Re: [food] Cheese! OT, LONG


"dnr" <dnr@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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3. And hoping this explains my bad 'tude toward CO weather
- I don't mind and have actually got acclimated to the extreme
cold; it's the snow/ice messes I'm not used to dealing with and
hate - I close with one of NMR's items on his recent list:" they
go to the lake because they think it's like going to the beach..."

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I think, Matt, that it was that Texas thing you posted to 'Nipped;
I don't remember the # of that item but it struck me way funny
as that's the way it is here where much of the population has
never in their life seen or been at a real beach...#11 maybe?
Anyway, the funniest lake "beach" I *ever* went to was
over in the East Bay, CA area, somewhere near Livermore:
on this lake (boating was nice, big lake) they had large pebbles
for a "beach", LOL, and I could not believe the natives were
all sprawled out on the rocks, literally, "catching rays" just
like one would do on the soft white sand where I came from
originally. That item fits like a glove IMHO, as there are
many lakes here but from what I see they mainly boat and
fish, not sunbathe, LOL.


I grew up on east coast. And we've now lived near the west coast for 35
years. Once in a while I'll start getting homesick for the beach. Charlie,
sweet man that he is will offer to take me to the coast. He really does not
understand just how different the Atlantic and Pacific coasts are. He did
sort of get the idea when he took the boys snorkeling in the keys. The
difference in the water temperature alone is amazing.

There are times I'm just dying for a walk on the beach. There are a few
places on the west coast that are sort of a substitute as long as you don't
mind cold feet. But it just isn't the same.

For anyone who loves the ocean, lakes seem slimy.

Jo


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