From: 2XL@dontemailme.com   
      
   In article , laro@idworld.net says...   
      
      
   >Sorry for the long post.  I'll probably catch some flack from someone about   
   >it, but there is so little that goes on here, can't see where it makes a big   
   >difference.  If it bothers anyone, I'll reconsider it next time I get windy   
   >about something.   
      
   Who cares!  I found it interesting, even though   
   I haven't a clue about the locale other than what   
   I've seen in years past as I drove hastily through   
   that rather uninteresting terrain. Land that only   
   a rancher could love. But then I seem to recall   
   that there was a significant amount of farming   
   in that area too - with pecan and other types of   
   cultivated orchards.   
      
   An aside. Long before anyone heard of interstate   
   highways or freeways, I used to travel between   
   El Paso and Dallas via old US-180. It was like   
   driving across the USA - or seemed that long. The   
   other route was US-80, which was later overlaid by   
   IH-10 and IH-20. But US-180 retains much   
   of its "charm" as a two-lane and seemingly   
   endless ribbon of asphalt across much of Texas.   
   I don't think it passes through a single town   
   of any real significance!   
      
   You may have seen the posts recently on the ongoing   
   Billy the Kid saga. Our illustrious governor,   
   (another "Bill" btw) Richardson is making   
   the resurrection of The Kid one of his priorities!   
   And it's Sumner - not Sumpter - the fort, that is.   
      
   >(Ft Sumter (wasn't he buried there?))   
      
   http://www.ftsumnerchamber.com/   
      
   Thanks for all the references to the Watt family.   
   I'll now see if I can get my hands on any of that   
   reading material. I'm currently enjoying Gabriel   
   Garcia-Marquez's first intallment on his biographical   
   trilogy! One can see clearly where his storied   
   novels got their inspiration - his bio reads like   
   his fiction!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)