'When you get up in the morning...

 With a great big smile, and a good 'Good Morning'!

You can never go wrong, when you roll out of bed with a song...' 

Wonderful mental images of my father singing that to us kids 

whenever we were camping.

 

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Gas prices in Southern California continue to rise to all-time highs, with this gas station on the corner of Alameda Street and Cesar E. Chavez Avenue in downtown LA surpassing the $8 per gallon mark. 

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I don't ever remember seeing mail-order fireworks ads when I 

was a kid - do you guys? Bearing in mind that that ad is 

dated 1947, maybe this shit went away before I showed in '53 - 

who knows. Maybe my old man just hid 'em on us or something.

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It's a sign the drought in California is getting serious and is worsening: One of the largest water districts in the San Francisco Bay Area became the first in the state on Wednesday to introduce a program to fine water wasters who ignore repeated warnings.

Santa Clara Valley Water customers could face fines, as little as $100 and as high as $10,000 in the most extreme cases, for not following rules aimed at reducing outdoor water use. 

Outdoor watering historically goes up during the warm summer months when California sees no or very little rain, and residents and businesses crank up their irrigation systems to keep their lawns green. 

The district is asking customers to follow restrictions that include limiting the watering of 'ornamental lawns' to no more than two days a week and avoiding irrigating outdoor landscaping between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., the hottest hours of the day when evaporation levels are high.

 Watering 48 hours after a rain storm and irrigation that causes runoff, such as a stream of water running down the street, is not allowed.

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When I was an E-5 (three different times, but that's a story for another day) I think my highest base pay was around $210.00 a month. That was back in the early 70's...

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Of course it will. Way to go, Joe...

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September 1944 – Dutch civilians dance in the streets after the liberation of Eindhoven by (Mostly American) Allied forces.
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This is the former American Radiator Building, now the American Standard Building in New York City. Architects John Howells & Raymond Hood with contribution by Rene Paul Chambellan, 1924. What a magnificent example of a time when pleasing the eye mattered as much as function.

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A road that leads to a magical place...

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