BQ> It is also possible to search her name through an Internet connection
 BQ> in order to get a bit of personal information. 
 PF> Our parish library's catalog is online but of course will only
 PF> tell me about books that are in the library.  It's not exactly
 PF> a large library.  I will have to check out the Internet, but I
 PF> don't get that opportunity very often.
We are fortunate having access to a couple of information programs on the
Internet through the library system. I don't have direct access myself and
don't intend to buy in anyplace right now. Maybe never. At my age, what do
I need to know that isn't already resident? Just show me where to endorse
the annuity checks and the rest will fall into place.
 
 BQ> Hmmmm. Been in a lot of places in Louisiana, but Bush apparently
 BQ> wasn't one of them. Can't locate it in our Atlas. What major city is   
 BQ> it near?
 PF> Bush is between Covington and Bogalusa (I'm very close to
 PF> Covington).  We're on the northshore of Lake Pontchartrain
 PF> (north of New Orleans).  
OK. On Highway 41. My wife and I have been to New Orleans several times,
and have driven through a good part of Louisiana. Our last trip there was
by motor home. Stayed in an R/V Park in the southwest part of the city.
Quite an experience. We toured a good portion of the area on the north
shore of Lake Pontchartrain. Used to know a fellow who lived in Lacombe.
PF>I'm originally from Metairie, which is a suburb of New Orleans.  Been to
PF>New Orleans?  :)
Yes, know where it is. On one of our trips there we stayed at the Days Inn
west of Metairie for a week. On I-10 near Kenner. Was acquainted with a
fellow from DEA who lived in Metairie. 
Came in on Braniff during a heck of a thunderstorm which bounced us around
pretty good. About a week later Pan Am bored in from departure on the north
runway taking out a substantial part of a residential area a killing a lot
of very unfortunate people. 
A few years before that we flew home from  Tahiti on a Pan Am flight. We
were reading the newspaper a few days later and the same flight went down
in the Pacific on departure. They never did find a single part of that
airplane or the occupants. Occurrences of this type make you very humble as
well as eternally grateful.
Well, enough of this rambling. We old guys are notorious for that as you
may have heard one time or the other.
I am on the final few pages of "Absolute Power" by David Baldacci. It is a
good tale and quite well written. At least that is my opinion. A bit too
many suspenseful incidents the last few chapters that cause a bit of
confusion, but it is well worth the reading. I heard about the book in this
Echo several months ago from reading about it in a message. So I thank
whoever it was that mentioned the novel as it gave me the incentive to get
it from the library to read. Baldacci is a pretty competent author.
Good reading Patty.
Regards,
Bert
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