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  1. docoflove1974

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    Ah yes...mine used to love doing that when we lived with my parents. She'll get the chance come summer, when we move to the new place. With the attached garage, guess which fluffy-butt will be sleeping at night in the garage, either on the bonnet or on the boot...she never did have a real preference, as long as it was metal, warm-ish and high up.

     

    I think I have something for today's entry...to be continued...

  5. caldrail

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    Yeah, I know...when I went to Alicante in 2003, it was painfully obvious who the English were. In fact, there was a specific name for them (for the life of me I can't remember it), pointing to their very red/sunburnt skin and highly elevated voices. A Valencian comment, but a very funny one. (How odd...the few Americans who were there blended in!)

  7. docoflove1974

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    LOL It wouldn't be the first time that the UK has influenced the US politically!

     

    There are major concerns that many Americans are raising, as I see it:

    1) The socialist element: yes, there are still many, although not the majority of the opponents, who are fearful of anything that might be socialist in nature. These people also tend to want to scale back welfare, although I don't think they complain about social security.

    2) The economic element: the fact that we're still coming out of a recession, using public debt to do it, makes people nervous. I understand this rationale, although I don't hold it. The thought is: we're already in debt up to our children's eyeballs, now it's going to be to our grandchildren's eyeballs.

    3) The coverage issue: social conservatives don't want certain elements, procedures or peoples covered. No abortions paid for. No illegal immigrants covered. Etc etc. These tend to be the blind people that I talked about earlier, as they simply don't read and inform themselves, often.

     

    As for the nature of politics in this country...I don't know. I'm a naturally cynical person, and come from a cynical family; we were raised to inform ourselves, because that's the only way to make a decision...and know that what a politician says isn't what they're going to do, necessarily. However, there are so many sheep who wish to be hearded, that they believe that their politician is truly working for them. And it works.

  10. docoflove1974

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    Oh, true on that one...although I miss the Austin BBQ. There are some great places here, but man, the plethora of them there is unreal. Then again, maybe it's best for my waistline that I'm 1800 miles away from that?

     

    Calders, I do know how lucky I am. It's 13 March, won't even get to 60'F today, and I'm still going to the beach. It's so pretty outside, and I'm in need of oceanic therapy. Right now I'm stuck between going to two different places...decisions, decisions. Eh, regardless, I'm off!

     

    (oops, I've done it again...I've gotten you all jealous...:D)

     

    Sadly, we don't have Argumental over here yet, but the good Doctor does have a loyal following. BBC America and PBS have made sure of that. It never was my thing, though. I do enjoy sci-fi, but maybe it was the dude who played the character before David Tennant that scared me off...he looked like a mad scientist. Or is it just me?

     

    (Then again, I've got How Clean Is Your House? on right now as I eat breakfast. I'm sure that's plenty for a psychological evaluation.

  14. docoflove1974

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    Libraries: check...in particular the ones at the University of Texas.

    Museums: check, sorta...they're ok, but the bigger collections are at Houston. But the UT museums usually have pretty good exhibits, too. Austin Museum of Art has been steadily growing in endowments and in quality over the years, however.

    Art Galleries: see 'Museums'.

     

    I mean, it's cool here, and all, but Austin is not Atlanta, for example, let alone some of the major cities in the country.

  16. caldrail

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    Smile...you were noticed! So what if practice has yielded sore appendages; your greatness is known!

     

    That being said, I can't wait for my landlord's band (where everyone is at least 40, most over 50) get out of the garage-status. Evidently they were originally pretty good; now I'd give them a passable mark, at best. When my sometime neighbor (he comes down once a week, just to practice), who is the lead guitarist, takes over the song, it goes straight to Grateful Dead territory...not very fun. My upstairs neighbor, on the other hand, is a professional bassist and singer, and when his band plays in the back, um, wow...what a difference!

     

    So rejoice, our Caldrail...you are indeed (almost) famous!

  21. docoflove1974

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    Very true words, Caldrail. And to be fair, I've done my fair share of it, too...then again, there was usually a mutual understanding of the situation at hand, so to speak. Not a misrepresentation.

     

    On the flip side...there's someone new now. And he's at least twice the man this other one is. More later...this is still a developing story!

  22. caldrail

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    I can't speak for all woman-kind, but for me it's practicality yet versatility. The first time I looked at them, I was considering a position in a very snowy area, and my little Corolla wasn't going to cut it...so it made sense. I don't like big cars at all, of any class. But if it can fit easily in a compact space, hold a bit of stuff, and get me around, then I'm all for it.

     

    Like I said, now that they've made the RAV4 bigger, it's off the list. Too big!

  23. caldrail

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    No, they've been getting bigger over the years...which peeves me to no end. I've been semi-in-love with the RAV4 for a while...and then saw a brand new one. They made it bigger! The whole point of why I liked it is that it was kinda small--not much longer than my Corolla. Now it's as long as an Avalon, which is quite big. Yet it's still much more cost effective than other small SUVs of its class. *sigh*

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