tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post6631878627594756181..comments2023-11-05T05:27:55.905-06:00Comments on A Homesteading Neophyte: Do you know what it means? White trashPhelanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08250080326099834661noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post-82556301119759169042011-04-10T08:03:31.564-05:002011-04-10T08:03:31.564-05:00Kath, hahaha! Yes indeed they are. And I will stic...Kath, hahaha! Yes indeed they are. And I will stick to being white trash rather than a upcycler.Phelanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250080326099834661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post-75352522957529661822011-04-10T07:48:59.089-05:002011-04-10T07:48:59.089-05:00I think white trash often refers to people who wer...I think white trash often refers to people who weren't born with a silver spoon in their mouths, who haven't had the advantages and opportunities others have had, who come from a long line of blue collar workers who have to work hard and even struggle just to survive. We're the people who become very creative to get what we need. Like you said, we build the chicken coop out of stuff we had laying around instead of having one built for us or buying a fancy expensive one. Our lifestyle is becoming "trendy" these days, only it's called "upcycling" and living "green." It's a pretty broad term. I guess in a really derogatory sense, it also means lazy people who live off the government and don't take care of their kids, who end up in jail and on drugs, but that describes a lot of suburbanites these days too. The lines are getting blurred.kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08602883597772387316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post-33821647966704710712011-04-09T12:15:38.242-05:002011-04-09T12:15:38.242-05:00I did feel it was a derogatory term...not bad like...I did feel it was a derogatory term...not bad like some words but a description of an inability to achieve...which is an oxymoron when you pair it with the name Phelan...it made it funny! where I am from the term "honyock" is common as a term of affection such as your "white trash"...it actually refers to a "dirt farmer" or someone that does not have an incredibly large piece of land but has a mere subsistence farm...well, I am a declared, by choice.. HONYOCK! I have laughed several times about your referral to yourself as white trash...because you are friggin genius! when someone such as yourself has "junk" laying around? it all has a useful purpose or is thought of as a "possibility"...that kind of ingenuous thought process puts you in an elite category...YOU will not be the one hungry or cold when this world goes to hell...it cracks me up that I WANNA BE WHITE TRASH and I am trying to follow your example as best I can! and I think, obviously, all your readers do to!Lisahttp://thedilletanteproprietor.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post-53652165476404898782011-04-09T11:32:35.994-05:002011-04-09T11:32:35.994-05:00If poor white trash means recycling, repurposing a...If poor white trash means recycling, repurposing and building your own with whatever you have laying around instead of buying it, then count me in. I come from a looooong line of trash. Now please excuse me while I have to go and put a different old tarp on the leaky roof.Bob from Athenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14124078025732286371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post-57916523364507226012011-04-09T09:11:24.372-05:002011-04-09T09:11:24.372-05:00giggle. It ok Skippy. I have learn how to skipspea...giggle. It ok Skippy. I have learn how to skipspeak over the years.Phelanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250080326099834661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post-34830839749776235862011-04-09T09:10:00.336-05:002011-04-09T09:10:00.336-05:00*wear, not where.
I STILL need coffee. or somethi...*wear, not where.<br /><br />I STILL need coffee. or something. My typos are legendary this morning. grrrr.SkippyMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479661523059481730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post-69281772644292619892011-04-09T09:09:08.475-05:002011-04-09T09:09:08.475-05:00And I <3 your chicken coop, as I <3 you, my ...And I <3 your chicken coop, as I <3 you, my ingenious recycler. I have to agree - where it with pride - and who is anyone to judge.SkippyMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479661523059481730noreply@blogger.com