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Comments: Lynel, an update on the greyhound ranch you took the deposition on in Chico. We met Mike Walters whose father owned the greyhounds. His dad financed the Bass bros. early in their careers in Ft. Worth.
Comments: At least Dru got her picture made with a couple of celebrities. Do you ever worry about getting arrested for dismantling sprinkler heads? : ) Glad you two are feeling better.
Comments: In the world of Geocaching, being the first one to find a newly hidden cache is a much sought after status. You get to sign the cache log as "FTF" (First to Find). And in some cases there is extra loot for the FTF. This morning I received an email announcing a new geocache hidden 3.7 miles south. I grabbed the GPS and set out to find it with high hopes of attaining FTF rights. I was the first one on the scene and all I found at the coordinates was a huge green transformer on a cement pad. It was about 4ft. tall and wide. For thirty minutes I searched the immediate area, diligently looking for some sort of small container that would hold a paper log. I found a sprinkler head in the ground and dismantled it looking for a log. Just ended up making a mess. Finally, went home, got Dru (for a 2nd set of eyes) and came back 3 hours later. As we drove up I could see a woman and her daughter searching the same area I had gone over. The cache was described as being in plain sight. Suddenly, the two of them were dancing around with excitement as they located the clever cache. It turned out to be a devious magnetic sign that had a paper log tapped to the back of it. Then it was placed on the transformer and just looked like an official marking. Here is the pic: http://people.consolidated.net/swsw/cm3.jpg The woman and her daughter are part of "Team Wood" and this was their very first "FTF". Dru manages a weak smile as the mom beams with pride after signing the log: http://people.consolidated.net/swsw/cm2.jpg The Thrill of Victory and The Agony of Defeat - we were sooo close.
Comments: I heard on the radio today that Ledbetter Drive is now Great Trinity Forest Way! Glendale Park, The South Loop Drive-In and Sweet Georgia Brown's are now on Great Trinity Forest Way!
Comments: Barry, here's you some more up todate news on Paradise, Texas, our small town football team the Pottsboro Cardinals beat them 20 to 7 in one of our district games, we have only lost one all season and we are now in the playoffs.
Comments: I got this from the Handbook of Texas Online. When I went through there, it looked like the main business was raising fighting roosters. PARADISE, TEXAS. Paradise is on State Highway 114 six miles southwest of Decatur in southwestern Wise County. Settlement at the site began in the early 1870s, when Bill Anderson opened a general store there. At first the community was called Eldorado, but when settlers learned from postal authorities that the name was already taken they suggested the name Paradise Prairie, because of the wildflowers surrounding the site. The name was later shortened, and the community received a post office branch in 1876. In 1893 the Rock Island line (see ROCK ISLAND SYSTEM) reached the area, and the town moved a mile northeast to take advantage of the railroad, which eventually made Paradise a prosperous retail market for area farmers. By 1900 the town had two cotton gins, two lumberyards, two hotels, a grade school, and a weekly newspaper, the Paradise Echo. The population of Paradise fluctuated between 300 and 500 from 1900 until the 1940s; in 1986 and 1990 it was estimated at 275. The population reached 459 in 2000.
Comments: Janelle, another great article. Thank you for sharing that with us, gave me a nice lunch break. May you enjoy your new home for a long time to come and your turkey for more than squish between the toes...ugh.
Comments: Lynell: They had a big grass fire around Paradise a couple of years ago. Hope you weren't wearing those wooden shoes then! Burned a lot of buildings. Barry
Comments: I've been to both Chico and Paradise, California, but wasn't even aware that Texas has its own Chico and Paradise; seems redundant, since Texas IS paradise. Chico may be in Northern California, but the temperature hit 112 while I was there -- August, 1970 -- and Paradise definitely ain't all it's cracked up to be!
Comments: Janelle, I went to Chico TX, for a deposition but didn't make it to Paradise. The day was cold, and I was wearing wooden post-op shoes with open fronts and pins in my toes from recent foot surgery. The mobile home where the deposition was held had mean-looking dogs in the yard, and the people were not friendly. I was happy to get out of Chico and didn't want to go looking for Paradise that day. Ronnie, can the eerie green glow that emits from your house be seen from the highway at night? You Adamson boys are smooth talkers, so you're new broadcast facility will do well.
