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The stars of the Pasty Cam show eight years ago today was a family out for a picnic and some fishing at the Eagle Harbor Marina. A lovely day, as I recall, with a cool breeze from the lake, slowing down the black flies, but warm enough for short sleeves.

Morning!

Good morning!!!

Good morning from Tropical Storm Barry heading to Florida. We need the rain. It was very odd to listen to the rain all night.

Mary Drew is downstate with her mom who has a large blood clot near her heart and has to have a stent put in . Very serious medical situation. Along with Mary's nephew Kevin just having had a bone marrow transplant- this family is now in the midst of two medical crises. Lots of prayers,love and support needed to be sent their way!

Please also keep Mikie in your thoughts, he now has a collapsed lung.

Good Morning! Will remember all in prayer.

Good Morning, Everyone! I hope you all have a good weekend! Our weather here is nice this morning, but the rains are supposed to be coming in here this afternoon and stay through tomorrow. So, I guess we will be doing mostly indoor stuff here this weekend.

Mikie, my thoughts and prayers are with both you and Precious! You two have really had a tough go of it. I'm so sorry to hear that you have a collapsed lung now! Please get well soon!

Mary, I am so sorry to hear that your mom is seriously ill, on top of everything else. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your whole family for the recoveries of your mom & Kevin!

Mary, my thoughts are with you and your mother. Very positive thoughts.

Hi all. Been out of touch for some time and I guess I have missed a lot. Nice that so many have the great support of Pasty fans. It's amazing what collective good thoughts can do. Stay positive.
Charlie, not sure if you are in touch this weekend. Have been meaning to post! With summer around the corner, I was wondering if Pasty has wireless or high speed service out in Jacobsville yet? Hope so as email is my lifeline!!
Have a great weekend everyone!
Stix

A collapsed lung is a horrible thing to endure. All best wishes to Mikie.
Also, many trials at once multiply geometrically, so best wishes, Mary.

Help, Finns!
Can anyone translate "wolvoja" to English?
thanks,
maija

Mary, many thoughts are with you from Northern IL. Your family has had much to handle recently.
Mikie, you and Precious are also receiving warm and positive thoughts.
Pasty does become one big family even when we don't all post frequently.

Mary sorry hear about your Mom, hope Kevin is doing better. I am also about the passing of your Father-in-law a couple of weeks ago. God Bless all of you.
We will have to get together when everything gets better. Take care, Helen and ZMan

sorry to hear the passing of your father-in-law*

Pink Flamingo saved from extinction
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070602/BIZ/706020323/1001

Hi Maija..VOLVO is car - its so make (car name is VOLVO),and VOLVO is manufactured in Sweden!!

Summer is now here in very warm and nature is well beautiful.. . I aeait that somebody travel holiday to FINLAND from MICHIGAN area..perhaps we can meet here in FINLAND!!!

Thought I'd update you guys. Mary's mom is out of surgery and all is fine so far. There was nothing done that was invasive, though the procedures went on for 7 hours. We'll continue to pray for her recovery as she comes out of the anesthesia.

Good to hear that, Deb.
A thorough recovery to all that need it, and strength to them and their relatives.

Volvoja was the name of a Finnish Newspaper on Pine St. in Calumet. The English version was later called the Copper Country News. They went out of business I believe in the early 60's.

maija in Commerce Township (Maija):
"Can anyone translate "wolvoja" to English?"

Daveofmohawk (Daveofmohawk):
"Volvoja was the name of a Finnish Newspaper on Pine St. in Calumet."

I knew somethin' didn't look or sound right with "wolvoja", although it rang a very faint bell.

After letting it simmer for most of the day, and now with Dave's "Volvoja" as a further memory jogger, it finally came to me:

The Finnish newspaper was not "Volvoja", but "Valvoja" [translation: "Observer"].

I remember that was one of various Finnish language newspapers I saw as a youngster at my granddad's farm, "Opas" [translation: "Guide"] being another.

Online translator pages came up empty.