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Post by mnhermit on Dec 29, 2011 8:31:16 GMT -5
G'mornin' - where is everybody? Slept in and still I'm starting the daily?
Today in History:
1782 - 1st nautical almanac in US published by Samuel Stearns, Boston
1837 - Steam-powered threshing machine patented, Winthrop, Maine
1845 - Texas admitted as 28th state
1851 - 1st Young Men's Christian Association chapter opened (Boston)
1852 - Emma Snodgrass arrested in Boston for wearing pants
1862 - Bowling ball invented
1908 - Patent granted for a 4-wheel automobile brake, Clintonville, Wisc
1965 - Supremes release "My World is Empty Without You"
1967 - Star Trek's "Trouble With Tribbles" 1st airs
born today:
1776 - Charles Macintosh, Scotland, patented waterproof fabric
1800 - Charles Goodyear, inventor (vulcanization process for rubber)
1879 - Billy Mitchell, aviation hero Gen (WW I)
1900 - Willie Humphrey, jazz Clarinetist
1903 - Clyde McCoy, jazz trumpeter/bandleader
1915 - Robert Ruark, US writer (Something of Value)
1933 - Prez "Kidd" Kenneth, blues singer/guitarist
1941 - Ray Thomas, England, rock vocalist (Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin)
1947 - Cozy Powell, England, rock drummer (Jeff Beck Group, Whitesnake, ELP)
1955 - Neil Giraldo, rocker (Pat Benatar Band)
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Post by Doug on Dec 29, 2011 8:37:05 GMT -5
I'z here
Chris z here
Lazy dog still in bed
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Post by brucemacneill on Dec 29, 2011 8:47:49 GMT -5
Good morning. The combination of aspirin, Scotch and a hot bath has fixed my back pain but I think I'll give it a day before trying golf. Besides, it's cold outside!!! Tomorrow is supposed to be warmer and Sunday is looking promising for the first round of 2012. Will probably un-decorate the tree today.
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Post by drlj on Dec 29, 2011 8:52:29 GMT -5
Good morning. It is really the 29th today? Of December? Wasn't it just June a couple of days ago??
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Post by theevan on Dec 29, 2011 9:00:52 GMT -5
Two things:
Just read "The Long Walk", an account by a Pole of his escape from a Soviet Gulag in Siberia with 5 others, plus one they picked pup along the way, and their 4000+ miles walk through Siberia in winter, the Gobi desert and Tibet and the Himalayas. Incredible account.
The grad school application process has become positively maddening. If you're applying to multiple schools (Christine has 11 or 12 on tap), insanity looms.
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Post by Marshall on Dec 29, 2011 9:16:19 GMT -5
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Post by Cornflake on Dec 29, 2011 9:47:07 GMT -5
Good morning. Speaking of interesting books, I recently read Boomerang and then The Big Short, both by Michael Lewis. He explains the economic crash and various countries' economic problems in ways that are comprehensible and lack any ideological filter.
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Post by Rob Hanesworth on Dec 29, 2011 9:50:46 GMT -5
Good morning. Chilly in Indiana, but not bad.
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Post by billhammond on Dec 29, 2011 10:02:36 GMT -5
Good morning. Speaking of interesting books, I recently read Boomerang and then The Big Short, both by Michael Lewis. He explains the economic crash and various countries' economic problems in ways that are comprehensible and lack any ideological filter. I just finished a couple of great books: "Priceless" about a real-life FBI agent who solved many high-profile art theft cases, and "In the Garden of the Beasts," about the ambassador sent to Germany in 1933 amid Hitler's rise to power, and he and family's experiences as they grapple with it all. |
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Post by Tamarack on Dec 29, 2011 10:12:55 GMT -5
Good Morning Good People Cloudy, cold, and non-snowy. Missed yesterday's SoundHole festivities due to becoming deathly ill Tuesday night and spending yesterday in a semi-comatose state. Back to normal this morning. Spent a couple hours in the hallowed halls of Elderly Instruments on Tuesday. Rather crowded and crazy, so I didn't trouble the staff to let me play the Blanchard Tamarack, which is hidden somewhere in the vaults. Spent some quality time with a Goodall OM and discussed the Glories of Goodall with another customer. The Belle of the Ball was a Martin OM-28 Marquis:  www.elderly.com/new_instruments/items/OM28MQ.htmI don't know if the Adirondack top is magical, but it is a magical instrument. Rich, balanced, lotsa depth, and all the other good adjectives. Not a hint of toasted wheat but it sure is sweet. Also spent some time in the openback banjo corner, but it's hard to appreciate the sweet plunky tones when there is a bluegrass banjo player on one side and a bluegrass dobro player on the other. Wandering about the house this morning gathering the energy to tackle the garage. Gotta move an antique canoe and other cottage stuff to make room for a car and to reconnect the troublesome garage door opener. Have a melodious Thursday one and all. |
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Post by paulschlimm on Dec 29, 2011 10:14:15 GMT -5
Up.
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Post by Don Clark on Dec 29, 2011 11:12:04 GMT -5
Mornin'.....
Up. Been up. Just finding my way back down to the music room. Hard to get past the pup. Barb and Shay came home yesterday with the new pup, as of yet unnamed. A little brownish male Malshi.....Maltese/Shih Tzu). Totally over endowed with "cute". Just barely 8 weeks old, it has already been seen humping a pillow on the living room floor. Oh boy.....her we go. ;D
Photos when they become available.
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Post by Dan McLaughlin on Dec 29, 2011 11:12:20 GMT -5
Warming up the oven to try that beer bread recipe in a bit. It will accompany split pea soup that I made overnight in the crockpot with the Christmas Day ham bone. Enjoy your days folks.
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Post by Lonnie on Dec 29, 2011 11:41:54 GMT -5
I'm here... see "Bummed About Minnesota" for details. Too much fun.
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Post by sekhmet on Dec 29, 2011 13:07:28 GMT -5
Good afternoon, forumites. There's snow on the ground but we're headed for rain in the next few days. It was cold as all begeezus yesterday.
Hope you are all enjoying your Christmas breaks. I'm ready for the New Year by now.
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