tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post9094893064662794875..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: Back Home Again: USA America In A Nutshell, Appropriately, EditionJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-59547911423960499122011-09-23T11:41:56.005-04:002011-09-23T11:41:56.005-04:00The first time I heard someone referring to Carmel...The first time I heard someone referring to Carmel-by-the-Sewage-Plant as car-MEL was about 1977. I asked them if they were visiting from California, because the name of the town wasn't pronounced that way. He insisted it was, and I figured "Oh well, if that makes you feel better about paying too damn much money for your house...".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-45360293176510431482011-09-23T01:19:18.596-04:002011-09-23T01:19:18.596-04:00Its: CARM'L
I attended Noblesville High Schoo...Its: CARM'L<br /><br />I attended Noblesville High School in 1971, a time when Noblesville was just a County seat with a Firestone Tire Plant and just developing the upscale new area around Lexington Reservoir (btw one of the sleazier land steals ever pulled off) and Carmel was our rival. And as to upscaling Carmel was 3X was Noblesville was doing and to a person the new people or at least Bruce Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13222670342780912788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-28274526993987125792011-09-21T18:57:37.765-04:002011-09-21T18:57:37.765-04:00It's strange to have almost 8 months of the ye...It's strange to have almost 8 months of the year with four more hours of light after 12 noon than before.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-67296591218332294332011-09-21T17:48:52.106-04:002011-09-21T17:48:52.106-04:00You are correct about the lack of homeless people....You are correct about the lack of homeless people. My offspring (won't mention the sex) concluded that their formative years in Carmel weren't the norm. Also, this is very funny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com