WE know it's been one of the worst weeks of his tenure, but does HE know? nt

I don't know about CA beaches. Pacific Ocean is so different from the Atlantic - rougher, seals, etc

My brother lives in SoCal, & visits the beach towns, but not likely the beaches.

Florida being a state that promotes and profits through tourism,

I hope they provide plenty of signage explaining that mollusks, conch shells, and key deer are protected species.

I recall years ago large conch shells were given away free with a gas fill-up; I still have one of those shells in my bathroom.

Seeing so many shells sold all over Florida, many unthinking and unknowing tourists (visitors) could easily assume those on the beach were just a gift to them.

How about Louie Gohmert for Sheriff?

Think of some of the other Knuckleheads we've seen on TV lately. So many to choose from.
Perhaps some of their deviants and perverts - so well known.
Mark Sanford is going to need a job soon. - Would he make a good County Commissioner?
Roy Moore? He could wear his cowboy hat while registering deeds.
Have fun.

Kavanaugh ads are in Southwestern Ohio. nt

A Congressional Special Election will be held on August 7 in the Congressional District there.

Leans Republican, but the Dem. candidate is working hard & Cook Report has called it a tossup.
Trump would like to work up the Republican supporters there.

You are wise to travel now, rather than put it off a few years.

If you feel physically up to seeing interesting parts of the world, by all means make it happen.

I'm seven yrs older than you, loved to travel, but no longer feel it's prudent to go distances by myself.
Plus, other family or life events can come along, unexpectedly, as happened to me, when a younger family member became disabled, and it became my mission to assist there as much as able.

Report to us on your trips, and keep planning. I'd love to hear about Labrador, as plans and trip progress.

As a non-Floridian but ardent Democrat, this is not hard to visualize.

We surely want to keep that Democratic Senator for Florida.
And I sincerely hope Bill Nelson is the winner.
And, yes, Rick Scott is a crook and scumbag.

However, Bill Nelson comes across, at least via TV, as a lackluster, boring person.
I'm appalled whenever I see him on TV, about to fall asleep and put his audience to sleep.

I agree that billboards and highway signs would help his campaign.
And any number of young, energetic Dem. officeholders and candidates to get people fired up.
County Dem leadership may have to take over and get the ball moving for Bill Nelson.
We can't afford to lose that FL Democratic Senate Seat.

I think many of us Dems don't fully realize how deep some people's hate of Hillary Clinton

really goes.
Anyone who consistently watches Fox, or reads the many right-wing sites has been preached to for years on the evil of Hillary.
They came to accept Trump as keeping Hillary out of office, and nothing else mattered.
Even though some may now be "disappointed" in what Trump is doing, or undoing, they are unlikely to change their voting patterns.
It's like renouncing their country or their religion; it is a deeply held belief and renouncing means renouncing all their thinking for years past.

I think Honeycombe handled the exchange with her brother very well.
Speak calmly, with facts.

I've enjoyed a quiche brand sold in Kroger that comes from Canada.

Can't recall the brand name, but it comes in Florentine and in Ham & cheese flavors.
Not frozen, but cold in the deli section.
A whole pie-shaped quiche, not inexpensive - ca $10 or $12- but it goes far.
Kroger doesn't stock a whole lot of them, so hope they don't discontinue stocking them due to 45's little adventures.