Let's Convert Empty Office Space into Apartments. In San Francisco, Some People Commute Long Distances from Affordable Housing to Their Jobs in the City. Stop That! Waste of Gasoline!

San Francisco office vacancy rate hits a new record high...

https://www.sfgate.com/realestate/article/sf-office-vacancy-rate-hits-record-high-17889017.php

Tech Companies are Laying Off and It's Unlikely they will be Hiring Soon... and Many People Prefer to Work from Home! If They Could Take an Elevator to The Office... Attending Meetings Would be EASY!

A Big Reason Cities Want Workers To Return To The Office... 

Landlords are Hurting!

The ongoing debate over working remotely or going into the office overlooks one major factor that could be disastrous for large cities, such as New York, Chicago and San Francisco. The commercial real estate market may be in serious trouble. According to a recent report by Morgan Stanley analysts, the commercial real estate market is expected to experience something "worse than in the Great Financial Crisis."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2023/04/10/the-real-reason-why-companies-are-desperately-pushing-for-people-to-return-to-the-office/?sh=169f64332635

How to Reduce Plastic Waste. Simple Actions Anyone Can Do. #1. Never Buy Bottled Water. Filter Tap Water Instead.

Here's the Consumer Reports Guide of Filters that Remove Pollution from Tap Water... : 

https://www.consumerreports.org/home-garden/water-filters/

Did You Ever Notice that Water Bottled in Plastic TASTES like Plastic?  That's Plastic Going Into Your Body... 

Of Course, If You Shower in Toxic Waste Water... That's a Problem too... Your Skin Absorbs the Poison... That's Why a Whole House Filter is Best... Contact Your Local Plumber for advice and installation... or MOVE to a Safer Neighborhood. 

#2. Stop Drinking Coke... It's often packaged in Plastic Bottles... So is Pepsi, RC Cola, Mountain Dew and Generic Cola... I personally LOVE the HIGH I Get from Caffeine and Sugar... Especially when driving a car long distances! That's FUN! 

However... It is Possible to Simply Take Those Two Drugs without Dissolving them in a Flavored and Carbonated Beverage... TRY COFFEE... I Remember putting Brown Sugar and Nutmeg in a Cup of Coffee at the Coffee Shop and I FELT OPTIMISTIC! Buzzing Like a Bee and Enthusiastic About Life! Whee! 

Or Drink TEA... Or Drink Fruit Juice Made from a Concentrate... Avoid the Plastic Bottles!

Of Course, Caffeine is sold at the drug store in PILL Form... Especially Interesting is the Combo Pills with Aspirin, Acetaminophen and 65 mg Caffeine... Pain Relievers and Stimulant... Keep taking those and You'll end up driving from San Jose to Seattle... Whoosh! Whoosh!

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The Myth of Plastic Recycling... 

For many, recycling feels like a tangible way to personally combat climate change and to positively affect the environment. That's partially because of decades of public environmental campaigns, advertisements and even school education aimed at increasing recycling. But the reality is that only a small fraction of plastic is ultimately recycled...

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/08/1141601301/the-myth-of-plastic-recycling

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Exorcism at the US Capitol 1/3/2023. Surround the Building and Blow Whistles, Beat Drums, Dance, Chant. Burn Sage and Welcome the GOP House Members... 
https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/12/exorcism-at-mar-loser.html

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I recently Got an Email showing me the Ecological Awareness Artwork of Benjamin Von Wong...

 https://blog.vonwong.com/turnofftheplastictap/

https://www.vonwong.com/

"There’s something really interesting about the idea that someone can make a living off of creating something that has no value except the value people associate to it." 

https://phlearn.com/magazine/ben-von-wong-creates-powerful-images-to-help-the-environment/

#3. Notice the Plastic Crap you consume and Simply Buy Less of it. I own an iPhone 6 and It Does Everything I Want a Phone to Do... "THEY" Keep on telling me to Buy a NEW IMPROVED Model... TV Ads Promoting the iPhone 14 and YET... I'm Already Happy... Why Buy More Plastic Crap? 

