$1.80 for diesel?? Time to emigrate! On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 10:51 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Sure hope you didn't run into any Hodags or Igarots, passing so close to >> Rhinelander... >> >> You mention some places I haven't been since my youth, I'm sure the roads >> are better now. >> >> Once in the '70s, we set out for summer vacation, probably going to drive >> from Ogema WI to northern MN to visit grandparents. My father wanted to >> drive his really nice Adenauer. We got a few miles down Highway 86, and >> hit some nasty road construction; the pavement was gone and all traffic was >> squeezed onto rough loose gravel. My dad listened to that gravel beating >> the underside of the car for about 5 seconds, stopped and did a U-turn, got >> in a cursing match with the road crew for driving in their road bed during >> the turn, and went straight back home. We unpacked the Benz and loaded >> into some beater American iron, and took that instead. >> -- >> Max Dillon >> Charleston SC >> '87 300TD >> > > > Definitely encountered hodags. Went right through downtown Rhinelander > both ways. Got chased by some hodags while I chased others. It was > potatofest in Rhinelander. Huge white tent pitched by Trigs. We don't > take the bypass. > > Sadly Cirilli's has been closed for quite a few years, and now they are > tearing down the building for "progress." I loved Cirilli's, your SWMBO > would have liked it too. Great place to buy Italian pasta, great olive oil > and other goodies. I worked there one summer. Mamma Cirilli said my > Italian bread was the closest to "home" of any she had in her long life the > USA. I consider that to be the best compliment I've ever received. > Italian bread needs good flour, dry dough, and lots of time, along with TLC > and patience. > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
