Pet Food Part III: Fish Feed and Flour

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[ShadowcatCM]

Ugh, I forgot my knowledge of how to can food and my sewing and knitting skills.  I can provide clothes (as long as they're not TOO fancy and, unfortunately, no pants as of yet) and plenty of sweaters, scarves, hats and socks so we'll not be cold. 

So, we're founding The Cauldron Commune, then?

I'm in.  Not really sure what my practical skill is, besides candle-making, but we'll need worker bees and organizers and I'm good at both.

If I bring my husband, we'll have a kick-ass carpenter, too.  That would probably be useful on a commune.

I'm good at organizing, too! I used to be a file clerk - my contacts from that business say my old bosses are still screeching about me leaving. Apparently, they needed to hire THREE people to replace me. Hah.

I'm good with a hammer! As long as someone else saws, I can put together a good number of stuff. I'm also good with animals. I trained my dog in two languages, and I even managed to train each of my four cats to do something special. I can work with horses, too. I know a fair about 'em but I think that'd be Warhorse's thing in the community.

I can cook some, not a gourmet chef, though. My thing's with animals. Messenger-doves for mail service... I know something about making paper outta trees. Hey - there's this plant called kenaf - it's a bush. You can make paper outta it, and it regrows fast.

Shadowcat

[ShadowcatCM]

Hahaha!  We could be a shoe stealing tie dyed pirate commune!  Muwahahahaha!! <snippage>

To everybody else who piped in with goods and services.  Rock on!!!!  Sounds like we have a rockin' community already!  I sew.  I garden.  I cook.  I am good at raising animals.  And I have a lazy horse that could be used for anything non heavy labor-like.  And since I've just gone through a month long trial of no electricity in my bathroom, I can rough it with candle light like a Trooper!!!

<snippage>

Hah. Yeah!

As for the electricity... <shrug> When we were living in our last house, we once had an ant infestation in the upstairs bathroom. Now, mind, we did have a downstairs bath, but it was a half bath - sink and toilet only. I flat-out refused to shower or bathe with ants, so I took sponge baths in the downstairs half-bath for two weeks in the dead of winter.

If I survived that, I can survive anything.

Shadowcat

[Thesaly]

I'm good at organizing, too! I used to be a file clerk - my contacts from that business say my old bosses are still screeching about me leaving. Apparently, they needed to hire THREE people to replace me. Hah.

I'm good with a hammer! As long as someone else saws, I can put together a good number of stuff. I'm also good with animals. I trained my dog in two languages, and I even managed to train each of my four cats to do something special. I can work with horses, too. I know a fair about 'em but I think that'd be Warhorse's thing in the community.

I can cook some, not a gourmet chef, though. My thing's with animals. Messenger-doves for mail service... I know something about making paper outta trees. Hey - there's this plant called kenaf - it's a bush. You can make paper outta it, and it regrows fast.

Shadowcat

You'd obviously be Completely Useless    Besides, it would give the rest of us a good excuse to learn ASL!  I've always loved different languages, but it's difficult to learn any of them without opportunity to practice.

[WarHorse]

You know, the funny thing is that if I won the lottery, my biggest dream is to build a somewhat subsistant community that doubles as a Renaissance faire and Bed and Breakfast.  It's really corny, but it's my dream.

Actually, that would be a great educational tool for the general public.

Hey did you all see the Good Morning America piece this morning about the Green Family??
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3159955&page=1
The web blog is really "eh", but the story this morning was interesting.  He was there talking about it himself.

Now THAT guy has guts!

I'm good at organizing, too! I used to be a file clerk - my contacts from that business say my old bosses are still screeching about me leaving. Apparently, they needed to hire THREE people to replace me. Hah.

That's happened to me twice - once on a horse farm, and again at KBR, when I was doing the convoy tracking and payroll.  Another driver told me that the three people who replaced me didn't do as good a job.  It's the politics - they didn't get along, and so everything suffered.

