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Many people is rethinking how

trkingmomoe — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 07:32:25 +0000

In reply to What's Old Is Now New Again....Homemade Prosperity

Many people is rethinking how they live because there is less money. With a little imagination and time you can do many things that don't cost much.

I find the term "foodies" rather funny discribing people who have discovered home cooked meals.

Hey...works for me.

cmaukonen — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 00:32:18 +0000

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Hey...works for me.

I must have misinterpreted

kgb999 — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 23:52:19 +0000

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I must have misinterpreted the intent of your final line's inflection.

On (slightly) deeper

kgb999 — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 23:51:01 +0000

In reply to Chickens for checkups,

On (slightly) deeper reflection, I could be looking at this wrong. There is a certain delightful inverse-Randian quality to the idea of just regiggering society to bypass their bullshit system entirely. Still not sure about how it would work on a national scale (particularly dense urban) ... but it sure would make an awesome counter-culture novel (in which instance, of course it would work out teh awesome for inverse-Randians and the rich would be left sitting in their decaying mansions having a big 'ole sad trading off their baubles for a sack of barley.)

Never said it was. But the

cmaukonen — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 23:44:04 +0000

In reply to Chickens for checkups,

Never said it was. But the the more you can do and the more you know, the more prepared you are for whatever comes.

Chickens for checkups,

kgb999 — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 23:41:15 +0000

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Chickens for checkups, eh?

That only seems sustainable on the micro-level. Still doesn't negate the need for a sound macro policy. There are many creative approaches to integrate micro-level production as supplemental support to social infrastructure. Like the urban farming Donel highlighted the other day.

Interesting and cool ideas. Not really an answer for reparing the increasingly torn social fabric of America, I fear.

I missed this. Good

Richard Day — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 23:38:01 +0000

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I missed this. Good points.

Yeah, I have learned that cooking your own burger and adding your own garnish; so much better. And I mean the middle restaurants, not the fast food places that I rarely visited.

And baking a chicken can be so easy.

The lady across the hall is in a wheel chair and supplements her income on the net selling stuff. Boxes show up at her door all the time.

Americans are not stupid and eventually figure it out.