My wife's a baker and I have experience in communications

[shadowknows69]

For anyone starting a compound/commune and accepting resumes.

[Roon]

Ohhh, where at?

[OwnedByFerrets]

1. Its a great idea.......

as long as it has highspeed internet.:evilgrin:

www.wearableartnow.com

[grannie4peace]

2. i do believe small self sufficient communities is what the future requires

[gblady]

23. I totally agree....

been trying to figure out the details for some time...

[Subdivisions]

3. I am a metal tradesman and I can weld.

I will take bread and trade for repairing plows and such.

[The Straight Story]

4. I am good at reproducing

we always need a guy that can plant the seeds ;)

[shadowknows69]

6. You clear that one with the wife?

She'll kick your ass man.

[MercutioATC]

17. Good. You can do double-duty for me. I've had surgery to make sure I no longer reproduce.

I volunteer to play the fictitious part of the "breeding stud" role, though...

[SharonAnn]

19. You probably only need one man to plant the seeds. But lots of women

to perform the "pregnancy" part.

And even older women to provide family care.

Sorry guys, but not many of you will be needed.

[MercutioATC]

20. Genetic diversity is important. Men will be needed.

Obviously, I'm speaking selflessly here since I'm not providing genetic material.

...but did I mention that I'm willing to fake it?

[petronius]

39. Oh yeah? Then who's gonna drink the beer and watch the football?

:shrug:

[asdjrocky]

5. And I can grow just about anything that comes out of the ground.

And I can play the guitar. Count me in.

[shadowknows69]

7. My wife has a serious green thumb too

veggies wouldn't be a problem.

[asdjrocky]

9. Cool, cool.

I'm not a bad cook either, I tell a mean joke and I like a good days work.

All kidding aside, if someone really did this, I'd be one of the first people there.

[704wipes]

49. plenty of communes already exist

so all you have to do is get there already...

[asdjrocky]

53. Sure.

But they would undoubtedly want me to pray to some weird god or something.

[Uben]

8. I'm retired......

...I don't do squat, and I'm pretty much a self-indulging, narcissistic pig.

I guess I'm out.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

13. !

:spray: :rofl:

[Contrary1]

18. Yeah, but do you wear lipstick?

Every community needs someone to be the butt of their jokes.

You're in.

[BrklynLiberal]

10. Iam good with animals. I have computer experience. I am a fast learner.

I can cook. I am good mechanically.
Keep me in mind.

[NotThisTime]

51. You could be VP, have you thought about it?

[Contrary1]

11. "Some people say"

That I'm a terrific cook. Count me in too!

[HCE SuiGeneris]

15. I'm an excellent eater

and love to play chess!

[fascistgroovething]

12. I have lots of sea shells to trade

[knowbody0]

14. i'm really good with small numbers

[MercutioATC]

16. I'm an air traffic controller.

Hey! That'll be valuable if this commune declares sovereignty and has its own airspace!

[conspirator]

63. lol

[shadowknows69]

65. Can you traffic hot air balloons?

I doubt the government will let anyone but Blackwater have their own air force.

[Ikonoklast]

21. I can operate different kinds of machinery

Tractor, combine, backhoe, excavator, dozer, tractor/trailer, etc.
Have basic carpentry skills.
Can butcher and dress livestock.
Decent shot.
Know how to make beer.
Know how to drink beer.
Can read blueprints.
Basic machining/welding skills.
Have done all these things/still do some of them.

[roguevalley]

79. you get to be the ceo then. your payout will be in kumquats.

[holybarcode]

22. I can repair most anything...except light bulbs.

:D

[bluethruandthru]

34. Oh good...can you start with the economy?

:) Welcome!

[holybarcode]

80. Sure! I'll need a few special tools

a left-handed Phillips #9 driver,
an anodized frastrammis and
5 gallons of backwash.


:D

[villager]

24. I'm a Bard

and will sing -- metaphorically, anyway -- for my supper...

[behave]

25. I'm a painter, a trained observer. I'd like to be a look-out /scout

[wellstone dem]

26. Oh Crap!!!

I'm a lawyer. I can only talk and write.

