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    From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to AUGUST ABOLINS on Thu Mar 25 05:48:58 2021
    Aug wrote --

    For the last 10 years I've been involved in building and
    maintaining a site to chronicle and archive news clippings

    Golly. what a great site!
    I can see now where I'm going to be spending some time. :)
    About all we have around here is a "Old Huntington" FB page with photos
    of buildings, people and events.
    I have worked off and on (mostly off the last couple of years) compiling listings of businesses in town over the years using the Polk Directory.
    Started just being interested in who lived in my apartment and the
    building in general over the years, what they did, etc.
    Then it became "business that were on this block", that became another
    block and soon all of down town over the years.
    I'm one of those people when told this or that business is in
    such-and-such a place I say "Oh, in the old so-and-so building" and know where it is.
    The new business/name not so much. :)
    Joe
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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:275/99 to August Abolins on Wed Mar 24 23:01:46 2021
    https://wellandhistory.ca

    Thanks for sharing that. It's interesting to know that there's someone in BBSland from just about every corner of Ontario.

    The closest I've been to there (in Canada) is Hamilton. That's another fun
    city to visit. I stayed at a hotel there and was impressed with everything about Hamilton that I was able to see in a day.

    It's like the olde worlde ;)

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  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Aaron Thomas on Thu Mar 25 21:40:00 2021
    Hello Aaron!

    ** On Wednesday 24.03.21 - 23:01, you wrote to me:

    The closest I've been to there (in Canada) is Hamilton. That's another
    fun city to visit. I stayed at a hotel there and was impressed with everything about Hamilton that I was able to see in a day.

    I may have been through Hamilton 3 or 4 times in my life, but
    not know that it is noted for anything but primarily as the
    steel town.

    It's like the olde worlde ;)

    What did you see there to be impressed?

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:275/99 to August Abolins on Fri Mar 26 08:35:38 2021
    I may have been through Hamilton 3 or 4 times in my life, but
    not know that it is noted for anything but primarily as the
    steel town.

    It's like the olde worlde ;)

    What did you see there to be impressed?

    I stayed at a hotel near the airport which I thought was a fancy hotel (but everything is fancy in Canada.) I think it was just a Sheraton but I can't remember.

    The buildings looked Victorian and it felt like I was in England. I think they have their own version of Big Ben, unless that was just a bank or something.

    I was only there for 1 night and just to board a flight from Hamilton airport the next morning. But next time I'm going to explore that city a bit more.

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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to JOE MACKEY on Tue Mar 30 14:11:00 2021
    Joe,

    I can see now where I'm going to be spending some time. :)

    And, neglecting this echo??!! <g,d,r>

    Then it became "business that were on this block", that became
    another block and soon all of down town over the years.

    I've got a bulletin on central Arkansas businesses that have done
    me good over the years.

    Daryl

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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to DARYL STOUT on Wed Mar 31 05:54:26 2021
    Daryl wrote --

    I can see now where I'm going to be spending some time. :)

    And, neglecting this echo??!! <g,d,r>

    No. No. A thousand times no!
    As a fatter of mact Memories is the first stop of my pc use in the
    morning.
    I fire it up and hit Memories first thing. So far Memories has not hit back.
    Joe
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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to JOE MACKEY on Wed Mar 31 13:46:00 2021
    Joe,

    I can see now where I'm going to be spending some time. :)

    And, neglecting this echo??!! <g,d,r>

    No. No. A thousand times no!

    I knew that'd get your attention. <BG>

    As a fatter of mact Memories is the first stop of my pc use in the morning.
    I fire it up and hit Memories first thing. So far Memories has not
    hit back.

    The participants know better than to antagonize the moderator. <G>

    Daryl

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