On Sun 31 Jul 2005 03:00:22p, MOMPEAGRAM wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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> "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 *¿*
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>
> 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
You're right on all counts, Helen. However, after a foreclosure it's
generally a two year wait before one can get financing again. Luckily,
we've never gone hungry and have always had a nice place to live, although
rented.
--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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