Verdeboy said:I long for the old days, where each person knew how to construct and maintain their own home, grow and cook their own food, make their own clothes, and so forth.
I'm with you on that...Used to be everyone had a workshop in the basement or garage,a garden in the back yard. people are cramming so much into their lives now that it's no wonder people are all so stressed out (wasn't all this new technology supposed to give us more free time not less?). When is the last time most people remember seeing a sunrise?Ask that question to 20 people and you would be lucky if 1 or 2 could even tell you.
Of course the powers that be like the fact men and women work so much(gotta generate those tax dollars!)_
Me,thats why I moved to the big island.As I write this I'm listening to the crickets and the coqui frogs under a night sky with a million stars visible.My fruit trees filling up with fruit,veggies getting bigger,my chickens busy making more baby chickens,this life ain't for everyone I guess...