[clueless]

I get about 30-45 minutes a day. I am currently reading "The end of oil" by Paul Roberts, I cannot figure this guy out, it is full of thesis/anithesis garble...

Have you read that one ?

[NotMyBlood]

Look I'm all for slowing down, getting out of the suburbs, having more of a balance to life. But, there is a reason why electricty is so popular. There is a reason why we dont like to shit in outhouses. Little house and the Waltons were great TV, but could you imagine living in a shack in the middle of nowhere with no electricty!! Id last about a week;

[BigTex]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('clueless', 'I') get about 30-45 minutes a day. I am currently reading "The end of oil" by Paul Roberts, I cannot figure this guy out, it is full of thesis/anithesis garble...

Have you read that one ?

[mommy22]

Clueless....your kids are just the right age for their first Laura books....go to the library and ask for the young childrens versions of LHOTP...the illustrations are lovely, and there is much tape on our own to proove that they were definately mygirl's favorite books.
Get them started early!

[mommy22]

Well, while I don't fancy the type of life the Walton's lived (I'm happy with 2 children), I find it very interesting for the tidbits that come up in the show....the simple pleasure of being able to make do, use it up...that kind of thing. One show was about 3 of them being lost in the woods, and the clever things that the boy had learned from his grandpa and dad about taking care of himself in the woods (like staying out of a caved out dead tree...it's a "widowmaker" he says, and as corny as it was, the tree naturally was struck by lightning and burned up fast.). and how the mom and grandma covered a really old suitcase so that one of the children wouldn't be embarrased by it when she went away. Or how to use what ever resources you have to make ends meet during tough times. And comments like "it's the wrong time of year for corn husking."
I think these are the types of things that would be good to slip away in the back of your mind if TSHTF and we can't go out and buy new, realize that we may not always be able to have corn on the cob in January, or need to know how to handle ourselves in the woods at any point in the future.
I don't have anyone to get really good info from about those things...my dad was a mill worker and while he sometimes talks about him being the one to butcher the chicken (and it running around with his head cut off), he doesn't really remember stuff so well...certainly not well enough to teach me skills that I don't feel I have.
So, while the shows are somewhat laughable, I look at them as learning tools (and my 9 year old loves them!).

[Grautr]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('WildRose', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('I_Like_Plants', 'T')hey were far richer and better fed than I was as a 1970s kid, it's takene me years to realize they were supposed to be poor. I'd say 80% of American kids are growing up with less human feelings, security, regular nutritious food, etc than the Waltons did. The other 20% come from families that own everything and like nowadays just fine.

[WildRose]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Grautr', '
')I can relate to this one. My grandmother who grew up in the East End of London, 5 kids to a bed, told me they used to get an orange each for christmas and how they used to think this exotic fruit was so special

[Ludi]

BigTex, a lot of people do get very bored in the country, many move out to a place and then in a few years move back to town, because they are bored or get tired of driving so much to do anything. You have to like "contemplating nature" or such diversions. It's difficult to find kindred spirits and when you do, it's difficult meeting up with them because of the distances. One generally does best either being the solitary type or the generally sociable type who gets along with just about anyone. There are plenty of social events in the country, but, they may not be what one really wants to attend. Lots of church things, and also generally the local dancehall or bar.....

[BigTex]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', 'B')igTex, a lot of people do get very bored in the country, many move out to a place and then in a few years move back to town, because they are bored or get tired of driving so much to do anything. You have to like "contemplating nature" or such diversions. It's difficult to find kindred spirits and when you do, it's difficult meeting up with them because of the distances. One generally does best either being the solitary type or the generally sociable type who gets along with just about anyone. There are plenty of social events in the country, but, they may not be what one really wants to attend. Lots of church things, and also generally the local dancehall or bar.....

[Ludi]

I have to say I've had the opposite experience with my current "fantasy" life, BigTex. I'm thrilled with my life in the country, having moved back here after living for over a decade in Los Angeles. But I'm one of those solitary contemplating nature types. I was never able to live up to the city life, being a very shy hermit type of person, not really suited for "show biz" in which I worked (still do, for that matter). I was never able to get into the bustle of city life much, or take advantage of the culture there....

[Pops]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BigTex', 'T')o a degree, people are never content.

[Zardoz]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Mo_Oil_Dave', 'N')ope, I ain't laughin'. I remember that show because my grandma watched it religiously.

[Lore]

Ah yes, if only real life could ever have been, or be that way. Although I remember growing up on the farm and most every boy my age, that I knew, did look and act like Jim Bob.

[horsestoaster]

I was never a big fan of the Waltons when it was on originally and still find it a bit too sweet to swallow.My parents who grew up in that era very seldom missed an episode.They also watched Little House,so I guess they liked to remember the simpler times they grew up in and their parents and grandparents grew up in.I made it a point to read all the Little House books and those I did find to be very useful on many levels.I actually collect books that are around 100 years old or so on agriculture.The ones on animal care tend to be a little barbaric and inaccurate.There is a wealth of information that has been virtually lost and this is how I find I can retrieve it.When my 9 year old prefers to go feed his horse rather than zone out in front of the tv,I just smile and remind him to feed the goats as well!I would laugh much harder at someone who prefers Vegas than a little house on their own prairie!

[ohanian]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', 'B')igTex, a lot of people do get very bored in the country, many move out to a place and then in a few years move back to town, because they are bored or get tired of driving so much to do anything. You have to like "contemplating nature" or such diversions. It's difficult to find kindred spirits and when you do, it's difficult meeting up with them because of the distances. One generally does best either being the solitary type or the generally sociable type who gets along with just about anyone. There are plenty of social events in the country, but, they may not be what one really wants to attend. Lots of church things, and also generally the local dancehall or bar.....

[Lore]

[Jeremiah and Del are parting company]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')b]Jeremiah Johnson: You'll do well, Del; providing you don't get into trouble with all that hair.

Del Gue: Ain't this somethin'? I told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. "Make your life go here, son. Here's where the people is. Them mountains is for Indians and wild men." "Mother Gue", I says "the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world," and by God, I was right. Keep your nose in the wind and your eye along the skyline.

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Del Gue: I ain't never seen 'em, but my common sense tells me the Andes is foothills, and the Alps is for children to climb! Keep good care of your hair! These here is God's finest scupturings! And there ain't no laws for the brave ones! And there ain't no asylums for the crazy ones! And there ain't no churches, except for this right here! And there ain't no priests excepting the birds. By God, I are a mountain man, and I'll live 'til an arrow or a bullet finds me. And then I'll leave my bones on this great map of the magnificent...

[Pops]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ohanian', 'T')he locals do not see any spectacular scenery at all. Scenery? They said. What scenery?

[BigTex]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', 'I') have to say I've had the opposite experience with my current "fantasy" life, BigTex. I'm thrilled with my life in the country, having moved back here after living for over a decade in Los Angeles. But I'm one of those solitary contemplating nature types. I was never able to live up to the city life, being a very shy hermit type of person, not really suited for "show biz" in which I worked (still do, for that matter). I was never able to get into the bustle of city life much, or take advantage of the culture there....

[Ludi]

It was mostly really really expensive....and of course the riots, earthquakes, fires, etc....


Here we just have floods, droughts, tornadoes....


but no riots.

[BigTex]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', 'I')t was mostly really really expensive....and of course the riots, earthquakes, fires, etc....


Here we just have floods, droughts, tornadoes....


but no riots.