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Why the P.O. problem rings true to me.
Re: Why the P.O. problem rings true to me.
by TheDude » Tue 30 Sep 2008, 20:49:39
Pike - read Megaproject Forecasts, a short thread which ties into work done on other sites. This is the crux of the matter for me, that we are, in the words of anti-ethanol crusader David Pimentel, "burning too many damned fossil fuels," and that it will be quite a feat to stay at our current level, never mind increase supply for rising demand - which is happening, even in an economic slowdown.
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Re: Why the P.O. problem rings true to me.
by joeltrout » Tue 30 Sep 2008, 20:53:10
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Northern_Pike', 'T')o those most knowledgable economic stategists and big market investors that are so well educated on the matter, I say this: How are your investments doing?
I deserve that
Our 300 acres has received great rainfall this year ranch land continues to increase in value. My #10 can supply continues to grow and my precious metals are still holding their value even though it has been volatile. My library continues to grow after purchasing the book "Stocking Up" this weekend in Cambria, CA at a used book store. I just received the most recent MotherEarth News magazine. We still have a couple hundred pounds of elk & deer meat in the freezer and several hundred rounds ammo for our rifles and shotguns. Things are goood.
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Re: Why the P.O. problem rings true to me.
by Northern_Pike » Tue 30 Sep 2008, 21:07:04
There ya go, JT!
You just changed the direction of my entire opinion of you with your last post to this thread. I now see you as a levelheaded pragmatist taking aim, and planning well, for any possible scenario in a bold new future. I wish you nothing but success in all your endeavors!
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You just changed the direction of my entire opinion of you with your last post to this thread. I now see you as a levelheaded pragmatist taking aim, and planning well, for any possible scenario in a bold new future. I wish you nothing but success in all your endeavors!
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Re: Why the P.O. problem rings true to me.
by joeltrout » Tue 30 Sep 2008, 21:10:28
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Northern_Pike', 'T')here ya go, JT!
You just changed the direction of my entire opinion of you with your last post to this thread. I now see you as a levelheaded pragmatist taking aim, and planning well, for any possible scenario in a bold new future. I wish you nothing but success in all your endeavors!
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You just changed the direction of my entire opinion of you with your last post to this thread. I now see you as a levelheaded pragmatist taking aim, and planning well, for any possible scenario in a bold new future. I wish you nothing but success in all your endeavors!
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Dont let that fool you. I am still hoping they pass the bill to rescue our economy.
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Re: Why the P.O. problem rings true to me.
by Northern_Pike » Tue 30 Sep 2008, 22:02:04
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('joeltrout', ' ') Dont let that fool you. I am still hoping they pass the bill to rescue our economy.
I got that loud and clear, JT. Hence:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Northern_Pike', '.')..planning well, for any possible scenario...
My income limitations have kept my preparations to those I stated above. There is no stock portfolio, mutual funds, nor even a 401K in my near future. I’m not jealous, at least not much anyhow. I am content with the life I have. My family needs for nothing. We have a warm happy home and plenty of extras too. I'm not really wishing for a total collapse, I just see it as inevitable.
However, my own personal lot in life really only improves, compared to others around me, if it actually does happen, and I come out on top during the event. There is by no means any assurance that I will succeed. There is, however, a large measure of certainty that it will eventually come crashing down around us, sooner I think, rather than later. If you think competition in the world of business and high finance is brutal, the competition for the scraps left after the collapse will be deadly.
It cost me surprisingly little to prepare my entire family for TEOTWAWKI, and I like our chances to survive, even thrive when it happens. Heck, even my 4 year old knows when and how to collect and prepare acorns and cattails as a staple food supply. We all enjoy working in our garden. My middle child is a far better hunter and fisherman than I was at his age, and he loves nothing better. My oldest boy is freakishly huge and strong. All my boys study martial arts and the two older boys are good shots with the rifles. Even my wife is former Army (like myself) and hasn’t forgotten all her training. Most of all, they will each, every last one of them, follow orders when it counts. I myself have been well trained for long-term wilderness survival.
If TEOTWAWKI happens or doesn’t happen, I will die poor, but not penniless. I will have been rich, raising good kids into good adults, and I will have showed my kids how to thrive in a much simpler way of life, where a man must depend on his own abilities to thrive, collapse or not. And, I will die happy.
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