[Lilred]

Ya know..I just got to thinkin bout somethin readin these here posts...talkin bout how we all made decisions etc...and that high gas would affect our lifestyle etc.

See..ya'll are fergittin bout the poor folks. And yer also fergittin that all decisions, good er bad, was based on what you thought at the moment you made that decision. Take me and my sister fer example.

I graduated from high school. I went to werk. I have 2 wonderful children..a bunch of beagles..a lil chunk of fertile dirt I call home..and I am not rich. Nowheres near rich.
But I listen to my dogs run at night while I watch the lightin bugs and the stars.I fill my own freezer w/ meat & fish.I watch the coons, owls, possums, ducks and beaver doin their normal things while catchin all them fish. I have trapped, raised baccer, played banjo, cut wood, plowed fields and raisin 2 kids and a pack of pups.
My sister graduated from James Madison Univ. w/ a masters..mba er bma er whatever it is. She werks fer Suntrust bank in some huge downtown Richmond buildin makin almost twice than I do a yr. She just bought her house..no kids..but a tv the size of Texas.
Not to mention all her fancy gadgets, gizmos and 500$ pocketbooks..(which I almost whooped her with the dam thing after she told me how much she paid fer it)

These were our decisions..and we now know..that I probaly shoulda went to college. And my sister now knows..that the stars are more beautiful on the riverbank than they are on tv. And she also knows that her great comprehension of books aint gave her nuthin but a profound loss in common sense. That poor girl aint got the common sense god gave a rock..and would never survive if hard times came upon her.
So..point bein..is that everybody's decisions would probaly change if they knew then what they know now..and nobody could ever cover every hole in the water bucket iffin it's shot w/ a load of buckshot. In other werds..you caint sit there and say
"oh dear, I caint live near the ocean cause of a hurricane..I caint live in the mtns cause of earthquakes..I caint live in the north cause it snows and I caint buy a truck cause in 20 years gas'll be 300$ per gallon"

So..fer you high falooters..let's git scientific-like.
Remember hypothesis and that there educated guess??
You cannot have a 100% probable outcome.

Some people caint afford to live closer to werk...I caint.
Land in my county is now 1,000$ an acre. 1 county over..it's runnin 20,000$ an acre. This is true...ask anyone from here.
(Trex can vouch fer me)
Some people caint afford gas cause gas prices and such went up..and their wages aint.

Some people can afford both of the above mentioned and complain anyway.
And..most good folks in this werld gits screwed.

Therefer..Lilred's Lesson concludes with this...there is no blame to put on yerself and none on this here Federal U.S. of A government. There is also all blame placed on you & the federal U.S of A government. And just like me and my sister...it's all a warsh.

By the way..we can have our cake and eat it too..lean close and I'll tell you Lilred's secret in life...ya ready?
Put the most enjoyment in things that money caint buy.
That's what my Pop told me when I was a pea sprout..and that right there is the very reason why I could care less bout what my sister or anybody else has.
That and do the best you can do..cause on counta..that's all any of us can do. You caint shun any soul..poor ner rich..fer doin their best..even iffin they fail at it.