Holiday Goodies! In Late fall of 1950,Mother Nature gave us an indication of things to come. An early Pre-Thanksgiving blizzard set the stage for the rest of the winter! For a while it was uncertain as if Thanksgiving would come off at all, but at the eleventh hour the weather cleared and dinner went off without a hitch! Christmas was spent in the usual fashion with much time spent with family.Being six, I had received a good supply of loot from Santa including a basketball and a pair of cowboy boots. Due to the fact I was living in rural Indiana , the basketball ...
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A Boss Who Tells it Like it Is ... To All My Valued Employees, There have been some rumblings around the office about the future of this company, and more specifically, your job. As you know, the economy has changed for the worse and presents many challenges. However, the good news is this: The economy doesn't pose a threat to your job. What does threaten your job however, is the changing political landscape in this country. However, let me tell you some little tidbits of fact which might help you decide what is in your best interests. First, while it is easy to spew ...
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Novelty t-shirts, hats,cards etc. There seems to be another movement arising concerning the separation of church and state. We have a high level government official visiting Sarasota in the next few weeks to enlighten us. I remember this movement surfacing 8 years ago. We had just moved to Sarasota and it was about a week after the 2000 elections. My wife and I decided to go, thinking it would be a good way to meet people in our neighborhood and get politically involved in a nonpartisan issue at the same time. As the meeting got under way, a crowd of about 50 people had ...
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Momentos From TheHomeland For those of that are old enough to remember, there was nothing quite like a trip to the drive-in to see a favorite movie! The drive-in theaters have pretty much disappeared from the American Landscape, but in their day they were quite the rage! In the northern part of the country it was mainly a warm weather activity, however some drive-ins had window heaters installed so if one could keep the frost off the windshield, movies could be enjoyed in even the coldest of weather. There was nothing quite like enjoying a summer evening sitting in a car, with the windows ...
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Safety is every one's concern, especially while traveling to and fro . With all the nut cases on the road today one needs to arm himself with every possible tool to ensure a safe arrival to the desired destination. Having been involved in the transportation industry all my life,and driven close to 4 million accident free miles, I would like to pass on some of the training I received that enabled me to accomplish this feat. Early in my career I was introduced to the Smith System of accident free driving, the center focus of which teaches the Five Seeing Habits of Safe Driving. ...
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