Subj : Re: Neuralink
To   : Vk3jed
From : Moondog
Date : Fri Aug 28 2020 10:43:00

  Re: Re: Neuralink
  By: Vk3jed to Arelor on Thu Aug 27 2020 08:44 pm

 > -=> On 08-26-20 05:53, Arelor wrote to Vk3jed <=-
 > 
 >  Ar> Western society is not built around extended families at all. Not even
 > 
 > And I'm wondering if that is one of the many issues we have.
 > 
 > 
 > ... Bad day: Smokey the Bear stamps out your birthday cake.

In the US we have a lot of land and long distances to travel.  Due to the
demands of a community, moving away to find better work is required, and
after some time the family you  create and their families they create take
precedence over the family you left behind.  The same happens in a local area
as well if whatever ties the last generation had are not maintained.  One of
my cousin's wife 's hobbies is geneology, and she did research tracing back
my father's mother's family.  There's an old saying that your first friends
are your cousins, and in my case it was even more true!  My grandmother and
her borthers and sisters were a tight group, however their cousins on their
father's side didn't talk or meet much.  My great grandfather had several
brothers and sisters as well, however when they formed their own families,
they never gathered or socialized any more.  While my friends may not have
been direct or first cousins, several were seconds or shared a common
ancestor.  One of our neighbors around the block had a big party, and when
I'd ask friends and acquaintences there how they know my neighbor, they'd ment
ion a second cousin or other relative that I would also recognize, then we'd
figure out how many degrees of separation were between us.

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