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24646. arkymalarky - 11/11/2008 6:05:36 AM Ok. Just saw on CNN gas avg is 1.87. With a Kroger card in Hot Springs I paid 1.76. But where I shop--not the tiny town where I teach--it's 2.04. I don't get it. It's only 30 miles from Hot Springs. I thoight Hot Springs was way cheaper, but instead we're paying way more. 24647. Ms. No - 11/11/2008 7:18:55 AM We haven't had gas under $2 in over three years. 24648. iiibbb - 11/11/2008 3:05:43 PM We pay 1.80 at Kroger here.
The economy is a weird thing. 24649. thoughtful - 11/11/2008 3:47:47 PM gas in our area is $2.39-$2.59 24650. arkymalarky - 11/11/2008 3:51:16 PM What gets me is the huge diference in towns 30 miles apart. 24651. judithathome - 11/11/2008 7:34:39 PM Yesterday I filled up at CostCo at $1.86 for regular....thank you, Hyundai of Hot Springs!!...and at QuikTrip near my house, it's only a dime more. 24652. jexster - 11/11/2008 9:44:19 PM George Bush must REALLY hate me. I had a huge weekend planned in Sonoma Wine Country ..dinner at the fabulous Cryus in Healdsburg and JUST NOW ..finally after years of trying to get a table, the French Laundry called to say I was up for one...my time had come...Two months in advance as soon as they were opened for business I called 20 times just to get the waiting list
And what does Bush do? He's holding this bogus G20 summit this weekend and my Chevron buddy has to work instead of partying in wine country!
$#()$U$# U#$(&&&#@@@@!!!!!!!!!!!!! 24653. magoseph - 11/13/2008 11:14:00 PM Hey, Ali, great picture of your friend Caroline!
24654. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 11/13/2008 11:49:20 PM Gosh I wish we had a Costco near hear!
And I'll bet Caroline must be a handful, Mago! 24655. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 11/13/2008 11:49:41 PM near here! 24656. arkymalarky - 11/14/2008 12:28:38 AM Hell, I'd be glad for a Target within an hour from home. 24657. magoseph - 11/14/2008 3:11:30 AM Wonk, here she is, inching her way to Obama.
24658. wonkers2 - 11/14/2008 6:09:42 AM Cap'n Dirty, stands ready to giver a proper welcome in Motown! 24659. magoseph - 11/14/2008 11:56:14 AM And I'll bet Caroline must be a handful, Mago!
I'd have loved to be part of their trip, Wiz--she and her friend, I bet, are great company. 24660. alistairconnor - 11/14/2008 5:09:08 PM They are indeed Mago... As the election panned out, she never had occasion to head north to MI or WI. With a closer contest, you could have had a visit, and Wonk too. I told them Ohio and Indiana, and that's how it panned out. 24661. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 11/14/2008 6:03:38 PM There's nothing like being a part of history! 24662. jexster - 11/15/2008 10:35:11 PM 
24663. judithathome - 11/20/2008 3:47:34 PM From an email I got this morning from my son:
I think this is a wonderful idea. Please pass it on to those you think might participate.
When doing your Christmas cards this year, take one card and send it to this address. If we pass this on and everyone sends one card, think of how many cards these wonderful special people who have sacrificed so much would get.
When you are making out your Christmas card list this year, please include the following:
A Recovering American Soldier
C/O Walter Reed Army Medical Center
6900 Georgia Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20307-5001
24664. judithathome - 11/20/2008 5:49:31 PM Please disregard suggestion above:
Walter Reed will return ALL mail to sender if it is addressed as shown in the email forwarded by Julie. Here's text from the Walter Reed website:
"WRAMC (Walter Reed Army Medical Center) is a Department of Defense hospital and must comply with the US Postal Services Policies. We are deeply grateful on behalf of our patients for the number of cards and letters that thousands of Americans sent showing their concern and support for our warriors here and at military medical facilities across the nation. Unfortunately, we must now revert back to the US Postal Services policy that prohibits receipt of packages, letters, and cards addressed to 'Any Wounded Soldier' or 'A Recovering American Soldier'. For security and safety reasons, the U.S. Postal Service cannot deliver "Any Service Member" or "A Recovering American Soldier" letters or packages. Every one of the 700,000 letters and cards that were sent over the holidays were screened by the American Red Cross and several hundred volunteers helped with the screening process. The volunteers found a number of parcels that contained inappropriate comments but because of the screening process, these were not delivered to a recovering service member. The US Postal Service policy, not WRAMC's policy is that mail to "Any Service Member" that is deposited into a collection box will be returned to sender."
www.wramc.amedd.army.mil/WRResource/SupportRecoveringAmericanSoldier.pdf
24665. anomie - 11/20/2008 7:11:40 PM As I remember they stopped delivering "care" packages addressed to "any soldier" in Kosovo back in the late 90's.
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