|
*Middleborough MA: Cussin’ Will Cost Ya! |
 |
 |
 |
|
The 400-year-old New England town, with its 25,000 residents, is swearing off swearing! Despite the fact that it sits near the suggestively-named Assawompset Pond, anyone who curses in public there can be fined $20.
Just a few miles down the Massachusetts coast from Plymouth Rock, where the first Pilgrims landed in 1620, Middleborough citizens have had enough! They’re tired of hearing visitors and their own teenagers walking the streets loudly mouthing dirty words. The offenders obviously hear them constantly on TV, movies, stand-up comedy and rock music performances.
We don’t often get editorial on our travel site, but we say good for Middleborough! We did two wartime Navy hitches and know all about cursing. However, since the incursions of sleazy rock music and curse-filled TV and movies, the language of Will Shakespeare, Winston Churchill and Tom Jefferson has been dragged way down into the gutter.
When we travel in New Jersey, Las Vegas, Hollywood and elsewhere in the U.S., we’re tired of hearing juveniles in actual years and/or that mental level trying to outcurse each other.
For more information about the historic and once-again-pleasant Massachusetts town, go to www.middleborough.com/
|
|
|
How to keep from losing kids at the theme park |
|
|
|
|
Q: We’ve volunteered to take our two grandkids to Walt Disney World, and we’re concerned about their safety. They’re very active six-year-old twins, and we’re afraid they’ll wander off in the crowds. We can’t easily chase them nor put them on leashes, but what can we do? F.M.S., Dresher PA
A: It could be a hot summer day at Walt Disney World, but your blood turns ice cold when you realize one or both of your 6-year-old have vanished. Here are a few quick suggestions on what to do if it happens in the happiest, but often most crowded place on Earth:
1. Clothing: Put distinctively colored clothing on the kids, including bright hats. That will make them easier for you to spot in the crowded park. Additionally, put labels in their clothing printed with your name and cell phone number.
2. Photo IDs: Use your cell phone or other electronic camera to shoot photos of the kids as you start the day. In that way, if the kids get lost, you can show security people images to make lost kids easier to find.
3. Try to keep the kids in your sight at all times. It’s OK when they’re actually in seats on a ride, but otherwise be sure they know you’re monitoring them.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
Titanic II: Aussie mogul building new one in China |
|
|
|
|
Another Titanic will soon set sail. Before you ask why anyone would do it, you should know that this Australian billionaire thinks it will be a commercial success.
Clive Palmer, along with CSC Jinling, a Chinese shipbuilding company, are recreating an exact replica of the doomed ship that hit an iceberg and sank a century ago in the North Atlantic. Of course, the new one will have much more advanced equipment that will prevent such another disaster.
Plans call for the new Titanic to be taking its first voyage in 2016. If you’re daring enough to be a passenger aboard the history-making event, keep checking the schedule with your favorite hometown and/or online travel agency.
|
|
Airports: Most Major U.S. Terminals Now Smoke Free |
|
|
|
|
According to USAToday, 27 of the 35 busiest American airports now ban smoking. Now, if they’d only consider banning body fondling by airport security, flying could get a bit more pleasant again.
|
|
Orlando FL: TurtleTrek debuts at SeaWorld |
|
|
|
|
TurtleTrek is a new exhibit featuring real sea turtles and manatees, along with huge, very realistic three-dimensional, 360-degree theater presentations.
The movie shows the lifespan of the turtles from hatching on a beach nest to making their trek back to the sea.
SeaWorld Orlando’s nearby Discovery Cove now also offers "Freshwater Oasis." It features land animals in natural settings and everyday lives.
In its ever-expanding plans, SeaWorld Orlando will soon exhibit “Antarctica”. That will bring a replica of the ice-bound bottom of the world to tropical Florida.
For more information, go to www.seaworldparks.com/TurtleTrek
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Page 438 of 530 |
