Recent content by JBR

Not here. In our most populous regional city (10,000 residents), the buildings are big shells, but still are honored structures. I'm not sure who or what else could afford to acquire and maintain them, or what use they'd be turned to. One of them was designed, in 1899, by the most prominent...

Banks and credit unions up here still arrange mortgages, and personal & business loans. But banks and credit unions are both changing, banks probably more so. Credit-union companies are merging, and then confronting labor-union issues and strikes. Banks now are shells of what they were 10 or...

To your question on the OP... definitely.

Sorry for the late response to your post @Quackers, but that evokes quite a vivid mental image of a histrionic, whimsical routine.☺️

Our MaineCoon, Smitty, dug his way into the box, then decided just to shelter his rear.

Yes, we had the atmospheric river bestow a pounding rainfall maybe a week or so ago. The actual deluge was fairly short at my location, but the electrical power went out for about seven hours.

I'm in the westernmost province of Canada, some people think of it as Canada's California. But I'm rather far from the actual Pacific coastline. Georgiagranny, what prompted your OP?

That's quite a henge you've got there, PD.

Maybe nothing was planned by your friends, for the Solstice, that would have included you?

Striking, amazing piece.😲

So this morning DW and I were greeted by this in our email inboxes, from one of our friends who was here last evening. Just as she sent it (with all its dot dot dots. A fine way to start our day. "good morning dear friends.... well, that was quite the night of memories I must say.... the food...

Well, the party worked out great! A man, a neighbor we'd never known well, arrived first. His wife had died about one year ago. He'd met DW and I on the shared road, but he met at least 14 people here that he'd never met before. That was a nice thing. People mixed a lot, and shared some jokes...

Everything's ready here. People will start showing up in about two hours. I cleared away enough snow for cars to park and for people to have a foot path to the door. Usually people contribute quite a wide variety of finger food, wine, beer and soft drinks. There's been a fire (visible) going...

I think you're right. There are elements involved that go beyond how individual persons and households spend and invest their money. In relation to any nation, masses of people would need to understand the situation and vote to change the conditions you're speaking of. It would require vision...