How then, do we move backwards? How does a society, with most of the people having no clue of future events, move from being dependent on a vast and intertwined network of goods and services produced by the indigenous people of whereever, to a local resource and renewable energy based society, and do so in the timeframe available (20-30 years using the most liberal extimates, 10-20 with resonable estimates, 5-10 with worst case scenarios), all the while prices on everything increasing, world politics getting more militaristic, governments continuously reducing civil liberties, shortages of goods on the market and weather patterns resembling bad Hollywood movies?
Joined: Nov 16, 2007 Posts: 268 Location: Rural Western Idaho
Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 6:39 pm Post subject: Please! A better way to search for a topic!
I end up starting what I am sure are repeat threads ... and so do other people ... because it takes WAY too long to wade through everything to find the thread I might be looking for.
Example: I am sure there are multiple threads about how much food to store up per person, links to places to buy the food, etc.
But I don't have 10-20 hours to go through everything here looking for those threads and/or that info, that might be on a different thread that evolved in that direction.
Need better search tool!
Thanks
Lumpy _________________ "Run when you can, walk when you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up."
-- Dean Karnazes, runner and author of Ultramarathon Man
Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 7:38 pm Post subject: Re: Please! A better way to search for a topic!
Yes the searching on this forum can be a little tricky but you just have to get the words right and experiment with the advanced search form a little.
Sometimes Lumpy, the questions just aren't answered. They may have been asked a dozen times but the answer may not be there that fits your case. Something like food quantities is VERY individual to the family therefore quantities have to be multiplied by some 'factor'. I'll give a better answer over in that thread.
Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 9:00 pm Post subject: Re: Please! A better way to search for a topic!
Doing a search before starting a new thread is fine effort. After 4+ years, the forums have seen copious volumes of material posted, starting to get difficult to find a particular topic in the search engine.
I don't see anything wrong with starting a new thread after having made a serious attempt at looking around for an existing thread. If the old thread is so buried that finding it is difficult, a new thread, even on the same topic, can be useful, especially with all the new members over the past year. If the old thread is found, link to it and send a message to the administrators and moderators with a merge request.
Over time, my workbench gets cluttered. Sometimes it is good to clean it up. Sometimes I build another workbench. Sometimes I just buy another house and start over. _________________ If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face--for ever."
-George Orwell, 1984
There ya go... _________________ "When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F Roberts.
Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 9:03 am Post subject: Re: Please! A better way to search for a topic!
Nice work there, Aaron.
I see its included on the left side menu bar.
If I met a woman as responsive as you, I'd be married by now. _________________ If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face--for ever."
-George Orwell, 1984
Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 9:55 am Post subject: Re: Please! A better way to search for a topic!
kpeavey wrote:
Nice work there, Aaron.
I see its included on the left side menu bar.
If I met a woman as responsive as you, I'd be married by now.
My pleasure. _________________ "When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F Roberts.
Joined: Nov 16, 2007 Posts: 268 Location: Rural Western Idaho
Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 6:33 pm Post subject: Re: Please! A better way to search for a topic!
Wowie Zowie, Batman! I put something in a suggestion box, and not only did I get great answers, a new tool appeared on the left tool bar.
I don't think I've ever had such a fast response from a suggestion box of any kind in my whole life!
Thanks again, all.
Lumpy
PS - That link DomusAlbion provided via the PO Google search is really worth going to and printing out. My copy is in a 3-ring binder now. Thanks DA. _________________ "Run when you can, walk when you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up."
-- Dean Karnazes, runner and author of Ultramarathon Man
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