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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: Alice Date: 04 Jan 01 - 02:01 PM Forgot to add: December 29, 2000, created a page of songs at mp3.com (see the thread, Mudcatters on MP3.com). |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: blt Date: 04 Jan 01 - 01:56 PM Here's what I got myself into and out of: completed my second year at Antioch New England in dance/movement therapy, broke my toe, bought a computer, climbed up to the AMC hut on Mt. Lafayette in the Presidentials, turned around and climbed back down, played at various open mikes in VT/MA/NH, went to Maine for the first time ever, went to Acadia National Park, sang and danced in a musical called "What the Dragon Stole" (I was "the mom"), went to Provincetown, MA to check it out and saw the sun set at Race Point, sold or gave away most of my belongings and drove from NH to OR, lost my alternator in Montana and my battery in Idaho, struggled with premenopause, wandering around on the internet I ran into the Mudcat, celebrated my birthday and Christmas with my grandson for the first time in 3 years. And survived. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: Alice Date: 04 Jan 01 - 01:31 PM I can relate to Carol and Bonnie.
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: Jon W. Date: 04 Jan 01 - 12:41 PM My musical acomplishments for 2000: 1) organized a semi-regular song circle, the only one I know of in Utah (four meetings in 2000, another scheduled for Jan 2001). 2) somewhat formed a group with my wife and my cousin, we've played on four occasions (me on banjo & some guitar, her on vocals, him on vocals and guitar). Need to get back to rehearsing regularly. 3) built a hammered dulcimer for my wife for Christmas, got it done on time and it sounds good too. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: Amergin Date: 04 Jan 01 - 12:18 PM Well, as Kat mentioned above I started a new job Tuesday, no not a new job,, a new career.....am now in training to do tech support for an isp.... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: mousethief Date: 04 Jan 01 - 11:51 AM Joined Mudcat. Sang/played in public for the first time since college. Alex |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: GUEST,Fibula Mattock Date: 04 Jan 01 - 08:26 AM Finally joined Mudcat after much time spent nervously lurking (except I'm always posting from a GUEST name at work) Left archaeology (sob...) and took up computer programming full time Travelled to Chicago for "training" and made lifelong friends with some of the people with whom I worked Travelled to Italy to visit my friend Was offered a PhD in Bristol combining my beloved computers and archaeology. Accepted, and quit the programming job (hurrah!) My work friends bought me a guitar as a leaving present. Fantastic. Moved from Belfast to Bristol, and I quite like it (despite the humour differences!) Realised that leaving the Other Half behind in the wilds of Ireland is even harder than I feared, and now know beyond any doubt that he's the one I'm definitely keeping for life, unfortunately for my phone bill. It's been one of the best years of my life, and despite the fact that I'm not fatalistic, I feel quite guilty and think that I don't deserve any of it! There were a couple of very low points in the year, but compared to the crap time I had last year, 2000 has been grand. Here's to a great 2001 for all! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: Tattie Bogle Date: 03 Jan 01 - 08:15 PM Allan C; Ruta del Cares is 7 miles or 11km each way, so if you're not back-packing it's 14 miles or 22 km back to the hotel! However not as hard a walk as some in the area - just lonnnnnnnggggggg! There's a "bar" halfway along where they put whole crates of cerveza and agua in the canal to keep them cool! Time this thread was turned into New Year resolutions: one of mine was to burn less midnight oil on Mudcat so it's broken already! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: Allan C. Date: 29 Dec 00 - 07:53 PM "which will be the first time I sing in front of people who knew I would sing before they got there..." Nope, the second. The first time was when you and BeauDangles came to my house last August. You sang well and nobody ran for the door. