Return-Path: Received: (qmail 11299 invoked from network); 22 Nov 2003 03:50:28 -0000 Received: from warrior.services.quay.plus.net (212.159.14.227) by mailstore with SMTP; 22 Nov 2003 03:50:28 -0000 Received: (qmail 15281 invoked from network); 22 Nov 2003 03:50:34 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Filtered-by: Plusnet (hmail v1.01) X-Spam-detection-level: 11 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from post.thorcom.com (193.82.116.20) by warrior.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 22 Nov 2003 03:50:29 -0000 X-Fake-Domain: majordom Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1ANOj0-0003El-Ip for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2003 03:46:22 +0000 Received: from [152.163.225.104] (helo=imo-r08.mx.aol.com) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1ANOiz-0003Ea-NB for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 22 Nov 2003 03:46:21 +0000 X-Fake-Domain: WarmSpgs@aol.com Received: from WarmSpgs@aol.com by imo-r08.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v36_r1.1.) id l.103.39d4f9b8 (18555) for ; Fri, 21 Nov 2003 22:45:47 -0500 (EST) From: WarmSpgs@aol.com Message-ID: <103.39d4f9b8.2cf035eb@aol.com> Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 22:45:47 EST To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 120 Subject: Re: LF: Beacons stays on Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.3 required=5.0 tests=NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=no version=2.60 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-Spam-Rating: 1 In a message dated 11/21/03 4:24:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, eric@willow.nutstreet.net writes: > Excuse me, but it's not so bad here. No, not bad at all. I spent many happy years in that region as a youngster. It's just a bit of a change from Anchorage, for certain. > There ARE mountains in the distance. > They are just so far in the distance you can't see them :) Yes, I've got to remember "distance" has a somewhat expanded meaning on the Plains; as illustrated in the story about the two Texans who were trying to outdo each other bragging about the size of their ranches. One boasted, "I can climb in my pickup truck first thing in the morning, drive and drive all day, and not reach the other side of my spread by nightfall." The other one said, "Yep. I used to have a truck like that, too." John