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Ruth Barton <[log in to unmask]>
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When I'm in NH I'm a tourist. Ruth
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Mon, 19 May 2003 22:40:23 -0700
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Donald,  If you ever come up this way to visit your bro drop by.  I'd love
to see ya, especially if ya be drivin' the fancy kah.  I never seen one of
them Morgan kahs.  Ruth




At 11:58 AM -0400 5/19/03, Donald B. White wrote:
>Message text written by "\"Let us not speak foul in folly!\" - ][<en
>Phollit"
>>All I have to say is some people have FAAAAARRRRR and away too much time
>on
>their hands and minds.  They need a good bit of time up here in the sticks
>doing practical things like planting a garden and giving the house a good
>spring cleaning.  Then see if they have time to contemplate the
>spirituality of manhole covers.  Balderdash I say.  Ruth
>
>"WORLD FORUM ON MANHOLE COVERS"
>AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY FURNITURE FAIR
>JACOB JAVITS CENTER, NEW YORK MAY 20TH 1:30 PM, BOOTH #1433<
>
>1) Marxist rhetoric:
>
>Groucho:  What do you get to walk into an open manhole?
>
>Chico:  Just a cover charge.
>
>Groucho:  Well, drop in sometime.
>
>Chico:  Sewer!
>
>2) In 1987, when I lived in NYC, I was quite tickled to find a set of
>coasters depicting old manhole covers on sale at the Museum of Modern Art.
>I bought a set for my brother the Mighty Outdoorsman of Ossippee, NH,
>because his mind is often in the sewer.
>
>3) Thank you, Ruth, for your usual breath of fresh Vermont air and good
>sense.
>
>4) At least they are not yet renamed "personholes"!
>
>Don
>
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Ruth Barton
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