In a message dated 7/25/2005 10:50:39 PM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Well, at least you've got ood roads you can drive along to get from one > town to > another!! In Australia, apart from the coastal areas which are the populated > ones, most roads are dirt roads, and not really very nice on your car if you > don't have a 4WD or equivalent! My poor little Corolla certainly couldn't > stand > going to Perth for our next Lace AGM, even less to Darwin which is up top > and > surrounded for thousands of miles of ...nature, including one of two > deserts!! > Lacemakers who come from Brisbane to Perth travel about the distance from > London to Moscow, but without the roads and the population. > Friends of mine live in Mount Isa at the moment, top of Australia, and to > come > down to Melbourne by plane, they pay around $4,000, compared to $2,000 to go > to > Europe and back. They do have a 4WD, and it takes them 4 days to drive down, > and I must say that Ian usually drives at 100 miles an hour, except in > townships where he follows the rules. > > Helene, the froggy from Melbourne, who now thinks it's cute the way French > people feel that driving 10 miles to go to a party is really the limit! > It's all relative, as Einstein used to say. Here in Utah, where we just celebrated "Pioneer Day" the parade reminded us that many of the pioneers who settled this State traveled across the desert with handcarts -- not even horses or oxen -- to carry their belongings. And to think that they arrived here in July, the hottest time of the year - it really makes you wonder how they survived walking across the desert, especially with the lack of water, and how long it took them. Ricki T Utah USA To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
