutes, but half of my co-workers spent two to five hour a day commuting from the ex-ex-urbs one or two counties away. I’ve never lived more than a couple of miles from my job. For much of that time, I walked, which meant that I had a longer commute, but it was either through Golden Gate Park or over Corona Heights. Now I work about two feet from my bed. I can’t imagine long commutes, but half of my co-workers spent two to five hour a day commuting from the ex-ex-urbs one or two counties away.

]]> By: buddy66 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/01/86-year-old-lives-alone-on-isl.html#comment-1412156 buddy66 Wed, 02 May 2012 20:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157802#comment-1412156  breathing.  breathing.

]]> By: buddy66 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/01/86-year-old-lives-alone-on-isl.html#comment-1412149 buddy66 Wed, 02 May 2012 20:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157802#comment-1412149  I don't know about awesome or delightful, but I've got papers to prove I am 1) octogenarian, 2) crazy, at least briefly, and 3) sort of British (Canadian). But I tend to believe whichever Mitford girl it was who owned an island and said, "Only a person who has never lived on an island would want to."  I don’t know about awesome or delightful, but I’ve got papers to prove I am 1) octogenarian, 2) crazy, at least briefly, and 3) sort of British (Canadian). But I tend to believe whichever Mitford girl it was who owned an island and said, “Only a person who has never lived on an island would want to.”

]]> By: rocobo9 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/01/86-year-old-lives-alone-on-isl.html#comment-1412004 rocobo9 Wed, 02 May 2012 18:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157802#comment-1412004 8-8-8 i like that. i know i'm giving 8 hours work and getting 8 hours sleep. somehow i'm lacking in the 8 hours play. 3 hours of commuting probably has a lot to say for that. interesting... so basically i need to cut down on commuting and get a job nearer to home to improve my quality of life. right! this is now my goal. thanks for clarifying my life awjt! :) 8-8-8 i like that. i know i’m giving 8 hours work and getting 8 hours sleep. somehow i’m lacking in the 8 hours play. 3 hours of commuting probably has a lot to say for that.

interesting… so basically i need to cut down on commuting and get a job nearer to home to improve my quality of life. right! this is now my goal.

thanks for clarifying my life awjt! :)

]]> By: Sharondippity http://boingboing.net/2012/05/01/86-year-old-lives-alone-on-isl.html#comment-1411732 Sharondippity Wed, 02 May 2012 16:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157802#comment-1411732 He does look like him a little bit. He does look like him a little bit.

]]> By: Sharondippity http://boingboing.net/2012/05/01/86-year-old-lives-alone-on-isl.html#comment-1411730 Sharondippity Wed, 02 May 2012 16:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157802#comment-1411730 It says he bought the island in 1962.  He's going to be 86.  Figure it out..... It says he bought the island in 1962.  He’s going to be 86.  Figure it out…..

]]> By: moiremusic http://boingboing.net/2012/05/01/86-year-old-lives-alone-on-isl.html#comment-1411716 moiremusic Wed, 02 May 2012 16:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157802#comment-1411716 If he paid £8,000 in 1962, that's the equivalent of about $12,800 in 1962 dollars, which is roughly the equivalent of $95,000 in 2012 dollars. While that says nothing about the changing value of the land since then, it shows you relatively what it cost him at the time. If he paid £8,000 in 1962, that’s the equivalent of about $12,800 in 1962 dollars, which is roughly the equivalent of $95,000 in 2012 dollars. While that says nothing about the changing value of the land since then, it shows you relatively what it cost him at the time.

]]> By: Ryan Lenethen http://boingboing.net/2012/05/01/86-year-old-lives-alone-on-isl.html#comment-1411605 Ryan Lenethen Wed, 02 May 2012 14:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157802#comment-1411605 That is quite the achievement, not to mention dedication. Most would likely be hard pressed to do something as meaningful in their lifetime. Did the video (can't watch) mention when in his life he bought the island? That is quite the achievement, not to mention dedication. Most would likely be hard pressed to do something as meaningful in their lifetime.

Did the video (can’t watch) mention when in his life he bought the island?

