Miz Helen, did you ever think about moving ? We've been here on this ridge more than 25 years and not a single earthquake , as far as I can remember,....Couple of tornadoes got close enough to scare us, but NO earthquakes...SO many aftershocks is bound to shake loose already loose stuff.....We'll hold you in our thoughts and in our hearts...Love, Jeannie T PS: Could you save the broken china and maybe make a collage of some sort ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ On Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:34:27 -0700 (PDT) Helen Mcnamara <hennymac1941@yahoo.co.nz> writes: > Hi to all you very kind & caring people.It has been the scariest time > in the 69 > years I have been on this planet.The last 6.3 quake was the scariest > as it was > so shallow.Everything fell out of all my cupboards even my precious > china that > belonged to my grandmother.The streets were all torn up & most of > our beautiful > heritage buildings will have to be bulldozed. The sadest thing is > the loss of > precious lives.I am lucky to have my 2 adult sons living with > me.They have been > great comfort to me.We will all be glad when the aftershocks stop. > We have had > 5000 + since the first quake back in September.Thanks once again for > your > support. Now back to clearing the 4032 emails i have. > Love > Helen McNamara > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Emma Roses <roses4831@msn.com> > To: memory-lane <memory-lane@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wed, 16 March, 2011 6:18:07 PM > Subject: Re: [ML] quake > > > I'm glad you reported in with us. I've wondered about you. We had > a strong > wind come thru here Sunday afternoon and we lost our power for 3 > hours. I can > only inmagine you losing yourss for 3 weeks. Be sure to keep us > informed about > all the nitty gritty stuff even. > Emma > > > > Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:21:00 -0700 > > From: hennymac1941@yahoo.co.nz > > To: MEMORY-LANE@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [ML] quake > > > > Thanks for caring. We have just got phone & internet back on > after 3 weeks. > >We > > > > are in the middle of the worst hit area. We had no water, > > > > sewerage or power for 2 weeks. We still have to boil all our > drinking water. We > > > > lost our chimney & had a leaking roof. all the roads were buckled > & we have > >lost > > > > most of our beautiful heritage buildings > > > > because of it.Love Helen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes > >in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ____________________________________________________________ Obama Urges Refinance If you owe under $729k you probably qualify for Obama&#39;s Refi Programs http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d804eb991f9af4cdm06duc

So happy to see you here, Helen; and to hear you are safe and well. The other things can be fixed. Neysa ----- Original Message ----- From: Helen Mcnamara To: MEMORY-LANE@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 10:21 PM Subject: [ML] quake Thanks for caring. We have just got phone & internet back on after 3 weeks. We are in the middle of the worst hit area. We had no water, sewerage or power for 2 weeks. We still have to boil all our drinking water. We lost our chimney & had a leaking roof. all the roads were buckled & we have lost most of our beautiful heritage buildings because of it.Love Helen http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I've been VERY concerned, but understood that it might be quite a while before you remembered there were friends around the world worrying about you and no way to get in touch other than on line , finally....The poor people in Japan are now dealing with what you are 'wearing out' and I read their shakeup was 800 times..or was it 8000 times? worse than yours. The mind boggles, right ? With all the 'luxuries' like power, water, etc. lost to you it gave you a little taste of what our ancestors had to work with....Our town lost most of IT"S heritage buildings in a tornado a few years back...I'll pray you safe as you and yours struggle to overcome this disaster...Love, Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:21:00 -0700 (PDT) Helen Mcnamara <hennymac1941@yahoo.co.nz> writes: > Thanks for caring. We have just got phone & internet back on after 3 weeks. We are in the middle of the worst hit area. We had no water, sewerage or power for 2 weeks. We still have to boil all our > drinking water. We lost our chimney & had a leaking roof. all the roads were buckled & we have lost > most of our beautiful heritage buildings because of it.Love Helen > ____________________________________________________________ 2550% Penny Stock Gains? Our last pick exploded 2550% - Join our newsletter for free picks! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d803af2a3588f43am06duc

Helen, So glad to hear that you are physically alright. Take care of yourself and your family and stay in touch. Marilyn On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 10:21 PM, Helen Mcnamara <hennymac1941@yahoo.co.nz>wrote: > Thanks for caring. We have just got phone & internet back on after 3 > weeks. We > are in the middle of the worst hit area. We had no water, > > sewerage or power for 2 weeks. We still have to boil all our drinking > water. We > lost our chimney & had a leaking roof. all the roads were buckled & we have > lost > most of our beautiful heritage buildings > > because of it.Love Helen > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- "If you don't get outside every day, even for a minute, you have not appreciated what God has done. It makes you grateful for our surroundings, and it starts your day differently." Johnny Cash

