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From: N. IL
I just missed this flight dangit!
China: Plane hijacking foiled in west, 6 detained - CBS News
I've flown to the west side of China - Xinjiang provice before - 4 hr flight from the capital.
Didja know China is all on one timezone? Imagine if CA was on DC's timezone... oh wait...
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From: Lakewood, Ca.
Found out an interesting tidbit about that land while we were talking on the ride up last Friday; he bought it from the Eaton family, as in descendants of Fred: Frederick Eaton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia So this was some of the land that Fred bought up back at the turn of the last century.
Anyways, I've got a couple of things going right now in the mean time...predictably, my phone started ringing not long after I committed to that job so I've got a couple of weeks work here, so I don't mind that it's stalled at the moment, and if it doesn't happen that's OK too. As beautiful a place as that would be to work, I really don't look forward to all the travel and being away from home for extended periods. But ya do what ya gotta, right?
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From: Florida
Morning SoCal!
Well we had some strong storms blow through NE Indiana yesterday...left a pretty good wake of destruction...
We lost power for a couple of hours and others are still without power this morning!
We're still here...so that's good!
Have a great Saturday everyone...
Joe
Well we had some strong storms blow through NE Indiana yesterday...left a pretty good wake of destruction...
We lost power for a couple of hours and others are still without power this morning!
We're still here...so that's good!
Have a great Saturday everyone...
Joe
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From: Lakewood, Ca.
I guess that was a helluva storm. Talked to John (Maxium 4x4) this morning...he's pretty much due East of Joe over in Ohio...and he's going to be without power for a few days.
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From: La La Land
Morning SoCal!
Well we had some strong storms blow through NE Indiana yesterday...left a pretty good wake of destruction...
We lost power for a couple of hours and others are still without power this morning!
We're still here...so that's good!
Have a great Saturday everyone...
Joe
Well we had some strong storms blow through NE Indiana yesterday...left a pretty good wake of destruction...
We lost power for a couple of hours and others are still without power this morning!
We're still here...so that's good!
Have a great Saturday everyone...
Joe
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From: La La Land
Have a fun honeymoon! Stay safe, too!
Pop
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From: Whittier, CA
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From: Florida
Just got a new microwave/convection oven combo to replace the one that was blown out during the storm...found out the other one was 14 months old...called Sears to see if they could at least extend me a little bit of a discount since theirs stopped working 2 months out of warranty...they told me to go F-off (not exactly but basically)...so I told them I'd spend my money elsewhere if that's how they want to treat their customers...I was also speaking to one of the managers...Explained to them that I realized it was out of warranty...she explained to me they were having a 30% off sale...I said...yeah any customer walking up gets that deal...would you give me an additional 5% off and she said straight up NO...so I went to one of our local appliance stores...walked in and found a brand new unit with a damaged carton that was normally $500 but discounted to $320 because the box was damaged...opened the box there and everything was there and in PERFECT condition...so we bought a convection/microwave combo...our first one like this...Tracey is baking cheesecake cupcakes in it right now...we'll see!
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Isn't Sears and K-Mart the same parent company?...Look what has happened to K-Mart...and I agree with your wife pops...Sears will be following the SAME FATE!...and it is no surprise...
BTW...I am happy they said NO...because I found this convection oven...man is it pretty sweet...those cheesecake cupcakes...YUMMY!!!
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From: Florida
DON'T DO IT...DON'T DO IT...
LOL...j/k...CONGRATS!!!
I've been happily married for 25 years this August...can't imagine being single actually...not worth the headaches of training new people and having them train me...knowing your surroundings and routine is priceless!