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 How NOT to get away from it all !
 

Simply stay away from a small 'laid back' lakeside vacation town where the locals are in no rush to keep up with the rush mentality of visiting city folks.
Case in point: The 'chef' at our best local deli/restaurant threw one impatient city guy out of the kitchen when he invaded demanding instant delivery of shaved deli meat.
The 'chef'-busy preparing delicious sandwiches for a lunch crowd, has no patience with folks expecting McDonald's instant service.
There seems to be a pronounced cultural difference going on here, with this incident and a growing number of others as more city dwellers buy property and take up residence.
Eventually they may become more accustomed to the 'laid back' way of doing things; but early on, they're astonished, for example, that a trash removal service won't provide a set date for doing a job, or fails to show-up when a date finally is set.
It's the 'laid-back' norm around here.
Eventually one grows accustomed to it.
Eventually the jobs get done; and at this point it's only the new city folks who suffer stress-until they become culturally acclimated.
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 "Age is mind over matter...
 

"If you don't mind, it doesn't matter." QUOTE BY SATCHEL PAIGE
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 Weather researchers predict 15 hurricanes for 2008
 

The hurricane season begins Sunday and lasts through November.
Folks living in U.S. coastal areas are advised to stock three days of food and water in case their area suffers hurricane damage.
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 "Discouragement is simply..
 

"the despair of wounded self-love."
QUOTE BY FRANCOIS de FENELON (1651-1715)
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 The cyberspace police !
 

How much monitoring on blogging sites is needed?
While some site owners keep it to a minimum, others assign monitors to each and every blog. 24 hour monitors on such sites control every aspect of the blogging process, apparently on the assumption that all bloggers are just naturally irresponsible.
Yet, zealous control freaks on such sites can disturb well-intentioned bloggers who may feel as though someone's constantly looking over their shoulders.
Most site owners establish basic rules, as they should. After all, cyberspace is open to all kinds - some more responsible than others.
A far different kind of monitoring, however, takes place in China where the government monitors, then deletes posts when writers disagree with Chinese government policy.
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