tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1603174461344479143.post6107049814781848459..comments2024-02-14T18:14:24.187-08:00Comments on 20011: A Fire Down the StreetGeorgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1603174461344479143.post-50354213898098860282013-11-21T15:09:10.826-08:002013-11-21T15:09:10.826-08:00Well, actually, I did do a bit of shouting, offeri...Well, actually, I did do a bit of shouting, offering the police the use of our sledgehammer. And my calmness before that owed to want of information. I had not heard the shouting, nor seen the policeman take from his trunk what was a battering ram, but which my wife took to be a machine gun.<br /><br />Washington drama has fallen off greatly in the last twenty or so years. It may be my suburban upbringing that makes me say so, but I don't find that I miss the drama.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1603174461344479143.post-66930324108927601282013-11-21T02:37:14.699-08:002013-11-21T02:37:14.699-08:00I love the phrase 'stepped out'. Had it be...I love the phrase 'stepped out'. Had it been me, it would have been a case of pelting out the front door, hell for leather, probably screaming. But then we clasp any drama we can get in Canberrazmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.com