On the road again

After the trip to Öland and Kivik it was time to get on the highway again.



Here is the civil police and a tow truck. A Kia Sportage stood by the side of the road and had some problems.



The civil police took a picture when they drove by. I saw a flash in there black rear windos. This did puzzle me a little.. :-)

Later I heard there was a pyromaniac "running wild" in the area around Ystad, (which I was slowly heading for)

Anyywaaayy... I got a bit tired and I decided to stop at a parking lot and get some sleep.

And in the morning I got company by some nice birds (ducks?)

 They really liked my muesli! :) We were Best of friends!

Eating muesli from my shoe..

After breakfast we relaxed (together) a bit

A little nap after breakfast

But suddenly two driving school cars came by.. and the ducks left me..

The ducks went to this driving school cars to beg. They were hungry again..

C'est la vie .... And I had to move on...

Rörom Beach, after Kivik

Being on the top of the "mountain" of Stenshuvud Nationalpark I saw a beach that looked nice. Yes, I definitely had to check that place out!

There was big dark clouds in the sky. I was however in need of a shower or a bath. The water was freezing cold! But atleast I got into the the cold water (after a while, shocking my body) and cleaned myself up. I tell you, the children thought it was to cold also!

On the way down to tha Rörom beach

I also found a museum (close to the parking lot)..

Relaxing after a bath... Very few people in the cold water, the children only went to knee depth.

Here are some painters, painting the beautiful scenery (Rörom Beach)

The sky got darker and darker and the day ended with rain..

Over and out

Focus on the meaningful?

I think sometimes, is it wise to spend time trying to sell most of my stuff? It takes a lot of time to take picture, make images into web format and then write ads. Then it takes time to wait for potentials buyers. For example: This weekend I sold a pair of Jamo speakers to a buyer who drove from Ronneby, that is 1000 kilometers . Thankfully they hold the time that the buyers promised, but I have also sold windsurfing stuff to people who really do not hold the time they say they will come. And then I go for a whole day while waiting for them to come. Often free time wasted.

The black Jamo 707i sold this weekend. Getting rid of my stereo.

On my bathroom mirror says that I should "Focus on the meaningful." But I question whether it is worth the time to try selling the most expensive gadgets? I've put a lot of time to accumulate stuff and now I put a lot of time to get rid of them? Does it make sense? No, I don´t think so, but it feels better if I try to sell it before it gets donated or thrown away.

Oboy, Who would have guessed that not before I collected all this stuff, I finally realized that this is not what I want... 

The teacher will appear when the student is ready.

Utdrag från fukthandboken av Lars Erik Nevander och Bengt Elmarsson

 Only in Swedish, its about tin / sheet (van thinking) and moisture / humidity. How to isolate and so on.

Boken jag tänkte skriva några radom heter:

Fukt handbok, Praktik och Teori

Av Lars Erik Nevander och Bengt Elmarsson

Det här är en mycket bra bok för dig som är intresserad av husbyggeri och fukthantering. Själv läser jag den i samband med en kurs på Gävles högskola som handlar om byggnadsteknik i fastighetsbyggnader osv.

Nedan några klipp från boken. Framförallt eftersom jag är nyfiken på fuktproblematiken runt plåt (som är materialet i en skåpbil som ska isoleras). (Tredje utgåvan, Fjärde tryckningen)

//s43

”Ett hål eller annan defekt i en ångspärr har relativt liten betydelse ifråga om diffusionen men kan ha mycket stor betydelse för lufttätheten och därmed för fuktkonvektionen.

Ångspärrar placeras på den varma sidan om värmeisoleringen. Ångtäta material som ligger på den kalla sidan, t ex taktäckningar, kan i stället ge anledning till kondens och innebär i regel en komplikation av konstruktionen.”

//s138

”Plåten monteras mot läkt av trä eller metall och fästs med skruv eller nit vanligtvis med tätningsbricka.”

”Plåtbeklädnad utförs alltid med en ventilerad luftspalt bakom plåten.”

//s139//

”En plåt är ångtät och för att förhindra kondensation och anriktning av fukt används alltid en ventilerad luftspalt innanför plåten.”

”Råd

·         Luftspalter bakom plåtbeklädnader ventileras.

·         Eventuellt inträngande vatten skall kunna dräneras ut.

·         Material i fästdon och garneringar väljs så att korrosion förhindras.”

