I have not been to the World Trade Center area since 2001. About three months
after the attack, I walked around the entire complex, which was boarded off,
except for the egress road where they were carting debris out of the area. An
endless stream of large trucks carrying beams and concrete and other rubble.
I recall flying (not me as pilot of course) within a couple of hundred feet of
the towers back in the 1980s in a small plane. And being up on the observation
deck of one of the towers, maybe in 1979.
Security in the city varies depending on assessed threat level.
How is St. Pat's, I have not been in there for a while, is the scaffolding on
the inside finally gone? Sometime I meditate in Cathedrals. There is another
called St. Mary's just off Times Square and it seems a bit quieter. I am of
course not Catholic, I am blissfully non-theistic, invading the sacred spaces
of the reality challenged.
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On Sunday, July 5, 2015 4:32 PM, "[email protected] [FairfieldLife]"
<[email protected]> wrote:
Xeno, thank you for your detailed response.
I enjoyed every minute of it!
Oh, a little follow up on Bhairitu's comment about high security in NYC.
As I met my wife and daughter after they attended Mass at St. Patrick's
Cathedral ,there was a heavy police presence,. They were with armed semi, or
fully automatic assault rifles and other gear. So, that was interesting.
Also, the two Memorial Pools at the 9-11 site, marking the location of the two
towers, was very impressive, IMO.
Everything to do with the memorial was controversial including the memorials,
but I found them to be rather perfect.
---In [email protected], <anartaxius@...> wrote :
Thanks for the invitation, but I have other obligations.
I deleted my post as I tend not to have any photos I have taken remain on the
Internet in a public space for very long. I live about a 60 mile drive out of
the City, and tend to avoid going into the City unless I have to. Normally I
drive to the Metro North Train Station in Brewster (and at my age the round
trip costs about $18.50), which actually costs less that the total cost of
driving, though it takes longer. Parking is expensive in New York unless you
hunt around. I have medical appointments on Monday. As I get older these
appointments seem to be increasing in frequency.
My vehicle is about 15 years old and I need to take it in for repairs, the
exhaust system needs patching (I hope) as there are some holes in it and my SO
is complaining about fumes, she is very sensitive to industrial fumes even
though she thinks nothing of asphyxiating me with smoke particles from incense.
The Cloisters was interesting. That day I was there, I went with a local photo
club. The museum gave me temporary permission to use a tripod so I was able to
get shots in darker areas until my camera died. I used my SO's camera for the
rest of the day. I think that camera died a few months later too.
Once again thanks for the invite, but it takes a lot of pressure to get me to
go into New York City. If I go in more than two or three times a year, it's
unusual.
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From: "steve.sundur@... [FairfieldLife]" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sunday, July 5, 2015 1:50 PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: PROVIDER OF KNOWLEDGE
Xeno, I replied to a message you had posted here last night, but my reply
never showed up, and now I don't see your original message.
But I enjoyed your piece about The Cloisters, and wanted to invite you for
lunch at the Four Seasons, Pool Room tomorrow (Monday), at noon.
That may depend if our attire will permit us entrance, but if not we will dine
somewhere else.
We'll be a party of four, two adults, and two grown kids.
I know little about the Four Seasons other than hearing about it occasionally,
but I read that it may have to relocate, and that it had a wonderful atmosphere.
And me, being a sucker for "darshan", of any sort, I though,we'd make a splurge.
Hope you can make it, even with the last minute notice!
---In [email protected], <anartaxius@...> wrote :
Having located the source of our knowledge from India it turns out to be....
DIKSHIT
Dikshit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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(/ˈdɪkʃɪt/) (Hindi: दीक्षित) is a Hindu family name. The word is an adjective
form of the Sanskrit word diksha, meaning provider of knowledge. Dikshit in
Sanskrit derives itself as a person involved in scientific studies, and
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