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John:
We have a son that just got over to AKASHAT - you had indicated that you were there once. Do you happen to ahve any pictures of the area? His mother and I would like to see what it looks like.
Thanks so much.
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I have those pictures I posted in the recent posts re Akashat and the phosphate mine there. Please read those entries. Other pictures url:
http://johnsonmatel.com/2008_September/Akashat_Sept_17/SAV.jpg
http://johnsonmatel.com/2008_September/Akashat_Sept_17/ballsack.jpg
http://johnsonmatel.com/2008_September/Akashat_Sept_17/brief.jpg
http://johnsonmatel.com/2008_September/Akashat_Sept_17/distance.jpg
http://johnsonmatel.com/2008_September/Akashat_Sept_17/flat.jpg
http://johnsonmatel.com/2008_September/Akashat_Sept_17/road.jpg
http://johnsonmatel.com/2008_September/Akashat_Sept_17/helo.jpg
http://johnsonmatel.com/2008_September/Akashat_Sept_17/trainstation.jpg
Akashat has a good climate (for Iraq) and is a fairly peaceful area.
Posted by: Andy Byars | September 30, 2008 12:24 AM
Dear Sir, I've enjoyed your blog for many months now. Would it be possible to ask you some basic questions regarding rural Qaim district for a research project i am doing? If that is possible, please suggest an email address that I can send them to. Thanks very juc hfor writing your wonderful blog, cheers, Mike Knights, Iraq Research Fellow.
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Posted by: Michael Knights | September 30, 2008 03:36 AM
ROFL loved the Stupid blog do you live near SH?
Thank you for the post on Iraq I will be back :)
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my forest land is near South Hill. I live in N. Virginia
Posted by: Lisa | October 5, 2008 02:37 PM
John, are you sure John Wayne had an Indian summer in the movie"Shootist" ? I remember a "false spring".
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You are right that he called it false spring (or I thought he said FALL spring). But it was Indian summer in a different name.
Posted by: J.P.Johnson | October 14, 2008 10:23 AM
Jake: Thanks for visiting us and "featuring'" our little Arizona area in your blog. Also, I enjoyed reading about your mother (my aunt). Since I'm older than you I remember her well. It was constantly great fun to be with her. I was one of the card players. It was a type of gin rummy. Besides the German-English that you wrote about, the most dreaded phrase from a card player was "Ich Haba". Which meant they were going out and you were stuck with a hand full of points. Thanks for the memory, and come back to see us again.
Your cousin, Elise
Posted by: Elise Hankwitz | November 13, 2009 05:54 PM