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On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:17:45 -0500, George Shirley
> wrote:

>The Cook wrote:
>> On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:57:11 -0500, The Cook >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> The original article with picture can be seen (probably today only) at
>>> www.journalnow.com. Here is the text portion. Note how many ribbons
>>> she has won. Her first was the year I was born.
>>>

>> (snipped the article)
>>
>> Mrs. Gilbert was at the fair checking out her winnings at the same
>> time I was. I got a chance to meet her and got a picture with her.
>> http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=25k37km&s=2
>> She's 93.

>Lawdy, she's only six years younger than my MIL. How old does that make me?
>
>George


It makes us spring chickens. I told her that I was born the year she
won her first blue ribbon.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)