"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> On Sun 31 Jul 2005 05:02:29a, MOMPEAGRAM wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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>> "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 *¿*
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>> 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
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> Thank you, Helen.
>
K, Wayne. As you read, I was a single parent, so I learned early how to
pinch pennies and being a Scot really helped. But we never went
hungry and always had a roof over our head (owned) because I was always
taught that renting was like throwing money down the loo.

MoM