April 2000

Past-E-Mail: April 2000
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By
Melody Richards, New Jersey on Sunday, April 30, 2000 - 07:52 pm:

If you find any "half-wit lard", let me know.


By Melody Richards on Sunday, April 30, 2000 - 07:49 pm:

Grandma didn't ask me for lard for no reason, ya know. Ya gotta make da crust wit lard,or at least half wit lard; or don't bother. Even the experts in England say so. An', of course, put the turnips in wit da potatoes. Leave out da carrots if you like to be traditional.
Sincerely Yours,
Melody Richards
Princeton, NJ 08540


By Kay, Minnesota on Sunday, April 30, 2000 - 03:02 pm:

Does anyone know if it's possible to buy copies of satellite photos of the Keweenaw, like the one shown last Wednesday?


By Heather,Italy on Saturday, April 29, 2000 - 06:41 am:

Hey I have a question. If I am in Italy but have a APO address ,which is pretty much an american address, will it cost the same or more to get pasties shipped here???


By Renee in IL on Saturday, April 29, 2000 - 03:26 am:

Hi! I just love this site! My husband and I visted UP for the first time last summer and instantly fell in love with it. So much so that we intend to retire there! Until that happens tho I was wondering if there is a UP magazine I can subscribe to so that I can enjoy all that it has to offer via the mail. If anyone has any info on such a magazine please let me know.
Again, thanks so much for a wonderful web site!
Best wishes,
Renee


By Cori on Friday, April 28, 2000 - 12:00 am:

Hi, Cheesehead John! Are you serving as a pastor in a parish now? I know what you mean about the bad Minnesota (Norwegian) cooking, like lutefisk -- and not a pasty to be found! -Cori (the seminarian at Luther)


By Jody Lampinen Myllymaki, Washington state on Wednesday, April 26, 2000 - 01:32 pm:

Just want to let you know how enjoyable this website is for myself and so many others. It's so nice to take a quick "visit" home when I get lonesome. May God continue to bless your efforts!


By DAL from St. Ignace. on Wednesday, April 26, 2000 - 06:45 am:

Your website is great! All hail the mighty pasty!! Thanks for the laughs.


By Jim Piercy, Warren, Mich. on Tuesday, April 25, 2000 - 07:14 pm:

I just love to stop and take a look at the "Paste Cam"! You folks should be proud of your sight and you are also blessed to be where you live.
Wish I was their!
Take care,
Jim


By J.Medved Wis on Monday, April 24, 2000 - 11:47 am:

Hi Still Waters

Your Easter Sunday and Monday pictures are beautiful. Really makes one lonesome for the U.P.
Loved walking the shore of Lake Superior, the only beautiful lake of the 5 great lakes.


By Bill Penprase on Saturday, April 22, 2000 - 10:43 am:

Better look at the big picture if you want to see the automobile :)


By Bill Penprase on Saturday, April 22, 2000 - 01:00 am:

Great picture of the baptismal service at "Big Iron River in 1926". How did that 1936 Plymouth get into the picture? Now that's real time warp. The pastor looks amazing like Joe Stowell. Joyce Hart would know.

Pasty Cam-April 21

By
Chuck Cloutier on Friday, April 21, 2000 - 08:28 am:

Greetings From A Troll/Yooper,
Escanaba Class of 54. Retired Class of 97. Never thought I'd make it.
Still enjoy visiting the UP at least once a year. Heading for the Sault CU Annual Meeting April 28th, 29th & 30th.
A pasty in the pocket, a salt shaker & catsup. Isn't that a neat picture....


By nate kaufman on Thursday, April 20, 2000 - 05:27 pm:

hello there. what a great site you have put
together. i am from marquette, now in
los angeles! i have'nt eaten a pasty in a
long time. you'll be getting my order soon.
now if i could only find a way to get bugers
from mickey-lu's in marinette,wi!!!
anybody got any ideas??


By Cheesehead John on Wednesday, April 19, 2000 - 11:35 am:

Rach:

Regarding your web site on pasties, just a suggestion. Show a world map and highlight areas pasties are eaten. Color code it to show the differences in pasties (i.e., in southern Wisconsin, it's just meat and potatoes; in the UP of Michigan, they add carrots and rutabaga--you know, underground vegetables to be eaten by underground miners!).


By The Chessehead Poet on Wednesday, April 19, 2000 - 11:32 am:

Haym, dere, webtender!

