Where do you live and what does it look like?

[Mozart]

I like Montreal, but how is the weather? Cold 7 months of the year?

[Maciek]

Here she is. She is Russian but feels quite comfortable here, and her Polish is very good - you wouldn't know.

[vandermolen]

My village:

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[Lilas Pastia]

I like Montreal, but how is the weather? Cold 7 months of the year?

Don't believe such nonsense! There's snow for only 5 months

[longears]

Just wait until the government puts a chip in everyones brain to track them everywhere they go! Just call me #271828 from now on.

Too much trouble and expense.  Better to count on the masses' sheeplike tractability and just put the tracking chips in their cell phones.

[head-case]

Here's Minerva (Minnie)


and Edmond, who is a bit psychotic.

Why would anyone, after any experience with the internet, think there are not enough pictures of cats?

[Choo Choo]

You can never have enough pictures of cats 

[longears]

You can never have enough pictures of cats 

Sigh...so many cats, so few recipes.

[Solitary Wanderer]

Thanks Mr.Orsa & Kullervo for posting the images of your beautiful cats 

I'll take some shots of my cat and post them soon.

[Mozart]

Thanks Mr.Orsa & Kullervo for posting the images of your beautiful cats 

I'll take some shots of my cat and post them soon.

My cats were the best.

[Michel]

Hampstead, the most beautiful place in London, full of victorian houses and tree-lined streets:





And right next to the Heath, with the best view over London:

[orbital]

Just as I was impressed with MS's 3-d map feature, Google now came up with the Street Level maps where they have taken 360o pictures of almost all the streets of NYC (and other cities too I guess) every 30 feet or so  You can now navigate through the streets at the pedestrian level.

[sonic1]

Here are some photos I took of my home in the desert.

[Mark]

Not sure I posted a view in this thread before now, so here's what it looks like facing east from the church at the top of the hill overlooking our village in Southern England:



To give you some context of where I live, the church is in the smaller yellow circle at the top of this picture, while I live somewhere in the larger circle lower down. You'll notice the village is completely surrounded by agricultural land, which shows just how rural it is where I live.

[Lilas Pastia]

My kind of place!  You, lucky devil!

[Mark]

My kind of place!  You, lucky devil!

You wouldn't say that if you knew how many power cuts and water shortages we get each year.

[Florestan]

You wouldn't say that if you knew how many power cuts and water shortages we get each year.

Is it that bad, Mark? I have extensive expertise in power cuts and water shortages during the Communist regime and I'd be curious to know just how many of them do you get each year? We got them almost daily in 1985-1989.

[sidoze]

I live near Kingsland Road in London, near Old St. and Angel stations (the latter has the longest escalator in western Europe  ) and within walking distance of Brick Lane / Liverpool Street. It doesn't look particularly beautiful, but it has the best Chinese / Vietnamese restaurants in London, dozens of cafes and small bars with free wi-fi connections (and great coffee and Czech beer), lots of trashy clubs and a few more respectable ones (decent enough to host some of the London jazz festival in November - though you never want these to be too nice anyway), top markets, a large health food shop and excellent links to all over London (it's only a 40 minute walk to Oxford Street anyway). And did I mention all the young tail walking around? 

[Mark]

Is it that bad, Mark? I have extensive expertise in power cuts and water shortages during the Communist regime and I'd be curious to know just how many of them do you get each year? We got them almost daily in 1985-1989.

Well, it's not that bad.

We have outages of water or electricity around six or seven times a year, which is pretty high by UK standards.

[Florestan]

We have outages of water or electricity around six or seven times a year, which is pretty high by UK standards.

Thanks. It's indeed high judging by the standards of a civilized country. But I wanted to give you a relief: it really can be a lot worse. Cheer up!