I recently saw a message on (I think!) this Group asking whether
anyone knew of web sites devoted to all aspects of self-sufficiency.

The site to check out is The Get-A-Life Index. It's at
http://www.getalifeindex.com.
It's so new I don't know if the search engines have picked it up yet.

There are hundreds of references-- Not only links to web sites, but
also books and articles and other information

The site is organized into categories and sub-categories including
Food (gardening, recipes, storage, etc.); Alternative Medicine;
House-building, Homesteading; Energy (solar, wind, etc.); Work
(starting your own business or changing jobs/careers), etc.

–Alex

On 12 Jul 2003 09:24:14 -0700, (Alex)
wrote:

I recently saw a message on (I think!) this Group asking whether
anyone knew of web sites devoted to all aspects of self-sufficiency.

The site to check out is The Get-A-Life Index. It's at
http://www.getalifeindex.com.
It's so new I don't know if the search engines have picked it up yet.

There are hundreds of references-- Not only links to web sites, but
also books and articles and other information

The site is organized into categories and sub-categories including
Food (gardening, recipes, storage, etc.); Alternative Medicine;
House-building, Homesteading; Energy (solar, wind, etc.); Work
(starting your own business or changing jobs/careers), etc.


Wouldn't happen to be the *spamming* owner of the site,
would you? I thought so....

This is a *pay* site. There are zillions of free sites with
this info - they're all over the Web.

Pat

This is a *pay* site. There are zillions of free sites with
this info - they're all over the Web.

Any recommendations?

On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 16:41:29 GMT, "Seeker"
wrote:

This is a *pay* site. There are zillions of free sites with
this info - they're all over the Web.

Any recommendations?

Sure, but you can do better than my recommendations.

Just go to Google and type in the search box the subject of
interest: whether 'gardening' 'homesteading',
'self-sufficiency' etc.

If it's a two-word topic use " -- like this "home
preserving" .

Also, go to http://www.waltonfeed.com - and click on
'Information Area'. (I can't give the exact URL you will
get then, my ISP is having problems today and I can't get o
the Web much today.)

Pat

Sure, but you can do better than my recommendations.

Just go to Google and type in the search box the subject of
interest: whether 'gardening' 'homesteading',
'self-sufficiency' etc.

Well, Google isn't for personal recommendations. I prefer someone actually
recommending sites that they like. Why reinvent the wheel?

Seeker wrote:

Sure, but you can do better than my recommendations.

Just go to Google and type in the search box the subject of
interest: whether 'gardening' 'homesteading',
'self-sufficiency' etc.

Well, Google isn't for personal recommendations. I prefer someone
actually
recommending sites that they like. Why reinvent the wheel?

Why ask questions of others you could answer yourself?
--
Zone 5b (Detroit, MI)
I do not post my address to news groups.

Why ask questions of others you could answer yourself?

I'm not following your logic. I asked for personal recommendations of
self-sufficiency web sites. If I don't know of any, how could I answer that
myself? People often pull the Google card but that is not the answer to all
web site requests. Personal recommendations are often for the gems of the
web.

On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 04:15:28 GMT, "Seeker"
wrote:

Why ask questions of others you could answer yourself?

I'm not following your logic. I asked for personal recommendations of
self-sufficiency web sites. If I don't know of any, how could I answer that
myself? People often pull the Google card but that is not the answer to all
web site requests. Personal recommendations are often for the gems of the
web.

Well, it appears the original post in this thread was spam; your
"question" was none too specific ("any recommendations?"); and a
suggestion to search on terms that fit your interests seemed a
reasonable response.

My own thoughts immediately turned to "The Good Life" BBC comedy
series (shown here on some PBS stations some years ago as "Good
Neighbors") about a couple who decided to drop out of the rat race and
become self-sufficient in their own suburban home. Not much useful
instruction, but very amusing.

On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 04:15:28 GMT, "Seeker"
wrote:

Why ask questions of others you could answer yourself?

I'm not following your logic. I asked for personal recommendations of
self-sufficiency web sites. If I don't know of any, how could I answer that
myself? People often pull the Google card but that is not the answer to all
web site requests. Personal recommendations are often for the gems of the
web.

In this particular case, I have too MANY of them to easily
give recommendations, especially since I use IE, and IE does
not keep its 'favorites' ('bookmarks' to Netscape users) in
an easily accessible format.

I made a mistake and made a joint category -
'Gardening/Homesteading' - in my 'favorites' and there are
probably hundreds of URLs there now. This should have been
separate categories.

If I could just send you a text file, I would. But as I
said, IE doesn't keep favorites in an easily accessible
format.

Pat

"Pat Meadows" wrote in message
In this particular case, I have too MANY of them to easily
give recommendations, especially since I use IE, and IE does
not keep its 'favorites' ('bookmarks' to Netscape users) in
an easily accessible format.

What is the problem with IE 'favorites'? It works fine for me. I just create
folders and subfolders as appropriate.

Bob

On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 15:30:22 GMT, "Bob"
wrote:


"Pat Meadows" wrote in message
In this particular case, I have too MANY of them to easily
give recommendations, especially since I use IE, and IE does
not keep its 'favorites' ('bookmarks' to Netscape users) in
an easily accessible format.

What is the problem with IE 'favorites'? It works fine for me. I just create
folders and subfolders as appropriate.


Works fine for me too, but not for sharing with others:
they are not kept - AFAIK - in one text file anywhere.

If the favorites are all in one text file anywhere, I
haven't been able to find it.

Pat

"Pat Meadows" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 15:30:22 GMT, "Bob"
wrote:


"Pat Meadows" wrote in message
In this particular case, I have too MANY of them to easily
give recommendations, especially since I use IE, and IE does
not keep its 'favorites' ('bookmarks' to Netscape users) in
an easily accessible format.

What is the problem with IE 'favorites'? It works fine for me. I just
create
folders and subfolders as appropriate.


Works fine for me too, but not for sharing with others:
they are not kept - AFAIK - in one text file anywhere.

If the favorites are all in one text file anywhere, I
haven't been able to find it.

Ah. To transfer a list of 'favorites'. You can "export" favorites to an html
file, either all or any particular folders. That might help.

Bob

On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 15:51:39 GMT, "Bob"
wrote:


Ah. To transfer a list of 'favorites'. You can "export" favorites to an html
file, either all or any particular folders. That might help.


I didn't know that. Thanks.

Pat

In article , "Seeker"
wrote:

Why ask questions of others you could answer yourself?

I'm not following your logic. I asked for personal recommendations of
self-sufficiency web sites. If I don't know of any, how could I answer that
myself? People often pull the Google card but that is not the answer to all
web site requests. Personal recommendations are often for the gems of the
web.

Go ask your question on misc.rural There are lots of rural folks over there
who have the good sites bookmarked.

Jan

In article ,
(Jan Flora) wrote:

In article , "Seeker"
wrote:

Why ask questions of others you could answer yourself?

I'm not following your logic. I asked for personal recommendations of
self-sufficiency web sites. If I don't know of any, how could I answer that
myself? People often pull the Google card but that is not the answer to all
web site requests. Personal recommendations are often for the gems of the
web.

Go ask your question on misc.rural There are lots of rural folks over there
who have the good sites bookmarked.


There are also misc.survivalism and alt.survival if you can get past the
black helicopter and other paranoid stuff.