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Day 355

Monday, December 21, 2015

The Dailylife Wife and I want up to see the Dailylife Grand-Pop and Grand-Ma in Kalispell for a couple of days. The DLWife wanted a photo of Grand-Pop and me, which made me recall another old photo that has been seen here previously. This is from 1973. I was 15, and this is Uncle Curtis […]

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Day 311

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

We had breakfast at Perkins in Kalispell when we were up there a month or so ago for the fall colors.  So did a bunch of Model A collectors. ~Curti in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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R.I.P.

Thursday, August 20, 2015

More sad news: Yvonne Craig has died.  She was an aspiring actress in the 60’s, best know for her role as Batgirl! *** *** She was in many other roles during her career; probably the least known (by name) was Marta, a green-skinned Orion slave girl who wanted to kill Captain Kirk on Star Trek… *** More (from Wikipedia): […]

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Day 184

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

This is an old way to get extra prints…you would order the print with a “wallet sized” print, and it would come attached like the top photo.  Pull it apart and then take off the advertising from Wayne’s Photo Finishing and you have sprint to share!  I imagine someone still does this for digitals, but […]

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Day 153

Monday, June 1, 2015

So we were drivin’ along in Kehei, just looking around (and trying to get back to the main street) and we passed this cherry custom VW…errrr…not-so-micro-bus! ~Curtis on Maui! {!-{>

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Valentine’s Day was also Jack Benny’s birthday!

Sunday, February 15, 2015

14 February 1894 to 26 December 1974. And despite all of the rhetoric, screeching and playing around with Jack’s violin, he was actually a quite accomplished violinist! ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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I love this…where do I get the set?

Sunday, November 2, 2014

Decoliner and accessories. There is an outdoor driving position up in the rooftop patio… (from Vintage Trailers) More info at http://www.randygrubb.com/the-decoliner/ ~Curtis in Dreamland, apparently…{!-{>

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Lunar Orbit Insertion

Saturday, July 19, 2014

45 years ago today Apollo XI made it into Lunar orbit. More at: http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/2009-07-19.htm .   ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 149

Thursday, May 29, 2014

Well, after 28 1/2 years it is here.  I had my retirement lunch today at Bert & Ernie’s, and I am officially “off” the rest of the week. Cliff and Mark the “new” agents, and Larry, the “new” boss, who is using my retirement to return to /\/\onTana! as an Agent. (Photos: Nikon Coolpix P7100) […]

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Day 64: Special Guest Photographer!

Thursday, March 6, 2014

Try a guess at who took these 1939 trailer park photos.  It sure surprised me! * * * * (Scroll down…) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  Ansel Adams!!! From: http://vintage-trailer.tumblr.com ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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