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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts |
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On 2010-01-01 12:59, Socrates wrote: Ch'an Buddhists are sometimes supported by enrollment fees and ticket sales from their travelling show. *See: Shaolin Temple Edit- Last post was supposed to say AndreW Zimmern.
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
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MagiClyde Special user Columbus, Ohio 871 Posts |
Doug...OP?
Magic! The quicker picker-upper!
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Steve_Mollett Inner circle Eh, so I've made 3006 Posts |
Can we live without money?
Hmmm... It appears as if increasing numbers of us are having to LEARN to.
Author of: GARROTE ESCAPES
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts |
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On 2010-01-06 00:29, MagiClyde wrote: Original Post
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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Steven Steele Chief of Staff 1868 Posts |
I define the concept living without money to mean exactly what is says. NO money, which in turn means NO bartering, and no living off any body elses money. All of that is cheating.
So the experiment would be taking a person, with only the clothes on his back and dropping him in the middle of a forest or desert, or farmland, whatever and let him have it. See if he has the resources to hunt, fish, & gather (safe and non-poisonous plants). Serve as a doctor to his own illness & injuries, whatever. In then end, there are very very very few people that can truly survive without any support of any kind. Watch 'Survivorman' and see how difficult it is to survive a week and he's give a few supplies! I think the rest of us are dreaming if we think we can do it.
Coram Deo
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critter Inner circle Spokane, WA 2653 Posts |
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On 2010-01-06 21:31, Steven Steele wrote: I took a stone age survival class. I wouldn't even need to bring a knife, I'll just make one out of a rock That being said, I wouldn't WANT to live without money. I love my electric guitar and gym membership too much.
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
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Ray Tupper. Special user NG16. 749 Posts |
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On 2010-01-06 21:31, Steven Steele wrote: You can barter with many things,not just money! How do you think the carrot farmers got potatoes and the potato farmers got carrots years ago? Admittedly this is a simplified equation,but you know what I mean. If you've got it,you can flog it!It's the ability to sell above the market value,yet buy below,that guarantees survival! The similarities between the medieval system and the capitalist model are strikingly obvious! Ray
What do we want?
A cure for tourettes! When do we want it? C*nt! |
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acesover Special user I believe I have 821 Posts |
Two people can live on the same amount of money as one.
Just half as long.
If I were to agree with you. Then we would both be wrong. As of Apr 5, 2015 10:26 pm I have 880 posts. Used to have over 1,000
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acesover Special user I believe I have 821 Posts |
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On 2009-07-30 10:43, Tom Bartlett wrote: Got ya!
If I were to agree with you. Then we would both be wrong. As of Apr 5, 2015 10:26 pm I have 880 posts. Used to have over 1,000
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balducci Loyal user Canada 227 Posts |
Assuming Tom actually knew the timezone from which McAllisterMagic was posting. Sure it was early morning our time, but maybe he's overseas?
Make America Great Again! - Trump in 2020 ... "We're a capitalistic society. I go into business, I don't make it, I go bankrupt. They're not going to bail me out. I've been on welfare and food stamps. Did anyone help me? No." - Craig T. Nelson, actor.
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Chessmann Inner circle 4242 Posts |
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On 2010-01-06 21:31, Steven Steele wrote: I don't know.... If someone barters (work for food, or whatever) and can stay alive, then yes, it is ****ible for a person to live without money. To me, it is not cheating. Yes, someone else paid for what is sustaining him, but the individual is still living without money. Guess someone should've asked, "What do you mean by 'living without money?'
My ex-cat was named "Muffin". "Vomit" would be a better name for her. AKA "The Evil Ball of Fur".
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Flyswatter Veteran user 370 Posts |
I remember reading about a woman living off free samples for food and free cleaning supply samples.
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acesover Special user I believe I have 821 Posts |
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On 2010-01-07 19:52, balducci wrote: Point well taken.....
If I were to agree with you. Then we would both be wrong. As of Apr 5, 2015 10:26 pm I have 880 posts. Used to have over 1,000
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts |
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On 2010-01-07 19:52, balducci wrote: Nope. Unless he's on vacation, he's Mountain Standard.
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
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tommy Eternal Order Devil's Island 16544 Posts |
Rambo could.
If there is a single truth about Magic, it is that nothing on earth so efficiently evades it.
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MagicSanta Inner circle Northern Nevada 5841 Posts |
I agree with John and the Bald one....a fellow with no income at all would likely be either traveling overseas or on a vacation.
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acesover Special user I believe I have 821 Posts |
I guess it all depends on ones defenition of the word living. I believe that it might be possible to exist without money. But to live life without money is not in my opinion possible.
If I were to agree with you. Then we would both be wrong. As of Apr 5, 2015 10:26 pm I have 880 posts. Used to have over 1,000
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balducci Loyal user Canada 227 Posts |
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On 2009-07-23 21:10, landmark wrote: This next fellow is not living without money, but he has certainly downsized his living expenses. See both links: http://www.globecampus.ca/blogs/cool-stuff/ http://www.salon.com/life/pinched/story/......in_a_van
Make America Great Again! - Trump in 2020 ... "We're a capitalistic society. I go into business, I don't make it, I go bankrupt. They're not going to bail me out. I've been on welfare and food stamps. Did anyone help me? No." - Craig T. Nelson, actor.
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Voldemort Special user Florida 562 Posts |
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On 2010-01-06 21:31, Steven Steele wrote: Yeah... Survivorman. THAT'S real.... NOT!
"Flight from death"
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Socrates Regular user 197 Posts |
Since coming across this post I have found an interesting article from the Guardian Newspaper, it may be of interest to anyone who is curious to know if it is possible to live without money.
Here's the link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gr......ut-money Socrates "Keep your thoughts positive, because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive, because your words become your behavior" - Gandhi |
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