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Perhaps exceptional for hermit standards (though I admit I don't rightly know what those would be). "He'd fled the modern world only to live off the fat of it.
by personlurking 12y ago
Perhaps exceptional for hermit standards (though I admit I don't rightly know what those would be).
"He'd fled the modern world only to live off the fat of it."
Among the items: metal bedframe, toilet paper and hand sanitizer, laundry detergent and shampoo, Coleman two-burner stove connected to propane tanks, deodorant, disposable razors, flashlights, snow boots, spices, mousetraps, spray paint, and electrical tape, pillows, three different types of thermometers (digital, mercury, spring-loaded), watches, radios and earphones (conservative talk radio, Everybody Loves Raymond, Who, AC/DC, Judas Priest, and Lynyrd Skynyrd), handheld video games (Pokémon, Tetris, Dig Dug), hundreds of books and magazines.
- j1o1h1n 12y agoThere have been many hermits to compare him with but my favourite is Simeon Stylites who spent 47 years on a pillar. ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simeon_Stylites http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simeon_Stylites
- stef25 12y agoMount Athos in Greece (which you can visit if you're male) still has "hermitages" of Orthodox priests. Google turns up a few nice images. See also this short article http://www.robertsemeniuk.com/mount_athos.html http://www.robertsemeniuk.com/mount_athos.html
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- PhasmaFelis 12y agoYeah, it looks like I somehow missed the bit that cataloged his possessions.
- hyp0 12y agoHe fled people, not the world.
- smacktoward 12y agoBut you can't get the one without the other. Nature does not produce disposable razors and Coleman stoves; people do.