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Just a reminder, also, that it costs 69¢ to mail from USA to Canada Wink Grin

I'm beyond excited!

Thank you for arranging this Brenda and Sheena! Thumbs Up

Mindy Snail
 
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If y'all can squeeze one more in... I'll pony up & send a check to Sheena.


"What did one worm say to the other in the churchyard ?"

"Let's go and make love in dead earnest."
 
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Trish, let me speak for Brenda here and say that you are more than welcome aboard the Ghost Tour. In my profile is my email address. Please drop me a line and I'll give you the check and mailing information you'll need.

Looking forward to meeting you in Savannah!
 
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Done, thanks Terry (and Brenda and Sheena)--wow, the Canadian contingent is getting us into shape.
I look forward to getting spooked out with all y'all (which is the plural of "y'all").
 
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Hey, Trish,
A great joke! Where did you 'dig up' that little gem? Happy

You are, of course, more than welcome to creep on board with all of the shaking, trembling terrified others who are preparing to be sucked into the black depths of the underworld in the darkness of Savannah's midnight hour.

Cheques are to be made out to Sheena and mailed to me.
Terry has offered to give you all of that info!

People can send me a PM and I'll happily forward my mailing address to anyone who needs it.

I think the trolleys hold 35 people each, so we still have room for 23 more victims welcome guests.

Here's the updated list of all of the scaredy-pants people who'll be sharing the trolley trip with you:
Nancy L and John
Ginger and Craig
Earline
Marcia and David
Colleen K
Jen and Chris
Jerry and Paul
Fred and Joan
Doyle and Ann
Kim and Kevin
Wendy and Rob
Suzanne and Tom
Shannon
Mindy
Palma and Brad
Jane and Ken, while Casey hangs with Kelly
Roz and Mike
Paulette and Jeralyn and Dee
Kendall
Mac and Karen
Kathy and Bill
Jill
Anne
Barb
Marion
Sandra
Aline
Sherril
Trish
and me...now 47 who are fodder for the gaping jaws that are lurking in the cavernous underbelly of the ghostworld.

Ghost: "Are you coming to my party?"
Spook: "Where is it?"
Ghost: "In the morgue."
Spook: "Why the morgue?"
Ghost: Well, you know what they say, the morgue the merrier!" Big Grin
Brenda Coffee
 
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I'm in the money! Note Note
The cheques are rollin' in, baby!
Yesterday 3 arrived in the mail. Today, 3 more arrived.
Sheena's had a few arrive at her home, as well. So, we are well on our way to a fully paid-up tour. The chilly spectres are very happy with y'all...no need for them to come creepin' up to your windowsill, late at night, and howwwwwwlllll for you to pay your dues! You are doin' it! Joanna's Dancing Man

37 more sleeps!

Another groaner of a not-very-scary joke for you...
What's a vampire's favourite animal?
A giraffe.
Brenda Coffee
 
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Another groaner of a not-very-scary joke for you...
What's a vampire's favourite animal?
A giraffe.
Brenda


OK. I don't get it. Confused Roll Eyes
 
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Long neck, lots of biting spots.
Oh, Brenda.
 
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Gotta love those groaners!
Earline,
When I read this one for the first time, I also said, "Whaaaat?" Then about 30 seconds later, I got it.Doh

Wendy,
You got it! Martini

Let's try this one on for size...
The Ghost Car
A guy was on the side of the road hitchhiking on a really dark night in the middle of a thunder storm.

Time passed slowly and no cars went by. It was raining so hard he could hardly see his hand in front of his face. Suddenly he saw a car moving slowly, approaching and appearing ghostlike in the rain. It slowly crept toward him and stopped.

Wanting a ride really bad, the guy jumped in the car and closed the door, only then did he realize that there was nobody behind the wheel. The car slowly started moving and the guy was terrified, too scared to think of jumping out and running.

The guy saw that the car was slowly approaching a sharp curve, still too scared to jump out, he started to pray and begging for his life; he was sure the ghost car would go off the road and into the marsh and he would surely drown, when just before the curve, a hand appeared through the driver's window and turned the steering wheel, guiding the car safely around the bend.

