China, 1992: Thriving, smelling, bikes, hiddens Last week Jottings took you to China following (VJ Day) Victory in Japan, 1945. We’ll now spin the hands of time forward to observations of China from my 1992 visit and some from friends who visited in 2000. – – – 0 – – – In 1992, the first […]
If ignorance is bliss, why aren’t more people happy? Confucius say: ‘Man who sit on jelly roll have rear end in jam.? Sign at propane filling station: ‘Thank heaven for little grills.? * * * Job descriptions, or titles, can make even a common everyday job sound important and even give stature to that worker. […]
There’s so much being written and said about China these days I just had to get into the act. Another prompt was playing golf recently with a couple who were there with GM in 1998-99. Aboard the USS Woodford, we’d been moving around in the Pacific Ocean the late summer of 1945 from Pearl Harbor […]
When Danny was born to daughter Luan her first words to him were, ‘Hi Sweety. You’re going to Michigan State University.? When Luan’s husband, Bob Offer came into the delivery room his first words were a question: ‘Did you tell him he’s going to MSU?? Thus the lad’s academic future was established. The first day […]
Shades of Rudy Vallee’s My time is Your Time. Well, to me, My Time is Tomato Time. But, my regular reader knows that. Response to previous columns has brought a half dozen ways of cooking the bacon, which is the ‘B? in BLT, which I know you know. The George Foreman grill has been suggested […]
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Question: Who or which person, company or organization first started answering your phone calls with voice mail? I think it was government – local, county, state – offices and bureaus within those units. And, with the great, and apparently accepted use of acronyms, here’s one for voice mail: EAS. Electronic Avoidance System. Oh, how many […]
Hold it! Stop right there! And, as Barney Fife (Don Knotts) used to say as a deputy on Mayberry, RFD, ‘Just a gol darn minute.? There’s something you readers should think about. I ain’t just another pretty face, nor am I just another flatulence. How many people do you know that have been quoted on […]
I can’t count the number of times I’ve been lured into buying stuff without thought. Especially, in grocery sections. I most always shop with a list. Too often I don’t look at it until I’ve got my basket half full. I can ignore the hand-painted sign just inside the door, the frozen food aisle and […]
I may be a little late bringing you The Old Farmers? Almanac weather predictions for the rest of this year and 2004. Their complimentary magazine just arrived this week. But, here’s the summary for their Region 9, Chicago and Southern Great Lakes: Winter will be cold, with temperatures three degrees below normal, on average. Temperatures […]