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Skriven 2008-04-25 14:42:28 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
   Kommentar till text 6016 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
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Hi Ruth!

>> haha.. the only thing "south" of Westchester is NYC (grin) I know.. I
>> grew up 45 minutes from Manhatten :) Warwick is right there just north

> I know the general area. My sister lives/works in Wassaic.

Dutchess I think? Not sure :)  Warwick is on Rt. 94 just north of Tuxedo and
Greenwood Lake.. It's a bedroom community for Manhatten, sadly enough (grin)..
growing up there was interesting though.. I was able to work on making clothes
for people like Gloria Dehaven ... she did a lot of volunteer work at our
animal shelter since she lived in Warwick part of the year.. and ooh.. very
impressive this one is.. got to be critiqued by Shep Coleman (who the heck is
that everyone is asking??? (laugh)) for my acting performance in the play
Harvey :)  It was great fun, if nothing else.. but this later yuppie infusion
is totally different from that era..

>> of westchester.. Ron used to take the PATH train through the Twin
>> Towers to work.. That was well before they got blown all to h... :(

> Were you in Kentucky then?  We were in HI and got the news around
> 3:30am.

Think so.. one of Ron's co-workers in Westchester, who lives about 15 minutes
from Manhatten, called him and said, TURN ON THE TV.. it was horrible.. we
missed the first building being hit, but saw all the rest of it live... truly
horrible.

>> $350,000 and > prices were still going up.  Simple 3 bedroom, 2
>> bathroom in a newish > development.

>> the pictures of this smallish nicely kept house.. 2 bedrooms, maybe if
>> you stretched it a third, kitchen, dining area, living room, deck,
>> ...350,000 dollars.. a bargain she said.. she had just sold her house

> After they left, places like that went up to about $600-$750,000. We
> could have made a good deal had we bought a house when we first got over
> there, sold before leaving.  But, in a lot of other ways, it was easier
> to live on post.

Sure, I can imagine..

>  Commute to work was a whole lot less stressful and we
> had an avocado tree in our back yard.


Oh, that's incredibly neat :)  That's something you can only dream of in NY :)
I've got tons of plants around that will never bear a fruit haha

>  Wonder if it's still there; they
> were going to tear down that housing area to build new.

Hopefully they left the tree :)

> You'll find some properies that were initially over priced coming down
> to a more realistic level.

Oh yes, definitely true.. hopefully people will be able to afford decent
housing again.

>> It's always nice to live in a small town where someone runs into your
>> kids or your family :)

> As a kid, I thought it to be a detriment at times. (G)

My kids always felt that way in school.. because some teachers knew me of
course, would expect them to enjoy the same courses I did, which isn't quite
fair ... :)


> Those one drop treatments are really nice.

There was one that made our cats very very sick which we had to stop right
away.. I think this one was something you gave the cat to eat though.. then
after that, they came out with the one drop on the back of neck treatments..
they do work so much better.. still have to fight the darn kitties though ;) ;)

>> > BTW, send me an e-mail so I can get your address. I've got a non
>> cooking > related question I want to ask you.  My address is in the
>> Will do :)

> Got all 3 of your tests, actually. You should have my response before
> you see this.


Yep :)

Take care,
Janis

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