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I`m on the bus.

Fogged in delayed arrival. Lots of people. Still on boat. In/at Long Beach. Many debarking. All being checked by homeland security. Car by 12?

jplvnv@gmail.com Fogged in. Not expected departure until after 11 AM.

Pulling back into port. Much fog.

Setting sail

Beautiful Long Beach weather! The ship looks small. We are standing in the line for our ticket. I can see the Queen Mary from here.

jplvnv@gmail.com We are on our way. Barstow now. Long beach after 1 pm. Under weigh

Perception, perception, perception. An alternate view of "reality."

Perhaps it would interest you in this group catch up that another coil of wire was found (hot, now cold) coming from the rear jctn box...

Hello from the alley between 1st & Main streets just south of Fremont. I can see the edges of the old arches on the Nevada hotel. I hear the band on Fremont...

Seattle World's Fair

Before my conscious memory, our family traveled to Seattle for the World's Fair. Whether we went in 1962 during the fair or in 1963 after the fair needs to be nailed down. I include this here because it seems clearer to me more and more that not only is language learned and personality developed during a child's pre-memory years but the whole spectrum of perception is established.

This is a link to a collector's website. It includes President Kennedy's opening of the fair from Florida.

Next is a short video of a young couple visiting the fair. Notice the couple is alone and everything is new and exciting. This seems to be more the perception and projection of the film maker.

My conscious experience of the fairgrounds was in the 1980's. I was part of a choir which toured that area of the continent and I took the opportunity to visit the remains of the science village. While there, I found a display of probability and statistics which I recently found again on-line. The original display has been dismantled, I'm told, due to lack of parts for repairs. Here is a Java version you can see on your computer.

Finally, in my search, I discovered a movie with Elvis Presley in or about the fair was made. I know nothing about this.

What were significant events in your family's history that happened after you were born but before you remember? How might have these events shaped your early perception of life and selected what was remember-able later on?