Thanks for letting us know what is going on Helen. We have had a lot of people worried about you and yours. XO Elaine In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. --Martin Luther King Jr. Hello Helen On Tuesday, March 15, 2011, you wrote > Thanks for caring. We have just got phone & > internet back on after 3 weeks. We > are in the middle of the worst hit area. We had no water, > sewerage or power for 2 weeks. We still have to > boil all our drinking water. We > lost our chimney & had a leaking roof. all the > roads were buckled & we have lost > most of our beautiful heritage buildings > because of it.Love Helen

Hi to all you very kind & caring people.It has been the scariest time in the 69 years I have been on this planet.The last 6.3 quake was the scariest as it was so shallow.Everything fell out of all my cupboards even my precious china that belonged to my grandmother.The streets were all torn up & most of our beautiful heritage buildings will have to be bulldozed. The sadest thing is the loss of precious lives.I am lucky to have my 2 adult sons living with me.They have been great comfort to me.We will all be glad when the aftershocks stop. We have had 5000 + since the first quake back in September.Thanks once again for your support. Now back to clearing the 4032 emails i have. Love Helen McNamara ________________________________ From: Emma Roses <roses4831@msn.com> To: memory-lane <memory-lane@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wed, 16 March, 2011 6:18:07 PM Subject: Re: [ML] quake I'm glad you reported in with us. I've wondered about you. We had a strong wind come thru here Sunday afternoon and we lost our power for 3 hours. I can only inmagine you losing yourss for 3 weeks. Be sure to keep us informed about all the nitty gritty stuff even. Emma > Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:21:00 -0700 > From: hennymac1941@yahoo.co.nz > To: MEMORY-LANE@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ML] quake > > Thanks for caring. We have just got phone & internet back on after 3 weeks. >We > > are in the middle of the worst hit area. We had no water, > > sewerage or power for 2 weeks. We still have to boil all our drinking water. We > > lost our chimney & had a leaking roof. all the roads were buckled & we have >lost > > most of our beautiful heritage buildings > > because of it.Love Helen > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I'm glad you reported in with us. I've wondered about you. We had a strong wind come thru here Sunday afternoon and we lost our power for 3 hours. I can only inmagine you losing yourss for 3 weeks. Be sure to keep us informed about all the nitty gritty stuff even. Emma > Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:21:00 -0700 > From: hennymac1941@yahoo.co.nz > To: MEMORY-LANE@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ML] quake > > Thanks for caring. We have just got phone & internet back on after 3 weeks. We > are in the middle of the worst hit area. We had no water, > > sewerage or power for 2 weeks. We still have to boil all our drinking water. We > lost our chimney & had a leaking roof. all the roads were buckled & we have lost > most of our beautiful heritage buildings > > because of it.Love Helen > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Glad you are okay. Been a little bit worried. That pacific rim is in flux. and now I am smiling cause you are alright. Jeane On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Helen Mcnamara <hennymac1941@yahoo.co.nz>wrote: > Thanks for caring. We have just got phone & internet back on after 3 > weeks. We > are in the middle of the worst hit area. We had no water, > > sewerage or power for 2 weeks. We still have to boil all our drinking > water. We > lost our chimney & had a leaking roof. all the roads were buckled & we have > lost > most of our beautiful heritage buildings > > because of it.Love Helen > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Some people weave burlap into the fabric of our lives and some weave gold thread. Both contribute to make the whole picture beautiful and unique. Anonymous Watch your thoughts: they become words. Watch your words: they become actions.Watch your actions: they become habits. Watch your habits: they become your character. Watch your character: it becomes your destiny.______Francis Outlaw

I've been thinking about you a lot since Japan was hit, and I had noticed you hadn't checked in since the quake in Christchurch. So sorry for your losses and the difficulties you've had to endure. Connie > Thanks for caring. We have just got phone & internet back on after 3 > weeks. We > are in the middle of the worst hit area. We had no water, > > sewerage or power for 2 weeks. We still have to boil all our drinking > water. We > lost our chimney & had a leaking roof. all the roads were buckled & we > have lost > most of our beautiful heritage buildings > > because of it.Love Helen

