[roccman]

Welcome to the debate ccricers!

Stick around...grab a chair and handful of popcorn and enjoy the show.

[drew]

Don't worry about the 'your generation' stuff. If you have a brain you can learn. All it takes is motivation. Aside from public school, my degree, my black belt, and a few years of boxing I am pretty much self taught as far as knowledge goes.
For instance, in my adult life I've done:
-25 years working on cars to the point of changing engines,
-stripped and shingled a roof,
-numerous renovations on a 130 year old home including wiring and plumbing,
-built a cement and brick fire pit,
-learned photography,
-learned to weld, etc.. etc....

The knowledge of how to do things is out there. You can pick up books, it's that simple. Or in your case, use the net. (hell why bother with books right) Anyways my boy works in tech too, it is a great field with lots of oppurtunities. Welcome aboard.

[AndyP]

Thanx. Sorry for misspelling some things but it's hard to use the internet @ work when your supervisor is near. I found this site thru LATOC and google. I am glad to be part of it.

[lady-t]

gee thanks for all the warm welcomes and compliments. i am from texas, but live in oklahoma now. this is god's country in my opinion. of course my son doesn't think so with all the poison ivy, i am starting to learn about herbal medicine and wild foods as well. now i am up to twenty goats and 6 horses and a llama and two dogs. stockpiling hay and PO stuff.

the cost of living is hurting my business, people are starting to prioritize their purchases to more important things than tack and stuff. good thing it's all paid for, or i would be in a pickle.

horses in oklahoma are dirt cheap right now and i just got a molly mule, very sweet and gentle. i have a horse drawn small wagon and a horse to pull it with the harness, i am going to try to teach the mule to do that as well. it would be a kind of motley team, but at least they are the same height. not counting ears of course.

i just learned some about felting, and since i have a llama, i am set for fleece. goats for milk cheese butter and chevon, chickens for feather stuffing eggs and meat, horses for transportation.

having problems with the city about my wind generators, they only allow one, and i need four. details details details

[roccman]

Hello lady-t

welcome onboard

[lady-t]

hi roccman, how you been? did you ever get to the superstition mountains yet? it's the same ole same ole you know where.

[roccman]

yes - went out with my son last weekend on a ride- we found the spring!!!!

Hey - a question for a fellow horseowner...my gelding is losing his mane hair??!!

Wuz up...??

He's eating the same as always...still is with his girlfriend (an Arab Mare) so he getting fed and "some".

[ipso]

Hello All. I've been following peak oil for a while. Spent the afternoon reading the thesis on Peak Oil by Fredrik Robelius. Anyway, RTE (the national broadcaster in Ireland) screened a documentary on peak oil last night during prime time. About a quarter of the country would have been watching. Simmons and Campbell, among others, are interviewed.

Link

http://www.rte.ie/tv/futureshock/av_20070618.html

[venky]

I'll give it 5 stars, probably one of the best documentaries that I've seen. Lays it out bare, without all the misleading stuff of tar sands and biofuels that so characterized more than half the CNN documentary a while ago.

Ends with 'before its too late', gripping!

[Rogozhin]

ipso

It's already been posted here.

Rogo

[DrBang]

I am looking for some books on self sufficency.

How to make all the stuff we need to survive on my own or in a small community. Basically a survivalist source book.

Is there an accepted set of books anyone can recomend to me? I remember seeing a couple years ago but I can't remember their titles.

Cheers

[Pops]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('DrBang', 'I') am looking for some books on self sufficency.

[EnergyUnlimited]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', '
')Furthermore you can forget the ecovillage as a defensive posture in a post-peak chaotic world. Watch Mad Max. Instead go for a small town near rail or barge transport.

[Aaron]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('gnm', 'T')o all eco-village participants... Please provide coordinates and list supplies, weapons and alternative energy equipment you expect to have so that the horde can more efficiently choose targets. If devastation and razing is not desired I am sure a suitable tribute plan can be worked out.

Thanks,

-G

[lady-t]

is he sticking his head thru the fence? if he is he is rubbing it out. and what kind of feeder do you use. if he has to stick his head thru like a round bale feeder, again he will rub it out, other than that maybe deworming him then wash him well with an antifungal wash that you can get from a good tack/feed store. those are the basic reasons why they lose mane hair. that or the other horse is chewing it off.

a friend of mine who knows the trails out there just moved back and i told him about you wanting to know where the springs and stuff were and he said he would guide you for a fee. i told him that i would give you his number if you want it. his name is lou. and he knows where red tanks is and other springs as well. he is a good kid and honest. a little hot headed and opinionated, but you can trust him, or at least i do.

[FreakOil]

Hello lady-t. It's sounds like you're pretty well placed for a post-Peak world. Don't worry if your family and friends thing you're strange; all of us Peakniks are in the same position.

Regarding that earlier Cornucopian post, I suggest you do your own reading into biofeuls, CTL and the differences between energy and liquid fuel. Also, check out how much solar panels or wind farms you would need to meet the "energy" needs of the United States and how much land that would take up, and bear in mind that the electricity produced is not liquid fuel, and so doesn't automatically replace oil.

Also check out the role of natural gas in industrial agriculture. The major component of fertilizer is natural gas, and the natural gas situation is even scarier than oil, considering that natural gas fields don't decline gradually, they fall off a cliff.

[Dennis_from_Oregon]

Hi All... I moderate Matts forum over at LATOC, and stay pretty busy. Ive had some extra time lately so instead of lurking thought I would get a little involved over here...

So deal with it!!

[Dennis_from_Oregon]

Nah... I m nobody's bitch; I was just trying to say that Im pretty up on PO issues and PO forums without typing my fingers off...

Matts forum makes it easier for me to stay abreast than starting my own, gives me involvement with enhanced time to prepare. Its a win win relationship....

Might you be this forums BetaMonkeyBoy???

[clueless]

What part of Oregon ?

I'm in Eugene.

[Dennis_from_Oregon]

Medford