<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><H1 style="MARGIN: auto 0in"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Re: [GCFL-discuss] [GCFL.net] The <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on">Avon</st1:place> Lady</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></H1>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Tuesday, January 4, 2011 9:23 AM</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">From: <SPAN class=yiv924733181email>"Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies List" </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">I guess in a rural area, the lady would be known & he could count on grandma to go after her if the check wasn't good? Would not work in NY.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
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<H1 style="MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3>Bingo! In rural areas everybody knows everybody. I lived in a town of 1,600 people which was in a county of 13,000 people. I had to be very careful about what I said because I knew the whole county would know within 2 days! <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></H1>
<H1 style="MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3>My husband and I have recently moved to a town of 10,000 people in a county of 35,000. Not much has changed. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></H1>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT size=3>It was easier living in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><?xml:namespace prefix = u2 /><u2:City u3:st="on"><u2:place u3:st="on">San Diego</st1:place></st1:City></FONT></u2:place></u2:City><FONT size=3> where I could voice my opinions without having half the town angry at what I had said. I don't fit very well here in the <st1:place w:st="on"><u2:place u3:st="on">Midwest</st1:place></FONT></u2:place><FONT size=3> where extremely conservative values reign. However, we liberals have managed to find each other, though we are few in numbers. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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