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also, brat cat dewey is doing fine. still a lot of energy for a 13-year-old cat. i really have never had a pet this long. but i can see some aging in him. his black hair is graying some & his face is narrowing some, lost the baby fat. but he'll see outrun anything & everyone around. & although he very rarely has to do it, he can handle any other cat, raccoon or opossum around, none of them want to tangle with him. but he's very friendly & sociable. i came back from the store a coupla days ago & he was stretched out on my picnic table with 3 of his buddies.

popping in again! whodat - still mainly on facebook. i really need to be there for my ebay business, plus i have a lot more control over the content of the posts there. also a huge uncountable number of people who can contact me or see my offerings.

Shelley, i have no idea who would've sent you an email with. LookwhatBobfound. could have a ne'erdowell trying to mimic me. i'm just lookwhatbobfound, have had that name for over 13 years now.

if anyoone wants to find me on facebook, easy to find me as lookwhatbobfound

looks like the mailbag board has closed up shop

just peeking in to see if you all still remember me! i'm over on facebook nowadays

just checking in to see what's going on here & saw ann's post about geneology. i've been interested in that too. we've always known we were related to the famous hatfield clan of the feud. my mom's old family Bible was passed down to me with the family tree in it going back about 6-7 generations. my sister in virginia called me a coupla months ago about wanting know some dates on a coupla ancestrors & i dug it out, found who she was wondering about but i was shocked to see my mom had the tree all filled out but she put absolutely no dates in it!! i found the tie-in to the hatfields, a clara lusk hatfield. that would mean she married into the clan. about 2 weeks later, i was doing some google research on the hatfields after something i saw on on tv. i was googling all the ancestors on that tree & i found clara! found out something surprising. my beloved mother made a huge error in the tree. the name was Clara HATFIELD lusk, not Clara Lusk HATFIELD! which means that we are more blood to the hatfields than we all thought! her maiden name was Hatfileld, her married name was lusk!

i've had several asking about me & received a few emails. i'm fine & so is brat cat dewey. i've just been busy with ebay & stuff. i'm also very involved with facebook. i've re-connected with many many friends i haven't talked to in 40-50 years. also a lot of navy & Salvation Army news & ebay news. as of now i have 461 friends & belong to about 100 facebook groups, navy, Salvation Army, eBay, neighborhood groups.. i'm also able to avoid & block people i just don't want to mess with. i don't have to deal with people who want to do nothing but make up disgusting stories or tales about me which have no basis in truth & have been carrying on ridiculous feuds going back to the old boards. i know you all know the ones i'm talking about. it's very easy to find me. my home page is https://www.facebook.com/lookwhatbobfound or you can find me by looking for Bob Smith Salvation Army (that narrows down the thousands of Bob Smith). come find me there.

gordon, the looter thing but also to keep the roads clear, it was too dangerous to drive. also to keep them clear for emergency vehicles.

i've gotten several people asking through emails how i am doing. i evacuated to my sister's brick house about 15 miles east of my mobile home, left brat cat dewey here, i felt he'd be more calm in his own home. they had a mandatory curfew in orange county from about 10pm thursday til 8am saturday. my sister lost power for about 5 hours early friday morning, it was back on about 10am. things had calmed down outside, just windy, no damage. about noon friday, orange county mayor teresa jacobs announced that conditions had improved & they were ending the curfew at 2pm friday. i came home, no probs & we never lost power here. the only prob was our only access road had lost some soil foundation on 1 shoulder where it had been re-paved with new housing developments on each side of the narrow 2-lane paved road & either orange county or oakland had placed a traffic cone. if any more foundation had gone, we very well could have been isolated here. but i'm home now, no damage to my place or my storage trailer.

just did my figgering for august, it was my worst month this year. ugh. i'm also about $150 below my 2015 total.

the usps issued a 3-0unce 1st-class stamp (currently 89¢) honoring Henry James. since my last update, the UK issued a set of stamps for Beatrix Potter & Australia issued a set of stamps for the "Play School" children's television show. pictures are at posts 613-615 in the mailbag https://www.quicktopic.com/47/H/VrQurvjpcRnL.

