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Skriven 2009-02-24 10:09:26 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: RE: Basey-ball
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Hey Ruth!
-> 
-> ->  hn> So yeah, there's every liklihood that I would
-> ->  hn> have gotten some rotten apples in the deal...
-> ->  hn> about 90% chance of it I'd say (grin)
-> 
-> -> But, you didn't know at the time that this one would also produce some
-> -> golden apples. (At least that's what some people tink of Microssoft.)
-> -> (G)
-> 
->  hn> No matter what you think of it, it would
->  hn> have been a good investment had you put
->  hn> money in on "the ground floor".
->  hn> As I was saying to Michael in an earlier
->  hn> message, so far I've been pretty good at
->  hn> avoiding wealth (grin).
-> 
-> Still waiting at the air port for your ship to come in?  We're waiting
-> for great aunt Agatha's millions (but haven't figured out what side of
-> the family she's on).
-> 
Yep, that's me alright! No money to speak of 
on either Anne's or my side anymore...so we're
just going to have to resign ourselves to the
status quo. (grin) Which ain't so bad most days!
Got a surprise check in the mail a couple of days
ago...seems one of my stocks has been bought
out by a private concern and they sent me 
the $$ for my shares...not a big sum but now
we have to figure out what to do with it.
I'm thinking of another stock, maybe Ford motors
like Unka Dave. We can get a pretty good number
of shares and if the price goes up we benefit.
-> 
-> ->  hn> That's why it's called the low country!
-> ->  hn> Funny thing though, when I was a kid
-> ->  hn> I didn't mind it a bit! I'm happy to be
-> ->  hn> aclimated to my particular climate now
-> ->  hn> though!
->  hn> ->
-> -> I've been in so many climates over the years--but have come to the 
point
-> -> where I don't want a hard winter any more. The occasional cold snap,
-> -> maybe snow with one of them (but gone the next day) will be tolerable
-> -> but none of this October to April snow, ice, freezing temperatures, etc.
-> 
->  hn> I am also involved with an online artists
->  hn> community (I do watercolors) and many of
->  hn> the members are from climates like Yellowknife
->  hn> Jim's..One, a nurse, lives in Northern Ontario and
->  hn> walks to work (1/2mile) even during the winters!!
-> 
-> My brother that used to live in Albany (NY) did that. He retired a
-> couple of years ago & moved to Florida.  Even with love bugs and
-> hurricanes there, he doesn't miss the snow.
->
This lady lives way up in Northeastern
Ontario, so I expect she gets some really
coooollllld winters! Me, I'll take mild and wet
anyday! Mostly we keep our snow in the 
mountains where it behaves itself quite
nicely thank you!
 
->  hn> I'm like you, I don't mind an occasional cold snap
->  hn> and even some snow every so often..but I tend
->  hn> to like cooler temps than most, but I would not
->  hn> like to live live Jim, with common temps in the
->  hn> double digit minuses!
-> 
-> Not for me either. I'd have to stay at home, with a perpetual mug of hot
-> tea in my hands.  Tho, if there's enough snow, it will insulate the
-> house a bit.
->
We tend to keep our house cool. 60 at night
and when Anne gets up in the morning I turn 
it up to 70 while she showers and gets ready for
school...as soon as she's out of the house I go
back down to 62 or so and if I get a bit chilly I
put a sweater on. I'll turn it back up when Anne
gets home for dinner.
-> 
-> 
-> -> -> All Mariners or some of the other teams too? Sounds like it's nice PR
-> 
-> ->  hn> So far none of these cards have been
-> ->  hn> Mariners...the guy I bought them from
-> ->  hn> told me they had not been "gone through"
-> ->  hn> but I'm not thinking that was a truthful
-> ->  hn> statement at this point...but I'll still
-> ->  hn> manage to give them away! Lots of
-> ->  hn> folks call me the "card guy" and they
-> ->  hn> often come looking for me when they
-> ->  hn> come to a game. I don't mind at all!
-> ->  hn> I'm happy to add to the enjoyment!
-> 
-> -> And you wondered why you got the "Rookie of the Year" award a 
couple of
-> -> years ago?  Sounds like the ball park was on the ball when they hired
-> -> you.  Besides, had you not gotten in with the Mariners, you nver would
-> -> have met Tom Seaver and found ut he owns a winery. (G)
-> 
->  hn> I just try to make the fan's day at the
->  hn> ballpark a good one regardless of the
->  hn> score on the field. I am lucky in that I
->  hn> really do have a lot of fun at the ballpark
->  hn> and I think it shows. Meeting three world
->  hn> series pitchers in one day was certainly a
->  hn> big thrill, but I get a big thrill out of just
->  hn> being there for lots and lots of games!
-> 
-> That's your Peter Pan side?  I see the M's got Ken Griffey, Junior
-> back--much to the disappointment of the Braves.
-> 
-> 
I've always liked baseball, played it as a kid 
year round. I almost always had a baseball glove
with me...even when I was riding bikes a lot!
chat with you soon!
hap 
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