]]> By: Nick Eden http://boingboing.net/2012/05/01/86-year-old-lives-alone-on-isl.html#comment-1411395 Nick Eden Wed, 02 May 2012 10:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157802#comment-1411395 Interesting that there's no obvuious attribution to the BBC show this is taken from. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00pqbfg Well worth watching the whole thing assuming you're able to convince it that you're in the UK. Interesting that there’s no obvuious attribution to the BBC show this is taken from.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00pqbfg
Well worth watching the whole thing assuming you’re able to convince it that you’re in the UK.

]]> By: Martijn Vos http://boingboing.net/2012/05/01/86-year-old-lives-alone-on-isl.html#comment-1411371 Martijn Vos Wed, 02 May 2012 09:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157802#comment-1411371 What would you need $34 million for when you're 86 and you've got an island like that? What would you need $34 million for when you’re 86 and you’ve got an island like that?

]]> By: Martijn Vos http://boingboing.net/2012/05/01/86-year-old-lives-alone-on-isl.html#comment-1411368 Martijn Vos Wed, 02 May 2012 09:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157802#comment-1411368 Thanks for that clarification. I never really grasped the difference. In Dutch they both use the same word "schildpad", and the land/sea distinction is made by prefixing "land" or "zee". Thanks for that clarification. I never really grasped the difference. In Dutch they both use the same word “schildpad”, and the land/sea distinction is made by prefixing “land” or “zee”.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/05/01/86-year-old-lives-alone-on-isl.html#comment-1411063 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 02 May 2012 02:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157802#comment-1411063 If you don't have deer or other sapling eaters, you could probably plant three-inch sprouts. If you don’t have deer or other sapling eaters, you could probably plant three-inch sprouts.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/05/01/86-year-old-lives-alone-on-isl.html#comment-1411060 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 02 May 2012 02:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157802#comment-1411060 Those Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburgs really get around. Those Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburgs really get around.

]]> By: KanedaJones http://boingboing.net/2012/05/01/86-year-old-lives-alone-on-isl.html#comment-1411014 KanedaJones Wed, 02 May 2012 01:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157802#comment-1411014 This story is a lesson of the internet. If you use the Google time search feature to *exclude* the last month, which gets you several hundred copypastas of this exact story, the scattered history is much clearer: He had not lived there alone, he is almost *literally* Robinson Crusoe, with LaFortune as his boy Friday, and something happened to him in the last 2 years. Left? Died? Who knows? In any case, now he's lonely. In the early 2000s, he wrote a book, that a Canadian filmmaker turned into a documentary in 2009. In 2008, he got annoyed that the neighbouring island in the maritime national park, which had housed a prison for most of his time there, was suddenly having a hotel built on it. This being 2008, his getting a declaration of his island as a separate national park (sort of) was secondary to the real estate collapse and the only evidence left of the hotel was the foundation. I think he was worried about traffic and loss of revenue and company. Because he was running a mini-resort of his own. He only allowed day visitors, charged them a dozen euros just to walk in, and then served them overpriced food and drink. By all accounts a pleasant character, but I wonder what his current goal is? This story is a lesson of the internet.

If you use the Google time search feature to *exclude* the last month, which gets you several hundred copypastas of this exact story, the scattered history is much clearer:

He had not lived there alone, he is almost *literally* Robinson Crusoe, with LaFortune as his boy Friday, and something happened to him in the last 2 years. Left? Died? Who knows? In any case, now he’s lonely.

In the early 2000s, he wrote a book, that a Canadian filmmaker turned into a documentary in 2009.

In 2008, he got annoyed that the neighbouring island in the maritime national park, which had housed a prison for most of his time there, was suddenly having a hotel built on it. This being 2008, his getting a declaration of his island as a separate national park (sort of) was secondary to the real estate collapse and the only evidence left of the hotel was the foundation. I think he was worried about traffic and loss of revenue and company.

Because he was running a mini-resort of his own. He only allowed day visitors, charged them a dozen euros just to walk in, and then served them overpriced food and drink.

By all accounts a pleasant character, but I wonder what his current goal is?

]]> By: bcsizemo http://boingboing.net/2012/05/01/86-year-old-lives-alone-on-isl.html#comment-1411012 bcsizemo Wed, 02 May 2012 01:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157802#comment-1411012 I know.  I wanted to know some details about that.  Are we talking like 3 footers here by hand?  Machine, what?  Some type of seed? Johnny Appleseed would be all kinds of jelly, apple that is. I know.  I wanted to know some details about that.  Are we talking like 3 footers here by hand?  Machine, what?  Some type of seed?

