From: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org (shindell-list-digest) To: shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: shindell-list-digest V3 #193 Reply-To: shindell-list@smoe.org Sender: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk shindell-list-digest Wednesday, June 13 2001 Volume 03 : Number 193 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [RS] beneath that wilbur cross... [jcolb ] Re: [RS] Spud ["Brian Williamson" ] [RS] Re-Updated Tour Schedule ["Michaela O'Brien" Subject: [RS] beneath that wilbur cross... > Actually, my problem is I can never remember which is the Merritt Parkway > and which is the Wilbur Cross. Ah, Wilbur Cross... I love that song by Cry Cry cry! jim listening to eva cassidy ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 09:26:56 -0400 From: "Brian Williamson" Subject: Re: [RS] Spud Peter, You are exactly right! I had forgotten about the "ghost numbers"! You're right, it was always 2 extra. Cool. brian. - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 3:02 PM Subject: [RS] Spud > Wow Brian! Excellent description of a very complex and thrilling childhood > game, all the way down to the spanking machine, which was my favorite part > ;-). We had one more component where I played growing up on the mean streets > of Burlington, VT. The person assigning numbers to players would add two > more numbers to the total number of players and then not assign two numbers. > These were the "ghost" numbers. When a "ghost" number was called, everyone > scattered and no one got the ball. Then when we realized what had happened, > people would call out "ghost number" and we would regroup and start over. > Seems like a fairly useless thing to do, but whoa to the child who called a > ghost number after it had been revealed. Life was tough back then... > > Peter ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 16:47:45 -0400 From: "Michaela O'Brien" Subject: [RS] Re-Updated Tour Schedule Hi all, There have been a few adjustments to Richard's tour schedule since last week's version. Details to follow. RICHARD SHINDELL - Tour Schedule http://www.richardshindell.com 7/20 Lake Champlain Ferries, Burlington, VT, 802-864-9804 7/22 Waterloo Village Folk Fest, Stanhope, NJ, 201-507-8900 7/27 Music at the Mountainside, Point Pleasant, PA, 215-297-9300 7/28 The Acoustic Cafe, Bridgeport, CT, 203-335-3655 8/19 Clearwater Festival, Asbury Park, NJ, 732-872-9644 8/22 Baldwin's Station & Pub, Sykesville, MD, 410-795-1041 8/24 The Turning Point, Piermont, NY, 845-359-1089 8/26 Club Passim, Cambridge, MA, 617-492-7679 9/20 Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling, NY, 845-855-1300 9/21 Memorial Hall Theater, Shelburne Falls, MA, 413-625-2526 9/22 Peterborough Players Theater, Peterborough, NH, 603-827-2905 9/23 venue tba, Unity, ME 9/24 venue tba, Hallowell, ME 9/26 Rosendale Cafe, Rosendale, NY, 845-658-9048 9/27 Four Corners Grill, New London, NH, 603-526-6899 9/28 Me & Thee Coffeehouse, Marblehead, MA, 781-631-8987 9/29 Grace Norton Rogers Theatre, Hightstown, NJ, 609-259-5764 10/20 Brookdale Perf Arts Ctr, Lincroft, NJ, 732-224-2411 Take care, Michaela ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 17:34:03 -0400 From: traylor@juno.com Subject: [RS] Re: games >Subject: [RS] Re: games > > We played a game during gymn in High School called "Mexican Basketball." No one has mentioned tetherball. And has anyone said marbles? Thanks for whoever reminded me about Spud. I didn't recognize the name until you described the game. Speaking of "spuds", what about hot potato? And more recently hackeysack. Becky, who reads every digest but never seems to get time to post ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ------------------------------ End of shindell-list-digest V3 #193 ***********************************