shelly, nope, that's not me, that's jaime escalante on the new stamp! my gallery pic is always based on the newest us stamp. & i don't golf.

speaking of which, the usps has recently issued stamps showing vintage us pickup trucks. details & pics are at post 612 in the mailbag https://www.quicktopic.com/47/H/VrQurvjpcRnL

back again after a humongous storm & thunderstorm this pm. over 1" of rain & several lightning strikes within 5 miles of me.

new stamps have come out the past few days. Australia has owls, Canada has other birds, the UK honored Pink Floyd and the USPS saluted Jaime Escalante. details & pics are at posts 607-611 in the mailbag https://www.quicktopic.com/47/H/VrQurvjpcRnL.

i see quik topic is back on. got the email msg a coupla days ago about a security prob & just now got the all clear msg.

back again from a sweltering & rainy florida. i am now feeling old. my high school class is having its FIFTIETH anniversary in august 2017!!

new stamps are at posts 603-608 in the mailbag http://www.quicktopic.com/47/H/VrQurvjpcRnL. they include Australia honoring Jared Tallent & Hurley's Journey, United Kingdom remembers the year 1916 during World War I & the USPS has soda fountain favorites.

just to let you all know that the USPS just issued the 2016 version of its Eid Greetings series. details & pics are at post 602 in the mailbag http://www.quicktopic.com/47/H/VrQurvjpcRnL

shelly, mine's a white flat roof. it does get a little warm, but at night it's ok. got the new a/c in the window today, feels good.

shelly, sales have been abysmal this month, but is staying equal with july 2015. i did my normal monthly slashed clearance sale listings monday (items listed at least 3 years) & had 2 old books sell within 10 minutes.

my 2 year old window a/c has been dying the past week, working 1/2 way. so did some sales checking & found a good 1 at hh gregg on sale for $99 so grabbed it. it's in my car now, was too tired to worry about it last night, will do it tomorrow morning. our park handyman likes the old air conditioners, freezers, heaters etc. so he can use the parts for repairs, so i told him yesterday i'd leave the old one on the picnic table for him. he'll help me with the new 1 if i need him.

Australia Post just issued a set of vintage fruit labels stamps & the usps just issued a stamp for Indiana's bicentennial. details & pics are at posts 600-601 in the mailbag http://www.quicktopic.com/47/H/VrQurvjpcRnL

i'm back, hope everyone had a happy 4th! been busy on getting caught up w/ ebay & everything else. the usps issued a set of ten forever stamps for use as celebrations stamps. pics & details are at post 599 in the mailbag http://www.quicktopic.com/47/H/VrQurvjpcRnL.

shelly, i just checked & you're right. they were issued on may 27, 2007 for star war's 30th anniversary. there were 15 $.41 stamps in the pane.

Shelly, you must have gotten some of the star wars stamps the uk issued last october.. usps hasn't issued star wars or star trek stamps yet.

usps was still celebrating the honor of having the every-ten-years World Stamp Show in New York City by issuing new stamps the week of the show. it issued set of 16 stamps showing national parks. details & pics are at post 598 in the mailbag http://www.quicktopic.com/47/H/VrQurvjpcRnL

next canadian stamps are birdies on july 12

Shelly, i can't remember but since you mentioned getting the star trek stamps, you have to be canadian. the usps just announced it is also issuing star trek stamps on september 2

classic usps stamps from the 19th century have been re-worked as new forever stamps. pictures & details at post 597 in the mailbag http://www.quicktopic.com/47/H/VrQurvjpcRnL.

Another stamp update. The USPS issued two new stamps, 1 showing Pluto and the other the New Horizons probe. details pictures are at post 596 in the mailbaghttp://www.quicktopic.com/47/H/VrQurvjpcRnL.

