The Geeky Brit

Health crisis keeps hopeful out of race for Merced council seat

So perhaps I spoke to soon on Friday when I announced Alicia Bohlke was to run for city council. Unfortunately she had to be rushed to hospital when she should have been filing the necessary paperwork. What does this mean for us living here in Merced? Well it most likely means that another realtor will get elected, and the same old bad economic plans will be put together… Maybe its time to move on.

My lovely wife’s good friend is running for the Merced City Council. Alicia decided this week to throw herself into the political arena. She is a wonderful human being, with many great qualities to offer our little town.

So remember to vote ALICIA BOHLKE in November!

I just went to youtube.com for my usual sunday evenings video humor, and I got the following message:

Http/1.1 Service Unavailable

Oops.. Well I am glad it happens to the best of us at sometime.

“Hat tip” to rob for this link about what it means for an american company to be sold to a foreigner.

Ya know I had been wondering about whether we would have to rename our fries, toast, and cafe. After 2003 when France spoke out against the US led invasion of Iraq, the company went to some weird extremes to disassociate themselves with anything french. Renaming anything (it seems) with the word “France” or “French” in it. Thus the birth of our Freedom Fries etc.

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