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To: CharleyMike who wrote (56101)	10/12/2000 3:40:33 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

This thread (Drilling and Oil-Field) has its fingers on the pulse of the Middle East situation pretty well: Subject 12099

To: CharleyMike who wrote (56101)	10/12/2000 3:52:40 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 71178

This is something Israel isn't going to get over: middleeastnews.com

To: CharleyMike who wrote (56101)	10/12/2000 6:03:16 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 71178

<<BTW, I'm jealous of your 320 acres handed down from father to son to son to son (or so). My roots go deep in Texas but not in any one place. >> Nothing I had anything to do with. Back in the 1600s one of my mother's ancestors made his way to Central Illinois. He married a Chief's daughter and was given some land. Over time, being the firstest(I made that up) he plucked the plum, so to speak. By 1900 my great grandfather had 2,200 acres under cultivation. 40 was considered a good farm. He had three sons, two did well and one, well, he didn't waste his money on investments, died in a Mexican whorehouse, drunk. The family had to send a doctor to Mexico to pronounce him still living to bring his body home. The other brothers did well expanding their holdings. More Illinois ground. Farms in the Dakotas and Oregon. A bank and a grain elevator. My mother's uncle had a son who had a gambling problem. Problem may be a little light. He wanted to be well off and burned up what would be today 7 million worth of holdings, by gambling in Las Vegas. Dean Martin covered his last roll of the dice for his last 50 large. Dean did buy him a bus ticket home. My grandmother had the 350 and a 320 and a 280 and a stroke. The 320 went to her care. Granny left the ground to my mother and her sister(who died before granny) and my cousin, who granny knew wouldn't inherit from his parents as he was a bad ass. My mother sold the 280 and did some borrowing to buy the rest of the 350 from the estate, the ground I have now. A little note here. My mother was sued by my uncle and cousin to sell the ground as they wanted theirs right away in greenbacks. She sold the 280 and bought their shares of the 350. Then the land prices jumped up and they sued again. That one was tossed out of court.