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You might also enjoy the

EmmaZahn — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 21:55:42 +0000

In reply to Canceling cable feels so good

You might also enjoy the book, the movie and the remake set in the area Ramona wrote about:

The movie with Robert Mitchum gave me nightmares after watching it on tv's Saturday afternoon Armchair Theatre.

wiki trivia:

Cape Fear is a prominent headland jutting into the Atlantic Ocean from Bald Head Island on the coast of North Carolina in the southeastern United States.

The name comes from the 1585 expedition of Sir Richard Grenville. Sailing to Roanoke Island, his ship became embayed behind the cape. Some of the crew were afraid they would wreck, giving rise to the name Cape Fear. It is the fifth-oldest surviving English place name in the U.S

A fair division of labour:

Lurker — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 19:45:09 +0000

In reply to Just as they have a right to

A fair division of labour: you stitch, I bitch.

Just as they have a right to

Ramona — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 14:57:14 +0000

In reply to So would you ban reality

Just as they have a right to exist, I have a right to criticize or make fun of them.

Same way with posting and comments. I get to write a post and you get to criticize. Works out well for both of us.

(By the way, I never said anything about banning; you did.)

So would you ban reality

Lurker — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 05:51:00 +0000

In reply to On Drunks and Skunks And Why It’s Good That Mickey Spillane Isn’t Here To See This

So would you ban reality shows completely, or just NIMBY? Perhaps appoint a Reality Show Czar (with appropriate staff) to regulate and license them, ensuring they adhere to your standards of tastefulness and edification?

Lol, Wattree, you got me

Ramona — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 01:29:27 +0000

In reply to Ramona, I?m like Donal, I

Lol, Wattree, you got me there. I don't know what they think about "Stand your ground" but I can guess. It's probably the same position my neighbors up north take.

The sad truth about beautiful places is that they're not closed to bullies, racists, misogynists or ignoramuses. Nor do they have the ability to soften and mellow said creeps. Unfortunately, they're with us no matter where we wander.

Ramona, I?m like Donal, I

Wattree — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 22:20:26 +0000

In reply to . . .a book of stories about

Ramona,

I’m like Donal, I gave up cable too. I haven’t turned on a television for over three months, and I’m loving it. I got more out of reading and looking at the pictures in your blog this afternoon than I’ve gotten out of watching cable in the past three years. I’ve just about ODed on stupidity, so I finally asked myself, why should I have to PAY to watch it? Although I do miss Gunsmoke, the final straw with me was when I finally began to recognize that Saturday Night Live reflected more reality than Meet the Press.

So thank you for the vacation. I might want to visit there . . . By the way, what’s their position on stand your ground?

It CAN get a bit intense--I

jollyroger — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 20:54:58 +0000

In reply to That's a good point. It

It CAN get a bit intense--I visited for a while at a park in Stockton Ca where every third trailer was emitting the unmistakable odor of a fresh pot of meth brewing...not that there's anything wrong with that...

That's a good point. It

Ramona — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 20:31:36 +0000

In reply to Trailer parks share an

That's a good point. It works for some people, though. It's like camping at a campground--is you stay long enough, everybody knows your business. Plus, you either have to join in on the sing-alongs at night or be considered strange and possibly Communist.

Trailer parks share an

jollyroger — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 19:26:28 +0000

In reply to Nothing wrong with trailer

Trailer parks share an interesting "social ecology", at least the few with which I am familiar--instead of an apartment building, where the transit from home to street is an unseen ride in an elevator, trailer parks, for security reasons channel, all the "streets" through a single front entrance, permitting the "business" of all the inhabitants to be the subject of general analysis. This may account in part for the somewhat florid reputation that attaches to trailer park living. There is, generally, less privacy than is available either to urban apartment dwellers or suburban single family home owners.

Nothing wrong with trailer

Ramona — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 13:50:18 +0000

In reply to I already live the good life

Nothing wrong with trailer parks, Momoe. There is something wrong, I think, with trying to portray them as crazy places filled with human trash. That's not just unfair, it's mean.