I own a Toshiba Laptop but the Hard Disk Drive Failed and... It made more sense to Replace the Entire Machine with a Chromebook than have the Hard Drive Fixed or Replaced... and the Chromebook Doesn't Have a Hard Drive so it's Impossible that the Hard Drive will fail... 

#4. Stop buying music CDs... Everything is available online for Free on Youtube... so... stop buying Plastic Ware! 

https://youtu.be/qMaJWESoZlk

#5. Buy High Quality Tools that Last a Lifetime... I Have an Yamaha Acoustic Guitar and It Will Still be Wonderful 50 Years from Now... Look at Willie Nelson's Trigger... 

#6. I watch Kids Cartoons on TV and The Advertisements Aimed at Children Promote Endless Streams of Plastic Crap...  My Grandfather Make a Toy Train Set out of Wood and My Brother and I Both played with it... His Daughters Played with it... and His Grand Daughters Played with it... 

The Plastic Crap Toys are designed to break, be thrown away... and then the Parents need to buy MORE MORE MORE!

#7. Plastic Knives, Forks, Spoons, Plates and Cups... REALLY! Simply Use Real Utensils and Wash 'em... My Great Grandmother Got Engraved Silverware for her Wedding and We Still Have It... 

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Please Email Me Your Ideas for How to Reduce Plastic Waste... gregvan(at)yahoo(dot)com or leave a comment below... 

Photos of a Real Jet Airplane Used as a Children's Climbing Toy in Oak Meadow Park, Los Gatos, California. and The Story of The Donation by Lockheed... Written by Justin Vanderlaan, Parks Commissioner...

Real Lockheed Airplane 

the Morton Family 

doing restoration of Airplane.

Coloring Book: 

"Los Gatos Our Parks" by Elaine McIntosh

Driving From San Jose Towards Santa Cruz
 on Highway #17...
Take the Right Hand Exit onto Highway #9
Towards Saratoga.
Turn Right on University Ave.
Turn Right on Blossom Hill Road.
Oak Meadow Park is On Your Left
at the Bottom Of The Hill...

The following information is from the City of Los Gatos...

The T-33 in Oak Meadow Park is on loan to the Town of Los Gatos by the United States Air Force, where it has been in the playground area since July, 1974. It was manufactured by Lockheed Aircraft, Burbank, California and delivered to the USAF in December, 1954.

The two-seat T-33 jet was designed for training pilots already qualifies to fly propeller-driven aircraft. As one of the best-known aircraft world-wide, it has served with the armed forces of more than 20 different countries for almost 40 years. Production of T-33’s was from March 1948 through August 1959. 5,691 T-33’s were built.

http://www.skytamer.com/Lockheed_T-33A.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_T-33_Shooting_Star

The Story of How the Airplane got to the Park. Told by my dad, Justin Vanderlaan.

Dear Greg:

     Nothing long lasting is told quickly.  A short time after I was appointed to the Park Commission the Park Superintendent, the Mayor (Ruth Cannon), and the Town Manager (Russ Cooney) decided that the town needed more parks.  We only had Oak Meadow.  So they and the Town Council decided to build some more.  This took a lot or money, because we had to buy most of the land also.  The smart manager, decided to go for a straight  property tax increase (which only needed 50.1 percent of the votes to pass), instead of a bond issue, (which took 66 2/3rds of the votes to pass).  Harder to pass because the voters start paying a lot more sooner; but easier to pass because it needs less votes.

     We ran a spirited election, and we won by 75 votes!  They then decided which parks to build and when, after we acquired the land.  Included in the plans was the upgrading of Oak Meadow.  I was on the Park Commission 12 or 16 years, and we were building these parks all the time I was serving.  A few years after we won the tax election, Ruth Cannon was again Mayor, and we were in the process of upgrading Oak Meadow.  At this time Ruth Cannon's husband, I forget his first name, was a big shot in the management of Lockheed in Sunnyvale.  Many of the airplanes from World War 2 were retired to a huge Airforce base in Arizona.  Lockheed either owned them, because they still had not been paid in full, or was hired to manage the property on the base.  Anyway, the Cannons had the proper connections to get one of the planes donated to the Town of Los Gatos.  However, the U.S. Government was not going to deliver the plane, and it could no longer fly

     The Town Council allocated some of the Park Tax funds to hiring some company that could transport it to Los Gatos, which was done.  They even installed it properly.  It was decided that to avoid any possible law suits;  because some kid got hurt fooling with the engine, that the engine would be removed and the front part filled with concrete to a level for kids to enjoy;  which was done.  The plane is still there, and I just went down and looked at, and there were kids sitting in it, and pretending to fly.   A series of happy coincidences.    Any more questions, e-mail me.   Dad

A different Jet In New Jersey

Fundamentally, a great idea... 

