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Now there's a good reason for getting up so early in the morning . Hope you have a good weather for your trip, oh and don't forget your fishing rods Maureen

hmmmm...I notice you left out the address and directions Very nice Ed, I know you'll enjoy it, Maureen

Older 'n Dirt!! "Hey Dad," one of my kids asked the other day, "What was your favorite fast food when you were growing up?" "We didn't have fast food when I was growing up," I informed him. "All the food was slow. "C'mon, seriously. Where did you eat?" "It was a place called 'at home,'" I explained. "Grandma cooked every day and when Grandpa got home from work, we sat down together at the dining room table, and if I didn't like what she put on my plate I was allowed to sit there until I did like it." By this time, the kid was laughing so hard I was afraid he was going to suffer serious internal damage, so I didn't tell him the part about how I had to have permission to leave the table. But here are some other things I would have told him about my childhood if I figured his system could have handled it: Some parents NEVER owned their own house, wore Levis , set foot on a golf course, traveled out of the country or had a credit card. In their later years they had something called a revolving charge card. The card was good only at Sears Roebuck. Or maybe it was Sears AND Roebuck. Either way, there is no Roebuck anymore. Maybe he died. My parents never drove me to soccer practice. This was mostly because we never had heard of soccer. I had a bicycle that weighed probably 50 pounds, and only had one 1 speed, (slow). I was 13 before I tasted my first pizza, it was as called "pizza pie." When I bit into it, I burned the roof of my mouth and the cheese slid off, swung down, plastered itself against my chin and burned that, too. It's still the best pizza I ever had. We didn't have a car until I was 15. Before that, the only car in our family was my grandfather's Ford. He called it a "machine." I never had a telephone in my room. The only phone in the house was in the living room and it was on a party line. Before you could dial, you had to listen and make sure some people you didn't know weren't already using the line. Pizzas were not delivered to our home. But milk was. All newspapers were delivered by boys and all boys delivered newspapers. I delivered a newspaper, six days a week. It cost 7 cents a paper, of which I got to keep 2 cents. I had to get up at 4 AM every morning. On Saturday, I had to collect the 42 cents from my customers. My favorite customers were the ones who gave me 50 cents and told me to keep the change. My least favorite customers were the ones who seemed to never be home on collection day. If you grew up in a generation before there was fast food, you may want to share some of these memories with your children or grandchildren. Just don't blame me if they bust a gut laughing. Growing up isn't what it used to be, is it? MEMORIES from a friend: My Dad is cleaning out my grandmother's house (she died in December) and he brought me an old Royal Crown Cola bottle. In the bottle top was a stopper with a bunch of holes in it. I knew immediately what it was, but my daughter had no idea. She thought they had tried to make it a salt shaker or something. I knew it as the bottle that sat on the end of the ironing board to "sprinkle" clothes with because we didn't have steam irons. Man, I am old. How many do you remember? Head lights dimmer switches on the floor. Ignition switches on the dashboard. Heaters mounted on the inside of the fire wall. Real ice boxes. Pant leg clips for bicycles without chain guards. Soldering irons you heat on a gas burner. Using hand signals for cars without turn signals. Older Than Dirt Quiz: Count all the ones that you remember not the ones you were told about Ratings at the bottom. 1. Blackjack chewing gum 2. Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water 3. Candy cigarettes 4. Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles 5. Coff ee shops or diners with tableside juke boxes 6. Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers 7! Party lines 8. Newsreels before the movie 9. P.F. Flyers 10. Butch wax 11. Telephone numbers with a word prefix (OLive-6933) 12. Peashooters 13. Howdy Doody 14. 45 RPM records 15. S&H Green Stamps 16 Hi-fi's 17. Metal ice trays with lever 18. Mimeograph paper 19 Blue flashbulb 20. Packards 21. Roller skate keys 22. Cork popguns 23. Drive-ins 24. Studebakers 25. Wash tub wringers If you remembered 0-5 = You're still young If you remembered 6-10 = You are getting older If you remembered 11-15 = Don't tell your age, If you remembered 16-2! 5 = You're older than dirt! I might be older than dirt but those memories are the best part of my life. Don't forget to pass this along!! Especially to all your really OLD friends... "Senility Prayer"... God grant me... The senility to forget the people I never liked The good fortune to run into the ones that I do And the eyesight to tell the difference." Maureen

Great stuff Rick... Maureen

Welcome Doug, if you already know Cliff, Bly and CC, then you know the caliber of people on this board is great. Enjoy your stay, Maureen

I've never been, but I do have a cousin there right now that is there with her school. apparently in todays ceremony she'll be one of two people handing the flag to the queen. She's quite excited about it all, and is a huge history buff. Maureen

You can fly to Florida cheap enough, especially in the summer, rent a car and a hotel. It'll be the off season so should be cheaper. Check out Expedia.com for other locals. Mepps might be albe to help you with BVI but I'm pretty sure that's fairly expensive. Actually, you could get to BVI from Florida, and I think it's not too bad price wise. Spend a couple of days in Florida, hop over to BVI for a couple of days, then back to Florida for a day or two and you're gold Maureen

Wow Brian that's great, time sure flies when you're having fun, I remember the original post and didn't think it was six months ago already. See you at Lakair. Maureen

Dang, it's a year too late...oh well story of my life Maureen

Happy Birthday, I know you'll have a great one....the rivers will be running fast today... Maureen

Always nice to get away for a day or two The pics you took remind me of Bass Pro Shops....who was first? How far from the border is the store? Maureen

Geez, and here I am looking at snow everyday I'm off . Oh well I'll just have to put off cutting the grass another couple of weeks, which means I can put off buying a new mower for a couple of weeks , always a silver lining Maureen

Great shots Joey, I was coming up the highway and saw that, from my point of view it looked like three layers of clouds...I wish I had my camera with me, it was very cool looking. Maureen

That's great Joe!!! Congrats!!! The area is really nice, my niece lives there, as do her fiance's parents. Your kids will love it too as I think there is a park near by, along with a nice community centre. When you're settled let me know, I have a few customers in the area too Maureen

Good photo's all, now me, I don't have any because with one exception, I didn't fish as a kid...took me 'til I was in my late 30's to do that. Maureen

Does the heart good to see a soft water report...Thanks Joey, glad you guys managed to get away. Maureen

Let 'em go...or I would if I ever managed to land one Maureen

That's great news jon, keep up the good work!!! Maureen

Sounds cool, never heard of it before...do you need a GPS? Maureen

Great stuff guys, no better way to spend a day... Maureen

Great stuff you two, glad to see some good soft water reports....great way to start off the weekend. Maureen

Geez Gerritt don't us girls get anything Glad it turned out so well for ya.... Maureen

Wow, you have been busy, those look great Spiel, you do some really nice work that's for sure. Maureen

Thanks alot for the info guys, I've passed it on to him, but it seems he's bound and determined to not wait for the right car. His budget is minimal, and he's been told he can take it for 500.00. He's figuring he'll just buy the car and then work on it, in the mean time use a 10 day permit. Edit: while I was typing he's realized he won't have the money to pay the guy for another week or two, so maybe he won't get this one? If you hear of anything that might be suitable I'd appreciate it if you could pass it on to me. He'll have his two year old in it every two weeks so I'd feel more comfortable with a safer reliable vehicle. Thanks again, Maureen

Now that's funny... Maureen