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: Mrrzy Date: 29 Dec 00 - 05:29 PM Joined the Mudcat and the Alliance Française, and have already met many new and wonderful people. Had my first meeting-someone-you-only-knew-over-the-net experience - and discovered we'd already met! Got through all the custody-visitation-child support court shenanigans, yay! Survived three separate reorganization/merger fallout/restructurings/Dilbertlike things with my job intact - for now! Got my wonderful twins into Kindergarten where they are both doing just fine, despite all the prematurity issues, showing that the prior year was well-spent in OT for Timothy... Got my first NEW car, just like that woman in the commercial I, the seasoned marketer, fell for lo those many moons ago... Not only raked in great loot over the Midwinter Holiday, but had one of the gifts I chose (for Mom, who is notoriously hard to shop for) be the one that everyone who didn't get it wished they had ... Got listed in the International Who's Who!!! Sang in front of strangers for the first time... Signed up to sing in a "rock band" at my kids' school Talent Show (that doesn't happen till next year...) - which will be the first time I sing in front of people who knew I would sing before they got there (the other was a little impromptu lullaby at a coffeehouse on the Mudcat Adventure)... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: InOBU Date: 29 Dec 00 - 05:05 PM Oh forgot the best part - Pork fat sueit over the meat... yum! (sorry kat, I'm an omnivore!) Cheers all, Larry, thanks for the correction on carabou! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: Peg Date: 29 Dec 00 - 10:37 AM My, such a nice heartwarming thread this! Happy 2001 everyone! Congrats on that buffalo dish, Larry! sounds great. Sorcha, thanks for the tips about cooking game. I quite agree with your statements on hunting and meat eating. I grew up in a hunting household--in fact at Christmas my dad gave me a few pounds of tenderloin from the deer he got recently. He has a friend who now vaccum packs it for freezing so it will probably be great assuming all went well at the kill and butchering--it usually does, and rarely have I eaten venison attended to by him that was less than sweet and tender. Occasionally a deer downed with bow and arrow was a bit gamey; sometimes they die more slowly which toughens the meat. As it should; payback for making the animal suffer needlessly I suppose. I do not hunt myself anymore (tried it as a kid, loved going into the woods at dawn, hated shooting a gun, but continued fishing which I still enjoy). But I try to remain VERY aware of the fact that an animal has given its life for my nourishment. Was a vegetarian for a few years...now I try to only eat naturally-raised meat, hoping the animal was treated well in its life and killed in a humane fashion...I am hoping the new organic food laws in the US will increase the trend in humane farming in this country. I worked on a bill to pass such regulations a decade ago in Massachusetts and it was a debacle. Here's to increasing awareness of our animal brothers and sisters and thanks to those who give their lives to us. May we treat them kindly in life and mourn their loss in death, and be mindful of this sacrifice each time we are nourished by them. The way of nature is not kind, nor is it cruel, it merely IS, and the further removed we become from it, the more estranged we become from the food we eat, the water we drink, the plants that shelter and feed us, the animals that share the forests and fields with us. oops, sorry for the tangent. Happy new year everybody! Peg
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: Luke Date: 29 Dec 00 - 09:05 AM I guess the biggest thing this year is, after 27 years of parenhood we are now emptynesters. Don't like it. Want more babies. My wife and I are working on a movie for her Master's thesis about a music and arts festival that takes place on a small island off the coast of Maine. Boiling 40 hours of video down into 90 minutes. Hard. Don't recommend it. Beautiful though. Just found out that Alison Krauss will record two more of my songs on her next CD. Very good. It just feels nice to have someone really fine love my work. I met up with the terrific yahoos here at the Mudcat. This is very good also and I wonder how I lived before. My youngest son said he wanted to do a tour with me. He's now playing songs in waltz time with major 7th chords. I don't know how it happened. But he's singing words I can understand. Go figure. I wrote songs for a new play about Eugene Bullard the first African American to fight in an airwar. Did about 250 shows in theaters and schools around the country. Made it through Christmas. I love my wife. Luke |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: CamiSu Date: 29 Dec 00 - 03:15 AM Not in any particular order: Told stories at the Clearwater Great Hudson River Revival. Put up 50-60 dozen jars