Singapore Expat Land?

[carteki]

So what would happen if the SG Expat regulars to purchase an island (with internet!) large enough to create our own offline community ... (I know that JR8 has a picture of the place)
How would it work? Would we allow trolls?
Your thoughts?

[taxico]

we need scientists and chefs on that island to create delicious spicy food which doesn't come out in spurts of agony.

[JR8]

Hey, looks like I'm in demand then, since I'm both a scientist and a professionally trained chef In fact cooking is totally a science, as an American might have it.

Read 'On Food and Cooking' by Harold McGee to join those dots (it's like the legendary old-time complete bible to the process of cooking/food-prep: and when you can understand why*, you can begin to try and master how).




*I'll give you one random example I faced this week. Why does melting dark chocolate in a 'bain-marie' require the gentlest heat, and why does too much heat cause the melting chocolate to 'split'.

[alittlerisky]

So what would happen if the SG Expat regulars to purchase an island (with internet!) large enough to create our own offline community ... (I know that JR8 has a picture of the place)
How would it work? Would we allow trolls?
Your thoughts?

This is actually not a joke man. I have been looking at buying an island and getting a few goats/sheep/chickens and farming for a living.

You can buy your own island for USD 50k did you know? Not the best locations (Nova Scotia, Maine etc). But hey... 50k for your own island....

Did a search for island under 500k USD:

http://www.privateislandsonline.com/isl ... D&=1&=7&=2

all wee need is 10 forum members with say 20k spare and enough money to make a living from the earth.

[sundaymorningstaple]

Better make damn sure it's an island with a fresh water source. That's usually the problem.

[taxico]

we'll use a desalination machine like on a liveaboard.

[JR8]

No one wise enough to have accrued $20k, has 5c 'to spare'.