It is great to see you're still with us. I was asking about you the other day. Do you mean the Mantis will actually dig the hole or will it just loosen the dirt so it can be dug? Sounds like something I need. Sharon, are you related to the John Blanton who was in the Red River Blues? I have been meaning to ask you that for some time but kept forgetting. Looking through the muster in and out rolls today reminded me to ask. It's good to hear from Sam today too.It's like a homecoming. I've missed Sam's Morning Talks. Hello Sam!!!!! Tom Heath,TX >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 > _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus

Tom has it straight, he was asking about what happened to Sharon when we made our last RRC tour. Glad to see you back Sharon. You always have such great information. Jim G Paris, T ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Watson DDS" <tom_watson_dds@hotmail.com> To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 5:03 PM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Sharon's back!!!! > It is great to see you're still with us. I was asking about you the other > day. Do you mean the Mantis will actually dig the hole or will it just > loosen the dirt so it can be dug? Sounds like something I need. Sharon, > are you related to the John Blanton who was in the Red River Blues? I have > been meaning to ask you that for some time but kept forgetting. Looking > through the muster in and out rolls today reminded me to ask. It's good to > hear from Sam today too.It's like a homecoming. I've missed Sam's Morning > Talks. Hello Sam!!!!! > Tom > Heath,TX > > >