> I was responding to the comments by Rellikgnik on the Amazon site not to > Lawrence. I'm sorry I didn't make that clear. it was clear, Helen; I added in a comment of Lawrence's. > It is too hot for a Canadian - ah -- yes; it was too hot here for Brits in July and early in August, and will be again; not as hot as it is there but high 80s and very humid. > My daughter finally got home late last night after a near-accident in a > torrential downpour in South Carolina. I had a homecoming like that once... at least she is home now. > wishing she were sitting in her mother's garden with a glass of herb tea and > dubonnet I like dubonnet and I like your mother's garden. Mine is unfortunately extraordinarily scruffy, but I may sit out in it again now it's cooler Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen Wishart" <hwishart@xxxxxxx> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 10:13 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: A Revolution in the USA? > I was responding to the comments by Rellikgnik on the Amazon site not to > Lawrence. I'm sorry I didn't make that clear. > > It is too hot for a Canadian - a humid 96 in the shade and much higher in > the pedestrain walk in the university core where you can almost hear the > concrete sizzling. > > My daughter finally got home late last night after a near-accident in a > torrential downpour in South Carolina. They hydroplaned across four lanes of > traffic and spun around twice. > > Which supports my contention that a person has a greater chance of being > pulverized on a US highway than in a US airplane -terrorists > notwithstanding. > > > Helen A Wishart > wishing she were sitting in her mother's garden with a glass of herb tea and > dubonnet instead of mending comma splices in a swamp > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html