[shadowknows69]

27. Oh I suspect we'd be needing a lawyer too

[LonelyLRLiberal]

52. Actually, two lawyers will be needed for the lawsuits.

A judge will also be needed, but legal training is not of much use there . . . .

[grannie4peace]

28. looks like a pretty handy, happy bunch of people -- even a pig :):)

[SammyWinstonJack]

57. ...

:spray:

[Recursion]

29. I'm in EE and can do green/renewable power generation

sign me up.

[rug]

30. Will the commune have a Lounge?

[mopinko]

31. move to chicago

we will be the last to go. we have everything here.
i have a pretty big place. room for a small garden. couple nice daughters. couple smart sons.
if you can hold off the apocalypse for another 8 or 9 months, i might have some solar installed. working on it.

[Motown_Johnny]

32. I hate to admit this, but I have a degree in Culinary Arts I no longer use and now work

as a landscaper. I am licensed to apply herbicides/pesticides and am trained to diagnose diseases or nutritional deficiencies in plants and solve those problems. I also install and maintain irrigation (sprinkler) systems. As well as being good at planting, fertilizing, pruning.... etc etc etc.

If you need someone to help grow food and then prepare or store it properly I sm your man. Just let me bring my dogs with me and all is good.

[Alan Greenspan]

33. I'm an economist and former chairman of the Federal Reserve

I'm willing to join in and offer my services.

[bluethruandthru]

38. But you can't bring that nasty wife of yours! n/t

[shadowknows69]

41. Sorry we just filled all our positions

But we'll keep you on file.

[asdjrocky]

45. No way.

You are OUT! And take your wife with you.

[conspirator]

66. We don't need your monopoly money in our comunity. We exchange goods for goods

No manufactured inflation, no corrupt stock brokers, none of that shit

[eShirl]

35. former massage therapist

15+ years ago

[WhiteTara]

36. I'm a great gardener and cook

my SO is a wonderful artist

[barbtries]

37. i'm a writer and a poet

and a mother and a grandmother. and i can cook. i can drive. mmm...bookkeeper. computer nerd. activist and advocate. bereaved and understanding. will this be somewhere besides the united states, perhaps in the tropics?

[NashVegas]

40. I, Too, Can Cook and Have Excellent Verbal / Writing / Communication Skills

Can also edit sound with tape and Pro-Tools, both, and write html and Cold Fusion. Am also handy with a camera.

:)

[NeoTheo]

42. Loafs of bread

may become very important in the not to distant future. Along with salt, water, meat, and ammo.

[NeoTheo]

43. Loafs of bread

may become very important in the not to distant future. Along with salt, water, meat, and ammo.

On Edit: Sorry for the double post, my computer hiccuped.

[dgibby]

44. can I come, too?

ret military nurse, also,good with arts and crafts, gardening, helped raised a baby gibbon(small ape).

[coalition_unwilling]

46. I know how to milk a cow by hand and

make hay (grew up on a small dairy farm). Not so strong with changing diapers but I am a mean dish washer. Wife can cut hair and spot bullshit from a mile away.

We both prefer cowshit to bullshit :)

[halobeam]

47. I play piano, write music, poetry, short stories ... kids and adult!

I can do book-keeping; spreadsheets/ledger and or excel, accounts receivable and payable, provide financial planning. I've done inventory, purchasing, marketing and desktop publishing. I am an efficiency expert, have strong organizational skills. I can type 80 words a minute, know legal shorthand. I know first aid, emergency first aid, medical terminology whiz. I've had experience in psychology, nursing, education. I can clean, cook, make crafts, sew, I can faux finish anything... hell I can engrave jewelry. I paint, I do charcoal sketching, calligraphy. I can mediate, expedite and exterminate (ants are my specialty). Oh and lastly, I'm a licensed cosmetologist (so, I have some experience in patience with outrageous requests *make me look like Cher, for example* and I have touched on philosophy, astrology and quantum physics.) ;)

I don't seem to have a green thumb, but I'm working on it. I don't want to build anything, as I would like to keep my fingers. I'm not mechanically inclined. I don't understand electricity and plumbing.

Willing to trade all of the above for a hut, a fire in the winter, food and water. Friends would be the icing on the cake.

