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johnfowles · 06-03-2005, 02:40 PM

OK Instead of trying to get corfidites to read the Newsgroup or Newsgroupers to read corfid by selecting highlights which if
you visit:-
http://www.newsgroup2.notlong.com and:-
http://www corfid.notlong.com respectively and respectfully will be pretty obvious.
(Plus look at the cool picture on the small talk forum of "the watchman" honeymooning in "Cowette" territory at:-
http://www.corfid.com/ubb/ultimatebb...22;p=1#000020)
Which reminds me I have seen nothing from Cathy for ages on either board or by email. Does anybody know if she is OK?? Or have her attempts to tame her new computer ended in ignomony??
So instead of my customary "message board" highlights I will present a elective list of the "Top Twenty" highlights of the past few weeks in my life:-
1. of course seeing Gord happy to be back on stage in SoCal,Nevada and Tronno
2. seeing the great Coronado Del Mar Hotel in San Diego (I think it was there although as a later viewing on television of "Some Like It Hot " indicated that we just might have been in Florida all along!!
3. meeting so many old friends and making many new ones especialy at:-
4. the pre-concert meal at Mimi's in Cerritos (even if Doug Kirk hogged the attention of The Rez/Rex
5. seeing surfers in action at Malibu and bladers at Venice Beach
6. seeing Sheryl Klein bounding up to greet me in the car park at Agoura Hills
7. driving up Route 1 (the Pacific Coast Highway)
8. quite fortuitiosly seeing not one but literally thousands of elephant seals at the Piedras Blancas beach
http://www.elephantseal.org/
(just north of the lovely little town of Cambria)
9. visiting the fine wine tasting of Harmony wines at the Harmony Cellars conducted by a Lighftfoot fan (Joe Montross)
(Found as were some great hotels and things to do by Susan's brilliant use of the http://www.fodors.com and
http://ww.tripadvisor.com travel websites
10. tasting fried artichoke at the "Giant Artichoke" at Castroville CA:-

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/salad/artichoke.html
11. riding a San Francisco cable car and eating seafood on Fisherman's Wharf to rectify an omissions from my earlier (November 1999) visit
12. being greeted in the Orleans Casino Las Vegas by an excited Deb (Brink)ley
13. talking to Gord at the bar after Thursday's Las Vegas concert and receiving our own personal rendition of Couchiching
14. Hearing him announce that Inspiration Lady on the Friday was "for John and Susan"
15. arriving at the Delta Chelsea to meet Diane Johnson then trooping to the nearby Elephant and Castle where I enjoyed my first "proper" pint (20 ounces) of excellent British draught real ale (Fullers London Pride) for nearly 5 years and seeing the appreciative enjoyment of Alabaman Paige Stratton of her first Yorkshire Pudding.
16. hearing the terrific standing ovation the first night of Massey 2005
17. thinking I was exchanging smiles (from my seat in row C) on Wednesday with Little Barry (Keane) as he was singing along to IYCRMM then talking to him back stage where he told me he saw me in "the third row"!!
18. enjoying the wonderful spreads created by Janice at the first meeting on the Wednesday and the two post-concert parties we were able to attend
19. looking down on the CN Tower as we circled Toronto on our return flight on the Saturday
20. meeting "lighthead2toe" Ron Jones and hearing him play especially my request for "Face Of A Thousand People" at the Delta Chelsea jam session on the Saturday
OK against those highlights were inevitably a few lowlights notably:-
1. due to our ambitious touring plans not seing as much as planned of Sans Diego and Frisco but at least if we ever get the chance to go back we know what we still would like to see.
2. missing many friends who were unable to make it to Toronto but at least we met some in Vegas
3. missing the chance to really thank Florian for corfid while he was in Vegas apparently
4. not seeing Yuri or Jimmy jones
5. visiting an incommunicado Lynne Ackerman in her bed so close to where she would have loved to be (in St Michaels Hospital directly opposite Massey Hall)
6. Having to miss the fun and games surrounding the Thursday and Friday concerts against which I had the pleasure of seeing my step-daughter receive her Bachelor's degree (almost 42 years after I received mine from the Queen Mother in London's Royal Albert Hall
-------------------And now the inevitable commercial-------
I have not yet simplified my chat page (I will try to write a better tutorial next week but if you go to:-
http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot/chat
all the relevant details are there
The simplest way to enter the chat room if you have yet to succomb to mIRC is to click the link that I designated as:-
"B2 Dilexnet link"
which actually goes to:-
http://www.dilexnet.net/irc/webchat/...nlightfootchat
9 pm EST tonight OK
John Fowles
Oh the skyline of Toronto is something you'll get onto
But they say you've got to live there for a while

[ June 10, 2005, 11:52: Message edited by: johnfowles ]

