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hey all have been extremly ill so am behind.  I finally got to
atlanta and replaced BDT and Stalking  now just gotta get luck and
trators...but still have the falling apart ones..lol.  anyway lynn I
will deal with the sox...I am a Braves fanatic:)

leeane

"Since reading Nightrunner, and seeing everything mentioned about Tamir,
like the year of being lost at sea"

Dude, I don't remember that part!!  This next book shall be interesting
indeed ^_^

--Tricia, who is finally catching up on emails.  I had 160 new mails and
almost 90% of them were from this group. Quality procrastination
material.
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Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 12:38 PM
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Subject: Re: [Flewelling] Favorite


My favourite (so far!) is definitely Hidden Warrior.  I love the
equilibrium that exists at the beginning, with things just beginning to
seriously unravel, then completely disintegrating towards the end.  I
love how I can't hate any of the characters, even Niryn, and I love the
intensity of Ki and Tobin's relationship.  Oh, and did I mention that I
love Tobin, full stop?  ^___^  Since reading Nightrunner, and seeing
everything mentioned about Tamir, like the year of being lost at sea -
suffice to say, I'm VERY much looking forward to the third book!

Amelia


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Location

The Cupboard next to the Fireplace

Somewhere  in the middle of England lol

I'm not joking lol.  Harry Potter's cupboard is bigger than mine sigh. It all
started with my mother, well with my cousin Carol whose husband, a carpenter
who had lost his job when the people he worked for went bankrupt and hadn't
been paid for weeks. So my mother bless her said Helen needs a computer cupboard
building, snort, to keep everything tidy.  Err she just forgot to ask if I
wanted one, which I didnt sigh, I was quite happy with my nice and very untidy
desk next to a roaring log fire in Winter and with a view of the tv set.

Sigh I'm now sitting in a dark and very annoying cupboard, it sticks out too
much, it has a door which block the view of the fire and stop me toasting my
toes and I cant see the tv.   And it's a pain in the backside to move the wires
at the back of the computer.  And it's dark.  And I had to pay for it sob.
Not to mention while they were at it they thoughtfully put up two bookshelves,
for my nice Folio Society collection.  Lovely, only they put them right where
Lynn's Nightrunner map was on the wall sigh.

Oh the good news is I'm finally feeling a a bit better, the chest bug lasted
a month and was very nasty, then I caught a cold right on top of it which yes
you can guess it went on to my chest.  Both have aggravated my ME no end, but
I am getting better.

I will be in and out a bit still, my cousin Ann started  her chemo this week,
and now Im better she will likely to be coming here more.  But I will be
checking mail daily now.

Thanks for putting up with an awol list mom for a bit and thanks to our
moderator

Helen


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In a message dated 18/04/2004 22:14:58 GMT Daylight Time,
otterdance2@... writes:

>
> . . . is always a risky thing, but this weekend I had the very great
> pleasure of
> meeting and dining with Larry Niven, one of my all time favorite sf writers.
> I felt
> quite shy, but he was very nice. He is totally charming and we even
> exchanged off color jokes. It's  so nice when the Great Ones turn out to be
> great people!  :-)
>
>

OOh says H catching up on her mail backlog ok :-). I am envious.  Years ago I
used to go to a few SF cons here in Britain and they were fun, notorious for
hmm late night drinking sessions with writers and fans.  I managed to miss
most of that lol, but I did get to meet a few people, Anne McCaffrey was quite
funny, used to turn up at Star Trek conventions which I never quite fathomed out
the connnection to.  What I really regret was missing meeting James Blish, he
went into hospital the week before the convention I was going to and sadly
died some time later sigh.

Hmm methinks Lynn is living proof brilliant writers are very nice people too
:-).

