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girding.... I think that's

jollyroger — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 04:15:39 +0000

girding.... I think that's like when, just as my namesake was run up the main mast, my mentor, James Hook, late of His Majesty's Navy, would exhort us thusly: "Sharpen yer cutlass 'n tie up yer balls. We're goin' to work!"

I always loved her. I would

Richard Day — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 04:07:12 +0000

In reply to She was pretty cool, yeah. My

I always loved her. I would see her in Twilight zone or some ridiculous drama. Had that love mark on her cheek.

And as a ten year old I would imagine rubbing my....

Oh never mind

The best farmland was sold to

Resistance — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 02:33:00 +0000

In reply to Without real food grown

The best farmland was sold to developers for housing and commercial development, in my region.

The real estate boom did more than cost us financially; it robbed us of a valuable resource to sustain life.

It has been reported some farmers have machines that are 30 feet wide; they can seed or harvest a quarter of a square mile in a single day.They have to depend upon machines. When they have to be replaced, it takes a lot of credit

How do you pay back the loan when you have to depend upon things you can’t control —weather conditions; to dry, to wet, to cold, besides market prices, and interest rates?

Because of market forces, the poor cannot pay the cost of life’s necessities. Millions of impoverished humans are neglected in our economic system

30 centuries ago (Ecclesiastes 4:1) 4 And I myself returned that I might see all the acts of oppression that are being done under the sun, and, look! the tears of those being oppressed, but they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power, so that they had no comforter. . .

soviet supermarket style.

moat — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 02:07:44 +0000

In reply to Without real food grown

soviet supermarket style.

Humm......you know Donal,

cmaukonen — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 00:43:49 +0000

In reply to She was pretty cool, yeah. My

Humm......you know Donal, that is kind of an open ended statement there. Depending of course on how one defines cat.

She was pretty cool, yeah. My

Donal — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 00:27:33 +0000

In reply to Good God. And I was trying

She was pretty cool, yeah. My ex was inspired by Honey West, but wouldn't let me have a cat.

Well, now you did it, Donal.

wabby — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 00:04:26 +0000

In reply to Without real food grown

Well, now you did it, Donal. How am I gonna get the picture of poor people eating tiny crackers made in India bought from the $ store out of my head now?

Good God. And I was trying

Ramona — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 00:04:00 +0000

In reply to Monsters from the Id

Good God. And I was trying to have fun today. But thanks for the Anne Francis pic. RIP, indeed. Always liked her, and thought she was a fine enough actress that she might have been remembered for her performances in early TV, as well.

But back to reality. If need be, I could probably live with what I've got for the rest of my life if I had to. I don't need much (firewood, food, toilet paper), nor do I crave much. I try to keep a low carbon footprint, too. But it won't be enough, and I fear for us all.

I think I live in a place where neighbors will help neighbors, and we might just live to tell the tale--at least us old folks. It's the cities I worry about. Contrary to appearances, they're already jungles and it won't take much for good will and civility to take a hike while survival of the fittest becomes popular again. It's very near that already, except in pockets where supply and demand are still equal enough to keep the animals at bay a little longer.

So for years now we've been watching this happen. Has anybody ever had any real solutions? Talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk. Wring our hands. Talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk.

Without real food grown

Donal — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 23:56:37 +0000

In reply to I can see that the difference

Without real food grown locally, I could see poor people buying imported, food-like stuff from the Dollar Store.

I can see that the difference

moat — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 23:30:23 +0000

In reply to Monsters from the Id

I can see that the difference between successful "localization" and desperate ghetto will involve the food production Astyk is talking about. Living as I do, in an intensely urban environment, I can see it will help immensely if more people get involved with local farming and start creatively using open space toward that end. But I wonder if such density really can be subtended without some form of architectural agriculture. Some kind of inverted model of what Soleri envisioned, maybe.

New/remodelled structures (physical and otherwise) will also be needed in all areas where the division of labor suddenly requires more local means of production to replace what is now imported. It takes more design to bring new elements into an existing system than it does to expand a system to its limits.