tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post3316266440461963663..comments2024-03-25T11:19:35.199-04:00Comments on The Small Hold - Will Not Go Down Without a Fight: Are You Ready for the New Economy?PioneerPreppyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-41809334077684528192014-11-13T11:48:07.525-05:002014-11-13T11:48:07.525-05:00Colonial times are probably not a bad example: so...Colonial times are probably not a bad example: some level of technology but everything new has to be hand made or hand maintained. When we went to Colonial Williamsburg it was a very interesting and eye opening experience. The gunmaker there was working on a pistol. I asked him how much it would have "cost". He said he had no way to judge the value but he had spent some thousands Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-90178346483182509232014-11-11T17:24:26.479-05:002014-11-11T17:24:26.479-05:00Kev - Exactly. If you can produce your own trade g...Kev - Exactly. If you can produce your own trade goods or commodities you are way ahead of the game.<br />PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-75244499393410324532014-11-11T17:23:50.000-05:002014-11-11T17:23:50.000-05:00Russ - I don't think you can really call the R...Russ - I don't think you can really call the Roman collapse as localized. At that point the areas that weren't really touched would have already been in a collapse by today's standards. As things stand today if the US collapses then the world will follow for all intents and purposes. Alternative trade will have to emerge eventually though and I think would pop up wherever people are PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-55368802949201974022014-11-11T17:20:25.172-05:002014-11-11T17:20:25.172-05:00Sandy - Of course. The skills would be what I woul...Sandy - Of course. The skills would be what I would shoot for or something I could produce pretty much all the time. Otherwise I think we would run out pretty fast.<br />PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-87191959402471300552014-11-11T17:19:20.998-05:002014-11-11T17:19:20.998-05:00Rob - I think most of the animals for hunting will...Rob - I think most of the animals for hunting will be eaten in pretty short order. At that point the ammo becomes mostly self defense only kinda thing.<br /><br />PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-52569390270335300522014-11-11T17:18:10.046-05:002014-11-11T17:18:10.046-05:00Sf - I feel ya my friend. Seems somethign is alway...Sf - I feel ya my friend. Seems somethign is always breaking around here as well and money just keeps getting tighter and tighter too. If it keeps up I may have to actually enter the wage slave pens once again. I love the job I have right now but it just ain't getting me enough hours right now.<br /><br />You are correct about the old values coming back. The things you mentioned will be at PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-82747083660401858192014-11-11T06:29:42.734-05:002014-11-11T06:29:42.734-05:00Only what I can produce from my own hands is what ...Only what I can produce from my own hands is what I'd trade. Food from the ground and what I can produce with wood. Advice would be free! Pretty much like now really!Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-66458665064752690122014-11-11T06:11:49.926-05:002014-11-11T06:11:49.926-05:00Trade tends to collapse in a crises. We severely ...Trade tends to collapse in a crises. We severely underestimate how much a legal system is needed to support even a small market-type setting. The libertarians liked to point the fairs of Medieval Champaign as an example of a market with no judicial systems. But guess what, Champaign was unusual for the number of courts (often repurposed) that dealt with trade issues, and that appears to have russell1200https://www.blogger.com/profile/16258915475311426433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-36386425189475665902014-11-11T00:16:28.195-05:002014-11-11T00:16:28.195-05:00PP,
Barter your service gunsmith, saddler, leathe...PP,<br /><br />Barter your service gunsmith, saddler, leather worker, farrier, and clothes making.<br />Tobacco products, homemade wine, medical service, reference material (how to).....Sandy Livesayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06183449816586125720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-23756764414105488562014-11-10T20:45:48.924-05:002014-11-10T20:45:48.924-05:00I would hang on to the ammo, you could hunt small ...I would hang on to the ammo, you could hunt small game with that, and <br />i would keep the booze too.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16800149852939042454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-48895679171081345142014-11-10T20:21:13.823-05:002014-11-10T20:21:13.823-05:00I am going through a period starting maybe a month...I am going through a period starting maybe a month ago when every day one or two things seem to break. It is just coincidence I guess but I had to stop and think, what if it happened when there was know way to replace the items. I am close to that now because of limited funds but could at least buy them if I had money. In the future money won't do much until a new currency floats to the Sunnybrook Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135224259672444423noreply@blogger.com