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Love is Coming to Us All
I was kind of a wreck the last month or so of my senior year in high school. My girlfriend of the past year and a half had dumped me. I deserved it. I didn’t treat her with the respect that was due her. But, hey, I was only seventeen. Life ain’t give and take when you’re seventeen. It’s just take. In most cases couples aren’t couples, yet. They’re just sex mates and friends who are trying to... (posted by Jack H. Schick 3 days 5 hours ago.)
I was kind of a wreck the last month or so of my senior year in high school. My girlfriend of the past year and a half had dumped me. I deserved it. I didn’t treat her with the respect that was due her. But, hey, I was only seventeen. Life ain’t give and take when you’re seventeen. It’s just take. In most cases couples aren’t couples, yet. They’re just sex mates and friends who are trying to... (posted by Jack H. Schick 3 days 5 hours ago.)
The Resurrection of Pete's Trading Post: "Drill Baby, Drill"
When I went up to Allegheny National Forest in North Western Pennsylvania to hunt deer last Opening Day, I was surprised to see that Pete’s Trading Post, across the road from our cabin, was still open. Actually, the owner’s name is George. He bought the place a few decades ago and didn’t waste time or money changing the sign or the phone book listing. Business has been pretty... (posted by Jack H. Schick 3 days 22 hours ago.)
When I went up to Allegheny National Forest in North Western Pennsylvania to hunt deer last Opening Day, I was surprised to see that Pete’s Trading Post, across the road from our cabin, was still open. Actually, the owner’s name is George. He bought the place a few decades ago and didn’t waste time or money changing the sign or the phone book listing. Business has been pretty... (posted by Jack H. Schick 3 days 22 hours ago.)
Manslaughter Conviction: William Bell, a Fool in the Rain
On Monday, April 19, 2010, it was an overcast dreary day. By 5:15p.m., when William Bell (56), of Doylestown left the lengthy luncheon at the Century House in Hatfield that followed the funeral of his friend, it was drizzling slightly. He’d driven about six miles and was headed south on the two lane Limekiln Pike in New Britain Township in Bucks County, PA.. When he slowed down to make a... (posted by Jack H. Schick 5 days 10 hours ago.)
On Monday, April 19, 2010, it was an overcast dreary day. By 5:15p.m., when William Bell (56), of Doylestown left the lengthy luncheon at the Century House in Hatfield that followed the funeral of his friend, it was drizzling slightly. He’d driven about six miles and was headed south on the two lane Limekiln Pike in New Britain Township in Bucks County, PA.. When he slowed down to make a... (posted by Jack H. Schick 5 days 10 hours ago.)
Oh, Please, Please, Be My Valentine (Wag, Wag, Lick, Lick!)
I planned to go skiing today, Valentine’s Day. I take off work an hour early Tuesdays and Thursdays and hit the slopes for a few hours. I didn’t make it. My life is sort of disrupted this week. My wife of 40 years is in California visiting my daughter. She went out west because Sunday was our only grandchild’s birthday. Little Ella was three, and... (posted by Jack H. Schick 8 days ago.)
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I planned to go skiing today, Valentine’s Day. I take off work an hour early Tuesdays and Thursdays and hit the slopes for a few hours. I didn’t make it. My life is sort of disrupted this week. My wife of 40 years is in California visiting my daughter. She went out west because Sunday was our only grandchild’s birthday. Little Ella was three, and... (posted by Jack H. Schick 8 days ago.)
Tales From Krakatoa: Johanna's Nightmare
Johanna Beyerinck frequently had second thoughts about having encouraged her husband, William, (badgering and nagging, he called it), to accept a position as one of the seven Controllers in the Dutch East Indies colony. He had full authority over the Ketimbang District in the Lampong area of South Sumatra. He was in charge of the police and tax collection, was chairman of the district... (posted by Jack H. Schick 8 days 6 hours ago.)
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Johanna Beyerinck frequently had second thoughts about having encouraged her husband, William, (badgering and nagging, he called it), to accept a position as one of the seven Controllers in the Dutch East Indies colony. He had full authority over the Ketimbang District in the Lampong area of South Sumatra. He was in charge of the police and tax collection, was chairman of the district... (posted by Jack H. Schick 8 days 6 hours ago.)
Working Weekend Duty
I don’t particularly like it when it’s my turn to be Weekend Duty Supervisor at the sewer plant. They do give me an extra ten hours pay and a compensation day off the following Friday, but I still have to getting up at five in the morning and drive 50 minutes both ways eleven days in a row. I don’t have to stay at the Plant for eight hours, usually just three or four, but I’m on... (posted by Jack H. Schick 11 days 11 hours ago.)
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I don’t particularly like it when it’s my turn to be Weekend Duty Supervisor at the sewer plant. They do give me an extra ten hours pay and a compensation day off the following Friday, but I still have to getting up at five in the morning and drive 50 minutes both ways eleven days in a row. I don’t have to stay at the Plant for eight hours, usually just three or four, but I’m on... (posted by Jack H. Schick 11 days 11 hours ago.)
Hi-Desert Fire Fees Approved
Well, the bill isn’t in the mail just yet, not until June. Since there was a delay getting an endorsement from the California state regulators it will be a double bill, for the 2011-2012, and the 2012-2013 years this first time. They say it’s only going to amount to a measly $300, but, when I think about it, that’s a day and a half’s wages and could buy enough gasoline to... (posted by Jack H. Schick 12 days ago.)
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Well, the bill isn’t in the mail just yet, not until June. Since there was a delay getting an endorsement from the California state regulators it will be a double bill, for the 2011-2012, and the 2012-2013 years this first time. They say it’s only going to amount to a measly $300, but, when I think about it, that’s a day and a half’s wages and could buy enough gasoline to... (posted by Jack H. Schick 12 days ago.)
Tales From Krakatoa: An Elephant in the Room
Monsieur Louis Cressonnier, the French owner of Hotel des Indes in the city of Batavia on the island of Java, had been up most of the night. About 1:00 a.m. there had been a particularly severe grumble from Krakatoa, eighty or so miles to the west. He’d grown used to the frequent tremors of the East Indies, but they’d become almost constant since the tiny volcanic... (posted by Jack H. Schick 12 days 23 hours ago.)
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Monsieur Louis Cressonnier, the French owner of Hotel des Indes in the city of Batavia on the island of Java, had been up most of the night. About 1:00 a.m. there had been a particularly severe grumble from Krakatoa, eighty or so miles to the west. He’d grown used to the frequent tremors of the East Indies, but they’d become almost constant since the tiny volcanic... (posted by Jack H. Schick 12 days 23 hours ago.)
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