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Jarqui

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27. Haven't read Angela's Ashes - heard of / was aware of it

Mon Apr 27, 2020, 02:09 PM

Apr 2020

I've been thinking about getting some farm property the last few days. I've grown vegetables and taken care of animals since I was a young boy. My paternal grandmother's family did it for generations. After WW1, my paternal great uncle, suffering from severe PTSD from WW!, lived off the land in the mountains until he died at age 85.

As a result of the depression, my father got into engineering food processing plants because "no matter what, people have to eat - basic food is as close to depression proof as it gets"

Access to solar / wind power is easier today. Satellites can provide internet/phone access. Good clean water that cannot be easily poisoned or damned off would be a key.

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This was chilling for me to watch and absorb ... [View all] Jarqui Apr 2020 OP

Frum is at the 28 min mark Bev54 Apr 2020 #1

The key part starts at 34:44 Jarqui Apr 2020 #2

The American people aren't completely stupid. Laelth Apr 2020 #3

+1, in places in China the government is giving millions out in "vouchers" to people to entice them uponit7771 Apr 2020 #5

I must add leighbythesea2 Apr 2020 #6

The economy is toast. Laelth Apr 2020 #9

+1. "The CV is being handled by the American people". yonder Apr 2020 #7

+1000 smirkymonkey Apr 2020 #8

I hope you're right Jarqui Apr 2020 #11

Exactly leighbythesea2 Apr 2020 #12

But what if there's no job? Laelth Apr 2020 #16

It's a mess. I'm not sure how it is going to turn out Jarqui Apr 2020 #17

True leighbythesea2 Apr 2020 #19

My father was a little bitter Jarqui Apr 2020 #20

What an incredible life leighbythesea2 Apr 2020 #23

Haven't read Angela's Ashes - heard of / was aware of it Jarqui Apr 2020 #27

That sounds like a plan leighbythesea2 Apr 2020 #28

My maternal grandmother's family was Irish Jarqui Apr 2020 #29

That itself leighbythesea2 Apr 2020 #30

His father died when he was 8 Jarqui Apr 2020 #31

Glad you found him leighbythesea2 Apr 2020 #32

Right leighbythesea2 Apr 2020 #21

Some of us have difficult choices to make. Laelth Apr 2020 #22

Absolutely leighbythesea2 Apr 2020 #25

States probably won't be closed down at the 6 month point as they'll have gone broke by then. Ace Rothstein Apr 2020 #24

That makes sense leighbythesea2 Apr 2020 #26

Yes and no, it depends on where you are misanthrope Apr 2020 #14

Thanks for that. Laelth Apr 2020 #18

Yes, Frum really lays it out there. Not a pretty picture. FM123 Apr 2020 #4

Truth is I_UndergroundPanther Apr 2020 #10

I can't talk you down. I'm sorry. crickets Apr 2020 #13

I disagree with David Frums analysis SoonerPride Apr 2020 #15