tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post2684799173595193603..comments2023-12-31T08:43:00.853+00:00Comments on Wife in the North: Countdownwife in the northhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15227214647512546906noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-88175272218185238982008-05-05T16:16:00.000+01:002008-05-05T16:16:00.000+01:00I'm knee deep in our U.S.elections for President -...I'm knee deep in our U.S.elections for President -- or as Wifey refers to it : "an election thingy".<BR/><BR/>I had thought that our system defied common sense what with the SuperDelegates, Electoral College, etc. One can almost understand the pervasive apathy to it all.<BR/><BR/>BUT you folks have totally mystified me. I shall have to do some research to know what each party is called, what it stands for, etc. Your system seems to make ours look almost understandable!sunshinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07577409248867401730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-83740933763849518542008-05-05T13:21:00.000+01:002008-05-05T13:21:00.000+01:00After graduating from college in the US about 30 y...After graduating from college in the US about 30 years ago, I gave myself a present and flew to Europe for a six-month hiatus. At some point I found myself living with a coal miner's family in Peterlee, south of Durham. My host, Joe, was a hearty, generous soul and even though I only understood every third word we found a commonality in our love of Guiness and got along famously.<BR/><BR/>Until the day he invited me to the lake shore. At least that's what I thought he said. Joe didn't own a car, and it was much too cold in September to dip my Septic Tank Yank toes in the North Sea, and the Lake District was too far to walk.<BR/><BR/>On the appointed day we walk to Peterlee's business district, and entered a modest brick building which I recognized as the local coal miner's union headquarters. Up three flights we walked to a modest convention hall.<BR/><BR/>Where I saw my first leek show.AutismNewsBeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07067342515765043878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-17479693173069192432008-05-04T20:47:00.000+01:002008-05-04T20:47:00.000+01:00It totally frustrates me that the Lib Dems always ...It totally frustrates me that the Lib Dems always seem to get in round here. Why? They do very little. This area is desperate for progress to happen and now we can almost be assured that it won't.<BR/><BR/>CJ xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-68551335974937000862008-05-04T13:41:00.000+01:002008-05-04T13:41:00.000+01:00There should be a real anger against Labour up her...There should be a real anger against Labour up here for a generation: they have introduced an expensive change in local government which people did not want and have massively rewarded the outgoing chief executive of the County Council for driving it through. Justifiably, the architects of the change have all either been deselected or not voted in. <BR/><BR/>But we are left with an unwanted and expensive reorganisation. <BR/><BR/>So in some ways I'm surprised they got 74 votes.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03392399067412827528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37400848.post-69372531560848438972008-05-04T11:24:00.000+01:002008-05-04T11:24:00.000+01:00Silly Conservatives - if they hadn't soured off th...Silly Conservatives - if they hadn't soured off the Independent, they might have got enough votes to win! Yes, the Labour lass should have been there; be gracious in defeat, my dad always said. London Ken was a shining example of how to behave.<BR/><BR/>How's your hand this morning? Still the usual color?<BR/><BR/>dogloverDogLoverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08790183909033947474noreply@blogger.com