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Skriven 2009-03-03 10:40:00 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: RE: Oddz & Endzz
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Hey Ruth!
Did you get some snow?
-> 
-> ->  hn> I don't remember cave of the winds...we rode
-> ->  hn> the lady of the mist below the falls
-> 
-> -> Maid of the Mist?
-> 
->  hn> Ok, Maid of the mist...it was more than 50 years
->  hn> ago! (grin)
-> 
-> Just one of the odd bits of trivia that got stuck in my brain. Of course
-> the alliterativeness of it helped it to stick.
-> 
I was a kid...not much stuck to me in those
days (grin)

-> ->  hn> and I can't remember the name of the
-> ->  hn> boat above the falls...and it was quite a
-> 
-> -> I've no idea.
-> 
->  hn> It was more like a cabin cruiser charter
->  hn> boat than an "excursion boat".
-> 
-> Somebody out to earn a few extra $$ maybe?  Snacks offered for sale?
->
Perhaps...it was pretty good sized though I think
there were six of us and still room for more passengers.
 
-> ->  hn> ways upstream...but you could hear the
-> ->  hn> falls anyway.
-> 
-> -> It's hard not to hear them from a distance.  Anyway, I don't know when
-> -> the Cave of the Winds tours started but it is quite an experience.  Only
-> -> time I've had anything close is in Switzerland at Trummelbach Falls.
-> -> Next time you get to Niagara, ask about the CotW tour--you would get
-> -> some awesome pictures.
-> 
->  hn> I don't expect to see Niagra again unless
->  hn> something Unforseen happens in my life.
-> 
-> You never know what might happen to get you in the area. If you do get
-> there, remember that Buffalo is home to the Anchor Bar (over hyped) and
-> beef on 'weck (or 'wick), kimmelweck (wick) rolls.  Good eating,
-> especially if you can find a mom & pop's place.
->
Anne has relatives upstate, but mostly around 
Albany, the rest of em are down in and around
the City and Long Island. I like upstate a whole
lot better, it's very pretty! 
-> 
-> -> Yes but problems can happen.  One of my fellow Girl Scouts got quite a
-> -> severe scald burn on her foot when a pot of hot water dumped over. (I
-> -> don't remember how; I wasn't near the cooking area when it happened.)
-> -> She ended up having to leave the camp and go to the hospital.
-> 
->  hn> We had a guy toss a can of Pork &Beans in the
->  hn> fire (unbeknownst to everyone else) and when
->  hn> it exploded it blew bits of burning debris everywhere
->  hn> but no one was seriously injured, although one tent
->  hn> did have a pretty good sized hole burnt in it!
-> 
-> That must have caused some excitement. (G)  Did the culprit ever admit
-> to doing it?
->
Oh we knew the rat who did it...the 
scoutmaster's son, as slimey a dirtball
as you'd ever want to meet...a really
evil kid...who I suspect is in a jail 
somewhere today...if he's survived 
this long...which would be a long 
shot. His dad was a great guy, but
never did catch on that his kid was
such a rotton apple.
 
-> ->  hn> 5 24 inch shelves...but I have
-> ->  hn> somewhere between 400 and 500
-> ->  hn> cookbooks, so yes, I am another
-> ->  hn> one! (grin)
-> 
-> -> I've got a lot of slim paper backs I should go thru; most probably
-> -> aren't worth keeping.  Other than those, I know I don't have even 100.
-> -> Even with those, I MIGHT have around 100.
-> 
->  hn> I'm at the point where I refuse to count em
->  hn> anymore! (grin)
-> 
-> I'm not counting mine; that was a rough guess.
-> 
I should start getting rid of all the old paper
back cookbooks I started collecting when Anne
and I were first married and new hardbacks were
out of the question. 
chat with you soon!
hap 
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