Tuesday 26 May 2009

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Awake: 5:31am Temp 58 sleep 5+53 off & on rain overnight @ Nicktown.

Mid morning, I drove Kathy to the church hall for more noodle making; about (11) workers were present; some young & others not quite so young.

Due to a prior commitment, I had to kidnap Kathy from the noodle factory before quitting time & motor to a pre-arranged location near Patton, PA to visit with my ole retired buddy Ed & his wife, Mary Ann. They drove in from Long Island, N.Y. a few days ago & will be leaving the area tomorrow.

We didn't have a precise address (even though I questioned Ed several times), so using our GPS was out of the question & our cell phone was unusable due to farm country & hills. We stopped @ (3) private homes for more clues (locals knew Mary Ann's mother but did not know where she lived). Finally, after driving a number of roads & looking for a big white barn, Ed pulled up behind us as we were contemplating a turn to try yet another direction. His timing was good or we might still be roaming the hills & the dales.

Mary Ann's mother, Posie (93), is quite the spry lady; her mind is quick & alert & she is up-to-date on all (13) of her children & her many grandchildren & great grandchildren. (3) of her daughters were @ the farmhouse visiting today so K & I were all ears learning some history about this big family.

About an hr later, the (6) of us, left Posie & the farm house & motored to downtown Patton where we enjoyed lunch @ the Miners Rest. K & I shared a veal parmesan dinner, which was quite good. It was really nice spending some time with Ed & Mary Ann again plus meeting M A's mother & some of her sisters.

Back in our motorhome, we finished watching: "Pygmalion" with Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller, Wilfrid Lawson, Marie Lohr, David Tree. Superlative filmization of the witty G.B. Shaw play which became MY FAIR LADY. Howard excels as the professor, with Hiller his cockney pupil. 1938. My recommendation: Pass on Pygmalion; My Fair Lady is far superior.

Lights out: 11:44pm

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