2 new stamp updates today. Australia Post issued a stamp for The Returned and Service League of Australia (their version of the VA) and the USPS issued a set of eight stamps showing the planets. details & pics are in posts 594 & 595 in the mailbag at http://www.quicktopic.com/47/H/VrQurvjpcRnL.

been a little busy, & trying to get caught up on my mailbag board. the usps on memorial day issued a Military Heroism set of stamps showing the Distinguished Service Cross (Army), Navy Cross, Air Force Cross & Coast Guard Cross. pics & details are at post 593 in the mailbag http://www.quicktopic.com/47/H/VrQurvjpcRnL

been a little busy, & trying to get caught up on my mailbag board. the usps on memorial day issued a Military Heroism set of stamps showing the Distinguished Service Cross (Army), Navy Cross, Air Force Cross & Coast Guard Cross. pics & details are at post 593 in the mailbag http://www.quicktopic.com/47/H/VrQurvjpcRnL

my puter was down a few days when my hard drive failed. had a new 1 installed ($200) & have been laboring on getting things reloaded, thankfully carbonite did 99% of it. The USPS stamps were being issued daily for The 2016 World Stamp Show in New York. A new forever stamp for the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766 was issued on May 29. details are in post 591 at the mailbag http://www.quicktopic.com/47/H/VrQurvjpcRnL.

ok, i'm back. my hard failed & i just got it replaced. my carbonite re-populated almost everything onto the new drive but these & the qt boards & my main facebook bookmarks. i had to go into my gmail to find my way here. also got back to the book board the same way.

made a publix run this pm in advance of colin, got back home just in time b4 our first storm hit. tomorrow is to start the mean stuff but nothing really bad. this park is on sandy soil so we never flood.

several new stamps have just been issued. australia showed butterflies, australia cocos-keeling islands had dolphins, canadahad star trek & prehistoric animals, the uk had whimsical animals. the us ps issyed a pair of stamps for the NY international stamp show. the usps is issuing new sets of stasmps every day this week for it. the new stamps with details are at posts 585-590 in the mailbag http://www.quicktopic.com/47/H/VrQurvjpcRnL.

First off, I am okay or will be okay. I had a terrible accident today , but I am doing better now. I decided to go horseback riding, which I haven't done in quite a while. Well, I got on the horse and started out slow, and then we went a little faster, and then we were going as fast as the horse could go. All of a sudden I fell off and caught my foot in the stirrup and the horse was dragging me around in a circle. It wouldn't stop, it just kept going around and around. Thank goodness the store manager at WalMart came out and unplugged the carousel.

good early morning. just wanted to announce that recently Australia Christmas issued stamps showing robber crabs, UK issued a ten-stamp set for Queen Elizabeth II's ninetieth birthday, and the USPS issued a new stamp only for use by non-profit groups. Details are in posts 582-584 in the mailbag http://www.quicktopic.com/47/H/VrQurvjpcRnL. the mailbag is also available on google search at that address.

hey, i'm back! just wanted to let you all know that recently Australia issued stamps for tennis, Queen Elizabeth II and World War I; Canada has new photography stamps and the UK has new Shakespeare stamps, Th usps just issued a Shirley Temple stamp. details are in posts 576-581 in the mailbag board http://www.quicktopic.com/47/H/VrQurvjpcRnL.

good afternoon on this chilly 79 degree day here in oakland florida!

a few more stamp alerts to mention. Australia has issued stamps for Fair Dinkum and bridges; Canada has new stamps for hydrangeas and the women's right to vote; the United Kingdom has new stamps for humanitarians, Queen Elizabeth II and the British home nations; and the US has a new stamp for Sarah Vaughan. pictures & info are at posts 568-575 in the mailbag http://www.quicktopic.com/47/H/VrQurvjpcRnL

Have a very Blessed Easter!

speaking about the usps. remember january 2015 when the usps got the 49 cent rate increase? the postal rate commission granted it on a temporary basis , the usps had to show it would solve the overdraft problem. well, time's up. the prc just repealed the increase. 1st class rates are going down to 47 cents on april 10, along with other rate repeals

A new 1-stamp alert! The USPS issued an international forever 1st-class stamp showing the moon. pics & details are in post 567 in the mailbag http://www.quicktopic.com/47/H/VrQurvjpcRnL.

