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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

OUR 4th NEW AUTOMOBILE - IN FORTY YEARS

In an EARLIER POST, I explained how we like to buy well-made things and keep them a long (long) time, mentioning that we’d had only three cars in our 40 years of marriage.  What I didn’t say was that we were in the process of buying our fourth car, one that we hope will last us until we quit driving altogether.  It was a fun process, actually…..especially since, once she saw and sat in the 2010 model of the vehicle I’d decided was the best one for us, Gail loved it!  We picked up the car on Sunday, but it was only this morning that we took the “official photograph”:
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Posted by Earl on 11/10 at 04:52 PM
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Monday, November 09, 2009

TOMORROW IS A SPECIAL DAY—THE BIRTHDAY OF THE UNITED STATES MARINES

Take a moment to be grateful for the men (and now, women) who train to fight, and die if necessary, to protect your freedom.
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. Hat Tip: THE BOOKWORM

Posted by Earl on 11/09 at 11:09 PM
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TWENTY YEARS AGO…..NEVER (EVER) FORGET!

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I don’t think it’s possible to overestimate how much I miss that man!
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Hat Tip:  POWERLINE BLOG

Posted by Earl on 11/09 at 10:31 PM
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THE PASSING OF AN ERA…...

In 1965, this is what Gail and I looked like, at the ALBION FIELD STATION during our freshman year:
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A lot has changed since then…..but not everything!

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Posted by Earl on 11/09 at 12:54 AM
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