tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881634150183953016.post3142139912721313613..comments2023-10-17T02:44:17.952-07:00Comments on Catman's Litterbox: The View From My Front PorchCatmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15910838062037114633noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881634150183953016.post-50598523791005601632009-06-18T21:37:07.300-07:002009-06-18T21:37:07.300-07:00Ken,
If we can, we will join you down in Dixie!
...Ken,<br /><br />If we can, we will join you down in Dixie!<br /><br />SanJac,<br /><br />Oakdale, still a nice place but experiencing growing pains. Yeah, the wife and I used to live in Morgan Hill, but that place went from cowboy country to yuppieville in no time.<br /><br />Ernie,<br /><br />I think small town America will survive and be the source for renewal. Good memories are always a good cushion for when things get way out of whack.Catmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910838062037114633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881634150183953016.post-60707775468302689172009-06-18T19:25:51.139-07:002009-06-18T19:25:51.139-07:00Catman - that is America as she should be. Sounds ...Catman - that is America as she should be. Sounds delightful and peaceful. Our town is still small - we live about a mile out of it - most people still friendly but very nibby! That is why we moved to the country 4 years ago - felt like we were living in a fishbowl. <br /><br />I get that way too and look at everything around me and think this will be trashed soon and it makes see almost sick but I know it is coming soon and I want to make some memories - good ones - to last the rest of my life how ever long that may be. <br /><br />Thank you for the nice blog!ErinAndBradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02305877203325473253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881634150183953016.post-47502124136284457452009-06-18T14:57:40.282-07:002009-06-18T14:57:40.282-07:00I used to go through Escalon on my way to 108/Kenn...I used to go through Escalon on my way to 108/Kennedy Meadows to go backpacking. It's nice to hear the crap hasn't made it all the way out there yet. My parent's moved from Fremont to the Oakdale side of Modesto back in 2001 to get away from all the "progress". I bugged out to Texas the same year. It must be nice to get home after venturing to the Bay Area.Sanjachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13065471363825359867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881634150183953016.post-87505979659929783232009-06-18T09:07:31.068-07:002009-06-18T09:07:31.068-07:00...sounds like a fantastic place,i can see it in m......sounds like a fantastic place,i can see it in my minds eye...funny as it may seem,i couldn't picture 'smalltown America' in California,until now...thanx Brother,but we still want you and the Mrs in Dixie...lolKenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13559414057439356066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881634150183953016.post-8660535358876081492009-06-18T08:14:06.098-07:002009-06-18T08:14:06.098-07:00Zwick,
I've been to places like that, and sti...Zwick,<br /><br />I've been to places like that, and still service areas like that. Oakland, San Francisco, Richmond California.<br /><br />Yeah. It isn't pretty. I can empathize with "evacuate". I hope you can find a piece of "peace" soon.<br /><br />Jim,<br /><br />Small town America. I hope this is what this nation gets back to, and soon. Its where her soul still lives. Thanks for the kind words.Catmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910838062037114633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881634150183953016.post-66013282464532796822009-06-18T08:02:08.206-07:002009-06-18T08:02:08.206-07:00Hey Catman...
I just love the mental image I got f...Hey Catman...<br />I just love the mental image I got from your description, my friend! That's what small town America should be about, no doubt!<br /><br />Thanks for the very pleasant front porch moment!HermitJimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13631580830147175636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881634150183953016.post-80238672948750701762009-06-18T07:35:26.968-07:002009-06-18T07:35:26.968-07:00What a difference from where I live, or rather, wh...What a difference from where I live, or rather, where I exist. Heavily armed and armored police cruise by with stern,determined looks on their faces. On the street almost nobody looks up as they walk. No smiles, or greetings, except with various ethnic groups to each other. The yards are unkempt and some are littered with a seemingly permanent collection of beer cans, whiskey nippers, fast food bags and candy wrappers. Out of the open windows of cars and apartments is the continual blare of rap music, played at maximum volume. The only flags are the Puerto Rican and black nationalist colors. All services are being cut, with the police being in the first to go. During the day one hear sirens so often one hardly notices, but at night the sirens are puncuated with the distant sound of small arms fire. 10 years ago I still lived a long way from the blight. But now it's closer and closer. HUD provided mortgages for people to move in my neighborhood who had no way to ever get nice houses like that in a sane world. Now the houses are trashed and abandoned. What I've described is real, I live in it. It's a staunch blue state which lives by the liberal motto-"From him who is able: To him who is useless".This place will be a slaughterhouse when TSHTF. And yes, I'm moving. It just frosts my ass that I have to leave, to escape, or as I say often: to evacuate.I hate leaving my elderly neighbors behind, most of whom lived here all their lives, to a fate worse than death, literally. This is what happens to a land where there is no honor and no shame.zwicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881634150183953016.post-10408630382278818872009-06-18T07:32:44.160-07:002009-06-18T07:32:44.160-07:00Anon:
The town is called Escalon.
http://www.ci...Anon:<br /><br />The town is called Escalon. <br /><br />http://www.cityofescalon.org/<br /><br />Cath:<br /><br />I don't know if its a left or right, I think it depends on which way you're coming from! :-)Catmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910838062037114633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881634150183953016.post-3417127737375072302009-06-18T03:35:54.814-07:002009-06-18T03:35:54.814-07:00Catman!! I can have the van packed in less than 3...Catman!! I can have the van packed in less than 30 minutes...do I make a left or right at Albuquerque?<br />CathTEAM HALLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315068954713028451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881634150183953016.post-58525202024246633182009-06-17T22:55:49.104-07:002009-06-17T22:55:49.104-07:00What town is that?
You just described where I wan...What town is that?<br /><br />You just described where I want to retire.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com