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Skriven 2008-04-26 16:38:32 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 6048 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: NYS
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Hi Janis,

 JK> > I know the general area. My sister lives/works in Wassaic.

 JK> Dutchess I think? Not sure :)  Warwick is on Rt. 94 just north of

I think so; I know that Putnam is nearby as well.  I don't consider NYS
"home" any more so not 100% sure.

 JK> sadly enough (grin).. growing up there was interesting though.. I was
 JK> able to work on making clothes for people like Gloria Dehaven ... she
 JK> did a lot of volunteer work at our animal shelter since she lived in

Neat; was she one of the radical PETA folks or just an animal lover?

 JK> Warwick part of the year.. and ooh.. very impressive this one is.. got
 JK> to be critiqued by Shep Coleman (who the heck is that everyone is
 JK> asking??? (laugh)) for my acting performance in the play Harvey :)  It

The name is faintly familiar.  Were you the rabbit? (G)

 JK> was great fun, if nothing else.. but this later yuppie infusion is
 JK> totally different from that era..

That's what invaded Margaretville to some extent.  A lot of tourist
folks--summer vacationers, fishermen, hunters, skiers, etc. I knew one
off Broadway actress who worked with our drama department when I was in
high school but can't recall her name (she was that far off B'way-G-).


>> of westchester.. Ron used to take the PATH train through the Twin
>> Towers to work.. That was well before they got blown all to h... :(

 JK> > Were you in Kentucky then?  We were in HI and got the news around
 JK> > 3:30am.

 JK> Think so.. one of Ron's co-workers in Westchester, who lives about 15
 JK> minutes from Manhatten, called him and said, TURN ON THE TV.. it was
 JK> horrible.. we missed the first building being hit, but saw all the
 JK> rest of it live... truly horrible.

I watched quite a bit of it too.  Steve was able to get to work
(advantage of living on post) but most of his office wasn't. I'd made
some pumpernickel/sourdough bagels the day before so he took a bunch in
for people who may not have had the chance to get breakfast.


 JK> > could have made a good deal had we bought a house when we first got
 JK> over > there, sold before leaving.  But, in a lot of other ways, it
 JK> was easier > to live on post.

 JK> Sure, I can imagine..

Especially in times like above. Any incoming vehicles got a MAJOR!
inspection; this tied up traffic, backing it onto the highways.
There aren't very many alternative routes in the state so you can
imagine what a mess it created.

 JK> >  Commute to work was a whole lot less stressful and we
 JK> > had an avocado tree in our back yard.


 JK> Oh, that's incredibly neat :)  That's something you can only dream of
 JK> in NY :) I've got tons of plants around that will never bear a fruit
 JK> haha

But it's fun to say you've got such and such a plant. (G)  The tree
produced like gangbusters every other year--they were about softball
sized fruit too. We gave them away by the sack full!


 JK> >  Wonder if it's still there; they
 JK> > were going to tear down that housing area to build new.

 JK> Hopefully they left the tree :)

I don't know; I guess I could e-mail a friend who's still there & find
out.



 JK> > As a kid, I thought it to be a detriment at times. (G)

 JK> My kids always felt that way in school.. because some teachers knew me
 JK> of course, would expect them to enjoy the same courses I did, which
 JK> isn't quite fair ... :)


Even having an older sibling who was way smarter than me was a
detriment in school.  He was 2 years ahead of me but in a couple of my
classes.


 JK> > Those one drop treatments are really nice.

 JK> There was one that made our cats very very sick which we had to stop
 JK> right away.. I think this one was something you gave the cat to eat
 JK> though.. then after that, they came out with the one drop on the back
 JK> of neck treatments.. they do work so much better.. still have to fight
 JK> the darn kitties though ;) ;)

We used to have fun with our dogs and heartworm treatments.  The once a
month ones made Sam sick so he had to use the dailys.  Had to disguise
it in meat or peanut butter for him to eat it; if we just put it in his
food dish, he'd eat everything but the pill.


 JK> > Got all 3 of your tests, actually. You should have my response
 JK> before > you see this.

 JK> Yep :)

Thanks.


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