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Originally Posted by damaclese
no the lights here are vary high up in the air as we have almost no restrictions on semi tractor trailers here in Vegas
sure Brent if you want them Scot took them with his cam I'm sure there not that high a quality thou at best 2 mg-pix
Harvey i don't know why no one looked like they even noted it i would have been laughfing and waving a thumbs up if ide see it People in Vegas are so self centered it was probably way to unconvertible for them to tune in for 3 seconds as a mater of fact since the economy has hit the skids here people just seem to stare out in to space allot here we have one of the worst economy's in the country are unemployment officially is at 12% but thats not the real amount its probably more like 18% thats what i heard on the new yesterday
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This is going to be some thread derailing but, since Tog and Scot aren't here to do it, someone's got to!
One of the big advantages of living on farm is that you often need help from a neighbor and they need to help from you, so you build the bond of a little community even though you're out in the sticks.
I'm going to Nicaragua in a few weeks (mission awareness tour through cfca.org to visit a girl we sponsor there) and a guy in another forum wrote me to tell me he is in the USA now but is from Nicaragua. He said to be careful, etc. and made a comment about the country being "backwards". That made me shake my head. I imagine he is impressed with our society here with all of the glamor and all but hasn't recognized that we've lost a sense of community in most of the country. As you said, everyone focuses on themselves.
I often think of the time when I visited the birthplace of my father's parents in Canhas, Madeira, Portugal nearly five years ago. We found the residence of my father's cousin and some vacationing neighbors were there to translate for us. The neighbor couple lived in London but had a vacation home there next to my father's cousin. The woman had been raised there and met her British husband somewhere along the line and they raised their own children in London. This woman took us for about a two mile walk to the birth place of my grandmother. Along the way, some locals would call out to her and wave to her. I asked if she walked this way very often and she said not at all. She hadn't seen many of these people for 10, 20 or 30 years but she said they all know who she is. We talked about how neighbors help one another dig up their sweet potato crop and help out in other ways. She said everybody knew everybody in this village that was spread out over quite an area. On the other hand, she said she didn't know the people that lived across the street from her in the U.K. People here seem to take pride in their society being "progressive". What the heck are they progressing towards???
Well, you did get our attention, Pauly, and we all think it's cool.
Harvey