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To: Dalin who wrote (27973)	8/3/2003 1:29:51 PM
From: Clappy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 104197

What did you do? A whole lotta stuff. Slept in a tent, slept in a bed, slept in a beach chair, slept in a lounge chair, slept in a car, slept in a boat, and slept under the stars. I put worms on hooks, canoed, sailed, power boated, swam, skipped rocks, dug in the sand, sawed wood, painted wood, hammered nails, visited Fort William Henry, rode on a large steam boat called the Mini-Ha-Ha, ate fatty foods that taste great when cooked over fire, listened to music, watched the video Gangs Of NY, went out for breakfast, went out for lunch, went out for dinner, looked at real estate while dreaming of living in the Adirondacks, became immune to mosquito bites (I must have been bitten nearly one thousand times <ng> but have not felt itchy like my kids and wife do), chased our beagle who must have gotten loose one thousand times, watched sunsets, watched sunrises, watched birds, watched bats, watched bugs, watched late night infomercials about Dean Martin's Variety Show's greatest moments and nearly bought it (in hindsight, I should have, darn it. It looked really funny), ate ice cream sundeas and made ice cream sodas with root beer that foamed up like crazy, and we did some other stuff that will probably come back to me after my 15 minutes of editing is over. Oh yeah... I spent a lot of time just thinking how lucky I am. Did ya have fun? I sure did. I bet the kids had a blast! Yeah they really did. I really enjoyed being with them all week long. One of the highlights was sleeping in a tent with them. I got to see what it was like to be a kid again at bed time. I got to see a side of them I never get to see. We shined flash lights at the tent ceiling and listened to spooky noises, and stared up through the plastic tent skylight at the night sky, and laughed at stupid stuff. Little Margaret is changing so quickly. She's been learning to crawl and stand up with the help of stuff around her. She's developing such a fun personality and loves to laugh. (Except after three hours in a car seat.) Wifey and I looked at each other often, proudly admiring the family we have together. We are both very lucky. This little vacation helped us remember just that. I couldn't ask for more. -LuckyBuoy P.S. One thing I didn't do is read or watch the news all week long. It felt good not watching. I not sure I missed much other than Bob Hope's funeral. I'd like to get copies of his old television comedy specials and visits to the troops. He really was a special person. One of the funniest comedians and perhaps my favorite of all time.

To: Dalin who wrote (27973)	8/7/2003 8:40:09 PM
From: Clappy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104197

Pool Alarmer, When I got home today I was greeted to a happy 50 pound box of electronic gizmos, doodads, full coils of wire and flexible tubing, a big battery, and other dohickeys carefully packaged and bubble wrapped with a few styrofoam peanuts included. Way too cool! I can't thank you enough. I had no idea how sophisticated and professional your pool alarm system was. It far out-classes the ones I've seen advertised in the papers and sold in the pool stores near me. Wifey was so excited. She called her mother and told her all about it how I have a friend who's father invented a pool alarm and his son did some R&D put the idea into production. It's the American Dream, dude. You are living it. You are Marconi or Edison or Henry Ford or the dude who invented that towel I linked to the other day <g>. I admire the guts and fortitude it took to get this device manufactured in such a professional manner. Such a nice design and well thought out. It really is an impressive system. I promise you I will set it up as soon as possible and test it out. I'm going to read the manual tonight and figure out where the best spot along the pool wall to install it. You really outdid yourself. You didn't have to supply me with the wire and receptacle cover but I appreciate that you went out of your way to do it. You're the Man! Can't thank you enough. I'll give it a good test for you. I promise. Thank again and again. Wifey says thanks too! And so does her mother. <g> -ClappyTheEastCoastDistributor