Three letters that spell fun...

In my teenage years before I was able to drive a car, mini-bikes were all the rage and many an hour was spent revving up and down friends homes who had large pieces of property. Then came the atv, it in many cases was faster and easier to ride as well as easier to take another person with you, there's not much room on the back of a mini-bike. They like any motorized vehicle have to be treated with care, I've seen more than one friend flip one trying to go too fast over a mound of dirt that wasn't meant for a high speed jump but, they can be a great way to have some fun...

Myrtle Beach Days

While the topic of Golf Myrtle Beach Days didn't make it into the song "Myrtle Beach Days" by the Fantastic Shakers (shared below) many of those who head to that part of South Carolina are looking for Myrtle Beach Golf Vacations or maybe the golfers are, with any family members they bring that are not golfers taking advantage of the rest of what the area offers...It also gives you an idea of the many things to do before tee time.

Some of the Myrtle Beach Golf Packages are pretty affordable, according to some of my friends who play more than miniature golf with tee times and prices related to Myrtle Beach Golf being shared online. When my father was alive, one of his favorite places to play golf was at Myrtle Beach. Though after watching the below video, I'm sorry I didn't make a bigger fuss to go too.

The dreaded..five...zero...

Today I'm exhausted and I actually can say I feel how old I'm going to be. Yes, the dreaded 50 in 11 days (but who's counting). Turning thirty did not bother me, nor did 40 but the mental concept of turning 50 is one I've been struggling with. It's also made me think about things I never really spent much time thinking about, like Skin Care Products, as I start looking for signs of age spots.

Certain things I thought I'd never have to worry about still bother me. I would have thought by now I wouldn't have to even think about acne products. While I don't have to worry about outbreaks like I occasionally dealt with during my teenage years, once in a while acne tries to make a comeback.

I have accepted the gray hair and stopped fighting that battle, the streaks of silver I tell myself gives me character. The dying and the streaking and the plucking didn't make me feel younger, it was so time consuming. So, like my graying hair I'm sure I'll accept 50, it's just not been that easy...

Song associations...

When I think of doorbells I automatically think of this song by Anita Ward (no relation) - Ring my bell. Depending on how you want to theorize what the lyrics mean, it does suggest ringing someone's door bell. I know some will argue that point, but that's what I'm sticking with. :-)

At one point in time in the early 80's it was impossible to go out to the bars and not have this song play at least one time, some nights more than once. It was one of those songs that everyone rushed out to the dance floor to boogey to. Yes, boogey, that's what we did.

More of Gandhi's ashes scattered...

It could almost be said Gandhi has been scattered to the four corners of the world...Gandhi's ashes scattered off South Africa coast.

Six decades after his death Saturday, some of Mohandas K. Gandhi's ashes were scattered off the coast of South Africa, where he was confronted by racial discrimination during a 21-year sojourn and developed some of his philosophies of peaceful resistance.

An early morning service in a harbor in the eastern city of Durban on the 62nd anniversary of Gandhi's death included the laying of flowers and candles on the water's surface.

In 2007, some of Gandhi's ashes were sent to a Gandhi museum in Mumbai by an Indian businessman whose father, a friend of Gandhi, had saved them. Those ashes were scattered in the sea off Mumbai in 2008.

In 1997, ashes that had been found in a bank vault in northern India were immersed at the holy spot where India's Ganges and Yamuna rivers met.

Back up your data...

On a regular basis I hear the tales of woe from those who have had a computer or a hard drive fail, who did not listen to previous advice about using an online backup or an external hard drive to back up their data.

In a very short time you can make sure that all of those precious photos, tax records, all of the things you meant to print out but never did; can be saved. Or you can take the risk of one day turning on your computer and seeing the dreaded blue screen of death...

Memories of those call center days...

One of the full time jobs that I had that to me was the most fun and the most rewarding was when I worked doing call center services - level one tech support for a cable internet service provider. Working in a call center is not for everyone, but I not only learned quite a bit I was lucky to be surrounded by some fantastic co-workers. Unfortunately my job was eliminated when they decided to move our call center operation out of the US...

Things I never thought I'd need...

I remember back when it was a big deal to just have one computer and when the internet lagged so slowly but it didn't matter, I was on the internet! Ironically our WebTv was faster than our first computer. Then I was lucky enough to be able to add to our number of computers and learned how to do networking to share some of the information between each computer. Now it's even easier though using flash memory technology which really comes in handy when you are going from one computer to another that's outside of your home network. Like when I go to work, it's easy to just use flash memory for larger files than it is to compress or send via email when I'm right there in the office.

There is one advantage in living with sports addicts

I've discovered that there is one advantage of living with people who are sports addicts, it makes those decision making moments a bit easier when it comes to gift buying. Sometimes it's hard to figure out exactly what to buy someone, but if you know they are a fan of a team or a particular sport? It's easy to find great deals on sports gifts that will make them happy. In one of my visits to California to see my oldest daughter, I was just messing around with a claw machine and happened to win this big stuffed bear wearing a Forty-niner's jersey, which as luck would have it, happens to be my husband's favorite NFL team. While he's not normally a fan of stuffed animals, this one was an exception...

Bob Hope to be on postage stamp..

Postmaster General John Potter announced today that celebrated entertainer Bob Hope will be immortalized on a First-Class commemorative stamp next spring. The stamp image will be previewed on Nov. 24 in New York City at Ellis Island.

"The Postal Service is proud to immortalize the achievements of Bob Hope," said Potter. "He was not only one of our nation's most revered entertainers, but he was also a true American who selflessly dedicated more than half a century of his life to entertaining our men and women serving in uniform overseas -- both in war and peace."

Bob Hope (1903-2003) enjoyed a lifetime of success on stage and in radio, television and film. He moved to America from England a hundred years ago (1908) and quickly exhibited a natural talent for making people laugh. Hope traveled around the globe performing for U.S. troops and hosted numerous highly rated TV specials.

Although Hope never officially served in the U.S. Armed Forces, he dedicated a significant part of his life to entertaining America's men and women in uniform, starting in 1941 and continuing through Operation Desert Storm five decades later. After giving hundreds of performances overseas, he earned the nickname "G.I. Bob" and in 1997 became the first person recognized by the U.S. Congress as an "honorary veteran of the United States Armed Forces." Hope's thousands of honors also included the Congressional Gold Medal and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Among his many friends were several U.S. presidents, with whom he often played golf for charity.

He died at his home in Toluca Lake, CA, on July 27, 2003, two months after his 100th birthday.

An independent federal agency, the U.S. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, 146 million homes and businesses, six days a week. It has 37,000 retail locations and relies on the sale of postage, products and services, not tax dollars, to pay for operating expenses. The Postal Service has annual revenue of $75 billion and delivers nearly half the world's mail. To learn about the history of the Postal Service visit the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum: www.postalmuseum.si.edu.