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Patrick
The Harrogate "Specialized site". Regards, Jim
PS still snow on the ground!
Hi Big Al!
Trust you are well and work is fine. Just wondering if you are around this weekend or are you off to your cabin? If not, perhaps you might have time to pop by loft and take a look at where Chloë would like her desk. Not a big deal if you don't have time.
On another matter, we have an in-house vacuum that we are giving away. We replaced the one we put in a number of years ago. In fact, the older model is still in very good working condition and we used it during much of the renovation work. Has a hose and a number of attachments. All packaged up in box new one came in so it is ready to go if you or somebody you know would like it. It is at the loft so if you did want it and are interested in coming by on the weekend, or earlier, if that suits, let me know. We will probably be back there on Wednesday, finishing off a few things. Cheers, Patrizzio!
I have mailed my cheque to the address on the form and have not heard from them yet.. also have not seen the cheque in my bank statements either. I "ass"umed they received it.. but who knows..!
Look forward to seeing you Pat (and your wife) and just as an fyi I am staying at Merna's home in St. Boniface. Will have a rental car and arrive on May 23rd afternoon. Going to meet up that day with Merna and Linda Challes (now married) but perhaps you didn't know her. No clue yet where we will meet.. can keep you posted..
Look forwards to it! Cheers! Jdubya..
Patrick James Dunn Winnipeg just happens to be the Centre of the Universe, Known and Unknown!!!
Hi Joan and Merna!
After I finish this message I'm off to post my cheque to the IB Reunion Committee.
Not sure where I will be staying in Winnipeg. I have a number of relatives and friends there so might move around over the course of my stay. Unfortunately, Cora Lee will not be along as she has a number of important events/meetings to do with Friends of VPL over the same time period.
I plan to attend the School Concert on Thursday, May 23rd, although I don't know what time it starts. I arrive in Winnipeg around 1:30pm so I assume I'll have time to be at IB for the event. Do either of you happen to know what time it is scheduled to begin? Any info much appreciated.
Hi again Pat!
Glad to know you remember Linda Challes.. ! I do believe she had a brother, but do not remember much about him.. I haven't seen her for over 20 years.
I have an IB itinerary at home but not here at work.. so could get that for you tomorrow.. unless Merna knows it .. although she doesn't always use her computer and her son usually relays the fact that she has emails.. (from what she's told me)
This Easter weekend is free both Saturday and Sunday.. so either day is good for me.. and THANKS for the invitation.. !! Just let me know when and I shall be there! I can bring food, or libations or both.. whatever you need..!! We can chat about the May itinerary.... Sorry to hear about Michele's mother.. unfortunately we seem to be at that age where our parents are dying..or have already died. Cheers and later! Jdubya
I have attached an upside down newsletter to be rotated and read by you.. re: timing for the events.. don't think they have a time for the Thursday deal.. yet.. unless Merna knows already..Cheers! Jdubya
Hello,
Your name has been given to me to add to the data base for the Isaac Brock 100th anniversary reunion. Below is a message sent earlier this month to those on the data base. Elaine Heinicke
Your name has been given to me to add to the data base for the Isaac Brock 100th anniversary reunion. Below is a message sent earlier this month to those on the data base. Elaine Heinicke
Hello Everyone,
Please see attached for the latest Alumni newsletter.
The
Alumni Committee would like to thank Scott Gair former owner of ENCORE
Music for all of his help in being a ticket outlet. Unfortunately
he and his wife have sold the business. We wish them well in their
future endeavors.
Please
be sure to get your tickets soon for the anniversary weekend events and
also for the Sisters of the Holy Rock fundraiser on Saturday, March 16. If you know of any former Isaac Brockers who may not be on the data base list, please share this newsletter with them.
We are looking forward to some really fun events and great times renewing acquaintances. See you then! Elaine Heinicke
Hi Elaine!
Thanks for adding my name to database. Much appreciated. When did you attend IB? Cheers, Patrick Dunn
Hi Elaine!
Thanks for adding my name to database. Much appreciated. When did you attend IB? Cheers, Patrick Dunn
Trust you are feeling a tad better by now.
Funnily enough, I saw the ads for bike maintenance as well. I put my name down in case there was a cancellation, just fro fun. However, am keen to learn so that I can do at least the basics, for a start, anyway. Talk soon. Cheers, Patrizzio!
Hi again, Raymondo!
