Tag: unoficial gatherholics
member name: Ann Weaver Hart
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July 02, 2007 10:05 PM EDT --
Heading to Mount Rushmore this summer? Make sure you budget for parking. Although admission to the monument is free, ALL parking near the national monument is sub-contracted to a private concern, and unless . . .
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May 20, 2007 06:50 PM EDT --
I have tried not to be Chicken Little about it, but it's starting to look like the sky might really be falling.
A few incidents from the last few weeks have led to less-than-enjoyable contact with . . .
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May 19, 2007 05:07 PM EDT --
Geez. I'm tempted to give you five qualities about which I am positive, but here goes.
1. I'm loyal. It's pretty simple, I don't turn my back on people, friends, neighbors, family. Couldn't . . .
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June 15, 2007 01:01 PM EDT --
Everybody who has kids has had to watch them make mistakes. Some are really hard to watch, and you really hate the idea that it's going to be, well, ugly. Other times, well. . .
It was a cute hairdo. . . .
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June 29, 2007 05:59 PM EDT --
Isn't it cool when someone sends you a link and all you have to do is click on the underlined words to follow it? Well, you, too, can join the ranks of the initiated by typing just a few keystrokes. . . .
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June 29, 2007 09:42 PM EDT --
I drive 2 vehicles, a 2001 Toyota Echo, and a 2006 Kawasaki Ninja. The car gets 34 mpg, and the bike 50-55 mpg. Gas mileage was possibly the most important consideration when I was buying these vehicles. . . .
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June 15, 2007 10:34 AM EDT --
November 18, 2006, 8 p.m. Zipping down the road on my 2006 Ninja 500, I accelerate to the 60-mph speed limit. Traffic is fairly heavy on the highway, so I guage the distance between me and the vehicle . . .
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May 18, 2007 05:13 PM EDT --
This gorgeous young man just came strutting up into my yard.
He brought along a lady friend, but I don't mind. He really thinks he's something, and I have to agree.
I'm pleased he stopped . . .
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June 21, 2007 01:09 PM EDT --
In "Murphy's Rule for Old Houses" I expounded on the ins and outs of fixing up an elderly dwelling, discussing in depth the lengths to which one must go to "keep the ship afloat" . . .
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June 29, 2007 04:38 PM EDT --
Because our weather order got lost in the mail, we have been having pot luck during the great roofing event this week. The Pot has been full to the brim with rain, except when it was ungodly hot or dark. . . .
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May 31, 2007 09:33 AM EDT --
We live in an old house, vintage 1920. Old houses are wonderful. They have character. They have charm. The one thing that houses in our part of the world, particularly old ones, do not have is stability. . . .
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June 04, 2007 04:03 PM EDT --
I made 5 pints of plum preserves today. This brings to five the varieties of homemade jams and jellies I have in my pantry: grape, blackberry, plum, orange marmelade, and cactus. I haven't bought jelly . . .
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June 05, 2007 11:29 PM EDT --
I heard this expression in a quote "That's not enough to butter your parsnips." Well, in context, the meaning eluded me. Then I Googled it. No help at all, unless I want to prepare and cook . . .
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June 11, 2007 02:34 PM EDT --
This beautiful, ancient Southern Live Oak tree in my neighbor's yard is now dead of a completely preventable cause!
This beautiful tree, which is well over 100 years old with a crown that easily reaches . . .
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June 15, 2007 06:47 PM EDT --
The points-for-pics thing did some really nice thngs for me besides the points, and I just want to thank Gather, and all of you Gatherans.
First of all, I love seeing all of your pictures. It's a . . .
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June 20, 2007 10:47 AM EDT --
Recently, my bank merged with another small bank. Until then, it had been under the same ownership for about 150 years. This week, we received a mailing from the bank telling us how things were going to . . .
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June 22, 2007 01:59 PM EDT --
Michael Moore has made a new documentary called Sicko, about the healthcare system in the United States. His basic premise is that people, all of them, are entitled to medical care, without respect to . . .
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May 11, 2007 02:42 PM EDT --
Here is one of those questions I'll have to put in the "Glad I don't have to answer it" column, but I can't get it off my mind for other reasons.
Emilio Gonzalez is a terminally . . .
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May 21, 2007 12:02 PM EDT --
If you are wondering what a Word Geek is, it's a person with an obscene amount of verbal intelligence. For an idea about the kinds of things they think about and know, see my article, Confessions of . . .
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June 10, 2007 03:52 PM EDT --
I have had a teenager in my home for more than 12 years. Sometimes it feels like it must be karmic retribution for having been a Nazi war criminal in a previous life. Other times, I know I'll miss . . .
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