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My mother always told me...

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#1
jetshield
Dec 29, 2011 5:51:56 "Anyone who has kids is crazy."

This family takes crazy to a whole new level.

#2
pluisjen
Dec 29, 2011 6:24:57 If everyone where like that, we'd be hitting the 50 BILLION people mark in about 50 years. So be glad these people are still an exception.
#3
zombie_babies
Dec 29, 2011 8:22:30 If you breed enough, at least some part of the world stands a fair chance of being made as you've imagined it.
#4
pluisjen
Dec 29, 2011 8:27:31 Assuming you imagined it to be overcrowded
#5
LFK
Dec 29, 2011 11:05:02
Assuming you imagined it to be overcrowded

That's my neck of the world. Grand Prarie, Alberta, is the middle of nowhere: it's all farms and coal mines. Overcrowding doesn't even register on their problem set out there because the local economy still functions off the logic that the more family you have the more hands there are to get the work done. Sure, this family is unusually large, but 5-7 kids is normal for rural Alberta families, and more than that isn't unheard of. 16 kids gets a "that's unusual" not a "HOLY MOTHER OF **** WHAT THE **** DO THEY PUT IN YOUR WATER?!"
#6
LFK
Dec 29, 2011 12:06:36
16 kids gets a "that's unusual" not a "HOLY MOTHER OF **** WHAT THE **** DO THEY PUT IN YOUR WATER?!"

Indeed. That question is reserve for Alberta as a whole.

Mostly methane from shale fracking and flouride.
#7
zombie_babies
Dec 29, 2011 13:36:07 Yeah, that stuff is wonderful. And I'm so excited that Ohio is the new 'it' place for Frackers to go. And I'm even more excited that every landowner I know in the area that they're currently focusing on has leased their oil and gas rights to the gas companies. And I'm super duper excited that the first well in Ohio was placed on property that I used to hunt on. It's awesome. Like, totally.
#8
Mad_Jack
Dec 31, 2011 21:20:07
16 kids gets a "that's unusual" not a "HOLY MOTHER OF **** WHAT THE **** DO THEY PUT IN YOUR WATER?!"

My father was the youngest of 17 total... (Yay, Irish Catholics!)
However, out of the fifteen born in Ireland there were only seven left by the time they came to the US - my uncle John, the second youngest, was born on the boat over from Cork and my father was the only one born a US citizen.

#9
zombie_babies
Jan 03, 2012 8:58:42
You need to get better informed Z_B. Here in Western PA we are experiencing the same thing. And I'm in the business of water testing...

All I know is what I've seen - nearly a mile long road run through the property to set up one well. All that land is now useless to the farmer and the wildlife that lived there up to that point. It's empty dirt. Well, except for the machinery.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 jetshield Dec 29, 2011 5:51:56	"Anyone who has kids is crazy." This family takes crazy to a whole new level.
#2 pluisjen Dec 29, 2011 6:24:57	If everyone where like that, we'd be hitting the 50 BILLION people mark in about 50 years. So be glad these people are still an exception.
#3 zombie_babies Dec 29, 2011 8:22:30	If you breed enough, at least some part of the world stands a fair chance of being made as you've imagined it.
#4 pluisjen Dec 29, 2011 8:27:31	Assuming you imagined it to be overcrowded
#5 LFK Dec 29, 2011 11:05:02	Assuming you imagined it to be overcrowded That's my neck of the world. Grand Prarie, Alberta, is the middle of nowhere: it's all farms and coal mines. Overcrowding doesn't even register on their problem set out there because the local economy still functions off the logic that the more family you have the more hands there are to get the work done. Sure, this family is unusually large, but 5-7 kids is normal for rural Alberta families, and more than that isn't unheard of. 16 kids gets a "that's unusual" not a "HOLY MOTHER OF ** WHAT THE ** DO THEY PUT IN YOUR WATER?!"
#6 LFK Dec 29, 2011 12:06:36	16 kids gets a "that's unusual" not a "HOLY MOTHER OF ** WHAT THE ** DO THEY PUT IN YOUR WATER?!" Indeed. That question is reserve for Alberta as a whole. Mostly methane from shale fracking and flouride.
#7 zombie_babies Dec 29, 2011 13:36:07	Yeah, that stuff is wonderful. And I'm so excited that Ohio is the new 'it' place for Frackers to go. And I'm even more excited that every landowner I know in the area that they're currently focusing on has leased their oil and gas rights to the gas companies. And I'm super duper excited that the first well in Ohio was placed on property that I used to hunt on. It's awesome. Like, totally.
#8 Mad_Jack Dec 31, 2011 21:20:07	16 kids gets a "that's unusual" not a "HOLY MOTHER OF ** WHAT THE ** DO THEY PUT IN YOUR WATER?!" My father was the youngest of 17 total... (Yay, Irish Catholics!) However, out of the fifteen born in Ireland there were only seven left by the time they came to the US - my uncle John, the second youngest, was born on the boat over from Cork and my father was the only one born a US citizen.
#9 zombie_babies Jan 03, 2012 8:58:42	You need to get better informed Z_B. Here in Western PA we are experiencing the same thing. And I'm in the business of water testing... All I know is what I've seen - nearly a mile long road run through the property to set up one well. All that land is now useless to the farmer and the wildlife that lived there up to that point. It's empty dirt. Well, except for the machinery.