On Sun 31 Jul 2005 05:02:29a, MOMPEAGRAM wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Sat 30 Jul 2005 05:51:10p, MOMPEAGRAM wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>>>
>>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On Sat 30 Jul 2005 09:06:39a, MOMPEAGRAM wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Elisa" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>> 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 *¿*
>
> 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
Thank you, Helen.
--
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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