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Marta Aliaga

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Hi everybody,

Hope you won't mind me posting this here. Otherwise - huge apologies.

Have you been thinking about building a new life off-grid? See the information below.

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I'm unfortunately unable to respond to any comments under this thread, but please do message me directly or email our team on [email protected] if you'd like to find out more about this exciting opportunity.

Thanks and all the best - hope to hear from some of you!

Marta G Aliaga
Raw TV - www.raw.co.uk
 
Silent Earth said:
I wonder why RAW a UK TV company wants to do this in the US when they could do it just as easy in Wales, Scotland, Northumberland, or on our Islands ?
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I reckon because the market is higher here or we just got more foolish people here. I tried watching these survival shows and couldn't get into them, all I seen from these shows were absolute embarrassment. I'm sure these off grid reality shows will be the same way.
 
Maverick said:
I reckon because the market is higher here or we just got more foolish people here. I tried watching these survival shows and couldn't get into them, all I seen from these shows were absolute embarrassment. I'm sure these off grid reality shows will be the same way.
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Agreed when I saw the trailers for Doomsday Preppers and Doomsday bunkers I thought " at last a fair and impartial expose of our culture" I expected notable preppers like perhaps Jim Rawles, Ragnor Benson etc to present the series as EDUCATIONAL and INFORMATION.................... fer F888 sake was I in for disappointment, and the British version was even bloody worse.
 
Silent Earth said:
Agreed when I saw the trailers for Doomsday Preppers and Doomsday bunkers I thought " at last a fair and impartial expose of our culture" I expected notable preppers like perhaps Jim Rawles, Ragnor Benson etc to present the series as EDUCATIONAL and INFORMATION.................... fer F888 sake was I in for disappointment, and the British version was even bloody worse.
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I’ve come to the conclusion there is no way in hell reality tv crap can make a prepper show and have it resonate with tv viewers without drama, people would want conflicts, politics, guns, foolish prepping methods etc.. Years and years ago when only had 3 tv channels we would watch educational programming (no not **** like sesame Street) that I enjoyed but would be considered mundane by today’s audience.

Kids and young adult appear to lean towards conflict and violence in life and expect prepping to be geared that way, in other words stocking up to fight zombies and survive in la la land.

Like one program (the first and last show I watched) multiple family united and built a compound in arid climate, they have to truck in water for the garden, live stock, food prep and hygiene, while it made entertaining tv not realistic and by all accounts lost the objective before it even begin.
 
Maverick said:
I’ve come to the conclusion there is no way in hell reality tv crap can make a prepper show and have it resonate with tv viewers without drama, people would want conflicts, politics, guns, foolish prepping methods etc.. Years and years ago when only had 3 tv channels we would watch educational programming (no not **** like sesame Street) that I enjoyed but would be considered mundane by today’s audience.

Kids and young adult appear to lean towards conflict and violence in life and expect prepping to be geared that way, in other words stocking up to fight zombies and survive in la la land.

Like one program (the first and last show I watched) multiple family united and built a compound in arid climate, they have to truck in water for the garden, live stock, food prep and hygiene, while it made entertaining tv not realistic and by all accounts lost the objective before it even begin.
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Reminded me of Homestead Rescue. But at least they are real people.
 
Silent Earth said:
Agreed when I saw the trailers for Doomsday Preppers and Doomsday bunkers I thought " at last a fair and impartial expose of our culture" I expected notable preppers like perhaps Jim Rawles, Ragnor Benson etc to present the series as EDUCATIONAL and INFORMATION.................... fer F888 sake was I in for disappointment, and the British version was even bloody worse.
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Oh , there were some dandies on there for sure. A bunch of ignorant nut cases most of them. It was entertaining though. gotta take anything on the boob tube with a dash of salt.
 
Even Bear Gryllis is a bit much to swallow. I do like to see him fall out of a plane, jump from one tree to another or something. He seems to have to fear of death. Looks like he will eat anything that won't kill him no matter how disgusting. If they paid me enough I'd do it too.
 