Comments: Lynell, With all due respect don't you think your fonts are getting fairly large in your message below. I may be having an open house for everyone to see me using my new fiber optic line (70,000kb/s). I'm thinking about starting a net talk show. Sorta like the "Newly Talk Show". I may need someone with TV experience and a purple outfit....how about you and David as first guests?
Comments: Michael, that is too funny. Paradise and Chico are North of Sacramento, California.
Comments: Janelle, I have to ask is this Paradise TX you are referencing. We have a place in Chico TX and NW of Chico is Paradise TX.
Comments: Yippee! A talented SOC writer has contributed an article about how she made lemonade and also got to see the Milky Way at night. She gets to see bats, lizards and other exotics as well. Many thanks to Janelle Carroll. Just click on the Guest Column link to read her latest. She is proof that SOC people are the greatest!
Comments:  Hi, Janelle -- Thanks for the beauty tip!!
Comments: Lynell, What the heck is "lip lard?" Couldn't one just use Crisco?
Comments: Memo to Bob Clifton: I checked and there are at least 20 geocaches within 5 miles of Fruitvale, TX. One geocache looks particularly interesting. It is titled "Iron Horse Tragedy" and requires the seeker to locate the rather prominent tombstone of a person who died in a 19th century transportation incident. Once located, the challenge is to identify "when" this event happened? The general location is indicated by the green arrow in the following link: http://people.consolidated.net/swsw/iron_horse.jpg It might be a good hobby to pursue in the off-season. I regret that Dru and I missed your fine peaches and ice cream this year.
Comments: Bob, I found clues to a cache near the CVS where I buy my lip lard and such. Maybe I'll stroll over to that grassy knoll (and try not to do a forward roll into the lake) and see what I can snag. I logged onto that website and even have a handle now -- "hangonsnoopy." You have to admit it's catchy, especially since JS sent that link to the soundalike song and got that stupid ditty running in my head. He will do the same for you if you ask real nice. Happy peach-free season, my friend!
Comments: John, I put my Zip Code in the Geo thingy and all I got was a very snarky answer, " You gotta be kidding me." I guess they don't geo around Fruitvale.
Comments: Thanks for the info, Phyllis. The Texas state parks also are very accomodating to geocachers. On March 12, 2011 there will be a state-wide geocache hunt at Huntsville State Park. Here is a link to the event (hope it works)" http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC2FDX2
Comments: According to yesterday's Dallas Morning News, the Louisiana State Parks are involved in geocaching, Geo Johnny.
Comments: I think we should all remember one of the real heroes of out class this Veteran's Day__BROOKS BARR.
Comments: Well said Lynell - thanks so much for the sacrifices you unselflessly gave and freedoms you provided for us! May God bless you with peace and happiness knowing we all benefited from your giving.
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Thank you, Veterans!
Comments: Wow, Jen just put it all out there. I am not sure Hawaii is the place to live if you are broke. Your adventures just keep getting more interesting John. Peaches, marked the 5th on my calendar. Thanks for hosting.
Comments: To quote an old Rod Stewart song ... "Every picture tells a story, don't it?". Yesterday I found another micro-geocache near a Chase Bank. The cache was just a simple pill bottle that contained a tightly rolled up log to sign and a card from a woman named Jen proclaiming she'd found the geocache (on May 22nd). The card invited us to follow her exploits on her weblog at http://jnnfr271.blogspot.com/ I signed the log with my geocaching handle "hwyhiker" and left the two coins shown in the pic. Last night I looked up Jen's blog hoping to be enthralled with her geocaching adventures. Instead, what I found was the sad life of a divorced mother living in Houston and making plans to move she and her daughter to Hawaii. Jen had recently been served papers by a creditor and was in fear of having her bank account garnished. She was experiencing the angst and complications of being involved with a married man. Her debt situation left her wary of answering the door or the phone. Apparently her escape from her problems is riding her bike and geocaching. We all have a story to tell. Jen's picture on that card led me to learn her's. 
Comments: Phil, I don't think so neither of us has a Passport. And besides, just here in The Woodlands there are over 4,000 concealed geocaches to be found. Should keep us busy for awhile.
Comments: John, will geocache take you and Dru overseas?
Comments: SAVE THE DATE!!!! Sunday, December 5th, 2010, SOC Annual Christmas Luncheon at Peaches's home. More details later.
Comments: Peaches, you were standing on a chair for that picture so that you could be seen        !!John, what a great photo of Dru. I am having fun reading of your adventures and I know y'all are having fun together. |
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