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Skriven 2010-11-28 23:06:31 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
   Kommentar till text 4215 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: Re: picnic 798
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-=> Quoting MICHAEL LOO to NANCY BACKUS on 26 Nov 10  07:46:00 <=-

 NB>> Excellent deduction.  :)  Boyd Pond is a small lake just outside the
 NB>> Park Preserve, in the Town of Russell.

 ML> I see that just north of the pond is the interestingly named
 ML> Backus Road. 

It originally went around the back side of the farm that Richard's
g-g-grandfather owned (Forbes Road, named for a married daughter, who
inherited the farm, goes in front of the family farm).  And a brother in
some generation built a house on Backus Rd that still stands (although
it isn't in the family any more, either, as far as I know).

 ML> Also a bunch of lakes and ponds that look (on
 ML> MSST at least) like flapping bats. A lot of lakes in NY;
 ML> so I Googled and discovered

 ML> Alaska - ca 3 million or 12000, depending on whom you ask
 ML> (don't believe those Wikisites, eh)
 ML> Wisconsin - 15081
 ML> Minnesota - 11842
 ML> Michigan - 11037
 ML> Florida - ca 7700
 ML> New York - ca 7600

Yeah, lots of little lakes, along with the better known Finger Lakes,
and other somewhat larger ones.  But there are a lot in the Adirondack
region, to be sure...  :)

 NB>> spring-fed; its outlet feeds into the Grasse River.

 ML> A search seemed to be called for, just for kicks:
 ML> "Grasse River, New York" yields
     (snippage of lots of really bogus "finds")
 ML> Turns out Microsoft thinks it's the Grass River, and when
 ML> I type that in, it gives me a map with no label on it, and
 ML> when I zoom in, it zooms right to the Raquette River in
 ML> Potsdam (the real Grass(e) River being 5 miles away).
 ML> Everything Microsoft I've seen lately is crap, and MSST
 ML> has gotten worse if anything over the years. I threatened
 ML> to ask for my money back but haven't done so yet.

I think it's something you should do... you could use the money and they
certainly aren't providing anything of use...  ;/  Pick up an old Rand
McNally road atlas... it would be more helpful...  (G)

 ML> Title: BAKED STUFFED LAKE TROUT, SALMON, OR WALLEYED PIKE

Well, there's trout in the lake... and walleye... but no salmon or
pike...  :)

ttyl      neb

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