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don on April 8th, 2020

January 11: Chinese state media report the first known death from an illness originating in the Wuhan market. January 15: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds a vote to send articles of impeachment to the Senate. Pelosi and House Democrats celebrate the “solemn” occasion with a signing ceremony, using commemorative pens. That same […]

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don on December 28th, 2019

This is an update to my About Me section. I figured if I put it here more folks might see it. I’m now 66 years old.  I’m still married to Betty and we still live in the San Fernando Valley. I retired from Boeing at the end of 2008 and planned to only take a […]

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don on September 11th, 2019

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don on August 14th, 2016

Near the end of last year my company was looking for new people to help build our antennas.  I was thinking our son-in-law Patrick was a smart person who learned quickly so I talked to my boss about bringing him in to see if he would be able to help.  He started around the beginning […]

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don on August 14th, 2016

It’s been a long time since I’ve added a post so I figured I could give a summary of what’s happened since my last one. My last post was about the birth of my first granddaughter Eloise (Ellie) Weiss.  Betty and I flew out to Wisconsin in January to spend a little over a week […]

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don on October 24th, 2015

After 4 grandsons we finally have a granddaughter. My youngest blood daughter Jocelyn gave birth to Eloise Elizabeth Weiss on Saturday October 24th at 5:09 pm in Kenosha, WI. She was 8 lbs, 5 oz and 20 1/4 inches long. Betty and I will be going out at the end of December with Michelle and […]

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don on May 5th, 2015

We will be heading back down to Mexico on June 30th.  Since they need about 4 days to put in my permanent plate I figured I might as well take advantage of the extra US holiday that they don’t celebrate. According to the email they sent me it takes 1 day to make the new plate […]

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don on September 21st, 2014

After spending the last 20 years in the San Fernando Valley with only portable air conditioners and paying outrageous prices for energy Betty and I decided it’s time to spend a little of that money we’ve been saving for so long. We figured the main problem with the energy cost can be improved with a […]

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