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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (211531)	12/26/2011 1:54:30 PM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 225578

We go out of our way to keep in touch with friends, but I'm becoming a bit discouraged. There are several who did not return Christmas cards this yr and it seems like that is becoming a trend. I have lost touch with people I went to school with................people I would call my very best friends............because they do not return calls or letters. I can call them on the phone and all is well, and we talk like we've not been out of touch, and like we always have as best friends, but they do not ever call or write and the effort is all mine. I do not understand that, and really should ask, but I accept it and usually just move on. When I make a friend it is for a lifetime and I cherish them and our friendship. I know that happens to us all, but that doesn't make it any less hurtful.

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (211531)	12/26/2011 3:17:06 PM
From: KLP	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

We moved to our present house decades ago...when we were getting settled that first Dec, a friend who also lived a mile away, said not to worry--we wouldn't see anyone till spring, because until then, the "genie automatic garage door opener, swallows the car and its occupants till spring"... We come to realize that was true. BUT.... the good news is that some of the younger folks in the area 3 summers ago decided to have an "open house Street Party for the neighbors"....this year, they had the police o.K. to barricade the street at both ends, so we could all stand and sit in the street. We all chip in with food and bring our own drinks, unless we want keg beer and so hamburgers and hot dogs and fresh corn with appetizers and pot luck dishes was the order of the day. Great fun! SI is wonderful as it provides all of us outlets to share...GITS is a multipurpose fun thread, where we as friends can share some of our joys and our sorrows...some of the political threads are well run, and some are not, and we all know which is which...and of course, SI was originally a financial message board. These days, until we have some competent leadership in DC, all we can do is say what we are feeling and thinking about the situation we find ourselves in, and hope that we will find a way to rid ourselves to such incompetent leadership.....