Thanks for caring. We have just got phone & internet back on after 3 weeks. We are in the middle of the worst hit area. We had no water, sewerage or power for 2 weeks. We still have to boil all our drinking water. We lost our chimney & had a leaking roof. all the roads were buckled & we have lost most of our beautiful heritage buildings because of it.Love Helen

This just in from NASA! Spacecraft Messinger is preparing to enter the orbit of the planet Mercury. Mercury is visible in the western sky at sunset (or a little after). The bright object in the sky is Jupiter. Mercury will be lower and to the right of Jupiter. Over the next three days, Jupiter and Mercury will trade places. That is...Mercury will be the upper object and Jupiter the lower one. Mercury will be dimmer than Jupiter, mainly because it is so much smaller. You might not be able to see Mercury unless you are high up. It will be close to the horizon. Messinger's orbital burn will take place on March 17th. By that date, Mercury should be visible above any rooftops and trees (providing you have clear skies to your West). Sorry but you won't be able to see the orbital entry. NASA doesn't even say you could see it with a backyard telescope. Just one of those things we have to put up with. Click on the link in the message from NASA which takes you to their homepage where you can see a photograph taken yesterday evening in the UK. This will give you a very good idea of where to look. Robert E Paty, Scottsdale, AZ aka Mad Hatter From: snglist@snglist.msfc.nasa.gov To: snglist@snglist.msfc.nasa.gov Subject: See Mercury at Sunset Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:10:47 -0600 NASA Science News for March 14, 2011 This week, sky watchers have a rare opportunity to see Mercury at its best as NASA's MESSENGER probe prepares to enter orbit around the innermost planet. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/14mar_seemercury/ You are currently subscribed to snglist as: dback1935@msn.com. This is a free service. To unsubscribe click here: http://lyris.msfc.nasa.gov/u?id=133594N&n=T&l=snglist or send a blank email to leave-snglist-133594N@lyris.msfc.nasa.gov

I get enraged at what people do to and with their pets. As a child my brothers brought home or befriended every dog they met. Some times only to find out some belonged to our own neighbors. My mom was a cook for a good sized restaurant so their was a lot of throw aways to keep the dogs fed. But in the mess of dogs were 5 females so new pups always. Finally my mom told all of us i just cannot do it any more. At that time we had 26 dogs. My brother in law was there and he told my mom they could take them out to the dump and do away with .them. But a problem that occurs many times. One white as snow ran and no one saw her. She was my favorite but never let my brothers know because they would probably have blinded her just like Dick and Fritz did to my sister Maries dog. They used a bobby pin and a rubber band. Then all the rest of the dogs were killed but Rusty and nobody could kill him so they watched him follow whitey..So back home they went and mom just smiled. Bout 2 to 3 months later my mom heard some thing in the night. She opened the door and in came Whitey and Rusty course every one heard it but me. Any way Fritz took Rusty to bed with him. 4th of July we went to Detroit Lakes, MN. When we got home there was no rusty and we searched believe me. We finally found him an acre or two away in the hay field in front of our home. So when he had the bad fire there was only one dog and he died like a man. Viola

Heres another vintage Buzz tale... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I thought the Martians had landed last night when a 'little green man' rushed at me, talons extended, roaring fiercely.........Oh...It's just Buzzard Bait...AND HE'S PAINTED HIMSELF GREEN ! Arrghhhhhhhhhhhh ! DARK green.....Expensive ENAMEL from the craft store green...........Oh look ! The brown carpet is green ............Oh.......just part of it...and the cut glass cake stand...and and and and.......................Aiiiigghheeee ! He had been playing in the dining room , answering that he was being a good boy when we would call him.........We could hear electronic toys humming, talking...Ahhhhh....just what we needed, a little quiet time to ourselves....The pecan pies are in the oven, black eyed peas , cornbread, and fried potatoes taking care of themselves with the help of the timer....Things don't get much better than that around Buzz..... Hubby's hands no longer sting from the industrial strength cleaner he had to use earlier when Buzz wrote all over our pretty toilet seat...I finished cooking the 'feast ' while Papa slathered a cheerful but respectful Buzz with 'Goop ' hand cleaner { After removing his poopy diaper...also painted.....which was adding insult to injury....} then he put him into a nice hot bath....Which is like throwing Brer Rabbit into a briar patch..... Epilogue: The holes in the toilet seat disappeared..possibly because of cleaner rearranging the plastic ? Most of the green paint came off Buzz AND the carpet, and and and cleaned up pretty well, thanks to Papa's rapidly depleting store of elbow grease.....I think he did all the cleanup because I showed some little hints of murder and mayhem, and he cleverly picked up on that..... Today has been fairly quiet....Maybe I just THINK it's quiet though , since Buzz ran full tilt into the side of my chin as I was turning 'toons' off while 'rassling' him into his clothes so he could go outside.....The kids head is harder than any rock, I swear...After an hour or so my chin hardly hurts at all, and I'm beginning to think I won't have to go to the Chiropractor ..............Maybe..............Jeannie T ____________________________________________________________ $65/Hr Job - 25 Openings Part-Time job ($20-$65/hr). Requirements: Home Internet Access http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d7c6aa45d620aa5am06duc

