tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post5837253132974920258..comments2024-01-27T20:32:17.610-05:00Comments on Pinchgut: Oh No - all that shit in the basement!Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11283813317560446754noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-25252442006947421762011-06-11T09:25:18.515-04:002011-06-11T09:25:18.515-04:00William: The days of walking to walk will end with...William: The days of walking to walk will end with Vienna. It is an indulgence made possible only in a city unique for its structure and size. I regret that Indianapolis is a vast metropolis ruled by the automobile. I am lucky that I did in fact remove myself from the rat-race but still enjoy the fringe benefits.Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11283813317560446754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-38475243180376301392011-06-11T05:49:33.649-04:002011-06-11T05:49:33.649-04:00As a former Parisian (for some 30 years), I unders...As a former Parisian (for some 30 years), I understand perfectly the charm of the notion of walking to walk… although I hasten to add that I never once had the joy of making this lovely concept a reality (unlike Christine, when she had her <i>Albertine</i> bookshop in the Latin Quarter). An updated variant, slightly more realistic, would consist of <i>cycling</i> to and from work. I don't know how you were accustomed to handling the commuting aspects of work in Sydney, where the spread-out style of existence, combined with lousy public transport and choked thoroughfares, has made moving around most difficult and unpleasant. And how do you plan to handle this question in Indianapolis? At one stage in life (surely the last, but probably the best), I believe that we need to descend from our crazy rat-race pedestals, take out a copy of Henry David Thoreau's <i>Walden</i>, and seek some kind of inner calm that puts us in harmony with the realities of our fleeting existence on the planet Earth. We need to jump off jets, bid farewell to expensive hotels and restaurants, put an end to all kinds of luxurious illusions, including exotic excursions to make-believe tropical or arctic paradises, and settle down somewhere, calmly, authentically and enthusiastically… with an unpretentious blog enabling us to talk about how happy we are.William Skyvingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052367756561555096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-68179749818198459302011-06-10T17:44:45.491-04:002011-06-10T17:44:45.491-04:00Merisi: Yes: Free Towels you can watch TV through
...Merisi: Yes: Free Towels you can watch TV through<br /><br />TNDW: SPARE ME!<br /><br />SK Waller: Pray for us<br /><br />William: Well - Cate wants to walk to work - there is the problem!Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11283813317560446754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-57674019686206644292011-06-10T14:51:42.614-04:002011-06-10T14:51:42.614-04:00Why don't you take advantage of this end-of-le...Why don't you take advantage of this end-of-lease situation to move out into the countryside? I'm sure there are delightful rural environments in the vicinity of the Austrian capital where "Ducky Pharma" (Do we win a plastic keyring for correctly identifying this Indianopolis pharmaceutical multinational?) could rent you a charming place enabling you to spread yourselves out a little. Maybe there are reasons (of which I'm unaware) that might oblige you and Cate to reside in the heart of the metropolis. Ah, the <i>Wienerwald</i>, what a romantic dream landscape!William Skyvingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052367756561555096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-57652992623333327782011-06-09T04:47:46.593-04:002011-06-09T04:47:46.593-04:00Tell him you want to renew. Landlords dread a laps...Tell him you want to renew. Landlords dread a lapse between tenants. They pray for a sure thing unless, of course, he has someone else on the hook about the place.<br /><br />Wait until you come to the States. It's so much easier here and there are laws bundled together, called "Tenant Rights". Our landlord puts out a bundle on our cottage because we pay faithfully on the first, we always renew our lease, and we have a history of longevity. He's not going to muck about with that.<br /><br />And we live in Dogspot, Bible Belt, USA.Kaye Wallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06491607694389685973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-61166986734758021412011-06-09T02:16:08.165-04:002011-06-09T02:16:08.165-04:00Having just cleared out our basement ourselves in ...Having just cleared out our basement ourselves in preparation for the move, I am smiling (no, grinning) with sympathy! Yikes - good luck with that - and good luck with finding a new place as well since that can be a bit kooky too here. That could be a month's worth of blog postings right there!The New Diplomats Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16514990708787707041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-43951415435823652552011-06-08T16:52:42.425-04:002011-06-08T16:52:42.425-04:00Why not do a free-give-away blog? People do it all...Why not do a free-give-away blog? People do it all the time to get rid of stuff.Merisihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781937797213521146noreply@blogger.com