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   On Mon, 13 Dec 2021 13:52:08 -0500, "Jim Wilkins"   
    wrote:   
      
   >"SolutionsDIY"  wrote in message   
   >news:rmrergdeka66rb9fvphujgqofd87rcuhu2@4ax.com...   
   >   
   >lol, that's true, too, re paranoia .  Guess that's why I've   
   >always been attracted to the Amish lifestyle all these decades even   
   >though the religion angle kind of always frightened me a little.   
   >Well, I don't trust government at all anymore, either, and the   
   >religious aspect just isn't a problem anymore, too.  God-fearing   
   >people who are good and righteous just aren't going to be the ones out   
   >there creating problems, they'll be more into the defending and   
   >keeping the faith.  But those paranoids, yikes!   
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   >I'm on the NH edge of the eastern Mass metro area and my social circle   
   >extended into Boston and Worcester, plus I lived for a year near NYC. I was   
   >surprised how so many urbanites, especially the females, perceived every   
   >metal tool as a weapon that might be used against them. It's easy to see why   
   >they fear guns when they also fear hammers and screwdrivers.   
   >   
   >A former Shaker colony here has become a museum that displays the clever   
   >means by which they were self-supporting. I showed up there once in black   
   >leather on a motorcycle which provoked the expected reaction, until they   
   >realized I wasn't what they had assumed, then they tripped over themselves   
   >to be nice and show me everything. Being an amateur historian of technology   
   >I knew how to make and use their old tools.   
   >   
   >Other people I knew in that rural area lived very independent and   
   >self-reliant lifestyles without going to the doctrinaire extremes of a   
   >religious or socialist cult. I practice some of their more productive habits   
   >although I definitely prefer being on town water and sewer. Folks here can   
   >pretty much live as they please unless plagued by neighbors concerned with   
   >property values.   
      
   I suspect that sometime in the "near" future (6 mos to 2-4 years,   
   maybe?) those of us who are still alive, will likely be forced to   
   migrate.  I'll be on the lookout for such places where folks are good,   
   God-fearing people.  When push comes to shove, even if there isn't   
   money, someday a move may become a necessity ... (if we're still   
   alive, of course).   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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