JIM CONRAD'S NATURALIST NEWSLETTER Issued from the Sierra Nevada Foothills east of Sacramento, California May 29, 2005
***** BUCK'S TRUCK & A SATELLITE DISH Several readers wrote saying how they admired my friend Buck's 1928 Model AA Ford, featured in the April 10th Newsletter. Here's another story: Last Sunday morning I was invited upslope to a neighbor's home to dig up and dismantle their 10-ft- wide satellite dish, so I could convert it to a solar oven as I did in Mississippi. You can see my old dish at www.backyardnature.net/j/solardsh.htm Once I had the thing apart I called Buck and in a few minutes he was there with the ol' Ford and some friends to help muscle the dish onto the truck's bed. Now, most folks around here strike me as yuppie escapees from San Francisco and Sacramento (not my friends and Buck, who have deep roots here, Buck being the oldest original citizen) so it was one of those somnolent, glossy Sunday mornings with the occasional odor of an expensive coffee brew wafting through the pines. It happens that a 1928 Model AA Ford backfires a good bit, and when you're going downhill it backfires every few seconds. Moreover, if the truth be told, I suspect Buck of twiddling the knobs to make the popping even more impressive. http://www.backyardnature.net/n/05/050529.htm ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Dying to be thin? Anorexia. Narrated by Julianne Moore . http://us.click.yahoo.com/Dtf6vA/gsnJAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Apply for Commercial Real Estate loans online and submit your deal to dozens of hungry lenders in just minutes. Loan programs for all types of business and commercial real estate. Apply anytime at http://realestatezoo.com b i s e x u a l =============== a bifem.net publication Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bisexual Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bisexual/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
