trinacriabob

Yes, right now, I am praying and "crossing" myself.

It's not only the West that is seismically active. The Midwest has a serious fault zone in Southeastern Missouri (look up New Madrid - 1819, I believe). The Northeast has a swath of faults in what is called the Boston-Ottawa trend, though there hasn't been much going on there in several hundred years.

Absolutely.

urine

I saw that Hurricane Kyle is headed for Nova Scotia. It's hard to fathom that a hurricane is heading for Eastern Canada when they all seem to take aim at the Gulf States. I have never been in a hurricane but know that people can move inland from one. I have been in a tornado warning. When I was in Champaign IL in grad school, one day the sky went real dark and it was an eerieness I've not seen before. We were told that a tornado was near an adjacent town and that we needed to take refuge. It did not come through. Earthquakes are the most frightening. There is no warning and the heaving/pitching/rolling can be up and down, side to side, or some combination thereof. I've been in earthquakes in Southern California and a 5-ish in Portland. Also, an 8 on the Richter scale, as compared to a 7, is not 8/7 of the strength of the smaller quake. It is 10 times the strength of the 7 quake. The Richter scale works exponentially. Which natural disaster(s) have you experienced? Which rattles your cage the most?

fertilizer

You mean that affluent suburb of Los Angeles that bolts onto Pasadena and is called San Marino? Ma che bella bandiera. Dimmi perche la bandiera della Germania non e molto bella. I've been to Ravenna and Rimini, but never quite got "up the hill." Gawd, the Adriatic up there is nasty. By the way, my relatives in Italy think Palin is a joke...

o salmao grelhado e muito bon Response to thread: Seattle

"bacalhau com batatas" in the casserole - what's that called? GOOD. response to thread: fork

C'mon, y'all are giving her too much credit. PCS's quote ought to be bronzed "I'm from Texas and I know white trash when I see it, even if it's from Alaska."

platter (you know, when they combine shrimp, lobster and salmon side-by-side....mmmmmm)

Biden will enable Obama to win the election. Obama didn't have my vote until he picked Biden. What state or country is fluttering in your Av today, Mr. "Cucchiaio d'Argento?" :rotflmao:

Maybe more frightening than hilarious.

Back to OP: Q: What do I think of Sarah Palin? A: She may have lost McCain the election.

Sad. Good actor. Good man. And kept a marriage together for 50 +/- years whereas most "a-holes/douche bags" in Hollywood CAN'T do that. Not only that, the media spoon feeds us that the mutliple divorce crowd is admirable and worth watching when, in reality, they should be on Jerry Springer.

place of birth (mine, at least)

My not-so Catholic views on childrearing: "If you can't afford them, don't have them." Yesterday, during my morning commute, I heard a lady describing the formula for how (additional) children trasnslate into dollars and health benefits from the state. Is it any wonder some states are having difficulties balancing their budgets?

curve

Keeping in line with your observations from your time as a Texan, I was wondering about six degrees of separation between Sara and Tonya Harding.

I saw them in Europe in their Opel equivalent and liked them. I would have liked to have had one as a rental. It's amazing that cars we consider $ 21.99 a day or $ 149 a week rentals over here are significant upgrades over there that put a dent in one's wallet. Good review.

battery acid (carbonated drinks have been equated to that)

Eddie Murphy

boring

Gaudi

Bilbao (a city in Spain)