We are home... in Newport

10 1/2 hours. Highest gas 3.19 Lowest 3.o9

Temp all the way here 95F Here wonderful.

Lori... Foot in a solid cast (pink with sparkles mixed in. Still not allowed to put weight on it. In Newport for 3 weeks. Then back to Sunnyvale for the next Dr's appointment.

Home Bound Again..

Well we are leaving Saturday morning for Newport. See you soon.

Mediterranean Archaeology: The Thera eruption revisited

Find the wonder of the real Atlantis...

Mediterranean Archaeology: The Thera eruption revisited: "Atlantis' Eruption Twice as Big as Previously Believed, Study SuggestsRichard A. Lovettfor National Geographic NewsAugust 23, 2006A volcanic eruption that may have inspired the myth of Atlantis was up to twice as large as previously believed, according to an international team of scientists."

Austrian police ID woman missing 8 years - Europe - MSNBC.com:


Girl escapes..................
Aug. 24: An Austrian girl who was kidnapped in 1998 and kept in a basement escapes from her kidnapper. ITNs Paul Davies reports.
MSNBC


Updated: 3:41 p.m. PT Aug 24, 2006
STRASSHOF, Austria - Natascha Kampusch vanished on her way to school on March 2, 1998, when she was 10. Police said Thursday they were quite sure she is the young woman who turned up this week claiming she had been a captive, confined much of the time in a small cellar.

I noticed something today that might be of interest to some of you folks today...

On the Statesman Journal website, below each story they have a comments link called "sound off". They let you say anything you want about each article. They don't censor language or anything. You can vent as you like. Your comment does not even have to have anyhing to do with the article.

As you know that is not the situation here on the LVH sites but in the past some folks have wanted that situation. Here then is a place for those comments. The Statesman Journal has a link on the left side of the page.

California Again...

11 hours ... 500 plus miles .. we are back Sunnyvale again. Friday Lori goes to the Dr. again. Then we come back home.. Sure is tiring.

If any of you need to email me use my teckron@hotmail address. The other one at gmail doesn't work on her computer.

Buying The Right Printer, Cost Of Use Should Factor Into Decision Along With Purchase Price - CBS News

Buying The Right Printer, Cost Of Use Should Factor Into Decision Along With Purchase Price - CBS News: "I recently had a chance to try out two Hewlett Packard multi-function devices that serve as a printer as well as a scanner and copier. The DeskJet F380, which does a reasonably good job on all three functions, costs only $79 to buy, but a black ink cartridge (the ink people use the most) costs $15 and yields approximately 150 pages at a cost 10 cents per page. But if you were to spend $199 for HP’s soon-to-be-released higher end Photosmart C5180 multi-function device (MFD), you would not only get a faster and better printer, scanner and copier and but one that was substantially cheaper to use. Its black ink cartridges cost $18 but yield 480 pages at a cost of about 3.7 cents a page. "

Psycho Killer Raccoons Terrorize Olympia, Psycho Killer Raccoons Terrorize Olympia, Devouring Cats, Attacking Dog, Frightening Residents - CBS News

Psycho Killer Raccoons Terrorize Olympia, Psycho Killer Raccoons Terrorize Olympia, Devouring Cats, Attacking Dog, Frightening Residents - CBS News: "A fierce group of raccoons has killed 10 cats, attacked a small dog and bitten at least one pet owner who had to get rabies shots, residents of Olympia say.
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NewsGator Online

NewsGator Online: "Stephen Leacock
8/22/2006 1:32:18 AM [rss@quotationspage.com (Quotes of the Day)]
'Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.'"

A View from the Hill Newsletter..

Many of you have noticed that Jim and Marlynn McCrea have a for sale sign in their front yard. Jim told me they already have a new home in Brigham City, Utah which is where their son lives along with their grandkids. They want to spend more time with their family and so they will be leaving the community.

Jim and Marlynn have put the Newsletter out for the last few years but now we will be experiencing a void. It is possible that the Newsletter will not even be published. Jim so loved writing that he is thinking of writing a weekly column about the news in general and publishing it here on the website from Utah. We don't know how many hours the two of them put in but it has clearly been a labor of love. Jim majored in English in college and has enjoyed using his considerable skill as our editor.

Now we need to move on as we all do over time here at LVH. The search is on. It does not have to be a one man show.. Several of you could volunteer to put the monthly news out. Once again, the thing you have to remember is this a new expeience, a new hobby.. it isn't a task.. A chance to do something you may have not had a chance to do in pre-retirement life. We have the time now and this is a fun opportunity to get into. There is not a stampede of people running down the street yelling, "Pick me .. I wanna do it".