Enough crawling from H lol

Helen


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Great to hear you are better. :-)

Tawariel

In a message dated 11/04/2004 20:49:26 GMT Daylight Time, jjarbanas@...
writes:

> --- In Flewelling@yahoogroups.com, HBrown9628@a... wrote:
>
> >Thanks Jill, much appreciated. I crawled   up to the emergency
> >clinic today as our doctor's, sniff, no longer does house visits
> >evenings or holidays.
>
> Wow, I'm stunned that doctors anywhere still do house calls! Because,
> even as a kid, I remember my parents having to drag me to the
> doctor's office. So, is it just a no evenings/holidays thing, or no
> house visits anymore, period?


As you can see I'm catching up on my mail backwards, when I should have
started with the earliest.

Oh yes UK doctors do house calls, most of them are employed on contracts to
the NHS (National Health Service) so are state employees.  Some rural practises
particularly doctors do all their house calls, nights too sigh. But now for
reasons of time and they have so much red tape to deal with that  a lot of
practises restrict house calls to daytimes, my lot tend to come out after early
morning before morning surgery, after morning surgery and before
afternoon/evening surgery.  They used to employ a locum service for night time
visits, so had
house calls all night if we need them it just wouldnt be our own doctor.  But
within the last couple of years all the local practises got together and have
set up a 24 hour clinic which covers out of hours emergencies and is open all
night,  you go up in the car or they send a car for you, free.  I presume if
you are too ill to get out bed they tell you to call an ambulance lol.

>
> >So you might be on your last legs but come out and visit nope,
> >they send a car for you lol.
>
> Again... they send a car for you?! Wow. I wish they did that here.
> I'm still trying to figure out what to do when I'm too sick to get
> out of bed, much less drive somewhere.


Oh yes they have  two or three cars with on duty drivers to pick up patients
if needed.

>
> I'll just speedbump right over the free part. <g>  To say I have
> enormous issues with the US healthcare system would be an
> understatement.



I shant gloat about the good bits...  free healthcare, free prescriptions for
over 60's, children, people with certain chronic illnesses, diabetes etc,
people on benefit, or you can buy a prepayment thing so much a year and that
covers all the prescriptions you have during the year, a good idea as it's
horrendous the amount you'd have to pay an item now. But if you can buy it
cheaper
they tell you not to bother and go get it yourself lol.

>
> >Anyway it's much as I thought, just a lingering nasty upper
> >respiratory tract thing, but complete exhaustion and coughing up
> >blood after two weeks
>
> I'm *so* glad you went. Upper respiratory infections are awful, and
> tend to hang on and on, especially if you're exhausted or under a lot
> of stress.
>
> >safely stuffed full of antibiotics and touch wood should be on the
> >way to recovery in a few days, meanwhile I'm going back to bed and
> >more sleep.
>
> That's good to hear! I hope you're fit as a fiddle in about 10 days,
> or however long your course of antibiotics runs. And remember, it's
> really important to keep taking them until they're gone, even if you
> feel better long before.
>
> Okay, I will stop with the mother henning, but please take care of
> yourself!
>
> Jill
>
>
>

Sigh,  it took a month, then I got this damned cold and a load of cold sores.
No doubt from being run down from the bug.  It was truly ghastly worst thing
I've ever had, I've never coughed up blood before shudder.

Anyway I'm going to rest as I still need to recover my strength I tried
getting on the exercise bike and managed a mile before my legs wouldnt go,
pathetic
sigh.

Perks up at least I have something to look forward to this month, Return of
the King on dvd that willl make me feel better :-).

thanks

Helen


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--- In Flewelling@yahoogroups.com, HBrown9628@a... wrote:
> Location
>
> The Cupboard next to the Fireplace

That does sound claustrophobic! I'm awfully particular about my personal
space, and being shut in like that--along with someone else making such
elaborate changes-- would drive me nuts.   My condolences.

Glad to hear you're feeling better, though! We had a lot of respiratory trouble
at Casa Flewelling, this winter, esp. Doug, who ordinarily is impervious to
viruses.  He ended up with pnemonia twice this year, poor dear.

