A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....07-11-03...Welcome to "Les Verts Mont"

Mama_Bear

[FreeTheHostages]

Well, having been born and raised in Bennington, Vermont, I would have been happy to share some Vermont stories today, but for a cold that has kept me going through the bare motions.

If you ever go to Bennington, there's a Bennington Battle Monument which looks like a mini-Washington monument. My favorite tourist location in Bennington has to be the Old First Church, in Old Bennington, just yards from where the Ethan Allen boys would get drunk at the old Catamount Inn before rousting some 'yorkers.

As a little girl growing up in Bennington, I was told the story of the Green Mountain boys over and over again.

I marched many a time, with my alto saxophone, in the local parade every August 16th: Bennington Battle day.

Fun fact: The Battle of Bennington was fought across the line in New York State!

[FreeTheHostages]

.30Carbine, my Dad's middle name is "Calvin" -- after the President who didn't want to be a President

wvnan, I'm sure .30carbine would agree: Vermont has changed a lot in the last 25 years. I lived there from 1960 to 1978 -- when it was mostly like the 1950's in the rest of the country

[FreeTheHostages]

"Avoid Stowe!"

And Burlington. And Manchester.

[FreeTheHostages]

Yes, I chose to ignore the politics of this beautiful state

Bless you, Mama_Bear! It's a bit of an embarassment. I was in denial about it for the longest while, accepting strained versions about why Leahy or Sanders was just some weird charismatic exception to the general Vermont tradition. Fact is, too many out-of-staters live in Vermont now for it to ever be what it used to be: a paridigm of common sense.

[FreeTheHostages]

discovered that there are lots of famous people from Vermont

Calvin used to say that our people was our best export

[FreeTheHostages]

When I go back to Vermont to visit relatives, I know all the "local" places to get large amounts of syrups from farms where they (well, the kids) make it themselves at a good price.

When I was a little girl, I used to wake up to the smell of pancakes every Sunday morning.

Back then, it was only Grade B syrup: darker, richer. Now I prefer grade A. But I laugh at people who like the tasteless "fancy" grade syrup: it's not maple-ly enough for us Vermonters!

[martin_fierro]

Gee, thanks, m'Lady.

You just erased all my 8-tracks and floppy diskettes.

<|:)~

[Aquamarine]

I'm up, are you back? LOL

Yes! I've been on the road all day.
Did get to hear Sean Hannity's Fundraiser for the Troops show on the radio while on the road. Race Bannon called in on a cell phone from a Hillary book signing Freep and talked to Sean then he put Dr. Raoul on the phone!

[Mama_Bear]

I didn't know you were from Vermont! If I had, I would have asked you to collaberate with me on this post. But, since you are suffering with a cold, you probably wouldn't have felt up to it anyway.

Vermont certainly seems like a beautiful state. I would love to visit someday. It was fun putting this tribute together, but there was so much more I could have included. I just didn't have the space for it all. Especially about the Green Mountain Boys and Ethan Allen. Quite an interesting group of vigilantes they were. According to what I read, Ethan Allen was the only one who could control them, and they would follow him anywhere.

Thanks, freezie, for your contributions and recollections about your state. I hope your cold gets better soon. Nothing as miserable as a summer cold........unless it is a winter cold. LOL.

[Mama_Bear]

Did get to hear Sean Hannity's Fundraiser for the Troops show on the radio while on the road. Race Bannon called in on a cell phone from a Hillary book signing Freep and talked to Sean then he put Dr. Raoul on the phone!

Oh, cool! There is probably a thread on it somewhere. I'll go see if I can locate it.

[FreeTheHostages]

Thanks. And thanks for going easy on us and ignoring the recent political issues in the state.

This too shall pass. . . . hopefully.

[Mama_Bear]

Yes, I chose to ignore the politics of this beautiful state

Bless you, Mama_Bear! It's a bit of an embarassment.

LOL! Hey, no one knows better than I do what you're talking about. People think we're all a bunch of leftist looneys and whackos out here on the left coast. I plan on doing exactly the same thing when it's "California day". I will be concentrating on the good things about CA - what good that's left. :-)

[LadyX]

"You just erased all my 8-tracks and floppy diskettes."

Good evening to you, Mr.Martini Ferrari.

Apologies for the surge there - had a thunderstorm striking around my house and must have absorbed a few million kilowatts of extra power...:))

Trying to supprress a sneeze here - put yer Kevlar shields up !!

[MeekOneGOP]

It appears it is warming up nicely in your neck of the woods. Wouldn't a trip to Vermont be nice? It has GOT to be cooler up there!

Hey, I could be tempted.

Hmmmm? Do ya reckon Vermonteers would like my Bar-B-Q chicken ? I have some on the grill outside now. It's within 10 minutes of ready to take up right now. Whoops! Better go check on it now !

97 degrees right now . . .

[Mama_Bear]

97 degrees right now . . .

Ha! Gotcha' beat by 2 degrees........99 here. But, it's very dry, so it's not bad.

BBQ'd chicken sounds good. :-)

[Diver Dave]

Afternoon, MB. Thanks for the travelogue to Vermont. Those fall colors sure present a tempting invitation to visit. I've been in over half the states, but Vermont is in the "never been there" column.

Another day over 100 up here. Had to turn the temp down on the hot tub to make it a cool-off tub.

[MeekOneGOP]

Daddy jest checked it out. Mmmmmmmm-mmmmmmmmmmm!! Tis delicious !

[ST.LOUIE1]

Daddy jest checked it out.

You a papa? Kinda quick. LOL

[ST.LOUIE1]

You have no pupils....

....that scares wolfie. : (

[Aquamarine]

I did a quick search and didn't see anything on it. There will probably be an afteraction report on the book signing FReep.