tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post4142413090822845109..comments2024-01-05T14:01:30.024-08:00Comments on useless beauty: In suburbiaSusiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05664454336482695288noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-24572946420512932232013-01-07T00:38:32.644-08:002013-01-07T00:38:32.644-08:00Malaysia & Singapore & brunei greatest int...Malaysia & Singapore & brunei greatest internet blogshop <br />for wholesale & quantity korean add-ons, accessories, earstuds, choker, rings,<br />trinket, hair & bangle add-ons. Promotion 35 % wholesale markdown. Ship Worldwide<br /><i>Also see my page</i> :: <b><a href="http://www.gamerepair.com/" rel="nofollow">playstation repair</a></b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-90439383902218943562011-05-31T13:57:45.156-07:002011-05-31T13:57:45.156-07:00I copied you, Susie! Here.I copied you, Susie! <a href="http://pagesofjulia.wordpress.com/2011/05/29/my-hometown/" rel="nofollow">Here</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-63270152705138958082011-05-28T03:41:12.084-07:002011-05-28T03:41:12.084-07:00That was really a good read - silly you for thinki...That was really a good read - silly you for thinking it might be boring! Far from it; I enjoyed seeing another place in the UK which I know very little about. It looks a good place. Thanks for showing us!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-20445210883046374242011-05-24T11:09:38.187-07:002011-05-24T11:09:38.187-07:00Ha! I don't know, I haven't been to that o...Ha! I don't know, I haven't been to that one. (Takeaway). ;-).<br /><br />Marushka, I am sure your place is lovely but I confess I would miss being able to walk everywhere. That's one of the things I like best about Cambridge.Susiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05664454336482695288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-35314735741009513122011-05-23T18:59:53.373-07:002011-05-23T18:59:53.373-07:00I want to know if the Bangladeshi take-away is any...I want to know if the Bangladeshi take-away is any good!Voie de Viehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04863741631512546821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-10775647785818686332011-05-23T16:11:22.594-07:002011-05-23T16:11:22.594-07:00You're never boring, Susie. Perish the thought...You're never boring, Susie. Perish the thought. I enjoyed this! Everything here is designed around the car culture -- in our corner of the suburbs you have to drive almost everywhere. Biking requires a significant amount of bravery since the cars don't always share the road well. Pedestrians run a risk crossing our big intersections because no one expects them to be on foot -- try walking across and you'll either get run over or cause an accident when the drivers are trying to figure out why you don't have a car like everybody else.Marushka C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15501083029600186860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-9757052570090618262011-05-23T12:42:35.213-07:002011-05-23T12:42:35.213-07:00Hmm... Well, I live in a small hamlet in south-wes...Hmm... Well, I live in a small hamlet in south-west France. There are 7 other houses, all of them detached and all of them with large gardens. We have our own cats (2 of them), and our closest neighbour (about a 5 minute walk away) has one. I've seen a couple of semi-strays loitering near the bins, but they leggit quick when they spot anyone. They certainly don't come out and wind around your ankles, looking for a nice bit of coley. <br />As far as I can tell, cycling is the national pastime in France. So occasionially we'll see a cycling club out for a Sunday spin - there are usually hundreds of them, every single person (from 8 to 80) clad in lycra and zooming along as though the next stop is the Tour de France. It's a beautiful place, a quiet rural community. And a mile away is a lovely small town, with supermarkets, shops, post office and a doctor. It's wonderful, and I wouldn't change it for the world. <br />Ah. And house prices... Well, for the price of our three-bedroom house, plus 1.5 acres of land, we could have bought a 2-bedroom flat in Warrior Square, St Leonards. Possibly.<br />Now scuttling away before I get mobbed...Maria Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-42901116702759639382011-05-22T20:40:02.601-07:002011-05-22T20:40:02.601-07:00As Tucson was part of the great house crisis of 20...As Tucson was part of the great house crisis of 2008, you can get a nice house reasonably cheap. We're hoping it stays that way for awhile. <br /><br />We have a few free range cats here. However, there is a great chance they might be eaten by something. Coyote, bobcat, mountain lion, havelina, snakes. Then there is a great chance if they are not used to the outdoors that they will dehydrate in a hurry. You know blazing sun, 100F/41C in the shade. <br /><br />Oh many bikes, and bike thieve rings. Meth addicts here steal bikes, break them down and re-sell them. (looking up at my neighbors above me) ahem. Regular ten speeds are often souped up with tiny motors and tiny gas tanks. Very interesting. <br /><br />I enjoy the boring bits of other peoples lives too. I would like it in Cambridge if you didn't have the humidity. But then you would be desert too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03229883789485107841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-67893745105466002622011-05-22T15:29:05.078-07:002011-05-22T15:29:05.078-07:00This is great! Not boring at all! I'm always...This is great! Not boring at all! I'm always wondering about how people live and when I visit someplace, always want to know where the locals go..<br /><br />And we have a HUGE issue with outdoor cats in the US. Yes many people keep indoor cats, many are indoor/outdoor, but there are many more that are free ranging outdoor cats. Our neighbor has several...Gracey is not my name....https://www.blogger.com/profile/08972825777648546397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-43315019001256011722011-05-22T15:19:38.350-07:002011-05-22T15:19:38.350-07:00I love this! I'll have to do one for the villa...I love this! I'll have to do one for the village I live in. Avoiding the touristy bits could be a challenge, as the entire village was built around tourism. Mind you, Cambridge seems like that sometimes!Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619866897155085499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-38947308484360626442011-05-22T14:25:20.950-07:002011-05-22T14:25:20.950-07:00In Cambridge you had to have bought in the eightie...In Cambridge you had to have bought in the eighties because apparently it went ridiculous after that. Either that, or you can live in the unfashionable bit like us ;-). We used to have a poodle parlour (really) at the end of our road, and when we were moving, one of Partner's friends tried to persuade him he couldn't move here because it wasn't safe: to which Partner replied, why, <i>do you think I might be flattened by a herd of marauding poodles?</i><br /><br />York is beautiful too. Boo generally to ridiculous housing costs!Susiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05664454336482695288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-83920486770286256412011-05-22T12:32:55.349-07:002011-05-22T12:32:55.349-07:00Your tales of house prices is so much like York, w...Your tales of house prices is so much like York, where I grew up. I went away to uni and after graduation stayed away. I had a job, lived with a guy and when we broke up I looked into going back home, but I simply could not afford to. House prices were astronomically and subsequently rents were too. I also couldn't earn the same amount of money doing a more senior job, than I could get if I stayed in my then current situation. So I stayed where the rents are cheap and the salaries generous. I so still miss York as it is very beautiful and my family and friends live there. However I don't think I could ever live there again.Chrissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13254578516714017969noreply@blogger.com