tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569971501728849222.post1920246353284712343..comments2023-10-29T03:55:21.701-07:00Comments on Staying Alive: ODDS AND ENDSStaying Alivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12833293437407206880noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569971501728849222.post-23173524272918984742008-06-05T10:25:00.000-07:002008-06-05T10:25:00.000-07:00A READER COMMENTSHi Michael, Just wanted to...A READER COMMENTS<BR/><BR/>Hi Michael,<BR/><BR/><BR/> Just wanted to thank you and tell you how much I enjoy your blogs. I am over in Northern KY and have the garden in and am ready for the 2nd plantings of corn and beans. I have had the same mind set as you since 1/06 and while there is never enough money or storage for everything I would like to purchase, I shouldn't get caught with my pants down. Keep up the good work. I read you daily.<BR/> I was doing my wage slave bit today and got over into your state today, and was running around the Versailles, Friendship,& Lawrenceburg area. Noticed a lot of fields with nothing coming up yet.<BR/><BR/><BR/>RottshotStaying Alivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12833293437407206880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569971501728849222.post-87303466070358810542008-06-05T09:48:00.000-07:002008-06-05T09:48:00.000-07:00My grandson never ceases to amaze me. I once watch...My grandson never ceases to amaze me. I once watched as he studied a simple and ordinary rock as if it could answer all his questions. Don't let anyone degrade the value of children. To see through the eyes of a child...riverwalkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01575212890278793911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569971501728849222.post-54757870472067236632008-06-05T09:13:00.000-07:002008-06-05T09:13:00.000-07:00I like Riverwalker's position. Gotta love those k...I like Riverwalker's position. Gotta love those kids!<BR/><BR/>MichaelStaying Alivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12833293437407206880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569971501728849222.post-19969324238052557422008-06-05T08:05:00.000-07:002008-06-05T08:05:00.000-07:00Children are a good thing. They should be welcomed...Children are a good thing. They should be welcomed under any circumstance. They will be our future one day with our guidance. Besides if I have to eat less so that they have more to eat, I will gladly do so and smile happily while they chow down. They are no less a part of the family group than anyone else and are a simply younger version of our selves.riverwalkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01575212890278793911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569971501728849222.post-9083215612677947832008-06-04T20:43:00.000-07:002008-06-04T20:43:00.000-07:00My husband used to think he had a wasteful wife. H...My husband used to think he had a wasteful wife. He didn't understand why I'd bring home another bag of wheat when we already had 3 buckets full. He laughed his butt off when I brought home an old washstand with a ringer from a garage sale. You don't even want to know his reaction when I came home with chickens and meat rabbits(by the time I brought home the ducks he just rolled his eyes). Now he thinks he's actually got a very smart wife who knew enough to buy rice while it was still available and wheat when it was less than half the price it is now. He's even the one who came home with fishing poles and said we're going to the gun show this weekend. Sometimes non-prepper spouses come around.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09771907353702591182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569971501728849222.post-40565586422480278502008-06-04T10:11:00.000-07:002008-06-04T10:11:00.000-07:00To annamatrix:My wife is a decent "prepper". She's...To annamatrix:<BR/><BR/>My wife is a decent "prepper". She's a real "keeper"! annamatrix the survivalist...this is a good thing.riverwalkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01575212890278793911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569971501728849222.post-81941197175530604052008-06-04T10:09:00.000-07:002008-06-04T10:09:00.000-07:00annamatrix,..no you are not a liability. Each pers...annamatrix,..no you are not a liability. Each person can offer something to the group even if its just labor.<BR/>Ladies can cook and sew,..the men can till the soil and work the fields,build things....the children can help weed the crops,...feed the chickens,..collect the eggs,...go fishing for the evening meal, and do what children do naturally , which is to emulate and learn from the adults they are around.<BR/><BR/>You see, each of us have our own unique beliefs,..but the truth there is that not a single one of us have all the answers or know all the truth,..at least not while we are in the flesh.<BR/>If there is a practise you or anyone has that isn't with the majority of the group,..then practise it in your own home and don't force that on others. That single thing will gain a person more respect that just about any other social skill no-a-days.<BR/><BR/>I say that with reservation,...because if it is a danger to the group,...then hey!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Dont look at rawles for groups....search out you friends, family, neighbors and religious <BR/>affiliations. Have at the very least a common bond. <BR/><BR/>remember,.....you are not alone.gott_chahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04144900084025208694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569971501728849222.post-69121321241915894392008-06-04T09:56:00.000-07:002008-06-04T09:56:00.000-07:00good advice riverwalker!but be careful what person...good advice riverwalker!<BR/><BR/>but be careful what personal information you pass around,..'specialy about preps!gott_chahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04144900084025208694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569971501728849222.post-65645949313753602302008-06-04T08:50:00.000-07:002008-06-04T08:50:00.000-07:00"Seek and you shall find". If you don't know your ..."Seek and you shall find". If you don't know your neighbor across the street, how will they know you?riverwalkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01575212890278793911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569971501728849222.post-78815746240623792702008-06-04T08:18:00.000-07:002008-06-04T08:18:00.000-07:00Yikes, THAT was public.FWIW, I'm married. Sorry, ...Yikes, THAT was public.<BR/><BR/>FWIW, I'm married. Sorry, Bro. The kicker is that my hub isn't a survivalist. I'm the one with the SKS and CCW... bringing home chickens and big bags of rice and wheat. Only now (cuz of gas prices and layoffs) is he starting to be concerned about stuff and glad that his psycho better half is a survivalist.<BR/><BR/>And yeah, thanks, you're right. I have enough home ed supplies to school everyone's kids for them thru graduation, and cloth diapers and clothes for ages 0 to 11 (boy AND girl) boxed by age/size. Thinkin' that's gotta be worth something. Maybe we're not just liabilities, after all.<BR/><BR/>And you're right about something else, too - I read a story about a Rabbi who was asked what he'd do if pig was the only food left on Earth, or if someone held a gun to his head and told him to eat it or die. He said, "That's easy - I'd simply say 'pass the ketchup'." Personally, I was always fond of sausage. ((wink!))<BR/><BR/>http://stealthsurvival.blogspot.com/2008/06/cultivating-group.html<BR/>Stealth posted about group survival today. Makes ya almost wish there was a bi-annual potluck at a nearby park for local preppers to get to know each other, doesn't it? Spurs thoughts of putting an ad on Rawles' meet-up list for such a thing. Anyhow, you might like his post, so I thought I'd drop the link.annamatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14938262768117227932noreply@blogger.com