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  • From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Heinlein, was SE PA going
  • Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:58:59 -0800 (PST)

You read social riddles well. ..........bobford


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--- On Tue, 11/18/08, Cathy <goosecreekfarm AT gmail.com> wrote:


>
> I thought a lot about their question while we were there.
> I think it was designed to determine my social standing in the community.
> Just as everyone in town with social/business aspirations was
> Republican(even if they were Democrat), that same everyones attended the
> Methodist church (even if they were Lutheran or atheists or pagans). The
> aspirers wanted to know if I was one of them, or if my religious beliefs
> would override social/economic considerations or worse, if I would make the
> flagrantly offensive choice of worshipping with the Episcopals (only
> appropriate for very old money).
> Those who were not aspiring, wanted to know if I was pretentious or one of
> them.
>
> A complicated question, but it was small-town Virginia. Did
> I mention that we did not buy a home there?
>
> Cathy








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