Giving a dog his own car sounds like a plan...Reminds me of the dog on Keeping Up Appearances, an English comedy that runs on channel 8 when they aren't having a fund drive. Rare.... We kept our Brittanies in a dog pen, concrete floor, cleaned thoroughly every day...plenty of running time in the woods behind our house...Had one bird dog on a chain MANY years ago...His home was a hollow tree, on the edge of the chicken yard..so plenty of wide open spaces....Short while only....Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 00:05:20 -0600 "samuels" <dwsbgs@centurytel.net> writes: > We did have one my son choose as his companion after he was out of the hospital, Duke had to be leashed to an old mercury police car that had quit running. > He had fifty foot of chain and under the car was both cool and dry, winters he was inside the car. door partly open until dark. > > > ____________________________________________________________ $65/Hr Job - 25 Openings Part-Time job ($20-$65/hr). Requirements: Home Internet Access http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d7c66d41c65daa42m06duc

We would never poison the poor dogs....Hubby gave him a half loaf of rock hard baguette bread yesterday...Said he happily crunched it down. One time gave him a real big apple that was too old to eat...Yum ! Today I spent some time outside and he kept barking at me and wagging his tail..Wanting food, I guess....Don't understand why folks even get a dog if they never take it off the leash or take it for a walk....Cruel? Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Sat, 12 Mar 2011 08:59:26 -0800 "Louise Valine" <antique1931@saber.net> writes: > Gosh, don't have a bone in any thing you feed the dog. Evidence!! I hate to see dogs tied up all the time. They need to run. Even little ones, need exercise. > Louise ____________________________________________________________ $65/Hr Job - 25 Openings Part-Time job ($20-$65/hr). Requirements: Home Internet Access http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d7c59f6f04bfa9c5m06duc

Years ago, our next door neighbor had a coon dog. It bark all day and almost all night to I finally ask them if they could leave him out in the mornings at a later time. My kids window was right above where they would leave him out. Can't remember if they did. They had him tied on a very short lease and didn't care about him. One day, when they were not home, I went over the wall and started petting him. There was a chair out there and I thought that maybe he doesn't want to lay on the cement. I brought the chair forward and he jumped on it and never barked again. Then they did something that was so cruel. They stuck him way in the back of there yard in a tiny cage and he put some kind of netting for him to walk on and all his bodily functions dropped to the ground below. One day when I was in our pool with these kids from next door. The smell was so bad and I said something to the kids about it and they gave him away. Next dog was a springer spaniel, a real beauty. They tied him up to on a very short lease. He just walked and walked around that area and the flies were biting his nose really mad. I told the neighbor about his nose and he gave him a bath and stuck him right back where he was before. Their dog was mated to a friends spring spaniel and she had 9 pups. M. said he didn't want a dog. Well anyway, the dog got loose one day and ran through my newly planted garden and I screamed his name. Next day gone. It seems that some people like having dogs so they can mistreat them. One other goofy neighbor had a rooster that crowed at 5:00 a.m. and a duck. You want security, get a duck. Well, every time that rooster crowed, I dialed their number. I complained to the city and all was gone. Barb tipperboo12@msn.com > From: antique1931@saber.net > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 08:59:26 -0800 > Subject: Re: [ML] God plants flowers... > > Gosh, don't have a bone in any thing you feed the dog. Evidence!! > I hate to see dogs tied up all the time. They need to run. Even little > ones, need exercise. > Louise > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <askgranny@juno.com> > To: <dwsbgs@centurytel.net>; <memory-lane@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 10:00 PM > Subject: Re: [ML] God plants flowers... > > > > Thanks for the kind words about my scribbling....I enjoy writing down my > > memories, and am also doing drawings to go with my stories for the local > > archives publication... > > > > We just can't figure out why some neighbors think they can have multiple > > animals on a smallish lot and expect their neighbors to not complain. No > > 1 has 2 hounds, a basset, and a lg mongrel...He says it's natural as a > > baby crying for a dog to bark, so neighbors should understand > > that.....Huh ? His tied up dogs look very skinny and sometimes they bark > > almost all day. We figure if he wants that many dogs he should be living > > so far back in the country no one can hear them...He's ex Marine and > > seems to be mental, so we have to tread lightly... Hubby was told not to > > feed the dogs, but he feels so sorry for the male hound he will toss him > > something over the fence pretty often...This dog is tied up behind a > > building by our property and they can't see him do it...It will eat > > anything...All dogs are tied up 24/7..which is against the law > > here....but...we could get burned out....I snuck and called the County > > one time about them barking...a neighbor ratted on me and I got 2 > > lectures...one an hour long. Suggestions ? I used a pay phone...Oh well, > > the last guy had goats for awhile then the two horses, so I should count > > my blessings, I guess....Jeannie T > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:02:58 -0600 "samuels" <dwsbgs@centurytel.net> > > writes: > > Jeannie: I know why you are a successful journalist. I so enjoy you > > items. > > This Idiot syndrome is rampant! I never thought of numbering like I do > > My boys. > > It has amused and made me scream, how many"out of the city" old boys, > > think country living is all animals and play. > > ____________________________________________________________ > > Groupon.com Official Site > > 1 huge daily deal on the best stuff to do in your city. Try it today! > > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d7b0cd32317893c1m06duc > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

