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[John Bridge]

I love the Pacific Northwest. One of these days I'll be a snowbird.

Winters in the Sunbelt. Don't like being cold.

[flatfloor]

Linda we could sell those cheesecakes in the store. First Fedex me one for taste testing.

[fishinfarmgirl]

Give me a couple weeks! I have a lot goin' on this week!

L

...the Chocolate Decadence I make is truly decadent...but my personal and very private dessert concoction is a thick, apple, huckleberry tart. Butter crust wrapped high on the sides of a deep dish apple/huckleberry tart. The huckleberries create a fantastic color with the apples...and it's just the perfect fall treat.

Huckleberries grow on my land...I pick them and add them to the fresh apples from the trees in my yard. That ties in nicely with another delecacy that grows here. I hunt for Chanterelle mushrooms as well, which I serve with the fresh, alder smoked, King Salmon. People look at me like I have three eyes when I tell them I crawl around the floor of my forest in the rain to harvest them. They sell for about 17-20 dollars around here in the grocery stores. I don't sell them...but I sure feel like a lush when I prepare meals with them.

I'm tellin' ya...we need to make that 'free union' or 'class re-onion' of John's at that muckle buckle high school...or whatever the name o' that school he usta go to was. Then we could all get together and experience the great Northwest! Very different than Lon Gisland. I appreciate both...but probablly wouldn't move back east. Spent a load of time in NYC during my childhood. Love a lot the city has to offer...but love the serenity and beauty of the NW.

John~I think being a snowbird sounds delightful! Never have been crazy about the cold myself! My big old house is a perfect summer home. Wouldn't have a lot of good to say about the cold, sog we have up here in the dreary monthes in the place though. Already feeling my tootsies getting chilly. But I will NOT turn my heater on yet!

L

....chatty tonight ain't i!

[Sonnie Layne]

yeah, but 'chew ever been down by da bio what come up to my front yard?

Feed 'dem gators by hand, like chikkens. Or feed 'em chikkens, whichever come first. Da one what come last git caught by my Loise.

bugs just come crawlin' up to see which one's gonna be the first in the pot... I always hope it's a bug of the mud type, y'know.

I do like y'ore crabs, tho'. Like granddaddy lakers come up and all grown up. Taste pretty good, too.

Now you get you sum 'dem red boy salmons, and let 'em come meet sum my redfish cousins.... we'll see what taste good 'den, cher.

Now,,,, this do hafta do wid da wetter... it's gittin' long about time for dem flounder what's been layin out off da coast to be comin on home to my spot, don' ya see cher?

[flatfloor]

Hey you guys in the Carolinas, y'all be careful ya heer!

[Hobbit]

Thanks for the warning, Jim!

Tomorrow will tell the story. Still haven't got all the mess cleaned up from last winter. Don't need another mess on top of my other mess.......

Oh well,...................

[John Bridge]

Better you than I, Howard.

We're still recovering from the last time we hosted the submarine races here.

I do hope the wind slows a bit. It's not a laughing matter.

[fishinfarmgirl]

Not a laughing matter at all! Batton down those hatches you Carolinians. It ain't lookin' too purdy for you!

Sure hope things slow a bit before they make land! Worrisome indeed!

L

[Sonnie Layne]

Howard, be sure and check in with us when all's clear. We're a worrisome sort at times. The west side may be bad, but it's the east that'll bite your booty. Please stay away from it.

[kemguru]

At Howard's Pub on the Outer Banks' isolated Ocracoke Island, bartender James Tucker said he and five other employees resolved early Thursday to "hang out and drink beer until the cable runs out."

[John Bridge]

Does that mean they're gonna quit drinking beer when the cable quits? Why?

[flatfloor]

The beer comes thru a cable. Actually it's sort of a garden hose.

[jjwq8]

i was most impressed with the brave soul windsurfing in that wee breeze that has just carressed NC

[sdaniels7114]

We're getting what's left of Isabell now; not too much of a punch left. Hope all of you down south got through it ok.

[John Bridge]

Guess I'm gonna hafta go over and show those North Carolinians how beer is done in the big leagues. Given an excellent excuse like a hurricane, I know of bunch of Texans who could stay wasted for a week with or without cable.