From: Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net   
      
   cshenk wrote:   
      
   > Snag wrote:   
   >   
   >> My neighbor has a friend who did some landscaping and has   
   >> soil to give away ...I need some fill for a shop   
   >> expansion project , and it looks like I'll be getting a   
   >> load to supplement my garden topsoil . For free , but   
   >> I'll make sure he (the neighbor) gets compensated for at   
   >> least his fuel for hauling it to me .   
   >   
   > Good deal!   
   >   
   > I keep getting offers for seedlings I don't want in   
   > exchange for my   
   > food plants.  I've told her privately, no.  Wt've   
   > exchanged before and   
   > she always turns my 'must pickup' into I have to go there.   
   >  Frankly   
   > Virginia Beach is probably a LOT bigger than most here   
   > realize.  She's   
   > a 1.5hr round trip.  There are others who are 2.5hr round   
   > trip.  No thanks!   
      
   Yes, VB is the largest city population-wise in the state   
   and 2nd in land area (Chesapeake is #1).   
      
   VB used to be tiny...only a few blocks wide and the   
   distance down Atlantic Avenue where the hotels were.   
      
   Then they "merged" with Princess Anne County and took   
   over. :(   
      
   The tax rates went way up and the service level went   
   way down...and continued from there.   
      
   Nyssa, who was raised in Princess Anne County, *not*   
   VB   
      
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