tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974067855063513969.comments2024-03-09T11:47:09.227-07:00Armand's Rancho Del CieloArmand Vaquerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13111693826245895173noreply@blogger.comBlogger2399125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974067855063513969.post-54059287200371559812024-03-09T11:29:57.064-07:002024-03-09T11:29:57.064-07:00Sad to see the governments in Japan are following ...Sad to see the governments in Japan are following the trend and trying to regulate people to death. Some bureaucrat is going to turn you away because you're not wearing their approved Mount Fuji Climb Ensemble? And to blame tourists for not respecting the "sacred" mountain??? I first climbed in 1985, long before "over tourism" was even a (stupid) concept, and parts of Fuji resembled a garbage dump. This is all a function of bloated government bureaucracies having long ago run out of sensible, necessary regulations and so now they sit around all day trying to find new "problems" only to justify their continued employment. Leave people alone, and get a real job, you parasites!!J.D. Leesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974067855063513969.post-73691862487066994762024-03-09T11:20:20.091-07:002024-03-09T11:20:20.091-07:00They are missing a very important language on the ...They are missing a very important language on the signs they're putting up: Chinese/Mandarin. We have noticed a real downturn in behavior of people in Japan and realized it is the presence of Chinese tourists. They are rude, pushy, and demanding, probably because this is early days in terms of the ability of many Chinese citizens to travel and they don't know how to behave in "polite company." Because many gaijin don't easily distinguish between a Japanese person and Chinese from appearance alone, these rude Chinese tourists are giving visitors a bad impression of the native Japanese. If any group needs to be told to "back off" it's the Chinese.J.D. Leesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974067855063513969.post-31566195595820934612024-03-07T07:37:54.072-07:002024-03-07T07:37:54.072-07:00I always felt the "Route 66" TV theme so...I always felt the "Route 66" TV theme song was the best ever for any TV show. Glennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12123934062254554087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974067855063513969.post-59439680739298788762024-02-27T11:25:38.333-07:002024-02-27T11:25:38.333-07:00If the funds to do the work can't be raised vo...If the funds to do the work can't be raised voluntarily, then it should just be blown up and forgotten. J.D. Leesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974067855063513969.post-18015317384337844282024-02-22T11:21:55.318-07:002024-02-22T11:21:55.318-07:00Gotta laugh (or cry) about the problem of "ov...Gotta laugh (or cry) about the problem of "over-tourism." Governments spend a bundle trying to attract tourists because, they tell us, tourists pump a lot of money into the local economy. Then they bitch about all the tourists and tax them, which discourages tourists from coming. One might almost think that the people in charge don't know what they're doing!!!J.D. Leesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974067855063513969.post-16314527343558906852024-02-14T16:20:44.273-07:002024-02-14T16:20:44.273-07:00I had a BSA pair hot pot tongs in the mid 1960'...I had a BSA pair hot pot tongs in the mid 1960's, where the hook was on the curved jaw of the pliers. Being made of aluminum instead of steel, they were light enough to carry for back pack camping. Very handy for handling all the cooking pots on wood campfires, not just the dutch oven. DanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974067855063513969.post-60505725391095790232024-01-20T21:37:27.323-07:002024-01-20T21:37:27.323-07:00Will the judge have courage or will she turn a bli...Will the judge have courage or will she turn a blind eye? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974067855063513969.post-50530432526426957602024-01-14T12:11:26.870-07:002024-01-14T12:11:26.870-07:00They built liberty ships with the main priority be...They built liberty ships with the main priority being built, not strong ,not large, not of the highest quality, but produce quickly, wartime makes it happen, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974067855063513969.post-44121071875253534922024-01-14T09:28:34.138-07:002024-01-14T09:28:34.138-07:00The question raised another question: What was the...The question raised another question: What was the average time to build a liberty ship?<br /><br />According to the National Park Service:<br /><br />Prefabrication was perfected, with complete deckhouses, double-bottom sections, stern-frame assemblies and bow units speeding production of the ships. By 1944, the average time to build a ship was 42 days. In all, 2,751 Liberties were built between 1941 and 1945, making them the largest class of ships built worldwide.Armand Vaquerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13111693826245895173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974067855063513969.post-44423771762905843522024-01-14T09:22:27.746-07:002024-01-14T09:22:27.746-07:00You'll have to ask the U.S. Navy.
