On Sat 30 Jul 2005 05:51:10p, MOMPEAGRAM wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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>> On Sat 30 Jul 2005 09:06:39a, MOMPEAGRAM wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>>>
>>> "Elisa" > wrote in message
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>>>>
>>>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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>>>>> Thank you! Years ago we used to spend a week each summer in
>>>>> Niagara-on- the-Lake, staying at the venerable Oban Inn before it
>>>>> was razed by fire, then after that at the Prince of Wales Hotel.
>>>>> Both hotel restaurants served the best peameal bacon I've ever
>>>>> eaten. We would buy several pounds of peameal bacon at a local
>>>>> market to take back to Ohio.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Wayne Boatwright *¿* ____________________________________________
>>>>
>>>> Oh Wayne,
>>>>
>>>> I just went to Niagara-on-the-Lake for the first time last summer!
>>>> Thanks for the memory! What a gem of a place. And, I remember
>>>> seeing the Prince of Wales Hotel. It was a watermelon festival when
>>>> I was there. Watermelon daiquiris, yum.
>>>>
>>>> Elisa
>>> It's nice there, but we don't go any longer because it's such a
>>> tourist trap. Everything's expensive and parking's the pitts.
>>>
>>> MoM
>>
>> A sad statemnt of current times in many places. I'm glad I was able to
>> travel quite a bit years ago. It was much more pleasurable.
>>
>> --
>> Wayne Boatwright *¿*
>
> Unfortunately, when I was MUCH younger, I only went one place. Jamaica.
> It was my divorce present. After that, single parent, 3 jobs, 2 kids,
> mortgage, utilities. No money.

I was very lucky to be able to travel extensively and at length from around
age 26 until I was about 55. At that point we were hit with some major
financial reverses and are slowly recovering. Both our incomes are
seriously less than what they once were. Hopefully we'll manage to do some
traveling in the future.

> Then I met my husband when I was 40 and the kids were teens. Marriage,
> kids grew up, mortgage, 2nd mortgage, motorhome, sell house, retire,
> mobile home, travel. A little late, but I'll enjoy it!

Hey, we do what we can. Three years ago we lost our house and both went
through bankruptcies. It's been a hard climb back, and we've been renting
a house since then, but will finally be moving into our own home in late
September or early October.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974


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