[at-l] Something has changed (Was weight/use efficiency &Guns)

[saunterer@jimbullard.org (saunterer@jimbullard.org)]

At 09:48 PM 1/30/02 -0500, Bob Cummings wrote:
>"... We used to leave the doors unlocked.  Not many folks in big or small town
>America can (or think they  can) do that anymore anywhere in America.  I miss
>that."
>
>  Well we locked our doors for a day or two when someone stole our stereo 
> 10 or
>  15 years ago. But those few days were the only time our doors have been 
> locked
>  in 40 years of living in this town.

Lots of folks know where I live but my doors were never locked for over 23 
years.  I finally put locks on the doors last Thanksgiving because we were 
going away for a week and since then we lock the doors if we're going away 
for the whole day or longer but we have two dogs that would deter many from 
trying to enter.  Not that the dogs are mean but they would bark at 
strangers and that's enough to turn away some.

What I'm thinking is that like Weary, I live in a place where it's still 
possible to leave your doors unlocked but despite that I feel the change in 
our society.  I feel it at work, when I travel and I see it in the news.  I 
guess that's one thing I like about the hiking community, there's still a 
feeling of trust and respect that seems to have been lost in the larger 
society.

sAunTerer