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« Reply To This #1 on: May 20, 2008, 10:11:22 AM » |
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Larry, that is so funny!!! I lived in Fair Oaks for 53 yrs and never noticed that street!!!  Welcome to Kiva Friends!!!  |
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« Reply To This #2 on: May 20, 2008, 10:55:54 AM » |
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Are there more Kiva streets out there?
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I never could resist a nice Google challenge  Kiva Street, Iselin, New JerseyEast Kiva Avenue, Mesa, ArizonaKiva Court, Copperopolis, CaliforniaKiva Avenue, Aztec, New Mexico Kiva Road, Silver Spring, MarylandKiva Way, Gulf Shores, Alabama (leading to the Kiva Dunes Golf Course..) North Kiva Lane, Paradise Valley, Scottsdale, ArizonaKiva Circle, Windsor, ColoradoKiva Drive, Gallup, New Mexicoyes, I know, I'll never get those 30 minutes of my life back. It was worth it though, just to discover that there is a town called Copperopolis  |
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verba volant, littera scripta manet
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« Reply To This #3 on: May 20, 2008, 11:05:26 AM » |
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Peter, There were quite a few Kivas in the southwest, so in another moment where curiosity became more important than finding the kitchen counter under the dirty dishes, I discovered... Kiva is an underground or partly underground chamber in a Pueblo village, used by the men especially for ceremonies or councils. Here is a link with both historical kiva photo and a modern version as well as more details for the incredibly curious... http://www.answers.com/topic/kivaColette |
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Diane R
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« Reply To This #4 on: May 20, 2008, 11:13:54 AM » |
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Kiva Street, Iselin, New Jersey Until age 12, I lived 3 miles from there, in Colonia, New Jersey. Can't say I visited Kiva Street in my childhood, though. --Diane. |
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« Reply To This #5 on: May 20, 2008, 11:30:56 AM » |
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One of my best friends has a white German shepherd named Kiva. Kiva is probably 10 years old now, so she was around long before www.kiva.org! |
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In the end, we will conserve only what we love.
We will love only what we understand.
We will understand only what we have been taught.
~Baba Dioum, Senegal
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« Reply To This #6 on: May 20, 2008, 11:38:46 AM » |
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Okay, I want to go take a picture at Kiva Drive!  The american indian definition of Kiva is pretty neat too! |
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« Reply To This #7 on: May 20, 2008, 01:53:32 PM » |
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Okay, I want to go take a picture at Kiva Drive! Why take a picture?...Just take the sign  |
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« Reply To This #8 on: May 20, 2008, 02:03:03 PM » |
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@ Margie!
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« Reply To This #9 on: May 20, 2008, 02:12:23 PM » |
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Wow. I decided to do a bit of research on penalties for street sign theft, but found much more interesting stuff on the way. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_sign_theftNote some of the reasons why people steal signs, and read some of the names on the pics. I would so be &#%$@ out if I printed some of the words! Also, someone has been held responsible for an accident after stealing the street sign! If you enlarge the first picture of the back of the Illinois street sign, it tells how much the fine is. Thinking that I could make a LOT of loans with that type of money... Some day maybe this information will be useful, right?  Colette |
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« Reply To This #10 on: May 20, 2008, 04:19:24 PM » |
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That was funny Colette... Wish I had known about the town in Austria when I was a kid, could have used it for a defense against the bar of soap!  |
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« Reply To This #11 on: May 20, 2008, 05:01:41 PM » |
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« Reply To This #12 on: May 20, 2008, 05:21:44 PM » |
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Why take a picture?...Just take the sign Margie that would look great in the Kiva offices, dont ya think? |
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I find not direction in the readings of those with whom my eccentricities are similar, but rather validation.
My only solace is that I find a peaceful place where I might be resigned to my depriving loneliness.
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« Reply To This #13 on: May 20, 2008, 05:43:49 PM » |
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Margie that would look great in the Kiva offices, dont ya think?
Great idea Steve! We wouldn't want Charity to get arrested though  So here's a website for custom name street signs: http://streetname.ricesigns.com/ |
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« Reply To This #14 on: May 21, 2008, 03:05:32 AM » |
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I've never found a street named Kiva but a few years ago when I was in Eagle River, Wisconsin there was a street named Pollyanna Ave. (Street, Road?). But as you can surmise, it was also a "Dead End". I recommend asking the town council for a replica (the original) in recognition of Kiva's great work. Grrrrreeeaaaatttt. publicity stunt for the Sacramento. |
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« Reply To This #15 on: May 21, 2008, 10:31:39 PM » |
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Until age 12, I lived 3 miles from there, in Colonia, New Jersey. Can't say I visited Kiva Street in my childhood, though. --Diane. Gee, and I lived two houses off of Inman Ave when I was a kid. I don't remember a Kiva Street either. Dan |
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We are loaners!
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« Reply To This #16 on: May 21, 2008, 10:55:38 PM » |
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This is getting weird.... I lived right off Inman Ave. also (but more like 10 houses). :eek:
PM coming to triangulate....
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« Reply To This #17 on: May 22, 2008, 07:44:40 AM » |
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Maybe you guys are long lost childhood best friends! |
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I find not direction in the readings of those with whom my eccentricities are similar, but rather validation.
My only solace is that I find a peaceful place where I might be resigned to my depriving loneliness.
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« Reply To This #18 on: May 23, 2008, 04:50:23 PM » |
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All this time I've been wondering if the i in Kiva is pronounced as in liter or as in lighter. If you have streets and stuff with this name I suppose you'll have a pronunciation! So which is it?
Of course the name of kiva.org comes from Swahili. Anyone know how the Swahili word kiva is pronounced?
And isn't this an amazingly elegant way to hijack a thread almost without hijacking it?
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« Reply To This #19 on: May 23, 2008, 04:51:53 PM » |
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It is pronounced "keevah" by its founders and staff, so that's the way I pronounce it also! (Watch some of the videos on the Kiva.org site and it'll be obvious.)
So, that's like "liter" I would say.
--Diane.
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