tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post2914171347357748667..comments2023-08-15T06:33:53.114-07:00Comments on Bison Prepper: ptb snafu poda 4 of 4James M Dakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-7740347592880021172016-06-24T14:03:28.280-07:002016-06-24T14:03:28.280-07:00We must have really been pounding the hooch-it see...We must have really been pounding the hooch-it seems every hardscrabble backwoods location made a good living trading booze.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-41254121975648793902016-06-24T06:20:59.503-07:002016-06-24T06:20:59.503-07:00I'm making a similar gamble on my location: go...I'm making a similar gamble on my location: good soil, good water, mild climate... horrid terrain. Within a day's walk is some VIRGIN forest; never was worth trying to get those trees out. And it will only take a few years without maintenance before the roads are impassable except to horses and mountain bikes. Before modern transportation, about the only thing valuable enough to trade from this region was whiskey.John D. Wheelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16203607452410210779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-3494010842121795022016-06-23T14:34:48.735-07:002016-06-23T14:34:48.735-07:00Thank you-I like your summation. Well said, good ...Thank you-I like your summation. Well said, good sir.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-33776868389700830402016-06-23T07:15:55.711-07:002016-06-23T07:15:55.711-07:00I like it - I think you could have summed it up be...I like it - I think you could have summed it up best though by saying "just make more expensive that it is worth for the petroleum lords to not allow you your independence." <br />The only reason it doesn't work so well right now is that the way popular culture/communications works right now, the bad example of indendent living has to be resisted at every point to keep the consumer market taking on the products the provide the profits that the current PTB rely on. JJGreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708302086326564665noreply@blogger.com