of jam (and figured out the Ginger Jam recipe so I don't have to do every batch twice) Started selling my jewelry in earnest. ] Survived both older kids being overseas for several months. Got my taxes done. Managed to make welcome a youngster from another country and another life. (Or is he from another planet?) Went to a Mudcat gathering in Derry NH. Celebrating, in a week, 26 years of marriage to the same man. And I guess I do live up to the standard, because we butchered 8 sheep today. Now maybe the hay will last 'til spring! This year I want to: Clean up the barn. Have a garden. See more mudcatters. Keep on enjoying my and everyone else's kids. Happy New Year! CamiSu |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: Amergin Date: 29 Dec 00 - 02:09 AM Sorcha, I think most of us are not living up to those principles... Kat, alas, you are right....I also discovered that I can still write, that the muse is not dead like I thought for a couple of years or so....I signed up with this beautiful place....I have met wonderful people (in cyberland if not in the flesh), I faced my wounds from the past, and I survived this year when at times I did not think I would. Blessed be. Nathan |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: Sorcha Date: 28 Dec 00 - 09:59 PM ps--don't tell kat--she hates hunting and killing. I don't much like either one, but I still eat meat, she doesn't. (NO disrepect at all, kat. Quite the opposite--if you can't kill it then don't eat it. Not quite living up to my principles here, am I?) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: Sorcha Date: 28 Dec 00 - 09:50 PM Well, yea, Lorcan, us Game Cooks in Wyoming could have told you that. Actually, "venison" includes caribou, as it is Cervidae......split hooves, with antlers. Moose,hart, deer, elk, etc. Buffalo (American Bison) is Bovine, and closer to beef than any of the above. I have always treated any large game meat just like VERY lean beef. Add just a little fat or barding, and most people can't tell the difference, if it was properly taken care of at the time of the kill.
Moose is very sweet, bear is very greasy and strong flavored sort of like wild pork. Elk is very protein rich and similar to rich lean beef. Deer (US style--mule or white tail) is like dry beef--needs a braising/moisture cooking procedure. US Antelope (Pronghorn) REALLY needs to be taken care of properly IMMEDIATELY upon killing or it will smell and taste of nasty musk.........which cannot be fixed at any time later......not even with soaking in milk. PS--American Antelope, aka Pronghorn, don't have "antlers", they have horns.....antlers shed from the skull cap every year, and horns have a bone core that never sheds.......see me for game recipes....... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: InOBU Date: 28 Dec 00 - 09:12 PM Right, as some of you know, I was in hopes of cooking buffalo and Yorkshire pud for Xmas, as the greatest accomplishment of mankind. The wild game store was out of both buffalo and carabou, so it had to be vinison. Great substitute, cooked almost like a regualar cow... big chunks of garlic stuffed in cuts into the meat, slopped over with brown mustard, then, a good glop of cream sherry, and bake with onions and potatos. Very nice... Cheers, Larry |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: katlaughing Date: 28 Dec 00 - 08:25 PM YOu made some friends, here, and wrote a wonderful memorial song for my daughter's beloved horse, Nathan, AND you got the job you'd been wanting!;-) luvyakat |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: Amergin Date: 28 Dec 00 - 07:12 PM Don't know if I really accomplished anything. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: Llanfair Date: 28 Dec 00 - 07:06 PM I think I'm a bit late adding to this thread, but, having read everyone's wonderful accomplishments, I must add my positive experiences. 1. Became a granny. 2. Began the process of finding out what skills have been repressed during 30 years of wage-slavery. 3. Organised the first UK Mudcat gathering. 4. Recorded my first CD,"Songs from Ashdale". 5. Met some wonderful people, mostly Mudcatters. 6. Used my free ticket to travel around the country by rail (the one that isn't broken!)(you have to be British to get that one) That's a pretty good list, and I can't wait to see what 2001 brings!!! Cheers, Bron. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: tar_heel Date: 28 Dec 00 - 12:39 PM if you want to see some pictures of the gathering and SHINDIG,go to website http://communities.msn.com/vampscastle and click on the TARS SHINDIG section.many pictures of the whole thing..!