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Monthly Archives: August 2024
Festive Dessert
Over the years, we moved around quite often. One good thing about those moves is that the government took care of packing and shipping our belongings. Maybe one of the bad things about those moves is that the government took … Continue reading
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Bricks by Mail
You may find this hard to believe, but a bank in Vernal, Utah, was built from bricks delivered by the U.S. Postal Service — in 1916. The builders discovered that it was cheaper to mail them than to ship them … Continue reading
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I Do Believe….
Abraham Lincoln said you can fool all of the people some of the time and and some of the people all of the time, but you can’t fool all the people all of the time. After listening to the news … Continue reading
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Take A Cab
This story is hard to believe, but as they say —truth is stranger than fiction, sometimes. During my tour in Vietnam, I was assigned a jeep and I owned a motorcycle. So you’d think I didn’t lack for transportation. But … Continue reading
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Connected
My apologies for this entry — it’s just one of those days…..I never meant for this to be a whining blog. I’ve tried to make it about something that has happened or whatever happens to be on my mind when … Continue reading
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Olympics
The Olympics in Paris just concluded and I was reading an article about memorable Olympics. It was interesting — a lot of the Olympics mentioned, I remember. In 1972 I was in Jakarta, Indonesia during the Olympics and was in … Continue reading
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Hooked
As grandkids are prone to do, they usually leave something behind when they visit. Not long ago, I ran across a pair of tennis shoes. I noticed that they didn’t have laces — they used Velcro. II appears that even … Continue reading
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Pirate Treasure
Both you readers know I’m a big fan of pirates and there are all sorts of stories about them burying treasures all around the world. Undoubtedly some of these are true and a lot just someone’s imagination. But one legend … Continue reading
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Political Advice
One the years, I’ve written a number of times about Abraham Lincoln — usually on, or around, his birthday. But since one of the current presidential candidates constantly compares himself to Lincoln, I thought I’d talk about him a little … Continue reading
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Timbuktu
My neighbor travels fairly often, but they’re usually short business trips. A few days ago, he told me he was going to be gone maybe a few weeks. I asked him if he needed anything before he left or if … Continue reading
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