It seem many people have no consideration of others, NIMBY, but deaf dumb and blind to anyone else's. Naturally a rooster crow in daylight but it is not natural for a rooster to be in a 80x100 lot., and there are birds that are not crowers. Don't suggest guineas they never shut up even at night. Good on bugs but hard on sleep. Worst PEAFOWL very great watchdogs, if you don't care who they flog or that they tell you a skunk just walked by at 2 am. Also if the moon or car lights blink. Bud. -----Original Message----- From: memory-lane-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:memory-lane-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Barb mangan Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 8:41 PM To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ML] God plants flowers... Years ago, our next door neighbor had a coon dog. It bark all day and almost all night to I finally ask them if they could leave him out in the mornings at a later time. My kids window was right above where they would leave him out. Can't remember if they did. They had him tied on a very short lease and didn't care about him. One day, when they were not home, I went over the wall and started petting him. There was a chair out there and I thought that maybe he doesn't want to lay on the cement. I brought the chair forward and he jumped on it and never barked again. Then they did something that was so cruel. They stuck him way in the back of there yard in a tiny cage and he put some kind of netting for him to walk on and all his bodily functions dropped to the ground below. One day when I was in our pool with these kids from next door. The smell was so bad and I said something to the kids about it and they gave him away. Next dog was a springer spaniel, a real beauty. They tied him up to on a very short lease. He just walked and walked around that area and the flies were biting his nose really mad. I told the neighbor about his nose and he gave him a bath and stuck him right back where he was before. Their dog was mated to a friends spring spaniel and she had 9 pups. M. said he didn't want a dog. Well anyway, the dog got loose one day and ran through my newly planted garden and I screamed his name. Next day gone. It seems that some people like having dogs so they can mistreat them. One other goofy neighbor had a rooster that crowed at 5:00 a.m. and a duck. You want security, get a duck. Well, every time that rooster crowed, I dialed their number. I complained to the city and all was gone. Barb tipperboo12@msn.com > From: antique1931@saber.net > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 08:59:26 -0800 > Subject: Re: [ML] God plants flowers... > > Gosh, don't have a bone in any thing you feed the dog. Evidence!! > I hate to see dogs tied up all the time. They need to run. Even little > ones, need exercise. > Louise > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <askgranny@juno.com> > To: <dwsbgs@centurytel.net>; <memory-lane@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 10:00 PM > Subject: Re: [ML] God plants flowers... > > > > Thanks for the kind words about my scribbling....I enjoy writing down my > > memories, and am also doing drawings to go with my stories for the local > > archives publication... > > > > We just can't figure out why some neighbors think they can have multiple > > animals on a smallish lot and expect their neighbors to not complain. No > > 1 has 2 hounds, a basset, and a lg mongrel...He says it's natural as a > > baby crying for a dog to bark, so neighbors should understand > > that.....Huh ? His tied up dogs look very skinny and sometimes they bark > > almost all day. We figure if he wants that many dogs he should be living > > so far back in the country no one can hear them...He's ex Marine and > > seems to be mental, so we have to tread lightly... Hubby was told not to > > feed the dogs, but he feels so sorry for the male hound he will toss him > > something over the fence pretty often...This dog is tied up behind a > > building by our property and they can't see him do it...It will eat > > anything...All dogs are tied up 24/7..which is against the law > > here....but...we could get burned out....I snuck and called the County > > one time about them barking...a neighbor ratted on me and I got 2 > > lectures...one an hour long. Suggestions ? I used a pay phone...Oh well, > > the last guy had goats for awhile then the two horses, so I should count > > my blessings, I guess....Jeannie T > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:02:58 -0600 "samuels" <dwsbgs@centurytel.net> > > writes: > > Jeannie: I know why you are a successful journalist. I so enjoy you > > items. > > This Idiot syndrome is rampant! I never thought of numbering like I do > > My boys. > > It has amused and made me scream, how many"out of the city" old boys, > > think country living is all animals and play. > > ____________________________________________________________ > > Groupon.com Official Site > > 1 huge daily deal on the best stuff to do in your city. 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I am not a crier. But that little story was a tear jerker!!! Viola. ge

