Tim Ericson writes:

> Oh - a note on another side:  I've never met such friendly people
>  as here in Oregon.  One evening our car's clutch cable snapped on a
>  lonely country road - in the 15 minutes that it took me to patch it
>  with bailing wire, 6 cars stopped and asked if we needed help!

Actually, that's more a characteristic of any rural area, especially among
farmers and ranchers. You'd find precisely the same behavior in Nevada or
Nebraska.

Unfortunately, most people live in relatively large cities nowadays -- and
have forgotten how to depend on each other.

Wirt Atmar