Penpals please
Derryl Killan
I am a Landscape Gardener, Horticulturalist. I am disabled with arthritis
in the spine.
I have 2 daughters in Calgary. The eldest is handicapped, the youngest is a
Medical student.
I read current, "New and Notable" fiction. The library is just across the
square from my low rent apartment.
Reply to: derryl...@shaw.ca
Derryl
Linda1
>From: "Derryl Killan" derryl...@shaw.ca
>Date: 3/13/2003 9:28 PM Eastern Standard Time
>Message-id: <97bca.464321$Yo4.21...@news1.calgary.shaw.ca>
Hi, Derryl. It is nice to see you came back and we did not scare you off.
Welcome. I am Linda1 a 54 yol social worker (of sorts) and former Catholic
school teacher, from Pa. I am married to a truck driver and we have one
married daughter. Again, welcome to afpf.
Linda1
Karen
Hello Derryl,
Have you ever tried using a newsgroup instead of depending on e-mail? I find
the newsgroup much more stimulating than e-mail. E-mail seems to obligate us
to keep up the correspondence, whereas with a newsgroup, you can come and go
as you please, without feeling that you're backed-up with too much e-mail.
As much as I enjoy "talking" to people, e-mail can become a burden, if one
gets too much of it. It soon becomes too much to keep up with.
Besides, with e-mail, after a while, one runs out of subjects to talk about.
Whereas, at a newsgroup, the ideas for subjects seem to be endless.
Furthermore, after you've made friends at a newsgroup, you'll find that your
e-mail will increase anyway. And it will be more interesting as well. <g>
Why don't you try jumping into a few threads here at AFPF. You'll find that
you enjoy it.
Your lucky to have the library across the street. What book are you reading
now?
I've just started reading _The Lovely Bones_ for my book group. It's a
bestseller, of course. It should lead to an interesting discussion at our
next book group meeting.
BTW, don't be afraid to go off topic here at AFPF. People do it all the
time. Sometimes the tangents are more interesting than the original subject.
LOL
Karen, retired schoolteacher, in upstate New York
PS - As a landscape gardener, were you ever bothered by the deer eating the
shrubs? We're losing a lot of our shrubs this year because my husband didn't
treat the shrubs enough with the deer repellent. :(
"Derryl Killan" <derryl...@shaw.ca> wrote
Marian
Canadians here, and would certainly welcome another one...
Marian<g'mother of 8 in North Carolina>
Jean B.
> Hello Derryl,
> Have you ever tried using a newsgroup instead of depending on e-mail? I find
> the newsgroup much more stimulating than e-mail. E-mail seems to obligate us
> to keep up the correspondence, whereas with a newsgroup, you can come and go
> as you please, without feeling that you're backed-up with too much e-mail.
> As much as I enjoy "talking" to people, e-mail can become a burden, if one
> gets too much of it. It soon becomes too much to keep up with.
>
> Besides, with e-mail, after a while, one runs out of subjects to talk about.
> Whereas, at a newsgroup, the ideas for subjects seem to be endless.
>
> Furthermore, after you've made friends at a newsgroup, you'll find that your
> e-mail will increase anyway. And it will be more interesting as well. <g>
>
> Why don't you try jumping into a few threads here at AFPF. You'll find that
> you enjoy it.
>
> Your lucky to have the library across the street. What book are you reading
> now?
>
> I've just started reading _The Lovely Bones_ for my book group. It's a
> bestseller, of course. It should lead to an interesting discussion at our
> next book group meeting.
>
> BTW, don't be afraid to go off topic here at AFPF. People do it all the
> time. Sometimes the tangents are more interesting than the original subject.
> LOL
>
> Karen, retired schoolteacher, in upstate New York
>
Karen, nice note. And true. I read "The Lovely Bones" recently.
An interesting book--after the first part.
--
Jean B., 12 miles west of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Karen
Thanks, Jean,
I'm just at the first part of _The Lovely Bones_ now.
I had to wait to get the book at the library because it was in such demand.
