If postage wasn't so high, we could send you literally tons of it from the States. Sue* ----- Original Message ----- > In the UK Venison is rather expensive but still delicious. > > Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham. --- Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 1/11/2002

Tey do, they do. Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham. ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian <brian@lordbramhall.co.uk> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 4:30 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Sue has sent you a Puzzle Postcard > Make them pay for their own line! > > Brian > List Admin > www.lordbramhall.co.uk > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim SHARPE" <sharpe@britishlibrary.net> > To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 12:55 PM > Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Sue has sent you a Puzzle Postcard > > > > I'm not the problem Marg its Francesca. If she was on the 'phone would an > > incoming 'phone call use the internet line if I wasn't transmitting or > > downloading > > Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Marged <marged@btinternet.com> > > To: Jim SHARPE <sharpe@britishlibrary.net>; <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 12:24 PM > > Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Sue has sent you a Puzzle Postcard > > > > > > > Do like me Jim and get an extra phone. I get the rental included in my > > > £14.95 for BT Anytime. > > > > > > This is because no one could get through to our phone, either, because I > > was > > > always on line. > > > > > > 24 hour internet now, for £14.99 > > > > > > Marj > > > > > > > > > > We're having mild phone problems at the moment.When Dorothy and > > Francesca > > > > moved here prior to us because we hadn't sold the other house Dorothy > > > > subscribed to the BT after 6 pm arrangement and now we're here no one > > can > > > > get through to us in the evening due to Francesca emulating Andy Hardy > > if > > > > you know what I mean. I myself find it difficult to get 2 minutes > > download > > > > time. > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > > Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 11/01/02 > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== > > If you are a blood donor please ask to go on the Bone Marrow > > Register. You won't be told about it if you don't ask. > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 11/01/2002 > > > ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== > Please type SURNAMES in UPPER CASE for ease of reading. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

> I have to admit I know little about it. Tell us, Dave. > > Brian > List Admin Not me - still got rope burns from last time ............ Try www.bondage.com Dave :-) --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 11-Jan-02

Oh yeah! The trip though the Rocky Mountains is fantastic! Just another soggy Seattle Sysop. -----Original Message----- From: Roz [mailto:roz12345uk@yahoo.co.uk] Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 12:50 PM To: GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Holidays Mine too. A friend did the bit through the Rockies years ago and said it was fantastic. Roz > One of my life's ambitions is to journey across the continent on the > Canadian or the Union Pacific Railroad. > > Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham.

Just in case you weren't feeling too old today, this will certainly change things. Each year the staff at Beloit College in Wisconsin put together a list to try to give the faculty a sense of the mindset of this year's incoming freshmen. Here's this year's list: The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1983. They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up. Their lifetime has always included AIDS. Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic. The CD was introduced the year they were born. They have always had an answering machine. They have always had cable. They cannot fathom not having a remote control. Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show. Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave. They never took a swim and thought about Jaws. They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are. They don't know who Mork was or where he was from. They never heard: "Where's the Beef?", "I'd walk a mile for a Camel", or "de plane Boss, de plane". They do not care who shot J. R. and have no idea who J. R. even is. Michael Jackson has always been white. McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers. They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter. Do you feel old yet? Pass this on to the other old fogies in your life. Then I'll GD&R! --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 1/11/2002

A torture article dreamed up by men. I bet it saved a lot of whales when they stopped making them! Marj Like the whalebone corset. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 11/01/02

