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Front-Ranger:
Wow, mine is March 6th...okay I'll get a nice bunch of Rocky Mtn sage to you by March 1st!
February 21, 2008...I remember it well. The Denver Brokies were lolling in the jacuzzi until the eclipse started, killing time. EDelMar phoned Vermont Sunset to sync watches. As the time drew near, he jumped out of the jacuzzi to set up the tripod and camera. I noticed he was shivering, so I grabbed my towel to run in and get a bathrobe to throw over his shoulders. There was a noise like 'glub,' and I suddenly realized that Adam's phone was on top of my towel. But no more...it was in the water! My hand plunged in after it and then I opened it and it made a noise and then the light came on, but then the light went out and the noise stopped. Offline Chuck next to me said, Did you just do what I thought you did? I looked at him with my misery face. I then spent the next 45 minutes standing around with a towel draped over my naked body while directing a hair dryer at the phone, and I didn't get to see the eclipse!! Happy ending: The phone was fine, and Adam didn't die of pneumonia after all! Plus we got a great shot of the eclipse!! Let's see, where is it...(Lee rummages around in My Pictures).
YaadPyar:
Hey Lynne -
Indians crack coconuts as part of a ceremony for an auspicious inauguration of a dwelling. I can't remember if you use 3 or just one, but you would invite an honored guest to smash the coconut and say a few good words. You take the coconut and smash it hard against the entryway so that it breaks and the sweet juice gets all over. I remember then that we gathered the coconut pieces (they were still very large), washed and cut them up and then shared them.
Do be careful if you try it - the pieces can be sharp and fly up/out.
C
YaadPyar:
Just some additional context for the whole coconut thing....
"Breaking of a coconut generally forms a small part of an inaugural function. But the meeting organised in connection with the launch of the Syamnagar Colony Residents' Welfare Association was dominated by `coconut talk'. As part of a puja that preceded the meeting, Municipal Commissioner N. Gulzar, chief guest of the meeting, was asked to break a coconut. It took only two hard blows for Mr. Gulzar to break it into two equal halves. This was enough for the association members to smother Mr. Gulzar with praise. Every single speaker began his speech by referring to the `two equal halves' of the coconut, considered auspicious."
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on February 06, 2009, 04:05:47 pm ---Wow, mine is March 6th...okay I'll get a nice bunch of Rocky Mtn sage to you by March 1st!
February 21, 2008...I remember it well. The Denver Brokies were lolling in the jacuzzi until the eclipse started, killing time. EDelMar phoned Vermont Sunset to sync watches. As the time drew near, he jumped out of the jacuzzi to set up the tripod and camera. I noticed he was shivering, so I grabbed my towel to run in and get a bathrobe to throw over his shoulders. There was a noise like 'glub,' and I suddenly realized that Adam's phone was on top of my towel. But no more...it was in the water! My hand plunged in after it and then I opened it and it made a noise and then the light came on, but then the light went out and the noise stopped. Offline Chuck next to me said, Did you just do what I thought you did? I looked at him with my misery face. I then spent the next 45 minutes standing around with a towel draped over my naked body while directing a hair dryer at the phone, and I didn't get to see the eclipse!! Happy ending: The phone was fine, and Adam didn't die of pneumonia after all! Plus we got a great shot of the eclipse!! Let's see, where is it...(Lee rummages around in My Pictures).
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Here 'tis!!
ifyoucantfixit:
May you receive all good things. and tidings in your new home. May you have peace,
love and tranquility there as well. May you feel always safe, and joyous. These things
I always wish for you my very sweet and dear friend. You deserve every good and wonderful
thing that life has to offer. Love janice
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