Spring has finally established a firm foothold here. After a month in April of
alternating blooming flowers and snow, it's chilly, but sunny and we mowed
the lawn this weekend. My lilacs are budding out, tulips are blooming,
daffodils fading, and the perennials leaping up to show they survived the
winter. The lovely respite between Mud Season and Japanese Beetle
Invasion Season, here in WNY. BTW, if anyone knows a good way, besides
paying the kids to pick them, to get rid of  (*expletive*) Japanese Beetles, I'd
like to hear it. The wretched things rimrack my rugosas!

--- In Flewelling@yahoogroups.com, "lynn_flewelling"
<otterdance2@a...> wrote:

> The wretched things rimrack my rugosas!

LOL. Sorry to quote another writer on your list, Lynn, but your
comment reminded me of something Patrick O'Brian wrote in HMS
Surprise, and I couldn't help sharing.

Stephen looked sharply round, saw the decanter, smelt to the sloth,
and cried, 'Jack, you have debauched my sloth.'

Jill

--- In Flewelling@yahoogroups.com, HBrown9628@a... wrote:

> Oh yes UK doctors do house calls,

Just ignore the pathetic whimpering sound you may be hearing. ;)

> you go up in the car or they send a car for you, free.

<weeps openly>

> I presume if you are too ill to get out bed they tell you to call
> an ambulance lol.

Well, I wasn't really thinking of life or death ill, but just feeling
like death's door ill.

> Sigh,  it took a month, then I got this damned cold and a load of
> cold sores. No doubt from being run down from the bug.  It was
> truly ghastly worst thing I've ever had, I've never coughed up
> blood before shudder.

I'm so glad to hear you're finally feeling better. That illness
sounded incredibly nasty, and frightening!

> Anyway I'm going to rest as I still need to recover my strength I
> tried getting on the exercise bike and managed a mile before my
> legs wouldnt go, pathetic sigh.

Please don't push yourself! You've been sidelined for a really long
time, exercise-wise. Muscles weaken really quickly when they're not
used. And after an upper respiratory illness, breathing may be
difficult, too. Just take it slow and give yourself time.

Jill

I'm glad the list mom is doing better!

I've also been battling a chest bug for the past few weeks.  It's a
lot better now, but the first two weeks were awful.  And, thanks to
my work switching our health insurance to a wonderful HMO, it took me
5 days to get a doctor's appointment.  I called on a Monday, they
couldn't get me in until Friday.  With our old insurance, if your
regular doctor is booked, it's ok to go to another one.  Not with the
HMO.  You have to see your "primary care physician", unless it's an
actual emergency.  Terrible, terrible system.  Of course, when I
think of all the people in this country who have absolutely no health
insurance (I was one of them just a few years ago)...I guess an HMO
is better than nothing.  It's still frustrating though. :P

Jen


--- In Flewelling@yahoogroups.com, "jjarbanas" <jjarbanas@y...> wrote:
> --- In Flewelling@yahoogroups.com, HBrown9628@a... wrote:
>
> > Oh yes UK doctors do house calls,
>
> Just ignore the pathetic whimpering sound you may be hearing. ;)
>
> > you go up in the car or they send a car for you, free.
>

> --- In Flewelling@yahoogroups.com, "lynn_flewelling"
> <otterdance2@a...> wrote:
> BTW, if anyone knows a good way, besides
paying the kids to pick them, to get rid of (*expletive*) Japanese
Beetles, I'd like to hear it.
> > The wretched things rimrack my rugosas!
>

And here I thought those nasty things only lived in the Flat Lands of
Corn and Soybeans.  My solution last year was to go out in the early
early morning, cut off the flowers with the worst infestation, stuff
them in a plastic bag and quickly throw out the bag.  There were an
awful awful lot of beetles, you see.

This year, I did some research. ;)   You could

1) cover young rosebuds with cheesecloth bags tied to the base of the
bud to keep the beetles out

2) Go out daily in the early early morning with a stick and a bucket
of soapy water and knock the beetles into the water (soap stuns them,
then they eventually drown)

3) Go out daily in the early early morning with a mister/spray bottle
of soapy water, a stick and a plastic bag, and spray them, then knock
them into the bag

  or lastly 4) go out and buy a Japanese Beetle Pheremone Trap.  I saw
traps just this year at my local gardening store (but not the local
super-mega-mart). You have to set these up well away from your roses,
and I think they can attract your neighbor's (or neighborhood's --
the stupid things can fly five miles just to eat your roses) beetles
as well as your own, but at least this way you don't have to touch
the beetles!