Now dat da taxes are done, I can browse the site more--
and what to my wondering eyes did appear (or red eyes, I guess),
but my wife Aunt Susie's barn up dere on da page (April 13)!
The barn is standing, all rickety and worn,
where many a calf and kitten was born!
I on my PC and pa-in-law on his Mac,
had just booted up, but not to hack!
The barn is pictured worn and faded,
Mist makes my eyes look shaded.
A testament to an earlier day,
Right off the main drag, outside Dollar Bay.


By Rachel B Sussex England on Wednesday, April 19, 2000 - 06:23 am:

I am amused by your page! My friend and I are a great fan of pasties and we are thinking of setting up a page about pasties, although we don't actually create them ourselves. Last year we went to Cornwall on a pasty hunt, which should be tried by all pasty fans.
Love the Pasty cam.
Rach.


By Cheesehead John on Tuesday, April 18, 2000 - 01:14 pm:

Ja, I got my taxes der mailed out in time, eh. Had to have a pasty after dat. I wonder, does da IRS take payment in pasties?

To Cory at the Sem--I went to seminary down da road from you--Bethany Evangelical Lutheran Seminary in Mankato, Minnesota. It's owned and operated by the Evangelical Lutheran Synod, made up of mostly Norwegian coffee-drinkers and lefse-lutefisk eaters. If dey ever got ridda dem lutefisks and took up pasties, dey'd be all-right people! ;) God's blessings!


By Cori, Michigan, but currently Minnesota on Monday, April 17, 2000 - 08:27 pm:

Hi! I'm from Iron Mountain, and I'm currently studying to be a pastor at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. I LOVE your webpage!! I look at it whenever I get homesick for the U.P. (which is quite often, since I'm here in a great big city)! Keep up the GREAT work, eh! Please know that you are appreciated! God bless!! -Cori


By Anonymous on Monday, April 17, 2000 - 05:09 pm:

Ya heard of Daoust Pasties, they were great with the Wisconsin beer.
Hurley was also known for a few other things.


By Joseph W. Daoust, Wisconsin on Monday, April 17, 2000 - 03:39 pm:

Do any of you yoopers know what a real Cornish Pasty is? The western UP Pasty is the closest to the real thing. My father was making and selling pastys starting in the 1930's My father's name was Lyman A. Daoust He would sell an average of 1000 pastys a day from his famous Daoust Pasty Shop in Hurley Wisconsin. Ask any oldtimers they will tell you about the Daoust Pasty. If anyone out there can remember Daoust Pastys e-mail me. I'm his son Joseph Daoust I'd like to hear from you people.


By Nina LoSchiavo on Monday, April 17, 2000 - 01:13 pm:

I love your website especally the pasty cam.
Born and raised in Lake Linden most pictures are familiar to me. I have a home in Bootjack so I get there often. Can't say I've seen any pictures from there tho.
Nina


By Edna Ellen C., Florida on Sunday, April 16, 2000 - 01:29 am:

Hi, it's me again. I just sent an email, but my email address wasn't included....I was hoping to hear from some old friends in the Hancock area....my email address is: flafinnec@aol.com

Thanks.............


By Edna Ellen C., Florida on Sunday, April 16, 2000 - 01:23 am:

Hi, thank you again for such an interesting site. Our computer was down off and on for quite a while.....long story.....warranty replacements are slow, but we did finally get a new one free. Anyways, I sure missed Pasty.cam. I was looking thru the past emails, and I love the pasty poem sent in by John J. in L.P. on Feb. 3rd.

Hey, anyone from the Hancock High Class of '60 out there? I'd love to hear from you if you remember me....Edna Line, the shyest girl in class! Not any more though.......I've been going by my middle name for years now.....Ellen. I miss the U. P. so much.........hope to be up there again this summer........thanks again, for making pasties available, and for the site.....God's Peace!


By RS from CA on Saturday, April 15, 2000 - 10:27 pm:

Tricky, but we found the second ship in the sign.

Pasty Cam-April 15

By
Heather,Italy on Saturday, April 15, 2000 - 04:50 pm:

Hey Pasty.com,

I love this web page. It makes me miss home and my mom's pasties. I grew up in Hancock and now am stationed in Italy with my husband. Hello to all my family who is on the net. Thanks for such a great website!!!!!


By AEA, Texas on Thursday, April 13, 2000 - 03:39 pm:

Pasty Cam:

I enjoy seeing your pictures everyday. I grew up in Houghton and live in Texas now and it is nice to look at the area I grew up in.


