Posted on 05/24/2008 6:07:44 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
Funny! Some of us never went far!
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I was heavy into Mother Earth in the 70’s.....wood stove, solar collectors, garden, compost making etc.
The tone of various recent threads seems to reflect back to those days as gas prices rise and alternatives are being explored again.
I was a little suprised to find such a good MEN website. I passed it on because it might actually be helpful to a new generation
I was born in 64. Early 70’s—hmmm. About then I thought everyone had an outhouse, washed clothes in one of those wringer on top type of washers with the scrub board on one side, bathed in the creek or in a galvanized wash tub when there was enough water in the well, had a garden, kept cows and pigs and chickens....
Oh, wait! We were dirt poor and I was raised on a farm! Do I want to repeat that? Not really. I like hot running water and flush toilets, shrink wrapped chicken that didn’t used to be my pet hen. What I really like is convenience. Can I live without it? Sure. Do I want to? Not on your life.
The surviving difference will be the ones who know how to do things like that. Doesn’t matter so much if you are doing it right now, as long as the knowledge is there.
You are absolutely right—a couple editions of that magazine could mean the difference between life and death for some of the younger generation. Most of them don’t have a clue.
Been growing veggies for 30 years. Ah yes..the annual canning event. Haven’t bought a tomato, green bean, lettuce, carrot, potato, pepper, brussel sprout, mushroom, since Jimmuh Cartel was in office. And I live on a suburbian lot. One can accomplish much in your backyard.
And Michigan is still dealing with frost advisories.
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