Re: Christmas in June!!!
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: Christmas in June!!!
- From: "* I* J* <j*@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 23:07:06 +0000
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Rusty Thornsburg wrote:
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> Okay, a brief explanation: it was 2am in the morning when I wrote this, and in the middle of sending it, I was disconnected from my ISP. I quickly reconnected and sent it without realizing that large portions of my original email were missing. So, here it is in what is closest to the original as I can get.
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> >Rusty Thornsburg wrote:
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> >> Hi everyone!
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> >> I just wanted to relate my experience at the Sunday meeting of the Iris Society of Dallas.
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> Well, the first thing that happened was Tom Burseen of TB's Place showed up with my iris order... I ordered 7 irises, and received 26 rhizomes, many with double, triple, and even quadruple fans. He included 2 of a few varieties I ordered; both of the PSHAW's he included were quadruple fanned. The WILD VISION I ordered had 11 starts just forming, so I can't wait to see what these healthy plants are going to do when I get them into my garden!
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> >Okay, back to the meeting. I was drafted into selling the bingo cards... and I raised $73 for our club... that's a good amount considering we couldn't have had more than 25 people in attendance.
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> >> We had a couple of visitors... Charlie Brown from a bit farther north, I think... and also, Jean Morris! She's in town visiting family for a week, so she dropped by to eat, say hi and play some bingo! She also had a packet of information, ideas, and resources for me to refer to in getting our club's youth program started. She even walked out with a double armful of rhizomes, and I remember her saying before we got started that she'd "be killed" if she brought home just one rhizome. So I g
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> I won 12 rz's in the game (we played until everyone won!) including PARIS LIGHTS, EVERYTHING PLUS, and MISTY LADY... to name a few.
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> >> It was a wonderful meeting, everyone had a great time, we all got a bunch of irises, what more could I ask for? (other than for my email program to work every once in a while?)
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> Rusty
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