Hi Sharon reading you and glad to see your message. Bonnie in southeast Oklahoma >From: "Sharon Black" <black@1starnet.com> >Reply-To: TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com >To: TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Babbling and not Genealogy >Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 11:58:30 -0500 > >Good to hear from you, Sam. Something has been wrong out there in >computer land and this is the first message I've gotten from the list in >a couple of weeks. Didn't even get back the one I sent the other day >but my spies tell me everybody else got it. >I agree about the Mantis tiller. I've had mine for about 3 years and it >is easy and handy. It will till little spots in a flower bed where a >big tiller wouldn't have room to move. It will also dig nice deep & >wide holes for planting shrubs in this hard old black land. >Maybe I'm going to start getting some mail from the list again. :-) >Sharon >----- Original Message ----- >From: "sam embrey" <sembrey@cox-internet.com> >To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 4:38 AM >Subject: [TXREDRIV] Babbling and not Genealogy > > >Good Morning to any of you that cares to read my babbling, > It has been about a year and a half since I have been able to sit >down, and run my unasked for mouth on this site because of a Kidney >condition. I have read about everything all of you have had to say, and >it really helped pass some lonely time, so thank you, but now while >things are quite, perhaps you will permit me a little time? I promise >you that you will not read anything worth knowing, so you won't have to >remember. > I used to tell about sitting on my back deck in the Morning, looking >at the many things God had provided for me to see. I still have many >birds and my wife's flowers to sit and look at and listen to, but I >didn't have my tomatoes to talk about. Then something happened, someone >told me about a tiller on the market that was light enough for me to >handle, called a " Mantis ", and boy, what a wonderful little piece of >equipment it is, so now I am looking at those beautiful tomatoes that I >love so much again. They are full of blooms, and about ready for the >fruit to start, so I am enjoying that again. > I have read several things lately about the " Alamo ". In 1952 I was >sent to Lackland Air Force Base for my basic training. Of course, the >First chance at town, that was the First place I visited. I remember the >different rooms that you could visit there, and the things that took >place there, but I also remember going out on the lawn behind the Alamo, >and there were many different spots out there that different things took >place. Mind boggling to this RedRiver County poor boy. Another thing I >remember was that if you sat around the front of the Alamo, many times >you would see someone from back home, and this was a treat too. I will >skip over a lot and say that the last time I was there was in the >1980's, and I was very disappointed at the changes they had made. Too >many to talk about, but plenty to notice. Also, I think San Antonio is >one of the best places in the U .S. to spend a week or more. So much to >see, and the Casa Rio Cafe too. Wonderful to me. > One more little bit of trivia, then I will hush. I always am glad to >see a World Champion, no matter what it's in, and I would like to point >out something close to here in Red River and Lamar County, that some of >you might like to see sometime, that I think is a little extra, and >would like to hear of your places I should see. I am talking about the >Mt. Olive Cemetery in Hugo, Okla. that you can stand in one place and >see the markers of five different World Champion's from the World of >Rodeo at the same time. I think this Cemetery with this, plus all the >Circus graves is well worth your time if you are in the area. I promise >you will remember. > Thank you so much for putting up with me again for just a little >while. You have made an old man feel better. >Sam > >From West of Home Depot, >Paris, Texas. > > >==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >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 > > > > > > >==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== >Visit Red River County GenWeb site http://www.rootsweb.com/~txredriv > > >============================== >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 > _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail