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The protesters turned the busses back, and the local po-lice didn't stop them! The three busses are headed south toward San Diego.

Got rid of a 1970's "Home Entertainment Center", and wifey wants a semi-huge screen TV

Sorta is a great FReeper, although she's "shy and retiring" in the posting world (but ONLY here....).

I'm a techno-dinosaur who's way behind the curve....we have a laptop,HP, Win7 which works just fine on the home wireless network. What I'm wonderin' is if there is even such a thing: Some sort of prepaid USB plug in card that would allow us to get on the internet during power outages, while driving or traveling, or at some locale that doesn't offer wireless - in other words, we'd like to be able to fire up anywhere we get cellphone service. Preference would be a non-expiring 'number of minutes' thingie, kind of like a prepaid phone calling card. I know...

One of my melancholy favorites this time of year....this one's pretty well done, IMO

Something reminded me this morning to check up on Jay....

Granddaughter Grace Elizabeth was brought to us on July 13, just a couple of weeks early....she was a bit 'sluggish' regarding suckling instincts, etc., so she was held in the Sacramento hospital for a few days. After a week at home, her weight dropped and the listlessness worsened, so she's been re-hospitalized since last Monday......the staff Neuro suspects some seizure activity, and his diagnosis will be restudied this coming Monday. Requesting Prayer Warrior activists to kick it in on Grace's behalf. Regards, Bat

Some good ones here....

Very nice photo compilation, with appropriate music

Not seeing this previously posted. Congrats to Megyn.

Could be some great buys for Black Friday.....but then again, given the trend of gifting Gift Cards, I'd personally be leary of putting up some green on a Best Buy Card, given their pessimism...

My brother in Gainesville, Georgia closed down his store for a bit to capture the funeral procession of Corporal Matthew Phillips, on the way to neighboring Cumming. Matthew was one of the nine killed in Afghanistan not long ago.

My eye landed on this Gilligan's Island kinda pic in today's obits, so I read it.....rather appalling, if you axe me.

I really, really hope this one isn't photoshopped, (as was the one with Bush looking backward thru binoculars).

Batavia is techno-challenged, and needs FReeper help before calling in the Geek Squad. Reading mail last nite, screen suddenly went black. Connections all seem firm and clean. With no visible cursor (and I don't have a clue as to using keystrokes), no choice other than to do the "hold power button for 5 seconds" to do the shutdown. When I turn it on (HP 7975 Pavilion, by the way - with separate LCD flat screen monitor), I do hear the musical tone that accompanies, which leads me to believe that the "guts" may be all right, and that I may...

The son of oft-troubled former Major League Baseball player Steve Howe was arrested two weeks ago on suspicion of possession of steroids and alcohol, a sheriff’s official said Wednesday. Brian Howe, 18, a Valencia High School student and member of the Vikings varsity baseball team, was arrested Dec. 9, said Sheriff’s Lt. Brenda Cambra. At about 9 p.m., sheriff’s deputies pulled over Brian Howe after they witnessed him and two other people loading what appeared to be alcoholic beverages in a vehicle at the Rite Aid in the 31700 block of The Old Road in Castaic. During the traffic stop,...

We Californians have kinda gotten used to seeing graffiti in weird places...freeway overpasses, railroad trestles, etc. This one caused me to go get the camera yesterday, though. It was right outside the chapel at Mission Santa Ines in Solvang. Yep - we now have plantlife being tagged....sigh. It might be fun to see what other FReepers have some demos to share.

In May of 2002 we had much of this desert home recarpeted (and tiled) as we prepared to make it our fulltime residence. The past couple of months I've noticed some "loosening" (little wave-like swells) in the heavy traffic areas. Along the opposite line, some "dip" which appears to be where the padding was joined, has developed in one area of the bedroom. Some of this could be due to our extreme summer heat this year, but the bottom line is I can lift the "waves" a good inch by pinching and lifting those areas. Wassup? Is there a 'fix'...