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Has anyone been on the Wine Train adventure via Niles Canyon Railway??? I started out from my North Oakland home at 11:30 to catch a 12:30 train. I printed out 2 sets of directions. I got off onto HWY 84 and directions say make a hard left turn and I should be there………………&#

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I was looking at Yahoo news and found and article “Cheap Airline ticket day” today. YIPPEE!! However, I only got to read maybe half of the article before my computer froze. I had to totally shut it down. Upon re-booting I can no longer find that article. SO, what I read was the airplanes are [&hel

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Customized TOURS 4 WOMEN to a Safari in South Africa, Adventures in Macchu Puchhu, Magnificent Emirates, Mysteries of India, the Great Migration in Tanzania, Divas of the Nile river and Cairo, Explore Bali, Costa Rica, Panama and more. The minimum numbers of women is 8, the maximum is 20. Deposits of $300 per

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If you are 55 years or older here are a list of places that will give you a discount. YOU MUST ASK FOR THE DISCOUNT!! RESTAURANTS: Applebee’s: 15% off with Golden Apple Card (60+) Arby’s: 10% off ( 55 +) Ben & Jerry’s: 10% off (60+) Bennigan’s: discount varies by location (60+) Bob

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It’s sure NOT Delta Airlines!  Last month it was Southwest with a “hacked” computer system and now this month Delta. This is pretty scary, to me.  Who ever is doing the hacking will soon have control of all the airlines – if they don’t already. Can you imagine what kind of mess

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May 13 – 20, 2017  We are sailing  on Norwegian Cruiselines and leaving FROM Honolulu. The cruise is for 7 days. We will sail to Hilo for a day and then to Kona for another day. We will spend a night in Kauai and spend another night in Maui. This is a WONDERFUL opportunity to […]

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Many of my friends have recently retired or getting ready to retire. Here is what I know about retirement – IT NEVER COMES!. Yeah, I said it. Think about it. You retire from a j o b and now you have a NEW job – self care. No kidding. All the things you have needed […]

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Has anybody heard of Oxnard, California?? I have family there that I have not seen in over 50 years. MY OH MY what a change Oxnard has gone through. Of course , as a child I could not relate to anything but my family, playing out in the yard and  churning ice cream. To my […]

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The second plantation we went to was the Laura Plantation – a Creole people plantation run by women.  This plantation was shown by a one woman minstrel. Unlike the Whitney Plantation, this tour was about plantation like of massa and massa happened to be a woman. A woman who did not want the job. The [&

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We had a ball in New Orleans aka Nawlins! For real!!!! I am so glad I did NOT know about Nawlins as a young adult because I would probably still be there drunk somewhere laying in the gutter. OMG !! That is THEE place to go for drinking. EVERYBODY in the streets is drunk by […]

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