Re: Vancouver B.C....Re: Mauritius

[Guest guest]

Hi Rainy -- Is that how you got your email name -- Rainy west coast WA? Or

is it your real name? Very nice either way :-)

I live in . It's wonderful. I'm originally from WA state. Always

thought was just a place tourists would visit....not a place people

actually lived in!

I'm very familiar with Vancouver, WA. My older sister lives there now. We

go down about twice a year. My mother grew up in Camas and my grandparents

always lived there. So we always visited Camas a couple times a year. Each

July we have a big reunion at Beacon Rock with all the relatives. Fun time.

-- Vancouver B.C....Re: [ ] Mauritius

I've been there once, to Vancouver B.C. My boyfriend lived there for a while

as a child and his parents worked at the University of British Columbia. His

sister lives there now. What a beautiful place. Have you been to ?

Oh, I'd LOVE to live there! Now that's a beautiful island!

~Rainy, who lives in the other Vancouver, down in WA across from Portland,

OR

[ ] Mauritius

> I'm coming with you, ! Get ready for visitors, Heidi.

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> I've been to Vancouver just once, but it made a wonderful impression,

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[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Small world! On one of your visits we should meet! I sure would love to get my

boyfriend to take me to again! We actually went up there for our

anniversary, and stayed with a childhood friend of his. Here's the funny part,

when I say we stayed with a friend of his I mean we stayed with him in his dorm

room at the university! LOL. It was so funny. And instead of my going down or up

to the girls locker room, I used the guys because it was right next-door to

" our " room. I was in there drying my hair or something, alone at this point, and

one of the guys walked in with just a towel around him. He stopped short and did

a double take, then went about his business with me in there! LOL. It was funny!

But when I showered, I made Ryder shower with me. Didn't want to be alone in

there naked. They had private shower stalls.

My Rainy name! I am so glad you asked. I am presently working on a genealogy

web site, a work in progress about my family history, here is what I have

written for one of my delightful discoveries:

In 1995 I joined a local BBS (bulletin board system ~ a way of communicating

with people around town on the computer, kinda like the Internet, but not) and

chose the name Rainy for my online name. I chose this name because there was

this woman where I lived who was a writer and her name was Rainy Knight. Since

she was a writer, and I am a writer, and really liked the name, I stole it from

her for my online name. It stuck and many of my friends know me only as Rainy,

not even knowing my real name. In 1999 I went through my grandfather's Army

papers and found a gold mine of information. All of his siblings, parent's

names, birth dates and places. For a genealogist this information is priceless.

As I scoured my grandfather's Army pages I learned his mother's name. My great

grandmother, born in May 1891, Margarette Anne Raine. Her maiden name was a

pleasant surprise! I didn't know of her name until 4 years after I chose Rainy

as my online name. I now proudly use Rainy as my primary online name, or another

variant if needed.

Another funny part, my real last name is Hill. Rainy Hill. Giggle.

Re: Vancouver B.C....Re: [ ] Mauritius

> Hi Rainy -- Is that how you got your email name -- Rainy west coast WA? Or

> is it your real name? Very nice either way :-)

>

> I live in . It's wonderful. I'm originally from WA state. Always

> thought was just a place tourists would visit....not a place people

> actually lived in!

>

> I'm very familiar with Vancouver, WA. My older sister lives there now. We

> go down about twice a year. My mother grew up in Camas and my grandparents

> always lived there. So we always visited Camas a couple times a year. Each

> July we have a big reunion at Beacon Rock with all the relatives. Fun time.

>

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