tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51626985646458163072011-08-03T01:21:13.824-04:00Life through images, the written word, and musicOperator_99noreply@blogger.comBlogger531100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-43726535908495890852009-01-09T08:54:00.002-05:002011-02-06T20:47:48.050-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SWEiJGQ8J5I/AAAAAAAADkU/koVYAFO1r8o/s1600-h/doll.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 279px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SWEiJGQ8J5I/AAAAAAAADkU/koVYAFO1r8o/s400/doll.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287544977205503890" border="0" /></a>Wouldn't want to wake up with that next to my bed.<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.box.net/embed/616mp0lt6uk027v.swf" width="200" height="100" wmode="opaque" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-4372653590849589085?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-82171761325862702802009-01-08T08:35:00.000-05:002009-01-08T08:35:00.586-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SWEktMoCxfI/AAAAAAAADks/iDnXhv9DqoA/s1600-h/Asianbicycles.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 324px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SWEktMoCxfI/AAAAAAAADks/iDnXhv9DqoA/s400/Asianbicycles.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287547796411565554" border="0" /></a>How come I don't get a scooter or a trike?<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-8217176132586270280?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-38866358594299003272009-01-07T08:46:00.002-05:002009-01-07T08:46:00.501-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SWEira6XyeI/AAAAAAAADkk/_TVrZL1pRys/s1600-h/OtherSide10a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 262px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SWEira6XyeI/AAAAAAAADkk/_TVrZL1pRys/s400/OtherSide10a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287545566863542754" border="0" /></a>The Card<br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SWEiqjOTYuI/AAAAAAAADkc/cs1f3sc0CIY/s1600-h/OtherSide10b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SWEiqjOTYuI/AAAAAAAADkc/cs1f3sc0CIY/s400/OtherSide10b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287545551914754786" border="0" /></a>The Other Side Of The Card<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Hi ya Honey!</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Gosh, you should be here to help tear this 'ol place apart.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">How 'bout a letter soon? OK.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Love,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Honey Chile.</span><br /><br />To learn a bit about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olsen_and_Johnson">Olsen and Johnson</a>.<br /><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-3886635859429900327?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-6530312754660925692009-01-06T08:35:00.000-05:002009-01-06T08:35:00.575-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SWD9CkQ4xdI/AAAAAAAADkM/u0I0BqvQXYs/s1600-h/SITP.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 238px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SWD9CkQ4xdI/AAAAAAAADkM/u0I0BqvQXYs/s400/SITP.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287504183069033938" border="0" /></a>Carting that wind-up Victrola off the park had to be a bit of a chore. I guess they really liked music with their wine and cheese.<br /><br />I know they weren't listening to Chicago's "Saturday In The Park", but perhaps to<br />the Hotel Bossert Orchestra doing <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.box.net/shared/static/gio4bojrg0.mp3">In The Park in Paree</a>.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-653031275466092569?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-77974602716352626302009-01-05T08:24:00.000-05:002009-01-05T08:24:01.122-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SWDjISb3scI/AAAAAAAADkE/riFvIIS9Lkc/s1600-h/couple1939.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SWDjISb3scI/AAAAAAAADkE/riFvIIS9Lkc/s400/couple1939.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287475694060155330" border="0" /></a>Even during the depression.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-7797460271635262630?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-18379277508211306092009-01-02T08:35:00.001-05:002009-01-02T08:35:00.446-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SVfxOhtQYSI/AAAAAAAADg4/NbT-JGow4R0/s1600-h/k3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SVfxOhtQYSI/AAAAAAAADg4/NbT-JGow4R0/s400/k3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284957919611216162" border="0" /></a>Sometimes its great to be a kid, sometimes ok, and sometimes lousy. They either live in the small house behind them or it's a dog house with a chimney or a smoke house - I'll go with that latter.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-1837927750821130609?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-15034025034762827722009-01-01T08:32:00.001-05:002009-01-01T09:06:20.874-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SVfwrYm5vjI/AAAAAAAADgw/vOzLDxBZS9U/s1600-h/Happy+New+Year.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SVfwrYm5vjI/AAAAAAAADgw/vOzLDxBZS9U/s400/Happy+New+Year.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284957315873226290" border="0" /></a>Here's hoping they had a good one - and you will have a good one.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-1503402503476282772?