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Posted on 02/19/2021 5:33:46 AM PST by uscga77

I read about a man up near Abilene, TX who froze to death in his recliner. His wife who was found by his side is barely alive. What happened? Were they living far away from neighbors? Did no one care to check on them? No neighbors, family, church members, pastor, priest, friends? I'd like to think we can learn something from such tragedies. When God called out Cain about his brother Abel, what did insolent Cain say to the Lord? "Am I my brother's keeper?" What is the answer to that question? Some of us live right next store to neighbors we don't even know, myself included. Here I say to myself, have a care.


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To: Red Badger
Their immediate next-door neighbor was trying to meet them when they first moved in by going over and sayin Hi, welcome to the neighborhood.

Their reply was, “I just want to be your neighbor, not your friend.”

WHAT KIND OIF PERSON SAYS SUCH?.................

Maybe you've been lucky with neighbors.
Or maybe you're the type they moved away from.

Commies and other sorts of tyrants think that others don't have a right to exist without their permission, and their directives on how to live, how to speak (or not), what to wear, what to drive, what to think, how to vote, etc., etc., etc.

21 posted on 02/19/2021 6:17:57 AM PST by meadsjn (, )
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To: uscga77

Did they take him to the hospital for Cash-for-Covid?


22 posted on 02/19/2021 6:19:15 AM PST by Varsity Flight ( "War by the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18)
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To: who knows what evil?

Makes me wonder why they don’t live in the country. Probably skeered of a booger bear.


23 posted on 02/19/2021 6:20:21 AM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: 4yearlurker

We have a get away home in Windber, PA...
Still that way...


24 posted on 02/19/2021 6:20:27 AM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is Joe McCarthy now that we desperately need him sober?)
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To: uscga77
After this last election, you have no obligation at all to "society" or "the greater good."

Like Jack Sparrow said "Take all you can, give nothing back."

25 posted on 02/19/2021 6:21:29 AM PST by nonliberal (Caput gerat lupinum)
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To: glimmerman70

Where is this at? The most excitement we have is barking dogs.


26 posted on 02/19/2021 6:22:07 AM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: crusty old prospector

Central Florida.


27 posted on 02/19/2021 6:24:12 AM PST by glimmerman70
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To: Red Badger

“What gets me is they are retired Air Force, both husband and wife. Not typical behavior for ex military...................”

Maybe they were Green Badgers in an MOS that selected for introverts. I used to do that as a civilian; I’m still very stand-offish retired.


28 posted on 02/19/2021 6:25:32 AM PST by PLMerite
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To: AppyPappy

It all depends on what you’re used to. Thirty years ago I was in Miami Beach when it dropped to 48 degrees in a cold snap, and two people froze to death.


29 posted on 02/19/2021 6:26:32 AM PST by PUGACHEV ( Ins’t coming out of their pri)
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To: uscga77

In our tiny NY town we used to live in we were on very good terms with one our next door neighbors.

We got along well with the others and everyone kind of kept an eye out on each other without being nosy or prying.

It really was a good neighborhood.

Here in NH we can’t even see the neighbor’s house. However we are prepared for cold and power outages and are not in danger of freezing to death.


30 posted on 02/19/2021 6:29:26 AM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: Red Badger

You mean like my neighbor, an Episcopal, asked me what church a belonged to. Then told me (a catholic) she never would have moved here had she known so many Catholics lived here. It makes her uncomfortable.


31 posted on 02/19/2021 6:37:53 AM PST by gcparent (Justice Amy Coney Barrett)
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To: AppyPappy

It happens. Elderly neighbor and her adult daughter froze to death in their home many years ago. My mom had brought them a hot meal a few days before.


32 posted on 02/19/2021 6:40:06 AM PST by gcparent (Justice Amy Coney Barrett)
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To: Red Badger

Their reply was, “I just want to be your neighbor, not your friend.”

WHAT KIND OIF PERSON SAYS SUCH?.................


Mr. Rogers?


33 posted on 02/19/2021 6:40:52 AM PST by chaosagent (Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
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To: gcparent

There are some questions I never ask. “What’s your religion?” is one of them...................


34 posted on 02/19/2021 6:41:34 AM PST by Red Badger (SLEAZIN' is the REASON for the TREASON .................................)
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To: chaosagent

ISWYDT.................


35 posted on 02/19/2021 6:41:56 AM PST by Red Badger (SLEAZIN' is the REASON for the TREASON .................................)
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To: nevergore

“”””A special kind of person......definitely has something to hide..... Do you see him digging in his backyard late at night?””””

One time my neighbor lady came over and knocked on my door. She said she hasn’t seen my girlfriend around for several days. Was wondering where she was. I told her flat out that I buried her in the backyard. For a minute there I think she believed me.


36 posted on 02/19/2021 6:47:45 AM PST by VastRWCon (Fake News")
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To: VastRWCon

A former elderly neighbor of mine would stare at my boys while they played in the back yard. He was waiting for them to do something wrong so he could complain to me about it. I told my boys to just stop and face him and stare back until he stopped. He stopped that behavior real fast.


37 posted on 02/19/2021 7:00:42 AM PST by Rad_J
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To: Red Badger

She asked me what church was I joining. As in what parish. There are more than one Catholic and Episcopal churches where we live.


38 posted on 02/19/2021 7:01:38 AM PST by gcparent (Justice Amy Coney Barrett)
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To: gcparent

We have one of each denomination in Christendom.

And a multiplicity of Baptist churches.

A Russian immigrant co-worker at my daughter’s job once asked why so many Baptist churches, but only one or at most two of the others?

The answer:

Whenever a Baptist church gets a new pastor, half the congregation will not like him and so go off and form their own church.................


39 posted on 02/19/2021 7:08:34 AM PST by Red Badger (SLEAZIN' is the REASON for the TREASON .................................)
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To: crusty old prospector

Those booger bears...they’re the WORST!


40 posted on 02/19/2021 7:13:03 AM PST by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...siameserescue.org)
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