Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 17:22:54 +0100
From: Dave Coull <coull-AT-onetel.net.uk>
Subject: Re: Ronald Reagan: Corpse to sheathed in diamonds and shot



Erik wrote

 >>>> does anybody know about some place i could move to,
 >>>> a place without racism, and lots of sun ?

and I commented

 >>> Keri has been trying to persuade me to move with her
 >>> to what she claims is just such a place. But I have
 >>> my doubt about Santa Cruz fitting the description.
 >>> Especially with Governor Shwarzenegger around.

Roger says

 >> santa cruz is okay, Dave.  parts of the west coast
 >> are downright civilized (for amerika).  and while
 >> the food is better and the beer close, you will
 >> have to give up a lot of the fog, rain, mist, chill,
 >> and gloomy weather. not everyone is up to all that sun.
 >> fortunately you're close to san francisco, and they
 >> haven't had sun since august.

Keri says that is a slur on her native city. Her mother and her father
live in South San Francisco, and she talks to them on the phone
virtually every night, and while it is true that it is often foggy,
it is also true that they were getting sunburnt while we
still had winter in these parts.

But while neither Santa Cruz nor SF are entirely "without racism",
both have folks from many different ethnic backgrounds, and for
that reason alone there may be less racism there than there is
here (or in Erik's Belchum, for that matter).

Heather writes

 > Friends of mine live there, Dave.
 > Their house has fallen down not once,
 > but twice in 3 years because of earthquakes.

Well, that is one kind of bad weather we  DON'T  get here !

 > Doesn't appeal to me but, whatever.

Keri's mother has been diagnosed with lung cancer. Her dad
is (so far) a survivor of throat cancer. Apart from being tired of
the dubious attractions of Dundee, that is what has prompted
this desire to return to California. One good thing is that
Keri has now decided she really  MUST  quit smoking.

 > (back in my caravan in Findhorn and loving it here)

Lucky you!

(Keri and Dave stuck in a council housing scheme in Dundee and hating it)

Dave C