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Digital Hoarding XVII

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 I have gotten behind on posting my digital hoarding files. I plan to try and catch up with a few entries over the next few weeks. Here are the latest, some old, some new. Funny I like doing the crosswords each day in the paper. Sunday always has a large one. In May, the grid made me smile... I think you may have to be older to get this one...it made me laugh. Calvin without Hobbes... The world we live in at the moment... Another music reference that young people won't get... Mapping When I worked at ENSCO, I spent some time on mapping and map projections. I just find these interesting. The first one is that the states colored blue have less people than the red area, Los Angeles County. Size comparison between California and Italy... Japan if it was off the East coast of the USA... Texas versus Poland... Texas vs Africa... USA versus Australia... USA versus China... USA versus India... Interesting Local restaurant flyer; this was 2025; need to be ready for 2026... I guess I should ...
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"Don't Pass Me By"

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 I like my hobby of photography, and I often visit local Parks, Wetlands and Zoos to capture most of my animal photos, but sometimes my own yard can be filled with opportunities; Just Don't Pass Me By. My home in Melbourne Florida is a corner lot with Elbow Creek in the back. Therefore, I only have one neighbor's house. The Creek makes for a lot of interesting visitors from the animal kingdom, and my bird feeder brings in even more traffic. Some of that traffic is unwanted. Here we have one of the Gray Squirrels that like to eat lots of the bird feed I put out. Here is one of the furry rats sitting in the bottlebrush tree, which also brings some visitors. Another common visitor I have are the Blue Jays . Once in a while I put out some peanuts for the squirrels, but I have found that the Jays love them too. I usually throw out a dozen at a time, and the first Blue Jay will grab his peanut and then sit in the tree calling for the other Jays to come. I have planted some milkweed t...
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Dining 2026 - Weeks 17-23

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First, the simple Stats... Statistics Current Weeks: 17-23   # NEW Restaurants:         Current:1   Total:5   Goal:5 # Different Restaurants:    Current:7   Total:31  Goal:23 My scoring system is simple: Okay Good Great Excellent Memorable I have never used a Zero but it means BAD. If I use a half like 2.5, it means halfway between 2-Good and 3-Great In my spreadsheet I also use a field called My Visits: Many - I have visited more than 5 times Few - I have visited 2 to 5 times Once - One visit None - No visits Sorry - It closed before ever making the first visit. I will add this field to the header. Here are the restaurants added since the last dining synopsis post... 4/29/2026 - Few - 3.0 - 4th Street Filling Station Location : Popular Gastropub and Grill on A1A in Cocoa Beach, on the West side just south of Kelly Slater Statue History : It was a Mobil gas station since the 1950s. Opened in January 2019, initi...
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