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: tar_heel Date: 28 Dec 00 - 12:35 PM we throw a "shindig in the pasture"every year at our home...we have a mixture of bluegras and old-time music from 6 bands performing from 12noon-6pm...and we open it up to the public..FREE!we also invite concessions,crafts,whatever to set up and sell stuff...FREE!!(its our only way of having food/drinks for folks)its all free to our fans,friends,anyone....but this year was different!since taking early retirement in the summer of 1999,i have met lots of friends on the internet,,,,,,i invited many of them to come to our shindig.many of them have a copy of our cd!to my surprise,they came!they drove here from....NY,PA,MASS,GA,SC,TENN,W.VA,VA,i even picked up one lady from the airport who flew in fron OMAHA NEBRASKA....36 of them all together.not only had i not met any of them in person,but they had not met each other in person,either!i helped many get motel reservations,other places to stay....dang,it was the most wonderful experience of my life.they were all wonderful people,hard working,god fearing,many retired,many on fixed incomes,many still working and just all wonderful folks.....deciding to meet their friends at a location somewhere,not exactly centrally located for us all,but at my humble little farm here in rural hall,n.c..after the last band played,we all went out to dinner together that night at a local,Golden coral buffet restaurant...again,the fellowship was terrific and i mean after hearing all kinds of horror stories about the freaks people run into on the internet,i thanked god for blessing us with what had happened here...but then,it was over...we all hugged,cried,shook hands,said good-byes,cried again!! so what did i accomplish?well maybe nothing to some of you,but to me some of the most wonderful memories of my entire life...i'll never forget it!....a little foot note:i invited the local media to give us some coverage,but apparently they didnt think it was good enough to compete with the flash,trash and garbage,blood,gut and sex that they usually cover from day to day!! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: Peg Date: 28 Dec 00 - 11:55 AM CarolC; I teach some required courses for film students so I may indeed teach your son if I am still there! Good luck to him as he applies for school. I forgot to mention I made my "HearMe" debut thanks to Micca in East London! I just got a new computer (an iMacDV) and I hope to get it set up to do this at some point... It was great fun singing with Jon Freeman, Matt, kat, and whoever else was there (I forget now). In fact, meeting fellow UK Mudcatters Micca and his partner Aud, Liz the Squeak and her folk in London, and Ralph (aka Popular Halfwit) and his family in Devizes. Also attending the MudCat Gathering at Barry's place was a definite musical highlight! Looking forward to more MudCat encounters in the new year! peg |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: catspaw49 Date: 25 Dec 00 - 11:03 PM ..........and speaking of other functions, how ya' been Garg? Merry Christmas! Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: GUEST,.gargoyle Date: 25 Dec 00 - 10:22 PM Dearest and most benevolently wonderous KAT.....
PLEASEshare with us mortals....the title and publisher of your "book" so we may share in the glory!
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: catspaw49 Date: 25 Dec 00 - 10:18 PM A mere pee in the Grand Canyon (as we move on to other functions).......... Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: Peter Kasin Date: 25 Dec 00 - 09:45 PM But not without saying that your accomplishment is really no more than a drop in the bucket! :-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: Peter Kasin Date: 25 Dec 00 - 09:31 PM OK, OK, I'll "go." |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: catspaw49 Date: 25 Dec 00 - 08:46 PM Aw geez Peter.....That one just BEGS the old line, "I wouldn't s**t you, you're my favorite t**d." But then again, beggars can't be choosers, so there ya' go! Tanks for the interest. Now scat!!! Spaw-This has gotta' stop........ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: Peter Kasin Date: 25 Dec 00 - 08:28 PM You're not just pulling our chain. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: catspaw49 Date: 25 Dec 00 - 07:50 PM LOL.....I love you too. Merry Christmas Jeri!!! Spaw
