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<blockquote data-quote="davieh3350" data-source="post: 4964222" data-attributes="member: 52292"><p>It's a sad state of affairs really. Back in the 1800s where I live there used to be 250 people, now it's under 30. It's changed even in the last few years, incomers who aren't involved with countryside work, who only live here mean the fields are empty of people<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> next to no dances/parties in the halls now. Pubs are ripping tourists off so they've made it too expensive for locals to go out to socialise in. </p><p>I've found going about selling meat has been a good way to get to meet people (I've become quite good at stopping passing walkers and getting a sale<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite26" alt=":unsure:" title="Unsure :unsure:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":unsure:" />) I'm considering doing a farmers market stall at some point, but that's a way off yet.</p><p>Anything where you get to speak to people casually helps. You can subtly offload your grievances on them (being very careful not to be a bore<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite25" alt="(n)" title="Thumbs Down (n)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(n)" /> though)</p><p></p><p>I once was chatting to a lass on a dating site, she asked what I was up to that evening. I said I was going to wander down to my neighbours to collect my mail and have a cup of tea as I'd not seen anyone for 4 or 5 days. She couldn't understand why they had my mail, and secondly why hadn't I seen anyone. I said it was because the mail gets dropped off in the mailbox at the bottom of the track and they lift it for me sometimes, and I'd not left my workshop for days. </p><p>She said she couldn't cope with the isolation... I asked her.. When you've finished work for the day, how many people do you see or speak to? As it could take me a long time to get anywhere if I met some of the fellow glen inhabitants<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />.. She said that she usually went home and watched tv till it was time to go to bed, and that was with neighbours right beside her. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="davieh3350, post: 4964222, member: 52292"] It's a sad state of affairs really. Back in the 1800s where I live there used to be 250 people, now it's under 30. It's changed even in the last few years, incomers who aren't involved with countryside work, who only live here mean the fields are empty of people:( next to no dances/parties in the halls now. Pubs are ripping tourists off so they've made it too expensive for locals to go out to socialise in. I've found going about selling meat has been a good way to get to meet people (I've become quite good at stopping passing walkers and getting a sale:unsure:) I'm considering doing a farmers market stall at some point, but that's a way off yet. Anything where you get to speak to people casually helps. You can subtly offload your grievances on them (being very careful not to be a bore(n) though) I once was chatting to a lass on a dating site, she asked what I was up to that evening. I said I was going to wander down to my neighbours to collect my mail and have a cup of tea as I'd not seen anyone for 4 or 5 days. She couldn't understand why they had my mail, and secondly why hadn't I seen anyone. I said it was because the mail gets dropped off in the mailbox at the bottom of the track and they lift it for me sometimes, and I'd not left my workshop for days. She said she couldn't cope with the isolation... I asked her.. When you've finished work for the day, how many people do you see or speak to? As it could take me a long time to get anywhere if I met some of the fellow glen inhabitants:).. She said that she usually went home and watched tv till it was time to go to bed, and that was with neighbours right beside her. :( [/QUOTE]
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