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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">This is weird.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I got Jeanene's response to Siarlys's question this morning (10:59AM) but had not seen Siarlys's email. His email just arrived at 5:09PM.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Subject: Re: [GCFL-discuss] [GCFL.net] Punkin Center</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Why don't I go since I still live in AZ? Well, Siarlys, Arizona comprises </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">about 114,006 square miles and is roughly 400 miles long and about 310 miles </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">wide. That's an awful big piece of land to wander around in, wouldn't you </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">say? And Punkin Center is on a small highway that leads from a busy state </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">highway in the middle of the state to a podunk town called Globe out in the </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">middle of nowhere. Lake Roosevelt happens to be on that road. Since I no </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">longer go to the Lake, I don't pass by there. Besides, Punkin Center held </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">nothing much back then and still does it's best to maintain status quo. We </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">didn't go down that road when I was a kid to go to the lake, because my </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">family wasn't a lake kind of family. We don't fish, boat, or ski. We went </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">there to take friends and visitors to see the Roosevelt Dam. Until </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">recently, you drove right across the dam! It was exciting!</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I have no idea how Punkin Center got its name. I'll ask my dad later today. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">He's a native and knows a LOT about this land.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Jeanene</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">----- Original Message ----- </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">From: "Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies List" <gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">To: "Red" <jeanenehea@comcast.net></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 7:21 AM</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Subject: Re: [GCFL-discuss] [GCFL.net] Punkin Center</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> Well, what does "Punkin" signify? Was it NAMED by "some hick who didn't</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> know how to speak?" Or is it the the name of the family that first moved</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> there? Or is it just the name of the place for no reasons anybody knows?</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> There is a highway exit in Virginia called Powhattish. I am informed by</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> an elderly friend in the DC area that in her childhood, families</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> travelling from homes in the north to visit relatives in the south looked</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> at the signs and pronounced it "po' white trash."</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> Siarlys</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> P.S. If its in Arizona, why haven't you been there since childhood?</FONT></SPAN></P>
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