TheBanyanTree: TheBanyanTree Digest, Vol 76, Issue 21

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I. Spy. Theta.

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On 1/24/10, thebanyantree-request at lists.remsset.com
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>    1. test (Theta Brentnall)
>    2. Re: test (Monique Colver)
>    3. Frozen in Water (Margaret R. Kramer)
>    4. Re: Frozen in Water (nancyiee at aol.com)
>    5. Re: test (Indiglow)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 13:31:40 -0800
> From: Theta Brentnall <tybrent at gmail.com>
> To: thebanyantree at lists.remsset.com
> Subject: TheBanyanTree: test
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> This is a test to see if I can actually generate an email to Banyan.  I seem
> to be able to respond but not create a new email, which is a little
> frustrating.  So if anyone sees this, let me know.
>
> Theta
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 13:32:15 -0800
> From: Monique Colver <monique.colver at gmail.com>
> To: "A comfortable place to meet other people and exchange your own
> 	*original*	writings." <thebanyantree at lists.remsset.com>
> Subject: Re: TheBanyanTree: test
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> I see it. I'm pretty sure it's not a mirage either.
>
> On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Theta Brentnall <tybrent at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> This is a test to see if I can actually generate an email to Banyan.  I
>> seem
>> to be able to respond but not create a new email, which is a little
>> frustrating.  So if anyone sees this, let me know.
>>
>> Theta
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Monique Colver
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:03:30 -0600
> From: "Margaret R. Kramer" <margaretkramer at comcast.net>
> To: "The Banyan Tree" <thebanyantree at remsset.com>
> Subject: TheBanyanTree: Frozen in Water
> Message-ID: <001c01ca9c88$b72aa0f0$257fe2d0$@net>
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> We?re on the warm edge of a major winter storm.  The temperatures are above
> freezing, so instead of a massive dumping of snow, we?re getting rain.  Rain
> in January.  Rain in January in Minnesota.  Go figure.
>
> However, this morning, the temp was just at freezing, and my driveway was
> covered with a thin layer if ice.
>
> I signed up to run in a 5K in downtown St Paul as part of the Winter
> Carnival.  I was going to take the bus, but when I walked on that frozen
> driveway, I thought better of it.  It would have taken me hours to baby step
> my way to the bus stop, so I decided to drive.  The streets were OK, as they
> had been salting them all night to keep the ice at bay.
>
> While I was walking over my garage, I slipped and fell on my big butt.
> Thank goodness, I have enough cushion on that butt, so I didn?t even feel a
> thing.  I sat on the ground for a while, contemplating my options.
>
> I could stay home, like I did last year and the year before, my wimpy excuse
> was that it was too cold.  This year is was too warm.  And icy!
>
> But I knew that road where we would be running would be just fine.
>
> So I got up and got in my car and off I went.
>
> The drive was fine.  When I got downtown, people were walking OK on the
> sidewalks.
>
> The half marathon people go first and then the 5K people.  I set myself up
> at the back of the pack, because I?m slow as a turtle.  But I felt good this
> year.  Even though I haven?t been running outside, because of the ice from
> our Christmas storm, I?ve been working out consistently and I?m in good
> shape aerobically.
>
> I ran a good race, for me, a turtle.  I didn?t get tired.  I set a good pace
> and stuck with it.  Everything just worked.  I got too hot and took off some
> of my layers, but other than sweating a lot, I was OK.
>
> I love listening to my iPod while running.  I didn?t use it until the second
> half of the race, but the music helped me keep my rhythm and not slow up.
> The music I have on the darn thing is so happy, I have to keep bouncing.
>
> I finished in sweat.  I got my free mug and other goodies and then went
> home.
>
> It rained a little bit during the race, but it?s rained a lot during the
> afternoon.  We would have had a good snowfall if we would have been on the
> cold side of the storm.  We?re supposed to get a couple of inches tomorrow
> night, I guess.  Not a big deal.
>
>
> I?ll hunker down at home tonight, even though there?s no imminent danger of
> an ice storm.  What?s better than a rainy night in January in Minnesota to
> read a good book, listen to jazz, and contemplate life?
>
> Margaret R. Kramer
> margaretkramer at comcast.net
> margaret.kramer at polarispublications.com
> www.polarispublications.com
> www.linkedin.com/in/margaretkramer
>
> Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a
> friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire:? it is the time for home.?
> -Edith Sitwell
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:13:57 EST
> From: nancyiee at aol.com
> To: thebanyantree at lists.remsset.com
> Subject: Re: TheBanyanTree: Frozen in Water
> Message-ID: <348b9.44eb8633.388d3f25 at aol.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
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> good for you, running in the Winter marathon. I don't run any more, the old
>  knees don't take the pounding.
>
> I miss going to the St Paul Winter Carnival. In days past, I was one of the
>  car racers on Phalen. It was a seven-race series, doncha know, Winnipeg,
> Duluth,  Thunder Bay, some place in Wisconsin, Brainerd, Prior Lake, and the
> climax at St  Paul. A short season, beginning with the first location with
> twelve inches of  ice, and ending when the motor home fell through. I don't
> think they run on  Phalen any more, too hard to control the crowd.  One year
> they had hot air  balloons taking off from that location. At season's end,
> there was a big banquet  with the season awards. I won my class one year, I
> remember. A HUGE feat, since  at that time I was the only woman competing.
> My
> first car was an Austin Mini  Cooper, a real one, not a modern type.  My
> second car was a Saab sonett.  (since the early minis did not meet the crash
> tests of that era, my car was  built in Thunder Bay by a troupe of mad
> Finlanders, and came to the States in  cartons (car parts)  Ah, those were
> the
> days.
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 08:42:08 -0800 (PST)
> From: Indiglow <indiglow at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "A comfortable place to meet other people and exchange your own
> 	*original*	writings." <thebanyantree at lists.remsset.com>
> Subject: Re: TheBanyanTree: test
> Message-ID: <727542.14475.qm at web82607.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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>
> Hi Theta,
> ? You look great!? Is that a new hairstyle?? And that color is perfect for
> you!?
> Have a great day!
> Jana
>
> --- On Sat, 1/23/10, Theta Brentnall <tybrent at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: Theta Brentnall <tybrent at gmail.com>
> Subject: TheBanyanTree: test
> To: thebanyantree at lists.remsset.com
> Date: Saturday, January 23, 2010, 1:31 PM
>
>
> This is a test to see if I can actually generate an email to Banyan.? I seem
> to be able to respond but not create a new email, which is a little
> frustrating.? So if anyone sees this, let me know.
>
> Theta
>
>
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