Can't be, no clocks, calenders etc, no Mondays, weekends, public holidays, pay days, sickies, unions although I suspect a government wouldn't be too far away.
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Can't be, no clocks, calenders etc, no Mondays, weekends, public holidays, pay days, sickies, unions although I suspect a government wouldn't be too far away.
Perhaps a little drastic.... but a very interesting Mad Maxish future... one thing totally wrong though, how the hell will this plastic crap money be any good for firelighting?Quote:
Originally Posted by Zed
Clinton may well have a point about needing rabid wombats.
The trouble with this whole debate is that the only people who think seriously about it are the raving loonies. (See Clinton's post if you don't believe me!;) )
Take this bloke for example http://survivalplus.com lots of good stuff, interspersed with beaut home-spun wisdom like :
So read all this stuff to further your knowledge, but believe it at your peril!Quote:
Consequently, only the rich got colon cancer. Colon cancer is caused by the buildup of carcinogens on intestinal linings.
He does have a theory espoused somewhere there that I quite like though- by learning to produce your own food (and again here in Oz, most of us are less than one generation detached from those skills, so it's a bit of a moot point), one will be free when "the catastrophe" happens.
He says there are three types of survivalist (in the US):
1) those who hoard preserved food, which will present them with a stockpile that will last till they run out, or have it stolen.
2) The radical militia movements, who hoard food and will then go and kill anyone else who has food when theirs runs out.
3) The producer who just keeps making (farming) their own, and who eat stuff that the other two wouldn't consider eating (green vegetables and grain for instance) and will therefore be ignored as "not worthy of being killed for".
Great stuff!
P (I wanna be a farmer too! :D )
Oh, and to further my respect for Kurt, he strongly advises his readers against migrating to Australia to avoid the crunch!
http://www.survivalplus.com/philosophy/page0004.htmQuote:
A few survivalists have considered migration as a way of getting out from under the impending doom of the American system. R. Hodkinson of Australia recommends his country as a place for Americans to settle. He means well but he obviously has known few Americans.
For most American migrants to Australia, the place is a miserable experience, both for them and the Australians they deal with.
:D :D :D
Cheers,
P
Spread the word, spread the word!Quote:
Originally Posted by bitingmidge
Who's this bloody R.Hodgkinson bloke think he is? We need to find him and tell him to stop invitng everybody over! :rolleyes:
Mick
So back to the worms, what my mate has done is he has set up an old bath and he has hung a bottle from the bottom under the plug hole. This fills up with worm tea, which he feeds to his plants. That's what I'm going to do.
My uncle had bees. What's the go with that?
Worm tea isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Why not just pee on your lemon bush like everyone else does?
Or collect cowpats, and drop them in a drum of water to make liquid manure?
Or do the same with chook poo?
It's just that worms have got such tiny little bumholes, so they have to work really hard to produce enough to feed the Azaleas. (Did you hear about the dyslectic dingo.... never mind :rolleyes: )
Or just stick the worms in the ground and use plenty of organic mulch, and you'll get the same without needing a bath, a bottle, or the need to carry it over to the plants!
Cheers,
P
:D
Yeah but what do I do with my vegie scraps then? Come on Mr Answers!
Feed 'em to your chooks or compost them.:p Actually if things get really tough you'll be looking very hard at what's "scrap" and what goes into the soup or stew.;)
Mick
Veggie Scraps= organic mulch.Quote:
Originally Posted by bitingmidge
Dig them in or lightly cover them in your veggie patch.
Works for me! ;)
Cheers,
P
OK, so worm farms are for city slickers and if you have the space to plant a decent garden, you can cut out the middle man and just bury the stuff in the ground and let nature take it's course. Is this what you are telling me?
Haven't got any chooks yet but they are on the list. My nan used to feed egg shells to her chooks. Now that's recycling...
Well there won't be any veggie scraps left to feed to the worms if you're getting chooks!
:rolleyes:
P
:D :D :D
What if I feed the vegie scraps to the worms, collect their poo to grow more vegies, and then feed the worms to the chooks?
Bugger this, it's all too hard. Think I'll sell the house and move into an apartment at The Coast.
keep a little worm farm for bait
feed scraps to the chooks
eat their eggs
let them hatch chickens
the hens you keep to replace the old ones
the roosters you eat
make the chook shed so foxes can't get into it.
forget the townhouse it hasn't got a decent shed.