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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I have to agree with that! Luckily, we live close enough into the flight paths of McCarran to hear the planes several times a day. Of course, they are gaining altitude all the time, so the noise isn’t unbearable...
Still, all the years I lived close to Nellis, I enjoy hearing the jets on their training flights, and would often be treated to the Thunderbirds, as they practice for an air show.
W00t!
It’s like listening to the washer and dryer running ... when you hear warplanes, you know somebody’s doing something useful.
About to check out. Need to get gas, will call when I’m ready to hit the road.
I got a BSOD just after my last post. How odd.
Got it.
Have fun, y’all. I need to make lunch for the byos now.
Back! Breakfast was good, and the company was excellent!
It was good to see you again, sion. :o])
Thannks, LoM for loaning him to me for an hour. (You have freepmail!)
I’m back - took James and Pat to the Spanish Mass. My substitute sent a substitute, but it was fine because he was really good. There is nothing like a good-looking Latin gentleman who can sing and play the guitar ...
Now I have to make Vlad’s birthday cake.
Happy Birthday, Vlad!!!
It was sunny when I got up, but by the time sion got here, it was cool, overcast and windy. He liked it!
The restaurant wasn’t crowded, and that was good. I was afraid we would have to stand in line to wait for a table, but the lines were in other places. ;o]
Tell Danny I said happy birthday to him and he will get a late present from Mehico this summer. Along, of course, with everyone else.
Chilly here, but not raining today. I’m on duty so it doesn’t matter really.
Yep. When are you going to Mexico? Don’t drink the water!
I’m probably going to mail your Christmas presents this week. Things have been a mess!
No pig farms close to us, thankfully, and the cattle next to us and across the road, and all around the area, are in large pastures. That helps a LOT.
But yeah, pig farms and cattle pens DO reek. Especially the pigs. GACK!
Like it?? It was PERFECT weather! Comfortably cool, with rapidly-moving air, and without that intense solar irradiation that normally sleets down on one in such locales! (It's my Scottish blood... *\;^) The wind might have been slightly dry, but there's a pleasant memory somewhere that it all invoked.
Exhausted, but today became a super-good day after all the unpleasant issues last evening.
At the last minute I was enlisted as the spokesman for my European group, though our group's leader didn't get the message. I still spoke out when I could, and corrected things when I perceived the North American group would be likely to misunderstand what they were hearing. (As I said to one of our group earlier, I'm the only one there who knows and can trust all the folks on both sides; I can't instill trust for each other, but I can help guide them to that end.) But the leader of the North American group was the "star" IMHO; he dictated a course of action on his side that should quell any concerns on our side, at least for now.
I know at least some if not all of my European committee's leadership appreciate having an American member.
I left the meeting a little early because I had to convene a technical working group reviewing a substantive proposal I'd written and revised per their review. It did not pass (I expected this), but I got small, narrowly-focused and very constructive criticism -- it could be that if I can revise it in the morning AND there are a few minutes left over at the end of the morning (and the overall) meeting, it could get booted up from my working group to the entire committee.
So, 'Face, I think your prayers were answered in spades! (Ummm, waitaminutehere, I'm in Vegas! But after seeing a wee bit of Vegas outside the Strip and how *normal* folks there are, I'll just have to say I don't like the Strip.)
After varied discussions today, I am going to try to come up with a fresh new talk that might bring me back to a conference this fall. I know how to improve the visit: take a hotel away from the Strip, and arrange to have a meal with 'Face. And visit our local parish too.
Good night all. Not sure if I'll be back before Tuesday evening.
Good morning, all. An old friend called last night and I stayed up a little too late. But I have to get Sally to the dentist at 0800, so the alarm went off as usual.
Rough night - Frank was up four times, and something went Crash in the schoolroom. The Offspring will have to clean up before breakfast.
It was nice showing you the bit of sane turf where I spend some of my time. Of course, where I actually live, it’s even more laid back. The two main streets in town cross with a four-way stop sign.
I’m glad the weather agreed with you, sion! I’m sure you were dreading the sunshine...odd...I thought the wind was a little moist... ;o]
Hopefully, the rest of your stay here will be as productive as yesterday was.
And thanks for breakfast and the kudos!
Yesterday, I spent a couple of hours transcribing my late aunt’s journal. Just getting started was hard. It’s an old book and not meant as a journal, so the pages are showing the acidic wear around the edge, and they are coming loose form the spiral binding.
I also don’t have the proper easel for it, and have to use a clip to hold the pages open, but it works.
Still, I got quite a bit of information down. Hopefully, it transferred to the slave OK, as there really isn’t room on this hard drive for the amount of data that I need to input. When I get hers done, I have to work on my own. (WAY overdue!)
You’re scary in the early morning!
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