Digest Number 729 Msg #2-Canal Zone

Hey there Panama Bobby !

long time no hear...whats been happening? Well I believe we got Mireya's
group to agree to Space launches in theory, and working with an aid to start
to get legislation in place. Brazil has a head start, but hey, we were
where it all got started in the NEw World, what a perfect place to start for
the NEXT new world...hehe.

So from your perspective, do you see worthwhile similarieties between CZ and
space habitats? You were there ...maybe not inthe golden years but still
enough to get an idea...(three years between US trips?? wow... We saved up
our 30days from one year to the next to have 2 mo in the USA)

From: "Bob K Hardman"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 3:17 PM
Subject: Re: [spacesettlers] Digest Number 729 Msg #2-Canal Zone

> Re: Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 11:16:11 -040
> From: "panamabob"
> Subject: Re: Re: Human Relationships in a Habitat
>
> > Several colony ships regularly brought in items from the USA, and also
> doubled as transports to >provide colonist a way back to the USA, for a
once
> a year vacation.
> ------------------
>
> A recent "Zonelink" message recalls a wartime incident when there was a
> severe shortage of toilet
> paper.. -Sears Catalogs were a popular substitute...
>
> -In my day vacations were every 3rd year and put to good use..
>
> -A Canal Zone Elementary teacher once remarked on the fact that in one of
> her classes;
>
> -Every Child had been to Both the Grand Canyon and the Statue of Liberty-
!!
>
> >Children ran free, always under some adults watchful eye. The grapevine
> communication system >let parents know where their kids were, what trouble
> they had gotten into before the kids could >even make it home. :-) Never
> had a chance. haha.
>
> Some areas [not all] had an interesting architectural feature which
> facilitated this while giving the kids a false sense of privacy.
>
> The houses were all on stilts!
>
> -This also fostered a sense of community as a full range of activities
took
> place under the houses in view of everyone.
>
> Frequent Hen Parties,[Sorry, "Tertulias"], Boatbuilding & Craft Projects,
> Cub Scout meetings, Roller Skating, you name it; -all was, in a sense,
> shared with the neighbors.
>
> [-in our neighborhood, a couple of pipe ends set at the edge of the
street
> made for easily
> removable poles for Badminton & Volleyball..]
>
> -We built a barbecue in an empty lot, & had Community Pancake Breakfasts
> every Saturday.]
>
> -Kids normally played in "unsupervised" groups, but I can recall making
> excursions of a mile or more across town, on my own, at the age of 4 or 5.
> [My little brother, age 2 or 3 would escape from his
> playpen and wander off.. -up to a quarter mile away! -Not a big deal as
long