Am I in?

[johnfunk]

48. You're qualified to be Director of FEMA!

At least in this administration...

[NotThisTime]

50. Let's see where we are in a few months, might be an idea...

[tavalon]

54. Are you poly (not a deal breaker, actually)?

Are you willing to relocate to the Great North west? If so, what qualities could you bring a three adult household in which we have a registered nurse,a mechanical engineer tech and one who is on disability but is a creative fella the likes you will not likely see again. Two of us cook an two garden. What skills do you feel you might be able to contribute to Flooby Nooby?

[fla nocount]

55. I'm first generation off of the farm, a commercial construction superintendent and...

I own the entire Foxfire book collection and a copy of "Joy of Cooking." I can do anything.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxfire_books

[Cassandra]

56. I'm a jewelry designer and all-around craftsperson....

calligraphy, needlepoint, beadwork. I have a full set of small carving tools for wax or wood and a sharpening stone. I'm good with numbers and am mechanically minded. I can sew on buttons (including coat buttons) and have some long ago experience with pottery and weaving. I can handle a rowboat in an open harbor and have crewed a 3-masted schooner, should the commune head out to sea. I can cook, also.

[lunatica]

58. Ya suppose they need the village idiot and the town drunk? n/t

[Liberal Gramma]

77. George Bush is DEFINITELY not invited!

[lunatica]

81. OK THEN! I'm in

I an artist and could teach all the kids to be creative and artistic. We could start a art and arts and crafts group and create things to sell or barter for goods with other communes or even non-communes.

[ladyVet]

59. Can I join?

Although not as accomplished as all of you, I can cook, clean, garden, sew, and I can build/repair stuff. I've been told I'm an excellent mother, so I could run the creche, I guess. I'm good at organizing. And I'm celibate, so no hanky panky from me--your menfolk and womenfolk are safe! (No offense to anyone who wants hanky panky.)

[MrScorpio]

60. The weed of crime bears bitter fruit; crime does not pay!

The Shadow Knows!

Hahahahahahahahah!!!!!!

[shadowknows69]

61. dupe

:evilgrin:

[shadowknows69]

62. Maybe a little crime

of the agricultural variety

[shadowknows69]

64. I'm bookmarking this

ANd contacting all of y'all if shit starts hitting various fans.

[coffeenap]

67. My husband is a dentist and I really like dealing with teenagers!

Give 'em all to me--I will respect and love them into submission!:evilgrin:

[Bluenorthwest]

68. I'm the guy who can tell you

That these days we say 'intentional community' rather than commune or compound. That pharse makes for better Googling too.

[davsand]

69. I enjoy cooking for the masses.

I cooked for our group house and nobody ever complained--in fact they invited people over to eat with us pretty often. I'm good with making stuff from scratch and I learned how to can foods when I was a kid on the farm.

I also bring along a husband who is a computer consultant for non-profits and one eleven year old who has a finely developed set of ethics.



:hi:


Laura

[shadowknows69]

70. Just had a great idea for a new TV show

Survivor: Liberals VS. Conservatives.

They might have a couple more Ramboesque, trained killer types but their inherent selfishness would never allow them the teamwork necessary to win.

[davsand]

78. But we have Skittles!

:evilgrin:




Laura

On edit: Did I remember to mention that I enjoy teaching kids even if I do not do it for a living right now? I'd be happy as a clam to teach kids in an environment where people care about legitimate learning and critical thought!

[lonestarnot]

71. Where?

[shadowknows69]

72. We could do worse than upstate NY

Then I wouldn't have to drive far lol. Also have a good friend who knows the "wilds" of New Hampshire. A powerful and resourceful woman, she'll be with us.

[lonestarnot]

74. How's the weather there?

Cold cold cold and how bout flooding?

[shadowknows69]

75. Lot of high ground around here

And our winters have been getting milder year after year. We used to have record low temps and snowfall but not for about a decade now.

[lonestarnot]

76. Alrightie then.

I can sew, cook, clean, eat, curse, spit and chew tabaci. :)

[slackmaster]

73. Tagging this for interest - I am a gardener and a decent amateur mechanic and machinist

The "underground" economy is likely to become more important in the next few years.