01/06/12 Fryingday

[mnhermit]

G'mornin' - +34 F at 0600, hard to believe it's not spring yet.

Today in History:

1066 - King Harald of England crowned
1535 - City of Lima Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro
1540 - King Henry VIII of England married his 4th wife, Anne of Cleves
1639 - Virginia is 1st colony to order surplus crops (tobacco) destroyed
1681 - 1st recorded boxing match (Duke of Albemarle's butler vs his butcher)
1838 - Samuel Morse made 1st public demonstration of telegraph
1880 - Record snow cover in Seattle-120 cm
1893 - Great Northern Railway connects Seattle with east coast
1912 - New Mexico becomes 47th state
1927 - US marines sent to Nicaragua
1942 - 1st around world flight (Pan Am "Pacific Clipper")
1958 - Gibson patents Flying V Guitar
1964 - Rolling Stones' 1st tour as headline act (with Ronettes)
1968 - Beatles' "Magical Mystery Tour," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 8 weeks
1993 - Bill Wyman announces he will leave Rolling Stones

born today:

1412 - Joan of Arc, Domremy, martyr
1585 - Claude Favre baron de Perouges seigneur de Vaugelas, French grammarian
1745 - Jacques Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (1st pioneer balloonist)
1745 - James Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (1st pioneer balloonist)
1799 - Jedediah Strong Smith, US fur trader/explorer
1822 - Heinrich Schliemann, German polyglot/archeologist (Troy)
1878 - Carl Sandburg, US, poet/biographer of Lincoln (The People, Yes)
1924 - Earl Scruggs, NC, bluegrass musician (& Flat-Ballad of Jed Clampett)
1931 - E[dgar] L[aurence] Doctorow,, NYC, novelist (World's Fair)
1935 - Nino Tempo, Niagara Falls NY, rock vocalist (Deep Purple)
1946 - Roger Keith (Syd) Barrett, lead guitarist (Pink Floyd)
1951 - Kim Wilson, rocker (Fabulous Thunderbirds)
1953 - Malcolm Young, Glasgow Scotland, guitarist (AC/DC-Highway to Hell)
1956 - Rowan Atkinson, England, comedian/actor (Mr Bean, Blackadder)
1959 - Kathy Sledge, Phila, vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family)
1964 - Mark O'Toole, bassist/drummer (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax)

[paulschlimm]

Up and awake. We had a dusting of snow last night, with a dusting in upstate defined as less than two inches.

Looks like getting back to Missouri after leaving command here is dead in the water. Still unsure where we'll end up, I officially told Claire last night she is going to have to move for her senior year. Nice.

Since January 2001, I've been away from the family for five years. I ain't doing it again, even if it means moving Claire.

Unless I don't get a vote and end up getting posted to Rock Island, Il. That's five and a half hours by car from Platte City, and if I get that, I MAY be persuaded to commute for one more year...

[Doug]

I'z here
Chris sleeps
Niki sleeps (are we surprised, lazy dog)

[Fingerplucked]

Morning.

Don't go to Rock Island, Paul. It's not really an island. See if you can get yourself stationed in the Illinois Mountain Range instead.

[Kramster]

Hey...just hanging out at Einstein Bagel watching yet another caricature being done of me..in a roadster with a blown 327

[Fingerplucked]

You're sitting in your car eating a bagel while someone draws you getting a what?

[epaul]

A bagel sounds good. Wonder if the Hobo Haus has gotten their batch in yet.

[John B]

Morning...

[Cornflake]

Good morning. I'm glad it's Friday.

[Deleted]

Friday sure feels good. Doesn't cure anything but it seems like I usually feel better.

If anyone were to ask me, I'd say it's a great day to play guitar or be a guitar player although I'm not sure I could give a sufficient explanation for that school of thinking.

[brucemacneill]

Good morning. Supposed to be warmer but it isn't yet.

Paul, the Rock Island Line is a mighty fine road if you can get it. Moving around sucks but it beats being away. Good luck.

[Rob Hanesworth]

Happy Friday to us!

[Tamarack]

Good Morning Good People

Sunny and 40 degrees. Feels like early spring. Financial question -- should we bother buying a snowblower? Chances are we will have a least one blizzard and my back isn't getting any younger.

Paul -- my sympathies to Claire. My family moved two weeks before the start of my senior year and 40 years later I still remember how much it sucked. Wish I could offer some sage advice, or perhaps have a chat with your commander in chief.

Have a peaceful first Friday one and all.

[Shannon]

Sunny and mid-30s, climbing to low 60s by afternoon. Busy week in the clinic with the initiation of a new electronic records system.

[iamjohnne]

Good morning all. It is Friday, I still have one more day to work this week, but the week seems to have flown by. I guess that happens when we get older.

[majorminor]

Good morning. Long week and a bit groggy this morning.

[Lonnie]

Good morning... overslept, business meeting in St Paul in an hour.

[Marshall]

Jan 6, 2012 7:32:38 GMT -5 epaul said:

A bagel sounds good. Wonder if the Hobo Haus has gotten their batch in yet.

They fly them in special from NY every morning?

[t-bob]

Good morning, folks.

Jan 6, 2012 9:07:12 GMT -5 Shannon said:

Sunny and mid-30s, climbing to low 60s by afternoon. Busy week in the clinic with the initiation of a new electronic records system.

I think you'll like that system once everyone's used to it. I sold it as well when I worked for a bank a few years ago. My primary doctor has used one for over 5 years, and is truly paperless, except for a few things such as pain medication scrips.