Go here: h...You'll have to ask the U.S. Navy. <br /><br />Go here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Liberty_ships_(A%E2%80%93F)Armand Vaquerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13111693826245895173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974067855063513969.post-25101587408678461792024-01-14T09:07:11.081-07:002024-01-14T09:07:11.081-07:00I think you need to correct your dates because how...I think you need to correct your dates because how can they lay the keel and a month and 5 weeks launch the ship?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974067855063513969.post-78808566966010600682024-01-10T23:34:36.144-07:002024-01-10T23:34:36.144-07:00Great Blog Post.Great Blog Post.tours in key west floridahttps://www.vipmiamitours.com/package/key-west-day-trip/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974067855063513969.post-87670871611563848512024-01-07T12:48:56.640-07:002024-01-07T12:48:56.640-07:00The Bond movies are purely fantasy movies. It is i...The Bond movies are purely fantasy movies. It is insane to be "offended" by them. It is just the usual "woke police" bullshit.Armand Vaquerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13111693826245895173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974067855063513969.post-10934450948318010982024-01-07T11:32:08.802-07:002024-01-07T11:32:08.802-07:00Hollywood these days does not want to make movies ...Hollywood these days does not want to make movies where men act like men (ie. chasing girls) and women act like women (ie. they are attracted to and taken care of by dynamic, masculine men). They are constantly trying to portray a fantasy world where women are stronger, smarter, braver, and more capable than men. It's just one more way our culture is pushing the denial of reality as another step on the road to self destruction.J.D. Leesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974067855063513969.post-74184607470631084822024-01-07T04:29:28.894-07:002024-01-07T04:29:28.894-07:00Could be. A friend in Maine says pretty much the s...Could be. A friend in Maine says pretty much the same thing. They haven't had much snow either.Armand Vaquerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13111693826245895173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974067855063513969.post-91607137328582455042024-01-06T22:12:03.349-07:002024-01-06T22:12:03.349-07:00Your recent storm dumped more snow than we've ...Your recent storm dumped more snow than we've had in Central Canada for all of this winter. We almost had a "brown Christmas" this year. Right now there's about two inches on the ground, but more supposedly coming next week. Maybe it's coming from you???J.D. Leesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974067855063513969.post-24101647908328032632023-12-30T19:05:10.594-07:002023-12-30T19:05:10.594-07:00My husband lived on RuthEllen and he was born in 1...My husband lived on RuthEllen and he was born in 1958! Near Saint Andrews park he thinks. He lived there for 4 years. And his parents met at Arden Farms. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974067855063513969.post-38963485440989979802023-12-24T09:45:03.965-07:002023-12-24T09:45:03.965-07:00California buyersCalifornia buyersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974067855063513969.post-49460506614381603602023-12-18T17:52:12.986-07:002023-12-18T17:52:12.986-07:00My dad was a milkman for Arden in 1949 after the M...My dad was a milkman for Arden in 1949 after the Marine Corp. Gramps had a dairy (Vierra and Sons) in Cerritos (Vierra Avenue named after him when the bought his land). Loved his stories and one customer was a house of ill repute in LA somewhere. We always teased him about how long did the delivery take? Ha. He married mom in 1948 after he got out of the Marine Corp. Good video of Dairy Valley and now Cerritos:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj1cCyVmX4c jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12490124140120906041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974067855063513969.post-35948400122043056362023-12-18T14:09:26.403-07:002023-12-18T14:09:26.403-07:00Grew up on 58th place and Danker, 1940 to 1958. Ne...Grew up on 58th place and Danker, 1940 to 1958. Neighbor, John Cunio, worked for Arden, and brought home ice cream in 2in cubes. The best ever!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974067855063513969.post-58883235512237371282023-12-16T13:50:07.833-07:002023-12-16T13:50:07.833-07:00I remember Roland Nalder and his hot 1958 silver C...I remember Roland Nalder and his hot 1958 silver Chev. It was the coolest of the cars that hung out at Aha's and we cruised together back in 1959 and 1960 until we graduated from HS and headed to college. The delConte's were there too, as well as Fred Large and Billy Way!! Fun times. Baskin Robbins was West of Aha's.Jacquie Jonernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974067855063513969.post-81892442889092223722023-12-15T12:19:36.868-07:002023-12-15T12:19:36.868-07:00J.D.: Thanks for your thoughts. They echo how we w...J.D.: Thanks for your thoughts. They echo how we were in our later years. A couple of years ago, my friend Mitch and I were riding around Lake Havasu in Mitch's Slingshot. His dad and my dad became good friends through us during our junior high days. I mentioned that I could picture our dads trying out the Slingshot. My dad would be driving as his dad had bad eyes. They both would be helping us with mechanical work on our cars. We learned about car maintenance through them for the most part. My dad would be 95 this year. I had my toast to his memory (brandy and egg nog).Armand Vaquerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13111693826245895173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974067855063513969.post-89778155415007767422023-12-15T11:58:05.388-07:002023-12-15T11:58:05.388-07:00Hi Armand, Thanks for the nice post. If one had a ...Hi Armand, Thanks for the nice post. If one had a good relationship with a parent, I think the bond remains for life. My dad passed on almost fourteen years ago, and as for you, the time has passed incredibly quickly. I think of him and my mum often, and again like you, more so in my retirement. I suspect that's because I have reached the stage of life where he was when we really became closest, so I wish he could be here to share some of the things we now would have in common were we actually contemporaries. In short, I have come to truly enjoy the same things that he enjoyed in his retirement, and since we were good friends, it would be nice to be able to share those things with him now. Just to sit and talk politics and have a drink together, or a cup of coffee and a cinnamon bun before heading off to bed, that sort of thing. I'd like to have his take on the state of the world today, though I strongly suspect I know what it would be. Anyway, thanks again. Though I never knew him, I'll raise a toast to your dad a little later today. To have a son like you he must have been a good guy.J.D. Leesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974067855063513969.post-58018178541423214262023-12-11T11:41:22.509-07:002023-12-11T11:41:22.509-07:00Free and fair elections are the way civilized peop...Free and fair elections are the way civilized people solve disagreements about public policy. When people lose faith in the honesty of their elections, there's an alternative means to solve those disagreements. It's called violence. The preceding is not a call for violence, it's a statement of fact.J.D. Leesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974067855063513969.post-13758426282789409372023-12-09T04:56:45.844-07:002023-12-09T04:56:45.844-07:00I didn't detect anything political in it. Ther...I didn't detect anything political in it. There may have been studio politics involved in regard to Ezra Miller, but nothing that would catch my attention. It was a good popcorn movie.Armand Vaquerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13111693826245895173noreply@blogger.com