OT: Turkish Pastries and Ol' Grouchy Trolls

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Hey Sevi,

 

> Hi there Butch

>

>>Early July .. To attend my High School Reunion and to act like the

>>Ol' Boll Weevil .. gonna be looking fer a home.

>

> Moving close to me...like say Annapolis, LOL -- teasing you...

 

No chance .. to Yankeefied to suit me. :-P

 

>>Hawhawhaw .. can't pass up commenting on this. Sevi's comment,

>>above, is correct Turkish grammar .. but it is not spoken Turkish.

>

> LOL -- my Dad would be proud to hear this -- him being a writer and

> all

 

Good it is for Baba's to be proud of their cucuklar. ;-)

 

>>years .. in some cases .. like Catalhoyuk and a few other ancient

>>cities .. its written in tens of thousands of years. The Anatolian

>>Plains are known as the Cradle of Civilization.

>

> Glad to hear that Martin had a someone like you showing him around

> Turkey.

 

Yep .. showed him what the tourists don't see .. and he is still giving

thought to retiring in one of those old cave homes around Mustafa Pasa.

One can get a home there (around 200 years old) made of stone blocks

that weigh a couple of tons each .. maybe two floors and a courtyard

with a fountain .. 12-14 rooms above ground and a half dozen or so below

ground .. for around $40,000 .. takes another $40,000 to make it like

one would want it to be.

 

>>Even Grouchy Old Trolls can a sweet tooth. ;-)

>

> Hehehe -- I am not even touching this one!

 

Hey .. Martin admitted on this list that he is a Grouch .. and a Troll

he's always been but as you know, there are many different kinds of

Trolls around .. those who live under bridges are normally the mean ones

and those who live in forests are normally kinder .. not sure what kind

live in cave homes. ;-)

 

> We should set up a new get together in Turkey Butch -- now that would

> be something quite wonderful!

 

Sounds great .. there is a sorta get together here each year .. in the

Rose Fields of Isparta. Aroma Tours out of Oz brings a group each year

http://www.aroma-tours.com/

 

> Sevi

 

I have your mail .. and will reply .. along with the mail of lots of

other folks .. but it will be tomorrow. Realizing as I do that its

just an hour or so after midnight here now and still a bit early for

Vampires to sleep .. I gotta hit the sack as I was up kinda late last

night. My Illegal Immigrant party started late then I came home to get

some goodies and checked my mail .. went out again early in the morning

for Phase II .. and got back kinda late and had to visit the bureaucrats

today so I sorta didn't sleep. I gotta visit the danged bureaucrats

again tomorrow .. or get thrown in jail or out of country.

 

Y'all keep smiling. :-) Butch