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Darby · 07-01-2003, 07:12 PM

Peonydeepdelver, if you want to get away from cars, you could always go homesteading in the Northwest Territories! Get yourself a nice husky sled team, and get right back to nature. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] 'Course, I hear the bugs are just brutal any time it's warm enough not to be completely frozen, but hey - you could set up camp miles from nowhere and enjoy all the convienances of pre-modern life!
Seriously, though, I always was a little tempted by the idea of homesteading. Learning to live off the land, being completely self-sufficiant... I taught myself to knit instead, lol! And I console myself that I'd be at least a little useful if society collapsed, because I can knit, and I have successfully taught two children to read. I can build a waterproof shelter, and I know how to keep bears away from the campsite, and how not to get giardia. Oh, and I can use a rifle, and I've some familiarity with bow and arrow, too (though my aim stinks). And if I really tried, I might even remember how to make soap.
Still, Middle Earth would be a big adjustment. I don't think my origami skills would be in much demand. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

07-01-2003, 07:12 PM	#14
Darby Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: The land of ice and snow. Posts: 32	Peonydeepdelver, if you want to get away from cars, you could always go homesteading in the Northwest Territories! Get yourself a nice husky sled team, and get right back to nature. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] 'Course, I hear the bugs are just brutal any time it's warm enough not to be completely frozen, but hey - you could set up camp miles from nowhere and enjoy all the convienances of pre-modern life! Seriously, though, I always was a little tempted by the idea of homesteading. Learning to live off the land, being completely self-sufficiant... I taught myself to knit instead, lol! And I console myself that I'd be at least a little useful if society collapsed, because I can knit, and I have successfully taught two children to read. I can build a waterproof shelter, and I know how to keep bears away from the campsite, and how not to get giardia. Oh, and I can use a rifle, and I've some familiarity with bow and arrow, too (though my aim stinks). And if I really tried, I might even remember how to make soap. Still, Middle Earth would be a big adjustment. I don't think my origami skills would be in much demand. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ My favorite scene that never made it into the movie: "By Elbereth and Luthien the fair," said Frodo with a last effort, lifting up his sword, "You shall have neither the Ring nor me!"