Travel
I went to a Hallmark store today trying to find a Welcome Home card and wrapping paper with a patriotic theme. They had a whole display of greeting cards, but not one sheet of suitable wrapping paper. I went up to a clerk and showed her the card I was holding, and asked if they had wrapping paper suitable for someone coming home from Vietnam. We both stood in silence for a second, and then I'm not sure who laughed the loudest. Is this a sign of advancing age?
I also picked up couple of new maps at AAA, and asked about camping books. AAA and Woodalls evidently have formed a partnership, and produced regional camping books that are about the same as Woodalls' large directory, but since they cover a much smaller area of the country, the print is easier to read. I looked at a few localities when I got home and found that some campgrounds offer the AAA discount, but many of them say "No tent camping". I wonder how they would feel about a modified SUV or van camper, but then if they don't want me in my tent, I don't want them. I would definitely prefer to set up my tent except in rainy or very cold weather. I actually don't mind sleeping in a tent during a rain, but setting up and taking down would be uncomfortable. I've already found some promising sites for my next trip, although as always, weather will determine the route. I really want to try for more National and State parks this time.
For some reason I am getting tons of spam comments. So far today I have deleted about 20 of them from the spam folder. I notice that before the new blogger interface I rarely got spam, although I know some folks did and I got one now and then. I've also figured out the problems I have with new blogger must be related to Firefox, which is my default browser. When I use Safari I can at least get to the "new post" page, although when I get there I don't know which way to turn unless I'm strictly creating a new post and don't need to do anything else.
The weather has turned blessedly cool and the trend should continue for at least several days. This is Sacramento, so I won't get too complacent and think the unbearable heat is over for the year.
NOTE: The number of spam comments has reached 25 for today. I will wait and see if it dies down tomorrow, and if not I will not accept anonymous comments for a while. I hate to do it, but it's really aggravating, and the comments are all trying to sell the same thing.
- Catching Up
My trip is finally catching up with me and I am really tired. This morning I cleaned up the kitchen and then made a big pot of minestrone-style vegetable soup, but this afternoon I sat down with a glass of wine to look at a magazine and fell asleep...
- Saturday Morning
Thanks to readers who have commented on my problems with spam. My blog currently allows anyone to comment, and I can deal with a couple of spams a day. You may remember a few months back I received close to 100 spams in about two days. ...
- My Lucky Day
First of all, since the first 19 spam comments I received this morning, I changed the settings to disallow anonymous comments and haven't gotten n'ary a one since. Second, I took a look at the four used books by Nevada Barr, putting them in chronological...
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Thanks to all who have responded to my dilemma with blogging. I can only think it is something to do with my computer and the way it is set up - Blogger doesn't work correctly when I use Firefox, but it does when I use Safari. I'm...
- Have Dinner In South Africa
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Travel
Time Warp
I went to a Hallmark store today trying to find a Welcome Home card and wrapping paper with a patriotic theme. They had a whole display of greeting cards, but not one sheet of suitable wrapping paper. I went up to a clerk and showed her the card I was holding, and asked if they had wrapping paper suitable for someone coming home from Vietnam. We both stood in silence for a second, and then I'm not sure who laughed the loudest. Is this a sign of advancing age?
I also picked up couple of new maps at AAA, and asked about camping books. AAA and Woodalls evidently have formed a partnership, and produced regional camping books that are about the same as Woodalls' large directory, but since they cover a much smaller area of the country, the print is easier to read. I looked at a few localities when I got home and found that some campgrounds offer the AAA discount, but many of them say "No tent camping". I wonder how they would feel about a modified SUV or van camper, but then if they don't want me in my tent, I don't want them. I would definitely prefer to set up my tent except in rainy or very cold weather. I actually don't mind sleeping in a tent during a rain, but setting up and taking down would be uncomfortable. I've already found some promising sites for my next trip, although as always, weather will determine the route. I really want to try for more National and State parks this time.
For some reason I am getting tons of spam comments. So far today I have deleted about 20 of them from the spam folder. I notice that before the new blogger interface I rarely got spam, although I know some folks did and I got one now and then. I've also figured out the problems I have with new blogger must be related to Firefox, which is my default browser. When I use Safari I can at least get to the "new post" page, although when I get there I don't know which way to turn unless I'm strictly creating a new post and don't need to do anything else.
The weather has turned blessedly cool and the trend should continue for at least several days. This is Sacramento, so I won't get too complacent and think the unbearable heat is over for the year.
NOTE: The number of spam comments has reached 25 for today. I will wait and see if it dies down tomorrow, and if not I will not accept anonymous comments for a while. I hate to do it, but it's really aggravating, and the comments are all trying to sell the same thing.
- Catching Up
My trip is finally catching up with me and I am really tired. This morning I cleaned up the kitchen and then made a big pot of minestrone-style vegetable soup, but this afternoon I sat down with a glass of wine to look at a magazine and fell asleep...
- Saturday Morning
Thanks to readers who have commented on my problems with spam. My blog currently allows anyone to comment, and I can deal with a couple of spams a day. You may remember a few months back I received close to 100 spams in about two days. ...
- My Lucky Day
First of all, since the first 19 spam comments I received this morning, I changed the settings to disallow anonymous comments and haven't gotten n'ary a one since. Second, I took a look at the four used books by Nevada Barr, putting them in chronological...
-
Thanks to all who have responded to my dilemma with blogging. I can only think it is something to do with my computer and the way it is set up - Blogger doesn't work correctly when I use Firefox, but it does when I use Safari. I'm...
- Have Dinner In South Africa
Voulezvousdiner Have just launched a new special offer. ...