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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> It was then that I wanted to know if I could supply myself and my  
> family with
> garden produce, meat, milk, eggs, and the like; gather our own  
> cooking and
> heating fuel; build our own buildings; maintain our own vehicles;  
> etc (usual
> drill) and there still be, let's say, half the day left over for  
> other pursuits.
> As it happens, it needn't take even that long.

Those who have read the Helen and Scott Nearing books will know of  
their four-four-four plan. Four hours of bread labor followed by four  
hours of social service followed by four hours of hedonism.