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["Jeanne Driese" <jeanne13 AT earthlink.net>]

Thanks Lynn for what you said below.   
It would be nice to discuss how we will do things right now and not worry 
ourselves with what "might" happen.    
So does anyone have an answer to what I might use for toilet paper  when I do 
not have the gas or money to get to the store to buy some??  
What about tooth paste,  right now I make my own from baking soda and salt 
but I can't provide either of those ingredients on my homestead.  Ideas???
As for SS, I have to believe there will be some.  At 73 + years I think I can 
safely say that I will not be able to find a job!  Due to a long string of 
poor choices in my misspent middle age all I have is SS.  Question for James, 
without a certain amount of cash dollars how would you pay your property 
taxes as you reach your older years?  
Living on as little cash as possible is working for me now and is a challange 
I am having fun with.  Of course as one gets older they begin to realize just 
how few material things they need.  
Besides a few good friends are worth much more than lots of money in the 
bank! 
Having money for the internet is high on my list of priorities as a reason to 
have some income but I don't suppose I would die without it.
Just my thoughts on what is important to me at this moment in time.
Jeanne
tnhillwoman
North East TN zone 6
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Lynn Wigglesworth 
  To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org 
  Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 7:36 PM
  Subject: Re: [Homestead] Serious issues


  Gene; I share your frustration. This "the sky is falling", "things are 
going 
  to go bad",  invisible boogey man stuff bothers me. I prefer a problem that 
  I can look in the face and DO something about. But I don't think anyone has 
  any answers. No one knows what is happening with the economy, so no one can 
  say what to do.

  Some email lists have gotten all 'survivalist'...get a gun and hide out, 
and 
  other lists are just business as usual, with no mention of the economy. 
This 
  list seems to have more reasonable discussion of the economy than most. If 
  you find anyone with any answers, let us know!

  By the way, Gene; you've always been the heart of the Homestead list. You 
  were here when I first signed on 13 or so years ago, and you've always been 
  the voice of reason here.

  Lynn Wigglesworth