Love your suggestions, Karen! I was wondering where you had disappeared to, Richard. That description of the Swiss people doesn't sound too appealing--sounds like something my parents said after they were there once. So maybe there's someplace better for you to go, Karen--though it does sound really beautiful in Switzerland. Hard to find a place more beautiful than Vermont, though.

i am here cuz i work for a swiss company. i will have fun this weekend. i am going to a couple of cities that i have not been to before. i will only be here for 8 days total. my body clock is not on swiss time yet. it is 1:30 in the morning in spfld right now, but it is 7:30 am here and i have to get moving. woof.

What are you doing in Switzerland? How long are you are you there for? Sounds like you've really been reading up on the survival guide! I am sure you are making the most of your trip! Hope things go smoothly and get a bit more lively! Happy Thoughts!

Richard, obviously if you think its called the internut! What are you celebrating???

just kidding about internuts. i am really lonely, living in an apartment in eastern switzerland. send me some good feelings, please. i love the sound of music beauty of this place, the people that i am working with each day are really nice, but i don't have the option of screaming like tarzan. you see that doesn't fit with swiss life. here are some tidbits i picked up from, "living and working in switzerland, a survival handbook". "the typical swiss is scrupulously honest, narrow minded, indusrtrious, pessimisstic, boring, hygenic, taciturn, healthy, insular, tidy, frugal, sober, selfish, affluent, arrogant, consrvative, isolated, private, strait-laced, neutral, authoritarian, formal, . . . and a good skier"

yeah, okay dude, things are getting way gnarly in the mountains. let's wax our boards and go big! love ya, richard

i have had way too much wine to be writing on the internut.

Well, I guess I should learn from you guys and buy the candy I don't like--but I do the opposite; I buy ONLY the kind I like! We don't get that many trick-or-treaters so I don't want to be left with a lot of candy we don't like. So I get fat instead....

I was so excited....we had 1 trick or treater! There are no kids in our neck of the woods anymore and we are off the beaten track for neighborhood dropoffs. We had a big schoolwide Halloween parade down Union St onto Park and circling around sidestreets and back to Union. It was really fun to see the kids trailing down the street. Then back to school for "parties". They were actually pretty calm today....tomorrow will be another story! Hope everyone had a safe Halloween.
Glad you are busy painting Karen! Have a safe trip to VT...sorry about your brothers accident and about your cousin. As I've said before ...life is short, cherish every moment. Remember, happy thoughts!

Boy, Karen that sure sounds familiar. That's about how we do it here also, the traffic, the candy I don't want to eat myself. Otherwise, boy we might not have enough for the kids who come!!

Kevin headed back to Booth Bay yesterday afternoon. The parts came for his boat and so he and his captain went out this morning. Hopefully they had a good haul today. It's not been a good season. First no lobster then the lobster came in but so did the weather and they couldn't go out. Then most recently the boat broke down and a part had to be ordered. Poor dears.

Sorry to hear about your cousin Karen.

We're expecting over a hundred kids tomorrow night! Dave just left for the store to pick up his candy.

Happy Halloween Everyone!!!