Homestead rescue has been entertaining for me on the most part. Even saw a few tricks in there that I could do if need be. But, like all shows they do a lot of editing and make some home owners look like complete idiots. I do have to wonder how some of them survive at all. . .
 
brandx said:
Reminded me of Homestead Rescue. But at least they are real people.
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I did enjoy America Unplugged on netflix, most people on it appears to be survivalists anyway. quite informative without the BS or advertorials you got on Doomsday preppers
 
brandx said:
Even Bear Gryllis is a bit much to swallow. I do like to see him fall out of a plane, jump from one tree to another or something. He seems to have to fear of death. Looks like he will eat anything that won't kill him no matter how disgusting. If they paid me enough I'd do it too.
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Cannot handle Bear Grylls or Ray Mears, I prefer Major Les Hiddins AKA the Bush tucker man, a true wilderness expert.
 
we had a programme here not long ago called EDEN, people were taken to a remote place in Scotland where they were supposed to live off grid for 12 months, well it was so abysmal they had to take it off air.
 
When I saw the title of this thread I had to think about it for a moment. My conclusion was I really don’t want to live off grid. I genuinely like the comforts and convinces that modern society offers. Now, that being said, my goal is to have a solar backup system that I can still live comfortably if the grid goes down for either short or long term. Yes, I can gather sticks and cook a meal when needed, but it’s a whole lot easier to do on an electric or gas stove. To me prepping is an insurance policy that is there to make life easier through rough times. I hope none of us ever have to make it a full time gig.
 
One of my favorite shows is Naked and Afraid. They drop a man and a woman, strangers, off in remote locations for three weeks, and yes they are butt naked. They give them two or three things to use, like a machetti or fire starter. It still amazes me at how poorly they do. Most don’t have any prior skills and willingly go out to suffer for 3 weeks. It seems that many will do just about anything for their chance at 15 mins of fame.
 
to me living off grid is no big thing, I did it for several years in the past and would happily do it again if the situation arose, I don't much care for the 21st century and the technology thing is getting scarier and scarier, I yearn to live a simpler and more basic lifestyle.
 
bigpaul said:
to me living off grid is no big thing, I did it for several years in the past and would happily do it again if the situation arose, I don't much care for the 21st century and the technology thing is getting scarier and scarier, I yearn to live a simpler and more basic lifestyle.
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I like a little of both. I enjoy growing a garden and fruit trees. I don’t need constant high excitement like most young people now do, and am content in life. I also enjoy the conviences of hitting a switch and the lights come on, getting in a car and driving whenever I want, and things like running water and hot showers. Not all things modern society offer are bad. Having access to decent medical care when a loved one gets sick is a really nice one too.
 
the thing is you and I can live without these things, but most people and especially snowflakes would be unable to survive without such things because they've never had to and they never expect to have to.
I prefer to be away from people, I don't much care for "society" as it is these days, we have talked before about the shootings in America and in the UK, I don't like the way things are going and the sooner it all falls apart the better, we need a clear out of the gene pool and a much reduced population and a return to a self reliant culture not the current one of "I want it and I want it NOW".
more than that I think not only is it imminent but its also unavoidable. its more a case of WHEN not IF.
 
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there is more than one way to live off grid,,,,you can go back to the old ways of no power,phones or computers,,,,which pretty much sucks

or you drop off uncle sams radar and disappear without a trace,,,now that is off the grid in my books
 
no power, no phones, no computers, to me that is the natural way to live, but then I've always been an old fashioned kind of person, I KNOW i'm not like everyone else!!;)
 
Brent S said:
When I saw the title of this thread I had to think about it for a moment. My conclusion was I really don’t want to live off grid. I genuinely like the comforts and convinces that modern society offers. Now, that being said, my goal is to have a solar backup system that I can still live comfortably if the grid goes down for either short or long term. Yes, I can gather sticks and cook a meal when needed, but it’s a whole lot easier to do on an electric or gas stove. To me prepping is an insurance policy that is there to make life easier through rough times. I hope none of us ever have to make it a full time gig.
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To me OFFGRID doesnt mean roughing it at all it means generating your own power, gas, water, sewage food etc via Solar, Wind, Anaerobic digesters, Hydro, Bio diesel, Growing your own, Composting toilets etc SELF SUFFICENCY not SELF SUFFERING :)
 
who's got time to do all that? especially after SHTF.
your only roughing it if your doing it wrong!!! ;) we learned that in the scouts.
keep it simple, don't complicate things.
still I suppose we all have our own ways of doing things, wouldn't do if we were all the same!
 
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