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Internet Headline: One In Five Californians Say They Need Mental Health Care.
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Welcome to WWW - Wilderness Wally's World - A place where one can read a story about Americana or discover information on the many people and places of interest in beautiful New Zealand. And now, On The Road Again in The US of A.

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Lord, please keep Your arm around my shoulders and Your hand over my mouth.

Mojave Valley Daily News Headline:
European film crew coming to Needles(California), seek info on 2008 UFO Crash!
I wonder what the percentage is for Europeans needing mental health care?

And now we begin packing for the big adventure to the cool climes of Maine. Of course we'll stop in So. Cal for awhile and then a few days in Illinois before a couple of short hops to Hew Hampshire and Maine.
We'll catch up as soon as possible ... take care of each other.

NOAA - The hottest place on the planet last month was Abdaly, Kuwait, where the mercury hit 126.7 degrees on June 15. Now, that's hot.
Yeah, that's hot but, Bullhead City was 121 degrees just last week!

We went to Smith's supermarket in Fort Mojave and found New Zealand Monkey Bay sauvignon blanc, 2008 for $8.88 a bottle. It is chilling a bit as I write this and will soon be tested for authenticity.

Freedom New Zealand Style - Click here to read about your right to protect your property in New Zealand.

Just the Headlines are enough thank you!
Man Arrested For Breaking Into Bar, Selling Drinks

It is about time-
Tempers flare in New Zealand (finally) at Emissions Trading Scheme meeting!
There were fears for the safety of Climate Change Issues Minister Nick Smith tonight as he faced a barrage of abuse from mainly irate Southland farmers at a meeting to discuss the Emissions Trading Scheme.

Okay, so maybe the rest of the story is just as good!
A Placer County man has been arrested after he broke into a shuttered bar, reopened the business and started selling drinks to unwitting customers, according to the Placer County Sheriff's department.

The Placer County Sheriff's department arrested 29-year-old Travis Kevie of Newcastle after his 4-day stint as the barkeep of the historic Valencia Club in Penryn which had been shutdown for more than a year.

Detective Jim Hudson became suspicious after reading about the Valencia Club's re-opening in an Auburn Journal newspaper article that featured a picture of Kevie and identified him as the club's new "owner/operator". Not only had Detective Hudson had previous run-ins with Kevie, he knew the Valencia Club's liquor license had been surrendered.

When Detective Hudson went to the bar to investigate, he found it open for business and customers at the bar. Kevie quickly went from behind the bar to behind bars.

Deputies describe Kevie as a transient. They say he broke into the Valencia Club and put an open sign in the window on July 16th. Kevie kicked off his business with a six-pack of beer he bought and resold at the club. He used his profits to buy more alcohol keeping the club open throughout the weekend serving about 30 customers a day, deputies say.

Kevie is being held in the Placer County Jail for burglary and selling alcohol without a license.

We got a new air-conditioner last week. It was installed by two of the hardest working guys I've ever seen. They arrived just after 7am and one left to go to another job but the other was here until after 8pm in temperatures you would not believe. Outside 113, inside the house with no A/C it got to 94! In the garage loft where they were working 130+. Hats off to these guys that really earn their money.

Arizona, Bullhead City
We took our car into a 10-minute Lube shop Thursday. The list read:
Oil change with synthetic oil and a new oil filter. Check Tranmission, coolant, diff/TransAx, PCV valve, P.S. Fluid, Wiper Blades and Battery water. Filled washer fluid and adjusted proper tire pressure on all four tires.
Total time on the rack - Nine and a half minutes.
Total cost - $60.05

Finding answers to important questions of the day ... That is why you read Wilderness-wally!
British scientists believe they have found the answer to an ages-old question: Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
Scientists cracked the puzzle after discovering that the formation of eggs is possible only thanks to a protein found in chicken's ovaries. That means eggs have to be formed in chickens first.

Economic Mastermind Mayor of LA has the answer to illegal immigration!

News from Around the States:
Michigan - Troy
The city council has passed an ordinance making it illegal for drivers to send or receive text and video messages, eat or groom while driving. The ordinance also makes it illegal to interact with pets, read, write, or use a handheld entertainment device.

Nevada, Las Vegas
Three charities have been added to a list of "cooling stations" where people can seek refuge from dangerously intense summer heat. Catholic Charities, The Salvation Army and Shade Tree facilities downtown will be open.

Vermont, Barnard
State POlice said a dairy farmer was killed by a bull while bringin in cows for milkin. Police said the bull was a full-grown Holstein that did not have horns.

U.S. Territory: Guam
The three Wells Fargo Financial offices here will close within 60 days.
(The problem was probably that nobody knew they were there in the first place.)

