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Saturday, March 31, 2012

USS Pickens at Okinawa

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Yes, I know, I wrote about the invasion of Okinawa on April l the last two years, and I am going to commemorate this event as long as I a...
Friday, March 30, 2012

The time I slept through the call for Gerneral Quarters

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It was early morning March 30, 1945, and the USS Pickens was part of the armada heading for Okinawa. For several days all of the ships were ...
Thursday, March 29, 2012

A promise from Obama -- higher utility rates

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"If someone wants to build a coal-fired plant, they can but we'll bankrupt them because they will be charged  a huge sum for the gr...
Monday, March 26, 2012

Our interest in annivserary of War Between the States

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The writer of the book we are using in Sunday School raved about General Grant demanding unconditional surrender from General Buckner and t...
Saturday, March 24, 2012

Race for Republican nominee for president needs to end

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Today is the election; thank goodness the robo calls have stopped.  I received nine calls Thursday and Friday asking me to vote for Santorum...
Thursday, March 22, 2012

As I have said before, I hat e the phone

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 I should do away with my land line phone.  Almost every call I get is a solicitation of some kind. Yesterday was a busy day for the phone a...

Jen babysits in North Carolina

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Jen left yesterday for North Carolina to take care of Lily and Oliver while Julie and Mark attend conferences or business meetings.  Jen was...