GT IS AT A SWAP MEET MOST OF TODAY
UPDATE (Sunday morning):
WAS JUST TOO TIRED TO POST LAST NIGHT.
THE SWAP MEET WAS A WASTE OF TIME BUT IT WAS VERY ENLIGHTENING TO SEE THE TYPE OF PEOPLE THAT WERE BOTH SELLING THEIR MEAGER REMAINING BELONGINGS AND THE TYPE OF FOLKS THAT WERE THERE AS SHOPPERS/LOOKIE-LOOS. VERY POOR LOOKING, MANY TEETH MISSING AND MOST WERE VERY, VERY FAT. THIS IS THE NEW AMERICA.
THIS IS A VERY SMALL TOWN IN NORTH IDAHO AND I DON'T INTERACT MUCH BEYOND THE POST OFFICE AND THE LOCAL SMALL MARKET WHERE I BUY LOTTERY TICKETS (it's the new retirement program for most Americans now).
IT WAS SHOCKING TO SEE HOW POOR EVERYONE APPEARED. I TALKED TO SEVERAL SHOPPERS AND SOME WERE VERY OUTGOING, BUT MANY WERE VERY CLOSED OFF AND GRUMPY JUST LOOKING TO CHISEL A DEAL ON SOME CRAPPY ITEM.
THE SWAP MEET ACTUALLY LOOKED MORE LIKE A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT. SOME PEOPLE ACTUALLY LIVED BEHIND THEIR BOOTHS WHERE THE LANDLORD/OWNER OF THE LAND CHARGED A LOW MONTHLY RATE FOR FULL TIME SELLERS. NO UTILITES AND A PORTABLE TOILET WAS AVAILABLE. GENERATORS WERE RUNNING FOR POWER. DIDN'T SEE WATER AVAILABILITY.
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