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Tax free weekend in MA

nobody@vox.com(Buckeye) — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:28:08 -0400

We went to the Mall today and you should have seen the line out the door at the Apple store. We have a sales tax free weekend in our state yesterday and today. A paid police detail was monitoring the behavior of the line. One of the store personnel was out there demo-ing the AirBook. It is so appealing. But it has very few ports and I don't think there is a place for the memory card from my camera. That's a deal killer for me.

Then we stopped at Brookstone's and took a look around. We haven't been in there for a long time. They have the most amazing things to solve problems you didn't know you had! It was very impressive to see how many different forms of iPod speakers are available, ranging from personal space speakers to parking meter size boomers. Then there are the sleep aids. Blankets, snore pillows, machines for playing an array of sounds to lull one to sleep. It is wasted on us as we fall asleep the minute we hit the sack. And we certainly don't have to play the 'rain' sound...as it has been raining most nights this summer....Finally we stopped at the tiny Starbucks in the Mall. Two biscotti and cappucino for R and doppio machiatto for me. Totally necessary.

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Great article on Jon Stewart...

nobody@vox.com(Buckeye) — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:53:34 -0400

Today the NY Times has a great article on Jon Stewart...how they do the show and why....and why we, Senior Citizens, like the show so much. Our grandson, recent college grad, was surprised that we watch the show...he thought only college kids watch it. It is a long article but worth the read, especially the last few paragraphs.

Here's the link Jon Stewart article NY Times

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San Francisco Chang's Folk Dance Club Turns 70

nobody@vox.com(Buckeye) — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:43:13 -0400

This is a great group! Amazing history to it. If you live in the Bay Area you might like to know about this club. Here is the website Chang Folk Dance Club

Link to the big article in the SF Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/27/DD0G11EU47.DTL&hw=chang+folk+dance+club&sn=001&sc=1000

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Mass. Public Health Service Video on Stroke Prevention

nobody@vox.com(Buckeye) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:41:30 -0400

This is an easy to watch cartoon with catchy music that has an important message. I saw it on local TV. It's only 3 mins. long...check it out!

Stroke Heroes Act Fast

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Photos to Illustrate the Previous Post...

nobody@vox.com(Buckeye) — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:37:33 -0400

Rusty Crayfish native to Ohio.

1950's girl's Roadmaster bike. But mine was blue....

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QotD: When I Was a Kid

nobody@vox.com(Buckeye) — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 09:35:40 -0400

What did you do for fun when you were a kid? How is it different from what you see kids doing now?
Submitted by jaklumen.

Good Question!

The big difference was play time was unscheduled. And of course no computers etc. The radio was IT. I played with the neighbor kids, with my dogs, spent a lot of time in the stream in the woods in my father's waders looking for creatures. We kids used to lie on flat rocks and drop strings with bread attached (I forgot how) into the water and try to catch crawfish. Not too successful :)) I also spent a huge amount of time reading, drawing, playing old 78's with my fingernail (yes, it works...the cactus needle was missing). One friend and I used to mix up potions from the remains of bottles in the trash (good college prep, yes?) Lying on the grass looking up at the sky and clouds was good. And actually I spent considerable amount of time as a younger child, jumping off rocks and waving my arms trying to fly. Never worked :(( And then, there was Kick the Can on a Summer Evening with all age neighbor kids involved.

Like most families then we only had one car. Mostly my Dad used it to go to work. We lived in the country (now suburb) and I used my bicycle for both transportation and fun a lot. Just an old blue and white Roadmaster.

I feel badly for overscheduled kids today....and organized sports, especially these traveling teams, have just eliminated free time to spend with siblings and parents. Family dinners were taken for granted when I was a kid. It wasn't necessary for there to be a magazine article recommending the practice. It must be very hard for parents to go against all this activity. But eating in the car all the time on the way to somewhere is really tough. My children were more scheduled that I was as a youngster. But they still had a lot of free time; most dinners were at home.

Everything changes. I keep relearning that every day it seems.

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Goat Farm and Dairy

nobody@vox.com(Buckeye) — Mon, 26 May 2008 13:01:40 -0400

These are crotins on top....Official Goat in the middle....Official Granddaughter with Official Goats on the bottom. From a goat farm in California.

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Welsh Chair

nobody@vox.com(Buckeye) — Mon, 26 May 2008 12:44:49 -0400

Grandfather's Welsh Chair

This chair is a tribute to the work ethic of the Welsh people, my forebears on my father's side. I cannot sit in this chair for more than about 2 minutes because that horizontal piece in the back hits just in the Wrong Place! Still I love the chair and its matching footstool. It is now at my daughter's house.

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Racionz, Poland

nobody@vox.com(Buckeye) — Sun, 11 May 2008 15:26:32 -0400

Racionz

My husband's family came from this Jewish town in Poland which was destroyed during World War II. I have an uneasy feeling about that large crowd of people over on the right side of the photo. On the left side is a partial postmark. I don't know what year this is. I found the photo online.

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QotD: My First Car

nobody@vox.com(Buckeye) — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:43:44 -0400

What was your first car?

A new Chevy Nova. It was a big deal because it had air conditioning and it was our first Second Car. Before that we had one car and it just became impossible to work and also to drive my husband back and forth to work. I had just started working in real estate in 1977 and I insisted on AC. It was white and had a blue interior. Isn't it funny how some of us get so attached to our cars we would just drive them forever?

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