So, Karen, a quick genealogy computer widget to figure degrees of cousinage quickly. What won't they think of next! I read your very concise explanation and now everything is clear - I think. Thanks, Oldtimer. Richard Emlin Reed Wesley Chapel, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Fox" <karenmfox@verizon.net> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 1:03 PM Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Achenbach > Richard Emlin Reed wrote: > > "I never did have the straight of the cousin _____ removed designation. I > know that people with a common grandparent are first cousins; those with a > common great grandparent are second cousins; and so on. So, since John and > Maria are my 2gps and your 3gps; doesn't that make us 2.5 cousins? }:-)" > > LOL 2.5 cousins, you are a naughty one! > > I confess, I use a quick genealogy computer widget to figure degrees of > cousinage > quickly. Cousin Calc.... http://www.iroots.net/tools/cusncalc/ ...I have > the downloaded > web-based cousin calculator which is an on demand popup tool. That webpage > I referenced > also has a regular old table you can consult if you want to figure > cousinage the old fashioned > way LOL instead of using the easy cheat web tool. > > When the word "removed" is used to describe a relationship, it indicates > that the two people > are from different generations. > > The words "once removed" mean that there is a difference of one > generation. > For example, your father's first cousin is your first cousin, once > removed. > This is because your father's first cousin is one generation younger than > your grandparents > and you are two generations younger than your grandparents. This > one-generation difference > equals "once removed." The one-generation difference has nothing to do > with age, but rather > with descendance from the same person. > > Twice removed means that there is a two-generation difference. > You are two generations younger than a first cousin of your grandmother, > so you and your grandmother's first cousin are first cousins, twice > removed. > > So Herr Richard, since our common ancestor is my 3x gr-grandparents (your > 2x gr-grandparents), > we are 3rd cousins, once removed. You and my father would be straight out > 3rd cousins since > you share(d) the same 2x gr-grandparents. > > When I'm able to get out and can convince someone to drive me to Mt. > Aetna, I'll > make a point of finding those graves and taking photos of the stones. I > did things the > backwards way. When I was young and healthy, I never took photos of the > stones when > I'd visit the cemetery. I started actively researching my genealogy once > it became > more difficult for me to be out on solitary adventures. So of couse now I > could kick > myself for not taking the photos back in the day. > > Would you like to know what made me feel OLD? (you can laugh, I'm turning > 49 on the 20th) > One day I spent the afternoon at the Berks Historical Society Library > looking through > the microfilm of Mt. Aetna St John's records in their archives. > > I suddenly came across my name (I was baptized at St. John's). > > I came home that day, called my mother and told her that I was so old that > I appear in the Historical Society's Archives. Mom (at 75yo) had a good > laugh at that. > > Karen from Berks Cawhnty

I think the best place in the world to see stars in AZ is on I17 going south out of Flagstaff. Just after you get about 20 miles out of Flagstaff the sky opens up with the stars. You are high enough in the mountains to be able to see the stars very clearly. It works the other way as well going toward Page on 89 out of Flagstaff. I have traveled those two roads many times. sherry Don Churchfield <dctrk@c2i2.com> wrote: There are lots of wide-open spaces with no street lights in Arizona also. Don ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games.

