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		<title>OVER WATER ON THE GREEN IN THE HOLE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Thirty-five years after Ellie scored an ace George catches up. A three day Melbourne Florida golfing sojourn  morphed from just fun to memorable. See the video!  
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		<link>http://www.menk.com/menksr/archives/2008/01/02/over-water-on-the-green-in-the-hole/</link>
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		<title>North West Adventure 2007</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	A couple of years ago, taking a river boat journey from New Orleans to St Louis, we discovered how pleasurable and informative river cruises could be. Late May and early June of this year, 2007, we confirmed that our Mississippi experience was not a fluke. Our venue this time was the Columbia and Snake rivers. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.menk.com/menksr/archives/2007/06/29/north-west-adventure-2007/</link>
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		<title>Thanksgiving 2006</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	A two-week-old quintuplet litter of Labrador puppies demanded and received much care and attention when Ellie and George spent Thanksgiving with daughter Trish and family in Christiansburg Virginia. Alison, a sophomore at William and Mary did not make it home for Thanksgiving. She was missed. The video , which follows, covers the highlights of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.menk.com/menksr/archives/2006/12/25/thanksgiving-2006/</link>
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		<title>Plantation Inn November 2006</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Eleven couples joined Ellie and George in this year’s three day golf outing at the plantation Inn in Crystal River. All twenty four members of the contingent which the plantation dubs “The Menkart Golf Group” can look back at the event by playing the very short video of the event. The video link follows:
	Plantation 2006 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.menk.com/menksr/archives/2006/12/23/plantation-inn-november-2006/</link>
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		<title>Kayla&#8217;s 2006 Florida vacation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	In July eight year old Kayla flew to Florida to visit Grandma Ellie and Grandpa George. Highlights of Kayla&#8217;s vacation are captured in the following video.
	Kayla&#8217;s visit Quick Time movie

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		<link>http://www.menk.com/menksr/archives/2006/08/31/kaylas-2006-florida-vacation/</link>
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		<title>Hawaii revisited</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	My first visit to Hawaii was as a draftee on my way to Japan to participate in the Korean Police Action. The troop ship taking me from San Francisco to Yokohama stopped in Honolulu for two days. A sight seeing opportunity was thus provided. Wakiki Beach and it&#8217;s Royal Hawaiian Hotel made a enduring impression [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.menk.com/menksr/archives/2006/08/28/hawaii-revisited/</link>
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		<title>A synopsis of 2004</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	The year 2004, for the Florida residing Menkart family, was punctuated by uncontrolled and uncontrollable events. In February Ellie’s mother, Doris Feinsot, passed away at age 100. In May Ellie and George  traveled to Rye NY to participate in a memorial service for Doris. Returning via Potomac MD allowed for a visit with son [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.menk.com/menksr/archives/2004/12/11/a-synopsis-of-2004/</link>
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		<title>Jeanne Repeats Frances Phenomena</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	A story widely reported in after the Northeast Blackout of 1965 recounted the experience of an elderly New Yorker. She placed two slices of bread in a pop up toaster, pushed the handle down and the lights went out. Looking out her window she noticed that street lights were out and all the windows she [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.menk.com/menksr/archives/2004/09/27/jeanne-repeats-frances-phenomena/</link>
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		<title>Appointment in Samara</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	OUR EXPERIENCE WITH HURRICANE IVAN REMINDS ME OF THE  TALE I READ MANY YEARS AGO AS A FOREWORD TO JOHN O&#8217;HARA&#8217;S BOOK &#8220;APPOINTMENT IN SAMARA&#8221;. THE TALE IS AS FOLLOWS:
	A certain merchant in Baghdad sent his servant to the market to buy some provisions. A little while later, the servant returned looking white in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.menk.com/menksr/archives/2004/09/23/appointment-in-samara/</link>
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		<title>Hello world!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[	Welcome to WordPress. This is the first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!

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		<link>http://www.menk.com/menksr/archives/2004/09/21/hello-world/</link>
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