"We would do better all to become paupers and live on a beautiful and healthy planet than to be millionaires living on a dying one." -John Seymour

-- Anonymous, May 04, 2001

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Ah yes indeed........how very true.........however......methinks we would do even better when we discover we can be 'millionaires' AND live on a beautiful and heathy planet!!

-- Anonymous, May 04, 2001

Ah yes indeed........how very true.........however......methinks we will do even better when we discover we can be 'millionaires' AND live on a beautiful and heathy planet!!

-- Anonymous, May 04, 2001

Can't argue with old John on that point! Say, who is John Seymour? Name sounds familiar.....Kirk

-- Anonymous, May 05, 2001

this is a good one, we had morels, asparagus and t-bone steak we grew ourselves last night and felt like millionaires. I wouldn't even want the responsibility of having millions, just love me pauper life.

-- Anonymous, May 05, 2001

Kirk- John Seymour is an old environmentalist homesteader who lives in Wales I believe. The last I heard he was carted off to jail for demonstrating against GMO foods. He must be in his 80's now. He wrote "The Guide to Self-Sufficiency" among others. All his books are as relevant today as when he wrote them. John is kinda my hero, and I'm going to be so sad when he passes on.

-- Anonymous, May 07, 2001

AMEN to that!!!

I keep reading in our paper about how folks just 'can't live without' things being the way they are... Nobody wants to conserve, explore, or develop... just whine. I hope it doesn't get as bad as the 'experts' predict, but fear it might. They all remind me of a bunch of teenagers mad because daddy won't buy them a new car.......

-- Anonymous, May 07, 2001