I'm rich, so rich

Please tell me what you think.. is having a "profound inner peace", strong character, and coping skills the things we talk about so much as important because we dont have anything else?
EXample; We may not know what freedom is, untill its taken away

:"hey, i aint got no money. but baby I'm rich on personality".

Personality don't pay the rent, well maybe for a little while.

sinisterpentatonic said:

Personality don't pay the rent, well maybe for a little while.

~We can funk one another~

O(+> O(+>

True happiness is only achieved by handing over your ambition and ego to the greedy hands of fate.
[This message was edited Thu Nov 20 16:07:13 PST 2003 by Number23]

thejoshuatree said:

I count myself lucky. I'm very happy, I'm retired at 33, and I have a huge love rod!

I can't be bothered with anything of material value, the more u have the more u spend, its easy to live on next to nothing...if u can't pay the rent then build a bender...

How to Build a Bender
You'll need:
about 20 nice bendy hazel branches, at least 6' long
(trim them down so you have poles, but leave some little bits of branch on cos you can use them as hooks to hang things up inside your bender)
strong string or thin, pliable rope (& something to cut it with!)
tarpaulin and groundsheet / something waterproof to put under your bed
metal / wooden stake and mallet or hammer (metal is easier to get into hard ground)
(you can make a wooden stake by sharpening the end of a thick piece of hazel)
lots of nice things to put inside (plenty of bedding if it's winter)
Stick Chick shows you how!

Find a flat area of ground about 10ft square where you want to build your bender. Make a hole (about a foot deep and as wide as one of your bender poles) with the stake and hammer in one corner of the area. Push the thickest end of one of your bender poles firmly into the hole.



Repeat this about 6ft away (further if you have nice long poles and want a spacious bender), so you now have two bender poles waving in the air opposite each other.

Now bend the two lengths of hazel over and wind them around each other in the middle so that they form an arch. (I like to make my bender tall enough to stand up in, but this depends on personal preference and length of poles available). Wind string / thin rope around the interwoven poles so they are held together firmly. You should now have an archway (don't worry too much if it falls over, but it's best if it doesn't!)

Repeat steps 1-3 to make a circular shape by bending at least 2 more arches across the first (think of the bender poles as the metal bits in an open umbrella).

Now you need to strengthen the structure by weaving and tying more bender poles horizontally / diagonally around the circle of arches. But remember to leave a gap big enough to use as a door!
Once you are satisfied that your bender is as sturdy as you can make it, cover it with a big tarp (or a few smaller ones if that's all you have) and weigh it down with stones / branches around the edges.
Put down a groundsheet or something waterproof to put your bedding on (bubble-wrap is good for extra comfort and warmth). If the groundsheet reaches the edges of your bender, bend the sides up inside the tarp 'roof' so that water doesn't run down on top of your waterproof floor!
Now you can add all your homely comforts, snuggle up inside, and wait to be evicted!!

I can build a mean biverwack! Thank Baden Powell for that. Never tried a bender (unless you included a beer bender).