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-40211131783786757122008-12-31T08:27:00.000-05:002008-12-31T08:27:01.139-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SVfvcyjGOiI/AAAAAAAADgo/BrrYAyJ-8wk/s1600-h/OtherSide9a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SVfvcyjGOiI/AAAAAAAADgo/BrrYAyJ-8wk/s400/OtherSide9a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284955965626923554" border="0" /></a>The Card<br />1911<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SVfvcn4WZ4I/AAAAAAAADgg/lEMQzbMVlDI/s1600-h/OtherSide9b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 257px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SVfvcn4WZ4I/AAAAAAAADgg/lEMQzbMVlDI/s400/OtherSide9b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284955962763274114" border="0" /></a>The Other Side Of The Card<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">What do you thinks of this.</span><br /><br />From Chas.M To Mrs. Chas M.<br />Returning home soon I suspect.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-4021113178378675712?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-55040871470297910932008-12-30T08:31:00.004-05:002008-12-30T11:08:57.790-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SVejb7zuOcI/AAAAAAAADgY/RHh3DsNx2B8/s1600-h/before.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SVejb7zuOcI/AAAAAAAADgY/RHh3DsNx2B8/s400/before.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284872388048992706" border="0" /></a>War is glorious until the shooting starts.<br /><br />Johnny We Hadly Knew Ya<br /><p><i>While goin' the road to sweet </i><i>Athy,</i><i> hurroo, hurroo<br />While goin' the road to sweet Athy, hurroo, hurroo<br />While goin' the road to sweet Athy<br />A stick in the hand and a drop in the eye<br />A doleful damsel I heard cry,<br />Johnny I hardly knew ye.<br /></i></p> <p><i>With your guns and drums and drums and guns, hurroo, hurroo<br />With your guns and drums and drums and guns, hurroo, hurroo<br />With your guns and drums and drums and guns<br />The enemy nearly slew ye<br />Oh my darling dear, Ye look so queer<br />Johnny I hardly knew ye.<br /></i></p> <p><i>Where are your eyes that were so mild, hurroo, hurroo<br />Where are your eyes that were so mild, hurroo, hurroo<br />Where are your eyes that were so mild<br />When my heart you so beguiled?<br />Why did ye skedaddle from me and the child?<br />Oh Johnny, I hardly knew ye.<br /></i></p> <p><i>Where are your legs that used to run, hurroo, hurroo<br />Where are your legs that used to run, hurroo, hurroo<br />Where are your legs that used to run<br />When you went for to carry a gun<br />To be sure but your dancing days are done<br />Oh Johnny, I hardly knew ye.<br /></i></p> <p><i>Ye haven't an arm, ye haven't a leg, hurroo, hurroo<br />Ye haven't an arm, ye haven't a leg, hurroo, hurroo<br />Ye haven't an arm, ye haven't a leg,<br />Ye're an armless, boneless, chickenless egg,<br />Ye'll have to be put with a bowl to beg,<br />Oh Johnny I hardly knew ye.<br /></i></p> <p><i>I'm happy for to see ye home, hurroo, hurroo<br />I'm happy for to see ye home, hurroo, hurroo<br />I'm happy for to see ye home<br />All from the island of Ceylon<br />So low in flesh, so high in bone<br />Oh Johnny I hardly knew ye.<br /></i></p> <p><i>They're rolling out the guns again, hurroo, hurroo<br />They're rolling out the guns again, hurroo, hurroo<br />They're rolling out the guns again,<br />But they never will take our sons again,<br />No they never will take our sons again,<br />Johnny I'm swearing to ye.</i></p>The Betty Sanders version can be heard by clicking<span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"> </span><a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.box.net/shared/static/d3s6zjhaq0.mp3">here</a>.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-5504087147029791093?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-89639252292406733852008-12-29T08:38:00.000-05:002008-12-29T08:38:00.750-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SVedsWtItKI/AAAAAAAADf4/VynDtPcCf4E/s1600-h/rr.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 307px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SVedsWtItKI/AAAAAAAADf4/VynDtPcCf4E/s400/rr.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284866073077265570" border="0" /></a>Having it out for their man?<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-8963925229240673385?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-75873244259191203222008-12-26T08:39:00.002-05:002008-12-26T10:46:48.224-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SU65WgAqctI/AAAAAAAADdg/wQ_NiSrU7oc/s1600-h/OtherSide8a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SU65WgAqctI/AAAAAAAADdg/wQ_NiSrU7oc/s400/OtherSide8a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282363209153147602" border="0" /></a>The Card<br />circa 1909<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SU65WdtTBBI/AAAAAAAADdY/bQHryGsW2YQ/s1600-h/OtherSide8b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 262px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SU65WdtTBBI/AAAAAAAADdY/bQHryGsW2YQ/s400/OtherSide8b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282363208535049234" border="0" /></a>The Other Side Of The Card<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">No, I am not working yet. Are you? Many happy returns, Your friend, Myrtle C.</span><br /><br />Could this be an indication of a 100 year unemployment cycle?<br />The solution may lie in <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.box.net/shared/static/jzn4am7sar.mp3">Working for the PWA</a> (and we are being told it's coming).<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-7587324425919120322?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-87419669481842969742008-12-25T06:31:00.002-05:002008-12-25T08:54:31.287-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SU63PrnCkrI/AAAAAAAADdQ/BFysHu0RS-o/s1600-h/xmas+parade+1930.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SU63PrnCkrI/AAAAAAAADdQ/BFysHu0RS-o/s400/xmas+parade+1930.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282360892984562354" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SU63PWgpw0I/AAAAAAAADdI/ivt2TdAJBHg/s1600-h/Xmas1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 312px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SU63PWgpw0I/AAAAAAAADdI/ivt2TdAJBHg/s400/Xmas1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282360887320625986" border="0" /></a><br />And to all a good night...and day and next year.