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This And That

Just some stuff that I find interesting.





This guy was working the crowd at the Dairy Inn the other day.  Birds, it seems, are like the homeless down here, they tend to beg for whatever they can get.

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Outside the place where I take my bike for servicing.  Cool little go-cart thingy.  

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In the vegetable aisle of Henderson Street, Galesburg Hy-Vee, these hairy ball looking guys.   


They are called Rambutan - Hairy Lychee.  Anyone ever had one? Research says there is a difference between the Lychee and the Rambutan, but both have a grape-like fruit inside the shell.  Never seen it down here but if I do, I'll get one and give a review.  They are of Malaysian descent.   

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Found this 4 foot snake skin right outside back porch area.  I'm moving.


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Picture of a multi-floral rose a neighbor has in his yard.  I never see any of them do any yard work but they have the most amazing flowers.  One is a variety that only blooms once a year and usually at dusk for a short period of time - I'm talking hours.  

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Driving in St. Pete we saw something really strange.  A police car was escorting a moving garbage truck that was on fire in the back.  It was followed by a firetruck.  They crossed in front and were losing burning debris on the road.  The pictures are really really bad.  But I didn't have my camera, and it was hurried.  




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My trusty 1996 Ford Ranger about to turn over 100,000 miles.  That little truck and I have been together since she was new and although it now has some bumps and bruises (and don't ask about that Plexiglas half window in the back) she still purrs like a kitten and runs great.  I still don't understand why they aren't making any small trucks anymore.   It's presently up North serving as wheels for whenever I go up.  Rental cars are so expensive.  Miss Frump
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 In my continuing series entitled "Florida: The Nation's Most Stupid State"  comes this recent sign posted in the rear parking lot of a motel here in town.  And no, I wasn't a customer.


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