Recent content by Cap'nSacto

This one's not super old, but : Apes break during filming of The Planet of the Apes (original).

There's one in every crowd.

My grandkids (6 and 8 yrs old) come to visit me two weekends a month, usually, and often stay overnight and until after dinner the following day. They have befriended two kids that live across the street, and they all play nicely together for 3 or 4 hours at a time. They’ve always played at my...

I'm ready for a change too (those heels were killing me!).

...and I'll totally wear a dress again, but this time I'm going all-out. It's gotta be this one:

On the late news last night there was a “water warning” for northern Sacramento – don’t drink the water until testing is complete! Give the water testing people a good two weeks. They said to stock up on bottled water, named some distribution centers where you could get it free, and no...

I got my first PC in 2006, and finally replaced it last Christmas. I've gone from Windows 98 and then XP, gave Vista a brief try, then Win7, 8, 8.1, and am now using Windows 10 with Mozilla Firefox. All the way up to Win 8, I was able to defrag and organize files myself, and had just learned...

Whiskered Hummer Cowl Creeping Flush (it, quick!)

Growing up, my kids went through numerous and varied pets over the years, but there were more cats, and for longer periods, than any fish, turtles, or hamsters. I haven’t owned a pet since the youngest kid moved out to be an adult, and took Buck the mini spitz with her. But a “stray” cat lives...

A little back-story. I’m assuming there are at least a handful of us Boomers who chose living together over marriage. Janet and I met in college – I was a “drop-in” student – and we lived together for 16 years. We had three children; two sons and a daughter; who have all become extraordinarily...

I wish I was that good at photo-shop. But then I'd probably be photo-shopping all day. I don't even know how to download pictures from my phone (not a smart-phone). Think I need to buy a little cable or something from the phone store. Anywhoo...here's another one I like: Catbird

I'll call her Breeze. She's 7, very pretty, has a very sparkly personality. She's also quite tall for her age, and extremely thin for 2 reasons; she doesn't have an appetite and she is in constant motion. Mostly rocking. The rocking is almost violent while she sits, not so bad when she does it...

I don't watch a whole lot of TV; 4-5 evenings a week at most for an hour or two. My cable bill, which includes internet (but not phone) just wasn't worth it. So I called them to cancel the TV. They put on a rep who put me on hold briefly a few times until he "found" a deal where I could get the...