shelly, they are used (along with 1 &10¢ stamps) mainly by businesses who use several different business rates in mailing. they use them to make up the difference between the different rates. that's why they're issued in the long coils. also mailers like me who mail pkgs all over the world & different weights & services. the thing that has a lot of collectors & small users of these small rate stamps this year is the usps has decided to not break up any rolls, you buy the whole thing or nothing at all. which means that a collector or a small business has to buy the whole roll to get just a few stamps!! there is a huge uproar over this new policy & it's being felt by the govt & the usps itself & the usps has said the policy is being reviewed & MAY be revised.

had a very rough early morning here. heavy winds & rain. a neighbor had his awning ripped up after he left for work, he's out there trying to repair it.

latest stamp alert since i last posted it. australia issued stamps about tennis & their decimal currency. the UK issued stamps for the anniversary of Royal Mail and the Penny Red. the usps just issued a grapes stamp. the new stamps are in posts 561-566 in the mailbag http://www.quicktopic.com/47/H/VrQurvjpcRnL

good afternoon from a windy blustery oakland, only 58. going down to 38.

Australia Christmas Island Post & the USPS have just issued their Lunar Year of the Monkey stamps. pics & details are in posts at 559 & 560 int the mailbag http://www.quicktopic.com/47/H/VrQurvjpcRnL

hello from a very soggy oakland. been raining constantly all day, supposed to let uo in the morning but back to cold again after 80+ degrees the past few days.

had a shooting in the parking lot, 1 killed, last night at a publix i use often, in clermont.

some new stamps since the last time. Canada issued stamps for the Year of the Monkey & #2 Construction Battalion, & the US issued a stamp for Richard Allen. Pics & details are in posts 556-558 in the mailbag http://www.quicktopic.com/47/H/VrQurvjpcRnL.

i also just found out my mailbag board is now being picked up in Google search!!

3 new stamp alerts the past couple of days. Australia Post issued a set of special occasions stamps & the USPS issued a set of flowers stamps & a new US flag stamp. Pics & details are in posts 553-555 at the mailbag http://www.quicktopic.com/47/H/VrQurvjpcRnL

anyone remember me?? i know i've been AWOL for awhile, been kinda busy. I hope everyone is having a good 2016 so far. it's been raining here all last night & today, still is. i heard there was a tornado down in broward county (ft. lauderdale area) today.

let me get caught up on the stamp alerts! i've been negligent on posting in my mailbag boars but almost caught up. several people have been checking it out. Since my last post here about the stamps, Australia has issued stamps for World War I service animals and Christmas. Christmas Island issued Christmas stamps. United Kingdom issued stamps for Christmas, furs & feathers, wildflowers, the Shackleton Expedition and the Duke of Edinburgh's Award. The United States issued stamps showing a Quilled Heart (this year's Love stamp), Columbia River Gorge, La Cueva del Indio and red pears.

Pics & description are in posts 531-552 in the mailbag http://www.quicktopic.com/47/H/VrQurvjpcRnL

Merry Christmas & remember Christ who we celebrate today!

inmax, about that Salvation Army bellringer. if you would have called the local church about that, the pastor would have had that situation rectified fast! bellringers are to be standing (unless unable to) & ringing that bell, greeting everyone (unless the store has a policy against that) & thanking all donors with "God Bless You!". they have scheduled breaks away from the kettle when a reliever comes in.

shelly, last month i had the best sales month i've ever had! but i looked back at my records november also seems to be good. december is a little lax. but i sold a vanilla-scented tealight candle set yesterday to start december off.

thank you all for the bday wishes. my baby sister & her brood (sister, BIL, nephew & niece) took me to my fave restaurant, texas roadhouse. i have a lot of leftovers now. i just can't seem to eat as much as i could when i was younger.

shelly, i joined my baby sister's family of 4 & a couple of family friends for thanksgiving. i just finished my leftover plate yesterday!

cathy, i love finding people i haven't seen in 40-50 years!