Hope this missive finds you close to being fully recovered. A day of errands, after I finished chatting with you today. Took my oldest Brodie as I knew I'd have to lock it up while inside the various spots I had to visit. Started off with paying a bill at our dentist's office near corner of Broadway and Stephens and then made for UBC along Spanish Banks. Decided I might as well add a bit of distance before dropping payment, for a UBC Library Emeritii Luncheon next Wednesday, off at the Library, so I did the MD/Crown/Musqueam Loop and then back along MD to 16th. Bit of a dipsy doodle through UBC to log 49 K on my odometre outside the Ike Barber Learning Centre. Funnily enough, I couldn't find the Librarian's Office in the new LC. Didn't think I'd ever be so disoriented in a place/space in which I'd studied/worked in for over 30 years!
Back on the road I made for Young Brothers to pick up some fruit and vegetables and then home. Had 63.33 K, over 3:34:02, AVG 17.7 KPH, MAX 51.2 KPH. Pleased that I had accrued the distance I did even though it wasn't an "official" ride! Cheers, Patrizzio!
Well, our escape from the snow and cold winds of the north has only been temporary………..
March 19 - we packed up and left our hotel in Edinburgh, and went out to face a cold wind and wet snow. It was nasty!!! The short walk to the station seemed to take forever. But at last we were in our seats and bound for Cambridge. The journey was pleasant and uneventful. Cambridge was cold and dreary, but at least no snow. We found our hotel, and the set out to look around (and find provisions). Came back to the room and had a glass of Chateau Laurencon Bordeaux Superieur 2010 – a merlot, cab-sauv, cab-franc blend that was fantastic.
March 20 – wandered around the town and the university. Sae some of the colleges – such asCorpus Christi and King’s. Then in the afternoon visited their Education Library. Went back to the hotel for grub and wine- some Chateau Tour Chapoux 2011 Bordeau.
March 22 – headed out to the London Institute of Education, where Jo-Anne had an early appointment with one of the Education Librarians. Afterwards, walked the four or so blocks to the British Museum and saw the Rosetta Stone and the Elgin marbles, as well as numerous colossal heads. Afterwards, we went to Leister Square and got our London passes, plus theatre tickets to “Wicked” for that evening. Also went and sat in on a rehearsal at St. Matin’s-in-the-Field. Zipped back to the hotel to drop off our crap (cameras, etc.), grab some food and wine and head back to the theatre. Came back late and cratered.
March 23 – got up and headed out to the British Library to see the Magna Carta and some Bibles dating back to around 300 AD – plus Shakespeare first folios,Handel’s Messiah in His handwriting, etc., etc., etc. Then zipped back to the hotel to meet Bob.
Drinking beer in the late 1500s in Elizabethan England:
"Beer and ale are regarded as more or less synonymous in the modern world, but they are very different things in Elizabethan times. Beer is made from malt barley, water and hops and keeps well -- and the longer you keep it before it goes stale, the better it will be. Ale is not made with hops and has to be drunk quickly, within three days at the most; and is much less popular as a result. However, it can be made quickly to a great strength, using a high ratio of malt to water, and so it is still brewed. It is also regularly used by cooks in their sauces.
"As with wine, beer is stored in barrels and decanted into leather jacks or earthenware bottles as required. Bottled beer can be purchased in stoneware bottles bearing the face of a rotund bearded man. However, if you buy one, drink it quickly for the yeast in the beer will continue to ferment, the pressure will build up and the bottle will eventually explode. If you want to taste a good range, you can find them at any country fair.
They have poetic names like their modern equivalents. William Harrison lists Huffcap, The Mad Dog, Father Whoreson, Angels' Food, Dragon's Milk, Go-by-the-Wall, Stride Wide and Lift-Leg. While these have the power to turn those who drink them into 'ale-knights who ... will not dare to stir from their stools but sit pinking with their narrow eyes, as half-sleeping, until the fume of their adversary be digested', beer and ale are not without their healthy connotations. Some beers are brewed with herbs, thereby containing the essence of something health-giving. Others are made into restorative possets, through the addition of spices and mille Alternatively you might want to add an egg yolk and sugar or honey, thereby making caudled ale, which is often recommended for the sick.
"Not everyone approves of English ale and beer. Mediterranean visitors in particular cannot understand the Englishman's love of it. Alessandro Magno writes in his journal that English beer is 'healthy but sickening to taste. It is cloudy like horse's urine and has husks on top.' Andrew Boorde is even more disparaging about Cornish ale: 'it will make you spew ... it is like wash that pigs have wrestled in'."
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