>From another list. Thanks Gene! From: "Gene Kelley" <Kelleyg@knology.net> To: <LIVING-L@rootsweb.com> You read about all these terrorists, most of them came here legally, but they hung around on these expired visas, some for as long as 10-15 years. Now, compare that to Blockbuster; you are two days late with a video and these people are all over you. Let's put Blockbuster in charge of immigration."-Jay Leno "What we know about Osama bin Laden is this-he's worth $300 million, he has five wives and 26 kids ... and he hates Americans for their 'excessive' lifestyle."-David Letterman "The leaders of the Taliban said today that killing bin Laden won't solve the problem. But, you know, it couldn't hurt."-Jay Leno "More and more details coming out now about spoiled rich kid Osama bin Laden. Time reports this week he was one of 52 kids. Mother must be exhausted. This guy inherited $80 million at age 13 and has since expanded it to $300 million through construction, smart investments and gas and oil investments. This way, he can use the money in his war against capitalism."-Jay Leno "More and more facts coming out about Osama bin Laden. You know, he never sleeps in the same place two nights in a row, just like Clinton."-Jay Leno "This Osama bin Laden guy, spoiled rich kid worth $300M. I have three words for this guy: Anna Nicole Smith. We send her over there, she'll get his money, he'll be dead in a week."-Jay Leno "It was reported today that Osama Bin Laden has 50 brothers and sisters. Which absolutely shocked me because I had no idea he was Catholic"-Conan O'Brien "One of the Taliban spokesmen said they have thousands of men who look forward to death like Americans look forward to living, which is great because we can arrange that. We'll set them up with death, we'll continue living."-Jay Leno "CBS News finally received anthrax in the mail. As usual, we're number three."-David Letterman "Things have really changed here in Hollywood. Used to be people in this town couldn't wait to get an envelope full of white powder."- Jay Leno "I don't mean to harp on this, but it's like the networks are a how-to manual for terrorists. You see them on the news. This reporter is standing outside a water treatment plant, going, 'If they poured the poison here it could wipe out thousands because the guard is off duty from noon until 1 every day!'"-Jay Leno "Postal inspectors have been given advanced warning that Publishers Clearinghouse is sending packets of laundry detergent that could be mistaken for anthrax. Oh, good timing! What genius came up with this promotion? What's next? A ticking alarm clock? Let's put that in a box."- Jay Leno "The FBI is urging all Americans to beware of any letters or packages that have badly misspelled words. Man, this is going to be terrible news for the rap industry."-Jay Leno "In Pakistan anti-American protesters set a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant on fire. The protesters mistakenly thought they were attacking a high-ranking U.S. military official Colonel Sanders."- Jimmy Fallon on Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update "Tomorrow night on NBC a very special episode of West Wing, it makes a direct reference to what happened in New York City. The exact plot is being kept top secret. We are the only country in the world where we put our battle plans on CNN, but the plots to our TV shows are top secret."-Jay Leno "Pakistan's ruler Pervez Musharraf predicted the Taliban will fall for hiding Osama bin Laden. Ex-king Zahir Shah is standing by to replace Mullah Mohammed Omar. And the most ominous sign of all, President Bush has learned all their names."-Comedian Argus Hamilton "There was a rumor that Jesse Jackson was going to go over there to talk with the Taliban; apparently they were having trouble rhyming the word Jihad."-Jay Leno "Now this really annoys me: All these people getting on the Internet and saying Nostradamus predicted this. If Nostradamus were alive today his name would be Miss Cleo and he'd be charging $2.99 a minute."-Jay Leno "U.S. Government has said they are now going to go after the terrorist's electronic banking system. You know what they should do? They should transfer bin Laden's funds to my bank. They'd mess up his deposits, screw up his statement and nickel and dime him to death with service charges."-Jay Leno "People want to say there isn't racial profiling at the airport, but let's be honest. If your first name is Mohammed, and your last name isn't Ali, arrive at the airport extra early."-Jay Leno "Everybody is talking about finding bin Laden. How about finding Dick Cheney? Where did he go? What, have we got caves over here now, too? Where did he go? I think his Secret Service code name is 'Waldo.'" - Jay Leno "Eleven members of the Washington Redskins Monday were exposed to a mysterious white powder they had never seen before: The end zone." - Jay Leno "President Bush has urged people to get back to normal and today Congress announced that they are accepting bribes again." - Jay Leno The Canadian Prime Minister said Canada would lend the U.S. its full military support. You know what that means: Both tanks." - Jay Leno "President Bush's popularity is at 90 percent, the highest popularity ever... if President Bush ran for president today he could actually be elected." - Jay Leno Gene (Lassiter) Kelley --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. 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I got mine last April so perhaps it was a special offer Will let you know if any more crop up. My installation fee was £50 Why do YOU need two telephones, Brian? Marj BT Anytime does NOT include a free second line. I just spoke to them to sign up but changed my mind. Their installation fee is £74 plus £10.50 per month for EACH line and £14.99 for Anytime. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 11/01/02