My Pop never hunted and neither did I. Uncle Charlie used to give my Mom a rabbit or two now and then, and, sometimes, a venison roast. She would do something to eliminate the "wild taste". Marinate it, I think. She used to refer to tallow; I just looked it up and, sure enough, there is tallow in a deer's fat. By the way, if a goose and a goose are geese; why aren't a moose and a moose meese? And if more than one bear are bears; why aren't more than one deer deers? Richard Emlin Reed Wesley Chapel, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Vondran" <lynnvondran@att.net> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 10:45 AM Subject: [PD-LIFE] Hunting and Eating it >I definitely wouldn't have made a good hunter's wife_FOR SURE!!!!!! > Our neighbors, across the street, hunt as a family, and always get deer > and other kinds of animals, during all the hunting seasons. They never > have to buy meat. > Dear burger is so good, but I've never had it any other way except in > burger form. Now I've had Moose, and that needs to be soaked overnight, > to get the wildness out of it_well, most of the wildness anyway. > Do these other animals you are all talking about have a wildness about > them? > :o) > Lynn > PS Now Richard Emlin Reed, I know your gears are rolling on that question > already :o) LOL!!!!! > Barb wrote: > > Yes cleaning then is a pain but its worth it.. BUT I'm getting to old to > do > it now.. > When we moved to MO I showed a friend how to clean a Turtle she then > floured > it and fried it.. It was okay but the soup was better.. I also showed her > how to clean Deer meat once the guys skinned it, NOW she is an expert!! > :) > My family men are great at hunting and fishing..they bow hunt, and gun > hunt > and they fish a lot so we always have lots of deer to share with our > neighbors.. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Don, I would like to thank you for the gift of sacrifice you have given both for the lord and his children. But also for me as an American. thank you. With out you and others like you our country would not be where it is today. thank you sherry Don Churchfield <dctrk@c2i2.com> wrote: I am always happy to share about our church. It is First Baptist Church in St. David, Arizona. I accepted a call to the church as interim pastor, expecting to be there about 6 months or so. We started our fourth year on the 28th of March of this year. St. David is a small town, and is to a large degree a retirement town. There is an RV park there, and during the winter it does fill up with snowbirds. We have about 30 members, but during the winter months our attendance goes up. We also do services during the winter months at two camp grounds. Our food program is a good one. We have a church service at 1:30 on Friday afternoons, and then we give out food after the service. We average about 35 people in the service, many of them that are otherwise un-charted, so we are reaching people for our Lord. We often have as many as 80 people coming for food. We get the food from Caring Ministries in Tucson. It is all donated by various grocery stores, and of course, at times is close to the expiration date. We get anywhere from 3,000 pounds to 7,000 pounds of food. The people do not have to be low income to get the food, it is open to anybody that wants to come. We do also give out boxes once a month that contain canned goods, household items, cookies, crackers, and so on. People must live in the area and must be low income. They do have to submit an application for that. We usually have quite a bit of food left over after everybody has come through the line, so my wife and I load as much as we can in the car and take it to a home for wayward children. We also provide Bibles for the children, and when we can, provide Bibles to the county jail. About two years ago we decided that the people who wait outside need to hear the gospel, so we put a speaker on the outside of the church. We have seen people saved as a result of that. In addition to the church, I am also the chaplain for the Disabled American Veterans in our county. I am a disabled veteran myself, and that is a way I can assist other veterans. I spend at least two hours in the DAV office each week, and do work for veterans at home and in the hospital as well. Thanks for asking about our church. It is small, but it is filled with the Spirit of God and a heart to give. Don in AZ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids.

Hey, now there's a thought for my old golf spikes!!! Only they are dated back to the 1970s. Never thought of that! I'll give them to whomever needs them in Florida, to round up those gators and crocs :o) Do you have crocs in Florida, or are they living somewhere else in the world? :o) Lynn -------------------- Hmmmmm. Richard Emlin Reed as the new Crocodile Hunter! Could be a big hit! Rick B

Richard, what are the tears you spoke of? As Richard Reed said....your knowledge of the celestial beings is amazing!! Did he say, "I'm astronamished"? Amazing choice of words Herr Reed! Sheila in WV ------------------- St. Lawrence's Tears has another name I can't recall at the moment but they do have a place in Chrisitianity. When Lawrence was martyred around 400 A. D., his followers looked up and saw this meteor shower and they thought the heavens were weeping over his death. This event occurs every year around Aug. 11. Rick B

