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10512. Max Macks - 7/24/2004 4:46:02 AM Sounds like you have some pretty nice neighbors
JAH,
CAme back to the Mote because I knew that wabbit
and alaistair
had posts relating to the Tour d France.
this year I learned from them that
the Tour has a different route each year...
different cities in France want the race
to go by them.
So I also learned that it aint just one
long contiguous stretch of road. 10513. Max Macks - 7/24/2004 4:48:09 AM It seems to me that when I was here before
there
was a way one could set something so that
the most recent posts here were at the top
Do you people have to scroll thru the posts
to find the most recent near the bottom? 10514. arkymalarky - 7/24/2004 5:25:40 AM You can set your preferences to bookmark threads, Max.
Judith,
Sounds like y'all made the best of a power outage. 10515. Max Macks - 7/24/2004 5:50:58 AM ok I re set the time hope what I see
when I post this will be Calif. time.
But arky...do you see the most recent post
at the bottom or the top??
and is there a way to change the sequence? 10516. Max Macks - 7/24/2004 5:52:45 AM ooopppps wrong time.
if Greenwich is 8 hours later than
Calif then would I not say 8+ hours..? 10517. Max Macks - 7/24/2004 5:54:11 AM I guess it had to be minus 8 ...
10518. judithathome - 7/24/2004 5:54:36 AM The new posts are always at the bottom, Max. 10519. judithathome - 7/24/2004 5:55:42 AM My time in Texas is set at -6... 10520. Max Macks - 7/24/2004 11:00:15 AM Well, ok. I'll keep on scrolling.
JAH , home many time zones are there in Texas.? 10521. judithathome - 7/24/2004 11:32:12 AM Just one, Max. Central. 10522. Magoseph - 7/24/2004 11:18:39 PM Hello, hello, everyone! Where's everybody, getting ready for church, having breakfast, watching TV, what?
Beautiful day here, there's no rain or isolated storms predicted for a change. I'll spend the morning in the sun and the afternoon in bed since his evening we're going to my oldest son and his wife for dinner. Flexy'll take the chance being driven out there and he has promised to shut up in the car. What about you, what are your planned activities for the day?
10523. iiibbb - 7/24/2004 11:21:39 PM Brunch... eggs benedict.... 5 minutes 10524. Absensia - 7/24/2004 11:31:15 PM Morning Magos. I'm up early. I'm watching Armstrong ride to victory and about to head out to Starbucks for a latte, croissant and the New York Times. iiibbb, eggs benedict....ahhhhhhh. 10525. judithathome - 7/25/2004 12:41:20 AM Our neighbors just left with their teenaged kids for Galveston. They'll be gone 5 days.
I remember doing that when I was a kid...we'd drive down to Galveston and stay in a motel right on the beach. I'd swim and lay in the sun and eat deviled crab from the stands along the strand. It was like heaven to me.
Then I went to Hawaii with Keoni and saw what real heaven was and what real beaches were and what a seaside paradise really was. The water in the Gulf is like dirty dishwater comapared to the beautiful blue green stuff in Hawaii.
Paradise is just a state of mind, anyhow...when your only exposure to the "ocean" is the Gulf of Mexico, it's there...when you cross the Pacific and end up in Hawaii, it's there.
And when the electricity is off for hours and you are at your neighbor's backyard pool, it's there. 10526. arkymalarky - 7/25/2004 2:31:34 AM Yep.
We're getting some needed rain. I'm continuing to try to get my house under control, and it's going better. So's my computer--at least somewhat. 10527. alistairConnor - 7/25/2004 6:47:46 AM Message # 10508
Funny you should mention that, III. I quite fancy buying a boat.
But I don't think that one would fit through the locks in the european canals.
I had an offer of a boat this morning, from an Anglo-Irish chap named Charlie. For seven thousand pounds sterling, a perfectly workable and liveable canal cruiser.
Perhaps I'm not too young to retire after all; 10528. Magoseph - 7/25/2004 7:00:08 AM 
I'm thinking of going on that boat one day.
10529. judithathome - 7/25/2004 7:33:03 AM > For seven thousand pounds sterling, a perfectly workable and liveable canal cruiser
I always wanted to go on one of those canal boats when we lived in Germany. They had ads for the French ones all the time...never got around to it, though.
You should take a week long cruise on one, Alistair, to see how you like it before you buy. Unless, of course, you already have and know what it's like. 10530. wonkers2 - 7/25/2004 8:35:09 AM Retirement can be a snare and a delusion. I've tried it twice and didn't like it either time. 10531. alistairConnor - 7/25/2004 4:14:01 PM Not so much retirement, as ...
you know, a sort of sabbatical. Putter around on canals. Write a novel. Compose some music.
The thing about hiring a canal cruiser is that it costs un bras et une jambe. That's why the purchase option seems so attractive.
The boat seems water tight, it is as well equipped and comfortable as, for example, a twenty-year-old motor home. Sleeps four, more at a pinch. Would require a handy person who likes tinkering, to keep it in working order, otherwise the risk is to spend more money than it's worth to get someone else to maintain it.
I might ask around among friends, see if we can whip up a syndicate. Timeshare sort of thing.
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