Kathy,

Well truth be known, when I wrote the note I hadn't been watching the game,
and when I did go to watch, being so close to the Twin Cities, they didn't
cover the Pack, only the Vikings. But, had the game been playing on TV
here, and had I been watching it and came to read mail, you can sure bet
I'd still wrote hahaha. Yes I was thinking of the Upper Penninsula of
Michigan when I wrote my hnote. My brother had a real hard time of it when
we moved from near Milwaukee to little Stephenson. A city slicker came in
and so they felt to give him the beans, and well, he wasn't the type to
take the beans so he fought his way  through it. Once we were there long
enough, we sort of fit in, but you could always hear the attitude then when
other new people would move in hahaha. I certainly can understand your
frustration in getting them to open up. No  envy here.

Brad



At 12/08/2003 on Monday, you wrote:
>Brad,
>I'm honored!  You gave up some of the game to write to me?  Wow!  I hope
>that it was the first quarter.  That's the one that is worth forgetting!
>         Yah, I think that fear and pride has a lot to do with the
>emotional freezer around here.  Maine is a lot like the U.P.  There are
>lots of small towns that evolve around a few main clans so outsiders are
>noticed.  The people keep to themselves because all of their social needs
>are met by the family clan.  Poverty and poor education does not help in
>the area of self esteme either.  The people here are very independent.
>The idea of coming together as a church community is truly a huge mental
>burier.  Plus, they like hockey more than football around here and the
>people that do like football mostly root for the Patriots!  I know that
>that really has nothing to do with it, but it was fun to throw it in
>anyway.
>In Him,
>Kathy, who is happy that the Pack won!
>
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