Tag: roadside
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July 09, 2008 12:40 PM EDT --
We all know that sometimes driving can be dangerous. We all try our best to be careful and "watch out for the other guy," as my dad always says. And we have to. We've all seen people doing . . .
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June 07, 2008 01:33 AM EDT --
As part of our summer adventure today while getting our passports to visit our local attractions. I decided to drive the kiddies past our local roadside oddity.
This is a A Giant Movie prop . . .
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September 13, 2006 09:25 AM EDT --
When I hear "road side assistance", I have always thought of AAA. I have the service for the peace of mind, and I have actually used the services quite a few times. However, recently . . .
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May 18, 2007 06:41 PM EDT --
Hello to all,
Coming home from our mini-vacation we found ourselves in Chester, IL. We didn't know that it was the home of Popeye the Sailorman's creator, Elsie Segar. Popeye and his friend can . . .
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July 03, 2007 11:07 PM EDT --
Many of us are headed off this summer whether it be on a day trip or a longer vacation. Recently, a friend of mine pointed me in the direction of a really fun website to check out before you head anywhere. . . .
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July 08, 2007 05:52 PM EDT --
The phrase "roadside America" is synonymous with tacky attractions of all sorts scattered across the country, from giant balls of twine to a museum of squished pennies. But there's . . .
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February 04, 2007 11:12 AM EST --
She offers flowers from the field,
And a smile of humility
To the soldiers who mourn her loss.
The clothes on her back
And the shoes on her feet,
Are all she has left
From the ravages of . . .
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April 25, 2007 12:55 AM EDT --
If America’s biggest mistake was invading Iraq, its second biggest mistake was allowing the insurgents access to an unlimited supply of munitions, which were looted at will. This oversight . . .
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April 24, 2009 03:39 AM EDT --
Would you do the same?
We've definitely thought about and fantasized about kicking our fighting kids out of the car ... but this mom actually did it!
Madlyn Primoff . . .
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July 22, 2009 04:23 PM EDT --
This book is about a killer who leaves roadside crosses beside local highways, not as memorials, but as announcements of his intention to kill. And to kill in horrific & efficent ways. . . .
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July 22, 2008 07:32 AM EDT --
I remember when I took my first driver's license test in Ohio when I was 16. On the test they had a section where you had to identify traffic signs using multiple choice answers. For the yellow "crossroads" . . .
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July 28, 2008 02:35 PM EDT --
I've fallen behind on the blogging, due to lack of wireless internet access. I've stayed a couple of days in Jackson, Ms., and drove to Baton Rouge where I got to meet the legendary Ron B. He's . . .
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July 29, 2008 11:20 AM EDT --
We arrived in New Orleans on Sunday and had dinner with our longtime friend Tracy at the Rib Room in the lobby of our hotel, the Royal Orleans. My spit-fired shrimp was great, and we all enjoyed starting . . .
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April 18, 2007 04:21 PM EDT --
I've always loved history. I met my husband through history. I love my job because of the history. Walking in the same places as those that came before us creates a connection...of past and present . . .
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February 05, 2009 06:29 PM EST --
Up (down, over) here in Michigan, the DOT provides courtesy vans that cruise the expressways looking for drivers in distress. I drive a 140-mile round-trip commute, and nearly every day I see an MDOT . . .
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May 27, 2007 02:12 PM EDT --
Veterans of combat know the feeling that goes with the lack of control they have over ongoing events. Army Specialist Aj Jefferson experiences that helpless feeling every night, and the gripping . . .
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November 02, 2006 10:47 PM EST --
Just in case Batman forgets?
Hmmm... decisions, decisions!
Excuse me??? Oh, Yeah. It's a railroad term
Hope the emergency's not too urgent! . . .
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March 18, 2007 03:04 PM EDT --
Last week, the Department of defense released the obituaries of 21 military personnel killed in Iraq, ranging in age from 19 to 49. Eleven of the soldiers were killed by roadside bombs.
The dead . . .
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July 29, 2007 09:42 PM EDT --
Private First Class Jessy S. Rogers, 20, of Copper Center, Alaska, died in Afghanistan on July 23, 2007 from a roadside bomb. We can add this name to a long list of names of those that have lost . . .
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July 29, 2008 11:22 PM EDT --
We left New Orleans after a fabulous lunch at the Rib Room in the Royal Orleans Hotel. The fried oyster salad was divine and made leaving one of our favorite cities even that much harder, but we made our . . .
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