tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post1502199256026543105..comments2023-10-11T03:49:53.934-04:00Comments on The Gold Puppy: Talk about quirky!Reya Mellickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-7192819675339159472012-10-28T17:57:33.312-04:002012-10-28T17:57:33.312-04:00Thanks, Pam! I didn't know about Darwin. How c...Thanks, Pam! I didn't know about Darwin. How cool.Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-12171399439784652652012-10-27T19:08:35.507-04:002012-10-27T19:08:35.507-04:00...'the weather people have never seen anythin......'the weather people have never seen anything like it'. Sounds challenging Reya - I can't imagine the aprehension.<br /> Our cyclonic activity here in Australia centres around Darwin, a place that definitely isn't the 'chess club' you talk of -more like the group that gathers on the wide periphery of the school oval to smoke - Darwin holds a special place in the hearts of Australians, I'm sure other Aussies would agree! The entire town was evacuated in 1974 and billeted in other states due to Cyclone Tracy.<br />Darwin's war history is the equivilant of your Pearl Harbour, so they have certainly had their moments!<br />Keep safe, warm and bunkered down my friend - thinking of you and your niece- everyone over there. xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-29762288573403666032012-10-27T16:43:02.925-04:002012-10-27T16:43:02.925-04:00I'm worried for many, including my niece who l...I'm worried for many, including my niece who lives in New Jersey, close to the beach.Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-2388058148852091982012-10-27T16:26:06.276-04:002012-10-27T16:26:06.276-04:00I don't experience DC as pretentious or solips...I don't experience DC as pretentious or solipsistic. To me it's a city full of hard-driven, uber smart nerds. Someone said that if the U.S. was a high school, DC would be the chess club.<br /><br />San Francisco is, to me, terribly pretentious - but DC? Really?Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-15105676505546078902012-10-27T15:57:25.545-04:002012-10-27T15:57:25.545-04:00I went to law school in Baltimore (the professiona...I went to law school in Baltimore (the professional campus in gritty downtown) and lived in the Maryland suburbs. You're right, B-more has a totally different vibe. . . not nearly as pretentious and solipsistic as D.C. I'm concerned about my friends close to Chesapeake Bay as Sandy approaches.Merihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07024443046207501650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-41172063454700548882012-10-27T13:13:18.645-04:002012-10-27T13:13:18.645-04:00We are watching CNN news here and I will be thinki...We are watching CNN news here and I will be thinking of you! We did see how it affected Cuba. Man, that sure looks dangerous. Wrap yourself in a warm blanket and eat your soup. If you keep power, you can take part in the Willow Manor Ball and forget the world around you!Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06484336744673299416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-52801124400714736112012-10-27T12:08:58.012-04:002012-10-27T12:08:58.012-04:00the weather is all full of surprises these days. ...the weather is all full of surprises these days. but yah, hurricanes are slow. 10 years or so ago we had one that came and stalled for a week that dumped so many inches of rain in such a short time that the entire city flooded, literally. we were still living in the Heights then and our house is on a particularly high spot in the Heights. We were dry but 6 blocks in every direction was under water. ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.com