Thanks Q -- walking 1 mile is nothing to this city girl. Actually, neither is parking 30 miles out. Looking forward to seeing you all again next month. Caye ...
Hi Bill....Am 50% of the way to getting there....so add my name tentatively to the list. Susan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
I think it is closer to 1.5 miles, but it is a nice walk through the Carnegie Mellon campus and you can see part of Schenley park. But the party is scheduled ...
Doc, I have to tell Slovaks and people overseas that the craziest thing about America is our liquor laws. You give a good example, and in the US it varies...
And for those coming from the festival at Pitt, you can just drive straight east on Forbes Avenue, as the Cathedral of Learning where the festival will be held...
Does anyone keep track of how many people die as a result of falling off a cliff or a mountain rock face? Yes, and Slovakia has the 6th highest per-capita...
Martin, Our food is full of additives and chemicals and preservatives, we are bombarded with microwaves and other airwaves, and we live at a hectic and...
... OK, and I thought I was weird for tallying deaths by various diseases in my grandparents' village in the 1890s..... ... Seriously, I wonder if they also...
... I didn't ask that question, Noreen: I thought I answered it. I said the rate was the highest in mountainous countries. That was an explanation. People go...
In addition to specifics Martin can offer, I can add that the High Tatras have a reputation for lots of mountaineering accidents per capita. They are...
I once read of someone huffing and puffing up a trail in the Tatras and having a group of Czechs run by him, one carrying a keg of beer. Drinking doesn't help...
Man, that had to be one strong Czech to run up a trail in the Tatras while carrying a keg of beer. I guess they don't have dogs to carry a flask of booze? I...
Yeah, but it makes the fall so much more pleasant. We don't have many death from people falling off cliffs here in cosatel Virginia. But we have our share of...
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Sorry Bruce, your email title was "After Festival Party", but your email body said November 5 (which is before the festival on Sat). Is your gathering for...
I'm a loyal Old Style drinker . . . when I drove to Alaska, the Canadian border patrol got a kick out of my telling them that my stash of Old Style should be ...
I guess it's pretty obvious I'm reading my e-mail in reverse order -- cancel that Saturday comment, but laugh at the Canadian Border Patrol, and I meant that ...
... That's funny, Jack. ... I think that's exactly it, Ron. The "falls off cliffs" do not happen when people hike on the trails in the Tatras. The trails are...
Oh, Helen, if you'd like to dare me to wear that Pierogi Festival Busia outfit I collected at your suggestions, I'll bring it and wear it to Bruce's event. May...
... and ... There could be several explanations for this enigma. Perhaps the keg was a handicap for the fastest runner. A more likely solution to the enigma...
... Tatras ... keg ... the ... express ... After all, ... On the other hand, perhaps it would behoove us as good citizens to notify the locals: "Police Search...
Some people know just enough to get themselves killed, like the half-dozen or so who die on our local volcanos every year. I remember seeing a television show...
... trails in the Tatry. You saw this endless line of people in regular clothes, ladies in dresses and so on, strolling sedately on the paths. You can find...
Caye, I dare you to wear it at the Festival and at the party after. You will probably find some of the older set who will think that it is very apropos. And...
For anyone thinking of going to the Pittsburgh Festival, just seeing some of the offerings by Dan Kisha could be worth the trip. Over the years, Dan has...
Not east of the midwest, more like south of the Dukla Pass. Jack Gergely ... From: Slovak-World@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Slovak-World@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf...
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Saturday at 6 is that clear? How about old chicago dark? or maybe Berghoffs ... From: "Caye Caswick" <ccaswick@...> To: <Slovak-World@yahoogroups.com> ...