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Welcome back, Barb P! But oh my - WHAT an ending to your trip (and a lesson for all of us with our respective "Parkie-noses.") As for that "other List-mom, " well I can't imagine a better or more caring individual than Janet to do that job (said right from my heart). Warm hugs to ya..... Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Barb Patterson <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Saturday, July 17, 1999 8:26 PM Subject: I'm back; Janet's job; an alert >Hi, all...I'm back from my vacation and want to thank Janet for her very >capable job as acting-listmom. In fact, Janet has offered and I have >agreed to make this a permanent arrangement...so, PIEN will become a >two-mom list. :) > >During our drive to the Eastern Townships of Quebec (specifically >Inverness, Quebec where my husband, John, and brother-in-law, Ken, were >born), we followed a couple of tractors towing huge vats of pig manure >(can't get away from those pigs!). John & Ken were in the front seats >and were complaining about the odour. Since pd has taken almost all of >my sense of smell, I was quite comfortable riding in the back...thinking >that this is one time pd has done me a good turn. I was wrong. That's >the alert part. I am including, below, part of a message I sent to >Janet when I got home. > >"You very nearly were abandoned to run the list on your own. We had >spent >Monday night in Kingston, ON, because John ended up doing all the >driving. >My brother-in-law, Ken, can't see well enough to drive anymore so the >only time John got a break from driving was when I took over which is >another story (I nearly rolled it) which is why we decided on a two-day >trip home. Besides John & Ken and me, we had Kassandra, the 14-year-old >friend of Ken's grandaughter with us. Kassandra and I were sitting in >the back of the rv when, just before Belleville, ON, Kassandra said she >could smell smoke...I couldn't smell anything but my sense of smell is >nearly gone. I hollered to John that Kassandra smelled smoke and he >pulled over to the shoulder of Highway 401 and we all got out. Eight >hours >and $622 + towing later, we were on the road again but the guys said >that within minutes the whole thing would have been on fire..the problem >was located about 6 inches from the gas tank and between Kassandra and >me >and the exit! > >I was sick to my stomach all the rest of that day and the next few >days..we >think the fumes must have been coming into the rv for a while before >Kassandra smelled smoke..the problem was on my side of the rv. > >I decided to use this as an alert to pwp's to make sure their smoke >detectors and carbon monoxide detectors are installed properly and >working. If there are no detectors in their residences, get them and >have them installed immediately. I never >realized how dangerous losing one's sense of smell can be! > >Barb