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Post by Kathy Lee on Sept 5, 2014 19:13:54 GMT -5
where do u live where u don't have halloween? some people put razors in those apples so b careful People have been saying that for years. I have never seen it really happen. This was a person we knew well. It was a small town.
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Post by patriciaanne on Sept 5, 2014 19:15:43 GMT -5
I believe we rode to Spangler Farm on horseback. My friend's daughter is at Gettysburg College now. When I was there I was thinking how I would love to rent an old house and stay there for the summer and take a history class. These are the things I would do if I were an heiress. I would love to take a class at William and Mary College in Williamsburg. I really, really, really wanted to go there. It is on my bucket list to take a class there some day! YES!!!!! That's the other one I love too!!!!!!!!! I would LOVE to give tours at Colonial Williamsburg! I would it for FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Kathy Lee on Sept 5, 2014 19:18:07 GMT -5
Gettysburg is a great trip. The new visitor center is beautiful and much better then the old one. There is so much to see and do there and you are right about two days not being enough time. The Spangler Farm is now open for tours and was a great visit. If you make a return visit, go to Harper's Ferry as it is a Civil War town also. It is not far from Gettysburg. My daughter is a big history buff (and has a degree in history). She loves Gettysburg. She wanted to go to college there but it was so expensive. I believe we rode to Spangler Farm on horseback. My friend's daughter is at Gettysburg College now. When I was there I was thinking how I would love to rent an old house and stay there for the summer and take a history class. These are the things I would do if I were an heiress. I thought the Spangler farm was so lovely. Of course, after the war the ground was so polluted that most people abandoned their farms in that area. I did not know that but the tour guides said all the bodies ruined the water supply. People started getting sick so most left the area.
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Post by Kathy Lee on Sept 5, 2014 19:28:30 GMT -5
I would love to take a class at William and Mary College in Williamsburg. I really, really, really wanted to go there. It is on my bucket list to take a class there some day! YES!!!!! That's the other one I love too!!!!!!!!! I would LOVE to give tours at Colonial Williamsburg! I would it for FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Me too! I am a member of a one-room school house in my area. We will be giving tours in the next few week. I have a new schoolmarm dress to wear. We went to Williamsburg on our honeymoon. A few years later we went back with our daughter and she sat up for the first time there. We go there fairly often as it is a nice vacation. Spring is beautiful with all the flowers. Winter has special events also. One time when we were there a group of buff, shirtless college boys were jogging down the Duke of Gloucester Street. A family was in front of us and the father turned to the teenaged girl (who was sneaking peeps at the boys) and jokingly said to her, "What are you looking at?" And, I piped up and said, "The same thing I'm looking at!"
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Post by Kathy Lee on Sept 5, 2014 19:31:58 GMT -5
nice 2 meet ur acquaintance kathy lee are u the lady who drinks wine in the morning ---------- no offense-------------- kathy lee earns a bundle I know who you mean. That is Kathie Lee Gifford. There is also Kathy Lee Crosby. I drink tea. Wine in the morning? I am not sure about that one. Yuck! But, My name is Kathy Lee also.
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Post by ForeverWaltons on Sept 5, 2014 20:43:18 GMT -5
Yes, we will be there too. Looking forward to seeing everyone. Looking forward to seeing a real Halloween too. We don't traditionally celebrate it over here. Some people decorate and some don't. So put out a few things and some have everything under the sun. Have you ever seen those inflatable decorations? They can be huge! Trick or treating is fun and the children really enjoy it. When I was little, there was a women who made candied apples. We would run first to her house to get one. We would wait in line and I remember looking in her porch windows and seeing trays and trays of the glossy, red apples! We also had mischief night the night before Halloween. We would take soap and run around the neighborhood and soap car windows. Sounds terrible but it was so much fun.
Kathy Lee, kazk lives in Australia.
You got to soap windows? My parents always told my brother and me that if we ever soaped anything, threw raw eggs on anything or at anyone or rolled anyone's yard with toilet paper, we would be in BIG serious T-R-O-U-B-L-E!!
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Post by Kathy Lee on Sept 5, 2014 21:36:46 GMT -5
Some people decorate and some don't. So put out a few things and some have everything under the sun. Have you ever seen those inflatable decorations? They can be huge! Trick or treating is fun and the children really enjoy it. When I was little, there was a women who made candied apples. We would run first to her house to get one. We would wait in line and I remember looking in her porch windows and seeing trays and trays of the glossy, red apples! We also had mischief night the night before Halloween. We would take soap and run around the neighborhood and soap car windows. Sounds terrible but it was so much fun.
Kathy Lee, kazk lives in Australia.
You got to soap windows? My parents always told my brother and me that if we ever soaped anything, threw raw eggs on anything or at anyone or rolled anyone's yard with toilet paper, we would be in BIG serious T-R-O-U-B-L-E!!
