My first Car

Looking back over my life, I can’t say that I can remember with clarity all the cars that I have ever had, but I do remember my first car. For many of us a first car is a life changing event.

I was seventeen, I was starting my senior year.  In my mind, I was sure that I would soon be the oldest High School Senior in the entire world that didn’t have a car.
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Walking

I rather enjoy walking. I have a route that I walk daily. It is up one side of a steep hill and then down the other side. After I complete the hill, I turn around and walk it again from the opposite direction. My daily walk is a little less than two miles and takes me about a half hour to complete.
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Franklin Pierce

It was midweek and late in the day; the bank was empty. A lone teller sat at her cage waiting for customers.

I walked up to her and asked, “Do you have any Millard Fillmore Dollars?

The teller shook her head. “We’ve given out all that we had. We do have some Tyler and Franklin Pierce Dollars.” Read more

Eagle’s Eye - June 2010

June is a most popular month for marriages. More weddings are performed in June than any other time of the year. This has been so since early Roman times.

The Romans preferred June weddings because that was the month dedicated to the observance of Juno, the Roman goddess of marriage.
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Easy Mark

I am an easy mark. My wife seems to think that I have little or no sales resistance. Children will come to my front door selling things and I will buy from them.

I give loose change to strangers, and I believe most sob stories.
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Flying

I used to believe that flying was fun. I remember being assisted by beautiful women in uniforms. It was like being waited on by occidental Geisha. They would hand out drinks, pillows, and hot towels. They would feed me gourmet meals while being forever cognizant of my need for comfort. Gosh, it used to really be fun to fly.
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Eagle’s Eye - March 2010

My wife and daughter are pretty smart and I am seldom surprised with some of the things that they will come up with.

“Beware of the Ides of March” smirked my daughter.

“What’s an ide?” I asked.
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Valentine’s Day

February 14th is Valentine’s Day. On that day, I will often buy my wife flowers; other times I will purchase a card or a small gift. I rarely spend a lot of money, since it doesn’t take a lot of money to express an appropriate thought.
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New Years and Millard Fillmore

My daughter is very well educated. Some years back, she managed to get a wonderful scholarship to a fancy private college in Iowa. She did well, graduated and now works as an editor for a company in Vancouver USA.
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Eagle’s Eye - December 2009

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Christmas, also referred to as Christmas Day, is an annual holiday celebrated on December 25th that commemorates the birth of Jesus of Nazareth.
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