[graciegirl]

Bogie was no more direct than some of the other posts on here.

You must try to understand that this is our home, our village, our city, our way of life and we are astonished to have found it. Many of us did not expect to be this happy and fulfilled and busy and befriended at this age. We are here on a very fun new adventure and we are very, very protective of this life and this place and this way of being.

If you lived here, you might be just like us. And a bit defensive about anything the least bit critical of us happy people who live here in this lovely place that many of us call "lower Paradise".