On Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 12:36:22 PM UTC-5, Graham wrote:
> On 2021-05-18 8:54 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 8:33:09 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
> >> On 5/17/2021 2:51 PM, Bryan Simmons wrote:
> >>> On Monday, May 17, 2021 at 1:04:59 PM UTC-5, bruce bowser wrote:
> >>>> On Monday, May 17, 2021 at 11:41:42 AM UTC-4, wrote:
> >>>>> On Monday, May 17, 2021 at 9:29:11 AM UTC-5, Mike Duffy wrote:
> >>>>>> On Sun, 16 May 2021 22:43:52 -0600, US Janet wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> you must be a city slicker. No pipped water in
> >>>>>>> campgrounds. you either bring your own water or
> >>>>>>> if lucky, there is a well and a pump.
> >>>>>> into which city slickers **** / puke if humanly possible.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> Not the kind of well you could **** or puke into, silly.
> >>>>> https://useum.org/artwork/Jacob-and-...Antolinez-1670
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> You haven't camped at many state parks, have you?
> >>>>
> >>>> I camped on federal lands.
> >>>>
> >>> Did they have wishing wells there?
> >> An interesting park in Virginia is "Fairy Stone State Park."
> >>
> >> Anyway, that area is full of small cross-shaped stones. Easiest to find
> >> in the many streams or you can buy some at their gift shop.
> >>
> >> The myth behind this is that on the day Jesus died on the cross, all the
> >> fairies living there cried. Their tears were shaped like crosses and
> >> turned to stone as they fell to the ground.
> >>
> >> https://www.reserveamerica.com/explo...40169/overview
> >
> > Yet the fact behind this is that it's a completely natural crystal
> > formation.
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
> >
> Apparently an analogous legend is propogated in Oregon by roadside
> pedlars of knick-knacks made of myrtle wood. They spread the falsehood
> that the wood is found only there and in the "Holy Land"** when it is
> native to the Pacific coast, its name "Umbellularia californica" is a clue.
> ** Not very "Holy" atm.


Those brave Israelis are REALLY kickin' the SHITE outta those "palestinian" terrorist mutts, EH, Graham...???

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Greg