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Index of Subjects --Boundary_(ID_8UqCtAlSKK9TD1cbgmwCJQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Hi James, Yes, I knew Barb too, and took note of her obituary in the newspaper =20 a few days ago. Here is a link to it for anyone interested http://jobspress.com/announcements/obituaries/shaw-barbara-louise-=20 =97-85-bridgewater-passed-away I knew her as a fellow teacher. We crossed paths at science =20 conferences and naturalist things. Sept 2nd when I was standing on =20 the Bluff enjoying the view of Moon and Jupiter grouped together in =20 the twilight, I was thinking of Barb and dedicated the wonder and =20 beauty of the moment to her. Also,sorry to read about your close encounter with a backhoe; that =20 was too close!! Big trucks loaded with heavy cargoes and equipment =20 often travel much too fast. Sherman On 7/09/2009, at 9:43 PM, James Hirtle wrote: > For those who went to the Federation of Nova Scotia Naturalists =20 > annual meetings a lot of you will remember Barbara Shaw. She was =20 > my high school Biology Teacher. Later she participated as a piping =20= > plover guardian. She has been a long time member of the South =20 > Shore Naturalists Club. She passed away on Aug. 28. > > My mirror saga continues. I was approaching the ferry yesterday =20 > just past the LaHave Bakery when a dump truck with a back hoe came =20 > roaring along in a 50 km zone and was clocking around 100 km. The =20 > back hoe hit my driver side mirror smashing almost every shred of =20 > glass in it. Glass flew inside of the car covering the front, back =20= > and even into the trunk area. The driver of the truck kept going =20 > and had no idea at all that his back hoe hit me. I was very lucky =20 > that it hit my mirror and not the car. If it had hit the car I =20 > would not have survived. It makes one look long and hard at life =20 > and how quickly one can be removed from it. A truck with a back =20 > hoe on a Sunday travelling at such a fast speed is the last thing =20 > that I expected to meet. > > James R. Hirtle > Bayport > > New! Hotmail sign-in on the MSN homepage. --Boundary_(ID_8UqCtAlSKK9TD1cbgmwCJQ) Content-type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Hi James,<div><br></div><div>Yes, I knew Barb too, and took note of her = obituary in the newspaper a few days ago. Here is a link to it for = anyone interested</div><div><br></div><div><a = href=3D"http://jobspress.com/announcements/obituaries/shaw-barbara-louise-= %E2%80%94-85-bridgewater-passed-away">http://jobspress.com/announcements/o= bituaries/shaw-barbara-louise-=97-85-bridgewater-passed-away</a></div><div= ><br></div><div>I knew her as a fellow teacher. We crossed paths = at science conferences and naturalist things. Sept 2nd when I was = standing on the Bluff enjoying the view of Moon and Jupiter grouped = together in the twilight, I was thinking of Barb and dedicated the = wonder and beauty of the moment to = her.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Also,sorry to read about = your close encounter with a backhoe; that was too close!! Big = trucks loaded with heavy cargoes and equipment often travel much too = fast. </div><div><br></div><div>Sherman</div><div><br></div><div><br>= <div><div>On 7/09/2009, at 9:43 PM, James Hirtle wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Verdana; font-size: = 13px; ">For those who went to the Federation of Nova Scotia Naturalists = annual meetings a lot of you will remember Barbara Shaw. She was = my high school Biology Teacher. Later she participated as a piping = plover guardian. She has been a long time member of the South = Shore Naturalists Club. She passed away on Aug. = 28.<br> <br>My mirror saga continues. I was approaching the = ferry yesterday just past the LaHave Bakery when a dump truck with a = back hoe came roaring along in a 50 km zone and was clocking around 100 = km. The back hoe hit my driver side mirror smashing almost every = shred of glass in it. Glass flew inside of the car covering the = front, back and even into the trunk area. The driver of the truck = kept going and had no idea at all that his back hoe hit me. I was = very lucky that it hit my mirror and not the car. If it had hit = the car I would not have survived. It makes one look long and hard = at life and how quickly one can be removed from it. A truck with a = back hoe on a Sunday travelling at such a fast speed is the last thing = that I expected to meet.<br> <br>James R. = Hirtle<br>Bayport<br><br><hr>New! Hotmail sign-in on the<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = href=3D"http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=3D9677401" target=3D"_new">MSN = homepage.</a></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_8UqCtAlSKK9TD1cbgmwCJQ)--
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