Re: Dinner Tonight, 1/31/2025

On 2025-02-08, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

On 2025-02-08 1:06 p.m., Ed P wrote:

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When I stay with my friend with a house right on the beach, we've never
walked down to it.  Sitting on the deck overseeing it is pleasant
though.  We'll sit out for a bit in the afternoon and just relax.

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She does go at times with the grandkids when they are there.

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https://postimg.cc/2q1Xr61J

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I could handle sitting there having a nice meal and looking out at thee
sand and the water. Some people like beach vacations where they go and
and lie of on towel or sit in a chair in the sun for hours on end, day
after day. It's not for me.

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I grew up about five miles from Nevada's second largest desert lake. At
the time, it was over twenty miles long and over five miles wide. It's
somewhat smaller now, probably eleven miles long by five miles wide.
That's a Nevada lake for you, a dying remnant of ancient Lake Lahontan.
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There were groups that went to the shore, put up their lawn-chairs and
umbrellas, and sat there all day. I never wanted to join any of those
groups. When I went there, I went there to swim.
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For geologic history buffs:
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<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Lahontan>
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and
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<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_Lake_(Nevada)>
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I was the fourth recorded guy to swim across that puppy at the widest
point. That's a story for a different day. ;)
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