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Chilly nut sunny in Pensacola. My brother is coming this weekend for a weeks visit. He has been snowed in for several days in N. Ala. I have 3 or 4 small chores to do before he arrives.
Christmas passed uneventfully. The four little pups next door continue to bark in the middle of the night. Even on these cold nights they were outside in the covered porch. Going to buy one of those whistles that deters barking.

A few weels agp ny coincidence, I watched a doumentary about a lost civilization on Greenland on utube. Quite interesting. Vikings settled on both coasts, but the west coast settlement proved unsistainable. Greenland has many rich mineral and natural resources including hydrocarbons, lead, iron ore, zinc, rare earth metals, gold, precious gemstones including diamonds, platinum, and uranium.

It seems odd when I see mention of snow in the newspaper or in the comic strips. Snow is almost a forgotten thing for people living in Florida.

I have been doing a bit of reading up on Greenland, its capitol of Nuuk and some of its past history. It looks like an interesting place to visit for a short time.

38 deg here, hi today 45. Just getting the edge of the Eastern cold. Temps back to normal by Weekend.

By the way, I believe dragonfly books passed on some time ago.

41 here, windy. Christmas put away, a few small chores to do today. Made another banana pudding last night. in the microwave - so easy. No standing and stirring. I sit at the table or on my walker for most cooking chores these days.

Hello to all from Belleville, Illinois where the winter storm has passed through and is now out of here! There is about an 8" accumulation of layered snow and ice outside. This will be around for while as we don't expect the temperature to get above freezing until next weekend.

I am so glad that I did not lose power at my house. Towns about an hour's drive south of me got hit hard with the freezing rain and ice, which knocked down trees and power lines.

Around here we'll be happy to get to 19 today!

49 deg here in Salem, Or and will be that temp for a couple days. Then 40 deg for a couple days, then back to 50. Typical weather pattern for us this time of year.

It is cool here in southeast Florida - lows in the upper 50s and highs in the low 70s, a pleasant change while taking my daily walk.

58 and sunny in Pensacola. A little chilly for us. Slept late, feeling fine.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

It's 1 degree here, feels like January. But no snow! We need snow!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! Very quiet one here, ok by me,......lots of craziness going on.

hope all of your are well and had a wonderful Christmas or Hannkukah!

Happy 2025. Down about 3 days with inflammation in neck and should, but almost 100% today. Slept very late. Weather fair and vool.

Happy New Year, everyone!

Another year comes to a close. We are fine, we all have bad colds, but we will get over them. Not much new or different, we lead a quiet boring life and I like it like that. Got our Christmas tree up late this year, not until December 21, and I will take it down tomorrow as I have for over 50 years.

I will wait until Little Christmas on January 6 to take down outdoor decorations. Might be easier if I did it tomorrow since weather is nice now and won't be on January 6, but who am I to break with tradition after all these years?

When she was a child my wife and her friends would be outside on January 5th gathering up grass to leave under their beds for the three kings' camels as they passed through. In gratitude, the children would be left gifts. A charming childhood belief much like leaving cookies and milk out for Santa.

One of my favorite O. Henry's stories is The Gift of the Magi.

Jim, please tell me where to get hay.

I hope everyone here has had a good Christmas. I went over to my Sister's house for a while this afternoon, but only stayed a few hours because her five loud grandchildren were getting on my nerves.

I still check this Board every day, but seldom have anything to chat about. I have a nice calm quiet life ... and I like it that way.

Diane,Don't forget, when you go to bed on Jan 5 to leave some hay in a box under your bed for the three king's camels as they come on Three Kings' Day.

Had to look up 3 Kings day - same as Epithany, which I did know.
I think your son is on to you, Jim. Will be a quiet day here. Did some cooking yesterday, a little more today. We don't do gifts, but give each other things during the year. I can't ask for more - don't need or want anything.

Merry Christmas from the Caribbean. My wife and I often go on a cruise during Christmas to get away from all the Christmas hassle. My son has told me that they are putting off things until Three Kings' Day so we can take part in exchanging gifts. Oh joy.

I would hate to see this site disappear. Things have been happening in life but I check here every day. I plan on posting more often after the holidays.

