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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Asking indulgence again #127944 04/29/04 12:51 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie OP Carpal Tunnel OP Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky http://www.courier-journal.com/features/2004/04/29/boatrace.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Asking indulgence again #127945 04/29/04 01:00 PM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK D dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah D Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK ...an event that skeptics believe is fixed. Nooo. Surely not! Sounds like a fun occasion Jackie - were you there? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Asking indulgence again #127946 04/29/04 01:21 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie OP Carpal Tunnel OP Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky It is a lot of fun, but no, I wasn't there. Tickets to be on the Belle--and being on a boat is the only way to go, for this, though I suppose a picnic on the riverbank could fill in the wait time (steamboats aren't exactly speedboats)--were $125. I just thought maybe some people might be interested in this story, as steamboats are quite rare nowadays. Possibly next year I could have an up-close-and-personal view. A friend of ours bought a boat last Saturday. My husband and son went with him, for company; they drove clear to St. Louis--300 miles from here--to pick it up. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Steamboat race #127947 04/29/04 01:49 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA W wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA Thanks for the link, Jackie. Nicely written and peppered with humor - not an easy feat with three writers. Hope you make the "escort" next year. Which horse are you favoring in the Race For The Roses? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Steamboat race #127948 04/30/04 01:43 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie OP Carpal Tunnel OP Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Um--[gentle correction e]--it's the run for the roses; but only natives and horse-people should be expected to know that. I like Smarty Jones--not only is it a cute name, he's undefeated. (He's named after his owner's mother--it was her nickname.) But I'll also be pulling for Imperialism--his trainer's not only a female, but also just 21 years old. He could be a real dark horse, heh. I think this story about her is neat; not too many people in the U.S. can count a sheik as a personal friend. http://www.courier-journal.com/cjsports/news2004/04/26/A1-train0426-15966.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,350 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 834 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 22 LukeJavan8 2 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,549 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,918 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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