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Aug. 26th, 2005 09:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cabbitzillaKitties are successfully fed, in spite of Johan and Grey's apparently coordinated attempt to distract and destroy the big person with the can of food in their hand. One shot between my legs from left to right, the other from right to left, and my startled reaction had me on the kitchen counter brandishing my cane as ALL the kitties looked at me like I was insane. *rolls eyes* Both perpetrators shot for the basement steps and I slid down of the counter... I think they thought they were gonna get beaned, but they didn't stay long enough to hear me laughing at myself.
Nerves of steel. Yep, I've still got 'em. I keep 'em in a jar on the mantle...
Anyway, everyone (including me) got fed and nobody got hurt, so in the end it's just another thing to snicker at myself about. :p
I netted a nice flurry of activity with my last post; nice to know so many folks are paying attention. [/preening]
There's an interesting serial discussion going on over in![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bradhicks's journal about the 660' Rule, city architecture, and the rising cost of fuel. Most of the research he cites are things I've actually seen in action in my travels; I have distinct memories of leaving the Scarboro Faire campgrounds alone on foot, because nobody wanted to walk to the store with me. We're not talking ten miles up hill, here, it was a 4.2 mile round trip, the weather was clear, and it was a measley 72degrees out. I also know how heavily I have relied on having a vehicle of my own down through the years. Nowadays I've enough injuries and ailments to warrant it, but that has -not- always been true. Granted, there're going to be exceptions to any 'rule' or 'generalization', but for the most part it's an accurate portrayal. Some of the folks who've friended me are quite spry and fit, so they wouldn't fit the equation. A few more are on their way -to- spry and fit, and regularly make a conscious effort to put more work into it. But if I look around at the folk I know locally, the bulk of them won't even go see a movie somewhere that's more than a half hour from their home... whining about driving time and full parking lots abounds. I'm quite aware of how property prices and rent drop dramatically as you get away from the 'accessible' areas; the more difficult areas often get the 'slum' stigmata applied to them as people attempt to justify the unconscious laziness. In both the main piece and the comments that follow, various alternatives are cussed and discussed, but thus far none are without side effects that wouldn't be considered negative. I'm finding it interesting to read, and figured some of the rest of you might as well.
Other than that it's been delightfully quiet. I'm likely to be crashing early tonight, since I've got a morning appointment for physical therapy. Megan and I compared notes and discovered that we both had an errand to run to the same end of the same shopping center... JoAnn's Fabrics is right next to CompUSA... so we'll get that done after. I can hit the apartment from there and set up the next batch of downloads and burn out my bookmark lists so I can sift them down here, and then I'll be back.
This has be an irregularly scheduled message from Goliath-1. In the event of an emergency, citizens are encouraged to run about like madmen screaming and wailing about how unfair life.... what? Oh, sorry. Wrong channel. Ooops. Um... bye!
Nerves of steel. Yep, I've still got 'em. I keep 'em in a jar on the mantle...
Anyway, everyone (including me) got fed and nobody got hurt, so in the end it's just another thing to snicker at myself about. :p
I netted a nice flurry of activity with my last post; nice to know so many folks are paying attention. [/preening]
There's an interesting serial discussion going on over in
bradhicks's journal about the 660' Rule, city architecture, and the rising cost of fuel. Most of the research he cites are things I've actually seen in action in my travels; I have distinct memories of leaving the Scarboro Faire campgrounds alone on foot, because nobody wanted to walk to the store with me. We're not talking ten miles up hill, here, it was a 4.2 mile round trip, the weather was clear, and it was a measley 72degrees out. I also know how heavily I have relied on having a vehicle of my own down through the years. Nowadays I've enough injuries and ailments to warrant it, but that has -not- always been true. Granted, there're going to be exceptions to any 'rule' or 'generalization', but for the most part it's an accurate portrayal. Some of the folks who've friended me are quite spry and fit, so they wouldn't fit the equation. A few more are on their way -to- spry and fit, and regularly make a conscious effort to put more work into it. But if I look around at the folk I know locally, the bulk of them won't even go see a movie somewhere that's more than a half hour from their home... whining about driving time and full parking lots abounds. I'm quite aware of how property prices and rent drop dramatically as you get away from the 'accessible' areas; the more difficult areas often get the 'slum' stigmata applied to them as people attempt to justify the unconscious laziness. In both the main piece and the comments that follow, various alternatives are cussed and discussed, but thus far none are without side effects that wouldn't be considered negative. I'm finding it interesting to read, and figured some of the rest of you might as well.Other than that it's been delightfully quiet. I'm likely to be crashing early tonight, since I've got a morning appointment for physical therapy. Megan and I compared notes and discovered that we both had an errand to run to the same end of the same shopping center... JoAnn's Fabrics is right next to CompUSA... so we'll get that done after. I can hit the apartment from there and set up the next batch of downloads and burn out my bookmark lists so I can sift them down here, and then I'll be back.
This has be an irregularly scheduled message from Goliath-1. In the event of an emergency, citizens are encouraged to run about like madmen screaming and wailing about how unfair life.... what? Oh, sorry. Wrong channel. Ooops. Um... bye!
