walkaboutjacks
Power Conserver
1. What state/province/country are you in and what is your climate like? Florida! HOT HUMID Just it was where I grew up in Brisbane QLD.
2. How many people are in your family? Marital status? Just me and DD who is 24....now widowed from 2 timing cheating,controling....ok you get the picture LOL
3. How would you define self sufficiency? Growing and raising our own food and being prepared for wshtf
4. What would you do with your spare time if you had any resources you needed? Everything I can't do now like canning and preserving.
5. Have you ever built a house , or other types of building? Do you want to? My ex was a builder..I was the cheap painter and punch out person/lady LOL
6. Can you weld? Steel, aluminum, MiG, TiG, stick, Oxy-Acet? Nope but willing to try
7. Who or what inspired you to become more self sufficient? God
8 Cloth or paper? Paper
9. In what ways are you self sufficient now and in what ways would you like to learn more? Not yet and that's why I am here
10. In what way(s) will you never choose to become self sufficient? No way
11. Are you interested in stocking up for future needs? Big YES
12. Where do you end up when you sink into yourself, away from the outside world? In a book or on the front porch
13. Can you drive a farm tractor or a semi? I can do anything
14. Do you make crafts or useful items? Would you want to teach others how to do these? I sew and have been a chef
15. Can you have legally livestock where you are at? Do you have any? What kinds? Not yet..but sooooon
16. Can you operate a lathe? Metal, wood? No
17. Do you like to garden? If so, what do you enjoy growing? Vegetables
18. Do you fish? Bait or explosives? Bait
19. How much space/land do you have or rent? City? Country? Hope to soon have at least 5 acres
20. Are you a Novice, Technician, General, Advanced? ARRL? Novice
21. What is your self sufficient specialty? Or what one would you like to learn? No specialty yet
22. If you could create a degree and curriculum, what would you major in and what classes would you take? I dont think you need a degree to be self sufficient.
23. Do you do wood work? framing, finish, cabinet? I built our last Chicken coop and made a mouse house for my DD out of a cabinet
24. Are you interested in herbal medicine? YES
25. If you could live any place you chose, where would it be? NC I loved it there when I was working on a horse farm
26. Do you use a wood stove for heating or cooking? Not yet but it's on my list
27. What would your ideal super hero/villain be? Maxwell Smart
28. Are your family or friends also interested in self sufficiency? DD
29. Do you like to cook? Are you interested in whole foods and natural foods? raw milk? farm fresh eggs? All of the above
30. What was your MOS? huh? Whats that?
31. Do you forage or hunt for part of your food needs? No but I can shoot
32. What skills do you have that help you be more self sufficient? I can do anything I set my mind too
33. In which fictional universe would you most like to live? ......
34. Do you have solar panels? Plans to use solar energy? I would like to
35 What is the mass/weight ratio of a European swallow carrying a coconut from the tropics to England? TOO heavy!
36. Have you ever lived completely off grid? Would you like to? Myself and DD camped in a tent for 3 months (no electric)
37. In what do you trust? God
38. Do you make things yourself to save money? Yes
39. Has trying to be more self-sufficient changed your attitude or habits about money/spending? Yes indeedy!
2. How many people are in your family? Marital status? Just me and DD who is 24....now widowed from 2 timing cheating,controling....ok you get the picture LOL
3. How would you define self sufficiency? Growing and raising our own food and being prepared for wshtf
4. What would you do with your spare time if you had any resources you needed? Everything I can't do now like canning and preserving.
5. Have you ever built a house , or other types of building? Do you want to? My ex was a builder..I was the cheap painter and punch out person/lady LOL
6. Can you weld? Steel, aluminum, MiG, TiG, stick, Oxy-Acet? Nope but willing to try
7. Who or what inspired you to become more self sufficient? God
8 Cloth or paper? Paper
9. In what ways are you self sufficient now and in what ways would you like to learn more? Not yet and that's why I am here
10. In what way(s) will you never choose to become self sufficient? No way
11. Are you interested in stocking up for future needs? Big YES
12. Where do you end up when you sink into yourself, away from the outside world? In a book or on the front porch
13. Can you drive a farm tractor or a semi? I can do anything
14. Do you make crafts or useful items? Would you want to teach others how to do these? I sew and have been a chef
15. Can you have legally livestock where you are at? Do you have any? What kinds? Not yet..but sooooon
16. Can you operate a lathe? Metal, wood? No
17. Do you like to garden? If so, what do you enjoy growing? Vegetables
18. Do you fish? Bait or explosives? Bait
19. How much space/land do you have or rent? City? Country? Hope to soon have at least 5 acres
20. Are you a Novice, Technician, General, Advanced? ARRL? Novice
21. What is your self sufficient specialty? Or what one would you like to learn? No specialty yet
22. If you could create a degree and curriculum, what would you major in and what classes would you take? I dont think you need a degree to be self sufficient.
23. Do you do wood work? framing, finish, cabinet? I built our last Chicken coop and made a mouse house for my DD out of a cabinet
24. Are you interested in herbal medicine? YES
25. If you could live any place you chose, where would it be? NC I loved it there when I was working on a horse farm
26. Do you use a wood stove for heating or cooking? Not yet but it's on my list
27. What would your ideal super hero/villain be? Maxwell Smart
28. Are your family or friends also interested in self sufficiency? DD
29. Do you like to cook? Are you interested in whole foods and natural foods? raw milk? farm fresh eggs? All of the above
30. What was your MOS? huh? Whats that?
31. Do you forage or hunt for part of your food needs? No but I can shoot
32. What skills do you have that help you be more self sufficient? I can do anything I set my mind too
33. In which fictional universe would you most like to live? ......
34. Do you have solar panels? Plans to use solar energy? I would like to
35 What is the mass/weight ratio of a European swallow carrying a coconut from the tropics to England? TOO heavy!
36. Have you ever lived completely off grid? Would you like to? Myself and DD camped in a tent for 3 months (no electric)
37. In what do you trust? God
38. Do you make things yourself to save money? Yes
39. Has trying to be more self-sufficient changed your attitude or habits about money/spending? Yes indeedy!