Meanwhile, Merry Christmas to all of you! May you have a joyful holiday.

I hate to even suggest this, but do you think it's time to let this site go. 12 days with no posts, and less than 10 people post on a regular basis. I'd hate to lose touch, but there's always personal email.

Wishing all a very MERRY AND SAFE CHRISTMAS! Will be very quiet here for several reasons.

Happy holidays. I am on a two week cruise in the Caribbean. It is amazing how things have changed over the years. Perhaps one in twenty men wear shoes. Most men now wear tennis shoes/sneakers or sandals/flip-flops. In the main formal restaurants many men wear sandals and shorts. I wear brown leather Dockers shoes (with socks) during the day and black leather Oxford style shoes in the evening, one of the very few men who do.

May you all have a great holiday season

Merry Christmas to all!

Just 5 days to Christmas. Here is hoping you all have a Happy and Safe Holiday.

June I still get a lot of my boxes at the grocery store. Whenever we go shopping I check out the employees that are stocking the shelves. If I see any boxes that will work for me I ask and they are happy to let me take them.

Hello to all from Belleville, Illinois where it has been an overcast day.

The man who took care of the frozen section at our local Shop 'n Save grocery store used to save boxes for me. Even though I haven't sold on eBay for quite some time, I still have a bunch of boxes on hand ... and when I see a nice sized box at a store now, I am still tempted to bring it home with me. If nothing else, my cats love playing in those cardboard boxes.

Diane Don't take it personally that nobody mentioned your absence from the Board. We've gotten used to people "disappearing" for a while and just assume they are dealing with other things in their lives.

Still have a room ful of boxxes. Every so often I try to het rid of some of them.
Sticking to my ewmoval of myself - since the election I haven't posted on any personal media sites. It's a little disappointing that no one has missed me.

Jim, never did dumpster diving but curb shopping(junk picking) back in the day, yeah,,,best find were two nice ornate antique frames, and a forties mesh vintage dress. Here we have "Hippie Christmas" with student move-out/ move in day. Couches, tvs all kinds of stuff out on the curb for junk pickup. Lots of students and other young folks can get what they need for their apartments. oh! just remembered, I did throw my keys with some trash into a dumpster at work one time, wasn't easy getting in and out.

Jim LOL

Hello my fellow former dumpster divers. As time goes by and ages go up I imagine we are less inclined to climb into dumpsters to retrieve boxes to use to pack up eBay sold items. I had a chance to revisit those good old days. My wife pack up some clothing in a kitchen white plastic bag for me to take to the cleaners. I went outside and quickly place it into the trash chute. Only as it dropped out of sight did I realize my error. Those trash dumpsters seem to have much higher sides than I remember from the old days. Anyway, I managed to get in and retrieve my clothing bag without getting any trash dumped down upon me while I was crawling around in there. Ah, sweet memories of the good old days.

Belated Happy Thanksgiving to all! Hope everyone's day was a good one. We visited DH's family at his sister's , lots of food and fun, and caught up on the news. We will be have our dinner get together with my brothers tomorrow.
We are very thankful for our health and that of family members though two have had issues but are coming through them ok.
Hi Diane and Jim, sounds like you had a good time with your celebrations.

June--what a mess! hope your luck gets better and things go smoothly from now on.

Enjoyed my mince meat pie. Not a holiday without it. Quiet day, but very pleasant. The cooking all went accoding to schedule. Turned chilly overnight, heat came on this am.

There was a small tourist train not far from where I lived. The big selling point on its front entry sign was "Ride seven miles through cranberry bogs". We local residents were not impressed by that.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

My son does all the Thanksgiving cooking - big turkey etc. and a whole bunch of boiled shrimp appetizer It is always great. I am one of those who prefers canned cranberry sauce to uncanned. That is the way that I had it as a child even though we lived about ten miles away from the "Ocean Spray" company. We were in the heart of cranberry country in MIddleboro, MA with cranberry bogs all around.

Pie and cornbread made. That's all for today.

We'll be alone for TG as well so I won't be cooking (yea!). We're going to a local restaurant which has an enormous buffet which is really good.

Have fun in Spokane Jim!.

June Glad everything is fixed now on your house. Nothing ever goes smoothly, does it.

