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Birthdays...

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Tonight we spent several hours on data entry.... The real drudge of computer work. As a result we have listed all the birthdays of residents that were in old Newsletters on the dates they fall on through December. With the exception of September... WE couldn't find September dates. If someone will email them to me I will get them incorporated. We will continue until we have recorded everyone that wants to show up on the calendar... Some folks may want their names off and others may want their names on. Email me and let me know.

Why set this up? Because the electronic calendar, once set up will continue to publish the birthdays forever. No one will have to do anything anymore other than put in new names or remove those who have moved on. Your copy of the calendar will let you know when it's time to wish your neighbor a Happy Birthday. Year after year the calendar will keep track of everyone for you automatically.

To see the new additions simply click on the link on the left that looks like a calendar and then click on the month you are interested in along the top row.

By the way Larry Henson has agreed to help keep me upto date with the private functions and today he handed me a change and it is now on the electronic calendar. This Calendar is your most reliable and upto date resource about park activities. If you are contemplating a change email it to me so everyone knows right away what's going on. We hope to updatethe calendar on the bulletin board every time there is a change also.

Email me with your data at:

teckron@hotmail.com

Crossword puzzles...

that you do on your computer....

Now we are going to give you a link to interactive crossword puzzles. Interactive means you do them right here on your computer. I'm not sure how it will work with a dial up connection but it worked fine with hi speed on the Firefox browser. You'll have to experiment. One of the things that you may encounter if you go there is they will ask you to download a Java Applet in order to play. This is easy enough in Firefox. Next just follow the prompts and instructions and you will be ok. One thing we had problems learning was that you toggle the space bar to move between "Down" and "Across" words. If enough of you like it we will put a link in on the left but for now don't forget to "Bookmark" or make it a"Favorite" page. here is the link:

CROSSWORD

Decided you might like a taste....

ron thomas

In the below article on selecting a comics page for yourself to read I neglected to give you an example. So, here is a link to my selected comics. Try it and if you like what you see ...reread the comics article below and then make your own.

Ron's Comic Page

Writing on the website...

ron thomas

Writing here is a daily event for me. Trying to find things of interest for our community takes several hours a week but for me, most of the time it is more of a hobby than a chore. Still every so often we experience mind fog and the page just languishes there getting fewer and fewer visitors until something moves us to write again. We used to have contributing writers. Now it's just me.

Jacky, has half convinced me that of all the 110 part time readers and 40 hardcore viewers of the website that none of them like to write. We should be grateful if they like to read... And so we are. Commenting at the end of article is usually made use of by about 5 or 6 people. Still, when those comments become controversial or a bit pointed.... Readership soars. We suspect everyone keeps checking back to see how the abrasive comment will be taken. In its own way that is kind of the point to the comments to share different views of the subject.

I would like to point out that sometimes the comments are constructive and lead to a possible solution such as the one from Charles Burke on the post light addresses. Charles suggested we find out who doesn't have addresses. This we did and that led to us contacting the Assistant Fire chief Toby Cole.. Who will soon be writing his opinion in an article for our web page. Then steps are going to be initiated to put it in the pigeon hole mailboxs at the clubhouse. Charles made a pro-active suggestion that we could use and develop instead of doing nothing.

For that we would like to thank Charles Burke and ask others of you to follow his example and comment any way you want, anytime you want, using the Golden Rule as your guideline. Of course, comments of a helpful nature or pro-active will be more likely to bear fruit than those of an acidic nature but that's up to you.

More in the works..

Coming on the webpage soon:

Kathy's Newport tours link

Interactive crossword puzzle...
Allows you to do the puzzle right on your computer or download it to your printer.... FUN!!!!!!!!!!!

Newport Tours link...

We are putting a permanent link on the left side of our web page for Newport Tours. We admire members of our community who start new businesses and Kathy Furgason is a friend of ours. Thinking about it though we would like to link anyone in our community that has a business. So if you live here and would like a link on the left side of our page for your business let us know. Email:
teckron@hotmail.com

The Tehachapi Picture Above...

ron thomas

We lived in California most of our lives and have seen these hills covered with poppies so survival orange that they were hard to look at. The surrounding desert will have an occasional purple field and a lot of yellow mustard. This ... This we have never seen. That rain they had this year has created a once in a lifetime event. If it weren't California we would be tempted to go and see it. If you need to place it ..Tehachipi is near Bakersfield up in the surrounding mountains at about 4000 ft as I recall.