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-8741966948184296974?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-23919202517469558022008-12-24T08:36:00.000-05:002008-12-24T08:36:01.082-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SU6t9vD9VLI/AAAAAAAADdA/2850uMRpY9w/s1600-h/1909nyc.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SU6t9vD9VLI/AAAAAAAADdA/2850uMRpY9w/s400/1909nyc.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282350689068864690" border="0" /></a>There are no more real typesetters and no union, but on Labor Day 1909, the Women's Auxiliary Typographical Union was in full force. Interestingly, the union had itself been formed some some 50 years earlier. That was when reading was fundamental.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-2391920251746955802?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-24691762477806052022008-12-23T08:48:00.001-05:002008-12-23T08:48:00.343-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SU6sAkKIcmI/AAAAAAAADc4/Dq87Kz6A5hY/s1600-h/NY+BR42nd.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SU6sAkKIcmI/AAAAAAAADc4/Dq87Kz6A5hY/s400/NY+BR42nd.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282348538658320994" border="0" /></a>One flight down, on 42nd street, long before the clean up. Went there once and heard the barber's, who all admitted they had never been outside of NYC, discussing how farm animals "did it". Best comedy dollar I ever spent. And the haircut, let's just say it grew out.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-2469176247780605202?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-63826801114404540952008-12-22T08:33:00.001-05:002008-12-22T08:33:05.094-05:00<div style="text-align: center;">Here are the hip places to go for a cup of joe.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SU6acMgn0vI/AAAAAAAADcw/HO9LDE3tmCI/s1600-h/Coffee5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 148px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SU6acMgn0vI/AAAAAAAADcw/HO9LDE3tmCI/s400/Coffee5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282329222137238258" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SU6ab3IQ3WI/AAAAAAAADco/jzPWC74MSr4/s1600-h/Coffee4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 161px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SU6ab3IQ3WI/AAAAAAAADco/jzPWC74MSr4/s400/Coffee4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282329216397925730" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SU6abscWepI/AAAAAAAADcg/FSRU3vcy6UI/s1600-h/Coffee3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 148px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SU6abscWepI/AAAAAAAADcg/FSRU3vcy6UI/s400/Coffee3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282329213529389714" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SU6abdmNxTI/AAAAAAAADcY/Saz24OsS4lA/s1600-h/Coffee2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 171px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SU6abdmNxTI/AAAAAAAADcY/Saz24OsS4lA/s400/Coffee2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282329209544230194" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SU6abB3EFmI/AAAAAAAADcQ/qum_GSJJIro/s1600-h/Coffee1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 129px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SU6abB3EFmI/AAAAAAAADcQ/qum_GSJJIro/s400/Coffee1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282329202098706018" border="0" /></a>And while you are sipping - how about a little Marjorie Stedeford singing <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.box.net/shared/static/tbabq3fu62.mp3">Black Coffee</a>.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-6382680111440454095?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-41268644906363067062008-12-19T08:35:00.001-05:002008-12-19T08:35:00.136-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SUaD-V8BmEI/AAAAAAAADZQ/EDvOwTuLwGU/s1600-h/WCTU1911.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 297px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SUaD-V8BmEI/AAAAAAAADZQ/EDvOwTuLwGU/s400/WCTU1911.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280052720202520642" border="0" /></a>The evil's just might be the temperance women of 1911.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and BTW... <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.box.net/shared/static/oq5zormvzt.mp3">Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well</a> ?<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-4126864490636306706?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-7067603697862696542008-12-18T08:32:00.001-05:002008-12-18T08:32:00.553-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SUaLfmbD8-I/AAAAAAAADZg/KenlssqSzhM/s1600-h/OtherSide7a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 253px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SUaLfmbD8-I/AAAAAAAADZg/KenlssqSzhM/s400/OtherSide7a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280060988144743394" border="0" /></a>The Card<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SUaLfe6CuLI/AAAAAAAADZY/qA99QzXHt_k/s1600-h/OtherSide7b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 252px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SUaLfe6CuLI/AAAAAAAADZY/qA99QzXHt_k/s400/OtherSide7b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280060986127202482" border="0" /></a>The other side of the card<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">It is clear and cool today. Bring the gas bill along on Sat night. Going out for breakfast. Kenny</span><br /><br />Bring the gas bill?<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-706760369786269654?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-5916643275545129442008-12-17T08:41:00.001-05:002008-12-17T08:41:00.350-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SUZ8AR_0frI/AAAAAAAADZI/PhZAuM_3xAE/s1600-h/nyb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 256px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SUZ8AR_0frI/AAAAAAAADZI/PhZAuM_3xAE/s400/nyb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280043957411413682" border="0" /></a>One of the real Bowery boys, not quite so much fun as Huntz Hall and Leo Gorcey would have you believe.