I'm not sure exactly where in the sky Jupiter is at the moment but the most fascinating "cluster" in the sky in my opinion is The Pleiades or "Seven Sisters." They form the shoulder of Taurus the Bull. The most interesting thing about this "cluster" is that when you look at them straight on you don't see them as clearly as you do if you look slightly off center using your peripheral vision. It is kind of an eye test to try that. <g> Joan -------------------- Its a little past 11 PM and Jupiter is towards the southeast. Look up and it will the brightest spot in the that part of the sky. :-) For the cluster, the Seven Sisters, I'll have to look at that one a little more closely. Thanks! Rick B

In a message dated 8/12/2007 10:55:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, reberkheiser@earthlink.net writes: The past week or so I've been fascinated with the "cluster" directly below Jupiter in the binocs. I'm scratching my head on what it is, and my Internet searches won't turn up anything satisfactory. ----- I'm not sure exactly where in the sky Jupiter is at the moment but the most fascinating "cluster" in the sky in my opinion is The Pleiades or "Seven Sisters." They form the shoulder of Taurus the Bull. The most interesting thing about this "cluster" is that when you look at them straight on you don't see them as clearly as you do if you look slightly off center using your peripheral vision. It is kind of an eye test to try that. <g> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiades_(star_cluster) Joan ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

Alligators are in FL. You know the ones with the flat nose, versus crocs that have the more narrow nose. Cathy > [Original Message] > From: Lynn Vondran <lynnvondran@att.net> > To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> > Date: 8/12/2007 8:08:57 PM > Subject: [PD-LIFE] Spikes and alligators > > Hey, now there's a thought for my old golf spikes!!! Only they are dated back to the 1970s. Never thought of that! I'll give them to whomever needs them in Florida, to round up those gators and crocs :o) Do you have crocs in Florida, or are they living somewhere else in the world? > :o) > Lynn > > Richard wrote: > Yeahhhhh! Using my golf spikes for spurs. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I'm astronomished by your astronomical knowledge; but where do you see them. When I was a boy, I would lie in the grass, look up at the sky, and see zillions of stars. Now I am lucky to see half a dozen. Has global warming destroyed celestial swarming? Richard -------------------- Richard; I was amused by your play on words. That was pretty good. :-) I recently revived my old high school hobby of amateur astronomy so the last couple of weeks I have been refamiliarizing myself with the constellations, planets, etc. I need to get a new telescope because my old one went to the Goodwill bin years ago so I'm making do for now with my 10x50 binoculars. Plus I need a new set of sky charts so the journal entries of my observations will have more meaning. The past week or so I've been fascinated with the "cluster" directly below Jupiter in the binocs. I'm scratching my head on what it is, and my Internet searches won't turn up anything satisfactory. Not to dwell on this subject too long, after all this is a genealogy chat list. :-) Light pollution is making it harder to view the stars on a moonless night, but its not impossible. Connie found an interesting picture which can be viewed at the link below. http://news.aol.com/science Thanks for allowing me to indulge for a moment on this off topic subject. :-) As Star Hustler's Jack Horkheimer always says, "Keep looking up!" And as we say at the paint store when something strange happens, "Science!" Rick B

Thank you for the "Welcome Back", Mary; and thank you for a wonderful story. It reveals a wonderful life. Congratulations on your pending retirement and may you spend many years of ease in your aerie. And a heartfelt Amen to your last line. Animals don't hold grudges; and they are always willing to forgive. What lessons we could learn from them. Richard Emlin Reed ----- Original Message ----- From: "marysaerie" <marysaerie@stny.rr.com> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 1:02 PM Subject: [PD-LIFE] You make me chuckle > Hello, List. > > I'd like to say "Welcome" to all the new list members, and "Welcome Back" > to Richard Emlin. I > have missed your lessons and your wit. > > I've been lurking a lot over the last three months and only piping up > every now and then as I have > been preparing to retire from the job I've had for over 38 years. I have > cleaned out, hoed out, and > provided training to my temporary replacement. I am on vacation for three > weeks, then officially > retire on September 1st. It will be the best birthday present I have ever > given myself. More on that > later if I have time. > > Any way. I have been reading the 'pet' communiques and the > 'hunting/eating' communiques. They > have provided a source of much entertainment for me and have made me > chuckle a lot. I can tell > that a lot of you are thinking, "EEEYOUUUUU" "YUCK" about the > hunting/cleaning/eating part, and > I can't help but chuckle to myself. > > I was raised on a farm which, by todays standards, would be called a > 'gentleman's farm'. It was 60 > acres large. We had cows, chickens, cats, dogs, and rabbits. We raised a > bull every other year for > our freezer, and 2 pigs in the in-between years. For some