While I have read this before, I read it again, because it is so soul touching. I find it a reminder of how just a few words can touch and make such a difference in someone's life. Thanks, Marilyn On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 7:37 PM, samuels <dwsbgs@centurytel.net> wrote: > > > > > Take the time to read this....it is a beautiful piece.....As I read it, I > could remember the Information Please option....don't know if in the BIG > city of Chicago it worked just this way.....but, it did bring back memories > of a phone hanging on the wall!!!!!!!! ....etc...... > > _____ > > > > > THE OLD PHONE ON THE WALL... > > > > When I was a young boy, my father had one of the first telephones in our > neighborhood.. I remember the polished, old case fastened to the wall. The > shiny receiver hung on the side of the box. I was too little to reach the > telephone, but used to listen with fascination when my mother talked to it. > > > > > > > > Then I discovered that somewhere inside the wonderful device lived an > amazing person. Her name was "Information Please" and there was nothing she > did not know. Information Please could supply anyone's number and the > correct time. > > > > > > > > My personal experience with the genie-in-a-bottle came one day while my > mother was visiting a neighbor. Amusing myself at the tool bench in the > basement, I whacked my finger with a hammer, the pain was terrible, but > there seemed no point in crying because there was no one home to give > sympathy. > > > > > > > > I walked around the house sucking my throbbing finger, finally arriving > at the stairway. The telephone! Quickly, I ran for the footstool in the > parlor and dragged it to the landing. Climbing up, I unhooked the receiver > in the parlor and held it to my ear. > > > > > > > > "Information, please." I said into the mouthpiece just above my head. > > > > > > > > A click or two and a small clear voice spoke into my ear. > > > > > > > > "Information." > > > > > > > > "I hurt my finger..." I wailed into the phone, the tears came readily > enough now that I had an audience. > > > > > > > > "Isn't your mother home?" came the question. > > > > > > > > "Nobody's home but me," I blubbered. > > > > > > > > "Are you bleeding?" the voice asked. > > > > > > > > “No,” I replied. "I hit my finger with the hammer and it hurts." > > > > > > > > "Can you open the icebox?" she asked. > > > > > > > > I said I could. > > > > > > > > "Then chip off a little bit of ice and hold it to your finger," said the > voice. > > > > > > > > After that, I called "Information Please" for everything. I asked her > for help with my geography, and she told me where Philadelphia was. She > helped me with my math. > > > > > > > > She told me my pet chipmunk that I had caught in the park just the day > before, would eat fruit and nuts. > > > > > > > > Then, there was the time Petey, our pet canary, died. I called, > "Information Please," and told her the sad story. > > > > > > > > She listened, and then said things grown-ups say to soothe a child. But I > was not consoled. > > > > > > > > I asked her, "Why is it that birds should sing so beautifully and bring > joy to all families, only to end up as a heap of feathers on the bottom of a > cage?" > > > > > > > > She must have sensed my deep concern, for she said quietly, > > > > "Wayne, always remember that there are other worlds to sing in." > > > > > > > > Somehow I felt better. > > > > > > > > Another day I was on the telephone, "Information Please." > > > > > > > > “Information," said in the now familiar voice. > > > > > > > > "How do I spell fix?" I asked. > > > > > > > > All this took place in a small town in the Pacific Northwest . When I was > nine years old, we moved across the country to Boston . I missed my friend > very much. "Information Please" belonged in that old wooden box back home > and I somehow never thought of trying the shiny new phone that sat on the > table in the hall. As I grew into my teens, the memories of those childhood > conversations never really left me. > > > > > > > > Often, in moments of doubt and perplexity I would recall the serene sense > of security I had then. I appreciated now how patient, understanding, and > kind she was to have spent her time on a little boy. > > > > > > > > A few years later, on my way west to college, my plane put down in > Seattle . I had about a half-hour or so between planes. I spent 15 minutes > or so on the phone with my sister, who lived there now. Then without > thinking what I was doing, I dialed my hometown operator and said, > "Information Please." > > > > > > > > Miraculously, I heard the small, clear voice I knew so well. > “Information." > > > > > > > > I hadn't planned this, but I heard myself saying, “Could you please tell > me how to spell fix?" > > > > > > > > There was a long pause. Then came the soft spoken answer, "I guess your > finger must have healed by now." > > > > > > > > I laughed, "So it's really you," I said. "I wonder if you have any > > idea how much you meant to me during that time?" > > > > > > > > I wonder," she said, "if you know how much your calls meant to me. I > never had any children and I used to look forward to your calls." > > > > > > > > I told her how often I had thought of her over the years and I asked if I > could call her again when I came back to visit my sister. > > > > > > > > "Please do." she said. "Just ask for Sally." > > > > > > > > Three months later I was back in Seattle . A different voice answered, > “Information." I asked for Sally. > > > > > > > > "Are you a friend?" she said. > > > > > > > > "Yes, a very old friend," I answered. > > > > > > > > "I'm sorry to have to tell you this," she said. "Sally had been working > part-time the last few years because she was ill. She died five weeks ago." > > > > > > > > Before I could hang up, she said, "Wait a minute, did you say your name > was Wayne?" > > > > > > > > "Yes." I answered. > > > > > > > > "Well, Sally left a message for you. She wrote it down in case you > called. Let me read it to you." > > > > > > > > "Tell him there are other worlds to sing in. He'll know what I mean." > > > > > > > > I thanked her and hung up. I knew what Sally meant. > > > > > > > > Never underestimate the impression you may make on others. > > > > > > > > Whose life have you touched today? > > > > > > > > Why not pass this on? I just did... > > > > > > > > Lifting you on eagle's wings. > > > > > > > > May you find the joy and peace you long for. > > > > > > > > Life is a journey... NOT a guided tour. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- "If you don't get outside every day, even for a minute, you have not appreciated what God has done. It makes you grateful for our surroundings, and it starts your day differently." Johnny Cash