At least, that's what I was able to find.

Back to lurking,
Tokoz

Here's two links that say what else you can do/use.

http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2001.html
http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/horticulture/DG7664.html

Alice

Yesterday a colleague of mine recommended Terry Pratchett to me. As I
have heard only the name before and have never read anything by him
and don't know how to judge her recommendation, I would like to ask
you about him!

Can you tell me anything about his books?
Are they worthwhile buying and reading?
Would you recommend any or none at all?

Any comments are greatly appreciated!

Thank you very much in advance!

Kirsten

:P  The Twins aren't doing so well.  >_>;  BUT OWATONNA KICKS BUTT!  And our
starting pitcher, Tucker (Josh Smith), is doing MARVELOUSLY!  And, did I
mention he's a SOPHOMORE?!  On the VARSITY team?  GO JOSH-JOSH!

*cough*  Can ya tell Josh is one of my good friends?  >_>;  He also has like
a 3% body fat.  It's really kinda scary.  He's all muscle.  @_____@  *pokes
at him*  We tease him constantly (then he flashes his calves -- which makes
us run off in horror).

~Liz

P.S. He's called "tucker" 'cuz he tucks his ears into his hat.  Hehe.


>From: "lynn_flewelling" <otterdance2@...>
>Reply-To: Flewelling@yahoogroups.com
>To: Flewelling@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [Flewelling] OT: Baseball
>Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 15:09:36 -0000
>
>The Boston Red Sox are  15-7 and leading not only in the East but in the
>American League! Whoo hoo!
>
>Yeah, it may not last. But we BoSox fans know we must carefully savor these
>high points while we can. But---dare I say it?--this could be The Year!
>
>And while we're at it, let's have a hand for Nomar, who's been a gentleman
>(as far as I've seen anyway) about some very shabby treatment.
>
>Lynn Flewelling
>Red Sox Fan
>

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Terry Pratchett writes IMO some of the most hilarious stories. He has a
sense for sarcasm that can take you completely unawares. I have been known
to laugh out loud while reading, and take my advise and never eat or drink
while reading Pratchett. It's nearly impossible to clean those stains off
the paper.
You may have heard about his Discworld fantasy novels. I guess they are his
most famous books, though he writes other stories as well.
I love his Discworld stories best. In his older stories he has a kind of
slapstick humor, but as the books proceede, he evolves to a needle sharp
sarcasm.

As for recommendations, it really hard to say. He has serveral storyarcs
running in Discworld, you can decide if you want to read about wizards,
witches, Ank-Morpork and the nightwatch, DEATH or other characters.
I think "Guards! Guards!" is a good book to start reading about the
Discworld city of Ank-Morpork and it's also the first book about the
nightwatch.
"Mort" is the first book about Discworld's DEATH, and his apprentice.
For a non-Discworld story I'd recommend "Jonny and the Dead", kind of a
ghost story.
And his trilogy Trucker/ Digger/ Wings about a very small people who live
hidden in our world. In a shopping mall.

Tawariel

----- Original Message -----
From: jackcarstares

Yesterday a colleague of mine recommended Terry Pratchett to me. As I
have heard only the name before and have never read anything by him
and don't know how to judge her recommendation, I would like to ask
you about him!

Can you tell me anything about his books?
Are they worthwhile buying and reading?
Would you recommend any or none at all?

Any comments are greatly appreciated!

Thank you very much in advance!

Kirsten

Thoughts about Terry Pratchett?  Yes, many, many thoughts about Terry Pratchett
from me.

The guy is a comic genius.  There is absolutely no doubt about that.  Most of
his books, especially the Discworld series (which is his most famous and
largest) are an absolute scream.  They poke fun at absolutely everything in our
world by showing warped versions in his own world.

