tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post4028437502131866931..comments2024-01-27T20:32:17.610-05:00Comments on Pinchgut: Life is just too short to worry about touristsBadgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11283813317560446754noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-91735895125250887222010-06-10T03:19:03.913-04:002010-06-10T03:19:03.913-04:00Well, I can sort of understand the football thing ...Well, I can sort of understand the football thing right now. England will shut down for the next couple of weeks as World Cup mania takes over. Ther are people who have (literally) laid turf in their living rooms to generate a pitch-side atmosphere. The houses are decorated with England flags and merchandise more than at Christmas (or maybe it is simply more visible as we have daylight in the summer). There will be huge anticlimax and riots if England go out at the first hurdle. Margaret Thatcher's encounter with the coal miner's strike will look like child's play.Maaliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13444125754967223180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-36891521304469175062010-06-10T00:03:27.926-04:002010-06-10T00:03:27.926-04:00Sounds like paradise lost!Sounds like paradise lost!Merisihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781937797213521146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-57353905085295235382010-06-09T10:39:06.743-04:002010-06-09T10:39:06.743-04:00It did because there are places we can go here to ...It did because there are places we can go here to escape.Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11283813317560446754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-41697359662749575012010-06-09T10:22:28.892-04:002010-06-09T10:22:28.892-04:00Did it make Vienna seem a little less smoky? Prob...Did it make Vienna seem a little less smoky? Probably not. Ah well, it's all an experience.Wanderlusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12099758957492165428noreply@blogger.com