Actually, one can live very nicely with neither an SUV nor a cellular phone. I do. One just has to be willing to, that's all. I lived happily without a computer or a car for 3 weeks recently in Trinidad too. It was great! If people act as a loving and supportive community, rather than as isolated, lonely individuals protected only by their money, then all kinds of wonderful things are possible. Imagine the saving in money (and space) that is possible when 30 or 40 adults share one or two computers, one or tow cellular phones, and 3 or 4 vehicles...and do most of their daily work where they live.

But try explaining that in the society whose functioning credos are: "Give me Convenience or Give me Death" & "Look Out for Number One(and to hell with the rest...)"

The reason I'm on the computer a lot here is, I don't have a community like that available here (that I know of...). So I settle for a cyber-community for the time being, plus a few friends here and there around town. When I find a real working community to be part of, I tend to abandon my computer addiction.

- LH