This is the 25th anniversary of the United States Australian Football League. Over the next couple of weeks, I will post some of my memories of my time playing for the Phoenix Scorpions, now the Arizona Hawks. Clubs today are primarily Americans, with a few Aussies wanting one last kick. In the early days mostContinue reading “Footy Memories”
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Saudi scum slam planes into buildings day
On this anniversary, bloggers are posting what they did and where they were on that day. In my case, I was at work in a plant that had no outside contact except when a tanker driver dropped a load. Since their information was third hand at best, nothing made sense, so we kept bottling untilContinue reading “Saudi scum slam planes into buildings day”
Moving day part three and final.
We spent the next day in Coffeyville. I put up an extra ceiling fan in a bedroom and we rode bikes downtown and had lunch and rode around town. We got back and decided to leave for Eau Claire the next morning. We got to Iowa and my debit card would not work. I carriedContinue reading “Moving day part three and final.”
Moving, Part Two.
We left Santa Rosa, New Mexico early for the drive to Coffeyville. The trip was uneventful, even managing to avoid Tulsa rush hour traffic. We arrived in late afternoon and spent the next two hours unloading my stuff of the Uhaul. The sun was starting to set so roomier and I were on the porchContinue reading “Moving, Part Two.”
Moving Day Anniversary
Sixteen years ago today, I left Phoenix to move to Kansas. It was memorable for the last minute chaos. The City of Phoenix was buying my house and I chose July 11 as a closing date. The week before I quit my job at the PetSmart warehouse and closed on my house in Coffeyville. IContinue reading “Moving Day Anniversary”
The great flood
15 years ago today, Southeast Kansas was hit with a major flood. Hundreds of houses were destroyed by water. In Coffeyville, they were destroyed by oil because the refinery could not shut down in time. Due to the low cost of housing, most of these homes were never replaced. The refinery now owns most ofContinue reading “The great flood”
Layoff, Two Years Later
Two years ago today, I got laid off at work. Two years before that, the company sold our division. I was going to get an extra day of vacation that year and an extra week the next year. I lost that as a result of the sale along with all of my personal days, twoContinue reading “Layoff, Two Years Later”
9/11 plus 20
A lot of people are thinking about what happened and what they were doing 20 years ago today, so I thought I would add my two cents. I was at work at a bottled water company in Phoenix. As a QC tech my job was to test the water every hour. Any spare time IContinue reading “9/11 plus 20”
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