I'm currently reading one of his latest, "Monstrous Regiment" and like most of
his books, I am enjoying it immensely.

You should definitely read them at least.  I would recommend that maybe you
borrowed one from a friend to see if you like his style of humour first.  It
tends to be rather Pythonesque.  I think one critic described his work as being
'like reading Tolkien, but with gags."

My favorite books in the series tend to be the ones based around Death (yes, as
in the Grim Reaper.)  Terry Pratchett manages to take such a solemn character
and turn him into such a lovable, funny entity.  I would also recommend the
Watch books, which start with "Guards Guards".  Also, if you are an Aussie, then
you should definitely read "The Last Continent."  It is the best spoof of Aussie
culture that I have ever read.

One thing I will say though, is that if you are religious and quite happy about
it, or get offended if someone takes the mickey out of an important aspect of
your life, then you might find some things Pratchett says slightly offensive.

Okay.  I hope you got some idea of what they're like through all of that
rambling.



jackcarstares <KirstenKoehne@...> wrote:
Yesterday a colleague of mine recommended Terry Pratchett to me. As I
have heard only the name before and have never read anything by him
and don't know how to judge her recommendation, I would like to ask
you about him!

Can you tell me anything about his books?
Are they worthwhile buying and reading?
Would you recommend any or none at all?

Any comments are greatly appreciated!

Thank you very much in advance!

Kirsten



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Date: Friday, May 7, 2004
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Date: Saturday, May 8, 2004
Time: 8:00PM BST (GMT+01:00)

Don't forget the Flewelling weekly chat - Saturday 8pm GMT (3pm
EST)

In a message dated 04/05/2004 15:59:02 GMT Daylight Time,
otterdance2@... writes:

> --- In Flewelling@yahoogroups.com, HBrown9628@a... wrote:
> >Location
> >
> >The Cupboard next to the Fireplace
>
> That does sound claustrophobic! I'm awfully particular about my personal
> space, and being shut in like that--along with someone else making such
> elaborate changes-- would drive me nuts.   My condolences.


Thanks.  I'm  plotting as I write, sigh, wouldnt be so bad if it wasnt my
cousin's husband who built the monstrosity, they are going to notice if it ends
up as firewood lol.

>
> Glad to hear you're feeling better, though! We had a lot of respiratory
> trouble
> at Casa Flewelling, this winter, esp. Doug, who ordinarily is impervious to
> viruses.  He ended up with pnemonia twice this year, poor dear.


My sympathies.  Wouldnt wish it on anyone.

>
> Spring has finally established a firm foothold here. After a month in April
> of
> alternating blooming flowers and snow, it's chilly, but sunny and we mowed
> the lawn this weekend. My lilacs are budding out, tulips are blooming,
> daffodils fading, and the perennials leaping up to show they survived the
> winter. The lovely respite between Mud Season and Japanese Beetle
> Invasion Season, here in WNY. BTW, if anyone knows a good way, besides
> paying the kids to pick them, to get rid of  (*expletive*) Japanese Beetles,
> I'd
> like to hear it. The wretched things rimrack my rugosas!
>
>

Ahh.  It's lovely here all green and lush now, then I pick up my local paper
to find that our neighbouring town who own the nice field opposite we all walk
our dogs on are planning to put a 25 acre cemetery on it sigh. And to do it
they need to buy additional land from none other than our local councillor who
just happens to be on the planning committe sigh.  So Im just orchestrating a
protest campaign sigh to try and save the nicest area round here.  I know they
need the space but there is a derelict RAF site just down the road that they
got planning permission for a few years ago, they just dont want to spend the
money buying it off the owners.

