Comments on: Knackered in Nashua (Part 2)

By: Shaula

Shaula — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:17:36 +0000

@ Kathy: I had no idea how scary fire can be up close until that apartment fire. I can’t begin to imagine what it was like for you walking out of that hotel in the smokey dark.

I look for emergency exits right away, too!

@Marty: the Northeast is still less humid than Richmond, so we’re very happy with things all in all. And we are very happy to be off-season travelers.

Please do give us advice about Rhode Island. We’d love a Marty’s-Eye-View of the place. We’re hoping to hit it on the way back.

We miss you, too! It is a rare treat to get a comment from you, here. I hope you and C. are enjoying your new place and getting settled in.

By: Neil

Neil — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:07:03 +0000

Good to hear from you, marty =]

The cool mornings and fair days are what we’re hanging out for, so we may yet make that, and we will certainly email you any time we’re near RI.

Was also thinking of you, last night–as you were on the site, I tried to message you. But alas, no dice.

By: marty

marty — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:29:20 +0000

It is really too bad that you hit the northeast in the middle of that stint of bad weather. You are about a month too early. The fall is really cozy with cool mornings and fair days.

I somehow overlooked your email about visiting RI! It seems like you may have bi-passed it through Mass. If you do end up going through, I can suggest some nice places to check out.

I would also offer up my parents’ place to stay, but they have totally gutted out their first floor to build an addition.

I was thinking of you guys last night as I crunched field numbers while enjoying a nice cup of Ooolong Tea. Virginia is not the same with out you guys.

By: Neil

Neil — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:42:20 +0000

Ouch, Kathy!

One New Year’s Eve in Dallas, our neighboring apartment building burned down to the ground. The apartment complex was built in a ‘T’ shape, and ours was the middle of the crossbar… no more than ten feet from the end of the burning building. We spent the wee hours of the morning trying to take care of the neighbors, and watching the flames lick the shingles on our roof.

By: Kathy Maister

Kathy Maister — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:10:53 +0000

There is nothing worse than a heat wave! Except being in a heat wave with NO air conditioning! How awful! At least you know you will be waking up to a decent breakfast.
The most dreadful hotel experience we have had was being in one hotel fire and two power outages. Walking down from the 11th floor in a smoke filled stairwell of a NYC hotel was really terrifying! The power outage in Johannesburg was equally terrifying in that we were plunged into total darkness and then ALL of the electronic room locks popped open!
The very first thing I do in any hotel is look for the emergency stairwell.
I hope the weather changes soon!