It is just more work for you know who! I think I would survive but really have doubts about some of my friends.. I then began to wonder about innate knowledge and gained knowledge or if it was innate to begin with and lost because it was not used. I have female friends who cannot read a map. They do not know which way is up. They cannot tell direction when standing in the sun. They get lost going around the block. I do not get lost in the woods or civilization. I have to look at the sun to tell if I'm facing north or whatever but can find an alternate route and know if I am going in the correct direction without looking at a map. I can start a fire from one match. I know common sense is relative because what I know from living in TX does not automatically fit with living in Michigan. There are many other variables to consider. When Oprah was in TX during her law suit she wanted to know why women in TX carry such big purses with so much crap in them. No body gave this answer but you might say you were going to visit a friend who lives just over there and it is 200 miles round trip. A friend of mine drives 89miles one way to work. Distance on maps doesn't not compare state to state. Driving an inch on a TX map is 250 miles where driving an inch on MO maps is closer to 30 miles. I think women in TX pack for "whatever" because you might be gone all day. After saying this, what I do not understand is why Texans never wear a coat even when the wind chill is ten below zero. They do not carry stuff for emergencies in the car. I probably carry way too much crap but you never know. I guess that is because my dad was in the military for so long-we practiced war on a yearly basis. It carries over from living in Alaska and having to carry gas,weapons,etc. I know it is easier to rough it depending on the climate. I can camp with it on the cold side as opposed to the hot side. I have bathed in a half a quart of dish water but washing my hair was a cardiac experience. I must go sew!!! Lynn Will hop back on when I come back next week. > [Original Message] > From: <SandKatC@aol.com> > To: <MAUPIN-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 11/3/02 11:05:06 PM > Subject: [MAUPIN-CHAT] living the old way > > > In a message dated 11/3/02 8:45:13 PM, mltaylordogmother@earthlink.net writes: > > << The men said they would do it again and so did the kids. The women were > not so sure. I cannot believe the fighting that went on except that I > think all people would react differently than they think they would when > placed in a totally foreign situation. >> > > Lynn: > > I love the peace and quite outside in a park, in the mountains, and hearing > the ocean coming in and going out at the beach. But, I like my creature > comforts. I don't think I'd be good at living in the wild in a tent or a > cabin with no electricity, water, etc.. > > Soft Sandi > > > ==== MAUPIN-CHAT Mailing List ==== > TO SUBSCRIBE OR UNSUBSCRIBE from any RootsWeb-hosted mailing list, send an e-mail message with only the word SUBSCRIBE (or UNSUBSCRIBE) in the subject and the body of the message to > [name of list]-L-request@rootsweb.com (for mail mode) or to > [name of list]-D-request@rootsweb.com (for digest mode). > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- M. Lynn Taylor --- mltaylordogmother@earthlink.net --- EarthLink: It's your Internet.