Johnny Appleseed would be all kinds of jelly, apple that is.

]]> By: Noctilucent Studios http://boingboing.net/2012/05/01/86-year-old-lives-alone-on-isl.html#comment-1411009 Noctilucent Studios Wed, 02 May 2012 01:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157802#comment-1411009 Little known fun fact about this story: Dude is alleged to be Prince Phillips crazy long lost twin. True story. Read it right here on the internets. Little known fun fact about this story: Dude is alleged to be Prince Phillips crazy long lost twin. True story. Read it right here on the internets.

]]> By: Jonathan Roberts http://boingboing.net/2012/05/01/86-year-old-lives-alone-on-isl.html#comment-1410987 Jonathan Roberts Wed, 02 May 2012 00:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157802#comment-1410987 I love the feeling that in a few places around the earth, there are a number of awesome octogenarians with impeccable British accents being delightfully crazy. I love the feeling that in a few places around the earth, there are a number of awesome octogenarians with impeccable British accents being delightfully crazy.

]]> By: Hanglyman http://boingboing.net/2012/05/01/86-year-old-lives-alone-on-isl.html#comment-1410988 Hanglyman Wed, 02 May 2012 00:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157802#comment-1410988  It's a National Park now. Surely that at least will keep people from building hotels on it?  It’s a National Park now. Surely that at least will keep people from building hotels on it?

]]> By: Jonathan Roberts http://boingboing.net/2012/05/01/86-year-old-lives-alone-on-isl.html#comment-1410981 Jonathan Roberts Wed, 02 May 2012 00:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157802#comment-1410981 I wouldn't mind a Greek Isle myself, do you think they have any around the UK? I wouldn’t mind a Greek Isle myself, do you think they have any around the UK?

]]> By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2012/05/01/86-year-old-lives-alone-on-isl.html#comment-1410969 awjt Wed, 02 May 2012 00:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157802#comment-1410969 "Here, suck this turtle if you want to live." “Here, suck this turtle if you want to live.”

]]> By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2012/05/01/86-year-old-lives-alone-on-isl.html#comment-1410956 awjt Wed, 02 May 2012 00:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157802#comment-1410956 Utah, dude. Utah, dude.

]]> By: bluest_one http://boingboing.net/2012/05/01/86-year-old-lives-alone-on-isl.html#comment-1410957 bluest_one Wed, 02 May 2012 00:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157802#comment-1410957 I hope he's made plans for when he ... 'moves on'. Those asshole developers are going to be all over that once he's nolonger around to tell them where to stick it. I hope he’s made plans for when he … ‘moves on’. Those asshole developers are going to be all over that once he’s nolonger around to tell them where to stick it.

]]> By: smoovjay http://boingboing.net/2012/05/01/86-year-old-lives-alone-on-isl.html#comment-1410921 smoovjay Tue, 01 May 2012 23:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157802#comment-1410921 He is the Turtle Hermit from Dragonball! He is the Turtle Hermit from Dragonball!

]]> By: Webbie http://boingboing.net/2012/05/01/86-year-old-lives-alone-on-isl.html#comment-1410919 Webbie Tue, 01 May 2012 23:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157802#comment-1410919 "Grimshaw and his friend planted sixteen-thousand trees.." 16... THOUSAND... “Grimshaw and his friend planted sixteen-thousand trees..”

16… THOUSAND…

]]> By: mistergoofy http://boingboing.net/2012/05/01/86-year-old-lives-alone-on-isl.html#comment-1410905 mistergoofy Tue, 01 May 2012 23:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157802#comment-1410905 There's a documentary about this chap available to download at  http://vodo.net/agos. Haven't watched it so can't vouch for it. There’s a documentary about this chap available to download at  http://vodo.net/agos. Haven’t watched it so can’t vouch for it.

]]> By: Brian David S http://boingboing.net/2012/05/01/86-year-old-lives-alone-on-isl.html#comment-1410891 Brian David S Tue, 01 May 2012 22:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157802#comment-1410891  "...remote spots out in western USA" Where?  ”…remote spots out in western USA”

Where?

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/05/01/86-year-old-lives-alone-on-isl.html#comment-1410881 Antinous / Moderator Tue, 01 May 2012 22:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=157802#comment-1410881 More like the Island of Dorian Gray. More like the Island of Dorian Gray.

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