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01-09-2010, 05:13 AM | #1 |
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How they did things
This site was wonderful for me. I'm going to burn the information on a disc and hopefully be able to generate enough solar power to run my laptop so it will be available. That's only good for 10-12 years and they tell me the discs start degrading. Only the Ancient cultures could store information for the ages.
http://journeytoforever.org/farm_lib...devices3a.html All of these things were done before anyone figured out they could make a commercial tool and market it to do a job. Last edited by caneman; 01-09-2010 at 05:53 AM. Reason: Punctuation |
01-09-2010, 07:23 AM | #2 |
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So, caneman. Your'e telling me that people used to use their minds & hands to make useful items instead of just running to the giant discount store & buying what they need?
It's too bad we have become so un-imaginative & lazy.
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01-09-2010, 09:36 AM | #3 |
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People used to know where Eggs, Milk, Butter, Hamburger, Sausage, Vegetables, and ETC. came from. Ask the Kids now and see how many know. If wally-world wasn't there, they wouldn't know what to do.
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01-09-2010, 12:49 PM | #4 |
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Well Calvin guys like you and I, rman and a few of the other "old farts" on the board still know. It really concerns me what the younger generation will do when the collapse comes.
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01-11-2010, 06:17 AM | #5 |
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03-08-2012, 05:47 AM | #6 |
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I thought about Chortdraw when I was looking at C:\Documents and Settings\Compac1\Desktop\Handy Farm Devices when I was lloking at his carvings. The shaving / carving horse was what immediately came to mind. Granted, it came to mind to me, a person with zero talent for that kind of thing or the knowledge of what might be genuinely helpful.
There are a ton of mechanical advantage aids shown though for folks with limited funds. |
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