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Still everyone needs a haircut and who better to give<br />you one than <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.box.net/shared/static/kuf90zycnl.mp3">Bobo,The Bowery Barber</a>.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-591664327554512944?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-90173221165393089592008-12-16T08:30:00.000-05:002008-12-16T08:30:00.358-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SUZ0YK-AFiI/AAAAAAAADZA/SUUu0eWcmTs/s1600-h/WLD.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 274px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SUZ0YK-AFiI/AAAAAAAADZA/SUUu0eWcmTs/s400/WLD.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280035571748574754" border="0" /></a>Young, in love, a warm breeze, and a flowered dress.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-9017322116539308959?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-42506738363140256892008-12-15T08:30:00.001-05:002008-12-15T08:30:01.821-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SUVt-JgnptI/AAAAAAAADY4/5RazC7NVCWY/s1600-h/nb+1930.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SUVt-JgnptI/AAAAAAAADY4/5RazC7NVCWY/s400/nb+1930.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279747052633827026" border="0" /></a>Fats Waller had a few things to say about the news. Check out <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.box.net/shared/static/8gf7yfg6so.mp3">Headlines.</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-4250673836314025689?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-36743217145744189612008-12-12T08:40:00.000-05:002008-12-12T08:40:01.074-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/STw3KtQC_BI/AAAAAAAACsU/-64AKtCkMnA/s1600-h/skiers.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 251px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/STw3KtQC_BI/AAAAAAAACsU/-64AKtCkMnA/s400/skiers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277153520456498194" border="0" /></a>I guess some pointed pine boards do count as skis.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.box.net/shared/static/of32qcf2kj.mp3">Winter Weather</a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-3674321714574418961?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-3567022767601675882008-12-11T08:44:00.000-05:002008-12-11T08:44:01.105-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/STw1yJxSD0I/AAAAAAAACsE/cauUNcPJxfw/s1600-h/OtherSide6a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/STw1yJxSD0I/AAAAAAAACsE/cauUNcPJxfw/s400/OtherSide6a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277151999103733570" border="0" /></a>The Card<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/STw1ySnoMMI/AAAAAAAACsM/J-eyf94aS3o/s1600-h/OtherSide6b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/STw1ySnoMMI/AAAAAAAACsM/J-eyf94aS3o/s400/OtherSide6b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277152001479160002" border="0" /></a>The other side of the card.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;">Just a few lines to leave you know I am still living. You know you said I could die and you would never hear of it. Margaret.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Hopefully he got more cards from her.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-356702276760167588?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-33128179157791663232008-12-10T08:39:00.001-05:002008-12-10T08:39:00.721-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/STw0tsIhKxI/AAAAAAAACr8/HosKolGpdUk/s1600-h/G%26B.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 275px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/STw0tsIhKxI/AAAAAAAACr8/HosKolGpdUk/s400/G%26B.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277150822917024530" border="0" /></a>Simple pleasures and good eggs as well.<br />So remember what <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.box.net/shared/static/s7ah9gynlg.mp3">Gene Autry</a> sang.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-3312817915779166323?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-9422363888340406952008-12-09T08:37:00.000-05:002008-12-09T08:37:01.523-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/STw0GpU3QdI/AAAAAAAACr0/GY12adVO7_U/s1600-h/hotel+biltmore.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/STw0GpU3QdI/AAAAAAAACr0/GY12adVO7_U/s400/hotel+biltmore.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277150152148599250" border="0" /></a>The Biltmore Hotel, NYC<br />What stories those rooms held.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-942236388834040695?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-53302971545304750612008-12-08T08:26:00.000-05:002008-12-08T08:26:01.243-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/STwxh2W6BAI/AAAAAAAACrs/3f4AGbDaQAE/s1600-h/nodrm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 274px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/STwxh2W6BAI/AAAAAAAACrs/3f4AGbDaQAE/s400/nodrm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277147320968414210" border="0" /></a>Dancing to DRM free music. Just need a car battery.<br />She looks like a <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.box.net/shared/static/mlzsodxgt3.mp3">Charleston Baby</a> to me.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-5330297154530475061?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-32889925757050027502008-12-05T08:30:00.002-05:002008-12-05T15:11:36.257-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/STRDUIbVABI/AAAAAAAACoM/6DGK97IV948/s1600-h/Teddy+and+Olga.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 272px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/STRDUIbVABI/AAAAAAAACoM/6DGK97IV948/s400/Teddy+and+Olga.