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Post by billhammond on Sept 30, 2023 13:25:03 GMT -5
Wiki:
The people credited with popularizing the Bundt cake are American businessman H. David Dalquist and his brother Mark S. Dalquist, who co-founded cookware company Nordic Ware based in St. Louis Park, Minn. In the late 1940s, Rose Joshua and Fannie Schanfield, friends and members of the Minneapolis Jewish-American Hadassah Society, approached Dalquist asking if he could produce a modern version of a traditional cast iron Gugelhupf dish. Dalquist and company engineer Don Nygren designed a cast aluminum version which Nordic Ware then made a small production run of in 1950. In order to successfully trademark the pans, a "t" was added to the word "Bund." A number of the original Bundt pans now reside in the Smithsonian collection.
Initially, the Bundt pan sold so poorly that Nordic Ware considered discontinuing it. The product received a boost when it was mentioned in the New Good Housekeeping Cookbook in 1963, but did not gain real popularity until 1966, when a Bundt cake called the "Tunnel of Fudge," baked by Ella Helfrich, took second place at the annual Pillsbury Bake-Off and won its baker $5,000. The resulting publicity resulted in more than 200,000 requests to Pillsbury for Bundt pans and soon led to the Bundt pan surpassing the tin Jell-O mold as the most-sold pan in the United States. In the 1970s Pillsbury licensed the name Bundt from Nordic Ware and for a while sold a range of Bundt cake mixes.
To date more than 60 million Bundt pans have been sold by Nordic Ware across North America. Nov. 15 has been named "National Bundt Day."
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Post by billhammond on Sept 30, 2023 13:17:37 GMT -5
You only get 10 choices. Quit cheating everybody. Did my IP set a limit?
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Post by billhammond on Sept 29, 2023 21:18:02 GMT -5
If a Kia/Hyundai has a push button start (no keyed ignition), it has the same theft protection as any other car. If it has a keyed ignition there is a free fix (plus a window sticker indicating the fix). I had mine fixed last winter. I was in and out in 15 minutes. Quicker than an oil change. The fix is available at every dealer, they get you right in, and it is free. Tell that to Marty and Cheri!
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Post by billhammond on Sept 29, 2023 20:40:10 GMT -5
Like Russ, I'm a huge fan of Django and Grappelli. The latter reminds me that one of my favorite fiddlers no longer seems to be featured in her performances: Alison Krauss. I think she is an amazing instrumentalist. I understand the preoccupation around her wonderful voice, but back in the day there was this terrific blend of her playing and singing, and I miss the former.
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Post by billhammond on Sept 29, 2023 20:20:19 GMT -5
p.s. My ultimate guitar-playing fantasy would be to be able to do what Tony Rice did with Grisman & Co., as I think I have mentioned here previously.
Another world.
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Post by billhammond on Sept 29, 2023 20:16:35 GMT -5
60's pop. Rascals, Turtles, Lovin' Spoonful, Kinks, Spanky & Gang, Beach Boys. It's an era when I could listen to the radio all day and enjoy the vast majority of songs that came on. Songwriter -- first generation: Paul Simon, James Taylor, Gordon Lightfoot would be the holy trinity, with Jim Croce, Jackson Browne, Cat Stevens, Stephen Bishop, Harry Chapin, Kenny Loggins, and others of the heavenly host. Songwriter -- second generation (too late for the pop fame the above achieved): Pierce Pettis, LJ Booth, Pat Donohue, Vance Gilbert -- all players I listened to on repeat all day long when I worked on the wheel. Agree strongly with all of these, and can't bleeve I missed some of them on my list. ESPECIALLY Tony Rice and dawg music in its full spectrum, perhaps my ultimate desert-island soundtrack.
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Post by billhammond on Sept 29, 2023 19:37:11 GMT -5
I'm facing the daunting task of buying a vehicle to use for mail, knowing I will be trashing it, but also knowing that it has to be dependable. And right hand drive. Look to the British-made car market for the best right-hand-drive cars. Be sure to specify Lucas ignition parts!
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Post by billhammond on Sept 29, 2023 19:26:54 GMT -5
I'm facing the daunting task of buying a vehicle to use for mail, knowing I will be trashing it, but also knowing that it has to be dependable. And right hand drive. Would this work?
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Post by billhammond on Sept 29, 2023 19:09:34 GMT -5
I was gonna ask for your Top 10 choices, but realized that could be daunting or limiting, so I'd like to leave this open-ended.
My list will be heavily classical/orchestral, as that is what I listen to at home and in my car.
These, in no particular order:
-- Beethoven's Sixth Symphony ("Pastoral"), even though it's been exploited by filmmakers and others forever. But at least Edward G. Robinson got to have a pleasant demise in "Soylent Green."
-- Debussy's "Claire de Lune." Perfection, seemingly in any instrumental setting. (Maybe not trombone quintet, just a guess.)
-- "I'm Henry VIII I Am," Herman's Hermits. No explanation required.
-- "Court and Spark" by Joni, the whole damned album, tied with the "Blue" record in my mind, but with extra points for ace sidemen such as Pat Matheny.
-- "Capriccio Italien," Tchaikovsky.
-- "Moonlight Sonata," Beethoven; Todd's with me on that one.
-- Practically anything by Gordo.
-- Practically anything by James Taylor.
-- About half Most of what Steely Dan recorded.
-- Most of what jazz pianist Oscar Peterson recorded.
-- Everything Andres Segovia recorded.
-- NOT Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" -- it's masterful, but I have overheard each and every movement.
-- Virtually anything recorded by Eva Cassidy or Bonnie Raitt.