Often shooting 'Bambi' is by accident. Sometimes the bullet goes through the mother and hits the fawn---not often. Button Bucks aren't usually shot, but are hit by automobiles or trucks. Nice tender meat there. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim SHARPE" <sharpe@britishlibrary.net> To: "Vicky Ballantine" <cobolt47@frontiernet.net>; How can anyone shoot Bambi? Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 1/11/2002

Canadian rail might be the best--they have lovely tours going. Amtrak is okay, but I don't know if you can get coast to coast on it. Train travel is becoming, sadly, a thing of the past. When I was 4 my parents shipped me off by train from Omaha, Neb. to Davenport Iowa, across the state of Iowa in other words, by myself, with no fear. Now that isn't something parents will or can do. No trains to carry passengers unless it is Amtrak and that might not go where you want to go. When I was 5 they did the same thing to me but by plane. Again something parents aren't to do now. However, as in the case of our grand daughter, when she travels from North Carolina to Iowa, an airline stewardess stays with her from start to finish and in reverse too. To often children are sent off, never to be seen or heard of again. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim SHARPE" <sharpe@britishlibrary.net> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 10:20 AM Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] Holidays One of my life's ambitions is to journey across the continent on the Canadian or the Union Pacific Railroad. Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 1/11/2002

Nope, CPU can't deal with that... Two computers is far better... Just another soggy Seattle Sysop. -----Original Message----- From: Jean White [mailto:jphwhite@ns.sympatico.ca] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 11:43 AM To: GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Gadgets. What we need in this house is two monitors and keyboards connected to the same CPU so more than one person can use the computer at once. Is this possible? Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Elting" <justgeo1@attbi.com> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 2:55 PM Subject: RE: [GEN-FRIENDS] Gadgets. > Switch box should do it, but some systems need to know that the monitor is > there and working... You might have to power up one machine, then switch to > the other and then power that one up.

Jerky is meat dehydrated to a dry state which can be stored on cupboard shelves. It was a great way to treat meat to carry for long distance travel during the pioneer days. Its fantastic as a snack or to take on long voyages. We jerky beef once in awhile, but deer is our main jerky meat. I have to agree with another post of yours about deer. It is very good food source, but the nursing homes are afraid that tinted meat could cause a law suit. Deer meat for stews are terrific too, I especially like the roast's. John likes the steaks. We do up a lot of hamburger too, especially when we can't figure out where certain cuts should go. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim SHARPE" <sharpe@britishlibrary.net> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> What on earth is 'Jerky'. Sounds slightly obscene. Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 1/11/2002

No, Windows 98 gives the resume as well. Marj I just got back in and you are right it finished the download without telling me. Sneaky. The "resume" bit must be part of XP, Sue. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 11/01/02

