I Am In San Diego , California

[DJHawkes]

Just awoke to an email from the Ab Editor telling me I hadn't posted for a while, how far do I have to go to escape?

[Buenchico]

There's no escape from AB, Dot. It's a cult ;-)

[tiggerblue10]

Lol, Dot!

[pixie374]

You can never escape :-)

[fiction-factory]

Hi dotty. Do WH Smith's have a store in San Diego or are you on holiday/researching a family tree?

[fiction-factory]

You can check out anytime you like but you can never leave . Welcome to the Hotel...Answerbank

[DJHawkes]

I am staying with my eldest son and his family, they live here now. Left Smiths a year ago to semi-retire !

[Buenchico]

>>> Left Smiths a year ago to semi-retire

So is it safe to walk down the main street in Preston now then, without the risk of one's hearing being assailed by the sounds of Garth Brooks' latest hit coming from a shoe shop or a book shop?

[DJHawkes]

Yes I am just waiting for this delayed retirement to come around. I am a WASPI, 1955. Grrrr

[Mamyalynne]

I believe they've even had those emails on the International Space Station so you've a way to go yet.

[jno]

Dot, if the wall isn't too high, you could always hide out in Tijuana

[JimF]

Crossing the footbridge into Tijuana was a massive culture shock. Less than 50 yards separated Western opulence from rows of children begging in rags. This was in the early 90s, so may be different now. We did, of course, take a taxi just for the craic. Not quite as good as taking the train to Chattanooga or being a day's drive from Tulsa.

[DJHawkes]

Well I am off to Santa Monica now so catch ya'll later! My wish was to go and stand next to the bronze cowboy standing on the corner in Winslow Arizona but that's for another trip

[tonyav]

Bloody hell, your a long way from Wigan Dot ;-)

[murraymints]

DOT ! long time no see ! xx

[murraymints]

do the boat on Mission Bay..lovely day out... love San Diego !!

[jno]

JimF, I haven't been to Tijuana but I went across the border at Nogales. So did dozens of busloads of American pensioners wanting cheap drugs (not the illegal sort, just the expensive sort).

[spathiphyllum]

"an email from the Ab Editor telling me I hadn't posted for a while"

Odd that... I get quite the opposite email