Thanks Bob, the endurance and persistence human beings are capable of never ceases to amaze me.
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Really bizarre. Don't they understand humans are social animals and how dangerous it is being on your own out there. Family members were dying of starvation.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
wow, what a story; that gives "Living off -grid" a whole new meaning.... reminds me a little bit of the story of "Anastasia of Russia"
http://anastasia.ca/