at parties became prevalent. Shooting at a nearby police firing range seemed to have increased. Blasting at a nearby rock quarry was frequent and seemed to have increased in intensity resulting in the considerable shaking of our house. Airplane traffic to nearby airports seemed to have redirected their routes to fly above our home which was documented in the local newspaper. And many pickup trucks and other large vehicles in the area contributed a frequent loud electronic beeping noise when reversing. A short time later, emergency sirens from a nuclear power plant located in the area, would continually be tested. I believed that in the summertime, our family was more subjected to these noises more than others because we do not have air conditioning where the closing of windows would have been a possible small buffer to some of this noise. To digress somewhat, my views and reasons for not using air conditioning are that it is expensive to operate in this area (it is less expensive to operate in Florida) and can cause illness due to inside/outside temperature extremes. Our house also contains casement windows that make it impossible to install an air conditioning unit. Cutting a square into the exterior wall of our home was not an option that spouse and I would consider. In addition to the above noise and on a few occasions, nails were discovered in the tires of our automobiles. Also windows of family vehicles were discovered smashed in apparent overnight vandalism. Later, and by 2011 this vandalism continued with extensive damages inflicted with likely a hammer or crowbar on another family vehicle. The harassment mentioned above was just a sampling of some of the persecution my family and self endured for not agreeing with societal immoralities including abortion.
At times I purchased goods from catalog companies and later by 2003 purchased personal and household items from internet retail sources. This year as well as into the early years of the 2000’s, I became aggravated with a seemingly new post office policy that required the recipients of any size package to retrieve that package at the post office. I remarked to spouse that if postage is paid to a specific address, then it is the responsibility of the post office to deliver that package to the address identified on the label of the package. Later, and by 2003 packages were delivered to our home address but were always delivered on Fridays. This problem however by 2009, was apparently resolved as packages were received at our home address as normal, throughout the business week. Another complaint of recent development regarding the mailing of certain correspondence as certified mail resulted in return receipts with illegible signatures and printed names. One asked spouse, why does one pay a premium for certified mail, when the person receiving the mail cannot be identified should a problem arise concerning the delivery?
In addition to sensing fatigue and exhaustion, I experienced aches and pains that I believed were related to back problems. I sought the assistance of a chiropractor for this matter and shortly thereafter quit these visits due to a new therapy I thought to be uncomfortable and unsound. This therapy was the application of a damp cloth that was wired to administer low levels of electricity into the body. Another family member sought assistance from a physician for feelings of general malaise. After a physical examination, the physician exclaimed to the family member that this family member was the “walking dead”. I was horrified that a physician would state this to a patient who is feeling ill, and promptly secured an appointment with another physician.