Re: *Al* Appreciation Thread! Al's post in Nov 12 2001

Oh it's just one I saved in my Who Are We File.
But somebody gave us step by step instructions on how to search the
archives 
&
guess what?   I didn't save it!!!!
Cheers Wendy
"Diana Kulaga" <diandfrank@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> Where did you find that, Wendy?! Did you save it, or just remember it
and 
> go looking for it?
>
> Vintage Al!
>
> Diana
>
> "Wendy7" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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>> He never got a dinner!!!!! Cheers Al, Wendy
>> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
>>
>> This questionnaire has been circulated many times in the last half 
>> decade.
>> But I will answer again.  Some of my answers have changed and it is
time 
>> to
>> update the form.
>>
>> "Kye" <Descardo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:3bee9401$0$10835$afc38c87@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> Who am I and What Is My Gender???
>> I am Al.
>>
>>> Where am I???
>> It appears to be the planet earth.  Leesburg Virginia USA to be
specific.
>>
>>> What do I grow???
>> Lots of things.  Phals species are my biggest love.  I have Big Plans
for
>> breedings them.  Big Plans.
>>
>>> The decade of my age???
>> The birth certificate puts me in my early 40s.  But that refers only to
>> physical age.  In mind and spirit there is conciderable vasscilation
and 
>> I
>> would have a hard time pinning it down.
>>>
>>> How long have I been growing orchids???
>> Since I was 16.
>>
>>> My biggest orchid accomplishment???
>> Two or so years ago I got the BIG greenhouse I have always wished for
and
>> learned definitivly that it is true what they say: Be careful what you 
>> wish
>> for.
>>
>>> Miscellanious Info...
>> It makes me nervous to know that physcologists read what we write here.
>>
>> I have a website/web business that sup****ts my orchids but not me:
>> http://www.orchidexchange.com
>>
>> I like to garden.
>>
>> I have been stuck in this newsgroup for about 5 years now and still
can't
>> find the door.  On occasion I have claimed to be an Alien from Outer 
>> Space.
>> Strictly speaking, this is true.  I have also claimed to play the fool 
>> but I
>> think of this role as being more like 'court jester' and don't mind at 
>> all
>> when others vie for the roles of village idiot or Supreme Monarch. 
It's 
>> fun
>> to watch.  I always have appreciated the good advice people offer on 
>> orchids
>> and their culture to all the other stuff I find here.  But I also know
I 
>> am
>> a significant contributor of 'other stuff'.  I have issues to work out.
>> Basically, this is a good group and the people who use it are good 
>> people.
>>
>> Late at night when I can't sleep I like to re-read my posts to this
>> newsgroup and count the number of times I use the word "I".  I find it
>> amusing.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Diana Kulaga" <diandfrank@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
>> news:pHUGj.10942$9O.71@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> This is a shout out to Friends of Al! Tell us your fondest memory, 
>>> favorite Al-ism, what you love about him, whatever.
>>>
>>> Me first: I love his typos! Only he could get away with it.
>>>
>>> Diana
>>>
>>
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