blake murphy wrote:
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> On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:10:24 +0000 (UTC), Nad R wrote:
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> > sf > wrote:
> >
> >> You reap what you sow. It sounds like your friend is living in an
> >> area where services are being cut back and that's what happens when
> >> there are no taxes to pay for them. Soon no one will be filling
> >> potholes in the streets either and then you can slowly regress back to
> >> the dirt roads of old, while the rest of us have to listen to how bad
> >> it is in your poverty stricken part of the country.
> >
> > Regress... I will take a dirt road over a paved road any day. I complain
> > when the township runs a grater through. The rougher the road the slower
> > they have to drive. One however cannot own a fuel loving vehicle when
> > living in the boondocks. A truck is a must have with over sized tires, but
> > not too over sized to be gaudy.
> > But then I only leave the compound once a week for a little shopping.
>
> 'the compound'? what are you, militia or something?

"farm" or "ranch" would probably be more appropriate terms.