reason, my Dad > always named the bull > calves Snodgrass. I learned how to call the cows in from the fields and > the pigs to slop. I learned > how to mix manna with water as a replacement/supplement for our calves, > how to grain the chickens, > protect myself from the spurs of the rooster, and collect the eggs. For > my 5th birthday, my father > handed me a tiny lantern (which I still have) which was a perfect replica > of his, and started me in the > barn doing small things. At age 7, he taught me to drive our N8 Ford in > the fields so I could help him > with the haying. We planted 3 huge gardens every year and my Mother spent > all summer canning > for the winter. She taught me how to churn butter (I still have the > churns, butter bowl and paddle), > then work it to get all the water out of it. We also made our own > sauerkraut (I still have the crock > and the shredder). We made our own apple cider, too. The only time we > had homemade icecream > was in the winter when the icicles would form on the gutters. My father > hunted deer, grouse, squirrel, > pheasant, turkey, rabbit, and anything else worthy enough of spending a > shell on. We had bobwhite, > too, but they were too small a bird to warrant wasting money and time. > When I turned 8, I was given > the job of plucking the chickens my Mother had ordered up for dinner. Dad > would lop off their heads, > let them run around like the headless horseman until they dropped, then > bring them in the house for > Mom to scald. After that, it was my job to pluck them and singe them. I > am surprised that I eat so > much chicken, but I could eat it every day in one form or another. When I > was 10, my Dad gave me > the N8 for my own and he bought another tractor so we had two to use in > the fields. When I was 13, > I started taking voice lessons (I had 5 years of piano and 1 year of > clarinet before that), and at 15 I > took on the job of nanny for for 3 small boys who lived a mile up the > road. From the start of school > until it was over in June, I sat every night after school and on Saturday. > Once school was out, I > worked six full days a week, except when their family took vacation. The > pay was good for the times: > $25 a week during school and $75 a week during summer. It allowed me to > pay for my music lessons, > my music, my clothes, my books, my lunches, and whatever else a teenage > girl needed at the time. > > I had pets as I grew up, but they were NEVER allowed in the house. I > always had a dog; and, of > course we had barn cats to keep the mice and snakes out of the hay and the > graineries. I always had > a favorite cat or two, and my Dad bought me a Welsh pony named Midnight > when I turned 13. He > actually bought me a young thoroughbred colt to begin with, but my Mother > made Dad take him back. > My Mother, God bless her, did NOT like animals too well. But my Dad > always wanted a farm, so farm > life it was. She was good to go as long as the animals were on one side > of a fence and she was on > the other. The animals always seemed to like her and always would come up > to her, especially the > cows. She would reach over the top wire of the fence and with two fingers > gingerly scratch them on > the head or nose, then quickly walk away. It wasn't until many years > later that I got my first indoor > animal. He was a gorgeous sable purebred collie named Sam with a nose a > mile long that my husband > rescued and brought home to me. He was very skittish and meek because he > had been beaten severely. > Sam and I became great friends and he learned to trust us. He loved > children inparticularly. > > The next pet I adopted was named Whiskey--a long-haired, orange-colored, > tiger kitten that was left > behind in my cousin's apartment building. Doris had rescued it, but was > allergic, so I took him. He was > small enough to hold in the palms of my hands, so he was probably about 8 > weeks old. He and Sam > became great friends. Whiskey would climb up my curtains and hide behind > them in the window just > waiting for Sam to walk underneath. Whiskey would pounce on Sam and ride > him around the living room > like a drunken cowboy until he fell off. Sadly, the neighborhood children > let Sam out of our fenced in > yard and we never saw him again. When my husband and I divorced, Whiskey > went to live with my Aunt > because I could not have animals in my new apartment. > > I now have two cats, Missy Lou, the Princess in Training of the household > (I am still the Queen); and Bear, > the big ol' boob. Additionally, my husband brought Dancer, a black > lab/dalmatian mix, with him last year > when we got married. They are all rescues. Missy is an 11 pound domestic > long-haired tortoiseshell who > loves to play fetch, and has to know everything that is going on. Bear is > a 16 pound black Persian who is > the king of all he surveys, likes to bully Missy, and is just very laid > back. He also a great cuddler. Dancer > looks mostly like a black lab except she has a white bib and 4 white > socks, all with black polka dots. She > likes to play with both of the cats, but she is rough, so they don't play > too long. She is also a great watch > dog. All of them love to be brushed and combed. I'm now working with > Missy to get her to let me clean > her teeth. She just had her teeth cleaned by the vet and had three teeth > pulled. I didn't know that, like > we humans, they can get periodontal and gum disease. When I