Pioneer series, recent article in this issue, get paid 100,000 per couple

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Hi,

As with many of you i devour the magazine when i get it. I came across this article on pg 112, about filming a series similiar to the survival series in Canada. if you get selected you get 100,000 per couple for withstanding the winter and living as they did 100 yrs ago. I'd love to try it as we lived like that for a few yrs while we were getting our farm and homestead started, no electricity, etc. Added bonus, we lived about 50 miles from canadian border yrs ago and survived the winters. anyone know more about this?

-- Bernice Raymond (geminigoats@yahoo.com), August 15, 2000

Answers

Sign me up !

-- Joel Rosen (Joel681@webtv.net), August 15, 2000.

I like my privacy!!!!!!! I really only like to be around people when I want to be---not a camera watching everything we would do! It would not be worth a million dollars to me to loose my privacy! And everyone watching us! Sonda in Ks.

-- Sonda (sgbruce@birch.net), August 16, 2000.

I agree with Sonda (sorry if I mispelled your name!) I would miss my privacy too much!!! It might be a good way for someone to get a lot of money quickly but not for me!

-- Suzy in 'Bama (slgt@yahoo.com), August 16, 2000.

They can keep it. I only watched Survivor 1 time because my wife wanted to and I've only seen Big Brother on commercials. How can they call anything "roughing it" with a film crew and camp right next door.

-- Jay Blair (jayblair678@yahoo.com), August 16, 2000.

You know that $100,000 sounds good till you break it down to an hourly wage. It equates out to about $5.71 per hour per person. After all survival is a 24 hour job.

I wonder what particular year there thinking. That could be very important as to the type of tools provided.

I've read a lot of "Pioneering" stories seems to me most were in Wagon Trains or about 5 families and a seasoned guide. Wonder if they allow children on this 'adventure'? I know if my wife and I were to go my 6 year old would be right there with us. Plus the dogs, cats goats chickens. They really hate to be left behind. LOL

-- Kenneth (wizardsplace13@hotmail.com), August 16, 2000.



Did you say $5.71 per hour ? umm, let's see ? OK, that is a 200% increase over farming wages. Sign me up !

-- Joel Rosen (Joel681@webtv.net), August 16, 2000.

LOL! Forget that business gimmic whim, I was destined to a manufactured home, and nice it is, in comparison to a freaking two story house, which was once my demise. It is after all, a State of Mind.

-- Gold and Glitter (ain't@llitiscrackeduptobe.com), August 16, 2000.

I heard of a similar show, but the people didn't go into the winter stocked up they way they would have 100 years ago. I can't imagine trying to do everything from scratch starting in the fall. They didn't have the general store, or neighbors to help, either. And to top it off, the husband had to work in the regular world each day, so wifey had to keep his business clothes up to snuff using 100-year-old methods! Not so realistic, to my way of thinking!

-- Laura Jensen (lauraj@seedlaw.com), August 17, 2000.

Wouldn't work for us, as I'm too PC...I only call people pain in the asses offline...

-- sheepish (rborgo@gte.net), August 17, 2000.

Here is a link to the tv program.

Pioneer Quest

-- Steve Belanger (csymag@tds.net), August 18, 2000.



To do something like that would be a dream come true,and totaly awsom.I am not a people person and and injoy my privacy.Sorry but animals rare higher on my list than most people,at least thay seem to get a long better.Surviving out there for a year you bet,but would you want to come back ?

-- White Raven (onravenwings@hotmail.com), August 18, 2000.

This is just an aside. Article in todays paper. The applicants for Survivor II, to be done in the Australian out-back, have been culled down to 40. One of which is the coordinator of the Swan Ball in Nashville, TN. It is THE!!! social event of the year, black tie, one of those dresses you only wear once, etc. If selected, I wonder how long she would last. I can see her trying to coordinate table decorations - a BIG thing at the Swan Ball.

-- Ken S. in TN (scharabo@aol.com), August 21, 2000.

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