Sounds like you were in West Virginia for a ramp festival. Anyone that's eaten those within the past week is not welcome in my camper.
Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stan Halpin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 8:11 AM Subject: Ramp Festival - wasRe: LAPDML? was:RE: It's official!! > Ah, but do you really know what a Ramp is? I am not > referring to the common everyday alternative to stairs or > forklifts. I am referring to a uniquely 'interesting' > species of wild onion (?) which is the descendent of an > onion that had wild fling with some strong garlic. > > In the mountains, springtime brings the Ramp Festival as > people gather for boiled Ramp, fried Ramp, Ramp soup, > whatever. A group of us were climbing at Seneca Rocks, we > stopped by a festival, a friend of mine bought a small bag > of Ramps to take back to D.C. It was about 6 months before > she could get the odor out of her car. > > Truly an experience not to be missed. > > Stan > > frank theriault wrote: > > > Stan, > > > > Despite my initial enthusiasm for a Road Trip, I'm thinking it might not > > be possible given my flight arrangements (which haven't been made yet, > > but I think are likely to be fairly inflexible once made). > > > > I have to ask, though. What's a Ramp Festival? I know what a ramp is. > > I know what a festival is. I've just never thought of the two concepts > > going together! <vbg> > > > > cheers, > > frank > > > > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The > > pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer > > > > > > > > > >> From: Stan Halpin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Subject: Re: LAPDML? was:RE: It's official!! > >> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 20:30:44 -0600 > >> > >> West Virginia back country? Cleveland Ohio? Those are both on my > >> potential drive back home after GFM... I wonder, would it be too late > >> in the year to find a Ramp festival? Gotta show these foreign boys the > >> real highlights! > >> > >> Stan > >> > >> frank theriault wrote: > >> > >>> Oh. I just re-read the original post. Didn't realize that Tan's > >>> flying into LA. > >>> > >>> Never mind... > >>> > >>> But, wouldn't a Road Trip to somewhere after GFM be fun? Think of > >>> the photo-ops!! > >>> > >>> -frank > >>> > >>> "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The > >>> pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> Subject: RE: LAPDML? was:RE: It's official!! > >>>> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 19:03:31 -0500 > >>>> > >>>> Hey. I'll be @ GFM. Are we talking Road Trip here? > >>>> > >>>> Very enticing thought. Seeing the Heartland of America and all. > >>>> Following the route of Tom Joad to Califiorn-i-ay. > >>>> > >>>> Talk to me, Paul... > >>>> > >>> > >>> _________________________________________________________________ > >>> Add photos to your e-mail with MSN Premium. Get 2 months FREE* > >>> http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > MSN Premium helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE* > > http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines > > > > > > > >
