[Ansteorra] Which brings us to...

[Susan]

>I've several different theories from "people are just too busy nowadays"
>to the loss-of-community-mindedness theories.  I suppose it's anyone's
>guess and even the "experts" don't agree.
>
>--Perronnelle

Other aspects of it have to do with the 'time saving modern convieniences'
that seem to create more work.  Also looking at the number of different
things people commit to that take up their time, as well as the number of
activities competing for ones time.  The author of 'Ishmael' addresses many
of these points in his works.  Thus the topic a bit ago about there being
'too many events'.

We were recently trying to come up with a time to hold a revel locally and
it was nigh on impossible to find a weekend that didn't compete with
something else.  The only times when we were able to find gaps in the
schedule in the region were filled in by wars in other kingdoms.

Susan