Just DS and I for Thanksgiving. There's a shortage on minced meat, but we managed to have one jar shipped in, do there will be pie.

June, That sounds like you had a rough few days. I'm glad all is back to normal for you.

I am in Spokane to spend Thanksgiving with my grandkids. It should be fun.

Hello to all from Belleville, Illinois where it is a cool overcast day.

It's been a rough week here. Earlier this year my house suffered hail damage from a bad storm. Well, last week workers were here installing new siding on the house. During the installation somehow the electrical box on my house was damaged and I was without power for two days. I'd forgotten how miserable that can be! It was a mess figuring out who was responsible for the damage, then waiting for someone to come fix it, get it inspected, and finally have the power company come out an hook me back up again.

LOL

Diane,Congratulations. You are a true Plugger.

https://www.gocomics.com/pluggers/2024/11/22
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I've kept pliers in the silverware drawer for years, for bottle caps, etc. And I have a larger thingy for jars, etc.

I frequently read a comic strip called "Pluggers." It shows how old people just keep plugging away in life. Yesterday I was having a hard time twisting open a tight jar cap from a bottle. I thought I should keep a pair of pliers in the kitchen to take care of that. In today's "Plugger" the cartoon read, "If you keep pliers in the kitchen drawer to open tight container caps you are a plugger". I guess I will just keep plugging away.

Apparently you're not alone -- 2 weeks without posts. I'll be thinking of al of you and wishing you all the best.

I;ve been so down about the election and the state of our country that I haven't been posting anywhere and prolly am goingto sonctinue to take a break. Other than mentally I'm fine, just have to find a way to live through these next 4 years. Holiday wishes to everyone, and a happy and prosperopus New Year.

A bit of history - there was a recession in this country from July 1990 – March 1991. Bill Clinton ran for president in 1992 saying "It's the economy, stupid" and "I want to get us out of this terrible recession that we are in" while at the same time financial papers were saying, "Since the end of the recession last year..." That lie he told helped to get Mr. Clinton elected. I suppose to this day he still chuckles about that.

Good Morning everyone................we have a lovely fall-ish day, cool this AM but warming....so glad to be off DST.
I mailed my vote and got confirmation it was received and counted..............will also be very glad when all the calls, texts, ads, info, etc. is over............OVERLOAD is not a big enough word.

Teddy and Fred came through Gainesville for booksale once, and spent the night with me....lovely couple. Went all over in their camper...... seems so many of our ebay group have passed on....................I feel blessed at 85 to still be around.
I wish ebay had not changed and gotten so hard and expensive...................got lots of stuff I could sell, but it is just too much of a hassle with all the new rules, and the price of postage etc.

Got my flu and covid boosters the past 2 weeks, so hoping to stay well over the winter months. I am looking forward to walking in comfy weather..............just was way too hot over the summer, I can always add clothes, hats, mittens, scarfs..but hot weather is another story,and I will not walk in the dark.

FOL book sale was last week.....didn't work it, all we "oldies" kinda been put out to pasture, it has gotten so big and hectic.
I so far have not heard how much they made..............gonna make a phone call and find out.

When my wife and I voted we were second in line and there were two check in desks. About six voters were at the voting booths. I am surprised to see dozens of people standing in lines to vote now.
I get about a dozen text messages every day asking for political contributions, even the day before the elections. I block each number but the senders must have hundreds of numbers that they can use.
If marijuana is made legal in Florida that means people will be able to legally smoke marijuana in restaurants, warns one ad. Since tobacco is legal I guess people can smoke tobacco cigarettes in restaurants and everywhere also.

Unfortunately Jim, with the dropping of the national IQ, many of the voters do fall into the stupid category.

I am just tired of all the "creative editing" of opponents comments. Do politicians or their staff really believe that voters are stupid? I suspect that they do.

Ditto on NO MORE ADS! We live in Wisconsin but are in the Minnesota TV coverage area so we get all their ads and we can't even vote for any of them. Argh!

Beth I have the same problem here. I am in the St. Louis market for my local TV stations. There are several races and ballot propositions in Missouri that are highly contested and running ads almost constantly. I, too, will be glad when the election is over.

