Keit said:
In any case, speaking of nature and beauty of the region, it is indeed gorgeous. Here is my favorite movie that was posted on the Siberian Times YT channel. It's about Altai region that is closer to Novosibirsk (western Siberia), but still it demonstrates the magic of the place rather well.
Yearn!!!
Though it might be the camera, it seems as if the air is crystal clear so that it is like one can see better.
I remember a college of mine that had been to Greenland talking about that the air was so clear that she could both see and think better.
I think that apart from less pollution in places like that, that the crystal clear air feeling is only in cold places, because I've experienced it some, when it was really cold in the countryside in Denmark, and in Sweden. (but I imagine that it is more evident in places like Greenland and Siberia)
Though I can say from experience, that getting out of ones warm bed in the morning and sitting on a toilet where the water in the toilet has frozen can be a bit chilly (wakes you up alright) I can also say from experience that with the right clothes, it can be great to live in cold places. Of cause Denmark in the winter is not like Siberia in the winter, but I remember a very cold winter in my childhood, where it was -30 C at night, and if one had a snotty nose it would freeze before dripping (and to lick iron tubes is NOT recommended), and we didn't have central heating, and got stones heated on the stove packed in towels under the covers when going to bed, but apart from that not having heat in the bedroom, and though wearing a warm hat in bed, and mittens if one wanted to read before sleeping, we slept well in the cold.
Laura said:
Maybe it's time for everyone to read the "Little House" series of books by Laura Ingalls Wilder?
My mother read them to me and my sister when we were kids (except the last one as it is very tragic). They are really good, and surely give a good picture (and many survival tips) of how it is to live in the wilderness (play dead if you are chased by a bear, and tie a rope to your house to hold on to if you have to go across the courtyard in a snowstorm, and such )
Seaniebawn said:
I must check out if it's hard to apply for Russian citizenship ;D
Aiming said:
time to learn Russian already!
I've had the thought from time to time since last summer. I think I saw a Putin quote somewhere that minorities were welcome in Russia, but they had to speak Russian (I don't know if that means that one should speak it before applying or if learning it after entering the country is good enough)
Anyways I thought that FOTCM is a minority so it might be an option. And also that learning Russian would probably be a good idea if one considers it (also it is a language with some totally cool sounds, and totally cool letters so it would be nice to know anyways)
Avala said:
1 hectare is more than enough for one average family. Where I live family agriculture is very undeveloped (think 19. century). Not many big farms. Families which live in villages usually have their houses, gardens (mostly season vegetables and some fruits) and animal stays (mostly pigs) all in a much smaller land that 1 hectare. For example my family has some 35 ares, and even that is not all used.
Land bigger than 1 hectare is if you wish to expand, to live from cutting the forest, corn crops, to get more wealth, more this or that . . . actually if you don’t have some good machinery (which costs big money!) very unpractical. (one of the reason why country where I live is getting more under 'wild' nature and greenery by the year. Especially on the land where in socialist times were big agricultural firms.)
I don't know if those measures is for pigs that are fed something grown somewhere else?
For example if one was thinking of having sheep or pigs that survived on what they can eat in nature (as opposed to growing grains to feed them with) how much food there is for them in 1 hectare ? (of cause that also depends on what is growing on that hectare) -one would probably have to supply their food in the winter though, so one would probably need to grow something on some of the land.
Paul said:
Is this the one you're looking for? Session 16 October 1994 http://cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php/topic,25981.0.html
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Q: (L) Are there going to be large groups of people moving into domed cities on the planet living in "cahoots" with the Lizzies?
A: Close.
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Well this might be why I'm getting all those signs to get the heck out of the city now, even though I didn't really want to move..