got Missy, > she was an 'only child'. She > got to the point where she bugged me so much that I decided I needed to > get her a pet, hence Bear. I > used to tell Missy that if she didn't straighten out I was going to change > her name to Al Po and feed her > to the dogs. When Bear would mis-behave, I threatened to change his name > to Ken L. Ration. Of course, > they never paid me any mind. The only time they disappear from sight is > when I get upset enough to > raise my voice, which isn't often. When I do, though, all you see are two > streaks, hear the scuttering of > their claws across the kitchen floor as they try to make a turn for the > cellar door in full flight, and the thud > of the folding door as they come up a little short, followed by the > pitter-patter of feet as they go down the > cellar stairs and into ghost mode. When they re-emerge, they are like two > kids. They quietly come up > and peek around the corner to see if the coast is clear. I have to laugh > at them. All the animals are a > great source of entertainment and of comfort. They never hold a grudge, > and they will always be there > to love you and give you a 'hug' when you need it most. > > Mary > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Not really, Richard.? It is the lack of total darkness we have lost due to all the reflections of street lights, etc.?It is?hard to find a totally dark area anymore.? Connie -----Original Message----- From: Richard Emlin Reed <remlinr@tampabay.rr.com> To: Richard Berkheiser <reberkheiser@earthlink.net>; padutch-life@rootsweb.com Sent: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 9:49 pm Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Keep Looking Up! I'm astronomished by your astronomical knowledge; but where do you see them. When I was a boy, I would lie in the grass, look up at the sky, and see zillions of stars. Now I am lucky to see half a dozen. Has global warming destroyed celestial swarming? Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Berkheiser" <reberkheiser@earthlink.net> To: <PADUTCH-LIFE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 5:22 PM Subject: [PD-LIFE] Keep Looking Up! > Hi again everyone! > > For those of you that are into star gazing, there's plenty to see in the > night sky this month. > > Towards the south, the Planet Jupiter dominates near Scorpius, and in a > decent pair of binoculars you can even make out one of Jupiter's moons. > Last night around 10:40 PM, the Red Spot made its transit. It was > viewable through a small telescope. The "heart" of Scorpius shines bright > red as Antares twinkles away. > > August is also the best month to see meteor showers. Most notably the > Perseids Meteor Shower. While looking up, don't forget to look for St. > Lawrence's Tears. > > Lots to see up there! > > Rick B > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.

It sure does sound as if this is more than a "temporary" assignment...but then the Lord knows the plans He has made for us before we do. It is wonderful that there is such an abundance of food from the businesses in Tuscon to be able to feed so many on Fridays, and the idea of a Friday afternoon church service to reach those uncharted souls is a wonderful idea! The once a month food give-away is a wonderful outreach too! We have here in Bluefield, WV, The Union Gospel Mission that has done so much for our community. And there is one called "Tender Mercies" in Princeton, WV that helps many others. What would we do without them....especially in these times of higher gasoline and heating/cooling costs? I know that Rick is attempting to steer us to our genealogy, so I would like to share with you that I found out last night while doing some research, that I am a descendant of William Tyndale, through his sister, Margaret who married Dr. Rowland Taylor, also a Christian Martyr. I have been reading that William Tyndale has been overlooked by so much of the historical community in failing to recognize the phenomonal contribution that he made in translating the Bible into English. I learned that the phrase, "Let There Be Light" was his, along with many others that we know today. Rowland Taylor was the third person to be martyred during the reign of Queen "Bloody" Mary. Through this line, also descends President Zachery Taylor, a brother to my ancestor. My line descends to one Katherine Taylor who married Hezekiah H. Brooks on my mother's side. We really never know what we will find in doing our genealogy search!! I have been intrigued with what I have found....I have The Tyndales and Taylors who were Protestants, and then the Radclyffes who were supportive of The Catholic Scottish Dynasty, and the Claypools who married into the family of Oliver Cromwell! All an interesting mix! And I must not foget the many Quakers in my family, among those, The Claypools. One of my Claypools also married the daughter of Oliver Cromwell, and one married Elizabeth Griscom, aka Betsy Ross. She was excommunicated from The Quaker Church. I eagerly continue my search to discover my past ancestors, and as the writing today said, It is my desire to put flesh on their bones so that I may know them better. Indeed, they have a story to tell!!!! And I know that my search has been "God driven and directed". God bless you and your church! And your volunteer work with The Disabled Vets!! Sheila in WV --------------------------------- Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games.

