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    When was the last time anybody had a car whose lights didn't automatically go on and off by themselves?
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    Quote Originally Posted by NiftyNiblick View Post
    When was the last time anybody had a car whose lights didn't automatically go on and off by themselves?
    There are a lot of 15-20 year olds still on the road that dont have that feature but even my wifes 09 jeep has an interior light that if you turn it on in a certain way will not turn off on its own, which was done on purpose in case someone wanted steady light with the vehicle turned off.
    This illegal illegitimate regime that runs America is at fault...not me.... they do not represent me and I have long objected to their crimes against humanity.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NiftyNiblick View Post
    When was the last time anybody had a car whose lights didn't automatically go on and off by themselves?
    Until 2014 I had cars whose lights didn't turn off automatically. Lots of ppl do.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hawkeye10 View Post
    Do you have neighbors who are neighborly? Do you live in a neighborhood? This situation where I am is so depressing, people living near or next to each other who dont know each other, and seem to not want to. Just for reference I grew up expecting block parties once a year, where the ladies of a couple of blocks had a monthly coffee.

    Part of the problem here is that we have a very high rental rate, something around 1/3.
    That could contribute to it some. Plus in middle-class urban areas, ppl just don't socialize with people outside of family, friends, and coworkers. Before moving up here to the Frozen North, I lived with Mr. Owl in an urban-suburban place. The population density there is 3,200 ppl per square mile (think small lots). Here, it is 3.3 ppl for square mile. But I digress.

    When I moved there I was interested in who the neighbors were. The only person that Mr. Owl spoke to or knew the name of was one of the next-door neighbors. He only knew her name because her dog ran away and he helped her find him. He had no idea who lived in the other homes. It was such an alien concept to me. He went to work, came home, didn't talk to ppl. Yet he bought that home because he wanted to live closely packed with others. Isn't that odd?

    Like you, I grew up in an area where ppl socialized. So I started talking to them, over the fence. Next door. Down the street. Turns out that they were just as interested in who lived by them as I was with them.

    So I'd say, do more than just say hi. Talk to them. Share a bit about yourself. This is a lot easier for a woman to do than for a man. We're more social, for one thing. And ppl are more likely to trust a woman stranger over a man. Does your wife enjoy socializing? Maybe she could help break the ice.

    Like I said, we now live in a sparsely-populated area. There are maybe 13 families on our two-mile road. We can't even see each other's houses. But we know each other's names and we know if one of us is in trouble, the others will be right there. Plus we have some fantastic bonfire get-togethers. Maybe the difference is here we know we might need help from our neighbors. In an urban area, ppl count on help from public safety ppl.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hawkeye10 View Post
    That is why I backed way up. No seriously around here you dont know what kind of reaction that you will get knocking on a door....people are suspicious....quite a few have No Soliciting signs which some have told me dont mean dont knock if you are selling something, they mean dont knock at all unless you have been invited or are friends and family. Then too some barely speak english.
    Well, you can set the tone of what the Neighborhood should be like ... 'friendly'.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe Hiden View Post
    Is the person a leftist or a an American patriot?

    If a leftist then fuck em. They deserve no quarter and no help. I wouldn’t piss on a leftist if she were on fire
    I would piss on them if I could piss gasoline.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Guille View Post
    You're a pussy. That's my problem. You actually had to post a thread begging people to tell you to do the right thing? What the fuck is wrong with you?
    Chill out.

    @OP:

    The battery would probably be ok in the morning. A half hour on the highway will fully charge it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hawkeye10 View Post
    people generally dont know each other nor do they act like they want to. here is very little of kids playing outside together or even people being outside other than in their back yards (fenced) unless they have a dog to walk or a yard to mow.
    That's the new normal, isn't it?

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