#53127
01/26/2002 3:46 PM
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This, learned at Grandpa's knee and taken to heart, may be to the point.
"There's so much bad in the best of us,
And so much good in the worst of us,
It ill behooves any of us
To speak ill of the rest of us."
For anyone having trouble finding Geoff's Email address it is geoffs@hevanet.com
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#53128
01/26/2002 3:55 PM
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"Are we schizophrenic?" That's a term I nominate for oblivion. It was based on a total misconception, and ought to be replaced, if it hasn't already. I haven't seen a diagnostic manual for many years, so don't know what term may be preferred now.
America is practically all suburb now, with some blending of country and city.
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#53129
01/26/2002 7:00 PM
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#53130
01/26/2002 7:49 PM
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That's a big continent you're describing thusly, Dr. Bill.
Except for a few *areas up south (which shall remain unmentioned) he's a lot less than half wrong!
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#53131
01/26/2002 9:34 PM
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Except for a few *areas up south (which shall remain unmentioned) he's a lot less than half wrong!Ahem. As one who has relatively recently travelled from one side of your country to the other, let me inform you that there is ONE HELL OF A LOT OF OPEN SPACE. The conurbations aside along with the desire of everyone to live on their own 10-acre block, there is still a lot of room for all the illegal immigrants that Pat Buchanan got so upset about on Fox the other night! 
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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#53132
01/26/2002 10:41 PM
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Dear CK: Don't confuse me with facts.
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#53133
01/26/2002 10:57 PM
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Although development of land 20yrs ago round here was still creating those 10 acre lots, the trend seems to more around 1 acre (granted that's still 7 times larger than a city lot) with some shared grasses with yer neighbor, streets that curve a bit (just to fool you into thinking yer livin the good life) and gated off *communities (in the city we just gate off the whole lot) that'll allow you to paint yer house any color you want, as long as it's 'grey'... and speaking of automobiles, you better get a new one every three years cause yer gonna put 150,000 miles on it during that time just to get to werk 'n back.
FWIW - A lot of the farmland in this state is rapidly turning into this (whenever *they can pry it out of their cold dead hands)
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#53134
01/26/2002 11:24 PM
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#53136
01/27/2002 12:02 AM
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The whole of the Ozarks seems to be divided up into large blocks - I won't argue about the 10 acres; it's the standard in New Zealand, and I sure as shootin' warn't gettin' outta my auto-mobyle in them thar backwoods with no surveyin' gear, no sirree bob!
The tricky-woo part is that almost all of the houses were of the transportable kind. Can any of you USns tell me how much those things cost? There seems to be one pattern, more or less, across the whole of the US of A. Almost as ubiquitous as U-Haul.
The other thing I seek clarification on is how these people make a living. They're hours away from the nearest cities - Jefferson and Little Rock. They can't all be retired, and they can't all run shops in little towns like Mountain View, one of the more misnamed places we visited. Stands to reason that since most of their sections are covered in forest they can't be growing huge amounts of weed. And a lot of them obviously don't have telephone or electricity.
[Duelling-Banjos-playing-menacingly-in-the-background -e]
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#53137
01/27/2002 12:23 AM
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Something tells me Canadians get more than ten acres if they dare venture further down. The only thing that I could imagine that accounted for the 10 acre size is early indentured servant laws, later homesteading or possibly just an easy size to "deed out" when yer choppin up yer farmland to lots of people with varying amounts on money to spend. I'll leave the rest of the story fer someone who originates there. That song has been in yer head for a while now, I think yer fate is sealed. Let me know when you get yer retirement and we'll have us an old fashioned house-building party! 
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