Subj : Re: Neuralink
To   : Moondog
From : Vk3jed
Date : Sun Aug 30 2020 18:20:00

-=> On 08-28-20 10:43, Moondog wrote to Vk3jed <=-

 Mo> In the US we have a lot of land and long distances to travel.  Due to

No dofferent to Australia, except we have less people in between. :)

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

That's quite similar to my family, but there is a lot of difference among
families.  Mine is a relatively separated and dispersed family.  We're not as
dependent on close ties as most other families.  I have known a lot of people,
even those with an Anglo-Australian background, who moved house to be closer to
family, something I've never felt a compulsion to do.  My house moves have all
been for work, economic, necessity (having to leave a rental because it was
sold, etc) or lifestyle reasons.


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