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Welcome To Case's Column

Let me say a big welcome to all of you for joining me here. I'm going to call these blog meetings Case's Column. I wanted to use "Corner", but that was already taken. Since 2008, it's been a real privilege to come on here and share some of my life with you, and it's a big world where we live.

In these blogs, I'll just speak whatever is on my mind, but we will be playing within the rules here. I may pick a particular topic, point out an event, or shoot the breeze. I'm a little bit of an essayist at times, so I'll just speak what's on my mind, and I might tell a story or two. Or, I might spew out an opinion or three. There will be some serious moments, some tender, some poignant, but there will also be those moments that you'll just bust out laughing. But, hopefully, everything will be in good fun here. And, of course, there's a place below for your comments and thoughts as we go along here. So feel free to join me for the ride -- I sure as heck hope I'm doing this right and not making any mistakes.

Thanks for taking your time in reading Case's Column. Hopefully, you'll enjoy being entertained by it as much as I've enjoyed putting these writings together. And thanks for the time you spend in City-Data.com, where it's great to be alive!

Regards,

case44

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As If We Needed One More Reminder....

Posted 08-18-2012 at 07:32 PM by case44 (Welcome To Case's Column)

.....that you and I are not getting any younger. We're just not, folks. My body is not near as fast as it used to be. Or as agile. I may still be sexy at 46 (not to suggest that's real old), but it won't hold a candle to the inevitable "falling apart" syndrome that slowly besets me. As I look around me, guys and gals that "had it" when they were younger are still fogging as much as they can.

I tend to think of musical artists, actors, and...
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Scattershooting / The Ins And Outs Of Oil Changes

Posted 08-13-2012 at 06:53 PM by case44 (Welcome To Case's Column)

Why don't you and I just come on and gather around our lovely computer campfire once again? That's because it's time for me to do some more scattershooting with the masses. Plus, I just need more new material to write, but that's not important now.

Ready? I'll just let 'er rip!

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Today was the first oil change in my recently-bought new (and slightly used) 2011 Toyota Camry. And, like any other time with my previous Toyota,...
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Main Street America? Try Grapevine, Texas

Posted 08-04-2012 at 02:32 PM by case44 (Welcome To Case's Column)

This great nation of ours has so many Main Streets. Lots of towns, medium, small, and smaller, offer a quaint persona and an innocence connected to a time most tend to forget about. I can remember when a place like Grapevine, Texas was a small town between other small towns. That was back in the early 1970s.

And today? Well, in Dallas-Fort Worth, we have lots of suburbs that, at one time, were small towns but have taken on immense growth in business,...
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Case44 Celebrates Five Years As A City-Data Member

Posted 08-03-2012 at 03:24 PM by case44 (Welcome To Case's Column)

It's hard to believe that what started as a simple Google-search to find information about Interstate 44 has turned into a five-year relationship. On this paradise called the Internet, I just happened to get a link to this site, and I wanted to put in my two cents when there was discussion on a related subject.

That's when I decided to take the plunge into the City-Data.com pool. The date: August 4, 2007. Ironically, it was a Saturday. Hey, just like it will...
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I-69 Update: Houston, It Looks Like You're Next

Posted 08-02-2012 at 08:14 PM by case44 (Welcome To Case's Column)

The continuing adventure of Texas' newest interstate goes full force in their quest to get the national route closer to reality. We had Corpus Christi last December with the Lone Star State's first stretch. Now, we have a new player in the expansion of the transcontinental Interstate 69.

Houston, you are next, my Bayou City friends. As a matter of fact, you've technically already arrived. You are the recipient of a brand-new, 35-mile-long segment of I-69,...
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