[Ken wrote:] >> My wife and I are celebrating our 39th anniversary tomorrow. I was trying to think of something special to get her . . . . I finally decided that for our 39th anniversary I am going to take her to Ireland. Then on our 50th I plan to go back and get her. <<
I've been meaning to jump in here to honor Ken's 39th anniversary a couple of days ago. Congratulations! Of course, I don't always know when Ken is being serious and when he's "funning" us. Based on what he's written, I guess he'll be making a return trip to Ireland in Year 2020! Which leads me to a serious note for real: My wife and I just celebrated our 36th anniversary and I took her to England & Scotland (for real) and, Ken, I did bring her back home with me, just for the record. First of all, we spent quite a bit of time exploring historic sites in Scotland's County of FIFE and wondered if Barney's ancestors may have originated in this faraway land. Secondly, we were muddling through the streets of a quaint town -- British driving is very stressful -- and noticed in the distance a white building over which a sign read, "Mayberry Pub." I blinked my eyes a couple of times, wondering if I had read it accurately. Sure 'nuff, it did say "Mayberry." My nerves in that kind of driving were just about as high as Barney's when he's on a case, and there was no turning back, turning around, or forcing our little rental car down a one-way street going the wrong way, so the brief glimpse of the Mayberry Pub had to stick in my mind as a once-and-only sighting. I think I was scratching my head for a day or two with the amazing reality that in the Kingdom of Fife was something named Mayberry! Guess the world is never too large to be without a distant reference to Mayberry our Hometown. Larry in CO _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
