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2010-12-17 Africa Horn

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Posted by Fred 2010-12-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
File under: al-Shabaab

#1 "something to be knocked down"? I'm surprised there's still anything to be knocked down.

Posted by Pappy 2010-12-17 12:27|| 2010-12-17 12:27|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm surprised there's still anything to be knocked down.

It's probably not news to you and many others here, Pappy, but after six months of trips to Egypt, Mr. Wife finally told me of the people living on the median strips of the main streets in Cairo. The huts were of unmortered cinder blocks, no doubt stolen from some building site or other. Periodically as his cab driver took him between the factory and his hotel, Mr. Wife would notice on of the huts had fallen in... and eventually he realized that by the time he saw that, a new hut was rising... with a new family waiting to move in. Like ants, humans build shelters, no matter how poor the building material.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-12-17 23:14|| 2010-12-17 23:14|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm sorry, that came out wrong. I meant you probably know about the people living on the street medians, not about Mr. Wife's travels. I never joined him there because that would have led to a transfer to Saudi Arabia. He never took me to India because he didn't think I'd be able to handle real poverty.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-12-17 23:20|| 2010-12-17 23:20|| Front Page Top

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