The supreme commander of NATO came back to the United States in order to run for president. I told my mom General Eisenhower has arrived back in America and will run for President. This was early spring 1952 and I was in the second grade. By the way this was my first awareness ofContinue reading “No, we are Democrats.”
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The wrong size pot.
Back off the road again. I have returned to our Cohousing community. There is one thing missing from all the places I recently visited while traveling hither and yon. In hotels, restaurants, people’s houses and other toileting venues. It is my highboy toilet. Yes, a toilet fitted for old people. All the places IContinue reading “The wrong size pot.”
Very important notice.
To whom it had ought to might concern: I am on holiday near an ocean in southern California and will be back to this blogerator in a week or so. Please stand by. Thanks. Okie without borders.
How about a buzz cut?
Just sit still Butch! Sitting atop several Los Angeles telephone directories and yellow pages placed on the seat of a dining room chair with an old sheet tied around my neck was our at home barber shop. The barber was my dad and his hand-squeezed hair clippers would be clicking up and down myContinue reading “How about a buzz cut?”
Dress for succcess.s
They were seventh grade boys and girls. It was fall 1973. I along with another haole(mainland white guy). taught a Sunday School class at a church in Honolulu, Hawaii. The class was made up with many Pacific Islanders. Mostly from Samoa and a few Asians. The boys often came bare foot and just wearingContinue reading “Dress for succcess.s”
Follow the bouncing ball.
Watching and watching. Way back when our youngest daughter-40 was only youngest daughter-3 Sheba(aka spouse) and I took youngest daughter to the science museum in Boston. This was back when Sheba was in grad school at Simmons College 1986. When you enter the main lobby of the science museum there was a large squareContinue reading “Follow the bouncing ball.”
Look at that little ball go.
Watching and watching. Way back when our youngest daughter-40 was only youngest daughter-3 Sheba(aka spouse) and I took youngest daughter to the science museum in Boston. This was back when Sheba was in grad school at Simmons College 1986. When you enter the main lobby of the science museum there was a large squareContinue reading “Look at that little ball go.”
Never vote for the wrong guy.
It pays to know who you are voting for. Remember Jessie Ventura? Professional wrestler who ran for governor of Minnesota and won. Unfortunately he had no prior public service experience. He was voted in by an electorate who was tired of the same old thing and not paying attention to what Jessie was saying. Continue reading “Never vote for the wrong guy.”
Traveling in an elevator.
Empress Hotel Victoria British Columbia. Vancouver Island, March 1973. We all were riding down the hotel’s elevator and when we arrived at the main lobby, wife and I stepped out in to the lobby and ever so quickly the elevator door closed behind us. However our 3-year-old daughter Monica was still in theContinue reading “Traveling in an elevator.”
From big to little.
From square footage to hand held. What you missed by being born too late. What you did miss was huge electronic equipment to do what simple desktop PCs can now do. My very first big job back in 1969 after leaving college was with the Schick Razor Company in Culver City, California. Just aroundContinue reading “From big to little.”
Chuck the Blogger Guy 