This is cool. I am sitting on the lake porch with the EeePC netbook running on battery and writing a story. Oh yes, I am connected to the home network and the internet so I can check mail as I am working. Pretty nice tools we have these days. I have the digital camera with me to so I can grab a few shots of my daughter’s dog who is also sharing the back porch...
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Intervention
My 90 some year old auntie Emma (Kautz) Mason whacked her forehead on a paving brick as she tripped and fell down leaving her daughter Trudy’s home in Canfield, Ohio last weekend. It all happened so fast I was told that Emma had no chance to break the fall with her arms. That would have probably broken her arm or other bones. The brick created a about 3“ x 3” L shaped gash that required...
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I have seen this term posted around quite a lot lately. I assume Generation X has been superseded by Generation F. I guess as I get older it is harder to keep track. I know what it means but I don’t assume that it is important. I am the leading edge of the real baby boomers having been born less than a year after WWII ended. Each generation seems to have established a new title...
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The excessive Texas heat and humidity here in North Texas area have kept me pretty well out of my workshop. I can spend a few hours there with the fans blowing but then I want to escape to the air conditioning. The heat ~100 degrees is not too bad when the humidity is low, but we have been getting Houston like weather for a few weeks. Year 2010’s first hurricane Alex was a big part...
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