Posted on 01/19/2005 9:51:40 AM PST by Mo1
Beautiful winter green, Westy. Don't be sending me down to Baja. I want to come up there in the wintertime. LOL
Another espresso joint up here...lol
.....Westy.....
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Inside shots of the place..Bet you don't have anything like this..LOL
.....Westy....
Oh my word, that is the gas station expresso joint? I love it. I swear, it still looks like a working gas station, too.
.....Westy......
Oh, I just love the inside shots of the place. Where in the world do they put the counter to sell the expresso? And, no, I have never seen anything like this, even in our old timey authentic stores as far as clutter goes. LOL
By the way, I want the brand name of your digital camera. If you can take these great pics with it, surely I could too, if I had one.
The camera is a Fuji FinePic A330...
.....Westy.....
Oh, this is too funny. Is this on your route on the river trail?
Thanks for the brand name on the digital camera. I'm buying one.
I went up river today..hadn't been up there since last fall....Nothing much has changed....
I'm still learning how to use the camera...I think it is more complicated than my old 35mm SLRs...
....Westy.....
Here is one of the library looking downstream from a bridge...
....Westy.....
So, is upriver less developed? Darn, I envy you the views and the sights of your river jaunts.
Oh, you don't have to learn much more of your camera. Your pictures are wonderful. That is why I say, if you can do it...I can, too. LOL
Goodnight Westy. I have had a long day kitten shopping.
I can't believe I am rolling up my sidewalk before you tonight. LOL
On the digital you can aways delete a pic and try again if it turns out bad...LOL
.....Westy....
....Westy.....
Yawn, well, that was a total waste of time. Almost. Should have had dinner at home. :)
I'm enjoying your pictures, also, Westy. Thanks.
....Westy.....
I'm so glad your Pope is doing better.
Really!
Oh, I suspect you know high class very well. In fact, I'd depend on that.
It's very late, but I am reading about horses. :)
Cost Trumps Patriotism in Flag Pin Flap
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The next time a Canadian official hands you a lapel pin bearing an image of the country's maple leaf flag, take a closer look. That symbol of patriotism was likely made in China.
Opposition legislator Charlie Angus attacked the Liberal government on Wednesday for ordering millions of "inferior quality" pins from a Chinese supplier rather than the Canadian factory that has been making them for 35 years.
"They are selling off our cultural heritage like a bunch of roadside hucksters selling off hubcaps and velvet Elvis paintings," Angus told Parliament.
Public Works Minister Scott Brison, whose department buys the pins, said the Chinese pins were cheaper. But this did not satisfy Angus, a member of the left-leaning New Democrats.
"We're outsourcing the fundamental symbol of what Canada is to a foreign country. I think that's a scandal," he told reporters. Canadian officials and members of Parliament traditionally hand out the pins as presents.
Transport Minister Jean Lapierre said that to demand maple leaf pins be made by Canadian suppliers was bad policy for a country so dependent on international trade.
"I think we need to follow our procurement rules rather than falling into an existential crisis on this subject," he told reporters.
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