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HarpoNotMarx (((2*1)^6)-6-(2*8)=42 Started conversation Sep 3, 2003
Hi!
I'm a yorkshire geezer too and live quite close to the Leeds and Liverpool. Hope your morale improves - do you have good views to inspire you?
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Surrendermonkey Posted Sep 5, 2003
Hi there Harpo - thanks for dropping by.
You'll have noticed that the last update on my morale was six months ago. It has indeed improved, and the answer to your question is instrumental as to why.
Six months ago I was living in Dewsbury off the Calder & Hebble (or is it the Aire & Calder?), and just in case you don't know, .
Nice people, don't get me wrong, but nasty, dirty, post-industrial toilet of a town.
In April we'd had enough and set off North through York and settled on the Ouse. There we've met some wonderful people, enjoyed some wonderful scenery and generally settled into a gentler way of life. My morale, accordingly, has risen considerably.
Yes - beautiful views, calm agricultural scenery, kingfishers swooping, deer and rabbits and all manner of life. Put it this way - when you first toy with the idea of life afloat, you don't imagine Dewsbury.
Aaaah.... I'm all Friday mellow just talking about it.
Thanks again - I think I'll write a new Journal entry...
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HarpoNotMarx (((2*1)^6)-6-(2*8)=42 Posted Sep 5, 2003
I've been to Dewsbury, it's a bit past its best!
I work for a building society and we've got a big branch there.
Have a good weekend plotting an escape!
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