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11959. arkymalarky - 11/6/2004 2:01:38 AM BTW, Elliott, thanks for doing this. 11960. Magoseph - 11/6/2004 2:29:42 AM Fitzy from All Things International;
I met a girl who sang the blues and I asked her for some happy news but she just smiled and turned away, I went down to the sacred store where I'd heard the music years before but the man there said the music wouldn't play and in the streets the children screamed, the lovers cried, and the poets dreamed but not a word was spoken, the church bells all were broken and the three men I admire most, the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost, they caught the last train for the coast, the day, the music, died, and they were singin... 11961. robertjayb - 11/6/2004 3:35:47 AM ...bye, bye miss american pie... 11962. tonedef - 11/6/2004 7:37:18 AM Just thought I'd drop in and say hi to moties and former fraysters. I used to post as tonysa in the Fray, and wasted (or maybe not) many happy hours of what should have been billable time, enthusing over obscure science fiction movies with mondaugen (when I wasn't baiting him over his obscure taste in music), and discussing the fine points of salvation theology marshame and Vic. Was overjoyed a couple of years ago to stumble into the Mote and find many of you still here and thriving, but the demands of parenting, a busy law practice, and teaching part time now seem to take precedence over socialising on-line. I've been lurking a bit through the election. Anyway, nice to see a lot of familiar names (and attitudes!), and if y'all have been considering emigrating north of the 49th over the last few days - you'll be welcome! 11963. tonedef - 11/6/2004 8:05:45 AM Just thought I'd drop in and say hi to moties and former fraysters. I used to post as tonysa in the Fray, and wasted (or maybe not) many happy hours of what should have been billable time, enthusing over obscure science fiction movies with mondaugen (when I wasn't baiting him over his obscure taste in music), and discussing the fine points of salvation theology marshame and Vic. Was overjoyed a couple of years ago to stumble into the Mote and find many of you still here and thriving, but the demands of parenting, a busy law practice, and teaching part time now seem to take precedence over socialising on-line. I've been lurking a bit through the election. Anyway, nice to see a lot of familiar names (and attitudes!), and if y'all have been considering emigrating north of the 49th over the last few days - you'll be welcome! 11964. tonedef - 11/6/2004 8:43:30 AM two posts in two days and both of them doubles. Why does my iMac keep doing that? 11965. Frankster - 11/6/2004 9:32:06 AM Why does my iMac keep doing that?
You watch that talk about Imac's tonedef. I just got one, and you know what they say: "A bad carpenter blames his tools"
Hee-hee!
Welcome back!
...I better get some shuteye. 'night anyone.
Oh, sorry 'bout the "e" upstream Christin. :( See what being away does to one's mind ? 11966. wabbit - 11/6/2004 4:33:13 PM Hey tonedef, good to see you! The double post happens if you refresh the page you just posted in - if you use the VCR buttons that won't happen.
ElliottRW, that title will fit if it is the title and subtitle, i.e.
Manifesting Destiny
the problems, possibilities, and peculiarities of the new New World 11967. ElliottRW - 11/6/2004 4:50:49 PM Wabbit,
Right, that's what I had in mind. Can you go ahead and change the title for me, please? 11968. wabbit - 11/6/2004 4:53:48 PM Done. 11969. judithathome - 11/6/2004 6:08:56 PM Fraaaaaaank! Great to see you...and you and Seadate were willing "dusters" just like those kids who painted Tom Sawyer's fence! ;-) 11970. arkymalarky - 11/6/2004 6:22:38 PM Hey all!
Good to see you here, Tone! Hope you'll squeeze in a bit of time for us--and FRANK TOO!
Judith, you would love Old Washington. Lots of antebellum homes, buildings, antiques galore. We watched weaving, went to a blacksmith's shop, a printer, the weapons museum, dipped candles--all kinds of stuff. They have a Christmas event and this weekend is Civil War Days (what we did). The kids watched artillery, did a little infantry drill, learned how people got by in the South with no imports, etc. They also have the Jonquil festival in March.
Here they are: Old Washington Tour of Town
And their calendar of events: Calendar
I've been several times, but never when it was all open and we could look in the houses. I'd love to go to the Christmas evening. If you and Keoni would ever be interested in going, we'd love you to stay with us, even if we couldn't go. It's just about an hour from here.
They also have a great place nearby that I've never been able to find, but I've had one bar of their soap, and it's WONDERFUL: < a href="http://www.oldcolumbus.com/" target="new">Old Columbus We didn't have time or energy to look for it after the field trip yesterday.
11971. arkymalarky - 11/6/2004 6:24:14 PM Old Columbus
Sorry about that. 11972. judithathome - 11/6/2004 8:41:32 PM That place looks fantastic...maybe we can come up there on a weekend when you have three days...a Monday holiday or time off for holidays. I didn't realize it was so close!
We went to a place in Canada when we lived in Maine that was like that...an Acadian village. It was a great day, walking around the village and seeing how people lived "back then". I'd love to see this one, too! 11973. Magoseph - 11/6/2004 9:55:39 PM Hi, everyone!
Hi, Arky! Click the map for the report in your location. 11974. Magoseph - 11/6/2004 10:33:04 PM Forget about this map-- I just realized it wasn't much after all. 11975. arkymalarky - 11/6/2004 11:45:43 PM Hey Mags! 11976. arkymalarky - 11/6/2004 11:48:09 PM That would be great, Judith. Don't know what our schedule is like wrt 3-day weekends but of course we have Thanksgiving and Christmas, and two-days are fine too. If you all wanted to come in spring and we're not on spring break during the Jonquil Festival I could take a personal day. The legislative session should surely be over then, too, and kids who'd been there said jonquils are everywhere and it's really beautiful. 11977. Magoseph - 11/7/2004 1:25:35 AM This is a stolen picture
11978. ElliottRW - 11/7/2004 3:25:45 AM Wabbit,
Thanks!
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