But I was sure glad to get out of that cauldron.

[ShadowcatCM]

You'd obviously be Completely Useless    Besides, it would give the rest of us a good excuse to learn ASL!  I've always loved different languages, but it's difficult to learn any of them without opportunity to practice.

Completely Useless? Bah.

Oh, yes. ASL. That would be something else I could do, yeah. Yes, it's hard to practice without someone to practice it with...

Shadowcat

[HeartShadow - Cutethulhu]

Completely Useless? Bah.

Oh, yes. ASL. That would be something else I could do, yeah. Yes, it's hard to practice without someone to practice it with...

Shadowcat

I'll be the useless one!

Though I can knit.  and crochet.  and sew.  and garden, somewhat.  and cook.

and mother EVERYONE!  tee hee!

[ShadowcatCM]

That's happened to me twice - once on a horse farm, and again at KBR, when I was doing the convoy tracking and payroll.  Another driver told me that the three people who replaced me didn't do as good a job.  It's the politics - they didn't get along, and so everything suffered.

But I was sure glad to get out of that cauldron.

Right. It helped that I was one of the quiet ones. You know, always working.

And, yeah. Cauldron sounds appropriate!

Shadowcat

[ShadowcatCM]

I'll be the useless one!

Though I can knit.  and crochet.  and sew.  and garden, somewhat.  and cook.

and mother EVERYONE!  tee hee!

No, I think you'll be our librarian. After all, you love to write! You can write Back to Basics: A History of the Cauldronites.

Shadowcat

[HeartShadow - Cutethulhu]

No, I think you'll be our librarian. After all, you love to write! You can write Back to Basics: A History of the Cauldronites.

Shadowcat

bah.  NON-fiction.

though I'll be happy to be Jennet's assistant .. I think she gets the library job.

after all, she's got the degree.

[ShadowcatCM]

bah.  NON-fiction.

though I'll be happy to be Jennet's assistant .. I think she gets the library job.

after all, she's got the degree.

Good point, I had forgotten that Jennett had that degree...

Oh, well. You can write kids' books and fiction for us all to read.

Shadowcat

[WarHorse]

Right. It helped that I was one of the quiet ones. You know, always working.

The squeaky wheel gets the oil!

The working wheel gets ignored.

Same in this job.

[Jenett]

bah.  NON-fiction.

though I'll be happy to be Jennet's assistant .. I think she gets the library job.

after all, she's got the degree.

*grin*

Library work is, regrettably, less about writing than one might wish.

[HeartShadow - Cutethulhu]

*grin*

Library work is, regrettably, less about writing than one might wish.

why do you think I don't want the job?

[Pyperlie]

I can provide clothes (as long as they're not TOO fancy and, unfortunately, no pants as of yet) and plenty of sweaters, scarves, hats and socks so we'll not be cold. 

Don't worry, I can make pants (ar at least, I can make shorts, so I would assume it's pretty much the same, just more sewing on the legs).  Actually, if you can knit, or can sew a shirt, you can make pants.  Honestly, I can make a pair of shorts in 2 or 3 hours...and it only takes that long because I really suck at it.     Shorts and pants are the easiest things ever to make (except for skirts of course).

   ~~~Pyperlie<^>

[Celtee]

Don't worry, I can make pants (ar at least, I can make shorts, so I would assume it's pretty much the same, just more sewing on the legs).  Actually, if you can knit, or can sew a shirt, you can make pants.  Honestly, I can make a pair of shorts in 2 or 3 hours...and it only takes that long because I really suck at it.     Shorts and pants are the easiest things ever to make (except for skirts of course).

   ~~~Pyperlie<^>

I dunno about that Pyperlie....my shirts tend to be what me and my mom call "square shirts". You know, fold the fabric in half, cut and sew around a neckhole, sew side seams and arms holes, and hem the bottom. There ya be: quick, easy, simple and quite comfortable shirt in no time at all! 

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