  I really enjoyed this.  Annette. --- On Sat, 3/12/11, marilyn E B <marilyneb@gmail.com> wrote: From: marilyn E B <marilyneb@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [ML] FW: Fwd: FW: "Information Please!" To: dwsbgs@centurytel.net, memory-lane@rootsweb.com Date: Saturday, March 12, 2011, 12:24 PM While I have read this before, I read it again, because it is so soul touching. I find it a reminder of how just a few words can touch and make such a difference in someone's life. Thanks, Marilyn On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 7:37 PM, samuels <dwsbgs@centurytel.net> wrote: > > > > > Take the time to read this....it is a beautiful piece.....As I read it, I > could remember the Information Please option....don't know if in the BIG > city of Chicago it worked just this way.....but, it did bring back memories > of a phone hanging on the wall!!!!!!!!  ....etc...... > >  _____ > > > > > THE OLD PHONE ON THE WALL... > > > > When I was a young boy, my father had one of the first telephones in our > neighborhood.. I remember the polished, old case fastened to the wall. The > shiny receiver hung on the side of the box. I was too little to reach the > telephone, but used to listen with fascination when my mother talked to it. > > > > > > > > Then I discovered that somewhere inside the wonderful device lived an > amazing person. Her name was "Information Please" and there was nothing she > did not know. Information Please could supply anyone's number and the > correct time. > > > > > > > > My personal experience with the genie-in-a-bottle came one day while my > mother was visiting a neighbor. Amusing myself at the tool bench in the > basement, I whacked my finger with a hammer, the pain was terrible, but > there seemed no point in crying because there was no one home to give > sympathy. > > > > > > > > I walked around the house sucking my throbbing finger, finally arriving > at the stairway. The telephone! Quickly, I ran for the footstool in the > parlor and dragged it to the landing. Climbing up, I unhooked the receiver > in the parlor and held it to my ear. > > > > > > > > "Information, please." I said into the mouthpiece just above my head. > > > > > > > > A click or two and a small clear voice spoke into my ear. > > > > > > > > "Information." > > > > > > > > "I hurt my finger..."  I wailed into the phone, the tears came readily > enough now that I had an audience. > > > > > > > > "Isn't your mother home?" came the question. > > > > > > > > "Nobody's home but me," I blubbered. > > > > > > > > "Are you bleeding?" the voice asked. > > > > > > > > “No,” I replied. "I hit my finger with the hammer and it hurts." > > > > > > > > "Can you open the icebox?" she asked. > > > > > > > > I said I could. > > > > > > > > "Then chip off a little bit of ice and hold it to your finger,"  said the > voice. > > > > > > > > After that, I called "Information Please" for everything.  I asked her > for help with my geography, and she told me where Philadelphia was. She > helped me with my math. > > > > > > > > She told me my pet chipmunk that I had caught in the park just the day > before, would eat fruit and nuts. > > > > > > > > Then, there was the time Petey, our pet canary, died. I called, > "Information Please," and told her the sad story. > > > > > > > > She listened, and then said things grown-ups say to soothe a child. But I > was not consoled. > > > > > > > > I asked her, "Why is it that birds should sing so beautifully and bring > joy to all families, only to end up as a heap of feathers on the bottom of a > cage?" > > > > > > > > She must have sensed my deep concern, for she said quietly, > > > > "Wayne, always remember that there are other worlds to sing in." > > > > > > > > Somehow I felt better. > > > > > > > > Another day I was on the telephone, "Information Please." > > > > > > > > “Information," said in the now familiar voice. > > > > > > > > "How do I spell fix?"  