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Skriven 2008-07-10 17:30:04 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
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Hey Ruth
-> 
-> -> Thanks, we had a good, quiet one.  Thought we were going to get 
some of
-> -> nature's fire works but they held off until today--while we were out.
-> -> We didn't go out yesterday; I can't take fire works any more.
-> 
->  hn> We watched them on TV..Thought about going down
->  hn> and photographing them, but since I didn't get
->  hn> someone who has a particularly good
->  hn> vantage point that I can set up without
->  hn> too much of a crowd around. So far I have not
->  hn> been too successful at finding that locale!
-> 
-> Scout out a good location in the months to come, then make friends with
-> the property owner.  Offer an incentive to let you shoot on his
-> property.
-> 
Have done a bit of that, but not found the
"perfect" locale yet. I'm patient, and sooner
or later I'll spot the ideal roof, or balcony
and visit with the owners.

-> -> I miss them, but more so, the trade winds that kept everything
-> -> moderated.  And, living up on Scofield was nicer than down toward
-> -> Honolulu or in Ewa Beach as some friends did--a bit higher elevation
-> 
->  hn> LOVED the trades! When Anne and I were first
->  hn> married, we could clean house by simply opening
->  hn> the doors to the lanai, and the front door...if it
->  hn> wasn't too heavy or nailed down, it would fly
->  hn> right out the front door! Our apartment was
->  hn> on the 10th floor( if I remember right) and out
->  hn> lanai faced the sea, so the trades would
->  hn> blow right through if we let them!
-> 
-> We didn't have that but I can picture it in my imagination.(G)
-> 
It was Anne's first experience with 
them and she loved the effect!
Made cleaning house more a 
matter of holding things down
rather than picking them up!
->
-> ->  hn> Don't you have one of those rotary cutters I
-> 
-> -> A rotary cutter (looks like a pizza cutter)? Yes, and I've even got a
-> -> left handed ergonomic one. But, with the amount of cutting I had to do,
-> -> it still took a lot out of my hand.  My left wrist and elbow have both
-> -> been messed up, with plates & screws in them & some nerve damage so
-> 
->  hn> Hmmm, maybe you should get some of those
->  hn> electric scissors!
-> 
-> I've got a couple of those too--one battery operated, the other with a
-> cord. The first ones I bought, 2nd were in a box of misc. sewing stuff I
-> got at a yard sale this spring.  It's harder using those with the ruler
-> & mat to cut what you need.  Great for cutting long, straight pieces for
-> a garment but small pieces for qulting, not so handy.
-> 
Hmmm, ok then....I guess you need a young
assistant! Start training the grand kid! (grin)
-> 
-> ->  hn> No poutine offered, anytime. And most of the west coast
-> ->  hn> fans don't like it anyway...and their opinion of Quebecer's is
-> ->  hn> even lower than their opinion of poutine!
-> 
-> -> Now that is low down! I wonder if it was ever offered when the Expos
-> -> were in Montreal?  Now that they're the Nationals (or as the
-> 
->  hn> I dunno, I know that the Canadians of the West seem
->  hn> to blame a lot of the problems they see (french signage,
->  hn> mandatory french classes in school, and the perpetual
->  hn> being "held hostage" feeling when dealing with unrepentant
->  hn> seperatists from that province) on Quebec, and the
->  hn> attitudes of Quebec'ers doesn't ease that tension in
->  hn> the least! Many of them refuse to speak english, and
->  hn> demand that everyone they meet speak french to
->  hn> them...even when they travel to other provinces...at
->  hn> least that's what I'm told by some friends from BC.
-> 
-> And what do they think of French foods? It sounds like they're like some
-> Americans who insist on using English exclusively, not even trying a bit
-> of another language, when in another country. They're the ones that
-> complain about not being able to get a hamburger--or should I say used
-> to complain now that McD's is on every other corner of the world.
-> 
Chatting with some Canadian friends Tuesday night
and evidently there's a LOT of resentment in Canada
against the Quebec'ers, and consequently a lot of 
prejudice against them as well. Certainly bore out 
what I found at the ball game...Even the East Coast
Canadians were pretty vocally anti Quebec.

chat with you soon!
hap 
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