Ooh.  Small aside here.  You know I have Helena and Eleanor of Rhiminee
running round Sims Online ? :-). Well we may have the town of Rhiminee, mayoress
Ellie-Rose Bokthersa lol on the planet Corellia in Star Wars Galaxies Online in
a couple of days time, depends if Ellie can blackmail, err 'persuade' everyone
else to vote on the name.  Will  this mad woman stoop at nothing for a bit
more free advertising lol.  She just sincerely hopes the neighbours a  tough
bunch of guys in armour with a rather frightening motto dont realise what I am
up
to.  They proposed Riverforge as the name. But I think I can swing Rhiminee
if I bat my eyes and promise a free town hall and mission terminals :-).

Helen



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Hope it goes well.  I may be a football fan, Manchester United, and baseball
a sad reminder of playing rounders in my school days, but I know the pain of a
fellow fan when it goes wrong and the ecstacy when it goes right :-).


We haven't had a good year this year, Arsenal won the Premier League sob, we
got knocked out of the European Cup, sob, but we should win the FA Cup barring
a tragedy of the highest order.

Helen


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In a message dated 05/05/2004 01:11:20 GMT Daylight Time, faris08@...
writes:

>
> I've also been battling a chest bug for the past few weeks.  It's a
> lot better now, but the first two weeks were awful.  And, thanks to
> my work switching our health insurance to a wonderful HMO, it took me
> 5 days to get a doctor's appointment.  I called on a Monday, they
> couldn't get me in until Friday.  With our old insurance, if your
> regular doctor is booked, it's ok to go to another one.  Not with the
> HMO.  You have to see your "primary care physician", unless it's an
> actual emergency.  Terrible, terrible system.  Of course, when I
> think of all the people in this country who have absolutely no health
> insurance (I was one of them just a few years ago)...I guess an HMO
> is better than nothing.  It's still frustrating though. :P
>
> Jen
>

Thanks, sorry you've had the dreaded lurgy too.  Yes we used to have a bad
problem with appointments to go and see our GP's, peril of a free health service
people use it more lol.  Joke was you had to by psychic and know in advance
when you were going to be ill.  Didn't apply to all GP's where my aunt is her
village doctor is part of the community and lets them pop in anytime.  But
things are changing, they have to guarantee we are seen within a day or two of
ringing now at our doctors.  We're lucky there are five I think permanent
doctors
there and we can see any, or they are also a training practise for doctors
wanting to specialise in general practise so we have one or two trainee GPs too.
  And the nurses, and the specialist clinics, and they can do  minor surgery,
Its a nice practise, our local doctors.  My mom goes to the asthma and
diabetes clinics they run there.

I cant claim the old NHS is perfect, far from it.  Huge waiting lists for
routine operations.  Ginormous expense taxation wise.  But it was one of the
great political achievements when it was introduced here by the Labour party way
back when and no one here would see it abolished ever.

Err back to books :-)

H


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"...but we should win the FA Cup barring a tragedy of the highest order.

Helen"


I do hope so, I've never been a fan of Manchester United but I can't think of
anything worse than Millwall winning the FA Cup! I'm lucky enough to be going to
the final this year, due to my heavy involvement with a non-league club, and
will be sitting amongst the Man U fans so I'm just hoping that no one takes me
for a Millwall fan (or should that be thug?!) seeing as I'm from South-East
London / Kent.

Iona

p.s. Hope you're feeling better now - that bug sounded horrid.





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I just watched a documentary on DVD that my brother recommended to
me...it was great and I thought I'd pass it on.

It's called "The Stone Reader", and it's about a man who reads a
book, loves it, and tries to find other works by the same author.
When he finds there aren't any, he tries to track down the writer.
And the movie's also about books...what they are and what they mean
to us.  It also talks about the creative process, and why some books
just seem to disappear.  I highly recommend it to anybody who loves
to read and/or write...which is just about everybody on this list, I
think. ;)

Jen

Ah...this talk about sports is depressing me.  I'm a hockey fan...I
love the Detroit Red Wings...and they got knocked out of the playoffs
just last week (after having a great regular season).  They had some
injuries, which didn't help matters, but lots of the key players just
didn't seem to be into it.  *sigh*

I guess I shouldn't complain, they've won three Stanley Cups since
1997, but it's such an emotional roller coaster ride with those guys.

