Anybody here heard of this yet?
Cina
http://freestateproject.org/index.jsp
This is a weird lil thing going on in New Hampshire. I like the general
intentions, but I wonder what the locals think about a call for 20,000
people to invade the state to "change" it. Not really on topic, I
suppose, but in some ways northern NH (and Maine) remind me a lot of
Alaska... I've been wondering how a similar organization would fare in
AK. (Not that I think there should be something like it in AK, just
thinking "what if?")
Cina
Dennis P. Harris
<ci...@cinaminx.com> wrote:
> I've been wondering how a similar organization would fare in
> AK. (Not that I think there should be something like it in AK, just
> thinking "what if?")
apparently they studied several candidate states, including
vermont, alaska, idaho, montana, and north dakota, and decided on
NH.
i think that it would go over here like a lead balloon.
Cina
> apparently they studied several candidate states, including
> vermont, alaska, idaho, montana, and north dakota, and decided on
> NH.
>
> i think that it would go over here like a lead balloon.
I think NH got chosen because they don't have a zillion regulations. I
saw a local TV show on this the other day (it's how I found the
website), and one guy was talking about how he just decided to put up a
big tower on his property one day, for ham radio and wind power. No
permits, no notifying local authorities... just decide to build
something and did it. And NH has an unconcealed weapons thing... you
can wear guns around (In the northern parts of the state, IIRC) as long
as they're visible (the TV show had a whole pack of folks walking round
a restaurant in old-tyme garb with guns strapped on).
I agree that the free-state project probably wouldn't be too popular in
Alaska, but I still like the general premises. Especially since I'm
interested in TEOTWAWKI scenarios... community-building schemes always
tickle my fancy. The free-state project isn't quite the same (they're
not all moving to one particular town, and the world isn't ending
tomorrow), but I love reading stories about restructuring society.
Stephen King's "The Stand", the LaHaye/Jenkins "Left Behind" series
(though the "I'll obey you, Husband" crap bugs me), and Starhawk's
"The Fifth Sacred Thing" all have some interesting concepts. I haven't
found any non-fiction on this subject that didn't bore the tits off me,
though.
Cina
Jan Flora
Cina <ci...@cinaminx.com> wrote:
[...]
> I haven't found any non-fiction on this subject that didn't bore the
> tits off me, though.
>
>
> Cina
You're going to do just fine up here, darlin.' Any woman who can use
salty language in an eloquent manner is a natual for this country.
Jan
PS: Hang on to your Fat Quarters. Quilting Guilds abound up here. Just
dump the stuff that you hate and will never use. Bring the stuff you
love. But bring your x-c skiis, too, so you don't grow a "quilter's
butt." Many gals who quilt all winter develop a hinder that's "an axe
handle's width" in just a few years.
Cina
> You're going to do just fine up here, darlin.' Any woman who can use
> salty language in an eloquent manner is a natual for this country.
Hey, thanks! I can curse like a truck driver when the mood strikes,
too. ;-) Our move is finally starting to feel really *real*. I rented a
dumpster a few days ago, and we've already filled it, though I'm only
halfway through the house. And my 14 year old (the only one who was
truly iffy about moving) is even coming around... I wouldn't call her
excited, but at least she's not sullen.
> PS: Hang on to your Fat Quarters. Quilting Guilds abound up here. Just
> dump the stuff that you hate and will never use. Bring the stuff you
> love. But bring your x-c skiis, too, so you don't grow a "quilter's
> butt." Many gals who quilt all winter develop a hinder that's "an axe
> handle's width" in just a few years.
There's fabric you can hate? Huh, news to me! Actually, my fabric stash
is pitifully small, and only fits in three plastic bins, so I may need
to buy more before we leave... or at least that's the excuse DH will
hear. I did hold off on buying a new fabulous machine till we get to
AK, but I'm in the process of bartering one of my old machines for a
treadle. And from what I've heard, Wasilla/Palmer is *the* place for
quilters.
My cross-country skis are definitely keepers, but I haven't had much
chance to use them this winter. We've had wicked cold spells, but very
little snow this season. My hinder isn't in the development stage, it's
hit version 2.0! It's not nearly as distressing as my grandma upper
arms, though... where did those flappy things come from? Heh.
Cina
glad to have another beautiful day for junk tossing
Joe Halbleib
"Cina" <ci...@cinaminx.com> wrote in message
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You "guys" crack me up! Having had several girlfriends who were deeping
into sewing/quilting/etc over the years, I have a bunch of vicarious
experience with the activity. My mother-in-law and my wife's sister are
into quilting now (but my wife only threatens to get into it). I enjoy
sewing humor and watching a "chick flick" with my wife. Thanks for the
chuckle!
Joe (in touch with his sensitive side some of the time anyway)
Jan Flora
"Joe Halbleib" <jlhal...@comcast.net> wrote:
Heh.
My mother intends to win the "whomever dies with the most fabric wins"
contest. She's got enough fabric right now to open a store, and she's
been shipping fabric to me in Alaska (!) that she decided that she
doesn't like. (When Cina gets here, I'll give her about 50-100 FQ's that
I don't like, that my mom sent; I'll never use most of them and Jen is
welcome to the fabric. And my mom would like me to give it to someone
who will use it, if I don't want it.)
I recently read something that said that the more intelligent people are,
the more "in touch" they'll be with the other gender. Ergo: intelligent
men are more feminine (then rednecks); bright women are more masculine
(than dingbats). I'll buy that. The parathethical stuff is my editing,
for empathis. (sp?)
Anyway, Jennifer, you're going to have to visit Homer when you move here,
so I can load you up on FQ's that I'll never use. My musher neighbors
will gladly load you up with puppies/dogs that won't make the cut in
their dog teams, too. *laugh*
Jan
Cina
<snip>
> I recently read something that said that the more intelligent people are,
> the more "in touch" they'll be with the other gender. Ergo: intelligent
> men are more feminine (then rednecks); bright women are more masculine
> (than dingbats). I'll buy that. The parathethical stuff is my editing,
> for empathis. (sp?)
That's interesting... I'd like to hear more about this. I wonder if it
just seems that way because the redneck/dingbat contingent are like
that because they have nothing else to rely on. Like, they've got no
brains, so they have to fall back on stereotype "macho" and "girly"
behavior. Whereas the "in touch" people just do their thing without
bothering with whether it's something "only wo/men do."
> Anyway, Jennifer, you're going to have to visit Homer when you move here,
> so I can load you up on FQ's that I'll never use.
<Swoon!> So what kind of fabric do you like and use?
> My musher neighbors
> will gladly load you up with puppies/dogs that won't make the cut in
> their dog teams, too. *laugh*
See, it's that laugh tacked there on the end that scares me. ;-)
Cina
John P. Mullen
Well, regardless of the relationship between being in touch and
intelligence, "being in touch with" is not the same as "emulating," so
the second part of the argument fails.
I think that some people take the time to accept all input before
deciding or acting. These tend to be intelligent, but intelligence, in
itself, is not the whole thing. I've know some brilliant people who are
quite dense when it comes to members of the other sex.
This is probably one reason why there are so few brilliant people in the
world.
:-)
John Mullen
Jan Flora wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> I recently read something that said that the more intelligent people are,
> the more "in touch" they'll be with the other gender. Ergo: intelligent
> men are more feminine (then rednecks); bright women are more masculine
> (than dingbats). I'll buy that. The parathethical stuff is my editing,
> for empathis. (sp?)
>
> <snip>
>
> Jan