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Seriously. I haven't put anywhere that I'm from Houston, but if you look at any of my text posts (ahem, this one too), you'll know exactly what city I live in - PLUS that I'm in the city (which for Houstonians is easy to figure out what that means) so I'm down to like a 5 mile radius.
Haha! You mean all except me? I talk about Greenock regularly
Except for that. I couldn't remember if I'd figured out you were in the Houston area, if you hinted at it, or if you'd specifically mentioned it. That to me sounds like a 50-mile radius, though, because I don't know. Like saying I'm from the DC area, here. We call it the DMV (District-Maryland-Virginia).
I knew you'd mentioned where you lived, but I couldn't remember if it was in a PM — I thought it was.Haha! You mean all except me? I talk about Greenock regularly
That's because you're the one with the machete, isn't it.I'm not fussed if folk know where I live. Ain't no one going to venture into the East end of Greenock just to stalk me
Not unless they want hacked by a weirdo with a machete or some such.
Plus I'm not stalkable material
Aww that looks like a cute little German town!
Actually, I drive through Germantown every day on the way to work.
I was just there delivering some paperwork for the company.Lovely
And no I'm not the one with the machete, though there are several gangs that run about. Our street is thankfully a little quieter than most. Plus everyone was frightened of Holly. 
Miss that dog. They will likely be more frightened of Saorsa, especially once after she does her assistance training, we will be taking her to Schutzhund
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My street is not. We're right next to the fire station. But that first picture is Carroll Creek Park — that's where I go freerunning sometimes.Lovely
That sounds like this area, when one snowflake touches the ground.*shudders* TRAFFIC. OH HOW I HATE TRAFFIC.
In honor of the intense rain we've had here over the last 24 hours:
No she's serious. This area is exactly the same. Only some people decide to dodge the raindrops at 90 mph (144 km), and others feel better-served going 10 mph (16 km) just to be safe.
It is, but we get ice like one day a year, so they don't have the de-icing equipment. And basically everyone in Houston is a commuter and use the freeways, so the roads get dangerous quick.
Lol thanks for translating the speeds. Yes, that's exactly what it's like driving here. Though I think if we got snow, they'd shut the whole roadways down!
Yeah, when we get bad snow we go out anyway but big HGV's tend to cause problems. We either just walk or try to drive (because no one grits the roads anymore) We usually just end up with slush though... me no likey slush
I was going to say — that looks like around here, during the winter.Yeah, when we get bad snow we go out anyway but big HGV's tend to cause problems. We either just walk or try to drive (because no one grits the roads anymore) We usually just end up with slush though... me no likey slush
EDIT : I know that's non-UK slush
We get that, but then the Clyde is salt water and it's less than 5 mins walk from my door. The flooding we get in Greenock is horrendous. There's houses up the hill that when the Greenock cut bursts it's banks just have to open their front and back door and let the water flow through. I'm not even kidding. They are trying to make it better but this is pretty much the rainiest place ever so it's an uphill battle.
Lucky you! I like snow, but not too much of it
This is pretty much winter here. Trees are bare, jacket is needed. Usually the sun is out which makes it sooooooo nice. No snow, rarely ice.
Our winter is basically everyone else's autumn. *sigh*Lucky you! I like snow, but not too much of it
Never mind — you don't want Michigan. They say there's only two seasons there — winter and road construction.
Tee hee, I'd do nothing but ride in the snow and make forts
Uh huh
It's a bloody important bit too *nods*So I'm finding...Uh huh
