On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 09:41:44 GMT, kd***ton@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:30:57 -0500, Alan Brand
><alan.brandATsymp@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>>On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:39:34 GMT, kd***ton@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
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>>>On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 23:33:21 -0500, Alan Brand
>>><alan.brandATsymp@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>
>>[snip Stort's and Ken's bits, aiw]
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>That's not very nice.
>
Reality check ,.. it's me ...
>
>>>>
>>>>As it happens, I fell over in the wood just the other day - early
>>>>Friday afternoon, it was - I was stumbling up a very steep pathway
>>>>alongside a waterfall in some old growth forest on Vancouver Island
>>>>when a perfectly nice dog called Buddy decided to run through me.
>>>
>>>I was going to ask if you had turned into an apparition, and then the
>>>light bulb went on.
>>>
>>Is that a polite way of asking if I died?
>
>How else could a dog run through you?
>
uncomfortably
>
>>>>Previously, All I'd had was a perfectly healthy, West Coast Hippie
>>>>Dippie, lunch of fruit and vegetables (a hot apple cider and a large
>>>>piece of carrot cake) - the Guinness and red plonk was at dinner,
>>>>followed by 23 hours of sleepless travel to get home. I haven't
>>>>recovered yet.
>>>
>>>Hot cider and carrot cake- ummm. It *is* getting to that time of
>>>year, isn't it? We have this restaurant here that serves hot cider and
>>>pumpkin cheesecake. Bur carrot cake is just as good.
>>>
>>The "worst" thing about being away from home for a week in a nice
>>hotel in a beautiful location is the incredible amount of eating that
>>takes place. And, since they seem to charge a flat $10 or $20 for the
>>plate and a reasonable amount for whatever you put on it, it makes
>>sense to eat the biggest and best meals to ensure that your employer
>>gets the best value. By Friday lunch-time I was reaching my exploding
>>point - hence the small lunch and the large walk with a borrowed dog.
>
>
>>Oh, and *nothing* is better than carrot cake.
>
>I make a killer carrot cake! I'd send you (and Jan and Amy) one, but
>darn- those post people in your country- it would be petrified by the
>time it arrived.
>
on my way, as soon as the weather settles down.
>It was Larry's birthday this week- he always prefers carrot cake or
>German Chocolate.
Or? "And" surely?
>And have you ever had carrot cake cheesecake?
>
no
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AlanB
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