strathspey@strathspey.org:40312

Volleyballjerry

inquiry about California

Jan. 15, 2005, 9:53 p.m. (Message 40312)

In a message dated 01/13/2005 4:57:26 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
xxxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xx writes:

Hello again, Robb,

You are right on Germany. I suppose that the main thread from which this 
fibre has become detached has come to an end.

Not knowing where Thousand Oaks is in California, I send you my best wishes, 
and I hope that you have not been affected by the rain disaster you 
mentioned. Some 10 years ago, just back from a car trip to California, I saw 
on TV the overpass I had traversed, collapsed by the earthquake. Poor 
California! Are any Strathspeyers affected by the current disaster?

Greetings, once again,
Bert

REPLY:

Thanks, Bert, for the concern and good wishes.  For you (and all), Thousand 
Oaks is on the eastern edge of Ventura County, about midway between downtown 
Los Angeles and Santa Barbara and about ten miles (sixteen kilometers) as the 
crow flies over the Santa Monica Mountains from the Pacific Coast.  The 
disastrous and fatal mudslide that made the news around the world, I imagine, was at 
La Conchita, on the opposite end of this same county and closer to Santa 
Barbara.  Despite the deluge we happily had no damage at home.  Thanks again for the 
concern.

Robb Quint
Thousand Oaks, CA, USA