-- Any Hamm's Beer commercial.
-- A LOT of Fritz Kreisler stuff.
-- Quite a few Waylon, Willie, Elizabeth Cotten, Hank Williams and George Jones songs, plus many other country bumpkins.
-- Not so fond of Johnny Cash or Dylan stuff, although I know I should be.
-- Obvious guilty pleasures: Moody Blues, Santana, Jackson Browne, Fab Four, Lonnie, Soundholians. (Saved the two best for last.)
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Post by billhammond on Sept 29, 2023 16:43:16 GMT -5
Looks to be a very hot and humid weekend. The Twin Cities Marathon is Sunday, and runners are being warned of temps in the upper 80's with high dewpoint numbers. The route is glorious, starting in downtown Mpls. in the shadow of the Vikes stadium, then winding past several city lakes and on to the West Bank of the Mississippi before crossing over into St. Paul, past all the huge Victorian homes on historic Summit Ave., up to the spectacular St. Paul Cathedral and on to the finish line at the Cass Gilbert-designed State Capitol.
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Post by billhammond on Sept 29, 2023 12:46:59 GMT -5
Speaking of vehicles, this is from a Cartalk column I edited this morning:
I’ve taken many road trips, but the first one that comes to mind happened around 1985. My younger son was 22 months old, and he was a toddling time bomb, always threatening to detonate into a shrieking meltdown.
Despite that, I somehow duped my family into taking a road trip from Boston to Montreal to do some sightseeing. So, we set out in my 1976 Ford LTD with a bazillion miles on it.
When we got there, I dragged the whole family around all day. We managed to escape dinner just as one of my son’s tantrums was erupting, and we got back to our hotel absolutely exhausted.
The room’s phone rang, and there was a man speaking with a heavy French accent: “Zees is Henri, ze concierge at zee hotel. Meester Mag-lee-oo-zee, deed you used to own a green Ford LTD?”
“Used to?”
“I am very sorry, but zere haz been a terrible fire in zee hotel garage. Unfortunately, zee car has been totally destroyed. Burned to crisp! Car-bon-i-zay!”
My heart sank. No car. No way home. A 22-month-old terrorist in a crib. And then I heard the suppressed laughter on the other end of the line. It was my brother, Tom, playing a trick on me.
And, I must admit, it was a pretty good trick. So that was forever known as the Great Montreal Hotel Fire trip.
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Post by billhammond on Sept 28, 2023 20:42:08 GMT -5
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Post by billhammond on Sept 28, 2023 13:16:47 GMT -5
Locals refer to it as the Wapsi and tubing down the Wapsi is popular. I was aware of that, having enjoyed the General Store Pub in Stone City on multiple occasions. On edit: I just read that the pub is closing as of Nov. 1, tragically, transitioning to a special event space only. Damn. Grant Wood painted this lovely view of Stone City in 1930, the same year he painted "American Gothic." The General Store that became the pub is to the right of the bridge.
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Post by billhammond on Sept 28, 2023 12:43:56 GMT -5
It's actually PINICON Drift, named after regional geology, I gather. There is a Pinicon Ridge park nearby. www.mycountyparks.com/County/Linn/Park/Pinicon-Ridge-Park.aspxThis park is on the Wapsipinicon River near Central City. I think the park name is derived from the name of the river. Linn County Fairgrounds, near there, is where Fiddlerina and I met. So maybe the band name refers to a tube float down the Wapsi!
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Post by billhammond on Sept 28, 2023 12:16:12 GMT -5
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Post by billhammond on Sept 28, 2023 12:14:20 GMT -5
At first I thought the band was Pelican Drift, which kind of fit in with the Flamingo Drift Bill posted about earlier this week or last. It's actually PINICON Drift, named after regional geology, I gather. There is a Pinicon Ridge park nearby.
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Post by billhammond on Sept 28, 2023 9:23:15 GMT -5
Excerpt from AP:
BUCHAREST, Romania — The award-winning U.S. guitarist Al Di Meola suffered a heart attack during a performance in Romania's capital but is currently in stable condition and receiving treatment, a hospital spokesperson said on Thursday.
Di Meola, 69, began playing a concert at a venue in Bucharest at 9 p.m. on Wednesday night.
Dragos Cristescu, a photographer who attended the concert, told The Associated Press that he saw Di Meola clasp his chest during the performance and that the guitarist struggled to walk off stage. The other two members of Di Meola's trio continued to play for several minutes until they announced the show would be cut short.
In a statement, the Bagdasar-Arseni emergency hospital said Di Meola was admitted to a cardiology ward where he is being treated for a segment elevation myocardial infarction, or STEMI.
According to the health care website Cleveland Clinic, a STEMI mainly affects the heart's lower chambers and ''tend(s) to be more severe and dangerous compared to other types of heart attack.''
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Post by billhammond on Sept 27, 2023 19:13:56 GMT -5
Well, there is always the extremely remote chance that I might be mistaken. Maybe a bunch of guys hanging around saying, "Let's get Hammond to screw up names again - 'we swear, Bill - it's Burr-GOYSE.'" That's why I like working in print over radio/TV -- all we have to do is spell it right.
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Post by billhammond on Sept 27, 2023 19:03:16 GMT -5
I swear one of the women who was working their booth said FluhMAYNG, but maybe that's just what I heard and not what she said. Well, there is always the extremely remote chance that I might be mistaken.
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Post by billhammond on Sept 27, 2023 18:25:02 GMT -5
When Podium first started carrying Flammang guitars, we all pronounced it Fla-MANG, but later I heard it's akin to Fleming, FLEH-mang, is that right, Iowans?
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