Karen
Gene Seibel
--
Gene Seibel
http://pad39a.com/gene/
Because I fly, I envy no one.
"Derryl Killan" <derryl...@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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Di Wall
She had a favourite ditty that went...
" A hundred years ago today, a wilderness stood here,
A man with powder in his gun went forth to hunt a deer,
But now the times have changed somewhat and on a different plan
A 'dear' with powder on her nose, goes forth to hunt a man!"
I have to fess up...I have NEVER heard of deer repellent!! Is it similar to
snail pellets?
And how about a deer attractor for those of us who are deprived?? :)
Di.....:)
PS Hi Derryl!! :))
PPS < This is also a repeat from last evening, sorry!>
"Karen" <Kare...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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"Karen" <Kare...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Karen
Cute poem. True too! <g>
The deer repellent is a bitter tasting liquid mixture which DH puts on the
shrubs to stop the deer from eating them. However, everytime it rains, the
repellent gets washed off and it has to be re-applied.
I think DH should put protective wire around the shrubs in the winter time.
There's so much work to keeping up a house. Who can keep up with it.
Karen
PS-I found two websites about deer repellent:
> http://www.havahart.com/nuisance/deer/deeroff.htm
> http://www.organicanimalrepellent.com/
Evidently there's one which can be fed to the plants like fertilizer.
Well, well, well, I learned something. Thanks, Di! <g>
"Di Wall" <diw...@hotmail.com> wrote
> Hi Karen! Your post reminded me of my Grandma....:)
> She had a favourite ditty that went...
> " A hundred years ago today, a wilderness stood here,
> A man with powder in his gun went forth to hunt a deer,
> But now the times have changed somewhat and on a different plan
> A 'dear' with powder on her nose, goes forth to hunt a man!"
>
> I have to fess up...I have NEVER heard of deer repellent!! Is it similar
to
> snail pellets?
> And how about a deer attractor for those of us who are deprived?? :)
> Di.....:)
> PS Hi Derryl!! :))
> PPS < This is also a repeat from last evening, sorry!>
>
>
> "Karen" <Kare...@yahoo.com> wrote [to Derryl]
<snip>
Robert McKibben
have arthritus also. I stopped taking any medication for it over 4 years
ago when I learned the side effects of the medications Zyloprim and
Colchisine. I stopped eating my favorite foods, Shrimp, Oysters, Liver
and onions, Chicken Gizzards, and I only eat about 3 oz of red meat
(angus beef) grilled about once per week. Your diet is more important
than any medications and a hell of a lot cheaper than visiting a doctor
and getting his prescribed medicine,(which he gets a hefty commission
reward).
Robert(Texas)
Jane
lust...@aol.com says...
> Join us here, Derryl! You'll find all that Karen said is true. We have several
> Canadians here, and would certainly welcome another one...
>
> Marian<g'mother of 8 in North Carolina>
>
Really? There are Canadians here? :-)
Jane (Toronto)
NHunkele
>Really? There are Canadians here? :-)
>
>Jane (Toronto)
You, Ann, Jan and Carl come to mind. :)
Norma
bforester
Ahem?? :-)
Paul
Jim Everman
> >>Jane (Toronto)
> >You, Ann, Jan and Carl come to mind. :)
> >Norma
> Ahem?? :-)
> Paul
Why, good afternoon, chopped liver! :-)
{Use the map, Luke..}
Jime
Karen
> (NHunkele) wrote:
> >>Really? There are Canadians here? :-)
> >>Jane (Toronto)
> >
> >You, Ann, Jan and Carl come to mind. :)
> >Norma
>
> Ahem?? :-)
> Paul
Paul, you'd better get that cough checked. <g>
Oh! You're from Canada! <g> That wasn't a cough at all.
And how about LORRAINE from Mont Tremblant in the Laurentians?
I can't forget her location because that's where my husband
and I spent our honeymoon, many moons ago.
---Karen
Jane
nhun...@aol.comfort says...
into the U.S. on a driving vacation in two days. I wonder if he'll have a
long wait at the border crossing?
Jane