a dozen years ago

[susandennis]

12 years ago, this was a pretty memorable week. We had a Mardi Gras riot in the neighborhood and as I walked my half a block to work, about half the windows I passed were broken.  About 4 hours later, the rest of them bit it when we had a healthy earthquake. I made a quick and dirty web page for my mom.

We had a smaller one a few years after that - no damage that time.  And, that's been it.  I'm guessing we're due.  Ugh.

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I have my swim class today.  One of my classmates is a tradition.  Madeline is, 75+, a retired school librarian and the definition of a little old lady.  My friend zimzat went to one of my Tuesday/Thursday classes that Madeline always attends and I wasn't going to be there.  I told him that as soon as he hit the water, a little white haired lady would come over and ask if he was new and tell him she was Madeline.  He reported that she did exactly that.  She's a kick.

I have some fleece shirts that I love. I have 5 of them each in a different color and she loves them but she's too little!  They are for fat girls only.  She even called the company with her measurements but they told her the shirts would swallow her.  She told me Tuesday that she was going to call back and see if she could get another operator who would find one to fit her.  Can't wait to hear.

Comments

[fyremaven.livejournal.com]

Fleece shirts are comfy!! How cute that she wants them, too. She sounds like a very interesting person. :)

[thnidu.livejournal.com]

"The …oldest?… one was Madeline."

[ciddyguy.livejournal.com]

Wow, that Nisqually earthquake was 12 years ago? My how time flies.

I remember being on Denny way in the car when it struck. At first, I thought it was the car, then a truck rumbling past, but then I saw the light pole sway and that was when I realized what had just happened.

I was on my way to the Goodwill that day and but once it had all stopped, I went on my way there, business as usual but heard people were panicking and tried to rush the front entrance from someone who was there when it happened.

[rainbow-goddess.livejournal.com]

I remember that earthquake. I was still using a non-tower desktop computer and I saw my computer go dancing across the desk. That might also have been the earthquake that left a crack in the wall of my apartment. I vaguely recall that Bill Gates was giving a speech when it hit, and someone thought it might be an assassination attempt against him.