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Consider a newsletter. You can make money thru advertising (like the local pizza shops for the mentioned apt complex). Since you're putting it together yourself you can give preferential advertising s ...

Too many people, not enough earth.

I may have asked you this question before, but have you talked to your kids about what they plan to do in the future regarding having kids of their own, ass ...

desperate hordes are one of the reasons I suggest relocating several hundred miles from a metro area and doing everything you can to strengthen your local community.

You know, people hav lived in c ...

I got to a point in my PO education...back in about 2005, when I realized that capping oil wells (which has been happening much more recently than the '80s) , delaying ANWR and OCS development, and se ...

I saw a comment somewhere today that the drop in oil was due to banks selling long oil positions to raise capital...

which brings up a couple interesting observations-

a) the banks know going lo ...

i have some questions about this myself. I accepted the idea that hydrogen is a carrier and not an energy source. I realize the difficulties in retrofitting our infrastructure for hydrogen power vs ga ...

T for Troll?

this is an awesome thread. my kids were rofl on the squirrel pic Razz

/hug Scout

/salute Cashmere

I'd also like to add that you dont need to personally use a gun...As long as you have friends w ...

extinction is a bit far fetched...the probability of 6.7 billion people ALL dying is really really low.

deer eat things you couldnt begin to.

"by in large safe and well fed" in 5 years is.....we ...

http://mtbest.net/chest_fridge.html

one quick example from a hasty google search. the point is to use a top opening chest FREEZER and convert it to a refrigerator by replacing the thermostat.
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#1 based on the given information. Split it in half and sell the other half to friend/family/someone else looking for a good retreat. 30 acres for 60k is the best deal .

never say F it. Let the fear drive you to action. Read The Gift of Fear by Gavin De Becker. Excellent read and invaluable in these times.

Do your best to abandon the alone in a bunker mentality. ...

I wouldn't make major life decisions so soon after having all that happen to me.

Scout is already facing major life decisions based on her recent events.

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yes definitely move to the country. And by country i dont mean a few miles outside the suburbs. Look for a small rural community 4+ hours from any metropolis that has good/excellent local small-scale ...

Im not sure there is one magic inflation #. It would be like saying you have 1.4 kids Razz

You can pretty easily determine what your personal inflation number is by taking all the things you spend mo ...