My wife and I also had a wonderful time on Saturday. Firstly, it was great
to meet Bob and Annice. My wife talked the whole 3 hour ride home (not
unusual) about how disappointed she was that she only found out Bob and
Annice were big Ann Rand fans. As for me, I didn't find out until the ride
home about their quest to see different Frank Lloyd Wright buildings. I
would have loved to chat with them about that. I'm a big fan...
B & A, if you want to come see the Guggenheim in NYC, you can leave the
camper by me (in the street, but there are no houses on the other side of
the street, nor is there any traffic to speak of) and take the commuter
train into the city... Just a thought.
Anyway, since Bill already mentioned the "The Ring"'esque well in Larry's
basement (real spooky looking) I'll mention the cool barn in his yard that
goes on forever. Huge barn, with room after room after room that was in
much better shape than it looks from the outside. Those 100 year old beams
were almost a foot wide. It even had a ladder made from trees. I am aware
that all wooden ladders come from trees, but this one still had the bark on
it). The organic apple orchard out back had some great apples, too.
Larry and Theresa put out a great spread for us, with roast beef, mashed
potatoes, and a few other side dishes topped off with a great home-made
chocolate ice cream. If anyone ever wants/needs stenciled paintings on
fabric (i.e. a Japanese type paneled room divider, or table cloth/runner),
contact Larry b/c Theresa makes some great stuff.
It was a great day, and Wini and I were both sorry to leave early (we missed
the slide show). I am also sad to say it'll probably be my last OSHIT for a
while. Maybe I'll form the South Texas chapter of OSHIT. Rob/Brad, has
this chapter already been started?
And Bill, how could you expect that my pizza wouldn't be good.... I grew up
in Brooklyn....
Later,
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From owner-spridgets at autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-spridgets@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of William M. Gilroy
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 10:49 PM
To: spridget list
Subject: OSHIT get together, LBC content
Lisa and I spent this Saturday in PA at the Macy's house for a get
together of the Eastern OSHIT group. The Macy's invites us (the motley
OSHIT group) over to meet both Bob and Annice Kitter. I have some
pictures that I will upload to a web site. Anyway it was a nice
afternoon, the weather was great and we got to meet some listers from
the wrong coast :-) It was nice to meet Bob and Annice and I
thank the Macy's for putting this together. The Kitters had some slides
that they showed us, an my favorite was the one of them from the 70's in
Death Valley in a rented Hertz van. Great image. They also might have
put the most stuff into a bugeye. The have a picture of a ton of stuff
they jammed into the boot.
We took a tour of Larry's basement and all I can say is I have seen more
than one horror movie that was filmed down there. His house was built
way back, when there were only 16 states. The basement walls are 24
inches thick and in one of them were was about a 2 foot wide by 4 foot
high hole that led to an old, old, old well. This well was open and
filled to the top with water. It was about 6 foot in diameter and lined
with stone. The only way to describe this well is scary, very scary. I
never saw a well like that in a house. Great place for bodies. Should
have taken a picture.
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"Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain." - Schiller,
"Jungfrau von Orleans"
Good surprise of the day. Mike Graziano make one of the best pizza I
have ever had, who knew.
Anyway we had a great time, good food, and good people. Thanks all.
Bill & Lisa Gilroy
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