I think because we have all volunteered so much of our lives for reasons other than fun that the word "volunteer" just conjurs up the feeling that you want to become real small and hide. We jealously guard our new independence from having to work and our freedom of retirement.. thinking that the jobs such as this one are time robbers, boring and uninteresting.

Ladies and gentlemen it isn't so. This is a great way to have fun, meet new people, improve writing skills, be in the know on events and happenings and you call the shots. What goes in? You say.. The time you want to spend on it? Your the boss.. You decide.

Should we let this job slide? Well one sad impact of it would be the loss of advertising revenue which pretty much keeps the Social Club on an even keel. Those that don't have a computer are going to miss out on a lot of information.

So, if you Nawwwwed this appeal earlier or if this your first time hearing it ... Won't you give it a second thought? Maybe give it a try? Call Social Club President Wayde Duddley today and say, "I'll give it a try".

A New Poll..

Take the new poll on the left side of the website. The Social Club wants to know what games our community would like to play on game night.

In order to vote multiple answers to the questions you have to vote one item .. press the vote button and then return to the poll box and select your next answer and then press the vote button again. Do that for every answer you like.

Have fun... This will give the Social Club the info they need to make more fun for us..

RT ( by the way I hate games.. not voting )

Senior Funnies Help!

Those of you that have enjoyed the Senior Funnies website have a void. See here is what happened to the site.. Charles Burke became ill. I had come to rely on him for a continuous stream of jokes that people were sending him in his email and he finally ran the site and I was on to other projects. As you know by now Charles is pretty well laid up with health issues and cannot keep up the site until he has an improvement in his condition.

Well I have a number of irons in the fire at this time and also do not have the time to keep it up. So it is going to sit there and you will be able to call up the archives and get a laugh or two if you want. Meanwhile, we are leaving an open invitation to anyone who would like to give it a try.

I will set up anybody or group of folks that may like to give it a try. It takes about a half hour to get set and I will help you do that. I remain in the background as technical advisor and Censor and occasional contributor.

The site is set up so that those that keep it up cannot cause it to have any harm so it is fool proof. You can make mistakes until the cows come home and it won't be a problem.

Here is how it works...

You put in all the jokes people send to your email.. Pictures anything worth a laugh. You also make sure they (the jokes) adhere to the following rules:

Jokes that may cause a neighbor to feel badly because of an ethnic slur, Political or religious positions are also not a good idea. The easiest way is to be aware and practice the Golden Rule.
You should not be offended if I decide to delete a joke that I feel violates the above rules of the road. I will just pull it but will not necessarily say anything to you. These rules were made up over the years by finding out the hardway what not to do.

You can think of the websites, The Social Club, The CERT team, The Fisherman's Club, Pool, the Newsletter all of these things at LVH not as chores but as your hobby. If that becomes your take on it you will enjoy any activity you make your own. In your pre-retirement life these were volunteer activities that you took on for your kids family or because the boss wanted you to. You really did not take them because you wanted to but because you had to. Now there are a variety of things that you can do that may be interesting and fun if you can only get your head around the idea that what you choose is fun and a hobby not another boring volunteer drudge job.

Gentler tack leads to gentler life

Gentler tack leads to gentler life: "Gentler tack leads to gentler life
Sunday, August 20, 2006
MAXINE BERNSTEIN

Straight talk, a crowbar and finally a Taser dart to the waist -- nothing worked."

...AND A NICE TIME WAS HAD BY ALL.

 

Ben Davi invited the neighborhood to join with his family in celebrating the life of his wife Donna who passed away a few weeks ago.

 

Donna had expressed a desire for a gala event and her wishes were granted.  Sixty four chairs had been set, and more had to be taken from the store room to satisfy the needs of the over flow crowd.

 

Family members and friends recalled Donna's life with stories from childhood to her time here at Long View Hills.  In keeping with the festive mood only a few tears were shed.

 

To some the dinner fare was a new experience.  Donna had requested "Okie" food and her wishes were carried out.  Fried potatoes, ham hocks with beans, fried okra, and tomato salad were on the menu.  One could tell the diners with "Okie" blood by observing that they knew to put the beans in a bowl rather than in a section of the partitioned dinner plates.  The true blue "Okies" knew to put the corn bread down first and put the beans on top.

 

The Club House was decorated with an array of pictures of Donna and her family, as well as a display of the many cards received by the family.

 

The celebration drew to a close by sixty four white balloons released into the windy summer air in the parking lot one at a time by those in attendance.  The sixty fifth balloon was red.....it was released by Ben.  It seemed like the red balloon soared the highest into the clear sky.

 

A neighbor remarked that she had asked Ben if he had any plans about moving.  She related that Ben said "I wouldn't know where to go, all of my friends are here in Long View Hills".

 

Events like this serve to remind us that we really DO live in a nice neighborhood, don't they?

 

Jim McCrea