News from Bullhead City, Arizona
Bullhead City police officers tried to coax 23-year-old Robert Seitz out of a tree in the 1700 block of Clearwater Drive on Friday after a resident found him there, allegedly verbally harassing passers-by. According to BHC Police Sgt. Glenn Best, Seitz fell about 12 feet to the ground (I'm not kidding) and was taken to Western Arizona Regional medical Center for unspecified injuries.

Another change I've noticed:
Since I've been here, in both Arizona and So. California, I have not seen one fund-raising pancake-breakfast. Of course it could just be bad timing on my part but I'm really fear for one of my favorite traditions.

Students and club members are still washing cars on Saturday mornings but I wonder how long that will last with such a large 'fresh-water' footprint. Don't tell the Greens whatever you do.

Laughable:
Los Angeles - council members voted Wednesday to make an exemption to its self-imposed boycott of Arizona, opting to extend a contract with an Arizona-based company that operates enforcement cameras at Los Angeles intersections -- a program that earned the city $6 million last year.
Let me see, moral outrage or profit ... let's settle for corrupt!

So many people are making comment on Arizona's new immigration law (SB 1070) without having read it or, they have read it and are too corrupt to relate it honestly, so I thought you might want to take a look for yourself.
Link to a PDF copy of the bill here - Although it isn't that lengthy, there is no need to read it all. A brief scan will show the true intent of this legislation and reveal the dishonesty of its attackers.
For instance:The law clearly states the following: "A law enforcement official or agency of this state or a county, city, or town or other political subdivision of this state may not consider race, color or national origin ..." Not only that but other parts of this very short law also include additional safeguards against racial profiling. For example, the law requires that the police may only ask for ID if they have "lawful contact" with "lawful stop, detention or arrest" and that authorities must have "reasonable suspicion" that a suspect is an illegal alien.

We drove over to Las Vegas the other day. Well, the outskirts anyway. It is 95 miles away and we went to Costco to get a Polish sausage dog. Yes, all that way for a hot dog (but what a hot dog) and a look around too. I ended up buying a pair of tennis shoes with leather tops for $15! Plus tax of course.

Naturally while we were there we had to drop a coin or two in a slot. We came home $12 to the good ... the best I've done in many a year! Then it was back to Bullhead and a broken air conditioner. That is a 111 degree Bullhead City by the way.

Cochise Writes - This site and the comments here have been really helpful. I have been living in Wellington for 13 years and have found suppliers for A&W and good sources of sourdough bread.(San Francisco Style), but there has been no reliable source of dill pickles here. only from time to time does the New World have the Bick's brand.. I contacted Martha's Backyard and we will try shipping some down here.. I can't wait..!

Cochise also sends a recipe for California Salsa - Link Here

Quote Of The Week
"Frankly, I don't know what it is about California , but we seem to have a strange urge to elect really obnoxious women to high office. I'm not bragging, you understand, but no other state, including Maine , even comes close. When it comes to sending left-wing dingbats to Washington , we're number one. There's no getting around the fact that the last time anyone saw the likes of Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein, and Nancy Pelosi, they were stirring a cauldron when the curtain went up on 'Macbeth'. The three of them are like jackasses who happen to possess the gift of blab. You don't know if you should condemn them for their stupidity or simply marvel at their ability to form words."
columnist Burt Prelutsky , LA Times
(Yes, you read it right, the LA Times ... the bastion of liberal thinking in the Golden (and broke) state of California.)

Yes, we felt the earth move!
I'm talking about the earthquake of 7 July. Of course we were sitting in a Mexican restaurant with friends in San Diego at the time. We almost interrupted our meal but not quite! We were eating a Mexican meal ... who could skip a bite?

Beyond Belief!
Mexico on Tuesday asked a federal court in Arizona to declare the state's new immigration law unconstitutional, arguing that the country's own interests and its citizens' rights are at stake.

What you get for 75 bucks!
Having a small problem with the water softener I called "Hey Culligan Man!" (I know that's going to date me but I'll never forget that commercial.)

I told the receptionist I was having some trouble and wanted to know the price for a service-call. Her answer, "It will be $75 plus any parts required."

If the cost of parts was extra, I wondered what I would get as part of the service-call … so I asked, "What do I get for the $75?"

This was obviously a question she hadn't encountered before because there was a long pause and stalling for time, she said, "What do you get for the $75?"

"Yes."

Another pause then, "Well, he drives to your house … then … he looks at it!"

I said, "That's it?" A weak reply, "Yea, that's pretty much it."

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Mr and Mrs W-W