drunkencarolina

The picture I found most interesting was that of the soldiers sitting in landing craft. I had always thought that landing craft were loaded just before the landing where soldiers would disembark from some larger ship. The photo implies that they drove or were towed across the channel in those craft. That any man was not sick from that voyage would seem miraculous.

A low tech alternative, depending on one's needs could be draft horses. My wife's family worked teams of belgians for about 80% of their 400-acre farm.

https://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/f...

Why Scala?

That's pretty much spot on for me. Knowing I was going to die in a year wouldn't change much because I am kind of "locked in". People rely on me financially so would not be able to drop everything and travel. I might just not work so hard that final year.

I normally only read books to help me sleep and usually that book is "Lord of The Rings". However, I did branch out in 2017 with "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman which I quite enjoyed until near the end where it got a little too crazy.