I've lived in houses that are older than the discovery of America That's the discovery by Europeans obviously, apparently there were one or two people already living there....
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote : Yes, we have a way of protecting the look of the place with a system of listed buildings. Being listed means you can't alter anything, there are different levels based on historical value and rarity and if you have to repair your listed home you do it in the same way it was built, which can be expensive. No patching up the walls with pollyfilla, it's horse hair and lime putty in a house more than 200 years old! The countryside stays nice because we just like it like that, we have an idea about what England is and you can still find the pastoral village with church and cricket on the green without looking too hard. We have a reverence for it that America lacks, maybe because the past goes back so much farther here. I've lived in houses that are older than the discovery of America, let alone the declaration of independence. Having the past all around must do something to the national psyche. But there's so many people here now and so few houses for them to live in that it is changing, a lot of small towns are doubling in size and we will need whole new cities soon. They will have to go somewhere. Best come and visit again before it gets too crowded.... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <fleetwood_macncheese@...> wrote : I haven't been to the UK much, but I have really appreciated similar settings there, as you describe. More so, because both Britain and Ireland are fairly small islands, and yet have avoided what we do here, in the US: Tear down any building over 50 years old, and commercialize those that aren't destroyed. We do have a lot of wide open spaces here, but not the same reverence, and practical nature, when it comes to preserving the past, as is the case in Europe. Even Blarney Castle, which is world famous, is in a beautiful and quiet setting. I am afraid if it were stateside, it would be ringed with neon, and feature bungee jumping from the parapets! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote : That's a nice one. This part of Dorset is very close to me both physically and spiritually, it's full of ancient stone circles and iron age burial mounds. The atmosphere in these places is amazing, they are always far away from any towns and the views of the countryside are wonderful and even better on a starry night. I often walk for miles without seeing anyone. Lonely as a cloud. Come and visit Nabby, you may even meet the circlemakers, whoever they are ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IXAsUvWbmE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IXAsUvWbmE Crop Circle at Hod Hill, nr Hanford, Dorset, United Kingdom. Reported 1st June 2014 http://www.cropcircleconnector.com/2014/hodhill/hodhill2014a.html http://www.cropcircleconnector.com/2014/hodhill/hodhill2014a.html Crop Circle at Hod Hill, nr Hanford, Dorset, United Kin... http://www.cropcircleconnector.com/2014/hodhill/hodhill2014a.html Click above to join the Crop Circle Connector Membership Image The Crop Circle Connector Copyright 2014 Image Lucy Pringle Copyright 2014 Image Lu... View on www.cropcircleconne... http://www.cropcircleconnector.com/2014/hodhill/hodhill2014a.html Preview by Yahoo