Paralyzed with fear, the guy watched the hand reappear every time they reached a curve. Finally the guy, scared to near death, had all he could take and jumped out of the car and ran to town.

Wet and in shock, he went into a bar and voice quavering, ordered two shots of whiskey, then told everybody about his supernatural experience. A silence enveloped and everybody got goose bumps when they realized the guy was telling the truth and was not just some drunk.

About half an hour later two guys walked into the bar and one says to the other:
"Look Bubba, there's that idiot who rode in our car when we were pushing it in the rain."
Brenda Coffee
 
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ORB!

I think Brenda has a better one...
Eek

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See these orbs...
Trish, there are orbs in them thar streets, after midnight, in the garden of good and evil!

“Looking backward we could almost see, suspended with the most delicate equipoise above the flat little island, the ghostly shapes of those twin orbs..." ~ Patrick Leigh Fermor
Brenda
My photograph...

 
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Pokey got a really good orb shot too. We'll have to get her to post it. It was a great tour though and afterwards, Brad kindly walked by our house, tapping on our windows to scare the *&## out of us - it almost worked. Wink

Thanks Brenda!
 
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See these orbs...
Trish, there are orbs in them thar streets, after midnight, in the garden of good and evil!

So that's what those things are?! Happy I experienced those "orbs" over the holidays and I thought that I was going to have to take my camera in to get it repaired!

At first, I only noticed them on a few of my photos and I assumed that one of the kids had slashed a drink on it. So, I didn't think anything of it and just cleaned the lense. Unfortunately, during a party the following weekend, I noticed that I was still experiencing those stupid light circles on all of my photos. However, I didn't have to bother cleaning my lense again because after that day, they've never reappeared! Hmmmm! Wink


Cindy
~ "Follow your Bliss." Find where it is, and don't be afraid to follow it. ~ Joseph Campbell
 
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Ironically, after the ghost tour, I had the best night's sleep. I think it's due to another kind of spirit...Mac's limoncello!


Jill
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Originally posted by softdrink:
Ironically, after the ghost tour, I had the best night's sleep. I think it's due to another kind of spirit...Mac's limoncello!

Happy Very clever! Whatever works!


Cindy
~ "Follow your Bliss." Find where it is, and don't be afraid to follow it. ~ Joseph Campbell
 
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Did anyone else see this? Maybe the spirit of the folks who couldn't come, sending us a sign? Brenda, I think it wants you to take its picture. Wink

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Trish, great photo!! Happy

Here is my "ORB" photo......

We had so much fun. Unfortunately, by the time I finished the wine in my "go away" cup, Mac's limencello had mysteriously vanished! Eek

Mindy

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Here's our orb, the last shot of the group.

http://www.slowphotos.com/photo/showphoto.php?photo=42762&cat=4255

And, by the way, we don't even know how to photoshop - don't own it, either - and Rob just checked the lens and it is clean. And, we've shot numerous images with that camera since and there have been no more orbs. Go figure.
 
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Happy I so totally love it!
The ghosts came out for y'all...they promised me they would and they kept their word. Fantastic.
My Irish grandmother is dancing jigs in heaven over this!

She was as fey as they come and psychic beyond the beyond. I grew up with her ability as a given, so anything 'out of the ordinary' doesn't cause me to stop in my tracks, 'cause it's so ordinary to me.

BUT, the plethora of orbs in our photos is amazing! Do me a favor...check out my photo below. The tour guide told me to download my photos and then enlarge them if they have orbs in them...and then watch what happens.

Guess what? The trees are full of tiny orbs! Eek

He also said to enlarge your photos ands look for faces in the orbs. Have fun! Big Grin

A man was staying in a big old house and in the middle of the night he met a ghost.
The ghost said, "I have been walking these corridors for 300 years."
The man said, "in that case, can you tell me the way to the toilet?"
Brenda Coffee

 
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Brenda, as a matter of fact, Rob and I got back up after being snuggled into our bed - at 1am - to enlarge the orb just to get a good strong look at it and make sure it wasn't a lens flare, moisture or something 'normal'... Nope, it wasn't.

So, please do us a favor, drag your image to your photo program, zoom in and tell us what you see. We took ours to the maximum magnification and ........ I won't tell you yet what I saw. Eek
 
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