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| Originally posted by M Oh, I almost forgot, this is interesting, I was preoccupied when I got to the border booth and had forgotten to pull out my passport. I was tearing through my glove box and the two guys just smiled and said, "What's your last name? birthdate?" and that was it. I even offered my drivers lics., he didn't want to see it. He just wished me a Merry Christmas. With all the talk about people worrying about losing a passport, or forgetting it, it certainly was no problem for these guys to look me up PDQ. |
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| Originally posted by M I went down to drop a load at Mindy's home by Calafia on Wendsday, and BOY, the wind was CONSTANT, and STRONG, all night, then about 4AM, the clouds opened up to a solid rain. The wind settled down to absolute calm. About 8AM, all was quiet, just steady hard rain. About 9AM, out of NOWHERE, with no previous breeze at all, a tremendous blast of wind, sounding like a train was speeding by, a single gust, must have been at least 50-55 mph! I was upstairs and all the balcony furniture was picked up like a tornado grabbed it. Only the glass sides prevented it from taking a long fllight. After that blast, the rain stopped.That second. The wind never even moved a leaf after that single blast. There is about a 20 story building that was half completed and as is common, money ran out and everything stopped about 4 years ago. The scafolding, about 6 of them, still hang on the sides, DIRECTLY over a house. A HUGE crane is still lashed to the side of the building, it's arm has been level and sticking out towards the sea for all of those years. At first light, the arm was pointing down. After that one hurricane blast, of wind, the arm was upright again and had swung comletely around to the right side of the building. If it had swung to the left, the arm would have taken out the whole sea facing side of the building. If it topples, it could take out Mindy's house. On one side scafolds to worry about falling, the crane also risking 3 houses. I'm dying to find out if anything will finally be done. About 11Am, the rain continued, pretty heavy for most of the day. I was to go home that day, but everythbing was so wet and muddy and cold, I stayed Thursday also, left on Friday about noon. I got to the border at 1:15, got up to the booth at 3:55PM . I forgot and missed an appointment at noon on Friday. Jeez, it's one appointment after another for me these days. Hense, my scarcity on the board. Any good threads I should check out? I just have time to check out my U2's, a quick scaMn, then off to do another meeting, or packing up to move, etc. Oh, I almost forgot, this is interesting, I was preoccupied when I got to the border booth and had forgotten to pull out my passport. I was tearing through my glove box and the two guys just smiled and said, "What's your last name? birthdate?" and that was it. I even offered my drivers lics., he didn't want to see it. He just wished me a Merry Christmas. With all the talk about people worrying about losing a passport, or forgetting it, it certainly was no problem for these guys to look me up PDQ. Soludos and hugs, M PS Dr. Drip, I'm so sorry you missed my post/blurb that I could not make the book signing. I can't even remember why I couldn't make it. You can bet though, it must have been damn important for me to miss catching up with you and some other amigos. I'll be SO happy when I can finally get everything done. |
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