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Whacky, I landed in your town after skidding halfway across OKL and NM over Christmas. The new world starts in Albuquerque! I wrote a poem about it!
posted by
kingmi
on May 6, 2005 at 1:16 PM
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There are more queer sounding names in the geography of towns.
Thanks for reading my blog.
Ben
posted by
A-and-B
on May 6, 2005 at 7:02 AM
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Thanks for reading my blog.
posted by
A-and-B
on May 6, 2005 at 2:18 AM
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It is a great name...
....never been there myself..or seen a roadrunner..looked for one while in Arizona last year. I'm sure it's beautiful there!
posted by
ginnieb
on May 5, 2005 at 9:55 PM
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Witchflower...
It's a lot different now than it was then. Unfortunately, the PD is fairly corrupt. I have a lot of friends on the force that have many stories to tell, and my sister used to be the attorney for the APD. Handled waaaaaay too many excessive use of force cases. She was the deputy warden before that at the pen, now she's a judge. She says, gotta fix from the inside out... but it's a big job.
AnnandBenjamin...unfortunately, New Mexico has the highest rate of unemployment now in the entire United States. My family still lives there, I keep up. Some of the worst traffic, and the crime rate is the worst (in the top 10 per capita). It's too bad. It's a beautiful state with great history.
posted by
Temple
on May 5, 2005 at 3:42 PM
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An unusual name draws in tourist dollars. The standard of living must be good there.
Ann.
posted by
A-and-B
on May 5, 2005 at 2:40 PM
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Hey I love this work. I am happy you are happy in Albq (can't spell it).
I appreciate your coming by my posts. I like the way you write a lot. Visit me again and of course I will you, now that your are under my care.
posted by
Justi
on May 5, 2005 at 11:27 AM
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Loved The Land of Enchantment
We lived in Sandia Knolls, east of Albuquerque in the mountains, in the mid-1970s. Outside of being a complete financial disaster (and I mean complete), we loved it there. Albuquerque was close enough, and it was a nice city and easy to navigate, and living in the mountains is just wonderful.
Very interesting details. I knew it was The Duke City, but wasn't quite sure why. I noticed in the runaway bride stories that the media neglected to call it the Sunport. I don't know why people would make fun of it. I loved it there. If finances had been different, we would have stayed forever. As it was, we made the disastrous move to Oklahoma, and finally escaped back to Wisconsin, our original home. Still get nostalgic about NM, though, when I allow myself to think about it.
I've read some things by Lois Duncan, a writer who lives there, and whose daughter was murdered several years. She claims the PD is fairly corrupt. I'd like to hear an opposing viewpoint on that one.
posted by
Witchflower
on May 5, 2005 at 9:13 AM
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I grew up there...
I'm glad if you like it, I hated it. I miss some things about it now....the sunsets, the sopapillas, the balloon fiesta. But, I would never want to live there again! I thought it was funny to see the runaway bride walking through the airport though. :)
posted by
Temple
on May 5, 2005 at 2:41 AM
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I never knew!
What an interesting town!
Dunno if I could live there, but still, it sounds like a lot of laughs!
posted by
Jemmie211
on May 5, 2005 at 2:31 AM
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Whacky46
Ya mention that there roadrunner and here I is girl.
posted by
WileyJohn
on May 4, 2005 at 8:50 PM
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Whacky46
An interesting and funny article, Whacky. Thank you.
posted by
johnmacnab
on May 4, 2005 at 8:22 PM
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youre a fun read!
I came back for more chuckle. Love Vib
posted by
Vibrance
on May 4, 2005 at 11:11 AM
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I've got an extra towel
if you need one. It has dog piss on it but heck sounds like your town may need it. LOL. Love, Vibrance
posted by
Vibrance
on May 4, 2005 at 11:10 AM
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Wacky,
I really enjoyed this post...Gave me a chuckle. I had a boyfriend who was born where you live. Sounds like a great place to have some fun!! Glad you enjoyed MOCHA'S TAIL. God bless.
posted by
lovelyladymonk
on May 4, 2005 at 7:33 AM
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