Posted by Bret4207 on August 03, 2014 at 05:12:22 from (64.19.90.196):
In Reply to: Self Sufficient People posted by Fullers Farmalls on August 01, 2014 at 22:11:06:
Lou is right. There are very, very few people even approaching anything close to self sufficiency anymore. My neighbors from the NYC area think they are self sufficient because they have a farm now. There is s freight truck passing my house most everyday dropping off their latest gadget that makes them more self sufficient. Meanwhile these "self sufficient" people hire my Amish neighbors wife to come in do the dishes and fold laundry so the lady can go out and be "self sufficient. He can't figure out why their dishwasher won't get dishes clean when he won't add salt to the water softener and he's so "self sufficient" he won't take advice.
Some mentioned self reliance and that's probably a more accurate term.
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