Photo by Eric Dumigan

http://www.airic.ca/index.html

Wall Township New Jersey "Airplane Park"

Youtube video of airplane fully restored

on Aircraft Carrier.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uIFiysZVgw

Newspaper Article:

http://wall.patch.com/articles/old-town-landmark-becomes-newest-national-exhibit

Lions Park Costa Mesa, California

http://www.donovanblatt.com/lions-park-costa-mesa/

Airplane Park in Monroe, New York

http://whtractor.15.forumer.com/a/dad-in-f86-figher-jets-195455_post25756.html

Palmview Park, West Covina California

http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=143112

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Trump's New Tariffs Likely to Cause Popular Consumer Prices to Rise. Well, SO WHAT! Simply STOP CONSUMING... Do You Really WANT all that Cheap Chinese Junk? Do Not Buy That Crap! Really...

Don't you already have everything that you want? If Not, Simply Want Less... Another new Smartphone? Why not Keep the one you Have and Just Be Happy? More Plastic Toys? More Dresses? More Shoes? More, More, More? An Ostrich Coat? More? More? More? More? More? More? More? More? That's Compulsive Hoarding Of STUFF! Buy High Quality Tools and Fix What You Have So It Lasts For Decades... Buy USED... Recycle... Reuse... Thrift Store Bargains are HIP! 

Remember: All You Really Need Is Enough Food and a Safe Place To Sleep. 

Do You Really Want To Be One Of The Plastic People of the Universe?  Believing That You Can Consume Your Way To Happiness! Pathetic Dupe!

Having a GUN in Your House makes Your Family LESS Safe... "Accidents" cause more Deaths than "Defense" saves lives... DUH...

six out of ten gun deaths are suicide... Bad for NRA membership as they are killing themselves in record numbers...

The SOLUTION is to CONFISCATE GUNS and MELT them down...  Why IMPORT Steel when we can simply RECYCLE Guns?

Guns cause 10 students murdered by gun at Texas High School. Remember: Thoughts and Prayers Accomplish Nothing.

Let's outlaw guns,collect them and melt them for a cheap domestic source of steel. We could reduce the amount of steel imported by simply recycling guns. That would not only save lives but allow teachers and students the freedom to focus their attention on Reading, Writing and Arithmatic. Instead of Making American History by organising giant anti-gun protest marches they could be Studying American History.

It is possible that the Second Amendment to the Constitution is obsolete. Maybe owning guns is simply too dangerous for American Citizens... How many children need to die before we wake up? 

Fun Art's and Crafts Project Make a Bernie Sanders For President Sign with GLITTER! and Felt Pens... Then, We Be a "Taking it to the streets!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rxWPEdYCnI While you are waiting for the electrician or someone like him why not listen to the Doobie Brothers Sing? Just Click Here Now.

Great Movie: "Revolution Green" A History of Biodiesel and Willie Nelson's BioWillie Fuel

Revolution Green is a revealing documentary about the renewable energy called biodiesel and it’s importance to the world economy. http://www.revolutiongreen.com/

Based on a true story, Revolution Green follows the lives of Bob and Kelly King, whose pioneering vision created America’s first sustainable biodiesel refinery in Maui back in 1996. Bob and Kelly’s company, named Pacific Biodiesel, became the first private company in America to divert and refine thousands of tons of municipal grease trap waste and waste vegetable oil into clean-burning, premium ASTM certified, B100 biodiesel. Years later, country music legend Willie Nelson became very interested in the King’s vision of sustainable biodiesel, eventually forming a strong partnership. Over a short period of time, Willie and good friend Bill Mack would single-handedly use satellite radio to talk to truckers and farmers about biodiesel, elevating the renewable fuel into mainstream recognition.