Jen


--- In Flewelling@yahoogroups.com, HBrown9628@a... wrote:
> Hope it goes well.  I may be a football fan, Manchester United, and
baseball
> a sad reminder of playing rounders in my school days, but I know
the pain of a
> fellow fan when it goes wrong and the ecstacy when it goes right :-
).
>
>
> We haven't had a good year this year, Arsenal won the Premier
League sob, we
> got knocked out of the European Cup, sob, but we should win the FA
Cup barring
> a tragedy of the highest order.
>
> Helen
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Wow... Scary thing it is, but I'm not undestanding a word of this!
I've never been a sports fan myself. I tried baseball and
soccer...but nothing stuck. The only 'sports' I dwell in are
horseback riding, archery, and fencing...

-Allie


--- In Flewelling@yahoogroups.com, "Jennifer" <faris08@y...> wrote:
> Ah...this talk about sports is depressing me.  I'm a hockey fan...I
> love the Detroit Red Wings...and they got knocked out of the
playoffs
> just last week (after having a great regular season).  They had
some
> injuries, which didn't help matters, but lots of the key players
just
> didn't seem to be into it.  *sigh*
>
> I guess I shouldn't complain, they've won three Stanley Cups since
> 1997, but it's such an emotional roller coaster ride with those
guys.
>
> Jen
>
>
> --- In Flewelling@yahoogroups.com, HBrown9628@a... wrote:
> > Hope it goes well.  I may be a football fan, Manchester United,
and
> baseball
> > a sad reminder of playing rounders in my school days, but I know
> the pain of a
> > fellow fan when it goes wrong and the ecstacy when it goes
right :-
> ).
> >
> >
> > We haven't had a good year this year, Arsenal won the Premier
> League sob, we
> > got knocked out of the European Cup, sob, but we should win the
FA
> Cup barring
> > a tragedy of the highest order.
> >
> > Helen
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Seeing that Millwall knocked Sunderland out of the cup and my husband
(an ex-patriot Geordie living in Australia) has been inconsolable
since, I have to say "Go Man United" too.   Also glad to hear you are
feeling better Helen.

Marg

--- In Flewelling@yahoogroups.com, HBrown9628@a... wrote:
> We haven't had a good year this year, Arsenal won the Premier
League sob, we
> got knocked out of the European Cup, sob, but we should win the FA
Cup barring
> a tragedy of the highest order.
>
> Helen

>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Can't contribute to the baseball discussion as I live in Aus. Go me! But I'll
chuck my 2c in about sport and say - GO THE BRUMBIES! Yay for Rugby Union!
The semis are on Saturday. I'll be there, waving my flag and freezing my fingers
off... wah.
And hi. I'm new. Don't hurt me. *grin*

Cheers,
Laura


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In a message dated 08/05/2004 18:15:17 GMT Daylight Time,
ionabartlett@... writes:

>
> "...but we should win the FA Cup barring a tragedy of the highest order.
>
> Helen"
>
>
> I do hope so, I've never been a fan of Manchester United but I can't think
> of anything worse than Millwall winning the FA Cup! I'm lucky enough to be
> going to the final this year, due to my heavy involvement with a non-league
> club, and will be sitting amongst the Man U fans so I'm just hoping that no
one
> takes me for a Millwall fan (or should that be thug?!) seeing as I'm from
> South-East London / Kent.
>
> Iona
>
> p.s. Hope you're feeling better now - that bug sounded horrid.
>
>

Ah thanks :-).

I'm envious ...  Going to the final you lucky woman :-).     Hmm how to
disguise yourself as a  Man U fan. Well having an accent not from Manchester
should
help a lot ;-).  Says H who hails from the West Midlands lol, but I have been
  a fan since I was six and I saw George Best play on Match of the Day at my
Nan's.  Sigh.  Now that was a sight to behold.  Much better than my dad
dragging me in vain to see Wolves play lol.

H

ps yes I am feeling better thanks but still coughing.


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