Jack Scherer showed me this picture at the club house and then Jim Rose forwarded it to me in the email. If we get pixs in email we can put em on the site.

The new SubWay Sandwich Shoppe

We have been trying the new SubWay drive through down on 101. They make a very good sandwich at a reasonable price. Before this time though we have always gone in and had them make our sandwich which gives you a ton of choices from what bread, cheese, vegetables and dressing you would like on your sandwich. They truly do make it your way.

My story is not about the quality, quanity, service or price... All of which are pretty darn good. But (Don't you just hate that word but?), what we think needs attention is the drive up portion of their operation. This is a relatively new thing for Subways we have been to. The problem comes from when you try to relay all the choices you want to the waiter. That person has to write all them down or memorize them. Since you don't know what the choices are the wait person has to relay them via the speaker and then you sort them out and give them back where upon they repeat them back to you. By the time the mistakes are ironed out and you both have a working idea of what is requested you drive forward only to find after you have purchased a sandwich that something was forgotten.

I wouldn't fault myself or the waiter for this problem. The communication is just too lengthy and therefore lends itself to human error. The solution is up to the owner we suppose but here is our recomendation... Go if you want an excellent sandwich at a good price but "go in" because we think the drive up needs to improve a bit first.

Read About Newport Tours...

We have a local community resident that has started her own business. Follow the below link to the story in the Newport News Times and find out all about it...

Newport News Times Article

9/11 CLEAR THE SKIES

Thursday, May 12th , at 9:00pm OPB, Channel 10.....

Excerpt from the above programm.............

On the morning of September 11, 2001, there were more than 4000 planes flying over the United States - and four of them were hostile. America had the most powerful military in the world, yet an enemy attack was so unimaginable the air defense of the entire U.S. mainland was left upto 14 fighter planes. This is a minute by minute story of how America's air defenses responded to the terrible events of that fateful day.

That AAA MAGAZINE CAME OUT..

Jacky was browsing the triple A magazine and found an item about a sale with 40% off at the Lincoln City Outlet Stores. From May12 through May 15, get 40% off at the REBOK, ROCKPORT,GREG NORMAN AND RALPH LAUREN FOOT WEAR OUTLETS when you show your AAA card.


If you don't have a card find a neighbor who does cause getting shawed for them prices is pretty good.

COMICS ANYONE?

ron thomas

While building our on line news sources we stumbled on a true prize. I hope you will copy down the below instructions and enjoy what has been a daily read for me. I grew up with the comics... And for me a newspaper is not a newspaper without them.

When you moved here from wherever you probably lost those favorites that you had followed for years. Guess what? You can have any of them that you wish by following the link below.

This link will take you to the Houston Chronicles Comic Selection web site. Now when you get there you will build a page that has every comic that you liked. It has well over a hundred selections to choose from. You follow their instructions and check the boxes next to your favorites and then submit your choices by clicking the "Build it" pushbutton. Your own personalized pages of comics will appear. Once they appear make them a Favorite in Internet Explorer or a Bookmark in Firefox. Every morning your own personal comics page will be there with the current days set. Sunday's Comics may have a few missing.

Here is you link... Go get em..
Houston Chronicle Comics Builder

IN THE WORKS:

PICKLE BALL


HORSESHOES


SHUFFLE BOARD


Have to talk to management. If you want to be a help .. pick one of the above that you are willing to organize.

sign up at the clubhouse for cribbage or

SEE CAROL GROVER

SIGN UP FOR THE NEW BRIDGE CLUB @ THE CLUBHOUSE

OR SEE

LEANNE McCreedy

What a waste of talent...

ron thomas


Yesterday I noticed that a congress woman from California had a bill before the House to create a bigger agency to track down computer fraud criminals. I was thinking that across America there are probably thousands of capable, well trained seniors who are retired that would view this as big game hunting and fun and would donate hours to tracking virus creeps just for fun. Count me among them. Although they would have to train and equip many of us. We are a wasted national treasure. Such a program is custom made for us... It's not physical and makes use of the insight gained from decades of knowledge. It also would give many of us a chance to patriotically serve our country once again... That's just what we told the congress woman in an email.

166 HOMES AT LVH.... 85 HAVE POST LIGHT ADDRESSES INSTALLED.... 81 DO NOT