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Originally posted by Torone@Dec 23 2003, 07:59 AM
Unfortunately, terrorists have disrupted my way of making a living; and probably permanently. I'm still driving for a day job; and whenever the terror alert goes up, the chem plants add more layers of security. It took me over an hour yesterday to get from the security gate of one plant to their shipping & receiving. It used to take 10 minutes.
As for my own time, I still control that.
Safety? I live in Houston, the home of much of the country's energy production. If terrorism ceased to exist today, this place would still be very dangerous to live in. Add that it is a totally Liberal city and the effect that has on crime rates; and you might wonder (as I do!) why anyone would live here. We hear of several murders every day. Many shootings happen between vehicles on the street; but you never hear much about it on the national news.
Give me a small town anytime! :grrr:
Oh, and Pd, I'm just biding my time...your day's comin'...
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Sorry to hear that things have turned into a hassle for you. I grew up in St. Louis, home (at the time) of McDonnell-Douglas, Monsanto and Mallinkrodt Chemical, and a couple of federal agencies that have no glamour but would have been first-strike targets.
I moved to bumfuck, Illinois to get the hell away from urban life - and I miss it about as much as I miss that abcessed wisdom tooth I had.
BTW, the girlfriend's son will be back in Iraq by March 1.
But about that last bit - are you threatening me? Do you have contracts in the Amish alQaida? Should I be looking for buggies with silencers on the wheels to haul me away? DO YOU MEAN TO TELL ME I WON'T EVEN GET A BLACK GOVERNMENT CAR?