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: Jeri Date: 25 Dec 00 - 07:27 PM Here's to the friends that we make And here's to the crap we must take Let's hope that it all comes out fine in the end Here's to you Catspaw, my friend. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: GUEST,Noreen (at my sister's) Date: 25 Dec 00 - 03:59 PM Thanks, Jeri. And reading Brett's post made me realise that I am looking forward too- an unusual and wonderful feeling! Noreen |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: catspaw49 Date: 25 Dec 00 - 03:31 PM Thank you chantey my man! It wasn't something I wanted to let go with and dump on anyone else's piles of achievement, but a load of praise from you is nothing to sniff at so I feel its my doody to say thank you. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: Peter Kasin Date: 25 Dec 00 - 03:21 PM Spaw, I am flushed with pride over your accomplishment. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: catspaw49 Date: 25 Dec 00 - 02:41 PM Well geez Jeri.......If I'd known you were going to write a song about all of this, I would have mentioned the really healthy bowel movement I had on August 23rd. It was really spectacular and I think it would have been worthy of inclusion. Oh well............ Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: bbc Date: 25 Dec 00 - 02:16 PM Started playing autoharp--my 1st instrument as an adult. Performed publically for the 1st time (& had fun)! Looking forward to more of both of the above! bbc
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: Dave (the ancient mariner) Date: 25 Dec 00 - 09:50 AM QUITTERS! (year ain't over yet) I aint finished accomplishin yet...LOL Yours, Aye. Dave |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: Jeri Date: 25 Dec 00 - 09:47 AM I know this thread is mainly about just stating what we've accomplished, and not meant for discussion, but as I read what everyone has to say, I marvel at what a strong and loving bunch of folks we have here. You are all, each and every one of you, remarkable people. I lift my coffee cup (hey, it's not even 10AM here) in a toast to you! Here's to the bridges we've burned |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: Peter Kasin Date: 25 Dec 00 - 01:57 AM 1. Successfully recovered from Fall, '99 cancer surgery. I'm minus one kidney, but cancer-free. Knock on wood. 2. Had a great visit with WyoWoman, who showed me around her corner of Colorado. 3. Went to Mystic Seaport's music festival and took in a great two days of music. Was completely blown away by the Brooklyn duo, The NexTradition. Met Liam's Brother there. 4. Organized music for a sea festival, and a sea music concert series - a true labor of love. 5. Met Joe Offer at the Festival Of The Sea. Had a Mudcat gathering there, with Joe, Riggy, Winters Wages, Melani, Elise, BSeed, Pam and Dave Swan, Radriano and new Mudcatter, Rev. 6. Joined Mudcat in late January. Many thanks to Pam and Dave Swan, who told me about it. Joining was one of my wiser decisions in life (what does that say about me?). :-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: Troll Date: 24 Dec 00 - 09:25 PM Survived a very difficult year but the OPM finally accepted my medical documtntation and let me retire. Our band released its 2nd CD: Klezarchy. My daughter and her SO announced that they are "almost" engaged. I met a lot of good people on Mudcat. Finally finished remodeling the back room.Next stop; the BATHROOM! Bought Memsahib a new (2nd hand) car. troll
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: Allan C. Date: 24 Dec 00 - 09:10 PM Information about Ruta del Cares can be found here: http://www.jcyl.es/jcyl/cict/dgt/svfit/turismo/descubre/ecologico/espacios/piceur.htm and here: http://www.cabrales.org/2/frutas.htm Photos of Naranjo de Bulnes and others can be found here: http://weber.ucsd.edu/~rdesanti/Picos/picos0.html Looks quite rugged to me. I know I won't get an answer to this anytime soon but I wonder if it is a six mile trip one-way or round trip? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: Tattie Bogle Date: 24 Dec 00 - 08:11 PM Sorry I clicked twice - and it's SILVER. Happy Christmas everyone! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: Tattie Bogle Date: 24 Dec 00 - 08:07 PM Made a CD with Skeerwud Band and played in BBC Music Live. Went to several great festivals. Wrote a few more topical parodies, including the Scottish version of "Swing Low" when Scotland's rugby team beat England at Murrayfield and deprived them of the "dead cert" Grand Slam that everyone had predicted: oh, and a few weeks later I got to hold the Calcutta Cup - a magnificent piece of siverware, if ever I saw one! Sang in public a bit more including debut in the local Folk Club. Really her achievement, not mine, but my daughter got her degree in Sports Medicine: it was a proud day going to the graduation. And my son achieved 5 Highers. Walking in the Picos de Europa: did the Ruta del Cares both ways for the second year running, and walking through rain and fog up into sunshine to feast our eyes on the "Naranjo de Bulnes" at close quarters and look over a sea of cloud. Surviving all this and 27 years of marriage, my father-in-law's 80th birthday, a 25 year reunion of former colleagues,etc,etc. