Off-the-grid Living Gifts

Hermit on island can't escape modern society.

"Living underground is not what it used to be."

"I cancelled the cable, turned off the phone, shut down the internet. . . where the hell am I??"

"I'd like to book 10 days going anywhere they've never heard of Brexit."

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Solar Panel

"My dream is to have a little house and a white picket fence wired with explosives."

America Off-line.

"They lead a simple life - they don't even put gas in their cars."

"I'm afraid you neglected to submit the proper development permit application."

Inuit post arriving by parachute.

"I love the way it blurs the boundary between inside and out."

"Sorry, Kevin, but having the wi-fi down for a couple of hour is not 'living off the grid'."

"Grandpa, what was it like living off the grid for most of your life?"

'Ah, Baker! Still the company's lone voice in the wilderness, I see!'

"Since we're off the grid, Madge does the cooking over a bonfire."

Man stuck on desert island with WiFi router.

The Ungooglable Man

"I want to travel somewhere REMOTE, somewhere unspoiled and untrammeled by hoards of rampaging tourists...but with good wi-fi!"

"I'm going off the grid with the option of grid-binging whenever I want."

'If I don't catch something soon I'm going home!'

Desert Island Wind Farm

"I'm off the grid."

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"I'm going somewhere without cell service because I'm incapable of turning my phone off myself."

The Tiny Houseboat Movement

"We're now off the grid. Metahorically, we've been off for decades."

A man sits alone on a desert island being monitored by a CCTV camera

"It's so nice to be living off the grid."

"Head past the Mobil station, turn right at the dirt road with the old fence post, walk up the trail about 200 yards and you should get two solid bars."

"He abandoned his computer, his pager, his cell phone, his hand-held pilot, his on-board navigation system and for one hour, we were blissfully disconnected."

'My lawyer says this is the best way for me to avoid paying tax.'