Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2017/08/24/own-a-decommissioned-lighthous.html
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@AndreaJames, @pesco beat you to it a 2 weeks ago.
Cheap but I am sure to clean it up and make it habitable would make it on par with buying a large house.
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I´m the only thinking that a lighthouse like these will be a hell of a refuge against the zombie apocalypse?
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Bring back light house jobs!
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My limited understanding is that for the most part, the lights on them still work, but they are automated, no longer needing an on-site keeper. Which means that it isn’t really GPS that did them in. And that anybody who moves here must love foghorns. Which are LOUD.
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Well, that single Powerball ticket I bought last night didn’t pan out like I hoped, so NO, I will not be buying a quaint-but-very-very-inconvenient-and-maybe-dangerous-in-bad-weather-money-pit.
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That’s what I came to post!
My wife sings it, so I always assume she’s been pining for me to quit my programming job… This is how you make a marriage work, right?
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Give the woman what she wants!
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