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more trolley observations

By Church
Our parking situation changed at work and instead of parking downtown I’ve been riding the trolley to work. Now that I’ve been a trolley rider for the past three weeks, I thought I would share a few of my observations with you.When riding the trolley, you need to add a few minutes to any schedule to allow for red lights and other delays.San Diego is much more diverse than most people realize.It’s not unusual for people to mumble to themselves. And I’m not only talking about other passengers.People check their phones just to have something to do.Having a current library card is a life-saver.Mom was right when she told you to wash your hands.All joking aside, there are real benefits to letting someone else drive you to work. I’ve read more books in the last three weeks than I had in the previous three months. Even more impressive (at least…
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elvis and the king of kings

By Church
You may not have known this, but last week was “Elvis Week.” If you didn’t know, don’t worry -- no presents are exchanged.It’s a little known fact that people often send me emails detailing their most recent “Elvis sighting.” Here are just a few places Elvis has been recently sighted ...Eating at Dunkin’ Donuts in Paducah, Kentucky. Selling RV’s in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Face painting at the Tremont Turkey Festival in Tremont, Illinois. Working as an undercover Elvis impersonator in Las Vegas.OK, maybe people don’t actually send me Elvis sighting emails but there really is a Tremont Turkey Festival in Tremont, Illinois.People have become more fascinated with Elvis since he died than when he was alive. I remember watching an “Is Elvis Alive?” TV special in the early 1990’s, hosted by Bill Bixby.The entire show was devoted to showing both sides of the argument. Conspiracy theorists would have loved it. For…
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a love-hate relationship with the trolley

By Family
My love-hate relationship with the Trolley system continues. Tonight the girls have a softball game so I decided to drive into Old Town, park, and ride the Trolley into downtown from there. That would allow me a short ride back to Old Town after work where I could pick up the car and drive south to the game. Of course, that is based on the presupposition that there would be AVAILABLE parking at Old Town! After ten minutes of circling the lot, I gave up and figured most of those cars were from people going to work and few would be leaving. That meant I had to drive to the next closest trolley stop that has public parking -- back in Fashion Valley. Back on the freeway, up another highway. Then ... wait ... wait ... for about 20 minutes until the next trolley arrived. It took me back to…
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what i’ve been reading

By Family
Since I surprised several of you with my recent post about my reading books, I thought I'd share with you what I've been reading. Click at your own risk -- you might actually end up reading one of them.After Long Silence (This is a non-fiction account of how one family dealt with their Holocaust experiences).Memorial Day (fiction)Act of Treason (fiction)Step On a Crack (fiction)
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