I asked. > > > > > > > > All this took place in a small town in the Pacific Northwest . When I was > nine years old, we moved across the country to Boston . I missed my friend > very much.  "Information Please" belonged in that old wooden box back home > and I somehow never thought of trying the shiny new phone that sat on the > table in the hall. As I grew into my teens, the memories of those childhood > conversations never really left me. > > > > > > > > Often, in moments of doubt and perplexity I would recall the serene sense > of security I had then. I appreciated now how patient, understanding, and > kind she was to have spent her time on a little boy. > > > > > > > > A few years later, on my way west to college, my plane put down in > Seattle . I had about a half-hour or so between planes. I spent 15 minutes > or so on the phone with my sister, who lived there now. Then without > thinking what I was doing, I dialed my hometown operator and said, > "Information Please." > > > > > > > > Miraculously, I heard the small, clear voice I knew so well. >  “Information." > > > > > > > > I hadn't planned this, but I heard myself saying, “Could you please tell > me how to spell fix?" > > > > > > > > There was a long pause. Then came the soft spoken answer, "I guess your > finger must have healed by now." > > > > > > > > I laughed, "So it's really you," I said. "I wonder if you have any > > idea how much you meant to me during that time?" > > > > > > > > I wonder," she said, "if you know how much your calls meant to me.  I > never had any children and I used to look forward to your calls." > > > > > > > > I told her how often I had thought of her over the years and I asked if I > could call her again when I came back to visit my sister. > > > > > > > > "Please do." she said. "Just ask for Sally." > > > > > > > > Three months later I was back in Seattle .  A different voice answered, > “Information."  I asked for Sally. > > > > > > > > "Are you a friend?" she said. > > > > > > > > "Yes, a very old friend," I answered. > > > > > > > > "I'm sorry to have to tell you this," she said. "Sally had been working > part-time the last few years because she was ill. She died five weeks ago." > > > > > > > > Before I could hang up, she said, "Wait a minute, did you say your name > was Wayne?" > > > > > > > > "Yes." I answered. > > > > > > > > "Well, Sally left a message for you.  She wrote it down in case you > called.  Let me read it to you." > > > > > > > > "Tell him there are other worlds to sing in.  He'll know what I mean." > > > > > > > > I thanked her and hung up. I knew what Sally meant. > > > > > > > > Never underestimate the impression you may make on others. > > > > > > > > Whose life have you touched today? > > > > > > > >  Why not pass this on? I just did... > > > > > > > > Lifting you on eagle's wings. > > > > > > > > May you find the joy and peace you long for. > > > > > > > > Life is a journey... NOT a guided tour. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- "If you don't get outside every day, even for a minute, you have not appreciated what God has done. It makes you grateful for our surroundings, and it starts your day differently." Johnny Cash http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message