I will be so happy when Tuesday is over and the election ads disappear. Most positions in Vermont are only nominally contested. Our current officeholders are all very popular and will win handily, thus few ads and few yard signs. But we are in the NH market for our local stations and there is a political ad every 10 minutes, 24 hours a day! Once Wednesday arrives, it will just be the constant Medicare ads until December 7.

Our gas prices have finally dropped below $3.00, well not everywhere but at least at the station in our town.

Also met Teddi anmd Fred, her husband. Nice people. FRed died and Teddi remarried shortly before she also died. So many are gone.

Diane, that sounds like fun! We still have the ebony chickens next door--and sometimes they visit our back yard.

Curt

Devonia , Devonia died in 2017, she was the one who painted beautiful flowers on furniture.
aquiltmaven, Karen a lovely person
tedfred, Teddi Neveel, she knew a lot about antiques, I met her once at a BB get together

Good morning to all from Belleville, Illinois where it is a crisp, cool morning.

A few weeks ago we had a storm come through that caused hail damage on the roof and siding at both my house and sis's house next door. The roofers came yesterday and put a new roof on sis's house and they are back today doing my roof. I had forgotten how noisy this process can be!

Making up beds from my "Storm" guests. All my sheets are old, and mismatched. Mattresses are deeper now, and I had to buy bottom sheets to go with the good top sheets I already had. Have managed to clear out a few things, sold a couple, and more to go. After 2 weeks finally opened my home owners insurance statement. Thank goodness it didn't go up. Everyone I know has been complainging about how much theirs has gone up. Doubled, etc. Can't believe I worried about it 2 whole weeks. The four little dogs that moved in next door are very entertaining. They dash up and down, but don't get in the pool. Their yips are very small also. Getting things done, buyt slowly, feeling pretty good after all those months of not being in good shape. :Life is good.

Bob died some years ago.
Finished my ebay listings for the next couple weeks. Sure I can find more stuff, probably even some books.
Weather is very nice. New neighbors next door with 4 small dogs.

I think that was the Bob that had a bull head logo. He provided a link to a site that would store photos for people. Many people put their photos there. Bob was devastated when the person who ran the site just closed it down and people lost all of their photos.

June I think that was it, he posted here a few times from memory.

Another of the people from the old book board who died was named Bob. I believe his eBay name was something like "Lookwhatbobfound". He lived in Florida and had been very involved with the Salvation Army.

Hello Everyone. So sorry to hear about JoAnne. I will work on adding her to the In Memoriam list. Are there any others that are missing and need to be added. Just let me know. Thank You, Curt

We've had wonderful late summer/ extended fall weather here, many beautiful sunny temperate days. Long blooming flowers and colorful trees and shrubs.

Jane so sorry about your mother, may she rest in peace and light.
Sorry to hear about JoAnne, she led a full life. I admired the way she kept on going through the ups and downs of her life.Rest in Peace.

Maynard Newville (mnewville) passed away in his sleep on July 15, 2024. I saw him a bit on Facebook for awhile, but he was getting older and losing his sight. He lived in Minnesota, and we figured out that DH and I had unknowingly been at the same auction at the same time once.

Voted by mail this week.

My wife and I voted early. No crowd at all which was good. I will be glad when this election is over.

Weather is so beautiful here for mid October. Of course it is expected to get cold again Thursday, but my flowers are still blooming. Once the frost gets them, I will bring out the bird feeders

Hello to all from Belleville, Illinois where it is a sunny day. This time of year it's hard to know how to dress. It's pretty cool in the morning, but warms up quite a bit by the afternoon.

Beth Thank you for posting JoAnne's obituary. I had not heard that she died.

Afternoon everyone, got my fence rebuilt, front porch ceiling back in place. Neighborhoods still full of stacks of downed trees, brush, trash from storm. It's getting very dry and dangerous...hope they get more picked up soon, but ours is not as bad as some nearby. Becoming fire hazards.

This coming weekend is the Fall Book Sale...................I am not working it - my legs/back just don't last long enough anymore for hours on that concrete floor..............hoping they will have good clear weather for it.........looks that way so far. Starts Saturday through next Wednesday............

