The Hippy Sharing, Tribal Living, New Age Traveller Thread.

i was ready for my witty reply but i'll get banned

 

I used to work on the hop harvest every year with an alcoholic tramp who lived in hedgerows. He had a circuit that kept him busy enough to survive. Very alternative - like Para but with no gear and never going "home". All he had was in a carrier bag and it was cider. He only ate solid food on Saturdays when he'd cook kilo's of meat and treat himself to a bottle of whisky after which he turned into an arse for the rest of the day.

 

Horse chesnut leaves or soapwart can be mushed between the hands with a little water to make a frothy soapy solution
Its the naturally occuring sapphonis in the plant that create the cleaning agent

 

So im an alcholic tramp with gear that occasinaly goes home

 

He volunteered for the second world war at 15, got sent to Crete where he was shot right through the chest but was so *******ed (because he was frightened) that he didn't notice until someone pointed it out. He then lost his marbles and was sent home and moved straight to the hedge life. He must have been in his 50's when I knew him.

 

Living off grid is a great idea, avoiding a life of over consumption and having concerns for the environment and planet is very admirable. Living under the banner of Hippy, Traveller, New Age traveller etc as a means to live a life that contributes nothing to society or the welfare of the planet is a waste of valuable oxygen.

 

So ,who says, where it is it written that to get /obtain/use valuable oxygen you must contribute to " society" and what counts as a contribution ? (to obtain valuable oxygen)every life is worth a million constructed societies , (imo)

 

No you're not, you've got a job!

 

At heart then...

 

This ^^^ they're a bunch of wasters who cost everyday working tax paying folk more than there worth, they wanna stop progress that helps ordinary people for there own selfish misguided ideals

 

I hope you held your breath while you typed that

 

what happened to live and let live?

 

hippys are cooool maaan

 

Exactly I wanna live with new roads and high speed trains so I hope they let me see this happen

 

would you feel the same if the high speed trains were coming near to your house but not near enough that they buy your house to compensate? that's what i'm up against, my house is for sale and i'm blighted by it.

 

my house backs onto the east coast mainline, i dont even hear it anymore, it's called progress, everywhere was fields and trees years back even the nice little villages with picture postcard looks that everyone now likes, they did'nt want them building either

 

when are they gona do sumat about the planes

 

So if i lived in a horsebox that had living accomodation and a workshop in the back
Lets say i drove up and down the country fixing classic vehicles and labouring on building sites along with doing the ocassional farm work according to season
If i registerd myself as a Ltd buisness and paid the appropriated taxes and claimed the aprropriate bennefits i was entitled to

What would that make me?

To me id see that as inputting into to society even being a bennefit to society
However i would be living an alternative life style and i would be classed as a travveler

 

Very good to here some more positive contribution. This is the point of this thread to share amongst those who are interested in this culture.
Thank you Paradox

 

This is brilliant. Would like to try this out.