Missing Members

[Karl Henning]

I may be late in the news (as always) but Gurn Blanston has not been posting since last year 🤨. Hopefully everything is ok with him.

Yes, I had a call with him this evening. He is a good distance from the disaster zone, and he is well.

[DavidW]

Yes, I had a call with him this evening. He is a good distance from the disaster zone, and he is well.

Sometimes I forget that people not from Texas may not fully comprehend its size.

[brewski]

Sometimes I forget that people not from Texas may not fully comprehend its size.

Speaking as a former Texan, so true!

[Brian]

Sometimes I forget that people not from Texas may not fully comprehend its size.

Indeed. Texas is for example a good bit larger than France.

[Karl Henning]

Indeed. Texas is for example a good bit larger than France.

Mais c'est insupportable!

[Florestan]

In France I met a Brazilian guy who told me in all earnestness that the richest landowner in Brazil owned land whose surface was larger than France's. 

[Wanderer]

Indeed. Texas is for example a good bit larger than France.

And it also has a Paris, n'est-ce pas? 

[Karl Henning]

And it also has a Paris, n'est-ce pas?

Mais non pas la Ville des Lumières

[Madiel]

Meh. Texas is still smaller than New South Wales. Not that I've ever actually BEEN to some significant chunks of New South Wales.

[Karl Henning]

There's something quite Texas-adjacent in the phrase "significant chunks."

[Brian]

And it also has a Paris, n'est-ce pas?

Paris, Texas isn't much of a place but it's an extraordinary film!

[Spotted Horses]

Meh. Texas is still smaller than New South Wales. Not that I've ever actually BEEN to some significant chunks of New South Wales.

And Canada's British Columbia and North West Territory are bigger than any of them. Not so interesting comparison between Provences which are one of a half-dozen and states which are one of fifty.

[hopefullytrusting]

Indeed. Texas is for example a good bit larger than France.

But Texas is so desolate, even while Beautiful - it feels like a Fallout game driving 40 across Texas.

I had to make that trip twice - both trips - only saw 1 other car, basically - a Texas Ranger, lol.

Oh, and to in line with the thread - I miss Corey and Nigel.

[Madiel]

And Canada's British Columbia and North West Territory are bigger than any of them. Not so interesting comparison between Provences which are one of a half-dozen and states which are one of fifty.

We can do whole countries if anyone wants...

I once did a driving holiday in Western Australia. When I returned the hire car I was mildly appalled to see their map which showed I had traversed a TINY portion of the State.

- resident of a territory that only exists to not be NSW.

[Karl Henning]

So Missing Members are simply lost in time and we need to mount an expedition to bring them back.

Frank Zappa: "Time is an affliction."

[foxandpeng]

I have been missing (for the most part) for a couple of years, I think... I will pop up once in a while now.

Glad to read this. I have missed your posts.