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[sleepymaggie]

* A/C causes republicans to win office.

* Followup on the NYT article on the man who died in detention of cancer and a broken spine.

* Tourists are weird.

Comments

[geeksdoitbetter.livejournal.com]

that article about a/c is annoying

yes, folks have moved around quite a bit in the last 50 years

it does not follow that where they were in the 1920s (or whenever his dear grandmama was born) was *better*.

yes, factory closings cause folks to move to find new jobs. those same factories, when they opened, caused folks to move *to* those towns

~grumble mer~ i have no patience for "now sucks coz it's different"

[redbouncytigger.livejournal.com]

very cute. ;] and everything the tourists said was true. its all about perspective... i've often felt like a foreigner or an ex-patriat new yorker living on jersey soil. its hard to get used to garbage pails brought to the curb and the darkness at night on streetcorners. and i hated the small cups of coffee and slow meals in france.

btw, i didnt have air conditioning until i married a jersey boy. until the really bad heatwave around 2000, new yorkers didnt have air conditioning. it is nice! it took me a while to accept it though.