nomadic5
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thanks.. now I'm interested... One thing that esp caught my eye is that thing about regular breakfasts and being the center of town life...
Well, I think there's a Legion Post in every town in the country. My tiny town of about 1100 people has one. I'm a member of the Auxiliary and I don't know much beyond the fact that the post has regular breakfasts and is the center of a lot of town life -- polling place, city hall meetings and such. I do donate so the post can provide needy and disabled Veterans with important things in life.
I am particularly interested in this program, which is the one that sends local high schoolers to learn a lot. Keep in mind, I'm in rural farming America.
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I also just went searching and found this.
Organization
www.legion.org
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it made me remember something... This may not seem like a big deal but it ws to me. I used to go to this local McDonald's, also in rural farming America. Sure, it was McDonald's but I met some local people there and often would have some very good conversations.. one was about this guy's cows and etc... I then had to leave the area and went through the covid BS elsewhere. Then I came back and everything was different.. even the decor of the place.. Worst of all... there wasn't any friendly community groups anymore.. and no Fox News to watch because McD took ALL the TVs out (of ALL their stores everywhere!)
Oh, wait... In this particular McD they kept a TV but it wasn't on Fox.. it was on some lib station.. so long story short, i don't go there anymore and it seems what I fondly remember from just a few years ago... well, that "era" seems like maybe what older people remember about the 50s or something.. I mean, it was just kind of weird and sad and... disturbing.. how un-friendly the place was after that *^%$# covid BS... and new McD policies.. I cant stand McD now... seems like it's just about $$ and .. Get your food and get out already!
anyhow... thanks for letting me share, even though this is not an earth shattering story... and yet it bothers me to this day... There aren't, as you call them... places where the people in the town can gather... etc...
I guess I figured out by writing this what was really most disturbing in that story: People never get together anymore... everyone just goes his or her own separate way through life... kind of eerie IMO... not healthy
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