tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post8814354060777280799..comments2024-03-28T20:40:18.960-04:00Comments on The Misadventures of Widowhood: Airports and SuffragettesMisadventures of Widowhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-34910406118214068392015-11-22T17:04:07.495-05:002015-11-22T17:04:07.495-05:00Have a good Thanksgiving, Asha. Hope your son will...Have a good Thanksgiving, Asha. Hope your son will be home to enjoy it with you and your husband. I always look forward to your comments. We have a history, don't we. <br /><br />Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-55987944985901089162015-11-22T16:27:04.120-05:002015-11-22T16:27:04.120-05:00Jean :
reading your blog always inspires me you k...Jean :<br /><br />reading your blog always inspires me you know how to keep life exciting with all this flurry of activities. I love your airport tour now I will impress hubby with my new knowledge I bet he doesn't know airport use heated sand to clean their runways. thanks for reminder of good movie review. I wanted to see when I had seen trailer of it. Ofcourse now I will make movie date Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-65366637477497976812015-11-22T09:34:18.323-05:002015-11-22T09:34:18.323-05:00We had snow yesterday. About 3 inches still on the...We had snow yesterday. About 3 inches still on the ground but it melted on the sidewalks and roads. Winter is officially here.<br /><br />The airport plowing pattern isn't that easy to do. They are so close together and snow can pull your tail end off to the side. I suspect with the huge trucks that is less of an issue. We tried it from time to time on the back of our mall, just for fun but Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-13920444798043728832015-11-22T09:00:39.339-05:002015-11-22T09:00:39.339-05:00I am exhausted having lived through my week. I did...I am exhausted having lived through my week. I didn't do anything yesterday but play on the computer.<br /><br />I've never missed a vote either.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-38864293248600521042015-11-21T22:49:10.489-05:002015-11-21T22:49:10.489-05:00That must have been an interesting discussion. I d...That must have been an interesting discussion. I didn't know a lot about the violent nature that the movement took in England. What struck me, too, is how I've seen photographs of suffragettes for decades and I've romanticized them without fully appreciating how much courage it must have taken to march and protest.<br /><br />I don't know if you watched the 2nd video I posted but Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-24229027684994246562015-11-21T22:44:07.939-05:002015-11-21T22:44:07.939-05:00I am with other commenters expressing surprise at ...I am with other commenters expressing surprise at heated sand! And the airport tour sounded really interesting!<br />A couple of years ago we sat in the departure lounge at Ottawa Airport watching the snow plows on the runway. There were at least six or seven in a line going up one side and down the other. But I sense from the comment above that you have already had some snow and so probably Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-19801185910585865292015-11-21T22:37:05.077-05:002015-11-21T22:37:05.077-05:00Okay. I am officially exhausted just reading about...Okay. I am officially exhausted just reading about your week! I have never missed voting. One year, 1964, I didn't vote for either Presidential candidate, but I still voted on the rest of the ballot. I felt like such a rebel. Hee Hee HeeJudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03399435237919718544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-57524317700521172752015-11-21T20:55:52.628-05:002015-11-21T20:55:52.628-05:00I'm eager to see Suffragette, and I'm happ...I'm eager to see Suffragette, and I'm happy to hear that you liked it. I applaud the filmmakers for making the film from the point of view of the "foot soldiers" rather than the famous leaders. Two of the women in my women's activism course had seen the film just before we had our last class, and they used the film to enrich our discussion of the relationship between the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-62485495810699343442015-11-21T17:50:11.055-05:002015-11-21T17:50:11.055-05:00They had three of those huge snow blowers but two ...They had three of those huge snow blowers but two were older. I don't think we could have marched around the perimeter. It would have taken forever. I don't know how many of those 3,000 acres were fenced in but a lot. They keep the grass cut very short on both sides to discourage wild life.The wild turkeys were surreal to see so close to Thanksgiving. I haven't seen an several years.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-27217612835719493002015-11-21T17:42:14.456-05:002015-11-21T17:42:14.456-05:00That airport tour would have been fascinating. Of ...That airport tour would have been fascinating. Of course I know about de-icing the planes and all of that, but I've never really thought about the complexities of keeping the runways open. Yes, I knew there were plows, but heated sand? And million dollar machines? Goodness, me. And I was glad to see you had a bus. It would have been a shame to make you all march around that perimeter.