Always put your eggs in one basket.........why would you carry two?
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Ken Peavey wrote: Exclusion, secrecy, and dominance, while sometimes necessary, are no way to promote the spirit of someone you will be living and working with every day.
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Seed the Mind, Harvest Ideas.
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Seed the Mind, Harvest Ideas.
http://farmwhisperer.com
cairn paul wrote:20 people living in a house would be impossible ...
cairn paul wrote:then you were lucky
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Ken Peavey wrote:
Getting back to Paul's OP, 100 benefits to 20 people sharing a home:
by Paul
1 Save Money
2 Sense of Community
3 Better stuff
4 Better food
by MJ
5 Shared Responsibilities
6 Collective labor reduces individual labor
7 Motivation
8 More skills available
9 More ideas
10 Project completion
by McBride
11 Collaboration
12 Emotional support
13 Reduced burden
14 Human insurance
15 Conversation
by Paul
16 Efficient utilization of space
17 diverse demographic profile
by Ken
18 Delegated responsibilities
19 Organization
20 Hired staff
21 Meal service
22 Routine chores are scheduled
23 Reduced housekeeping workload
24 Teamwork
25 Social events
26 Hierarchical command structure
27 Compartmental decision making
28 Generalized participatory policy development
29 Reduced per capita infrastructure
30 Personal and social development, particularly in youths
31 Networking
32 Enhanced access to resources
33 Fellowship
34 Individuality is promoted
By Sanderson
35 Community
36 Specialization
37 Enhanced creativity
38 Emergency Assistance
39 Flexibility
kp
40 Reduced redundancy
mj
41 Mentoring
42 Energy efficiency
43 Minimal footprint
44 Fun
McB
45 Someone to share with/from/among
Seed the Mind, Harvest Ideas.
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cairn paul wrote:20 people living in a house would be impossible, we'd need a huge house to start with, then there would be arguments, petty squabbles, to say nothing of disease which would rage through a household of such proximity.
Building community in Port Townsend and Jefferson County. Supporting Nourishing Beloved Community.
Kevin EarthSoul (real, legal name)
Omaha, NE
Kevin EarthSoul (real, legal name)
Omaha, NE
"Also, just as you want men to do to you, do the same way to them" (Luke 6:31)
"Also, just as you want men to do to you, do the same way to them" (Luke 6:31)
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