Posted on 12/13/2010 12:06:08 PM PST by jazusamo
If it was "morning in America" for President Ronald Reagan, a new commemorative postage stamp due in February to mark "the Gipper's" birth centennial will forever view the sunrise.
The new commemorative stamp, whose design was unveiled Monday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif., always will be valid for a 1-ounce first-class letter, the U.S. Postal Service confirmed. It officially will be released at the library on Feb. 10, 2011, four days after the 100th anniversary of Reagan's birth.
Texas artist Bart Forbes did the portrait, based on a 1985 photograph of Reagan taken at Rancho del Cielo, near Santa Barbara, Calif.
The design was published first in Linn's Stamp News, a hobbyist publication. Earlier this year, Linn's broke the news that a Reagan Centennial postage stamp would be released.
Although the preliminary design shows a 44-cent value, the postal agency recently announced that all commemorative, or special, issues will be inscribed with "Forever," instead of a face value, meaning they would sell for the then-current first-class rate but would remain valid for first-class mail even when rates increase.
A USPS spokesman who asked not to be identified by name said a revised version showing the "Forever" inscription will be released Dec. 28.
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That sounds good.
I wish we had more stove burners!
I wish I was at your house! LOL! Dinner sounds scrumptious!
You could come tomorrow for tater-tots casserole and chocolate cake, being as it’s Vlad’s actual birthday. He will be 5.
We lived in Manchester, TN, for a year, while DP was at UT Space Institute in Tullahoma. We had a house overlooking (and gently subsiding downhill into) the Duck River, but it was a rental so who cares. It was pretty there, but we had to go back to Oklahoma after he graduated.
Sounds like great fun!
That did sound good.
You got it! Keep me posted!
Lordy, I’m ready to hop in the car and head over there! LOL! YUMMY!!
We’re just outside Estill Springs, not but 20 miles from Manchester. We were practically neighbors. hee!
Tullahoma’s where I was born and raised. Left for several years, then came back. I thought it would be temporary and planned to mave back to Raleigh. Ended up meeting Hubby and settled down to farm life. Now you couldn’t pay me to live in a city again.
But for chok-lit cake, I could visit. ROTFL!!
It did sound good, didn’t it?
Now I’ve got a hankerin’ for spaghetti and guess I’ll have to wait til tomorrow. Too late to start sauce now. Dang the luck!
We’re far enough outside Charlotte that we can smell the chicken farms, most days. I have been to Estill Springs. We drove around the area a lot (having only two children then) because it was so pretty.
My father had 500 acres in Missouri, but DP never wanted to move there and live in the 19th century. My parents sold the land when Dad’s memory got too bad, but his cousin bought the house he grew up in, so if everything falls apart, we can move out there and live on the inherited social capital. That is, someone will let us grow food on land they’re not using right then ...
Whew. I feel for ya, being that close to chicken farms. PEEEEUUUUU!!! There are a few in the surrounding area but none close to us. Primarily cattle close by, and acres and acres of corn, wheat, and soybeans. No livestock on our farm; we’re one of the grain growers. We do have a couple of acres we use for growing veggies and melons.
It is a beautiful area but the population growth bothers us. It seems like every time we turn around, another subdivision pops up. grrrrrrrrrr!
Hubby’s great-grandfather bought this land in 1865 so there’s a lot of family history here. One of the things I really love about the place.
50’s and pouring here, which is nicer than yesterday, when it was freezing and drizzle. I can go out in a t shirt, at least.
Appears the CG cutter (that we saw last summer) in Wilmington may have an open GM3 billet this year. If so, it will be my top or near the top of my picks after A-school. Couple out of Charleston as well and some in Cape May that look nice. I’m only going places that rich expat Yankees live. No more nasty West Coast cities.
There was a lot of history on River Bluff Drive, too. Fortunately, we don’t mind a few spooks.
When it’s hot around here, the chicken farms are really strong.
Sounds good! Wilmington is mostly locals with a few expat Yanks, not as many as Charlotte. Nothing in Singapore or the Caribbean? You don’t want to be near the Med with this blowup going on. Well, maybe you would, but sensible people wouldn’t. Cape May, as you saw, isn’t a bad place, and you could hook up with the Allen relations to get dinners out (or in) when you felt the urge. And go skiing with your Uncle Russ and Aunt Charlotte in the winter.
We’re expecting the weather miseries back late next week, but a few days of drying out is nice. Ash approves of a whole day of sunbeams. Even Susan came out.
I think summer trips to the Carribean are fine without actually living there. And they don’t usually send anybody lower than E-5 to foriegn countries. Except Bahrain, where they’ll send anyone who asks, but I can skip going there unless they’d put me on another cutter, which is a chance to take. I wouldn’t do small boats there.
Actually, I’d like to avoid small boat stations at all, because they look extremely boring. Although my old BM1 worked out of a station in NC...Hatteras, maybe, and said there are SAR cases all over the place due to the number of stupid people that drive boats around the Outer Banks. So that’s a possibility.
Okay. I’m close to shutting down and hitting the road.
You would do a lot of rescue if you did small boats anywhere in touristy areas. My friend Ericka’s father was CG in Virginia Beach, a mecca of stupid boaters.
We’ve been watching some episodes from the first season of “Big Bang Theory.” It’s the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time. Pat’s in it, Bill’s in it, your Dad’s in it ...
My daughter got me hooked on Big Bang, too.
Needless to say, I’m in it.
We’re all just dying watching it. Pat is Sheldon to the last psychotic quirk.
I’m amazed, though, that it’s supposed to be a half-hour show. It’s barely 20 minutes on DVD; must be impossible to watch on broadcast. Even “Meerkat Manor” was 22 minutes per episode, counting credits.
I told you.
Virginia Beach is a maybe. If they had a station near Myrtle, I’d be all over it, but they don’t appear to. Plus there are places all over NC anyway.
So was almost every other restaurant in town, excepting the Denny's and numerous fast-food joints. But I made do with a (good!) burrito at a small Mexican "grill" I nearly missed.
But the motel's clean and comfortable enough.
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