Jim, BT Anytime does NOT include a free second line. I just spoke to them to sign up but changed my mind. Their installation fee is £74 plus £10.50 per month for EACH line and £14.99 for Anytime. Brian List Admin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim SHARPE" <sharpe@britishlibrary.net> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 11:42 AM Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] Telephone charges > I find all this rather confusing, partly maybe because I find difficulty > getting a look at the 'phone bill. > My daughter works for BT but I don't think there are any concessions. > Our 'phone account is in her name so I don't know whether she's concealing > Francesca's usage or the cost of my internet and e-mail dabblings. > We really must have a family sit-down. > If my share is more than about £45 quarterly then it would be economical for > me to open a monthly 'anytime' on my card. > I wonder if the fact that BT 'anytime' includes a free second line accounts > for the fact that FreeServe is £2 less. > Just my thoughts on the matter. > > Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Marged <marged@btinternet.com> > To: Jim SHARPE <sharpe@britishlibrary.net>; <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 1:11 PM > Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Sue has sent you a Puzzle Postcard > > > > No, it wouldn't. You would have to give out your "Computer Designated" > > phone number, which I do not do! > > > > I really don't see how you can have four adults living in the same house > and > > only have one phone, especially when you have a computer with internet > > access. > > > > This, of course, is only my opinion. > > > > I have got to confess to all concerned that we had a telephone bill for > £240 > > last summer. Don made threats and I changed my internet arrangements but > it > > didn't really work, and the next telephone bill was still £170. > > > > I change the arrangements to Anytime, and this quarter's phone bill was > > £117, which is quite good considering I have a daughter in Edinburgh, and > > family and friends in Canada whom I ring quite regularly. > > > > On top of this £177 I also have to pay the £14.95 out of my credit card > for > > the Anytime. The above is just our phone bill. > > > > For this phone bill charge of £117, I have two telephones with different > > numbers. I get all my evening and week-end LOCAL calls free. > > > > I have some sort of a package with BT for things like Friends and Family. > > > Will go into more detail if people wish. > > > > I am just going to telephone my brother, who has left me a message saying > he > > will have to do without his telephone because he can't afford the bills, > but > > he takes no care about how he uses the phone - long story. > > > > Marj > > > > > > > > > > --- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 11/01/02 > > > > > > > > ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== > Visit and support: > http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/CTDSites > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 11/01/2002

The same thing here, Roz, the Authorities are terrified of litigation (couldn't remember that word before) Marj > I agree Brian and so did my gran. She was so upset at not being allowed to > have butter. She had eaten butter all her life and considered margarine to > be disgusting but the policy at the home was to use Flora or some such > thing. The other thing she has never worn slippers. Always wore the old > fashioned thick heeled shoes with a 1.5 or 2inch heel but they made her wear > flat shoes in case she fell over and bought her (with her money) some little > lace up flat shoes. They also stopped her wearing her corsets.....you > remember the old whalebone sort of things....and having worn them for most > of her life - she was 98 when she died - she suddenly hunched up more than > she was before. None of those things helped the last years of her life and > certainly made them more miserable. We did try to sort them out for her but > they had answers for us. > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 11/01/02

Yes, Brian, in many ways you are right, but this is a society, both here and particularly in the USA, where people sue at the drop of a hat. If the road kill or hunted meat was not quite fresh and didn't go through food hygiene checks, it could cause illness or death and then the authorities would be sued. One of the things I thought was sad was after the Eggwina disaster (don't start) the old folk couldn't have a lightly poached or boiled egg in the Day Centre I worked at, as all eggs had to be thoroughly cooked. And as regards "A short life but a gay on" (we used to be able to say that and mean it) I have discovered from experience of parents that people tend to cling to life, even when they are very old and very ill. For "Life is real, and life is earnest, and the grave is not the goal". Marj > Isn't this a cop out. I mean, someone who conducts his or her life in a > certain way and then gets told by someone who knows better that something > "is not good for them" has the right to decide for themselves. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 11/01/02

