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Re: August 

By: lkorrow in POPE IV | Recommend this post (2)
Thu, 03 Aug 17 12:28 AM | 59 view(s)
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De,

I hope you're young, because farming and livestock are extremely hard work and one person alone, a farm does not make. It can be a financial sink hole. Then, people have done it and you're really enjoying it, which is important.

You appear to have considerable resources, which is good. I will tell you in my retirement experience, the cash goes three times faster than you think it will, so I would hold out in the other direction and work as long as possible, unless you're really well off. Maybe stay in Virginia while your son's going to college, for example. I think you will find being so isolated from family difficult. I'm always hearing stories of parents moving to be closer to their kids.

It's your decision to go survivalist, but I'd offer that economic conditions have changed since you started the endeavor and, thankfully, the Constitution dumped loser Obama. With Trump bringing manufacturing back and lowering taxes, it seems the economy should slowly turn around, not collapse. That said, there are a number of natural disasters that could take us down, not to mention enemies. So, there's no guarantees on anything. But I liked your approach of having a foot in both places.

Just a thought for your consideration...




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Re: August
By: Decomposed in POPE IV
Wed, 02 Aug 17 7:13 PM 		Msg. 30253 of 47202

Lkorrow:

Thanks for the kind words. 

re: "You're retiring early?"

At the first opportunity, yes.

Since I think a monetary collapse is coming to America and the world, it would be stupid to not prepare for it. I can't stay in Virginia living a conventional life until the crisis hits and wipes me out, so it's time to go.

I need to get serious about growing and preserving my own food and learning how to separate myself from the grid. I don't intend to leave the grid prematurely and will continue to use oil, electricity, hospitals and store merchandise as long as I can, but I want to start making a serious effort to prepare. It would be nice to be able to get by in a crisis where the above essentials might not be available.

I won't be retiring in the conventional sense. I probably won't take many vacations, and I'll still be working - but for myself, not for society or the tax collector. On the other hand, I think I'll thoroughly enjoy it.

I'm toying mentally with the thought of blogging my efforts to become self-sustainable, but I'm not sure if I want them made public. And, with all the mistakes I'll be making, it would probably be pretty funny as well as educational to anyone else in a similar boat. What do I know about living in the country, after all? Not much... For a few years at least, I'll be a real life Oliver Wendell Douglas.
 

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