//s151 //

”Isolerade plåtväggar används huvudsakligen i uppvärmda industribyggnader. Väggarna utförs oftast med profilerade plåtar som fästs på reglar av plåtprofiler. Väggarna isoleras med mineralull med ångspärr på insidan och vindskydd på utsidan //(innanför yttre plåten enligt figur)//, enligt figur 32.19. För att inte få genomgående köldbrygga vid plåtreglarna används korsande reglar eller speciella distansreglar med låg värmegenomgång.”

//lite längre ner samma sida //

”Plastfolien i väggen skall anslutas till plastfolien i taket med ordentligt överlapp för att klara ev övertryck på grund av termisk drivkraft.

Fukthandboken, en bild från boken. Plåtväggar



En skärmdump om ThermoReflekt från:

http://www.wiedland.se/thr/



Egna funderingar på att isolera en skåpbil eller en båt ter sig som följer

Plåt / vindskydd alternativt läkt (för att skapa en luftspalt) /Reflectix alt. ThermoReflect isolering, , eller XPS (som i sig är en rätt bra ångspärr)/ plus ev. en ångspärr / och sen någon tunn träskiva alternativt någon annan lämplig beklädnad.

Läs mer om ThermoReflekt här:

http://www.wiedland.se/thr/

Comment I wrote to Bob Wells

This is a comment I wrote to Bob Wells post: http://cheaprvlivingblog.com/2013/03/choices-to-the-rat-race/

Thanks Bob, yes it’s all about courage, I am getting there =). Minimalism perhaps is too extreme even for me. I don’t want to live like a monk with no possession. I think that a van or a boat will have the size that is just about the right size (all you really need, except all those tools you might need (very seldom), but you can’t have it all as you have been pointing out (in your very good blog)). I want to “DeOwn”, simplify my life. Simplicity is Genius.

It is a good suggestion Bodhi (Geocashing), yes I already have some GPS:s so no more stuff at least =). However I am not seeking any new hobbies right now :). I am still in the "Rat Race" or as we in Sweden call it "the hamster wheel" and my "free time" is very limited. I still will have some interest that I think will be enough, when I one day leave the apartment and aim for mobile living (whether it be a van or a boat). I am already trying to adapt so my "hobbies" don’t need that much stuff (for the future). Those “new” interest are for example, reading and writing. Reading good books is something I really enjoy. Taking pictures and so on. Perhaps produce some podcast. I also like to train my body, and this interest will perhaps be a little of a problem when hitting the road, cause it involves a lot of washing (cause the clothes gets a lot of sweat and so on). Here in Sweden there are not that many laundries (washing places) out in the public. I think you guys in America have a lot more (anyway, that’s the picture I have)?

Little of my background in hobbies

I have so far terminated my windsurfing hobby (It was a hard decision). Plenty of stuff, cause I could sail in any weather, lots of boards and sail and so on. To busy working (rat race) and so on, didn’t find the time really (and again the input/output ratio was to low).

I still have my "electronic hobby", and man that involves a lots of "good to have" stuff, and instruments and so on. However I don’t find (priorities) the time now to construct any new little gadget.  And I think the input/output ratio is too low. (Too much time in input and too little to show for it).

I also have a former interest, collecting nice older racing bikes from the 80-ties. = A lot of nice bicycles (to many ...) I have put a lot of time into this collecting thing.. And I have all sorts of tools to be able to fix whatever problems occur. Today I see it as waste of time :).  Yes, many mistakes have been done.

I also have a lot of other not so much stuff oriented interests. I am for example a radio amateur (Ham). But I will try to sell this stuff now.

I know it will be good for me to downsize (by choice), so I can focus on the things that is most important to me.  I have “been all over the place” with all interest and perhaps you know the speaking “he who chases two rabbits catches neither”, well that pretty much sums it up for me.

Today I am feeling chained by all the stuff, not feeling free to move on. I have a huge pile of stuff/crap to get rid of and that is my biggest obstacle right now. There is a lot of money ‘invested’ in all this “crap”. =)

I still have my “doubts” about taking the leap so I am taking it slow, so I don´t regret anything. This is because in the past, when I have terminated a interest/hobby and a few years later have been regretting it  and I  had to start all over (more waste of time). Today I am taking it slow and for example have promised myself that I can’t under any circumstances start to windsurf again (in that case I have to rent gears).

Wow, that was a long post.. (My thoughts at the moment).