tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post114884381164513708..comments2024-01-06T05:34:00.027-06:00Comments on Blog Meridian: Travelogue IIJohn B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-1149071852507840382006-05-31T05:37:00.000-05:002006-05-31T05:37:00.000-05:00Grobie,Yeah--you're right. I just like the sound ...Grobie,<BR/>Yeah--you're right. I just like the sound of it as well. A Texan would say, "I know my geckos," but it just didn't sound quite right.John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-1149030407579435162006-05-30T18:06:00.000-05:002006-05-30T18:06:00.000-05:00See? I know from geckos.I like this turn of phrase...<B><I>See? I know from geckos.</I></B><BR/><BR/>I like this turn of phrase. Is it Texan demotic? It sounds vaguely New-York-Jewish to me.<BR/><BR/>Yours in ignorance,<BR/><BR/>A WellwisherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-1148947385873326602006-05-29T19:03:00.000-05:002006-05-29T19:03:00.000-05:00I'm not complaining, just comparing. If it really ...I'm not complaining, just comparing. If it really bothered me, I could find other methods of transportation. People in the US really have had it good for so long, we should appreciate that prices were destined to raise eventually.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13354726510198274109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-1148941148572565952006-05-29T17:19:00.000-05:002006-05-29T17:19:00.000-05:00Well, the price of petrol in Denmark is currently ...Well, the price of petrol in Denmark is currently somewhere around 10.25 kr. per litre, which is roughly $6.63 per gallon.<BR/><BR/>I don't know what you people are complaining about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-1148926791396647662006-05-29T13:19:00.000-05:002006-05-29T13:19:00.000-05:00yeah...West Coast is definitely paying more than ...yeah...West Coast is definitely paying more than you for gas. A GOOD price if you can find it is $3.32/gal. Average about 15 cents more! I can't believe the difference in price. (especially when you factor in that we produce oil right here in the area I live in.)<BR/>Something is wrong with this picture.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13354726510198274109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-1148921580016604102006-05-29T11:53:00.000-05:002006-05-29T11:53:00.000-05:00Thanks for the welcome back.In answer to your thin...Thanks for the welcome back.<BR/>In answer to your thinking: Gas IS cheaper down South (I paid about $2.65/gallon on average), but this particular station was charging 15 cents more/gallon than the stations in McGehee (which are new since my trip down in January) were charging and which I would have easily reached had it not been for my fear that the nearest station that I then remembered John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-1148910515373726352006-05-29T08:48:00.000-05:002006-05-29T08:48:00.000-05:00Missed you, glad you had a safe and fun trip. Was ...Missed you, glad you had a safe and fun trip. Was thinking gas must be cheaper near you, or you drive a small car. Only $28.28? Wow.<BR/>and actually that is kind of a weird number...JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13354726510198274109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-1148879845405689472006-05-29T00:17:00.000-05:002006-05-29T00:17:00.000-05:00Andrew,I'm happy to oblige. I'll just say by way ...Andrew,<BR/>I'm happy to oblige. <BR/>I'll just say by way of extension that, as I was reading, things like that and Brown's tendency to remind the reader of things that had happened, quite literally in one case, only a couple of paragraphs previous led me to decide that Brown (and others as well--I noted Stephen King doing the same sort of stuff in <I>Bag of Bones</I>) just flat has low John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-1148876282097750702006-05-28T23:18:00.000-05:002006-05-28T23:18:00.000-05:00"Dan Brown is the sort of writer for whom frequent..."Dan Brown is the sort of writer for whom frequent reminders to the reader of his main character's claustrophobia is what passes for character development."<BR/><BR/>THANK YOU. I have been saying things like this for months. It is nice to know that others think this as well.Andrew Simonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14566187471298904513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-1148872607866737832006-05-28T22:16:00.000-05:002006-05-28T22:16:00.000-05:00Thanks for the welcome back. As for the "inspirat...Thanks for the welcome back. As for the "inspiration" part, that is very kind of you.<BR/><BR/>Speaking of inspiration: You'll be pleased to learn, I think, that on your long-ago recommendation, today I finally bought <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000003S0I/qid=1148871773/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-2766961-2361518?s=music&v=glance&n=5174" REL="nofollow">Lark's Tongue in Aspic</A>.John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-1148855767778839072006-05-28T17:36:00.000-05:002006-05-28T17:36:00.000-05:00Welcome back, John.Just a quick note on the inspir...Welcome back, John.<BR/><BR/>Just a quick note on the inspirational quality of your blog: the little 'Get Your Own Blog' button at the top is currently the 2nd most popular outgoing link.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com