Coming from Australia to the reunion! That is amazing! For us is a few hours drive. The reunion is going to be awesome. We did get to soap windows. We never did anything else but my father thought soap was harmless. We lived in a small town and all the kids went out on mischief night. When my brother and I were very young, we went next door and wrote our names on the basement windows of the widow lady next door. Our names! Duh! The next day guess who was over there washing her windows?
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Post by patriciaanne on Sept 5, 2014 21:59:13 GMT -5
YES!!!!! That's the other one I love too!!!!!!!!! I would LOVE to give tours at Colonial Williamsburg! I would it for FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Me too! I am a member of a one-room school house in my area. We will be giving tours in the next few week. I have a new schoolmarm dress to wear. We went to Williamsburg on our honeymoon. A few years later we went back with our daughter and she sat up for the first time there. We go there fairly often as it is a nice vacation. Spring is beautiful with all the flowers. Winter has special events also. One time when we were there a group of buff, shirtless college boys were jogging down the Duke of Gloucester Street. A family was in front of us and the father turned to the teenaged girl (who was sneaking peeps at the boys) and jokingly said to her, "What are you looking at?" And, I piped up and said, "The same thing I'm looking at!" Ha ha! One year, we were there on the anniversary of the British occupation of Williamsburg. So they had people in redcoats riding around on their horses. Of course I had to boo them. My goodness, I'm descended from the founding members of the IRA--I HAD to!!!!! Even though they were clearly re-enactors, it still made me mad to see them!
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Post by Kathy Lee on Sept 5, 2014 22:05:17 GMT -5
Me too! I am a member of a one-room school house in my area. We will be giving tours in the next few week. I have a new schoolmarm dress to wear. We went to Williamsburg on our honeymoon. A few years later we went back with our daughter and she sat up for the first time there. We go there fairly often as it is a nice vacation. Spring is beautiful with all the flowers. Winter has special events also. One time when we were there a group of buff, shirtless college boys were jogging down the Duke of Gloucester Street. A family was in front of us and the father turned to the teenaged girl (who was sneaking peeps at the boys) and jokingly said to her, "What are you looking at?" And, I piped up and said, "The same thing I'm looking at!" Ha ha! One year, we were there on the anniversary of the British occupation of Williamsburg. So they had people in redcoats riding around on their horses. Of course I had to boo them. My goodness, I'm descended from the founding members of the IRA--I HAD to!!!!! Even though they were clearly re-enactors, it still made me mad to see them! My daughter's sister in law a family are from Ireland and boy, they really don't like the English! When we were in England, the British don't like the French. Can't we just all get along! LOL!
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Post by patriciaanne on Sept 5, 2014 22:14:00 GMT -5
Ha ha! One year, we were there on the anniversary of the British occupation of Williamsburg. So they had people in redcoats riding around on their horses. Of course I had to boo them. My goodness, I'm descended from the founding members of the IRA--I HAD to!!!!! Even though they were clearly re-enactors, it still made me mad to see them! My daughter's sister in law a family are from Ireland and boy, they really don't like the English! When we were in England, the British don't like the French. Can't we just all get along! LOL! Well, I don't have issues with anyone who lives in England now. But my grandmother (my father's mother, who was born in 1885) grew up in Northern Ireland and was a Catholic and her parents where dragged out of their home in the middle of the night by the Black and Tans and beaten in the street in front of their children for no reason. The Black and Tans were British prisoners who were let out of the jails and sent to Ireland to terrorize the citizens. So my grandmother had very good reason to hate the British. Unspeakable horrors were committed. In 1995 I was in Northern Ireland. It was during a ceasefire and there weren't supposed to be any British soldiers in the watch towers. We were on a tour bus and we came upon a tower with a solider in it. The bus driver was furious. Then he started yelling at us to put our cameras down. He was terrified. I've never forgotten that. That moment was the closest to being in a communist country I ever hope to be.
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Post by Ryan James on Sept 6, 2014 1:01:12 GMT -5
I will be there as well! I shouldn't be too hard to spot, for those who have met me in the past, I'll be sporting somewhat of a beard this time and will not be wearing glasses as in the past. Haha. and my name is the same as my username, so makes it pretty easy for ya guys! can't wait!! RYAN-J Ryan, it's good to know you will be there this year (I won't) -- you BELONG there !!.... and we look forward to your stories....
Oh, and the rest of us, who will not be there, must really insist on a picture of the beard !!
