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2018-11-04 -Short Attention Span Theater-

The Strange Allure of Pioneer Living - How Shaye Elliott became the Gwyneth Paltrow of America's growing homesteading movement

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-11-04 04:47|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Or possibly not so "strange".....

Posted by Besoeker 2018-11-04 04:54|| 2018-11-04 04:54|| Front Page Top

#2 Elliott, who is 32 years old, "homesteads" not because it’s practical (it’s not)

Author is obviously oblivious to 4,000 year of human history. Being cocooned in an urban environment that never exited till about 100 years ago does that to you. You believe history started with your birth. It's been less than a hundred years that more people live in metro areas than rural areas.

What makes homesteading harder today than a hundred years ago is property taxes leached to sustain the non-productives in the urban areas. You have to raise more than you need to just sustain you and yours, but to sustain a state that farms votes with other people's money.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-11-04 06:15|| 2018-11-04 06:15|| Front Page Top

#3 What makes homesteading harder today than a hundred years ago is property taxes leached to sustain the non-productives in the urban areas.

But, but, but how else can consolidated public (gummit) school systems be sustained, and the Blue Birds... how can you buy and operate the Blue Bird buses? Everyone knows busing is the key to social justice and equality.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-11-04 07:14|| 2018-11-04 07:14|| Front Page Top

#4 The Strange Allure of Pioneer Living - How Shaye Elliott became the Gwyneth Paltrow of America's growing homesteading movement

You mean, like an overrated actress who's hated by just about everybody?

Posted by Raj 2018-11-04 07:48|| 2018-11-04 07:48|| Front Page Top

#5 My grandparents were self sustaining farmers. My mother and father were raised on small farms. 129 acres for my Mom and about the same for my Dad.123 acres. Hand milked cows Jerseys and Holsteins in a Dairy for my Mom and Pecans and Eggs for my dad. These were the cash makers. Big Gardens both families. Hunting in the fall. Hog slaughters and selling Calves. The war sent my mother to College and saw my Father commissioned to fly a fighter against the Japanese..My brother and I made our living off the wars thru'out the next generation. We grew up in Asia, I married in Asia. Retired in the North Georgia mountains. We aren't farmers anymore. But I remember . Still own the Land.

Posted by Elmoluper Splat7589 2018-11-04 08:03|| 2018-11-04 08:03|| Front Page Top

#6 You picked a nice neighborhood Splat.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-11-04 08:57|| 2018-11-04 08:57|| Front Page Top

#7 Looking at the romantic Mrs. Elliott’s website, one sees that she also uses her social media presence to market her cookbooks and an essential oils franchise — clearly a modern version of egg money that pays for her internet devices and internet use.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-11-04 09:41|| 2018-11-04 09:41|| Front Page Top

#8 Who said homesteaders can’t be capitalists?
What she is trying is hard. Harder when she loses her good health.

Posted by jvalentour 2018-11-04 09:48|| 2018-11-04 09:48|| Front Page Top

#9 Wenatchee is a perfect place for this

Posted by 746 2018-11-04 11:13|| 2018-11-04 11:13|| Front Page Top

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