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November 2005 Archive
Walkin' The Walk In Mammoth
November 30, 2005
I’ve been dodging cars, trucks, SUVs and skateboards in Mammoth for so long now I hardly know what to think about the new crosswalks.They’re lighted, by God, meaning … what?
Not all of them, mind you. But the crosswalk on Main St. in front of the Post Office, the crosswalk across Main St. at Laurel Mountain and a coupla crosswalks across Meridian are all wired now, waiting for finishing touches before they’ll start working.
Sierra Centre Mall Re-Do Creates Hassle
November 23, 2005
On the surface, the makeover of the Sierra Centre mall is a good thing.
But while waiting for the faded, chipped red facing to be replaced, customers found themselves once again with parking difficulties.
Skating Season!
November 22, 2005
It is the shortest of Mammoth’s sports seasons, and some years it doesn’t happen at all. It is the ice skating season—the season in late fall when the lakes freeze but snow has not accumulated on them. It's happening now. Ice is all over the place from about 9,000 feet up, although it's not thick enough to skate on yet. I was up at Ellery Lake and Tioga Lake on the Yosemite road this afternoon, and ice already was forming in large chucks.Bagged Salad Crisis At Vons
November 21, 2005
A bagged salad crisis, which also involved some bagged veggies and all alfalfa sprouts, developed overnight Nov. 20 at Vons, where bagged salads occupy a whole wall in the produce section. Nobody wanted this.Hey, Bump! Pass the chips, willyez?
November 15, 2005
This may come as a surprise to those of you not living in Las Vegas, but there are more Catholic churches there than casinos. Not surprisingly, some worshippers at Sunday services will give casino chips rather than cash when the basket is passed. Since they get chips from so many different casinos, the churches have devised a method to collect the offerings.It's Like A Bowling Alley Up There!
November 14, 2005
Magic Mountain did it again. With very little snow at lower elevations and no man-made snow at all up top, Mammoth Mountain Ski Area opened the lifts to the top of the hill on Nov. 12, providing skiers and boarders with an altogether different kind of experience. "It's like a bowling alley up there!" said one skier, hours after coming down off the hill.A Big Day At Vons
November 14, 2005
This was the day all of Mammoth was been waiting for.No, not the Open House at Main Lodge.
No, not a drop-dead gorgeous late October day.
Rather, this was the day of the Vons Grand Re-Opening, capping a 13-week remodel that flummoxed most of us along the way.
The verdict is in, too, and it's good.
Vons is a much better store now. Lots more booze and beer and stuff, and nice wide aisles. Better produce and etc. etc. There is nothing in the store that's not better than it was.
On thing, though:
The new motto is, "Experience the Unexpected."
Well, if Vons wants a PR disaster, all they have too do is stick with that motto.
Me myself, I was in the produce department the other day, looking for sprouts to top off my wowzer Pad Thai. Couldn't find fresh sprouts, and the produce guy shrugged and said they didn't come in on the truck, but there was some packaged "Spicy Sprouts" down by the ginger root.
"Hey!" said I. "I am experiencing the unexpected!"
Wait until the holiday weeks come around. If there's snow, like there usually is, all kinds of unexpected things can happen.
You Know It's 2005 When ...
November 13, 2005
1. You accidentally enter your PIN on the microwave. 2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years. 3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 3. 4. You email the person who...Welcome Back, Everybody!
November 10, 2005
By Bump DiamondMan About Town A guy gets used to the shoulder season around here—no traffic, no lines anywhere for anything and, in fact, no people except local people who know each other. That all changes this...
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