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Reflections On The Civil War – A Nation Divided

Seeing Gone with the Wind in the movies when I was about twelve made me a Margaret Mitchell fan forever. I hoped she would write a sequel, but that hope died with her death. I grabbed with interest Ripley’s sequel. I had been reading and rereading so many times GWTW, the [...]

Helicopter Health

Baby Boy LA spent five years in the Navy working on helicopters. He told his war stories about how mechanics do not actually make as many helicopter repairs as you would think; they simply replace helicopter parts. It is safer and easier to completely refit an entire helicopter rotor system [...]

What’s Hot In Key West

Years ago hubby, his bro, the two oldest kids and I drove down the Florida Keys to learn for ourselves if Key West attractions really were all that world travelers said. The key lime pie we sampled there scored 10 as did the conch soup. To many the best Key West attractions center [...]

Wondering Why You Should Bother Answering The US Census?

In mid-March, every household should receive in the mail a short, simple ten question form. Please fill it out and return it promptly. Census workers may give you a follow up call or visit if your answers are not clear or if any further information is required.
If you haven’t seen the video “Snapshot [...]

Meet The Installer’s Wife

You have heard the jokes about the plumber’s wife whose faucet always dripped. Now I want to introduce you to one about the installer’s wife namely me.
Hubby is an installer–satellite dishes, computers, televisions, home entertainment systems, and more. I’ve seen his installations, clean jobs with no exposed wiring as opposed to cat 6 [...]

Global Access At High Speed

Here I am at Walt Disney World on the world wide web internet, able to correspond and chat quicker than the speed of light. All right, I’m exaggerating, but service today far surpasses that of dial up or DSL. Flexibility, reliability, and value are musts. Who wants to be connected into [...]

My Evening At Disney With Joe Jonas, Demi Lovato And Robert Irvine

WDW’s record breaking cold is not the only thing I didn’t expect this week. On one hand, the Flower and Garden Festival was not for another month; therefore, no brilliant topiary displays in Epcot. On the other hand, International Plaza is gateway between Futureworld and the Lands, therefore, no restricted security [...]