I certainly hated to miss last year's and vowed that I would be coming this year, and I'm doing it! as usual I plan to take a TON of photos which will take me days to sort out as they always do, and hopefully this time I will also capture some video of the festivities which I will upload on the spot as the hotel should have Wi-Fi all over I really hope you can attend one year Jeri, would be wonderful to meet you! RYAN-J
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Post by Kathy Lee on Sept 6, 2014 7:34:22 GMT -5
My daughter's sister in law a family are from Ireland and boy, they really don't like the English! When we were in England, the British don't like the French. Can't we just all get along! LOL! Well, I don't have issues with anyone who lives in England now. But my grandmother (my father's mother, who was born in 1885) grew up in Northern Ireland and was a Catholic and her parents where dragged out of their home in the middle of the night by the Black and Tans and beaten in the street in front of their children for no reason. The Black and Tans were British prisoners who were let out of the jails and sent to Ireland to terrorize the citizens. So my grandmother had very good reason to hate the British. Unspeakable horrors were committed. In 1995 I was in Northern Ireland. It was during a ceasefire and there weren't supposed to be any British soldiers in the watch towers. We were on a tour bus and we came upon a tower with a solider in it. The bus driver was furious. Then he started yelling at us to put our cameras down. He was terrified. I've never forgotten that. That moment was the closest to being in a communist country I ever hope to be. It is so sad that these thing happen everywhere and all the time. You would think as human beings we would grow past these terrible behaviors. My husband's ancestors came from England long ago. Whenever we are watching a documentary or history movie it is usually about something bad the English have done. I always turn to my husband and tease him by saying, "Bad, bad English!" Of course, my ancestors were from Italy and they were no saints either! LOL! Anybody have a spare lion for today's main dinner event?
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Post by Kathy Lee on Sept 6, 2014 7:36:16 GMT -5
Ryan, it's good to know you will be there this year (I won't) -- you BELONG there !!.... and we look forward to your stories....
Oh, and the rest of us, who will not be there, must really insist on a picture of the beard !!
I certainly hated to miss last year's and vowed that I would be coming this year, and I'm doing it! as usual I plan to take a TON of photos which will take me days to sort out as they always do, and hopefully this time I will also capture some video of the festivities which I will upload on the spot as the hotel should have Wi-Fi all over I really hope you can attend one year Jeri, would be wonderful to meet you! RYAN-J Can't wait to meet you and everyone else! This will be my first reunion.
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Post by patriciaanne on Sept 6, 2014 8:21:17 GMT -5
Well, I don't have issues with anyone who lives in England now. But my grandmother (my father's mother, who was born in 1885) grew up in Northern Ireland and was a Catholic and her parents where dragged out of their home in the middle of the night by the Black and Tans and beaten in the street in front of their children for no reason. The Black and Tans were British prisoners who were let out of the jails and sent to Ireland to terrorize the citizens. So my grandmother had very good reason to hate the British. Unspeakable horrors were committed. In 1995 I was in Northern Ireland. It was during a ceasefire and there weren't supposed to be any British soldiers in the watch towers. We were on a tour bus and we came upon a tower with a solider in it. The bus driver was furious. Then he started yelling at us to put our cameras down. He was terrified. I've never forgotten that. That moment was the closest to being in a communist country I ever hope to be. It is so sad that these thing happen everywhere and all the time. You would think as human beings we would grow past these terrible behaviors. My husband's ancestors came from England long ago. Whenever we are watching a documentary or history movie it is usually about something bad the English have done. I always turn to my husband and tease him by saying, "Bad, bad English!" Of course, my ancestors were from Italy and they were no saints either! LOL! Anybody have a spare lion for today's main dinner event? "These things" are more likely to happen when an all-powerful government controls the country with no checks and balances. It's why we should cherish the freedom we have in this country and do everything we can to maintain and defend it. And be ever-vigilant for abuse. My great grandparents had no way to defend themselves--not with the vote and not with a deadly weapon. It's why my grandmother sailed 3,000 miles at the age of 16 to an uncertain future. Because freedom meant more to her than anything else. I am sure the same can be said of many others who emigrated here. Because of her and my other grandparents, that freedom is now my birthright. And I never take it for granted.
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Post by Kathy Lee on Sept 6, 2014 8:32:49 GMT -5
It is so sad that these thing happen everywhere and all the time. You would think as human beings we would grow past these terrible behaviors. My husband's ancestors came from England long ago. Whenever we are watching a documentary or history movie it is usually about something bad the English have done. I always turn to my husband and tease him by saying, "Bad, bad English!" Of course, my ancestors were from Italy and they were no saints either! LOL! Anybody have a spare lion for today's main dinner event? "These things" are more likely to happen when an all-powerful government controls the country with no checks and balances. It's why we should cherish the freedom we have in this country and do everything we can to maintain and defend it. And be ever-vigilant for abuse. My great grandparents had no way to defend themselves--not with the vote and not with a deadly weapon. It's why my grandmother sailed 3,000 miles at the age of 16 to an uncertain future. Because freedom meant more to her than anything else. I am sure the same can be said of many others who emigrated here. Because of her and my other grandparents, that freedom is now my birthright. And I never take it for granted.You are so right! We can never take what we have for granted. A friend of mine told me the story of how her grandmother came to this country. The family had an infant daughter and could not afford the passage to America. The mother gave her baby to her sister who was coming to America so the baby could have a better life. Imagine that! My great grandfather came to this country because he said no one was going to tell him what he could and could not do!
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