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VOLUME 1 ACT 3
i left off the previous blog with me arriving at Camp Shanks, NY.. Shorly after that, our division was loaded on the good ship General J.R. Brooks. After 14 days in a convoy and joining many sea sick buddies in rough north Atlantic seas, we landed in...
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A memorable Christmas vacation or one to forget?
Christmas is probably the time of year everyone wants to spend with their relatives. This is what my parents must have thought too in december 1966 and so my mother and I got on board of the vessel Vlieree, a very ugly coaster my father was captain of in...
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Picture of the Day and B'days for Sept. 3
Today is Wednesday, September 3rd. Today's birthdays include Beach Boy Al Jardine who turns 66 and Actress Valerie Perrine who turns 65.
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Boomer's Buzz: Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Today's Buzz: White-haired Obama Girls, divorce by YouTube, simple ways to improve your health, middle aging man rocks, Pope 'deeply ashamed,' stars' dramatic weight changes, McCain's gas tax holiday, and more.
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Stewardess on a coaster - a New Years- memory
In December 1973, a day after Christmas, my mother and I got a physical check-up, in order to get a real Seamans book. It was all done in a hurry, in Amsterdam, and from that moment on we were supposed to be stewardesses. It says so in that book, I...
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Picture of the Day and B'days for Dec. 16
Today is Tuesday, Dec. 16, the 351st day of 2008. Today's birthdays include actress Liv Ullman who turns 70. Our picture of the day is the master of (bizarre) disguise.
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Bird Lady of Altamonte Headed For Heaven
Ann Young died. And if you listen very close you can tell. Songbirds aren't singing quite as sweet. She was the best friend wild birds ever had. Thousands owe her their lives. Thousands more won't survive now that she's gone. She...
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Is Etiquette Dead?
On this week's Growing Bolder Radio Show, Marc and Bill interviewed the great-great-granddaughter of etiquette queen Emily Post. Anna Post is pretty hip and has a great new book about wedding etiquette. She's about 18 months too late for my own nuptials...







