>So how far from the nearest sealed road are you? When I was in college in NC, our house was the third from the end of the pavement. The blacks (who lived about a mile away, on the other side of the creek (1/2 mile down the sand road)) were served by 1 phone line. It was literally indoor phone wire which ran under the edge of the road. It crossed the bridge by being tied between tree limbs. There was an open splice in the middle over the creek. This line served 5 black families. >Is your next door neighbours house visable? It was, barely. There was a ditch between us, though, in which lived all kinds of things including a near-record rattlesnake (biggest in the county anyway). It wasn't deep enough to keep their one cow from regularly visiting my field. It topped my corn, beans, and melons once. I had revenge - we ate the cow. >Is your next door neighbours name Bobby-Joe, Billy Joe etc? Geraldine and Darius on one side, Bobby and Jimmy (two brothers lived on the family horse farm on the other side with their families (in separate houses )). Across the road was Fred and Arlene, and behind us was paper company land. >When do you expect town water and sewerage? Everybody had their own well and septic. Our well driller hit water at 6', just below the first layer of marl. He took the well down to 75' just to make sure, though. >Has electric light been approved for installation by the local council? Only at the park near the crossroads, where our road met US-17. But lots of folks had mercury lights for livestock. >Do you have to collect your mail at the local general store? Not any more. Before I moved there in 83 they did, though. >Does the Pub close at 6pm and is not open on Sunday? The blue laws were repealed :-( in the neighboring city (Wilmington) in 84 or 85. The county I lived in is still dry, though. Andy ================================================================== Andy Kunz Life is what we do to prepare for Eternity ------------------------------------------------------------------ andy@rc-hydros.com http://www.rc-hydros.com - Race Boats andy@montanadesign.com http://www.montanadesign.com - Electronics ==================================================================