RE: Welcome to the town of Allopath

[Guest guest]

> He outlived every single resident of Allopath. He gardened, took long

> walks through the forest, and gathered roots, leaves and berries to

> feed himself. In his spare time, he constructed stop signs, waiting

> for the next population to come along, and hoping they might listen to

> an old hermit with a crazy idea:

>

Unfortunately he had to live all by himself and missed out on the vigorous,

energetic exchange of the life force with others in the city in order to

live so long.

Other than that sorry conclusion I thought the whole thing was excellent.

Surprisingly deep and laid out the issues nicely.

Ron

[Guest guest]

At 12:26 PM 6/21/05 -0400, you wrote:

>Unfortunately he had to live all by himself and missed out on the vigorous,

>energetic exchange of the life force with others in the city in order to

>live so long.

Oh, Ron, there ya go, showing your social butterfly tendencies again.

MFJ

Ideas are funny that way ... you go and let one loose, and suddenly it's

crashing about the place, bashing up against other peoples' heads.

Somebody oughtta control that. Pesky things, ideas.

[Guest guest]

>

> Unfortunately he had to live all by himself and missed out on the

vigorous,

> energetic exchange of the life force with others in the city in order

to

> live so long.

> Ron

I believe this to be entirely true. Life on the top of the mountain can

be healthier (the air and everything is much purer), but life in town

is more stimulant. Social (not abusive) contact makes for longer life.

If a misanthrope lives a long life, it is probably dull.

JC

[Guest guest]

> Oh, Ron, there ya go, showing your social butterfly tendencies again.

>

>

Yeah. Gosh. I actually like to hang out with people in addition to trees.

:-0

[Guest guest]

At 12:49 PM 6/21/05 -0400, you wrote:

>Yeah. Gosh. I actually like to hang out with people in addition to trees.

>:-0

The swinging-from-the-vines thing is kinda fun, though.

MFJ

Ideas are funny that way ... you go and let one loose, and suddenly it's

crashing about the place, bashing up against other peoples' heads.

Somebody oughtta control that. Pesky things, ideas.

[Guest guest]

> > Oh, Ron, there ya go, showing your social butterfly tendencies

again.

> >

> >

>

> Yeah. Gosh. I actually like to hang out with people in addition to

trees.

> :-0

Someone once told me that certain trees were superior to most people.

For some folks, cutting down a tree is like sacrilege.

JC

[Guest guest]

>> Oh, Ron, there ya go, showing your social butterfly tendencies again.

>>

>>

>

> Yeah. Gosh. I actually like to hang out with people in addition to

> trees.

> :-0

In this mountain town, sometimes the trees are a relief from the people and

vice versa. Or is it, releaf? :-)

Wanita

[Guest guest]

> In this mountain town, sometimes the trees are a relief from

> the people and

> vice versa.

Yes!! Exactly!!

Ron