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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sakata, post: 2739388, member: 23778&quot;]I started this thread with the intention of providing some useful information for a small subset of the people here.&nbsp; Some of the comments made little sense until I realized that posts by people on ignore don&#039;t even show up when quoted.&nbsp; So I temporarily unignored people and reread the whole thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>I now regret starting it.&nbsp; It seems than only one person appreciated the information but it gave the naysayers, who belittle everything which goes against their own ideas, the opportunity to practice their inane people-bashing.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the record, I am not a prepper in any sense which is implied by these people.&nbsp; Am I prepared for potential problems?&nbsp; Of course I am, as should anyone be with even a modicum of intelligence.&nbsp; Do I shut myself up in a compound protected by guns and barbed wire?&nbsp; Of course not: I live outside a small rural town because I prefer it to the urban jungle.&nbsp; I am prepared for eventualities which I do not expect to arise as a consequence of my chosen lifestyle.&nbsp; I enjoy living in the country, I enjoy growing my own food, I have solar power for environmental reasons not survivalist reason.&nbsp; I own some gold and silver so as to diversify my assets.&nbsp; I have water filtration because the water here is polluted with agricultural runoff, not because I think it may be needed for survivalist reasons.&nbsp; I did the experiment with the buried silver because I did not need it and the article I saw piqued my curiosity.&nbsp; Now that that curiosity has been satisfied there is no need to repeat it but I thought that others who had heard the same many be interested in the results.</p><p><br /></p><p>I could go on further like this but I hope I have made my point.&nbsp; I try to respect everyone&#039;s opinions (although sometimes it is hard) and do not automatically belittle those who do not agree with me.&nbsp; As my avatar says, I do like to play devil&#039;s advocate sometime but the intention is to try to get people to think outside the little box they live in.&nbsp; So for those of you who having nothing good to say about those who do not embrace your lifestyle I have two things to say: you live your way and let others live theirs; try to think outside the box occasionally and you will see a whole new world, one which you may not understand but which you could learn to appreciate.</p><p><br /></p><p>Getting along with and trying to understand people of different beliefs, religions and cultures, etc. is, in my opinion, part of living a successful life.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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