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- Here comes tropical storm Hanna..AND some hot rods!
- by playwrite27
- in oldmaid.blog.co.uk
- 4 hours old
- We're just barely missing tropical storm Hanna, here in the southern Adirondacks. Right now it's aiming for the South Carolina coast...still may become a category 1 hurricane before it makes landfall, but chances are it won't. It then track to the northeast, right up the entire eastern seaboard--Virginia, Maryland, Washington D.C., Rhode Island,... more
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- More about my part of the world: The Adirondack "Great Camps"
- by playwrite27
- in oldmaid.blog.co.uk
- 4 days old
- I live roughly about a 40 or 45 minute drive south of North Creek. There is currently a scenic train that runs out of historic North Creek station. more
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- Feelin' Groovy
- by jamescs
- in jamescs.blog.co.uk
- 8 days old
- Has it really been three months since I last inflicted my meandering musings on an unsuspecting world? ‘Not long enough!’ comes a cry from the back. Excuse me whilst I summarily eject that malevolent thought made manifest and get down to… to what, exactly? Being the kind of person who is continually plagued by self-doubt, I had pondered for some... more
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- Global Warming, Water Wars and other blather....
- by playwrite27
- in oldmaid.blog.co.uk
- 9 days old
- Yes, we are experiencing global warming. Yes, it is effecting us, right now, affect you, where you live, whether you notice it or not. It is most telling in regards to wildlife: shifting migration patterns and territorial boundaries, changes in population and growth. For instance, where I live, we're seeing wildlife moving into areas they hadn't... more
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- Ciudades del Mundo
- by helenamarin87
- in ciudadesdelmundo.blog.co.uk
- 10 days old
- Nueva York recibe cada año millones de turistas de todas las partes del mundo. Es conocida como la Gran Manzana y se trata de la ciudad más grande de Estados Unidos.La ciudad de Nueva York está formada por los distritos de Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx y Staten Island. El distrito que habitualmente visitan los turistas... more
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- 2008 Travers Stakes...a grand New York Tradition!
- by playwrite27
- in oldmaid.blog.co.uk
- 14 days old
- Tomorrow (Saturday) is the big Traver's stakes horse race in Saratoga, drawing punters from all over the US and internationally, as well and various minor American celebrities and the US equivilent to Lords and Ladies--the Vanderbuilt-Whitney's and other old (and new) Yankee money. It is touted at America's oldest stakes race, dating from 1864.... more
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- Kier Islington.
- by roynelson
- in roynelson.blog.co.uk
- 15 days old
- On my way into work, I waited behind a Kier Islington van as we tried to turn into a main road. For no reason he started reversing into me. Frantic on the horn, the van was inches from my front wheel when the driver finally realised what was going on and stopped. He didnt apologise, nor did he acknowledge my presence when I overtook him. Take... more
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- New York in Crisis: helping the budget by making sick people poorer
- by playwrite27
- in oldmaid.blog.co.uk
- 16 days old
- My state is in financial melt-down. After years of spending a budget surplus like it was water, the state blindly ignored all the signs of a pending recession, and kept spending, until one day--oh dear, they ran out of money. Surprise, surprise. Only to politicians, conservatives and others of the upscale set--the rest of us saw it coming ages... more
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- Silent Lightning, Stormy Night
- by playwrite27
- in oldmaid.blog.co.uk
- 18 days old
- Been sitting on my balcony with the cats, enjoying the refreshing cool breeze and sipping some Limeade. Storm coming in from the northwest, the St. Lawerence Valley and St Lawrence Seaway area, moving through the central Adirondacks and Tughill Plateau, and now coming into Great Sacandaga Lake and Northern Saratoga County, and then next here,... more
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- Tourists! Ha! Local "Entertainment"
- by playwrite27
- in oldmaid.blog.co.uk
- 18 days old
- Some upper middle class tourist from down around Long Island (New York City area) was asking me about the local theatre programmes--I think it's The Altar Boyz--she goes, "is it REAL (proper) theatre?" It took me a second to take that in, then I replied, "Erm--Altar Boyz was on Broadway?" She's like, "Ooohhh, yes, so they do real theater... more