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274915076696244242" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Hairdressers in Manhattan - above a restaurant once<br />frequented by Frank Sinatra and crew.<br />I wonder if Olga was like<br />Big Maybelle's <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.box.net/shared/static/kxh5tdktp1.mp3">Hair Dressin' Women</a><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-3288992575705002750?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-59243481051796913812008-12-04T08:36:00.001-05:002008-12-04T08:36:00.597-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/STRBoaOaVcI/AAAAAAAACn8/s0CTrEouQBo/s1600-h/drivingtxt+a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 262px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/STRBoaOaVcI/AAAAAAAACn8/s0CTrEouQBo/s400/drivingtxt+a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274913226048034242" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-5924348105179691381?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-16208085252737124842008-12-03T08:48:00.000-05:002008-12-03T08:48:01.163-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/STQ_7sUrpiI/AAAAAAAACns/ZlVWxOqCdIY/s1600-h/OtherSide5a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 254px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/STQ_7sUrpiI/AAAAAAAACns/ZlVWxOqCdIY/s400/OtherSide5a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274911358300431906" border="0" /></a>The Card<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/STQ_8DxDMpI/AAAAAAAACn0/pNLVFjBgwRU/s1600-h/OtherSide5b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 255px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/STQ_8DxDMpI/AAAAAAAACn0/pNLVFjBgwRU/s400/OtherSide5b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274911364593431186" border="0" /></a>The Other Side Of The Card<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">From Clifford,</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Dear Cousin, I got your last card. I wish you was here to play Mumblepeg with me. I'm a little better player than I was.</span><br /><br />Kid's texting - circa 1912<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-1620808525273712484?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-1879424070816293632008-12-02T08:23:00.001-05:002008-12-02T08:23:00.390-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/STL3EIjmtiI/AAAAAAAACnM/U0UCQ64qm2M/s1600-h/Bighat4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 251px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/STL3EIjmtiI/AAAAAAAACnM/U0UCQ64qm2M/s400/Bighat4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274549763992630818" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/STL3D7fAEZI/AAAAAAAACnE/t2a-ASZl6jk/s1600-h/Bighat3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/STL3D7fAEZI/AAAAAAAACnE/t2a-ASZl6jk/s400/Bighat3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274549760483660178" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/STL3DmLafjI/AAAAAAAACm8/5TUJFNp-Cs4/s1600-h/Bighat2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 257px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/STL3DmLafjI/AAAAAAAACm8/5TUJFNp-Cs4/s400/Bighat2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274549754764361266" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/STL3C_t0mII/AAAAAAAACm0/8dzn9e7o2t4/s1600-h/Bighat1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/STL3C_t0mII/AAAAAAAACm0/8dzn9e7o2t4/s400/Bighat1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274549744439695490" border="0" /></a>These come to mind<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.box.net/shared/static/ebkxcp6xbo.mp3">Van</a><br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.box.net/shared/static/ya1tc13uct.mp3">Jimi</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/static/e4juvts0ht.mp3"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Charlie Barnet</span><br /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-187942407081629363?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-72052109498690903072008-12-01T08:31:00.000-05:002008-12-01T08:31:00.773-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/STLxMZkHI5I/AAAAAAAACms/nkJky5b2pEc/s1600-h/Mr.+and+Mrs.+McGreerysm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/STLxMZkHI5I/AAAAAAAACms/nkJky5b2pEc/s400/Mr.+and+Mrs.+McGreerysm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274543308927345554" border="0" /></a>Looks like the Mrs. was still strumming when the picture was snapped.<br />And here's a little mandolin and fiddle - <a style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);" href="http://www.box.net/shared/static/oafcot3fap.mp3">Melissa's Waltz</a> by Bill Monroe.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-7205210949869090307?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-657998197287729062008-11-28T08:46:00.000-05:002008-11-28T08:46:00.693-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SSm4OflhMbI/AAAAAAAACj8/DQ5t2T2qflQ/s1600-h/kw2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 314px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SSm4OflhMbI/AAAAAAAACj8/DQ5t2T2qflQ/s400/kw2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271947397950419378" border="0" /></a>Cruising through the park<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SSm4OBIo9HI/AAAAAAAACj0/5-Ux2dLNiaw/s1600-h/kw1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SSm4OBIo9HI/AAAAAAAACj0/5-Ux2dLNiaw/s400/kw1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271947389776229490" border="0" /></a>No learner's permit necessary<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SSm4Nym_7vI/AAAAAAAACjs/FcOVCCPlfIs/s1600-h/wagonsm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 306px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SSm4Nym_7vI/AAAAAAAACjs/FcOVCCPlfIs/s400/wagonsm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271947385877032690" border="0" /></a>Every kid had a wagon<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-65799819728772906?