Cathy, 26 ebay / bonanza groups, 18 Navy, 11 Salvation Army Church, 19 groups of where i live & where i have lived & high school + a few more miscellaneous groups. i guess it's closer to 80 groups.

hey people! i know i'm not around much but i've been busy with ebay & keeping up on facebook with my high school, Salvation Army, Navy & other friends, i'm in about 50 facebook groups. but i wanted to check in. since my last stamp alert, Australia issued a set of Bicycle stamps, the UK issued a large set of Star Wars stamps and the USPS issued 4 Snowflakes stamps. pics & details are at links 534-536 in the mailbag http://www.quicktopic.com/47/H/VrQurvjpcRnL.

NAVY VET 8 DEC 1967 - 12 SEP 1976

Been awhile since I updated my stamp alerts! since last time, Australia has honored Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa & Raoul Wallenberg; Canada issued stamps for the Community Foundation for Children and NHL goalies and the USPS issued its Charlie Brown Christmas stamps. pics & details are at posts 530-533 in the mailbag http://www.quicktopic.com/47/H/VrQurvjpcRnL

eBay says that October 9, 2015 is the tenth anniversary of my first sale! don't remember what it was, my bookkeeping back then was very lax.

i don't think dewey got a branch or anything like that, it he lid just swelled up like it had pus in it. i do believe he just got a bite or something, i see no cut or anything.

Shelly, the Orlando Sentinel has 2 types of obits, they tarted that about 10 years ago. 1 is the free obit notice. the other is the larger paid obit.

got worried about brat cat dewey last night. i saw him pawing his right eye & it was almost completely closed up, the lid was puffed up. i was able to open it up a tiny bit & saw the eyeball. i told him that if it wasn't better in the am he was going to the vet. it must have scared him (he hates that place) because when we got up it was a lot better, he woke me up to show me. still a little swollen but a lot better. he must have gotten bit by something.

rainy night & cloudy, guess i'll have to wait til 2033 to see this blood moon eclipse. i'll only be 83.

Just now got all caught up on all the new stamps since my last stamp alerts. Australia honored our solar system; Canada showed haunted locations; the UK was busy with ocean liner ports, WWI service animals and rugby; the US issued a revised Celebrate stamp and Paul Newman. pictures & details are in posts 523-529 in the mailbag http://www.quicktopic.com/47/H/VrQurvjpcRnL.

gotta get something to eat. https://video-mia1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hvideo-xaf1/v/t43.1792-2/10921505_1624281317712744_88592899_n.mp4?efg=eyJybHIiOjE1MDAsInJsYSI6MTAyNH0%3D&rl=1500&vabr=373&oh=2ce6da1b1ccb55abf23bdfba0c52f0f3&oe=55F760FE

shelly, i never went to vietnam my navy career was all east us & 2 med cruises. my dads spent a year in-country & a brother was on a can that went to westpac

shelly, i was vietnam era.

Shelly, i was a sonar technician specialist in underwater fire control computer systems (no, not fighting fires, this was the aiming of weapons for underwater threats, i.e. submarines. i served on tin cans (destroyers). navy vets know my compatriots as tin can ping jockeys (destroyer sonar techs).

shelly, i got a lump sum settlement from his insurance company of $3500. the VA is handling all my treatment & meds (service-connected disabled navy vet)

shelly, i'm still around. i had xrays done on my neck & they showed showed no bone damage. i've been told i'll have neck pain for a long time. my doctor has me on tranadol (sp) for it & it helps a lot. i take 1 in the am & 1 in the evening.

i.ve slowly started re-populating my etsy store with vintage books again.

a few new stamps since my last stamp alert. Australia had Parliament Houses, the UK shows bees & the US issued stamps showing Ingrid Bergman and for the 2016 World Stamp Show. Pics & details are in posts 510-513 in the mailbag http://www.quicktopic.com/47/H/VrQurvjpcRnL

shelly, if you see a pic of a USPS stamp & the forever has a line through it, that means it is an official USPS photo of the stamp. it is used to thwart counterfeiters.

A couple of new stamp alerts! Canada issued 3 stamps for the Franklin Expedition and the US issued a stamp of Elvis Presley. details and pics are at posts 508 & 509 in the mailbag http://www.quicktopic.com/47/H/VrQurvjpcRnL

shelly, they changed it about 4 years ago