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Well, there is a reason Santa Claus has to do with the fireplace. All tales were told around the fireplace, while everybody wanted to keep warm. It was the television of its time. For thousands of years. The phrase 'spinning yarns' as in to tell tales, literally comes from traditions of making fibers from reeds on the family 'pilwiss night' aka 'pilviss' and 'peelwis' night. The family would process fibers, literally 'spin yarns' and tell stories during this operation. Threads, twine and string and rope were made. The Welsh told ancient tales, fairy tales, Christmas tales, and Christian tales. It was surrounding an event of utmost practicality. Using materials from nature, and processing them into something useful.

While staying warm by the fire, the hearth. "Hearth-side Stories."

Yeah, you already know we don't have that any more. Hell, my parents barely had conversations with me about much of anything. Well.

I hate to put it this way, but, it could very well be we'll be going back to that time, if society crashes whether people like it or not, with no choice in the matter. You'll have to do these podcasts via H.A.M. radio... if one could rig it then.... "Homefront Crusade" would literally become like some pirate rebel broadcast beaming across the airwaves... radio might come back in style... if not, you'll be printing pamphlets, and mailing them across the country like they did back in the 70s.

I'll see if I can find you a printing press. (If they haven't banned that... however, it is in the Constitution... you know "The Press" which is what it refers to). Hell, you might have to do that anyways if you get "cancelled." We can all send you Big Brother Food Stamps, if we can obtain them... or something....

Perhaps the kids will find out that a 'newsletter' was actually a 'news' Letter, sent by physical mail that one could read. We all know these are all possibilities... but also possibly we'll all be running for our lives instead of printing up zines... but you never know. I hear the kids these days are buying up typewriters just in case. I should get you one of those 'typewriters' but lest we forget there's always pen and paper. I'll surely get you an old fashioned ink pen.

We've reached the pinnacle of technology only to find out, nobody really needed it all, and it's a little too much and too big to maintain, and too easily used for tyranny. Homefront Crusade/Crusader Gal 2.0 with pen and typewriter, Now that just sounds like fun, doesn't it? Retro is becoming hip these days. (And likely soon to be necessary.)

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