Gary wrote:
> Cheri wrote:
>>
>> Right now there are so many fires in CA that the air is
>> terrible, also weather in the 100s and over every day, am pretty much stuck
>> in the house, so watching more tv than usual.
>
> I feel for you Cheri. Several years ago there was an ongoing fire
> not too far from here in NC. Any SW wind blew all the smoke here.
> It was horrible. Even looked like fog when it got real bad. It
> lasted for 2-3 months.
>

Was that the fire in georgia, near the Florida line?


> For some strange reason though, I do cherish living so close to
> the ocean. It's the edge of a vast wilderness.
>

I had a friend (at work) from england that had always "lived by the
sea". He yearned to go back, but he was very devoted to his very elderly
and sickly dog. It was apparently an insurmountable problem to get the
varmint legally imported back to the UK, without a long quarantine period.

He truly loved that animal, and he accepted the sacrifice.