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Deb..happy Canada Day.. ..keeping Mike in prayer for his safety there and return home next month..Glad you weren't in Disney this week..would have been awful for the kids as a 12yr old boy died on the Rock and Roller coaster ride (not sure of the correct name)..test showed that he had a hidden heart problem..Looks like all systems are go today for Discovery..the sky is beautiful and the roads are packed..people come way ahead of time (most overnight) to see the shuttles go up..I will watch the take off on TV and then run to my front door to see it in the sky..years ago I would walk down to the river for a better view but this is fine...
Barbszy..your Dad and his friends deserve a lot of credit ...I have only been to Patterson once back in the late 60's to buy baby chicks..Wishing your Mom a happy birthday and that she has a great time at her party.
Meg.. great news on the tests..we have the Krisspy Kreme doughnuts here..but they aren't as great as the ones we can get at a local shop called Tas-T-Donuts...they have the best in the area.
Tammy..happy that your Dad didn't return the card..it would have been sad had he done that.
Train..I am still doing the short walk daily..congratulations on your Bingo win.
DeBora..good luck in the new park..and belated Anniversary wishes..don't know where my mind was..glad Poncho and JetBo are doing well..
Kelly..you reminded me that I need to call for my eye exam also..mostly to check on my cataracts..I think they are getting thicker..can't believe it has been a year already..
so ladies...there were a lot of good things about the olden days but I think that most important it makes you appreciate all that we now take for granted..like washing clothes on a wash board, then a wringer type washer, then what we now have and hanging clothes out in winter only to have them stiffen lke boards, taking them in drying them in the house and knowing they at least smell good from the fresh cold air...no such thing as fab softener...and then progressing to a heating system with radiators which you could put the clothes on to dry...could go on forever but you get the picture.....on socializing.. I don't think it is the time that changed..just the people..why not start up in your neigborhood what used to be....there might be others who also would like to go back to that time when people where important to have in your life...