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People can get used to anything, as proven in Sweden. Sweden is also... "a constitutional monarchy, based on a parliamentary democracy. The affairs of the government of Sweden are directed by a cabinet of ministers, which is led by the Prime Minister. The cabinet and the Prime Minister are...

You and I see eye to eye, for different reasons. In the end we are in the same place. The middle class we are so proud of is an unnatural occurrence. It has had its shot and proves in the end to only be sustainable if someone works to sustain it. It is bound to falter when either someone from...

"The principal vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of wealth. The principal benefit of socialism is the equal sharing of misery." - Sir Winston Churchill The notion that government "should" control industries and regulate business for the good of everyone is a new one, in our land. That...

Funny thing about any aisle - it has two sides. And both sides can be full of a lot of rhetorical, podium pounding.

I personally enjoy distilled agave juice....

I fall back on the age-old reliable, Pat - I make soup!

Pretty good, pretty good. Now try it without a computer! :D

Exactly. Any one thing can be a POS. Add to that, how it is cared for, or not, as the case may be. The goal is to get something that has the potential for excellence - then exploit it. In general the Japanses products offer that.

Onions, tomatoes and zucchini - soup fixins' for the winter.

Kraut is supposed to be fermented - that is the point behind it. I saw something recently where the author sealed his fermenting vessel and used a vapor lock, like when making wine, to let the gases escape and keep bacteria out. But one reason the kraut doesn't get more than a surface layer of...

Id go along with one of the Jap trucks - I got one and it is as reliable as a mule. Any decent American truck, like an f-150 6 cyclinder, have good reputations, too. The parts are not hard to come by, there are always a few around the junkyard. As for diesels, I cannot offer any help.

Sweet! Cheap AND good.

A man was driving out in the country one day when he saw a three legged chicken running down the road. He was amused enough by the sight to drive along side it for a while. Then he noticed the chicken was pacing him at 30 mph. "Pretty fast chicken," he muttered, "I wonder just how fast it...

For what it's worth I have three cars: 1. 2007 Kia Sedona Van 2. '96 Honda Civic 3. '88 Mitsubishi Mighty Max truck Lori simply HAD to have the van, which she makes the payment on. It is the only finance payment we have, aside from our small mortgage. Both the Honda and the Mitsubishi were...

Thanks for the tip on the books. I got PFB for $1.99 from one seller!

Okay, Im starting to get the "why" of eating the food you grow yourself.... No more Fritos for me (crosses fingers behind back).

Thats interesting; most of the oldsters I've known didn't eat much, claiming they weren't used to anything else. They eat what they want, mind you, but not too much of anything. I asked my mom about it several times, and she allowed that it was that way for her people, too. Of course, there...

Awesome....

Well when I put the in, it was smackin the middle of the pragmatic country I live in.

It should also be noted here that, in our fervor to rid ourselves of anything that even hints of animal fat, the old timers ate in moderation. They didn't eat much, and often very little, by our standards. Plus they worked very hard. It is a full time job to feed oneself, the old fashioned...