More pictures from the album that Chris found in the closet. The first set are posted on Picture Monday, July 28, 2008.
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Monday, August 04, 2008
Picture Monday, August 4, 2008
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I'm Ba-a-a-ck!!
There were several reasons for this happening.
First, I just got tired of my computer anti-virus just working half-way, and my mal-ware scanners just working half-way. So I decided I would devote my time to solving it. This meant running scans until they froze and determining what caused them to freeze or hang. Then I had to either isolate, solve, or remove the problem file, agent, Trojan. etc. as the case may have been. Long story short, this involved countless scans that ran into two days and various procedures to correct them but it was successful and all scans run beautifully and now they report a clean machine.
Second, school days are approaching. that meant we had to look for school supplies for our grandson Jace. That's not any fun when everyone else is doing the same thing and it's 105 degrees outside, the truck is hot and then you go into the stores and they're hot also. Add to that, we could not find all the supplies at one place. AAARGH!!
Third and final reason, I was just plain tired. Messing with the computer and hunting for school supplies will just do it to you!
As if that were not enough, About the time I finally finished fixing the computer Sunday night, a freak summer thunderstorm moved into the area. Along with it there was a lot of lightning and strong gusty winds. Apparently, the winds blew a limb or something across the lines and we lost our cable, phones, and Internet. I couldn't' log on to post so I went to bed.
Once again, thanks for hanging in and we're back on line for ya.
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Friday, August 01, 2008
Not Again, Please
First, over the past couple of weeks my anti-virus software would freeze in one spot and never complete a scan. It always seemed to freeze when it got to the C:\System Volume Information\tracking.log. Initially, I thought the software was buggy so I picked up another and then a third one after the same thing occurred again. One would think that would be enough to tip someone off that there may be "something" wrong.
Not me boy. It has got to be bigger than that.
So, one day recently it was time to defrag the hard drive. Well the same thing happened, although I don't know if it was the same location since my utility doesn't share such private and intimate information with me.It seems that all I can do now each morning is to check the computer and see if the scan completed. If not, I have to bring up Windows Task Manager and then select the scan from the Processes Tab and end the process. Of course, any time I do this I am warned of the eventual end of the world and all humanity as we now know it. But what can I do? Scan the same file endlessly?
I would sure love to fix this problem. The thing is I have not noticed any deleterious effects on the computer since all of this started and am really in a quandary as to how to take care of it.
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Thursday, July 31, 2008
Legalize--Only When It Fits The Agenda
What happened to personal choice? Oh yes, it seems that the people in the community have been practicing personal choice all along. I would think that if the people in the community had wanted "healthier" food choices then quite possibly a restaurant would have moved in to fill the niche'. Apparently the people in the community want the fast food and buy it. I'm quite certain that the restaurants would not stay if they were not patronized. But that could just be me. (Thanks Garrett for the line!)
It seems that California has also now outlawed trans fats in restaurants. Why outlaw something that the marketplace has been taking care of on its own? I'm all the time seeing packages in the store claiming "No Trans Fats". The same thing with many restaurants. It seems they did it because this is what their customers wanted; not because someone wanted to regulate our lives.
Sorry for the rant!
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Notgeld #5
Well here we go again. Yes, more Notgeld. These individual specimens are some smaller denomination notes. They are all from the city of Erfurt (der Stadt Erfurt). The 10, 20, and 25 pfennig notes are all dated 9, April 1920.
The 50 pfennig note is dated 20, Oktober 1918. Less than a month before the end of the war to end all wars, World War I.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Waco Drive-In Theatres of Days Gone By
Today, the drive-ins of days past in Waco.
During the hey-day of the drive-in theatre Waco had their share. At various times Waco had a total of seven drive-ins. I remember most, barely. There are three that I do not remember; either because I never went to them or they were torn down by the time I came along.
Let's begin with the Oak Lawn Theatre. It was located at 1521 Hillsboro Drive. This is the first one I don't remember. Then there was the Sky Drive-In on Orchard Lane in East Waco. I don't remember it either. The last one I don't remember is the Westview Drive-In which was located on North Valley Mills Drive near New Road which I suppose wasn't there at the time). At some point in time as the population of Waco pushed out into the western part of Waco the Westview was torn down to make way for a small shopping area that was home to Cogdell Sporting Goods and the S&H Green Stamp redemption center. This center was eventually torn down to make way for the CVS Pharmacy, Blockbuster Video, and Dickey's Bar-B-Q (former Krispy Kreme building).
Now for the drive-ins I remember. First there was the Joy Drive-In which was located on the Old Dallas Highway. I went to this drive-in several times in the 60's and 70's. After it was closed down it converted to a flea market type of place that you could go to to buy second hand goods. Then there was the Circle Drive-In at 2112 La Salle Drive. This was always a popular one that our family went to many times. The Circle Drive-In is now a large flea market that is open each week-end. It is also the only drive-in that still has remnants of the screen still standing. I also remember Waco Drive-In that was located at 4100 La Salle, which would roughly put it at the current Chevron station at New Road and IH 35 (Across the highway from the Flying J Travel Stop). I can't really remember when it closed but I do remember going to an all night showing of the Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns there in the late 60's.
The last drive-in I remember was also the newest and probably the last one torn down. It was the Lake Air Drive-In and was located at Texas State Highway 6 and US Highway 84. I remember going to the Lake Air Drive-In often during my high school years. I specifically remember the marathon they had when they were showing all of The Beatles movies. The Lake Air Drive_in was torn down in 1980 to make way for the Richland Fashion Mall. The mall still stands and there are still no new drive-ins in Waco.
When I was in high school I worked at the Cinema Theatre at the Lake Air Mall so I got to know many of the projectionists in town. I would go to the Lake Air Drive-In often to visit with the projectionists. (I would also visit other theatres in town.) This was always an easy way to get into the movies and not have to pay. The only problem was that the projection booth was always noisy and not conducive to good movie watching.
All of the drive-in theatres were built in the 1940's and 1950's except the Lake Air Drive-In which was built in the 1960's. Many of the drive-ins were forced to close for various reasons. Among them city growth into the areas around the drive-ins, increasing land values, and the decline of the individual drive-ins themselves.
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