On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:26:09 -0500, "Chris Marksberry"
> wrote:

>
>"Lou Decruss" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:50:29 -0500, Janet Wilder
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>Arizona is not nearly as hospitable to their winter visitors. They don't
>>>call them "Winter Arizonans" for one. We experienced the very same type
>>>of attitude that they have in Florida when we spent a winter month in
>>>the greater Phoenix area. One would thing that the money the winter
>>>people infuse into the economy would be appreciated. It's not. It's just
>>>"expected"
>>
>> That's how Wisconsin people are towards Illinois people. They hate
>> us. The lakes are filled with Illinois boats and the hotel and
>> restaurant lots are filled with Illinois plates. I really like the
>> state and enjoy going there but I usually just go up for a day to shop
>> for cheese and produce in the summer. A friend bought a plot of land
>> to retire on. I don't remember how many acres is was but it was many.
>> His taxes were $400 a year because it was considered farmland. He
>> bought an old tractor and dug a little lake. The taxes went to over
>> $4200 the next year because it was now classified as recreational
>> property. The next year it doubled. He sold the farm and retired
>> somewhere else. They are greedy and ungratefully up there.
>>
>> Lou
>
>When I was a little girl living in Chicago we visited Wisconsin during the
>summer frequently. We had relatives there. I remember one year I wasn't
>allowed to play with a friend I had known. Why? Because I was from Chicago
>and might give her polio! It's one of those things you never forget.
>
>Chris
>

people forget how terrifying the prospect of polio was in the 50's,
before salk and sabin came along:

Since people were no longer in contact with open sewers and other
unsanitary conditions which had exposed them to small amounts of the
polio virus as infants, when paralysis is rare, the disease grew from
a very mild, uncommon occurrence to a terrifying epidemic. This was
now the second generation to deal with the fear of this crippling
disease. In an attempt to control the disease, bewildered health
officials reinstituted the usual rules of sanitation which they would
later learn had worsened the threat of polio. They advised against
open drains and unscreened windows. Parents were instructed to keep
their children well bathed, well rested, well fed, and away from
crowds. Bathing suits were locked away in closets, and nobody went to
the public pools. When polio struck, movie theaters were shut, camps
and schools were closed, drinking fountains were abandoned, draft
inductions suspended, and nonessential meetings were canceled until
the epidemic appeared to be over for the time being.

These precautions were harmless, but not particularly helpful. In the
past, these precautions proved very effective in stopping the spread
of diseases such as influenza and plague. For three decades now,
people still did not know why they were getting their disease. And for
three decades now, doctors, epidemiologists, and laboratory
researchers were trying to figure out how the disease was spread.

<http://www.honors.umd.edu/HONR269J/projects/sokol.html>

think of the early AIDS hysteria and you get the idea.

i don't know whether this was the period you were in wisconsin, but
some people never get the memo. i'm fifty-six, but i remember being
part of the first mass administration of the sabin vaccine.

your pal,
blake


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