Funny thing about labels. I used to live in a small community of red-necks and hippies. I was identified by others as one of the hippies but the longer I was there, the more I realized that I had much more in common with the red-necks. This was in the North.

In my own mind red-necks were hard working people and hippies were people who hardly worked at all. We were all drop-outs. We were all fed up with the system. We were all looking for something better than the city had to offer.

As time passed - the distinction between the groups blurred. Now we are all just "the old-timers".