We were watching a "friendly" soccer match between the US National Women's Team and the New Zealand Women's National team the other evening, and during the course of the game the commentators mentioned that the New Zealand team might be a tad weary. It took them 53 hours to travel from Auckland to St Louis! There was a multitude of travel problems; probably the most enervating of which was a 25-hour delay in the Sydney airport! If I spend more than 4 hours in an airport you might as well just shoot me.
From IH-35 you can see a gaudy circus tent, erected in the parking lot of Highland Mall ( now the Highland Campus of ACC). It brings to mind that the days of the circus "Big Top" are mostly history. Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey has not pitched a tent since 1957, electing to set up only in sports arenas. The gaudy tent belongs to
Circo Hermanos Vazquez, a Mexican circus that ventures into the US from time to time.
When I was just a young lad, my father took me to see the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey circus under the canvas big top. At the time, it was set up in the Montgomery Ward parking lot in Fort Worth. Mind you, the Montgomery Ward building itself was an impressive sight for a small-town boy; the circus was almost overload.
Probably my most vivid recollection was seeing Gargantua, billed as "The Largest and Fiercest Gorilla Ever Brought Before the Eyes of Civilised Man!" Gargantua had a glassed-in, air-conditioned cage, and the story goes that he was given a fresh blanket each evening, only to tear it into tiny shreds the next morning.
When I was just a young lad, my father took me to see the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey circus under the canvas big top. At the time, it was set up in the Montgomery Ward parking lot in Fort Worth. Mind you, the Montgomery Ward building itself was an impressive sight for a small-town boy; the circus was almost overload.
Probably my most vivid recollection was seeing Gargantua, billed as "The Largest and Fiercest Gorilla Ever Brought Before the Eyes of Civilised Man!" Gargantua had a glassed-in, air-conditioned cage, and the story goes that he was given a fresh blanket each evening, only to tear it into tiny shreds the next morning.
Amazon introduced 1 hour delivery in Austin recently. With the PrimeNow App, if you are a Prime member member and you are in need of, oh, say toilet paper, punch up the order on your phone and an Amazon delivery person will show up at your door within the hour, merchandise in hand.
The cost for 1-hour delivery adds about 8$, (plus a tip) to your order. If you can wait for two hours, delivery is free. Amazon says they offer "tens of thousands of daily essentials, gifts and more" with the service.
The cost for 1-hour delivery adds about 8$, (plus a tip) to your order. If you can wait for two hours, delivery is free. Amazon says they offer "tens of thousands of daily essentials, gifts and more" with the service.
And there are various social media reports that In-N-Out has added bacon to the menu, but that appears to be wishful thinking. I can't find any official confirmation of that.
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I want to know, do you use these words regularly or do you look up words to use in your blog. I feel enervated just having read that sentence. You must have been really good at spelling bees.
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