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-89902514421006105192008-11-27T08:41:00.003-05:002008-11-27T08:41:00.970-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SS4F5HxYtTI/AAAAAAAACk0/sK4lK6huW6Y/s1600-h/thanksgiving+1922.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 289px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SS4F5HxYtTI/AAAAAAAACk0/sK4lK6huW6Y/s400/thanksgiving+1922.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273158692594300210" border="0" /></a>Thanksgiving dinner delivery, 1922<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SSm2qgTnJaI/AAAAAAAACjk/3K7ky6NHj9U/s1600-h/Lexington+Diner.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 285px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SSm2qgTnJaI/AAAAAAAACjk/3K7ky6NHj9U/s400/Lexington+Diner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271945680156829090" border="0" /></a>Diner - 1980's<br />Sadly, some folks probably had their Thanksgiving dinner at the counter.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-8990251442100610519?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-28212159425075336972008-11-26T08:49:00.001-05:002008-11-26T08:49:00.691-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SSm0ILhL3iI/AAAAAAAACjc/JGBR1b0uiig/s1600-h/OtherSide4a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 257px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SSm0ILhL3iI/AAAAAAAACjc/JGBR1b0uiig/s400/OtherSide4a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271942891437809186" border="0" /></a>The Card<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SSmz6LsQNjI/AAAAAAAACjU/DpDptCaRGW4/s1600-h/OtherSide4b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 257px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SSmz6LsQNjI/AAAAAAAACjU/DpDptCaRGW4/s400/OtherSide4b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271942650966062642" border="0" /></a>The Other Side of the Card<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Sept 16, 1909</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Have just been wondering if you'd answer my card if I sent you one. Am sorry our parting wasn't as pleasant as it might have been, but I felt a little hurt at you. Would be pleased to hear a word from you if you feel so inclined.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Edna Anderson</span><br /><br />A rocky 1909 relationship with one side holding out a hand. Did H.R. respond?<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-2821215942507533697?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-63019119848229260482008-11-25T08:40:00.001-05:002008-11-25T08:40:01.191-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SSmyoCiF3SI/AAAAAAAACjM/pyNB-nmyizw/s1600-h/tank.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SSmyoCiF3SI/AAAAAAAACjM/pyNB-nmyizw/s400/tank.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271941239758249250" border="0" /></a>Found in antique store - guessing it was made in a garage in the late 40's, a remembrance of WWII.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-6301911984822926048?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-9154426509409810922008-11-24T08:38:00.000-05:002008-11-24T08:38:00.461-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SSmximBo_AI/AAAAAAAACjE/mI2126CcMOA/s1600-h/wedding+1910.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SSmximBo_AI/AAAAAAAACjE/mI2126CcMOA/s400/wedding+1910.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271940046694972418" border="0" /></a>At the time it was traditional the bride stand to show off her dress while the hubby got the easy chair.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-915442650940981092?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-22828134433201695242008-11-21T08:22:00.000-05:002008-11-21T08:22:02.345-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SSF-XnaAx9I/AAAAAAAACgk/hXI1QcM1OcE/s1600-h/suffarage.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 251px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SSF-XnaAx9I/AAAAAAAACgk/hXI1QcM1OcE/s400/suffarage.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269631983180367826" border="0" /></a>What the well dressed suffragette wore when marching - no frilly skirts here.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-2282813443320169524?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-90335282742726172932008-11-20T08:37:00.004-05:002008-11-20T18:48:39.890-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SSF60afBtiI/AAAAAAAACgU/meGrPiJgiXk/s1600-h/OtherSide3b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SSF60afBtiI/AAAAAAAACgU/meGrPiJgiXk/s400/OtherSide3b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269628079881434658" border="0" /></a>The Card<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SSF60hrkXMI/AAAAAAAACgc/Bh-oZ8TDd5k/s1600-h/OtherSide3a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SSF60hrkXMI/AAAAAAAACgc/Bh-oZ8TDd5k/s400/OtherSide3a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269628081813085378" border="0" /></a>The Other Side of the card<br /><br />I don't know if you are allowed to climb the spire anymore.<br /><br /><p class="style_paragrafo"><b> </b>Of the Duomo, which began construction in 1386, Mark Twain, in his novel Innocents Abroad, wrote:<em><br /></em></p><p class="style_paragrafo"><em>What a wonder it is! So grand, so solemn, so vast! And yet so </em> <em>delicate </em> <em>, so airy, so graceful! A very world of solid weight, and yet it seems ...a delusion of frostwork that might vanish with a breath!... </em></p><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-9033528274272617293?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-57513425221187678242008-11-19T08:32:00.000-05:002008-11-19T08:32:00.569-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SSF5q1-njrI/AAAAAAAACgM/k5k0v06oVCU/s1600-h/bb49.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 236px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SSF5q1-njrI/AAAAAAAACgM/k5k0v06oVCU/s400/bb49.