I'm astronomished by your astronomical knowledge; but where do you see them. When I was a boy, I would lie in the grass, look up at the sky, and see zillions of stars. Now I am lucky to see half a dozen. Has global warming destroyed celestial swarming? Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Berkheiser" <reberkheiser@earthlink.net> To: <PADUTCH-LIFE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 5:22 PM Subject: [PD-LIFE] Keep Looking Up! > Hi again everyone! > > For those of you that are into star gazing, there's plenty to see in the > night sky this month. > > Towards the south, the Planet Jupiter dominates near Scorpius, and in a > decent pair of binoculars you can even make out one of Jupiter's moons. > Last night around 10:40 PM, the Red Spot made its transit. It was > viewable through a small telescope. The "heart" of Scorpius shines bright > red as Antares twinkles away. > > August is also the best month to see meteor showers. Most notably the > Perseids Meteor Shower. While looking up, don't forget to look for St. > Lawrence's Tears. > > Lots to see up there! > > Rick B > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Those were probably box turtles. I have ridden in the car lots of times with one we rescued from the road to bring home to the garden in hopes that it will eat slugs and such. Most snapping turtles are really big - those we have gotten out of our ponds were sometimes almost 18 inches long. You wouldn't have wanted to flip one of those over because you would have risked losing a finger or toe. They are definitely nasty creatures. They bite right through the heaviest fish hook we can find to try and catch them. We have had lots of pets over the years including farm animals. The only ones we ate were chickens, though most of them were for eggs. I've got pictures of some of our pets on our website. The link is under my signature. Just scroll down to where you can click on photo gallery and then go to the kitty pictures. There are lots more than cats there. Hope you enjoy them. Jane Lynn Vondran <lynnvondran@att.net> wrote: I'm sure they enjoy that!!! When I lived in Mohnton, we would go to an out of the way place to buy our flowers. Every year we would find a large turtle upside down in the middle of the road, stop the car, get out and upright it over at the side where it was headed. But, there were some that didn't make it without getting hit. They are so cute, I couldn't eat one. But, then again, cows are cute, and pigs are cute and I can eat that meat, only if it's from the store :o) and I don't know it's parents :o) Lynn Barb wrote: I have a shell of a small one that I use for my daycare. All the kids even my own used it as share time in preschool.. :) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell.

Any crocs in FL are illegal aliengators. Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Vondran" <lynnvondran@att.net> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 8:01 PM Subject: [PD-LIFE] Spikes and alligators > Hey, now there's a thought for my old golf spikes!!! Only they are dated > back to the 1970s. Never thought of that! I'll give them to whomever > needs them in Florida, to round up those gators and crocs :o) Do you have > crocs in Florida, or are they living somewhere else in the world? > :o) > Lynn > > Richard wrote: > Yeahhhhh! Using my golf spikes for spurs. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Oh, yes, please on the jam and pies, too.? I love peaches and with daughter coming from MA with gson, we will need to go to Brown's and stock up.? Connie -----Original Message----- From: Lynn Vondran <lynnvondran@att.net> To: padutch-life@rootsweb.com Sent: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 8:15 pm Subject: Re: [PD-LIFE] Peaches I am absolutely jealous!!!!! So, it's peach season, is it? Well, on my travels, I will have to stop at Flinchbaugh's, in Eastern York County, to see what they have!!! That sounds sooooooo good!!!! Recipe for your jam, please? If it's not a family secret :O) Thanks! Lynn Anna wrote: Today three of my sisters went with me to a peach orchard where we picked and picked up from the ground, a bushel of peaches in just 25 minutes.and there were so many to be had! Jam and pies tomorrow! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.