By Pete, Il. on Tuesday, April 11, 2000 - 07:07 pm:

Thanks to pasty.com, my cousin contacted me after 45 or so years. I have been trying to reach him with no luck. Matt in Milwaukee, please try again. ustpeter


By carole krueger, sterling hts. mi on Monday, April 10, 2000 - 06:25 pm:

Are we going to have an updated frame of the Portage Lift Bridge? Since winter is officially over with, I thought a springtime frame would be appropriate.

Thanks


By Guess who? on Monday, April 10, 2000 - 03:56 pm:

Just another thought:

If you abbreviated Iron Mountain on a letter you send to Iron Mountain, it would read IM, MI!


By Chessehead John from WI on Monday, April 10, 2000 - 03:55 pm:

Ah, finally, Big John from Iron Mountain appears on "Pasty Cam!" (Sunday, April 10) Don't know how long he's been standin' there, but I'll bet he's REALLY tired, eh!

My brother and his wife were married in Iron Mountain and my wife and I stayed in a motel just a stone's throw from Big John. Interesting tour--an elderly gentleman who dwelled on the grim aspects of the Yooper mines. The Copper Mine tours with the college kids had some one-liners, where the iron mine was, um, "rusty."

Keep up the good work! Oh, that little pasty-muncher coming along? He's a-growin'! Does Pasty Central have "baby pasties?"


By M. Richards, NJ on Sunday, April 9, 2000 - 11:58 am:

To Hans, the Hacker, who sabotages this site: Too bad your mental growth was stunted. If you do not understand that, look up "stunted" in a Funk & Wagnall's. If you do not know what THAT is, ask the guys in the white coats.

"Stunt" indeed is the operative word when it comes to Hans... and we'll be on the lookout next April 1 to see what his next one will be (see note below). Does anyone still see the pictures
upside down? HINT: If you do, remove the "flip" from the URL :o)


By Fred M. Shaw, California on Friday, April 7, 2000 - 02:26 pm:

Pasty Central:
My pasties were shipped on Tuesday, April 4, they arrived at my home in San Diego on Wednesday, April 5th at 0900 my time. We had them for supper that evening, haven't had pasties that good since my mom made them from a receipe in her old Copper Country Cookbook.
Fred Shaw


By Kathy Stopel Luea / MI on Friday, April 7, 2000 - 02:18 pm:

As a new computer owner, I've just started to visit this site. I love it, I love it, i love it!!
Hancock High, class of '68. Still return to visit mom. There's no place like home. Hi to my 2 sisters, Alice and Nancy, who visit this site often and a BIG "thank you" for telling me about it. I'll be watching to see the latest news of the Copper Country. Kath


By Shayne Laitila on Friday, April 7, 2000 - 09:33 am:

Hello brother...how is Japan? I too thought I would check out the world famous Pasty cam, hehe. It's nice to be in Florida with all that cold weather you folks are having but I do miss the UP. Haven't been home since last summer and I need to come back. Sh%t! there is no smelting season in South Florida >:(

ps....Elo rocks!


By Sylvia New Mexico on Thursday, April 6, 2000 - 08:19 pm:

Dear Pasty Cam...Could you PLEASE put a picture of the trilliums,that cover the ground in all the woods this time of year,on the net.??? They are one of my favorite UP memories and by the time I get up there for the summer they are gone. Thanks so much!!


By Jeff Laitila, Japan on Thursday, April 6, 2000 - 06:27 am:

Hello from JAPAN!

I'd just like to say how much I appreciate the daily updated pictures of the UP. I myself being born and raised in the big town of Elo, and not able to get back to the UP as much as I would like to. Seeing the familiar sights like the Elo Cemetary really made my day. Kind of strange that seeing a cemetary would make anyone happy, but it sent a little slice of home to me while I am here in Japan. I make sure to check the pasty cam daily for a new familiar scene. Thanks for the daily dose of home. Just thought you should know how much the pasty cam means to people all over the world!


By S. Haapala, Alston, MI on Wednesday, April 5, 2000 - 10:56 am:

I've lost the directions to reheat your frozen pasties. Would you please post the directions? Thank you.


