User talk:Donald Albury
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Dunedin, FL
[edit]I represent the Dunedin History Museum and the city historian. The reference link(s) to the first land grant and the incorporation of the city is from an old incorrect city of Dunedin page. The dates 1852 and 1925 are incorrect for the first land grant and the founding of the city.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.96.115.241 (talk • contribs) 15:10 4 August 2021 (UTC)
Arecaceae
[edit]In fact that editor has repeatedly refused to advise me of what the problem is. I'm surprised to hear that editor is an experienced editor as I had not seen need to check. Right off attempting to inject FRINGE political bias and going on to repeatedly demand I debate positions I don't hold is strange for an experienced editor. I have said several times that we can remove and change any parts of my added text and asked how he wants to do that: He still refuses to reply instead insisting on these debates. Invasive Spices (talk) 31 January 2022 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)
[edit]Your response to the edit about renaming Istanbul came after I had loaded the page but before I reverted, so I didn't see it. If you wish to restore it, feel free.-Gadfium (talk) 23:46, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- @Gadfium: Nah. I was being a bit snarky, anyway. Alt.Donald Albury (talk) 00:02, 4 October 2024 (UTC)
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My proposal to make extensive changes to WikiProject Wikipedians aged 70 and older was a bust, primarily because many users felt that the term "Senior Wikipedian" implied a higher ranking Wikipedia membership. Therefore, I am making two less ambitious proposals:
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About your remarks on Doug's talk page
[edit]Hi, Donald. Saw your remarks about taking three hard falls in the past month on Doug Weller's talk page. Very sorry to hear that, and feel guilty that I haven't checked in with you as I've been meaning to since noticing that I hadn't seen you around in the usual places. Wishing you a speedy recovery, and hoping that maybe a change in your medications will help. All the best, Carlstak (talk) 19:38, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
- I didn't use this account for three weeks because I was traveling, and was using my alternate account (sparingly). My second fall was in the Atlanta airport, and the third on the cruise ship. And because we were traveling, we missed Helene and Milton (actually, had some rough seas while waiting for Port Everglades to re-open after Milton). And how was Milton for you? Donald Albury 19:52, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
- We were lucky to have little impact here other than water at the end of our street that lingered for a few days (I think we have the lowest street in the neighborhood and a lot of leaves and small branches blown off the oak trees. The power was off overnight but back on by lunch. I'm supposed to be going to Martin County tomorrow—I read that there was varying damage to 600 homes and a middle school there, but as far as I know there was no damage to my destination. Seems there was more damage from tornadoes than the hurricane winds in the county. I take it you didn't have any serious flooding at your place? Carlstak (talk) 21:41, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
- Our street has a significant slope, so standing water is not a problem. We had several smaller trees come down in the back yard in Debby (and some big trees fell at the upper end of the street), but nothing came down in Helene or Milton. We originally planned to drive a rental from Ft. Lauderdale on Thursday, but decided I wasn't in shape to drive that far. We rode over to Ft. Myers on Friday with friends we had traveled with, and then hired a car from there to Gainesville. Riding on I-75 we saw a lot of tree damage, especially around Sarasota, and some structural damage. Just as we were entering Pasco County, the cell phones blasted out a flash flood warning, thankfully not affecting the highway. Donald Albury 01:03, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
- Glad it was okay. Those emergency alerts scare the hell out of me in my sleep sometimes, but It's a good thing we have them.;-) Carlstak (talk) 02:01, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
- Our street has a significant slope, so standing water is not a problem. We had several smaller trees come down in the back yard in Debby (and some big trees fell at the upper end of the street), but nothing came down in Helene or Milton. We originally planned to drive a rental from Ft. Lauderdale on Thursday, but decided I wasn't in shape to drive that far. We rode over to Ft. Myers on Friday with friends we had traveled with, and then hired a car from there to Gainesville. Riding on I-75 we saw a lot of tree damage, especially around Sarasota, and some structural damage. Just as we were entering Pasco County, the cell phones blasted out a flash flood warning, thankfully not affecting the highway. Donald Albury 01:03, 14 October 2024 (UTC)
- We were lucky to have little impact here other than water at the end of our street that lingered for a few days (I think we have the lowest street in the neighborhood and a lot of leaves and small branches blown off the oak trees. The power was off overnight but back on by lunch. I'm supposed to be going to Martin County tomorrow—I read that there was varying damage to 600 homes and a middle school there, but as far as I know there was no damage to my destination. Seems there was more damage from tornadoes than the hurricane winds in the county. I take it you didn't have any serious flooding at your place? Carlstak (talk) 21:41, 13 October 2024 (UTC)
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