Aloha Jewel, It was sent by the weed-wacker. Our Goddess is named Pele. She wouldn't send me a rock because I think she's marvelous. She makes new land here everyday in the form of new lava, and she's working on the other side of the island. . Betsy
At 11:03 PM 1/28/2009, you wrote: >Betsy! Whence did the rock come? from the hand of an ill-disposed >and deranged human, or was it >from your goddess of volcanic fire? and I apologize to the lady as I >cannot remember her name! > >Jewel >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press" ><<mailto:brailleit%40hawaii.rr.com>braill...@hawaii.rr.com> >To: "blindhandyman-yahoogroups.com" ><<mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> >Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 8:43 PM >Subject: [BlindHandyMan] A little excitement in Hilo, oi... > >Aloha all, >As I was calmly sitting here reading about all the snow shoveling >going on and being ever so grateful that I couldn't add anything to >the topic, having no experience, I heard this strange popping noise >in the living room. The gardener was outside making a bunch of noise, >but it was a very odd pop, so I, being the brave one in my house, >went to discover the origin. When I arrived in the room, I heard a >sound that sounded like something sparking, but I didn't smell >anything burning. I decided that I was no longer going to be the >brave one because we have an older haligin lamp in that area, and I >am not fond of sparking electricity. I went to find he who supposedly >sees all, and we discovered that the lamp was fine, but that a rock >had hit the sliding door and that little popping sound that was still >occurring, was our glass cracking. I have to tell you that I wish I >could have recorded it because it was a very odd noise. So, after >covering both sides of the door with large sheets of brown paper to >somewhat confine the falling pieces, I went to fetch extra blankets >and warm slippers. It's not too cold tonight, but for the last four >nights, it has been in the mid fifties. > >Tomorrow we will have someone come to install new glass because we >don't have a vehicle to transport a sheet of glass that long, and >because of course, the part of the door that shattered is the stationery side. > >Thanks for listening... >Betsy > >Teamwork: Together we achieve the extraordinary. > >------------------------------------ > >Send any questions regarding list management to: ><mailto:blindhandyman-owner%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com >To listen to the show archives go to link ><http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_posit>http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_posit >ion=47:29 >Or ><ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/>ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > >The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. ><http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday>http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > >Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From >Various List Members At The >Following address: ><http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/>http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > >Visit the archives page at the following address ><http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/>http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > >If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the >following address for more >information: ><http://www.jaws-users.com/>http://www.jaws-users.com/ >For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy >Man list just send a blank >message to: ><mailto:blindhandyman-help%40yahoogroups.comYahoo>blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! > >Groups Links > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]