Getting All Grown Up
When I was a kid I remember taking huge family vacations (that is, more that one family involved) to the beach. After a day of playing in the sand and ocean the adults would kick it drinking those funny drinks, smoking cigs and laughing a lot. I didn't really care that they were all crazy-drunk (we had not invented the term "crunk" at that time) because I got to hang out with the other kids chasing crabs on the beach with flashlights.
This 4th of July weekend LP and I are headed to the beach to our first "all families" gathering. All her brothers and sisters will be there with their chirn and I suspect that I'll get to take the role of "crazed, drunken adult" this time. Man, I hope I don't do anything that's gonna scar the children for life.
I'm trying to look at a few workout options and I'm DYING to take a long open-water swim. I just fear that hitting the ocean at dawn, splashing around like a 73-inch fish and having this silly, bleeding cut on my leg just won't make for a good combination. I not ruled it out, however. Robyn, is an open-water swim in the Gulf safe? Hell, how would you know, there are no sharks in Kansas; except for Land Shark.
This 4th of July weekend LP and I are headed to the beach to our first "all families" gathering. All her brothers and sisters will be there with their chirn and I suspect that I'll get to take the role of "crazed, drunken adult" this time. Man, I hope I don't do anything that's gonna scar the children for life.
I'm trying to look at a few workout options and I'm DYING to take a long open-water swim. I just fear that hitting the ocean at dawn, splashing around like a 73-inch fish and having this silly, bleeding cut on my leg just won't make for a good combination. I not ruled it out, however. Robyn, is an open-water swim in the Gulf safe? Hell, how would you know, there are no sharks in Kansas; except for Land Shark.
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11:51 AM
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Gulf is a go. That's where IM Florida swims....DO IT.
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12:08 PM
Memphis drops another spot in new Census estimate
By Tom Charlier
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Of the nation's 262 cities with at least 100,000 people, Memphis was among 75 that lost population between July 1, 2006, and July 1, 2007, according to Census estimates released today. Here are other population estimates and the percentage gain or loss:
Overtaken by yet another Texas town, Memphis continued slipping in rankings of the nation's largest cities last year, falling from 17th to 18th as its population dropped by some 3,300 residents, new Census estimates show.
Fort Worth, part of the booming "metroplex" also encompassing Dallas, surged past Memphis with a gain of nearly 30,000 residents that pushed its population to 681,818. Memphis, meantime, saw its estimated population drop from 677,345 to 674,028 during the 12-month period ending July 1, 2007.
As recently as 2002, Memphis was the nation's 16th-largest city, but a spate of technology-fueled growth and other factors propelled Austin, Texas, past it.
Further slippage is likely. Charlotte, N.C., added nearly 80,000 people over a five-year period and now trails Memphis by fewer than 2,500 residents.
Nashville-Davidson County moved into the ranks of the 25 largest cities, with a population of 590,807.
Since a 2000 estimate pegged Memphis' population at 690,111, the city's numbers have declined in six of seven years.
In recent years, many former Memphis residents have cited crime, high taxes, corruption and similar factors in their decisions to move.
Gnuschke said that Memphis is unlikely to reclaim those residents through annexation, which has accounted for most of the city's growth in past years.
There are few areas left for Memphis to annex, and much of the migration has been to other counties and states, beyond the city's reach.
"There hasn't been a mass exodus from the city," he said.
-- Tom Charlier: 529-2572
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Chattanooga: 169,884 (plus 0.9percent).
Clarksville, Tenn.: 119,284 (plus 4.8percent).
Jackson, Miss.: 175,710 (minus 1.4percent)
Knoxville: 183,546 (plus 0.9percent).
Little Rock: 187,452 (plus 0.3percent).
Nashville-Davidson County: 590,807 (plus 0.9percent).
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