When veterans returned from WWII, mobile/manufactured homes were used to fill the demand for housing from them.

I sadly do not have the skaldic talent of my namesake. I tried, but it's not my path. In truth, I'm just a quiet builder. But when I do speak, I try to whisper little truths to those who'll listen.

Skills repairing/salvaging things will become invaluable again. I'm thinking electronics, appliances, clothing, etc. At some point people aren't going to be able to simply throw away something and buy

I haven't, but I'm sure I've been reading people influenced by him lately. I might have to check it out later.

I should really use the word "trade" rather than skill. 300 hours of work is about 1 month of working a full time job, which is generally good enough to get going and have a hang of the basic

I actually haven't made that in a while, so that sounds delicious!

I accept. Thank you.

The Encyclopedia of Country Living is a similar, and very comprehensive book about the practical of setting up a self-sufficient homestead along with discussing crops, raising animals, and old school

Thanks! I don't know how many people I will be able to win over, but I hope I can bring just a little attention to these issues.

Spot on. I'm somewhat hopeful that other paths can be tried out. With the potential dangers ahead, it feels like there's never been a better chance - at least in my life - to steer ourselves onto better

If you want to eat well and don't want to make it yourself from scratch, it's likely better to eat local, and not from a national chain. Doesn't matter how haute or lowly their image is. To maintain a

If the motor is built by someone else, they can fall back on the excuse that some piece of their plans was not done to specification. Sending a motor to be verified to a wholly independent source to be

Yeah, the one I am mostly familiar with is Diaspora. It does have a small and separated community but it seemed about what was right technically.

While it is interesting I would very much wonder if I can trust the people who control the service. Someone with the power to upload a human mind into a machine would almost certainly also have the ability

It's probably going to be impossible to really pull the older smokers out of their habits with scary imagery or plain packaging, but the younger generations might yet be able to escape it eventually. I