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Post by millring on Jan 31, 2024 19:23:53 GMT -5
The thigh bone connected to the knee bone The knee bone connected to the shin bone The shin bone connected to the ankle bone Etc. Today on my route I finally met up with the fellow who owns the house about 5 miles west of mine -- directly across acres and acres of farm fields. I like to think about that span of acreage as it must have been over 100 years ago when his and my house were very likely the only two standing. See, his is yet another of the grand brick Italianate houses of the county. But his has(d) yet another connection with mine: Not only was his most likely built in the same decade (1870s), but it was also re-roofed some time in the early part of the 20th century by the same metal smiths that re-roofed mine. I know this because it had the identical decorative ridge cap that mine had (and the one that became part of the story attached below). I was so pleased to meet the guy. I asked him if he too saved any of the decorative cap. "No, they hauled it all away while I was gone." I don't know what he would have done with any of it. But I was delighted that he loves that old house in much the same way I grew attached to mine. He recently bought it and he's about the same age I was when I moved here. Connections. Anyway, I'm going to copy off the article (reprint from Ceramics Monthly ) and put it in his mailbox tomorrow. Oh...and that article (almost exactly -- without edit -- as it was finally published in Ceramics Monthly) was something I wrote one morning in a Soundhole Daily thread. Connections.
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Post by billhammond on Jan 31, 2024 19:40:35 GMT -5
Damn, you're a fine writer, John, thanks so much for posting that.
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Post by millring on Jan 31, 2024 20:03:35 GMT -5
Thanks, Bill.
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Post by millring on Jan 31, 2024 20:07:45 GMT -5
While I was googling up images of this guy's house (and mine), images of pots for sale on ebay came up. I only made a few hundred of these (I think LJ has one). Feathered high-fired stoneware.
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Post by epaul on Jan 31, 2024 21:39:15 GMT -5
Pretty cool. I spent the first five years of my life in a large, perfectly square, two-story Norwegian farm house like this one. Then Dad, fulfilling a promise he made to my mom, built a new, modern ranch style house with electric heat and lots of big windows. I have a few memories of the old house, one pretty clear one of climbing the stairs and playing with a red truck I found up at the top. At some point when I was older, I asked Dad about the old house, and he said "Do you want to see it?" Dad had sold the house to Virgil Ekman, and with roller logs, skids, and a team of horses, the house was moved six miles to the east. I was friends with Virgil's kid, Larry. So I called Larry and hopped on my bike. And I went up those stairs again. I asked Larry if he had seen an old red rusty truck around the place.
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Post by epaul on Jan 31, 2024 21:48:03 GMT -5
When I saw the thread title, I thought the post was going to be about the NY Times "Connections" game. It is my favorite. Today's was a bugger, but I pulled it out, on my last guess with two connections to go. Pretty scary!
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Post by millring on Jan 31, 2024 21:55:46 GMT -5
When I saw the thread title, I thought the post was going to about the NY Times "Connections" game. It is my favorite. Today's was a bugger, but I pulled it out, on my last guess with two connections to go. Pretty scary! I'm addicted as well. I'm getting the hang of it.
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Post by coachdoc on Jan 31, 2024 22:06:20 GMT -5
Iβm stuck on mah jong these days. Fits my slow functioning brain. That darn normal pressure hydrocephalus.
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Post by theevan on Feb 1, 2024 8:26:17 GMT -5
That was a delightful read. Forwarding to Christine (who just had an as-yet-unnamed baby boy Saturday)
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Post by dradtke on Feb 1, 2024 9:55:53 GMT -5
When I saw the thread title, I thought the post was going to be about the NY Times "Connections" game. It is my favorite. Today's was a bugger, but I pulled it out, on my last guess with two connections to go. Pretty scary! Melva plays that one. I haven't started it yet.
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Post by John B on Feb 1, 2024 10:32:29 GMT -5
While I was googling up images of this guy's house (and mine), images of pots for sale on ebay came up. I only made a few hundred of these (I think LJ has one). Feathered high-fired stoneware. I saw that one, and the other one and the "lidded crock." Erin said the crock really didn't look like anything else you've done that we're familiar with, but I think I recognized your handles.
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Post by james on Feb 1, 2024 10:58:42 GMT -5
Todayβs NYT Connections had me struggling with US lingo a bit.
Connections Puzzle #235 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ π©π©π©π¦ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π©
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Post by epaul on Feb 1, 2024 12:01:30 GMT -5
I have never heard "swole" used as a description for muscular. Fortunately, once I got "wrinkled", I didn't need to know it.
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Post by majorminor on Feb 1, 2024 12:05:31 GMT -5
While I was googling up images of this guy's house (and mine), images of pots for sale on ebay came up. I only made a few hundred of these (I think LJ has one). Feathered high-fired stoneware. On it's way to Montana baby!!
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Post by Dub on Feb 1, 2024 12:43:31 GMT -5
Todayβs NYT Connections had me struggling with US lingo a bit. Connections Puzzle #235 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ π©π©π©π¦ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© I donβt think thatβs US lingo. Puzzle makers seem to just make stuff up a lot of the time and pretend that people talk that way. I see that in the NYT crossword a lot.
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Post by John B on Feb 1, 2024 12:52:41 GMT -5
If you're talking about swole, it is indeed US lingo among the younger folk.
NYT crossword uses "crossword English" - there are indeed recurring words that are usually only found in crosswords. My wife is an expert at them. And most all NYT games (she has hit Queen Bee too many times to count).
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Post by james on Feb 1, 2024 12:58:52 GMT -5
Todayβs NYT Connections had me struggling with US lingo a bit. Connections Puzzle #235 π¨π¨π¨π¨ π¦π©π©π© πͺπͺπͺπͺ π©π©π©π¦ π¦π¦π¦π¦ π©π©π©π© I donβt think thatβs US lingo. Puzzle makers seem to just make stuff up a lot of the time and pretend that people talk that way. I see that in the NYT crossword a lot. I looked up "swole" and it's in the dictionary as US dialect. Some words perhaps work better when colourfully spoken than when written.
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Post by epaul on Feb 1, 2024 13:04:19 GMT -5
Just one more reason to go to the gym.
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Post by millring on Feb 1, 2024 15:37:34 GMT -5
I'd heard swole. I didn't need to guess wrinkled. I'm getting the hang of it.
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Post by millring on Feb 1, 2024 15:40:10 GMT -5
I saw that one, and the other one and the "lidded crock." Erin said the crock really didn't look like anything else you've done that we're familiar with, but I think I recognized your handles. I usually did those patterns in the muted colors of the plates, but for a while in the 80s I also did the grey and blue.
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