It's best to avoid them both.
Love it when it snows
Nothing quiets things down like a nice blanket of snow. The roof is muffled, and the forest too. But I think there may be even more going on. Doesn't snow often here, but every time it sure does seem like the power is cleaner. For sure the listening is better.
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nonoise, that and other reasons is why we left TX behind us...:( When we 'got to TX as fast as we could' in '91, Houston was staggering back onto it's feet. It was (in some ways) a relief from the S.F./Bay area which was exploding and imploding at the same time. Silicone Fever...when it was new, it was exciting as is any 'rush'. ;) What's become of the beloved "City by the Bay" isn't pretty, and we surfed the initial shock waves Out. It shocked our friends, our employers..."We can't live here anymore....too much of Anything isn't good in the long run...." The same with Houston...visited friends in '18, looked around once again...*sighed*, and felt relieved we'd again dodged a sort of weird bullet that we recognize it's 'approach'. I was born and 'raised' (in many ways) in L.A. and those environs...*S* It's still 'home', but in '76 I took this song to heart.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLAuzVb-C_o Haven't regretted that move, either...;) (Read the comments...Yup....*S*...and J.J.W's lyrics spell it out better than I could or can, even now...) "Born to Run"? Well, I guess, kinda...We've stopped now....getting too tired and old for 'one more go at it'.... And here, at the edge of the Blue Ridge is still nice enough to sit 'n stay. Do what we do...until we can't. *S* May y'all be so lucky, if you find yourselves in what you'd consider the same for you and yours; ;) |
San Francisco the city of liberty? Yep, it is perfectly legal to take a dump on the sidewalk, no problem, no ticket, no arrest. However, if you fail to pick up after your dog, you are subject to a $350.00 fine. Where does all of the human waste go? Why, it is washed away with power washers manned by people making $80,000 dollars a year to do the job. It washes right down into the street drains, into sewers and then out into the Pacific Ocean and into the Eco-system. Want to shoplift in San Francisco? No problem, just don't steal anything with a value over $950.00. Over that amount and you will be charged with a crime. Under that amount, you are good to go. Petty thefts, car break-ins, and other property crimes are at record rates as a result of the San Francisco Do-Gooders and their convoluted ideas of fairness for all ... even to the point of keeping the mentally ill on the streets instead of in hospitals where they can get the necessary care for their ailments. Then there is the warm human compassion of releasing illegal alien felons back onto the streets to kill other people. San Francisco the city of liberty? Yep, for everyone except the law-abiding. You'd think they would do something to cure climate change, like outlawing plastic straws. Oh wait ...!!! Welcome to San Francisco, the Utopia created by those who know better than we, the great unwashed; the ones lacking the master's degree in philosophy and the doctorate in women's studies. Welcome to modern-day San Francisco, created by the very same deluded ones who are telling us that the lights will go out in twelve years. Frank |
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