I don’t know, OP. My team and I completed a 7-hour surgery on a patient Monday to remove several tumors. Can you do that?

I read the book, "The Wettest County in the World." Did you ever read that book, OP? Very interesting glimpse into old Virginny back in the day. Sounds terrifying, actually, when even a nice girl from a Mennonite-like background gets sucked into a dark underworld.

Anonymous wrote:If only DC people could learn to be less pompous and more like kind and decent human beings. Visiting universities outside the DMV (and not in the N.E.) has been eye-opening.

So go and live there.

If only DC people could learn to be less pompous and more like kind and decent human beings. Visiting universities outside the DMV (and not in the N.E.) has been eye-opening.

Anonymous wrote:And I can't even begin to tell you how out of touch most DC people are.

Do your neighbors know how to:

Build a fire
Process a deer/ turkey/ game bird
Frame a simple shed
Install a well pump
Clean load and fire a pistol or rifle

Or do .... anything that doesnt cause a traffic jam at Tysons?

+1

DC is a sheltered bubble. And the residents don’t have a clue.

Anonymous wrote:And I can't even begin to tell you how out of touch most DC people are.

Do your neighbors know how to:

Build a fire
Process a deer/ turkey/ game bird
Frame a simple shed
Install a well pump
Clean load and fire a pistol or rifle

Or do .... anything that doesnt cause a traffic jam at Tysons?

And do those people of Greene County know how to take Metro, order a cocktail in a bar, drive on the Beltway, parallel park, network, or appreciate art?

Whatever is your point? It isn’t like those skills are inherently virtuous and as many people live in urban areas as they do rural ones.

Why would I need to do any of those things? I’m sure those people cannot do my job either.

Only 10-15% of Americans live in rural areas, on well water, etc. so who is “out of touch” with what?

Anonymous wrote:My husband could. Very handy.

Mine too. We’ve spent the past three days in Tucker County, WV which is also full of people who can do those things. Also full of stereotypical DC people.

I can clean a rifle and build a fire. My neighbors built a shed recently. I'm sure I could find a hunter if I asked around.

And I've lived in rural places. Not everyone there hunts or shoots or builds sheds.

No because I live in 2025 and don't have to do those things.

Why do I need to know any of that? I don’t live out in Hicksville.

Yes. Many of us in the DMV are transplants from places like Greene Co.

Just because you know how to install a well pump doesn’t make you more valuable than other people. I don’t have a well, so I don’t need to know how to install a pump — but if I did, maybe I could figure it out. What is the point of your story?

My husband could. Very handy.

And I can't even begin to tell you how out of touch most DC people are.

Do your neighbors know how to:

Build a fire
Process a deer/ turkey/ game bird
Frame a simple shed
Install a well pump
Clean load and fire a pistol or rifle

Or do .... anything that doesnt cause a traffic jam at Tysons?