One of my high school buds [we didn't get on as well as adults] moved to rural Alabama after his first wife died.
Met some southern lady while on a singles cruise, his late wife's body not even being cool yet.
Bought an F150 pickup (used to drive a Lincoln Town car like I did at the time). Claims he loves it. He either does or he can't admit that he fucked up.
Anyway, he's retired, and without real work to keep him busy, he gets to cut brush now, the crazy geriatric. Hope his plastic knee holds up.
I think he reduced Boston's republican population from 17 to 16.
But you're right, Rev. Some people can apparently adapt. I'm just not one of them.
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Samuel Johnson, 1775
Religion....is the opiate of the people. Karl Marx, 1848
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose. Kris Kristofferson, 1969
Republican Congressman Ken Buck:
“We’re at a time in American politics, that I am not going to lie on behalf of my presidential candidate, on behalf of my party. And I’m very sad that others in my party have taken the position that, as long as we get the White House, it doesn’t really matter what we say,”
Doc Dutch (11-19-2022)
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domer76 (11-19-2022)
The county where I live is just over 1600 sq. miles with a population of about 48,500. It’s getting a bit crowded here. The town that is our county seat and where we go to buy groceries has a population of just under 9000.
Doc Dutch (11-19-2022)
Do you have the Neighborhood app? My wife visits her sister in a satellite city of Dallas. She noted that the Neighborhood app there reports sounds of gunfire, stolen catalytic converters, porch pirates and other crimes. Out here we have reports of lost dogs. "Has anyone lost a dog?" with a picture. Often it's the city folks who come out here and dump them.
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
Militias have been ubiquitous in rural (esp. in the Ozarks region) Missouri since I was old enough to first read about them, prob. back in the 60s. You are right. When first formed they were comprised mostly of KKKers. Later they recruited fundamentalist Christians fearful that their ways were going to be wiped out by PC or whatever the RW monster du jour was at that time. In the Missouri Ozarks they bought limestone caves and the property above them, hundreds of acres of hardwood forest, places to hide and build bunkers and armories. Oh, and they later funded this by illegal drugs -- MJ and meth-making. I always thought of them as the g-kids of the old moonshiners, and just as nutty.
"Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals." -- Mark Twain
I don’t have that app but I can tell you that we have a lot of posts on Facebook for missing dogs. I was floored when my son’s college room mate had his catalytic converter stolen in Norman. That’s crazy. I had never heard of it so I had to Google it. There is gun fire near my house all the time as I am near to several places where people shoot for fun and I also border a 16,000+ acre WMA where people hunt regularly. Gunfire is no big deal around here.
I have lived here for 48+ years and have had two things stolen from my place. I had a chainsaw stolen off my front porch and a gas can stolen from my carport. Both times white trash meth heads were the culprits. If there was one thing I would eliminate from our area if I were an all powerful being it would be drugs and druggies.
Doc Dutch (11-19-2022)
I don’t have “security cameras” but I have a couple of game cameras people have bought me for Christmas. I don’t use game cameras for game…at least not in the woods. I’m an old fashioned hunter and like to scout ahead for sign then determine my set up from that. So I use the game cameras around the house. I haven’t lost anything since I got them a few years ago so I get to see lots of pictures of the UPS and FedEx delivery people with the occasional stray dog or cat.
Security cameras are good for alerts and positioning yourself for defense.
Game cameras would be useful for evidence, but they don't have the same range and clarity as a security cameras.
Out in the country, I'd recommend a wired system for the house and then some wireless ones to supplement. They're relatively easy to install. If you have no easy access to the attic, the wires can be run under the eaves.
https://www.amazon.com/Wired-CCTV-Ca...tem+Wired+Only
This one is $179: https://www.amazon.com/ANNKE-Securit...dp/B00ZZMVC1Y/
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
leaningright (11-20-2022)
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