06-03-2005, 02:40 PM	#2
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	OK Instead of trying to get corfidites to read the Newsgroup or Newsgroupers to read corfid by selecting highlights which if you visit:- http://www.newsgroup2.notlong.com and:- http://www corfid.notlong.com respectively and respectfully will be pretty obvious. (Plus look at the cool picture on the small talk forum of "the watchman" honeymooning in "Cowette" territory at:- http://www.corfid.com/ubb/ultimatebb...22;p=1#000020) Which reminds me I have seen nothing from Cathy for ages on either board or by email. Does anybody know if she is OK?? Or have her attempts to tame her new computer ended in ignomony?? So instead of my customary "message board" highlights I will present a elective list of the "Top Twenty" highlights of the past few weeks in my life:- 1. of course seeing Gord happy to be back on stage in SoCal,Nevada and Tronno 2. seeing the great Coronado Del Mar Hotel in San Diego (I think it was there although as a later viewing on television of "Some Like It Hot " indicated that we just might have been in Florida all along!! 3. meeting so many old friends and making many new ones especialy at:- 4. the pre-concert meal at Mimi's in Cerritos (even if Doug Kirk hogged the attention of The Rez/Rex 5. seeing surfers in action at Malibu and bladers at Venice Beach 6. seeing Sheryl Klein bounding up to greet me in the car park at Agoura Hills 7. driving up Route 1 (the Pacific Coast Highway) 8. quite fortuitiosly seeing not one but literally thousands of elephant seals at the Piedras Blancas beach http://www.elephantseal.org/ (just north of the lovely little town of Cambria) 9. visiting the fine wine tasting of Harmony wines at the Harmony Cellars conducted by a Lighftfoot fan (Joe Montross) (Found as were some great hotels and things to do by Susan's brilliant use of the http://www.fodors.com and http://ww.tripadvisor.com travel websites 10. tasting fried artichoke at the "Giant Artichoke" at Castroville CA:- http://www.roadsideamerica.com/salad/artichoke.html 11. riding a San Francisco cable car and eating seafood on Fisherman's Wharf to rectify an omissions from my earlier (November 1999) visit 12. being greeted in the Orleans Casino Las Vegas by an excited Deb (Brink)ley 13. talking to Gord at the bar after Thursday's Las Vegas concert and receiving our own personal rendition of Couchiching 14. Hearing him announce that Inspiration Lady on the Friday was "for John and Susan" 15. arriving at the Delta Chelsea to meet Diane Johnson then trooping to the nearby Elephant and Castle where I enjoyed my first "proper" pint (20 ounces) of excellent British draught real ale (Fullers London Pride) for nearly 5 years and seeing the appreciative enjoyment of Alabaman Paige Stratton of her first Yorkshire Pudding. 16. hearing the terrific standing ovation the first night of Massey 2005 17. thinking I was exchanging smiles (from my seat in row C) on Wednesday with Little Barry (Keane) as he was singing along to IYCRMM then talking to him back stage where he told me he saw me in "the third row"!! 18. enjoying the wonderful spreads created by Janice at the first meeting on the Wednesday and the two post-concert parties we were able to attend 19. looking down on the CN Tower as we circled Toronto on our return flight on the Saturday 20. meeting "lighthead2toe" Ron Jones and hearing him play especially my request for "Face Of A Thousand People" at the Delta Chelsea jam session on the Saturday OK against those highlights were inevitably a few lowlights notably:- 1. due to our ambitious touring plans not seing as much as planned of Sans Diego and Frisco but at least if we ever get the chance to go back we know what we still would like to see. 2. missing many friends who were unable to make it to Toronto but at least we met some in Vegas 3. missing the chance to really thank Florian for corfid while he was in Vegas apparently 4. not seeing Yuri or Jimmy jones 5. visiting an incommunicado Lynne Ackerman in her bed so close to where she would have loved to be (in St Michaels Hospital directly opposite Massey Hall) 6. Having to miss the fun and games surrounding the Thursday and Friday concerts against which I had the pleasure of seeing my step-daughter receive her Bachelor's degree (almost 42 years after I received mine from the Queen Mother in London's Royal Albert Hall -------------------And now the inevitable commercial------- I have not yet simplified my chat page (I will try to write a better tutorial next week but if you go to:- http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot/chat all the relevant details are there The simplest way to enter the chat room if you have yet to succomb to mIRC is to click the link that I designated as:- "B2 Dilexnet link" which actually goes to:- http://www.dilexnet.net/irc/webchat/...nlightfootchat 9 pm EST tonight OK John Fowles Oh the skyline of Toronto is something you'll get onto But they say you've got to live there for a while [ June 10, 2005, 11:52: Message edited by: johnfowles ]