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269626815951376050" border="0" /></a>Bourbon inspection on the hip flask line.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-5751342522118767824?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-46393375042490790882008-11-18T08:37:00.001-05:002008-11-18T08:37:01.792-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SSF1yiFWbVI/AAAAAAAACf8/bxExyJLd3rc/s1600-h/monopolysm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 249px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SSF1yiFWbVI/AAAAAAAACf8/bxExyJLd3rc/s400/monopolysm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269622550003346770" border="0" /></a>Play the game and dress the part<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SSF1y4uggBI/AAAAAAAACgE/kF7CA302kqo/s1600-h/monbx.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 366px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SSF1y4uggBI/AAAAAAAACgE/kF7CA302kqo/s400/monbx.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269622556081553426" border="0" /></a>This one saw a lot of play<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-4639337504249079088?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-37542864175942928372008-11-17T09:19:00.000-05:002008-11-17T09:19:00.197-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SRh7ScpYfRI/AAAAAAAACdw/SwmWzbLXBhk/s1600-h/nykid3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SRh7ScpYfRI/AAAAAAAACdw/SwmWzbLXBhk/s400/nykid3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267095321067420946" border="0" /></a>NYC, 1964<br />I wonder how far he has gotten?<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-3754286417594292837?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-88911232580521445922008-11-14T08:36:00.006-05:002008-11-14T08:36:00.412-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SRh6udWsgEI/AAAAAAAACdo/XbjM54tSbjs/s1600-h/Hawaiian+Guitar+Instruction.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 395px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SRh6udWsgEI/AAAAAAAACdo/XbjM54tSbjs/s400/Hawaiian+Guitar+Instruction.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267094702782185538" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And here is a little Hawaiian music to start your party.<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.box.net/shared/static/8vpyo51yvj.mp3">Kamehamaha Rag</a> by Lukewela's Royal Hawaiians</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-8891123258052144592?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-1391855955125443632008-11-13T08:39:00.009-05:002008-11-13T15:22:43.703-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SRsDZV7TLhI/AAAAAAAACe0/eonZq-dHZRY/s1600-h/gh2pcsm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 255px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SRsDZV7TLhI/AAAAAAAACe0/eonZq-dHZRY/s400/gh2pcsm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267807923057405458" border="0" /></a>The Dream<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SRrlDkEX07I/AAAAAAAACes/XLmz3DbNPVo/s1600-h/g+d40.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 294px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SRrlDkEX07I/AAAAAAAACes/XLmz3DbNPVo/s400/g+d40.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267774563547599794" border="0" /></a><strong style="font-weight: normal;">The Reality</strong><strong style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />Me And The Devil Blues - Robert Johnson</strong><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />Early this mornin', when you knocked upon my door<br />Early this mornin', ooh, when you knocked upon my door<br />And I said, "Hello, Satan, I believe it's time to go"<br /><br />Me and the devil, was walkin' side by side<br />Me and the devil, ooh, was walkin' side by side<br />And I'm goin' to beat my woman, until I get satisfied<br /><br />She say you don't see why, that you will dog me 'round<br />(spoken: Now, babe, you know you ain't doin' me right, don'cha)<br />She say you don't see why, ooh, that you will dog me 'round<br />It must-a be that old evil spirit, so deep down in the ground<br /><br />You may bury my body, down by the highway side<br />(spoken: Baby, I don't care where you bury my body when I'm dead and gone)<br />You may bury my body, ooh, down by the highway side<br /><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);" href="http://www.box.net/shared/static/0ahpft9qk9.mp3">So my old evil spirit, can catch a Greyhound bus and ride</a><br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-139185595512544363?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-89235059551894203222008-11-12T08:30:00.001-05:002008-11-12T08:30:01.370-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SRh4pFk-XVI/AAAAAAAACdY/JzLC2E2KHCU/s1600-h/Smile.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SRh4pFk-XVI/AAAAAAAACdY/JzLC2E2KHCU/s400/Smile.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267092411477024082" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-8923505955189420322?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-90057148338749427002008-11-11T08:30:00.001-05:002008-11-11T08:30:01.347-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SRh399uaFRI/AAAAAAAACdQ/w_qICqVpYjI/s1600-h/Fp.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SRh399uaFRI/AAAAAAAACdQ/w_qICqVpYjI/s400/Fp.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267091670634730770" border="0" /></a>Somewhere in New Jersey<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-9005714833874942700?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-54490450831558421242008-11-10T08:42:00.000-05:002008-11-10T08:42:00.370-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SRL7ffSyzkI/AAAAAAAACbA/FdqHGPCf6xA/s1600-h/BFF.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 269px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SRL7ffSyzkI/AAAAAAAACbA/FdqHGPCf6xA/s400/BFF.