The first thing I thought when I heard of the Cheesecake Factory was that it was some large plant where cheesecakes were manufactured by the thousands and shipped all over the world. The first thing I thought when I saw the Cheesecake Factory was that only 1% of the state's population could afford to dine at a place like this. So at this point, I was batting zero.
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There isn't much to do when the temperatures hit 105 degrees. You don't want to go hiking, you don't want to walk around, but you most definitely don't want to stay inside. Every day is a beautiful day with our boundless blue skies and endless amounts of sun. So, what is a girl to do on such a day, a Tuesday no less, when the sky is pure blue and the sun is calling?
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As a Delta Air Lines jet was flying over Arizona on a clear day, the co-pilot was providing his passengers with a running commentary about landmarks over the PA system. "Coming up on the right, you can see the Meteor Crater, which is a major tourist attraction in northern Arizona. It was formed when a lump of nickel and iron, roughly 150 feet in diameter and weighing 300,000 tons, struck the earth at about 40,000 miles an hour, scattering white-hot debris for miles in every direction. The hole measures nearly a mile across and is 570 feet deep."

From the cabin, a passenger was heard to exclaim, "Wow! It just missed the highway!"
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