In the UK Venison is rather expensive but still delicious. Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham. ----- Original Message ----- From: Vicky Ballantine <cobolt47@frontiernet.net> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 2:36 PM Subject: Fw: [GEN-FRIENDS] The honesty of the church > The "killing" falls under game control. [VBG] That and food on the table! > Which is quite allowed thank you. Want some deer meat? Have 3 deer in our > freezer's and if we get called again he will still accept it and divide the > meat between three families. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brian" <brian@lordbramhall.co.uk> > To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 3:38 AM > Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] The honesty of the church > > > >> being a minister my hubby is totally against drinks > > I notice he isn't against killing. The amount of hunting he does. > > Get well soon, love. > > Brian > List Admin > www.lordbramhall.co.uk > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 1/11/2002 > > > ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== > Please change the Subject line when the subject of the reply > changes. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Ugh, sounds revolting as well as not good for my diabetis. Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham. ----- Original Message ----- From: Vicky Ballantine <cobolt47@frontiernet.net> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 2:28 PM Subject: Fw: [GEN-FRIENDS] slow today > Cream de Menthe, ice cream, ice, a dab of Cream de Menthe liquors. Blend > well, drink as is or with a straw. It takes quite a few to get you "high", > but it sure does take the edge off pain! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim SHARPE" <sharpe@britishlibrary.net> > To: "Vicky Ballantine" <cobolt47@frontiernet.net>; > <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 5:31 AM > Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] slow today > > > At the risk of sounding naive, What is in a Grasshopper. > Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham. > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 1/11/2002 > > > ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== > Please change the Subject line when the subject of the reply > changes. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

I find all this rather confusing, partly maybe because I find difficulty getting a look at the 'phone bill. My daughter works for BT but I don't think there are any concessions. Our 'phone account is in her name so I don't know whether she's concealing Francesca's usage or the cost of my internet and e-mail dabblings. We really must have a family sit-down. If my share is more than about £45 quarterly then it would be economical for me to open a monthly 'anytime' on my card. I wonder if the fact that BT 'anytime' includes a free second line accounts for the fact that FreeServe is £2 less. Just my thoughts on the matter. Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham. ----- Original Message ----- From: Marged <marged@btinternet.com> To: Jim SHARPE <sharpe@britishlibrary.net>; <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 1:11 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Sue has sent you a Puzzle Postcard > No, it wouldn't. You would have to give out your "Computer Designated" > phone number, which I do not do! > > I really don't see how you can have four adults living in the same house and > only have one phone, especially when you have a computer with internet > access. > > This, of course, is only my opinion. > > I have got to confess to all concerned that we had a telephone bill for £240 > last summer. Don made threats and I changed my internet arrangements but it > didn't really work, and the next telephone bill was still £170. > > I change the arrangements to Anytime, and this quarter's phone bill was > £117, which is quite good considering I have a daughter in Edinburgh, and > family and friends in Canada whom I ring quite regularly. > > On top of this £177 I also have to pay the £14.95 out of my credit card for > the Anytime. The above is just our phone bill. > > For this phone bill charge of £117, I have two telephones with different > numbers. I get all my evening and week-end LOCAL calls free. > > I have some sort of a package with BT for things like Friends and Family. > Will go into more detail if people wish. > > I am just going to telephone my brother, who has left me a message saying he > will have to do without his telephone because he can't afford the bills, but > he takes no care about how he uses the phone - long story. > > Marj > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 11/01/02 > >

If you use the Canadian rail system, it should be a lovely trip... Not sure the US trip is as nice... Just another soggy Seattle Sysop. -----Original Message----- From: Jim SHARPE [mailto:sharpe@britishlibrary.net] Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 8:20 AM To: GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GEN-FRIENDS] Holidays One of my life's ambitions is to journey across the continent on the Canadian or the Union Pacific Railroad. Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham. ----- Original Message ----- From: George Elting <justgeo1@attbi.com> To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 8:05 PM Subject: RE: [Gen-Friends] Vicky's terrible fall!! > Having been to England, via rail from Dover to London and from Belgium to > Dover by ship... I know the size differences... it was a nice trip from > Dover to London on the train... don't remember exactly how long it took but > not long. Flying from Seattle to New York is a 4-hour flight... Train is 5 > days... > > There are places in the west where the nearest hospital big enough to do > major surgery is well over 200 miles away... > > Heck, driving across Montana is a day all by itself... One state...