"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> 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:
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>>>> "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 *¿*
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>> 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 *¿*

I'm so sorry to hear about your plight! And happy to hear you're climbing
out
of the hole, or whole, whichever you wish to call it.

I can't even imagine what it would be like.

MoM