<br /><shoreacreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16284698314697628805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-17843818677921154942015-11-21T11:48:56.135-05:002015-11-21T11:48:56.135-05:00Oh, the stories you could tell! On a slightly diff...Oh, the stories you could tell! On a slightly different aspect of women working in historically traditional male roles, the captain of the airport firefighters and EMTs is a woman. She runs the whole program. And I thought it was interesting that what was once a bunk room not too long ago was replaced with individual but tiny bed rooms. Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-41168612605937601892015-11-21T11:33:14.933-05:002015-11-21T11:33:14.933-05:00I don't get why people don't take voting m...I don't get why people don't take voting more seriously than they do either. We are quickly becoming a nation of low information and fractured voters.<br /><br />I hope this movie does well so there will be more of this type made.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-58011667008051251792015-11-21T11:28:24.780-05:002015-11-21T11:28:24.780-05:00It was fantastic. Not only is the sand heated it&#...It was fantastic. Not only is the sand heated it's a special kind of sand that won't get sucked up into the engines. They can't use salt on airports because it damages the planes. The sand is heated because sand all has moisture in it and for airports they can't have the sand clump. Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-74455547749574448262015-11-21T11:09:56.410-05:002015-11-21T11:09:56.410-05:00Now that visit to the airport really sounds fantas...Now that visit to the airport really sounds fantastic to me. I didn't realize that heated the sand. Wow! Today and of course you already know, we have snow. It's to early. My friend will be going on a cruise on Dec. 12th. Lucky him. I have to wait until January 20th 2016 and I can't wait.<br />Have a warm day as best you can Jean. See ya my friend.<br /><br />Cruisin PaulCruisin Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13137904435537645207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-78172720718821596702015-11-21T11:06:31.414-05:002015-11-21T11:06:31.414-05:00I'm so excited to see that movie. I am PASSIO...I'm so excited to see that movie. I am PASSIONATE about voting and always say a prayer of thanks on any election day for the women who came before me who helped ensure my right to vote. I am appalled at people (but women in particular) who don't vote to vote without any idea of what/who they are supporting and how this person/issue will impact lives.<br /><br />You do so many cool and donnajurenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10799559087972759233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-6108287955559852992015-11-21T10:56:51.063-05:002015-11-21T10:56:51.063-05:00I would have loved the movie too. I was a cop in ...I would have loved the movie too. I was a cop in a mans world, so I get how all this works. I survived and was respected in my field so I know the hard work that goes into being successful. Oh the comments I've heard. I can only imagine the horrors they suffered. I thank every one of them that came before me.<br /><br />Have a fabulous day. ☺Sandeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06785788498697004273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-71767177169237109712015-11-21T10:01:17.004-05:002015-11-21T10:01:17.004-05:00Actually, we didn't walk at all. A mini bus of...Actually, we didn't walk at all. A mini bus of 25 seats was able to drive us all around and through the buildings we toured. Inside the building we just got out, heard a talk and got back on the bus. In some cases we didn't even get off because our tour director was able to explain what we were seeing. We went a lot of places where she had to card us through gates. It's such a big Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-82189589975813972912015-11-21T09:28:32.216-05:002015-11-21T09:28:32.216-05:00That was a great review. I have to see it. Boy, yo...That was a great review. I have to see it. Boy, you've had a busy week, especially the day you had three events. I don't know how you do it. Did you walk all over those airport acres or did you have a golf cart? It sounds like a lot of walking.Bella Rumhttp://bellarum.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-85899525103903655572015-11-21T08:55:04.021-05:002015-11-21T08:55:04.021-05:00Sounds like you're going to have a great holid...Sounds like you're going to have a great holiday. I wish I could be there with you all.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-73353246878970600382015-11-21T01:36:15.262-05:002015-11-21T01:36:15.262-05:00Awesome review ... I'll go see it soon! My Ma...Awesome review ... I'll go see it soon! My Maui neighbor friend and I are doing a turkey dinner at her house. So far, we've found two more lonely hearts to join us. Nonetheless, we are making ALL of the infamous dishes!The Awkward Widowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03729456066739275695noreply@blogger.com