When I was younger, I worked on a ship that did the United Fruits run
from Central America to the Gulf Ports. Biloxi, Baton Rouge and Mobile
were amongst the ports visited. In Biloxi, we used to drink dacquiris
at the local bar, ice cream sodas at Woolworths, exchanging small-talk
with the girls. Sunshine and dacquiris, a great mixture, interspersed
with trips to Panama and Costa Rica. We got lost in the Gulf trying to
boot-strap navigate from oil-rig to oil-rig. In the end, we had to ask
an oil-rig for lat and long. Ah, those were the days.
I guess disbelief and a sense of shock came over me as I watched the
footage of Biloxi with it's ruined houses. One upon a time I returned
to the place of my birth only to find it had been demolished. What did
I expect? These things to go on forever? Of course not, but it's
always unsettling when the reality doesn't match up with your
memories, particularly in such a hard fashion.
Roger
On 9/3/05, Jill Jones <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> And I keep having stupid inappropriate thoughts that New Orleans was
> one city in the USA I would have loved to have visited - it was in the
> plan and I guess that's all it will ever be now. Or getting a chill
> when reading about the Australians caught up there and noting one of
> them with the same name as my ex-husband. I checked and he's another
> man entirely. Small beer, of course, but I hadda know.
>
> Apparently Alex Chilton is still missing.
>
> Best,
> Jill
>
>
> On Saturday, September 3, 2005, at 07:10 AM, Roger Day wrote:
>
> > The tears at the end were unexpected and moving. It's strange that
> > I've watched all the footage and read all the reports that I could
> > find, yet this one speech is the one to hit home.
> >
> > Roger
> >
> > On 9/2/05, Ken Wolman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >> Roger Day wrote:
> >>
> >>> A guy with an issue or two:
> >>>
> >>> http://static2.podcatch.com/blogs/gems/snedit/WWLAMInterviewNagin.mp3
> >>>
> >>> Roger.
> >>>
> >>>
>
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