I used to live in a rural area.  Do you live in a rural area
No I never have lived in a rura area outside of a city or town. What is it like?
I think I originally thought it would be like the Andy Griffith show, where everyone got along, and everyone was friends with everyone.  That couldn't be farther from the truth
Huh, so was the rural area more of a agricultural area or more farmland type of environment?
it was more farmland.  we had someone cultivate oats from our acreage
Oat
The oat ("Avena sativa"), sometimes called the common oat, is a species of cereal grain grown for its seed, which is known by the same name (usually in the plural, unlike other cereals and pseudocereals). While oats are suitable for human consumption as oatmeal and rolled oats, one of the most common uses is as livestock feed. Oats are a nutrient-rich food associated with lower blood cholesterol when consumed regularly.
Avenins present in oats (proteins similar to gliadin from wheat
: everyone knows sell-by dates were only invented so people don’t get sued.
I don’t pay much attention to critics, though – if you did you’d never get out of bed, because you’d be so worried about what people thought of you. I think people that criticise need to get out more and go for a walk. I mean, what’s the point? If you don’t like it, you don’t like it. I think the good thing about the band now is