On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 20:50:25 +0000 (UTC), Nad R wrote:

> blake murphy > wrote:
>> On Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:10:24 +0000 (UTC), Nad R wrote:
>>
>>> 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?
>>
>> your pal,
>> blake
>
> I have a hobby farm, my home, barns, animals, hens houses my own gardens,
> well system and septic field on twenty acres. I find it hard to call it
> just a home, a single structure. It is a place where I could stay for
> months without leaving for anything.

i guess i'd just say 'the place,' but i'm one of those vague liberals.

your pal,
blake