Jeff, we all have varying backgrounds but can learn from each other as a result.

We moved ALL THE TIME when I was young. This situation certainly affected the development of my personality. For example, as a young man, changing schools four times in two years along with never have a "sense of place" unquestionably created a necessity for me to be assertive.

By the time I was 5 years old we had lived in Indiana, Kansas, Alabama, Virginia and Maryland. Then we went overseas.

I understand Ish's dislike for the political commentary, but I respectfully assert that a conversation about Survival CANNOT be divorced from our current political climate. Politics (more often than not in the course of human history) has caused the very catastrophes we'll be required to survive.