Early voting going on nearby, so traffic and parking might be a problem..........hope not. VOTE first, then come buy a bunch of great books!

I have a new great grandson.............born in October. #7 th great grandchild. Sadly, 3 of them I have not met or held...only see pics or videos....but that is better than nothing.

Sister and I not doing any cruising this fall or winter... the ship part is fine but the getting there to sail and then back home has become a PITA..............whatever.

Sorry, I didn't know JoAnn had passed. Should keep in touch more.. sorry.

I turned 85 in September..............only 2 aunts on my dad's side of the family have made it longer.. I hope to keep on keeping on to 90 or above..... will take all I can get. I am doing PT 2 x a week to stay strong.............oops...time to go there now..................cya later

I sent a message to webmaster,
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I would imagine the webmaster is the only one to make changes.

Does anyone know how to add JoAnne to the "In Memoriam" section of this group?

Lynne,

Bobby's death was likely a relief for JoAnne. I know she wondered what would happen to him after she was gone. Not likely son in Florida would fly up to see him in a nursing home.

Sorry to hear Jane, I hope it was easy for her. Also sorry to hear about JoAnne and her family; I see her second son has retired to Florida. Sort of glad her elder son died before her, not for her but for him.

Thanks for that Beth., Good to know her story.

I remembered and did a search. I found an obituary for JoAnne. She apparently passed away last December. https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/obituaries/pnys0748353

I have forgotten JoAnne's last name. I know it begins with an H.

Jane, I am so sorry to hear about your mother passing. I know she lived a long life and it was not unexpected, but still an emotional blow when one loses their mother.

Jane, sorry to hear about your mother. She had a long life.
Beth, glad to see you.
Anyibe know what happened to JoAnne. She got worried about being hacked.

Hi <Beth. Welcome back.

I've been MIA for a while also because of my mother's health. She had a stroke and finally passed away a week ago on her 98th birthday. She made it by 13 minutes! I think that was her goal. Meanwhile we have been very busy and still are settling everything.

Will try to get back here by the end of the week.

Jim,

Vermont, New York and many other States have done away with Columbus Day and replaced it with Indigenous People's Day. State and Federal offices and banks all closed, but most schools are open and dedicate the day's lessons to learning about the Native Americans in their area. I know many Abenaki tribe meembers visti schools in Vermont and tell the kids about their history and traditions.

Sorry it ahs been so long since I visited here, but just really busy. Now that the weather is getting colder, I will spend more time indoors and on the computer.

Cleaning out stuff - tool pics and going to list silver native am. jewelry the I no longer wear.

Ah, I forget how now things are moved to make for long weekends.

Officially now a Monday assigned Holiday. "Post offices will be closed on Monday, Oct. 14, and the Postal Service will not deliver regular mail or packages on that date."

Yesterday was Columbus Day but I saw no mention of it on the TV or newspaper. I suppose in cities or towns with large Italian populations there was some celebrating but nothing here in south east Florida. Anyway, Buon Giorno di Colombo

Glad to see Jim and Diane are ok, Virginia Rose left for her daughter's home and is ok and Patsy is ok.

My daughter and her crew are going to stay until Mon. As a RM she wants to clean everything. I've had to leave the room several times, and may have to leave the house. They are planning to visit NAS today or tomorrow, so that will be 1/2 day respite.

Glad to hear iot Jim.

The hurricane passed north of us. There was little wind and today it is very calm with the sun shining.

It looks like the hurricane will pass north of us. There should be some wind gusts and a little rain but little damage. I am a few miles north of Miami.

I am out of the path, but it looks like Jim will get some weather. And Patsy again.

Several people on this board live in Florida. Keep you heads down.

My daughter, her son and dog are on their way here to avoid Storm Milton. Her home in port Charlotte is right in the path. I haven't seen her son in 20 years and don't really know or like him, so I expect the next week will be frought with times I retr4eat to the patio or my bedroom. Hoping I can keep my mouth shut, but there's nothing I can do about my face.
We should not even get a drop of rain here.

It can be hit and miss on seeing people's posts on FB--the "algorhythm" does not show every post of every friend to me. Sometime I visit someone's page and find I missed quite a bit. There's not time to check every one all the time.