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Mad Dad

Joined: 12 May 2005
Posts: 407
Location: Nowhere near where I want to be

Posted: Thu May 12, 05 7:51 pm Post subject: Introduction

Hi All...

Ive been visiting the site for a couple of month now and thought it was about time that I introduced myself.

I am an urban downsizer in that I live and work amongst the industrial sprawl of Teesside while trying to live simply (a couple of miles from the ghost ships you may have heard of). This includes growing as much of my own organic vegetables as possible on my 30m x 30m allotment (not yet fully productive) and buying as much as I can of the rest as locally as possible. However, the national supermarket chains can have an irresistable draw sometimes.

Ideally I would love to leave the town and become totally selfsufficient in food, fuel and everything else but I will settle for getting as close to my ideal as I possibly can however long it takes.

My username was given to me by my 14 son who thinks that my grasp on reallity is very slender when it comes to downsizing and ethical living, but I cant imagine that I am alone in fighting the cause while surrounded by sceptics.

Anyway thats all for now, dont want to bore you with too much detail in one go...

Keep up the good work all

nettie

Joined: 02 Dec 2004
Posts: 5888
Location: Suffolk

Posted: Thu May 12, 05 8:00 pm Post subject:
Hi there, nice to see you posting at last!

jema
Downsizer Moderator

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 28238
Location: escaped from Swindon

Posted: Thu May 12, 05 8:00 pm Post subject:
GOod to have you aboard. I think we can all relate to being viewed as a tad eccentric.

moogie

Joined: 02 Feb 2005
Posts: 525
Location: Near Bridgend

Posted: Thu May 12, 05 8:11 pm Post subject:
Hello! Welcome! Glad you're mad, so are all of us !

oldhibberd

Joined: 09 Mar 2005
Posts: 118

Posted: Thu May 12, 05 8:21 pm Post subject:
Hi MD. There are no un-mad people round here! What happened re-those ships? Did they get chopped up, or are they still sitting there decomposing?

Gertie

Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Posts: 1638
Location: Yorkshire

Posted: Thu May 12, 05 8:30 pm Post subject:
Hi Mad Dad - a warm welcome!

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45674
Location: Essex

Posted: Thu May 12, 05 10:01 pm Post subject:

oldhibberd wrote:

What happened re-those ships? Did they get chopped up, or are they still sitting there decomposing?

I'd like to know too. Welcome on board by the way

Lloyd

Joined: 24 Jan 2005
Posts: 2699

Posted: Fri May 13, 05 12:00 am Post subject:
If I wasn't mad, it would be really mad!! Welcome, buddy!

Bugs

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 10744

Posted: Fri May 13, 05 7:16 am Post subject: Re: Introduction

Mad Dad wrote:

...my 14 son who thinks that my grasp on reallity is very slender when it comes to downsizing and ethical living...

Do you mean he's a mini Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall and just doesn't approve of the way you grow your cabbages or spice your sausages, or is he just 14 and thinks you're a liability?

Either way, you're in good (well...I'm not sure I can provide evidence for that) company here

Welcome to the site, look forward to hearing more from you.

ButteryHOLsomeness

Joined: 03 Apr 2005
Posts: 770

Posted: Fri May 13, 05 9:20 am Post subject:
welcome to our crazy bunch of nutters mad dad

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