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265547432744373826" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-5449045083155842124?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-30845983120051507132008-11-07T08:45:00.002-05:002008-11-07T08:45:00.637-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SRL3_3HEBtI/AAAAAAAACa4/jkQjJ-j0_LA/s1600-h/1898sm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 310px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SRL3_3HEBtI/AAAAAAAACa4/jkQjJ-j0_LA/s400/1898sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265543590846924498" border="0" /></a>Canada Lake, NY - August 1898<br />Look your best wherever you are.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-3084598312005150713?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-3127795857267086152008-11-06T08:37:00.001-05:002008-11-17T09:11:55.502-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SRGh9jqNhqI/AAAAAAAACZ4/LtOMixsTghY/s1600-h/OtherSide2b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 249px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SRGh9jqNhqI/AAAAAAAACZ4/LtOMixsTghY/s400/OtherSide2b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265167518289200802" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SRGh91jh3EI/AAAAAAAACaA/A2b3n_6iUVI/s1600-h/OtherSide2a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SRGh91jh3EI/AAAAAAAACaA/A2b3n_6iUVI/s400/OtherSide2a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265167523093011522" border="0" /></a>Ella didn't waste her words - she anticipated <a href="http://twitter.com/home">Twitter</a> by over 50 years.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-312779585726708615?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-30743829307201334362008-11-05T08:31:00.000-05:002008-11-05T08:31:00.407-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SRBq_ALNPLI/AAAAAAAACZQ/fWr8fY1o1DQ/s1600-h/kissnycwsp63.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 257px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SRBq_ALNPLI/AAAAAAAACZQ/fWr8fY1o1DQ/s400/kissnycwsp63.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264825595007417522" border="0" /></a>Washington Square Park, NYC - 1963<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-3074382930720133436?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-84302807387846955992008-11-04T10:20:00.002-05:002008-11-04T10:37:37.490-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SRBsGhq98qI/AAAAAAAACZY/llvmza42Exs/s1600-h/The+Waspsm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 313px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SRBsGhq98qI/AAAAAAAACZY/llvmza42Exs/s400/The+Waspsm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264826823769715362" border="0" /></a>If you have been keeping your money in the mattress, and need to move it, consider The Wasp.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-8430280738784695599?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-32223151409779427522008-11-03T08:17:00.001-05:002008-11-03T08:27:39.258-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SQ77FyrLZ9I/AAAAAAAACY4/skypXN8bhJU/s1600-h/WoPsm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 306px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SQ77FyrLZ9I/AAAAAAAACY4/skypXN8bhJU/s400/WoPsm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264421091363481554" border="0" /></a>No airplanes overhead, no distant (or nearby) highway sounds, telephone, radio or tv. Could we actually survive the silence?<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-3222315140977942752?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-62072777320397210532008-11-02T08:43:00.001-05:002008-11-02T09:05:45.942-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SQ2usgbBYyI/AAAAAAAACXU/lebPbY53-x0/s1600-h/warren.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 256px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SQ2usgbBYyI/AAAAAAAACXU/lebPbY53-x0/s400/warren.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264055619106726690" border="0" /></a>Earl Warren, love him or hate him. Read about him <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Warren">here</a> and then you decide.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-6207277732039721053?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-44795741297864192142008-11-01T14:24:00.000-04:002008-11-02T09:08:03.545-05:00<div style="text-align: center;">The Card - Sicily, August 18, 1943<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SQyfHjDf12I/AAAAAAAACVw/WKG42myL1S0/s1600-h/OtherSide1a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SQyfHjDf12I/AAAAAAAACVw/WKG42myL1S0/s400/OtherSide1a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263757016507078498" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The Other Side of the Card<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SQyfIAsrESI/AAAAAAAACV4/nwKOSWHz03o/s1600-h/OtherSide1b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 257px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SQyfIAsrESI/AAAAAAAACV4/nwKOSWHz03o/s400/OtherSide1b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263757024464408866" border="0" /></a>I want to believe he made it home.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-4479574129786419214?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162698564645816307.post-79083194598501934182008-10-31T14:27:00.000-04:002008-11-01T14:13:58.025-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SQtOy3zby1I/AAAAAAAACVo/CIvqEW81t20/s1600-h/trickortreat+.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 277px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CLu8_jFPNZ4/SQtOy3zby1I/AAAAAAAACVo/CIvqEW81t20/s400/trickortreat+.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263387225392663378" border="0"></a>When it was safe to eat an apple or piece of unwrapped candy you got on your trick or treat travels.<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5162698564645816307-7908319459850193418?l=ars44.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Operator_99noreply@blogger.com0