Not Necessarily so..... One Very famous politician was met by a farmer who changed his mind and methods in Washington....Even helped him get re-elected.....
http://hushmoney.org/Davy_Crockett_Farmer_Bunce.htm
Not Necessarily so..... One Very famous politician was met by a farmer who changed his mind and methods in Washington....Even helped him get re-elected.....
http://hushmoney.org/Davy_Crockett_Farmer_Bunce.htm
Because a survival situation carries an aura of timelessness, a survivor cannot allow himself to be overcome by it's duration or quality. A survivor accepts the situation as it is and improves it from that standpoint. Prologue from Outdoor Survival Skills by Larry Dean Olsen
it's not my quote. it's just an old montana saying.Originally Posted by Pal334
It's a Montana saying, a Wyoming saying, a Texas saying, a Scottish saying (my guess the origins), an Australian saying, a New Zealand saying, an Army saying, an Air Force saying, a Marine Corps saying.....and on and on (Notice that it is not a Navy saying)
Navy saying is something about separating the men from the boys with a crowbar....I dont really remember.It's a Montana saying, a Wyoming saying, a Texas saying, a Scottish saying (my guess the origins), an Australian saying, a New Zealand saying, an Army saying, an Air Force saying, a Marine Corps saying.....and on and on (Notice that it is not a Navy saying)
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
[QUOTE=mosquitomountainman;275571]as usual mmm thanks. their is alot of "down time in winter". i do care about many things and pay attention. it's my nature.
and to moondancer. we live the livestyle, not because it's trendy. because it's who we are.
i know very few people who want go to the outhouse when it's -30. we don't mind
nor do i know many people who butcher their own chicken for dinner at 8 deg. we don't mind...
we choose to be primitive because society sucks and we want no part of it...
ROFLMAO!!!!!!! (Sorry Crash)
Because a survival situation carries an aura of timelessness, a survivor cannot allow himself to be overcome by it's duration or quality. A survivor accepts the situation as it is and improves it from that standpoint. Prologue from Outdoor Survival Skills by Larry Dean Olsen
Navy mascot is a goat. Of course that's an Officer thing. Us enlisted folks were much more refined.
You'll get a kick out of this question and answer....
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...8060634AAly6I3
Ok, ok guys, I retrack my statement in that not ALL farmers/homesteaders are like this (I don't think I ever said that anyway) but honestly, if you met the people in my community, and my family in the 60's and 70's, you would find the same as I have said. They just were not interested in those things. They worked hard, they loved their families and went to church. But again, I do not understand why it is insulting to have people in the world who have a simple life, simple people...I mean, that was a great pride in my family and still is today. We can't all be Davy Crockett nor do I wish to be.
Sorry for hyjacking the thread.
"I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion."
-Henry David Thoreau
"A gardners best revenge is to eat the weeds."
yep. fully aware. but apparently some folks aren't.It's a Montana saying, a Wyoming saying, a Texas saying, a Scottish saying (my guess the origins), an Australian saying, a New Zealand saying, an Army saying, an Air Force saying, a Marine Corps saying.....and on and on (Notice that it is not a Navy saying)
[QUOTE=mountain1;275595]THAT's my point, not everyone DOES it because "society sucks" They do it because they CAN, because we live in America.
"I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion."
-Henry David Thoreau
"A gardners best revenge is to eat the weeds."
"Simple" as in needs and desires is fine. "Simple" as in mental capacity I would have a problem with. I think most of my reaction had to do with the impression I got from your post that a "true homesteader" wouldn't have time to get involved in "outside issues" or have an informed opinion of those things. I believe that's a false assumption.
Congratulations and thanks regarding your livelihood. I had/have relatives in Kansas who farm. I spent most of my summers working at one place or another when growing up. They were some of the best years of my life.
FWIW I took the comments to refer to a simple lifestyle. Not necessarily easy, but simple as in not complicated.
"All the good mascots have been taken." That's pretty good.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
I agree, I am sorry if it did come out sounding like that, as it certainly was not meant to. Sometimes things from the brain do not quite type out the same."Simple minded" and "simple folk" are two very different things. My father for one, left school at 16, fought in the navy in WW2, can't read much of anything but everyone here would very much love his company!
"I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion."
-Henry David Thoreau
"A gardners best revenge is to eat the weeds."
[QUOTE=themoondancer811;275601]JFYI - the quote "we don't mind ... we choose to be primitive because society sucks and we want no part of it..." is not mine.
I have different reasons for living the way we live.
live your live free, without worry. you've only got one and i'll be dam8ed if i live it for the 'man' or anyone else.
that is the point of it all.
most as a society in general have become a slave to the daily grind. so they will let the "ruling" class control them without question. it's all by design. and it seems to be working just as planned.
pocos post is right own.
1. My post was not to you, it was to Mosquittomountainman, so no need to take offense.
2. I don't know why you have some sort of chip on your shoulder, but "the man" or "the ruling" class ain't hanging around this forum so you can knock of the histrionics.
3. While I'm sure that there are a few that might agree with you, as Pal334 indicated, this is not one of those conspiracy based survivalist forums. Lord knows there are enough of them out there already.
[QUOTE=mosquitomountainman;275614]yeah i saw that.
that is bye no means the only reason we live as we do. there are many;
no one around for miles, we are basically camping everyday(except we have a cabin), SILENCE, just the general freedom do do what ever the he11 we want when we want. we have no bills except the mortgage. to all the uninitiated; just imagine a life without a power,water,sewage,trash bill, etc., the list goes on and on with the bills we do not have that most folks choose to have. we are independent and free of that. that within it's self helps give us the freedom we enjoy.
we are free from those bonds of society that most people have made themselves slaves to.
it is a choice we have made many years ago and will keep it at al cost...
Keep up with your snide remarks and you'll be free to go elsewhere.
You're sipping the cookin' sherry again aren't you?
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