From: bill@chaos.cs.umn.edu ()
Subject: Re: cut the crap (was: ban gas weedeaters and assorted nonsense)
Keywords: weedeaters, chainsaws and tractors oh my
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 01:07:25 GMT

In <l9hmthINNcqq@utkcs2.cs.utk.edu> langston@langston.cs.utk.edu (Mike Langston) writes:

>anmar mirza writes:

>yes, please -- i for one am now killing many more messages than 
>i read here -- until this started, i had enjoyed misc.rural enough 
>to an empty killfile for it

>no flame intended -- just a reminder that this *is* misc.rural

teribly sorry. but when i read the news that day it felt like waking up and
seeing the dozers in the cornfield. i try and keep calm and think prior
to posting (those of you who have me in a kill file will now not have the
pleasure of seeing me prostrate myself before you) but where i live i can
see the urbanites moving out here 'cause its so nice and restfull. then the
first thing they want to do is make it like the city. i mean what do i need to
do? move 100 miles from anyone??? i just want to live where its quiet, dark 
at night, where i can experiment with raising food with little or no (yea,
right) rip-shred year in - year out. raise a family, and hopefully erase
some of the mistakes in the environment around me (without introducing more
of my own). i live in a log home, i want to add solar heating based on nasa
research (modified by the past 20 years of experiance with the research 
project). raise veggies with no chemicals (i don't care if i get weeds as 
long as i get lots of food). raise chickens and ducks (without feeding
all the neighbors cats and dogs in the process) to eat (and use as insect
control) and generate fertillizer. i do believe that a high tech family
farm can be profitable, and renewable; without vast amounts of energy
input to the system. it's just a matter of finding how the system works
and where to properly apply the leverage.
so you see, while i may tend to rant and rave at times i try and be a good
neighbor, father, husband. but yes i do tend to get on a soapbox now and again.
so if you can overlook my eccentricities we may be able to boost each others
enjoyment with our choosen lifestyles. (i can from s ca to the e coast, 
then finnaly to the piece and quiet of the midwest. my most enjoyable
solitary times are flyfishing at the creek [when i, rarely, get the chance],
and sitting/standing in the woods during the fall/winter deer season enjoying
being part of the environment {save your veggie, no hunting attitudes for 
e-mail this is my post, and my appology!})
so if you've got me in your kill file after my tirade, sorry. but i'm not
going to be sorry for the way i am, only for the heat i put into some 
of my posts. it may happen again, so if you'll just be forgiving then
we can live together just fine. if not, then think of this. my posts
and defensive attitude come from a caring for where i live. if i cared not
then what would be the point in getting fired up over some of the ideas that
urbanites have for the rural areas and folks who live there. this is not
a bedroom where i live. its my home.

thank you for your indulgence, please overlook any spelling and grammatical
errors.

bill pociengel
rural river falls wisconsin (west central)
rr2 box 177
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