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Yeah, that too. Part of the thought process is all about alienation and a certain level of resentment.

I don't believe this whole discussion should be about "haves and have nots" or "rich vs poor", and not about us po'folk making ourselves feel better by running down the rich people and fooling ourselves into thinking they are somehow less happy than us. The essential question by OP was: I...

This is a question that requires a slow, well thought out answer. I don't have that right now, so I will be brief. Do I wish for a change in the world? H yes. I would look upon it kindly if mankind were to stop living like a plague of locusts. Do I wish for some grand epic disaster, 2012...

Really cool. I have a portable Singer very much like that. It belonged to my Ex's great grandmother (so some good can come from any disaster, huh?) and I think it is a 1940 something model. All I know is that is works, and works well. Since I can't do any fancy sewing, it does all I need...

I've been messing with a 27# Tidy Cat bucket as a potato bin. It was un-scented so it should work. First had 2 rows of 3/8" holes around the lower part. That didn't work, potatoes started to rot. Thot it was the red potatoes that gave me the trouble, and tried again with only russets - to...

Romalea microptera (nobody said binomials were out, did they?)

Oh yeah, certainly. Better to have it and not need it than vice versa. When we buy we'll probably buy 4K. My point was that you would expect to see some 1000 watt or less for sale, and not many homeowners have real need for a 7000 watt.

We went to one of those "how to pick..." sites. This one little boxes you check for whatever you plan to run, and it gives you a suggested wattage. I think it told us around 2K would do it. We would run the freezer, as everybody else, charge our cel phones and at least one of the laptops, and...

Rules here (wisely) forbid discussing other forums, so I can't talk about how awful those political and religious rants get on other self sufficiency type forums I briefly joined. I like the fact that those topics are also taboo here. RE your tagline: Ghandi said something like "even good...

Originally from AL. Lived in Bham, Montgomery, Dallas and Perry County at various times. I miss the good land and climate there, and often thought of moving back, but probably will grow old and die in So Georgia.

When I was very young, my dad used to put these wire cage traps out in the woods. We would catch all kinds of small birds and mammals, including feral cats and a lot of opossum. It was kind of a cracker nature course, I guess. He used to put the opossum in a wood and chicken wire cage out...

I just started a new job a few weeks ago. There was this big pile of plastic 5 gallon buckets - a phosphate came in them to treat water going into city mains. This is a rust preventative measure, and since the stuff goes into public drinking water - well it must be at least semi-safe. It...

Hello all. I've been watching this forum for a month or two, and finally decided to join. It looks like a place I can discuss my own path (back) to SS without a lot of religious or political wrangling or doomsday prophesizing going on. You all seem safe enough to me. My story as is, so far: I...