Nothing made to last and we’ve become so dependent certain things. Case in point: The pioneers on a wagon train from east to west. OMG The heat, the heat, the cold! Would be the first to cry uncle and beg for mercy. Need medical treatment? No physicians no medication. The only upside here would be no doctor’s appointments written on a calendar...there is no upside.
We have been “woosified”. Not a bad thing, but should we find the need to adjust, how many might really not give it a second thought and just do it? Too old to readjust? This hand goes up.
Never had a pair of shoes resoled. Closest to that was replacing the tips on pairs of high heels after the original wore down and off. Basically walking on metal shanks is not recommended for wooden floors.
One last thought - do remember those who lived during the depression years would collect flour sacks and make their garments from the cloth. When hearing that story it reminds one of Carol Burnett playing Scarlett O’Hara wearing the green velvet drapes and rod.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1JPQh5rBCw
Rurals might find themselves adjusting easier than the Urbans (who have had little to no experience) Believe it depends on your upbringing. Another video: “My Self Reliance”
Man Builds Off Grid Log Cabin Alone in the Canadian Wilderness/Self Reflections:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIMXKin1fXXCeq2UJePJEog
Hope to make the Northeast green with envy after their winter blizzard recently.
Down here in Texas we had a perfectly gorgeous day. Temps perfect, sunny, and Spring is in the air. The hummers will be arriving soon. The feeders are cleaned and ready to be hung. LOL Purchased several sacks of sugar today.
Thanks for the laugh! That sketch was a classic, lol. I Love the curtain rod across the shoulders, but I had forgotten that she had one of those gaudy sash things on her head. Too funny!
We escaped Mexifornia 3 years ago and moved to a rural area, thinkingnit only would it be better in case we had civil unrest or financial collapse, but we just like this lifestyle no matter what.
But what really surprised me was the neighbors around here. Many of them are preparing for the next Civil War it seems. and all of them are growing gardens and/or livestock. It’s just the way they were raised, and their parents were raised, and their grandparents were raised. The family traditions live on around here. Every house around us has a little plot plowed, ready for next year‘s garden. And everyone I’ve met or that comes to work on the house has some sort of garden going. The guy that just came to put the floors in was talking about what he was gonna grow this year. (On the other hand, they all do things the same way year after year, can you can’t get them to change for anything. That both has pros and cons)