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Old 03-03-2007, 19:35   #392
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Originally Posted by JPH
This is my biggest worry/problem!!! I have no problem finding the time/money/training/supplies I would need to be personally self-sufficient for very prolonged period of time… However, I do not have the finances to take care of everyone in my family and I am the only one to both enjoys the preparations and have the forethought and motivation to do them.

JPH
Let me refer you to a great book on this very subject entitled, "The Ant and the Grasshopper".

TR
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