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MJW
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# Posted: 14 Dec 2012 04:07pm
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I found this today and thought it might be something that would interest some of the people here.
The Complete Guide to Self Sufficiency
You never know...
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Scott_T
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# Posted: 14 Dec 2012 04:24pm
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I have another of John Seymour's books - A Concise Guide to Self Sufficiency and it is an excellent reference. Some good stuff in there ranging from sowing seeds, raising chickens to making your own beer. Highly recommend it even for the urban dwellers.
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MJW
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# Posted: 14 Dec 2012 04:32pm
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This looks like a very good book with some very practical information.
My wife and I visited her father over the Thanksgiving holidays and he and I got to talking about things like butchering hogs and so on and I realized how in the past, most everyone knew how to do these things and now, almost no one knows how to do them. Our children think that pork chops come from the grocery store and don't think much beyond that.
If there ever came a time when we all needed to be self sufficient again, most people would be in sorry shape.
Up until the past couple of years, I fell into the group that would be in bad shape but I have made a point of learning as much about these old time skills as I could.
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optimistic
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# Posted: 14 Dec 2012 04:32pm
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Nice find. Saved it
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larry
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# Posted: 14 Dec 2012 08:48pm
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Quoting: MJW If there ever came a time when we all needed to be self sufficient again, most people would be in sorry shape.
my friend , i think you underestimate the human spirit and drive to survive, just my thought.
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MJW
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# Posted: 14 Dec 2012 08:50pm
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Quoting: larry my friend , i think you underestimate the human spirit and drive to survive, just my thought.
my friend, you obviously don't know the same people I do.
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larry
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# Posted: 14 Dec 2012 09:02pm
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lmfao...indeed
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hattie
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# Posted: 14 Dec 2012 09:40pm
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Thanks for posting this MJW. Lots of great information. I have it saved.
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Bzzzzzt
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# Posted: 15 Dec 2012 05:05pm
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Thanks for sharing this. Been wanting to read something along these lines. The fact that it's a PDF file allows me to keep it on the computer for future reference too.
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hitanktank
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# Posted: 15 Dec 2012 06:46pm
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Quoting: larry my friend , i think you underestimate the human spirit and drive to survive, just my thought.
haha this is gold---I know many of those people---they would just stare at their 60 inch tvs and wonder what is going wrong
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toyota_mdt_tech
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# Posted: 16 Dec 2012 10:00am
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Quoting: MJW I found this today and thought it might be something that would interest some of the people here. The Complete Guide to Self Sufficiency You never know...
I added it in my Amazon cart. Digital version is nice, but I like old school paper books that need no electronics or electricity to read. Thanks for the link/idea. 
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Dina95
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# Posted: 1 Jan 2013 06:56pm
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You saved me 20 bucks from buying a book that had little information on self suffiency...
I am 17 and a woman... and you know... now if you want something... go pay a fortune.. money that we don't have... :p
And my mom has 2 lots (the big one for the my older sister and the other one for me)
So yeah this book will help me sooo much with my self suffienct life-to-be... Thank youuu!!! :D
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