tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post4682022584022744166..comments2024-03-26T00:14:00.509-07:00Comments on Crunchy Chicken: Better Off Book Club - Section 1Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-48501828624561520542011-04-20T10:17:32.436-07:002011-04-20T10:17:32.436-07:00enjoyed the book...thanks for the recommend, Crunc...enjoyed the book...thanks for the recommend, Crunchy. <br />1. I would probably be the first voted off the no-tech island, because my only skills are cooking & being fine doing without, if need be. Hubby has enough skills for the both of us tho'.<br />2. not cheating--they get to make their own "rules"<br />3. w/o tv and other easy entertainment, what could be more fun than Dmariehttp://bettermebetterworld.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-91019353133473642802011-04-09T17:16:16.170-07:002011-04-09T17:16:16.170-07:00I'm a bit late to the thread, and I haven'...I'm a bit late to the thread, and I haven't read the book, but I have to comment on the running water/water ram issue. <br /><br />I think that the definition of "technology" that they are using is a bit odd. I say this because running water is not a recent invention. The Romans were famous for their baths over 2000 years ago. Then there is the use of windmills to pump water andStephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04811210861378298752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-69573239773102486822011-04-07T19:27:41.959-07:002011-04-07T19:27:41.959-07:001. I would need a bit of help. I love learning, so...1. I would need a bit of help. I love learning, so don't feel that it would be a horrible thing. I am slowly learning new skills that would help if I had to live with no technology.<br /><br />2. I think it was fine. They used other sophisticated technology like the swing handle washing machine and it was fine. It would also have required hardly any maintenance if it had worked. I think thereZonnahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12514228143703477870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-59952883042279747562011-04-07T11:36:59.375-07:002011-04-07T11:36:59.375-07:00Great book, Crunchy!
1. I know enough, but not en...Great book, Crunchy!<br /><br />1. I know enough, but not enough. I've always had electricity and running water. That would be a challenge.<br /><br />2. I think the ram is just good sense; no motors or electricity. I'd go for it.<br /><br />3. The book often mentions the reserved hints of smiles and good nature of the neighbors. I'm certain their help was offered genuinely; the Sandyhttp://www.whosgotyourgoat.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-12249029196729070842011-04-06T20:40:16.106-07:002011-04-06T20:40:16.106-07:001. Do you feel that you are knowledgeable enough a...1. Do you feel that you are knowledgeable enough about how to live technology-free if you had to? In other words, do you feel like you have the skills to do what they did or do you think you would fail at first and need a lot of help?<br /><br />I know I can do a good share of it- I already milk goats, garden, cook from scratch, etc. I think the hardest part for me would be the cash crops- how Anna Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09392881021927019092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-3188136169539662292011-04-05T21:10:37.469-07:002011-04-05T21:10:37.469-07:00Not sure what's going on, but it worked with m...Not sure what's going on, but it worked with my test comment...Crunchy Chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10612320939936593420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-1705628388533747052011-04-05T21:10:12.731-07:002011-04-05T21:10:12.731-07:00Testing by resubmitting Kate's comment. Please...Testing by resubmitting Kate's comment. Please ignore, I'll be deleting if this goes through...<br /><br />I read the book a few years back. Answers to your questions:<br /><br />1. I think I have a handle on some skills, but I also think I don't know where all the gaps in my own knowledge are. I think I'd need help, just as the author did.<br /><br />2. My recollection of the Crunchy Chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10612320939936593420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-32673942547068864302011-04-05T20:18:43.804-07:002011-04-05T20:18:43.804-07:00Yeah, it ate mine too. Too long I guess...Yeah, it ate mine too. Too long I guess...Throwback at Trapper Creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12418370592659531735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-51377730332958699802011-04-05T16:17:28.149-07:002011-04-05T16:17:28.149-07:00Gah! I can't get my stuff to show up!Gah! I can't get my stuff to show up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-25196202101654104982011-04-05T10:24:56.227-07:002011-04-05T10:24:56.227-07:00I really love this book. I've actually read it...I <i>really</i> love this book. I've actually read it twice in the past few years and I'm sure I'll read it again soon.<br /><br />1. I think we know a whole lot about living lower tech. At this point we have most of the bare basic skills we'd need to survive. But beyond survival we've still got some things to learn.<br /><br />2. I think no. 2 is really the most important Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05590834468436576998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-499621243832398352011-04-05T07:35:05.348-07:002011-04-05T07:35:05.348-07:001. Without actually going completely technology-fr...1. Without actually going completely technology-free, I'd say I don't think I'd miss it all that much. I don't like to get on the computer at home since I'm on it all day at work, and I prefer the quiet, which is why I also tossed the microwave 6 yrs ago.<br /><br />2. The author felt it was cheating to have running water, but I don't understand his thinking in this matterKim from Milwaukeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-41155201501003189182011-04-05T07:25:13.053-07:002011-04-05T07:25:13.053-07:001)That would depend on if I could choose the time ...1)That would depend on if I could choose the time of year to begin the new life. Growing up, my family raised about 90% of the food we ate – but we electricity and refrigeration. We did heat and cook entirely with wood. I’m going to be optimistic and say yes.<br /><br />2)I had a hard time with Brende’s use of the phrase technology free and his thinking they were accomplishing this feat. I don’t CJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11845848547855120133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-45208805189363290412011-04-05T07:14:10.318-07:002011-04-05T07:14:10.318-07:00"Work folded into fun and disappeared. Friend..."Work folded into fun and disappeared. Friendship, conversation, exercise, fresh air, all melded together into a single act of mutual self-forgetting"<br /><br />Yes indeed. It's really a big deal. It's also a skill, sometimes learned without knowing it.<br /><br />What you have there is a main reason (I think) that Spouse left; and I later acquired Spice.<br /><br />In spite Greenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224906349154302210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-22556856701571788842011-04-05T05:15:57.379-07:002011-04-05T05:15:57.379-07:00I read the book a few years back. Answers to your...I read the book a few years back. Answers to your questions:<br /><br />1. I think I have a handle on some skills, but I also think I don't know where all the gaps in my own knowledge are. I think I'd need help, just as the author did.<br /><br />2. My recollection of the piped water was that it was really just a gravity fed, low pressure system. In any case, I would have certainly Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18017959421018964001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-5872314527661805642011-04-04T23:00:01.866-07:002011-04-04T23:00:01.866-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.ruchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17043512641324366469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1542806651392353413.post-59479525907890204142011-04-04T22:59:53.594-07:002011-04-04T22:59:53.594-07:00Damn you Crunchy and your provocative book club di...Damn you Crunchy and your provocative book club discussions. You've piqued my interest. I'm just going to have to order the book. <br /><br />So I haven't read it, but I <3 technology and you are all going to have to pry my computer out of my cold dead hands. <br /><br />But that's okay because if we do end up in Camp TEOTWAWKI, I'll die pretty quickly as I have zero ruchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17043512641324366469noreply@blogger.com