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alokin
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 Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:20 pm Post subject: What did you learn for a PO world and how? |
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What did you learn for a PO world and how?
Well most will write gardening, did you learn something else more the sort of a trade and did you take classes or did you do reading or how did you learn what you have learned?
To which level did you learn your skill (Hobby/ handyman / Meister)? |
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syrac818
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:15 am Post subject: Re: What did you learn for a PO world and how? |
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Brewing beer and wine!
Hell yeah... you better believe people are going to want to get drunk! |
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alokin
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 2:41 am Post subject: Re: What did you learn for a PO world and how? |
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| well, you don't need to get drunk, but a glass of wine is often good. How did you learn it? And how drinkable are your outcomes? |
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Ayoob
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 2:58 am Post subject: Re: What did you learn for a PO world and how? |
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Alcohol distillation
Medicine
Knife sharpening
If I just concentrate on those, I figure I'm good to go. |
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patience
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:47 am Post subject: Re: What did you learn for a PO world and how? |
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I've learned mechanical skills from a life's work, that now I apply to a repair business. My Dad told me that, "in hard times, the repairman is king", meaning that people would choose to fix something rather than to buy new.
My back ground:
Grew up on a farm, and worked on the equipment. Mechanical Engineering in college, then career in the auto industry on automation machinery. In the 1970's, we moved to a homestead to deal with the downturn in the auto industry. While our kids grew up, we gardened, logged, and farmed a bit with horses, and made furniture as a sideline to my day job. Ten years of that convinced me that "no man is an island". It was not possible to do everything for lack of time. We sold the farm when our kids were grown and moved to a one acre lot where I started a farm repair shop. I'm 62, and still learning, every day, from experience.
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benzoil
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:58 am Post subject: Re: What did you learn for a PO world and how? |
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Animal husbandry (beef and poultry)
Organic gardening
Reading (lots and lots of reading)
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BigTex
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:16 am Post subject: Re: What did you learn for a PO world and how? |
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I learned that a lot of the answers to the "meaning of life" question are more reassuring when oil is $15 a barrel.
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benzoil
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:20 am Post subject: Re: What did you learn for a PO world and how? |
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| BigTex wrote: | | I learned that a lot of the answers to the "meaning of life" question are more reassuring when oil is $15 a barrel. |
Hey! I've been looking for those answers. Spill the beans.
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Ludi
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:00 am Post subject: Re: What did you learn for a PO world and how? |
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I am in the process of learning how to raise wool sheep and process wool for making felt. Eventually I hope to make felt clothing and other useful items.
Learning from the internets and trial and error.
Still very much in the hobbyist stage.
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CarlinsDarlin
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:36 am Post subject: Re: What did you learn for a PO world and how? |
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besides gardening...
Animal husbandry and home dairying (chickens and dairy goats, mostly)
Various food preservation methods (canning, pickling, drying)
Community building - a skill that will become more valuable as time goes on, I suspect.
Some things I have learned from other individuals. Some things I have learned through trial and error.
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Muckingfess
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:37 am Post subject: Re: What did you learn for a PO world and how? |
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Food storage
Reloading
Marksmanship
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benzoil
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:47 am Post subject: Re: What did you learn for a PO world and how? |
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| CarlinsDarlin wrote: | besides gardening...
Community building - a skill that will become more valuable as time goes on, I suspect.
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I've been working on that, too. Mostly by depending on others for help while learning about things like horses, cattle, pasture refurb, gardening and a host of other things I didn't learn growing up in the suburbs! But also, I've been getting involved in the community in which I live - kids groups, civic organizations, etc.
I've often suggested that in a post-PO world we will have to deal with Communities of Geography rather than Communities of Choice. The latter lets us ignore our neighbors in favor of an online community, or interest groups that require travel. In a world of constrained resources, you might not have that luxury so you'd better get to know the people around you.
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BigTex
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 9:56 am Post subject: Re: What did you learn for a PO world and how? |
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| benzoil wrote: | | BigTex wrote: | | I learned that a lot of the answers to the "meaning of life" question are more reassuring when oil is $15 a barrel. |
Hey! I've been looking for those answers. Spill the beans. |
There is an inverse relationship between the price of oil and the divinity of man.
Have a nice day.
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PrairieMule
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:18 pm Post subject: Re: What did you learn for a PO world and how? |
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Soil chemistry and management
Creating a business plan for Agriculture to raise organic beef.
What is considered "organic" beef
Proper body scoring of cattle
Gardening is tougher than I thought it would be.
Operate a John Deere 5220 with out flipping it over.
How to do chute work-castration, horns, and administering shots.
I knew how to do ranch work but had zero experince w/cattle . I learned a lot at a Cattle and Soil workshop at a Texas A&M extension branch.
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RedStateGreen
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:51 pm Post subject: Re: What did you learn for a PO world and how? |
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Learned:
How to organic garden in Oklahoma (totally different than in southern CA)
Spinning
Knitting (took several classes)
How to bake bread
The basics of permaculture
How to slaughter an animal (a friend showed me how)
How to take care of angora rabbits, harvest the fur, etc.
Food dehydrating
How to use a solar oven
Foraging (took a class)
That's all I can think of at the moment.
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