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: Tattie Bogle Date: 24 Dec 00 - 08:06 PM Made a CD with Skeerwud Band and played in BBC Music Live. Went to several great festivals. Wrote a few more topical parodies, including the Scottish version of "Swing Low" when Scotland's rugby team beat England at Murrayfield and deprived them of the "dead cert" Grand Slam that everyone had predicted: oh, and a few weeks later I got to hold the Calcutta Cup - a magnificent piece of siverware, if ever I saw one! Sang in public a bit more including debut in the local Folk Club. Really her achievement, not mine, but my daughter got her degree in Sports Medicine: it was a proud day going to the graduation. And my son achieved 5 Highers. Walking in the Picos de Europa: did the Ruta del Cares both ways for the second year running, and walking through rain and fog up into sunshine to feast our eyes on the "Naranjo de Bulnes" at close quarters and look over a sea of cloud. Surviving all this and 27 years of marriage, my father-in-law's 80th birthday, a 25 year reunion of former colleagues,etc,etc. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: Naemanson Date: 24 Dec 00 - 07:08 AM I lived through the worst heartbreak of my life but if yesterday is any indicator that issue is not yet resolved. Otherwise, I guess there were a few things I could be proud of. I started my own coffeehouse. My group started recording our CD. At work we were audited and after detailed interviews with customers, clients and staff and looking into our records, the audit team judged us to be the best office they had visited to date. I'm looking forward to the new millennium. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: GUEST,Caitrin at Home Date: 23 Dec 00 - 11:56 PM 'scuse the prefix, I haven't gotten 'round to resetting the cookie here. Let's see...accomplishments... I graduated high school! I worked my first professional theater. I survived a bunch of crazy relationship issues before finally finding a really great guy at school. I served as Props Master for the Scottish Play, my very first semester at college. I got over my stage-fright enough to act this semester, rather than hiding out in the tech crew. I survived my first semester of college! Overall, I guess I'm pretty proud of myself. :) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: John Hardly Date: 23 Dec 00 - 09:35 PM 1. Got works published in a book for the first time. 2. Gained speed with a flatpick (still no Clarence White--not even Betty White) 3. Shared on HearMe and it was helping with performance jitters. Bummer within an accomplisment--shared with DaveO (must be a hoosier deal)--can't PalTalk either! JH |
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Subject: RE: BS: Share your accomplishments, etc. of 2000 From: Pelrad Date: 23 Dec 00 - 09:08 PM Kat, congratulations on getting published! And Melani, congratulations on accomplishing something I could never do. I have tried numerous times and never managed to get above the crows nest. If I had tried for a yardarm I'd have starved to death in the rigging. Let's see... 1) Went through a miserable, horrible pregnancy (discovered I have a mild backflow heart problem when pregant) and only missed a few days of normal life. Delivered a gorgeous baby girl on November 29 and didn't come near to dying like last time I gave birth. Made the conscious decision that if we have any more children they aren't coming through me. 2) Got and kept a job as a reporter for a local newspaper, after an entire year of jobhunting. Realized I should have stuck to my convictions as a 15 yr-old, because I was definitely born to be a journalist. And after six years of losing jobs to disappearing grants (museums and archaeological digs can be risky workplaces), I finally found a boss who wants so badly to keep me that she doesn't mind if I take a year's maternity leave. 3) Sang my first solo onstage at the Mystic Sea Music Festival. Hopefully will do more next year. Would have done more this year but was busy being miserably pregnant. Life is good right now. Not very successful musically, as I had to take a ten-month break. That will be next year's accomplishment, I guess! |