Rio Dulce Chisme Vindicator

Scoop · Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 9:28 am Post subject: Recycling

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Lorelei79 · Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 2:24 pm Post subject:

Good ideas! Do you have any designs for making hummingbird feeders out of plastic bottles?
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dennysbeach · Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 2:43 pm Post subject:

Write " How to make a hummingbird feeder" in your search engine and you will get a multitude of info, including videos.
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Scoop · Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 4:49 pm Post subject:

And check out Kevin's website here http://www.frutasdelmundo.inriodulce.com/plastic.html
for lots of cool things to make out of recycled bottles -- from emergency sandals, face masks, seats, pest traps to life jackets and sprinklers. Neat stuff.

dennysbeach · Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 8:03 pm Post subject:

Kevin,
Once again an excellent article.
One of the reasons that Guatemala has so many poor people is that it was one the few countries in CA where the indigenous population was allowed to survive. Please don't forget though, that they are just people and when they have the money they will buy the same things that we do.
Just go into one of the houses in Punta Brava. Dirt floor, fire hearth for cooking, newspapers glued to the wall to add privacy to the bedroom, and at least two cell phones and a tv.
Don't worry about shameless advertising. Anything that helps give people jobs or the ability to earn money is nothing to be ashamed about.
Keep up the good work.
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Celtic Dancer · Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 5:49 pm Post subject: A free cockpit drain protector

Last winter I stored my boat in dry storage in Panama Central America. I was very lucky to have removed the speed log from the hull to allow any water that should happen to make its way inside the boat to have a drain. The problem was that the marina moved my boat while I was in Asia and placed it under a tree, well it does not take a rocket scientist to imagine what happens to all those leaves and twigs that blow off over the course of the winter. Most of them ended up inside my cockpit. They then blocked up my cockpit scuppers and the water rose until it made it through my hatch boards. The water did not get too high due to the removed log but still 6 months in the tropics with a bilge full of fresh water makes a perfect space for a new rain forest.
Later while sailing in the San Blas Islands in the Caribbean side of Panama I was changing my water filters for the water maker and I cut the cartridge up to see how it was build and inside the tube was a plastic mesh moulded into a tube. Next time I haul out I can place the mesh tube into the cockpit drain and even if the leaves were to fill the cockpit now there is a mesh to allow water to flow through the drain to the ground. So before we throw away so much rubbish maybe have a look at see if u can make something useful out of it and then maybe post the idea here and we can all do bit more on the green side and also a bit less on our pockets
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Lorelei79 · Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 6:49 am Post subject:

If you have the throw cushions (floaters), don't toss them away when they get ratty. Either re-cover them, or tear them apart. Inside you'll find sheaves of what can be used as insulation or flotation for other jobs, and the stiffener (PVC slab) makes for great patch material!
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