"Gini" wrote in message
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In article , Indyguy1
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Chris wrote:
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But technically speaking, this is possible anywhere.

How? Just how is this possible *anywhere*?

If you are under the impression a parent can just claim squaters rights
on a
parcel of land, cut down trees (with their bare hands) to build themself
a
shelter, eat off the fruits of the land, wear leaves to cover their
bodies,
and educate their children from their experiences alone, you are wrong.
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Affirmative. My ex and I did this in our hippie days (WV,1970s) except we
had a
rent-free for fix-up on an old, long abandoned farmhouse. We raised our
own
vegetables, meat, eggs, milk--even cut our hay with a scythe, kept honey
bees,
and made our own wine and moonshine (I think the statute of limitation has
expired on that ;-). No electricity, cooked and heated with wood and
carried
water from a spring. We lived on about 2k-3k per year. Cheap but not free.
Our
money went to maintenance on our very old Jeep, chicken feed and misc.
nutrients
for the animals, canning supplies (although we did some food dehydration),
dog
food, household necessities and home fixing materials. We wired, plumbed
drywalled the house before we moved. Note, however that we had no kids
during
most of this time. We adopted our oldest son while there but he certainly
didn't
increase our living expenses. But, we bought a piece of land and built a
"real"
house on it before his first winter--We didn't trust him to keep his
bankets on
overnight and that house was real drafty about 3-4 AM when the wood fire
died
down. We were able to save quite a bit of money while there. BTW, what I
learned
during those years was priceless and they were some of the best years of
my
life.
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Wow! Just wow!

~AZ~

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