By Steve Ristola on Tuesday, April 4, 2000 - 07:14 pm:

Hi folks.....just returned from a keewenaw excursion Mar. 30-April 2 and had a great time as always.stayed in hancock and Copper Harbor and enjoyed the off season quietness.would like to say "Hi" to sandy and the crew at The Landing at Lac Labelle who had a busy day saturday but was nice enough to stay open sat. night so we could enjoy a few.If you want to see a spectacular view go to the east end of brockway at the scenic turnoff overlooking Copper harbor.Both superior and fanny Hooe are bluer then blue....makes for a nice picture.......can hardly wait until the next escape from the big city....keep up the great work as always


By reuben, texas >>>michigan on Tuesday, April 4, 2000 - 05:44 pm:

I am coming back to michigan. tired of texas.
Traverse city here I come...


By DAN ANDREWS MUSKEGON MI on Tuesday, April 4, 2000 - 11:58 am:

HELLO SCOTT LYON ELM RIVER TWP. SCHOOL I WAS CHECKING OUT THE PASTY CAM SAW YOUR ARTICLE ON WINONA.I WAS A STUDENT THERE FROM 1947 UNTIL 1954.MY NAME IS DAN ANDREWS I LIVED IN THE BIG TOWN OF DONKEN HA HA. MY MOTHER WAS THE POST MASTER THE POST OFFICE WAS ATTACHED TO THE HOUSE. WE ALWAYS HAD GOOD HOT LUNCHES AT THE SCHOOL.I HAVE GOOD MEMORIES WE HAD A CHRISTMAS PROGRAM THAT WE ALL HAD PARTS TO PLAY. I WAS JUST GOING THREW OLD PICTURES AND RAN ACROSS SOME OF THE PROGRAM SANTA WAS ALSO THERE.IF ANY ONE ELSE READS THIS E-MAIL THAT ATTENDED THE SCHOOL. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THEM. SO LONG FOR NOW. DAN


By Betty Burg, Houston, TX on Monday, April 3, 2000 - 08:15 pm:

Well, I think ol' Hans is pretty funny! I laughed
at his April Fools' "creation." Good for you, Hans! On to more next year!


By Tony, Rochester MN on Monday, April 3, 2000 - 07:59 pm:

I don't know if you are aware of it but the St. Paul Pioneer Press did an article on pasties on Friday. They also did a blind taste test with a number of different pasties, of the five they listed three were from Michigan. Your Pasty beat out all the others, of course most of us new that before I wrote it.
Congratulations!!!!!!!!


By Jean Mi. on Monday, April 3, 2000 - 04:38 pm:

Dear Hans the Hacker it is now Monday April 3rd. and all of the pictures are still upside down, standing on my head on April Fools Day was okay but now it is getting old. If you can be found next year in late March I think you should be kept away from all computers until after the holiday.


By Scott, the U.P. on Monday, April 3, 2000 - 08:19 am:

About today's Pasty Cam:

Elm River Twp. School, situated 30 miles south of Houghton, is one of the few remaining "one-room" schoolhouses in Michigan. Traditional values mix with modern technology as all 14 students share in a family-oriented setting.

Due to low student enrollment, Elm River Twp. School, along with Grant Twp. in Copper Harbor, exists with no funding from the State Of Michigan. Both school districts have been victims of Proposal A, and have been communicating with Michigan's State Senators for an amendment which would allow State monies to filter in to these unique and wonderful school districts.

From the Pasty Cam
Thanks to the whole student body turning out for April 3rd's Pasty Cam

By
JIM ELLIS GA. on Sunday, April 2, 2000 - 11:23 pm:

I GUESS I HAD BETTER GET MY NEW E-MAIL IN FOR APRIL.
I AM LOOKING FOR THE MARRIED NAME OF JOSEPHINE KNAUS WHO LIVED EAST OF TRAUNIK.SHE LIVES IN BROOKFIELD WIS.I WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT HER FOR OLD TIMES SAKE===I AM JIM ELLIS AT (JIM1103@GATEWAY.NET)


By Margaret from Michigan on Sunday, April 2, 2000 - 12:35 pm:

I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoy your site. I'm a temporarily transplanted Yooper. I never say former Yooper because I intend to come back hopefully sooner than later. I make my own pasties all the time from a recipe I got from my Grandmother. I would like anyone from Hancock to let me know when the reunion for the class of 70 is this summer.


By Anonymous on Sunday, April 2, 2000 - 09:20 am:

get a life hans


By HANS THE HACKER on Sunday, April 2, 2000 - 12:28 am:

Gotcha again on April 1 !!! Last year I made all of your pages appear in German and this year your photos were all upside down...

Can't wait for 4/1/2001 !!!

wreaking havoc

We'll get you for this, Hans L