No, no. I was a young fifty something when I almost stepped on the alligator. That was back in the '70s. I think it's "yippee kei yei yei yea" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn Vondran" <lynnvondran@att.net> To: <padutch-life@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 8:12 PM Subject: [PD-LIFE] Older NOT Old :o) > Well, Karen!!!! Happy 49th birthday on the 20th!!! I almost missed that > and with everything that I believe will be going on this week, I didn't > want to miss saying it!! > HAPPY BRITHDAY COMING UP SOON!!!!!!! > :o) > Hmmmmmm, seems to me someone else's birthday is coming up, but I changed > my date book around and can't find it. Hope it's none of you and I miss > your birthday!!!! I'm terrible at remembering all the birthdays, but try > :o) > Lynn > PS And you aren't OLD, we just get OLDER_as in I am OLDER than you, by > about 4 3/4 years :o) We are only as old as we feel. Look at Richard, > puttin' on his golf spikes and ridin' high on that thar allie-gator :o) > LOL!!!! Hope I can do that at 90!!!!! Yippee-kei-yei, or however you > spell it. > > Karen wrote: > Would you like to know what made me feel OLD? (you can laugh, I'm turning > 49 on the 20th) > One day I spent the afternoon at the Berks Historical Society Library > looking through the microfilm of Mt. Aetna St John's records in their > archives. I suddenly came across my name (I was baptized at St. John's). > I came home that day, called my mother and told her that I was so old that > I appear in the Historical Society's Archives. Mom (at 75yo) had a good > laugh at that. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Lynn, Actually my birthday is August 31st; and at 00:00:01 on 9/1 I officially retire. BIG SMILE Mary PS I was very fortunate in that we did not do our butchering. The hogs and the bulls were sent to the slaughter house, then to the grocery store in town where they actually cut the meat, prepared it the way you ordered it, wrapped it, froze it, and called us to come get it. The only butchering I got into was the chickens and my Dad did the gutting before he brought them inside. ----- Original Mess age ----- From: Lynn Vondran To: padutch-life@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 9:13 PM Subject: [PD-LIFE] Mary's life on the farm Mary!! What a wonderful story of down on the farm!!!!!!! And, I sat here laughing at your discription of the cats reactions and personalities! Loved the names you were going to call them if they misbehaved, too !!!!! I always wanted to live in a farm, but as you all know, I wouldn't have made it on a farm where you had to butcher animals. But, I LOVE the rest of farm life, and was always able to experience just a little bit of it down on "Grammom" and "Grampop" Rothenberger's farm near Jacksonwald/Exeter Township area. So, September 1st is your birthday!!! It's our daughter's, also!!! :o) Lynn Mary wrote of her life on the farm, and her pets!!! LOL!!!!!! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I am always happy to share about our church. It is First Baptist Church in St. David, Arizona. I accepted a call to the church as interim pastor, expecting to be there about 6 months or so. We started our fourth year on the 28th of March of this year. St. David is a small town, and is to a large degree a retirement town. There is an RV park there, and during the winter it does fill up with snowbirds. We have about 30 members, but during the winter months our attendance goes up. We also do services during the winter months at two camp grounds. Our food program is a good one. We have a church service at 1:30 on Friday afternoons, and then we give out food after the service. We average about 35 people in the service, many of them that are otherwise un-charted, so we are reaching people for our Lord. We often have as many as 80 people coming for food. We get the food from Caring Ministries in Tucson. It is all donated by various grocery stores, and of course, at times is close to the expiration date. We get anywhere from 3,000 pounds to 7,000 pounds of food. The people do not have to be low income to get the food, it is open to anybody that wants to come. We do also give out boxes once a month that contain canned goods, household items, cookies, crackers, and so on. People must live in the area and must be low income. They do have to submit an application for that. We usually have quite a bit of food left over after everybody has come through the line, so my wife and I load as much as we can in the car and take it to a home for wayward children. We also provide Bibles for the children, and when we can, provide Bibles to the county jail. About two years ago we decided that the people who wait outside need to hear the gospel, so we put a speaker on the outside of the church. We have seen people saved as a result of that. In addition to the church, I am also the chaplain for the Disabled American Veterans in our county. I am a disabled veteran myself, and that is a way I can assist other veterans. I spend at least two hours in the DAV office each week, and do work for veterans at home and in the hospital as well. Thanks for asking about our church. It is small, but it is filled with the Spirit of God and a heart to give. Don in AZ