"Chookie" wrote in message
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"0tterbot" wrote:

since i got here (the country) i've really noticed what a gap there is
between city people & country people. sadly, it's the majority (city
people)
who just haven't got the first idea about anything! but the onus is on
country people to stop whingeing & educate them. the two lots are
entirely
interdependent, but you wouldn't know that from observing them.

What differences have you seen?

not a difference in "type", but a difference in interests/focus/etc & that
sort of thing.

I'm asking because I've had a couple of
country people tell me I'm more like a country person than a city person,
and it seems to be a compliment ;-)

perhaps they mean you talk really fast but with your mouth almost entirely
closed? g
i don't know what people might mean by that. ime city peeps are just as
friendly as country peeps & i'm unsure where the idea comes from that cities
are "unfriendly" (if it's about "friendliness" & that sort of thing). most
country peeps seem much less inclined toward one-upmanship &
jones-keeping-upping & mad consumerism & all that stuff. i suppose they mean
you seem genuine or something!

What do you think the new ddrought assistance package will do? Will it
prolong unsustainable farming, or is it OK?

i don't know enough about it all to comment, really. in theory i'm in favour
of that sort of thing so i hope it pans out well.

personally, i don't think there's such a thing as "unviable" land in & of
itself - it's more a question of what a viable use for an area would be; &
so by me, that makes drought assistance with the aid of business plans a
good thing. one would assume that by nature, people are disinclined to keep
doing something they know just is not foreseeably ever going to work out (&
would by preference do somehting different - at least eventually!!!). i'm
not sure to what degree this sort of assistance encourages or discourages
that, or has any effect really - i think people are more inclined to
experiment with different uses for their land for maximum good outcomes
because they just tend to do that, not because it's tied to or provoked by
an assistance package. but what do i know.
kylie