What choosing poverty looks like...

Wolferz · 05-10-14, 06:42 PM

This Oregonian gentleman has it going on.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/photo/wh...y-looks-n75796

Sailor Steve · 05-10-14, 07:59 PM

Pretty cool way to live. I wouldn't want to do it.

fireftr18 · 05-10-14, 08:26 PM

I agree with both of you. This man isn't truly living in poverty. He has chosen to live a much simpler life. All his needs are provided, and he seems to have his desires met.

razark · 05-10-14, 08:31 PM

Every so often, this sort of lifestyle runs through my mind. Usually followed by "if I didn't have a wife, kids, and was twenty years younger". I can understand why some people choose to live like this, and I admire the courage it must have taken to start down that road.

Sinkmore · 05-10-14, 08:47 PM

I could absolutely live that way, if I could get high speed internet. And a girlfriend. Maybe the internet is possible, but the GF? No, I am trapped in the normal world.

Kptlt. Neuerburg · 05-10-14, 08:50 PM

I just read this a few of minutes ago, personally I would love to do something like this at least once if I could. It does kind of put me in mind of the book Into the Wild (really good read for someone who hasn't read it).

Jimbuna · 05-11-14, 05:18 AM

I admire the guy, he appears to have found the lifestyle he wants but I'm too accustomed to my family and home comforts to try anything like that.

05-10-14, 06:42 PM	#1
Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	What choosing poverty looks like... This Oregonian gentleman has it going on. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/photo/wh...y-looks-n75796 __________________ Tomorrow never comes

05-10-14, 07:59 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Pretty cool way to live. I wouldn't want to do it. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-10-14, 08:31 PM	#4
razark Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,731 Downloads: 393 Uploads: 12	Every so often, this sort of lifestyle runs through my mind. Usually followed by "if I didn't have a wife, kids, and was twenty years younger". I can understand why some people choose to live like this, and I admire the courage it must have taken to start down that road. __________________ "Never ask a World War II history buff for a 'final solution' to your problem!"

05-10-14, 08:47 PM	#5
Sinkmore Shore leave Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Pacific Coast, North America Posts: 70 Downloads: 129 Uploads: 0	Wifi? I could absolutely live that way, if I could get high speed internet. And a girlfriend. Maybe the internet is possible, but the GF? No, I am trapped in the normal world.

05-10-14, 08:50 PM	#6
Kptlt. Neuerburg Admiral Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 2,280 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	I just read this a few of minutes ago, personally I would love to do something like this at least once if I could. It does kind of put me in mind of the book Into the Wild (really good read for someone who hasn't read it). __________________ "When you're born into this world, you're given a ticket to the freak show. If you're born in America you get a front row seat." - George Carlin

05-10-14, 08:26 PM	#3
fireftr18 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kentucky Posts: 2,528 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 0	I agree with both of you. This man isn't truly living in poverty. He has chosen to live a much simpler life. All his needs are provided, and he seems to have his desires met.

05-11-14, 05:18 AM	#7
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,818 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I admire the guy, he appears to have found the lifestyle he wants but I'm too accustomed to my family and home comforts to try anything like that. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!