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Vivien, Would have confused it with Brugges. Wink

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Whoever took that picture was a little tipsy heh? LOL

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It was making me a little dizzy, so here's the 'upright' one. Wink

http://photothru.com/photo_filedb1/A5/58/29/A55829/viewable/A55829_131CA18232F3_1.jpg

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thanks! that wide angle lens effect - they aren't my photos - you don't tend to take them of your own town do you?

friends say Gibraltar is very seedy and run down nowadays.

Then we moved to Scotland - trying to find good image ....

http://www.jimhendersonphotography.com/wjh00056.jpg

not a very good image sadly - there is this little circular bay and harbour that this looks out onto and then sweeping round from the village is a huge 7 mile sweep of beach - desolate and beautiful.

it might remind you of Bruges but believe me - it can't compete!

then Malta

http://www.xs4all.nl/~cmallo/611-2-8a.jpg

then back to art college in the south of England and then back here....

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Vivien, That picture of Gibralter reminded me of the time I visited there. We had to cross the runway by bus to get to the town of Gibralter. I also had a pint at the "oldest pub in Gibralter." Wink

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I forgot to say a bit about the place - well the team who unravelled DNA did so at the university here.

It used to be famous for making boots and shoes and hosiery but sadly that has all declined with cheap imports.

Richard III died at the battle of Bosworth nearby and his body was reputedly thrown into the river so that his tomb could not become a place of pligrimage - there is also a legend that the local Greyfriars found it and buried it in holy ground nearby.

There has been a a town here for centuries. There is a Roman bath, lots of roman remains when the excavate roads etc, a thriving medieval town, not much of which is left due to terrible town planners,we have the Space museum here and the Beagle disaster was run from there, we have the
'Golden Mile' an Asian quarter with fabulous shops that people from London come up to as there is nowhere quite like it for jewellery, saris etc etc etc It is very multicultural so there are decorations/processions etc for Diwali (Hindu), Eid (Moslem), Hannukah (spelling??) Jewish, Caribbean Carnival and various other smaller groups.

Old maps show that where I live (15mins walk to the centre) was orchards outside the city walls in Medieval times. The place really grew in Victorian times with the factories and the housing needed for workers and rich owners.

The countryside is pretty, smallish fields and rolling hills and small woods and villages. Charnwood Forest is higher ground and has the house where Lady Jane Grey grew up (Queen for 6 days before being beheaded) - she was used as a pawn by her ambitious family to challenge for the crown and failed. Her home is now a ruin and the grounds (lovely) are a large park open to all. They are hilly, with small copses of trees and ancient oaks, rocky, bracken covered hillsides and herds of deer.

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cicerone imposter wrote:

This is our first home we bought in Fremont, California, while I was attending Cal State University in Hayward. Probably around 1962-63.

Where about in Fremont is that, c.i.? I grew up in Irvington, myself.

What highschool did you graduate from in Oakland? Me mum graduated from Fremont H.S. Interesting, huh?

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Vivien wrote:

I forgot to say a bit about the place - well the team who unravelled DNA did so at the university here.

Nothing against your lovely place, Vivian!

But I've been twice within the last months in the "Eagle" in Cambridge, which claims to be the place, where Watson and Crick discovered the form of DNA. And Cambridge (University) celebrated the 50th anniversary of DNA discovery last year :wink:
(The Sanger Institute in Hinxton, Cambs. and the University of Cambridge Cavendish Laboratory are kind of heirs.)

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Walter Hinteler wrote:

Vivien wrote:
I forgot to say a bit about the place - well the team who unravelled DNA did so at the university here.

Nothing against your lovely place, Vivian!

But I've been twice within the last months in the "Eagle" in Cambridge, which claims to be the place, where Watson and Crick discovered the form of DNA. And Cambridge (University) celebrated the 50th anniversary of DNA discovery last year :wink:
(The Sanger Institute in Hinxton, Cambs. and the University of Cambridge Cavendish Laboratory are kind of heirs.)

not discovered but unravelled - I'm no scientist so can't explain in detail! I'll try to look for a clearer explanation

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Webpage Title

link to story about the first use of dna profiling in solving a murder (local)

and ...

Forensics, paternity and immigration: all have been revolutionized by DNA fingerprinting. Sir Alec Jeffreys describes its development.

DNA fingerprinting has become an indelible part of society, helping to prove innocence or guilt in criminal cases, resolving immigration arguments and clarifying paternity. Its inventor, Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, University of Leicester, looks back at how it began.

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Turner, It's on the corner of Laguna and Lemos Lane, not far from Central Park. It was a new development back then, and I think we bought the last house on that street. It was one of the smaller models, but many wondered how we were able to buy a home while I still attended college. My wife was very frugal, and she had saved over $8,000 working as a head nurse in San Francisco.

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Vivien wrote:

Webpage Title

link to story about the first use of dna profiling in solving a murder (local)

and ...

Forensics, paternity and immigration: all have been revolutionized by DNA fingerprinting. Sir Alec Jeffreys describes its development.

DNA fingerprinting has become an indelible part of society, helping to prove innocence or guilt in criminal cases, resolving immigration arguments and clarifying paternity. Its inventor, Professor Sir Alec Jeffreys, University of Leicester, looks back at how it began.

and here's the link to where that piece came from

webpage

so Cambridge may have discovered it but Leicester unravelled it :D

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Sorry, Vivien, I misinterpreted 'unravelled', indeed (actually, I didn't look it up, remembered only my "experiences" ... Embarrassed

).

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that's ok! you can't take away one of our rare moments of glory though!!!! Very Happy

and your English is so good I think I just expect total comprehension at all times from you!

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Vivien wrote:

that's ok! you can't take away one of our rare moments of glory though!!!!

Heh! I thaught that had been the treble (in rugby) in 2001 Laughing

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cicerone imposter wrote:

Turner, It's on the corner of Laguna and Lemos Lane, not far from Central Park. It was a new development back then, and I think we bought the last house on that street. It was one of the smaller models, but many wondered how we were able to buy a home while I still attended college. My wife was very frugal, and she had saved over $8,000 working as a head nurse in San Francisco.

I was thinking that was Mission San Jose. . . not far off.

My parents bought their house for about 60k in 1976. Now, almost 30 years later, they can get about ten times that. Property values there are outragous. . .

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We paid $20,000 for our first home, and sold it for about what we paid for it.

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I was born and raised in Costa Rica, till the age of 4. My hometown is/was Rivas, and I mean town. It could be considered a village. We moved to the states, my father's idea, looking for a better life. I regret ever leaving the country and to this day hold a grudge towards my dad. We still get along though, Very Happy

. I currently reside in Southern California, near Los Angeles, and i must say it is one of the least friendliest places i have ever been in. It could just be the Tico blood in me... :wink: I'm revisiting Costa Rica very soon, as I do every year, and was checking for any currency issues and weather conditions. While searching for some information, I came across this site, and I have been reading alot of these posts for a couple hours now. It is damn late, heh. Many of you seem to share my opinion of Costa Rica as paradise. Laughing

Anyway, just thought i would state my birth place, and introduce myself. Solo es Pura vida, amigos!

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born, raised, been in the war, still living, and planning to live in future (I do travel though Smile

), here:

http://www.karlovac.hr/Slike/nove/Uvod-01_velika.jpg

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Such pretty red roofs, MOUN.

This is not only my home town but the arch contains my business, a school of English.

http://www.psbellamy.com/totnes/totnes_180403_arch_looking_from_fore_street.jpg

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