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Remote Rappahannock County reaches out into space — cyber space, that is.
Remember when friends and neighbors used to meet for casual conversation and talk about things going on in their lives and events about town or the county?
Remember when the centers of conversation used to be the firehouse or the town square or the pot-bellied stove in the general store or the cafe down the street? Even in the early days of the telephone, some folks would gather on the community partyline and gossip or talk about the weather and the crops or share recipes or home remedies for ailments.
Now much of the county’s chatter is done online at the Rappnet site.
One can find all kinds of folks sharing opinions and comments on Rappnet — a meeting of friends, sometimes with opposing views.
There are folks talking from around the comer, across the hollow or across the country. There are discussions of the politics of the day in the town, county or country. Many times it seems that Rappnetters are among the first to know what things are going on. Many times there are items for sale or items wanted or inquiries about where to find a good painter or someone to repair a lawn mower.
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