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Post by t-bob on Dec 23, 2011 3:12:11 GMT -5
Good early morning to all! I actually played the guitar today yesterday. Not well, but had fun doing it.
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Post by Russell Letson on Dec 23, 2011 3:20:22 GMT -5
I haven't been to bed yet, but I can't resist an opportunity to post on a daily thread someplace earlier than page three.
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Post by paulschlimm on Dec 23, 2011 4:20:02 GMT -5
Present.
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Post by Fingerplucked on Dec 23, 2011 6:06:29 GMT -5
Presents? I like presents.
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Post by t-bob on Dec 23, 2011 6:09:17 GMT -5
Presents? I like presents. Jim, did you get my present yet? |
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Post by paulschlimm on Dec 23, 2011 6:12:27 GMT -5
You're welcome to my insomnia. I just have to figure out how to give it away.
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Post by t-bob on Dec 23, 2011 6:16:32 GMT -5
You're welcome to my insomnia. I just have to figure out how to give it away. I think you already gave it to me, Paul.  |
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Post by paulschlimm on Dec 23, 2011 6:19:16 GMT -5
If I did, I apologize.  |
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Post by Fingerplucked on Dec 23, 2011 6:27:24 GMT -5
Presents? I like presents. Jim, did you get my present yet? No, but now that I know it's coming I'm going to take the day off work and put a lawn chair out in front of the mailbox. I can hardly wait. |
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Post by Kramster on Dec 23, 2011 6:52:53 GMT -5
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Post by Fingerplucked on Dec 23, 2011 7:01:41 GMT -5
I like the first one. I think I'm going to pass it around at work today.
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Post by brucemacneill on Dec 23, 2011 7:19:56 GMT -5
Good morning. Nice day for golf yesterday, didn't even need a sweater, Shot 117, which sucks but is about average for me lately. In my defense, the course was wet and putting was "Interesting" with the ball causing a rooster tail as it slid across the greens. Fortunately the guys I was playing with, real golfers, were having the same problem. Christmas grocery shopping this morning and some housework to do before the kids get here so no golf today. Enjoy your Friday.
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Post by mnhermit on Dec 23, 2011 7:25:01 GMT -5
G'mornin' - up too early, but 'Alias Boston Blackie' is on TCM so I'll watch that, then take a nap.
Today in History:
1690 - John Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered
1776 - Thomas Paine writes "These are the times that try men's souls"
1779 - Benedict Arnold court-martialed for improper conduct
1823 - "Visit from St Nicholas" by C Moore published in Troy (NY) Sentinel
1834 - Joseph Hansom of London receives patent for Hansom cabs
1867 - 1st self-made millionairess (Sarah Breedlove-hair straightner)
1888 - Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh cuts off his left ear
1907 - 1st all-steel passengar railroad coach completed, Altoona, Pa
1913 - President Woodrow Wilson signs Federal Reserve Act into law
1919 - Alice H Parker patents gas heating furnace
1922 - BBC Radio begins daily newscasts
1928 - NBC sets up a permanent, coast-to-coast radio network
1938 - Margaret Hamilton's costume catches fire in filming of "Wizard of Oz"
1947 - Transistor invented by Bardeen, Brattain & Shockley in Bell Labs
1951 - 1st coast-to-coast televised football game (Dumont paid $75,000) LA Rams beat Cleve Browns 24-17 in NFL championship game
1963 - Beach Boys 1st appearance on "Shindig"
born today:
1597 - Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry"
1790 - Jean-Fran‡ois Champollion, deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics
1834 - Thomas R Malthus, English vicar/economist (moral restraint)
1940 - Jorma Kaukonen, Wash DC, rock guitarist (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna)
1941 - Tim Hardin, Oregon, singer (If I Were a Carpenter, Bird on a Wire)
1943 - Derek Small, rocker (Spinal Tap)
1943 - Harry Shearer, LA Calif, actor (SNL, Simpsons, Pure Luck)
1943 - Peter Quaife, Devon England, rock bassist (Kinks-Long Tall Sally)
1945 - Ronald Bushy, rocker (Iron Butterfly-Ina gada davida)
1951 - Johnny Contardo, singer (Sha Na Na)
1955 - Dave Murray, English pop guitarist (Iron Maiden-Number of the Beast)
1965 - Eddie Vedder, heavy metal singer (Pearl Jam-Justine)
1965 - Slash, rocker (Guns N' Roses)
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Post by Doug on Dec 23, 2011 7:51:32 GMT -5
I'z here
Chris is here
Niki still sleeps (lazy dog)
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Post by John B on Dec 23, 2011 7:55:53 GMT -5
Here. Clicking in shortly to catch up on some work.
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Post by iamjohnne on Dec 23, 2011 8:15:40 GMT -5
Good morning.
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Post by Marshall on Dec 23, 2011 8:42:34 GMT -5
Merry Eve of Christmas Eve to all.
And to all a good life !
Slugging out one more partial work day. Clear morning skies. Clear morning road, for once. That's nice. The pink eastern sky had it's wintery jagged ridge line of clouds on the horizon. Lake effect. Somebody's probably getting snowed on.
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Post by Rob Hanesworth on Dec 23, 2011 8:47:08 GMT -5
Present.
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Post by billhammond on Dec 23, 2011 8:50:11 GMT -5
Howdy -- Made a good breffkust sammich -- whole grain toast, fried egg with garlic pepper, Tillamook cheddar, thin-sliced rosemary ham from Trader Joes. Work today. Work Saturday. Work Sunday. Work Monday. Grumble, grumble. But I have a job.  |
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Post by Tamarack on Dec 23, 2011 8:54:33 GMT -5
Good Morning Good People
Cloudy and cold, no snow. Dawn left for work, Cinder is awake and nuzzling me but she is still a lazy dog (Niki's virtual sister)
Supposedly a holiday today, but I gotta work for a few hours -- a few emails and delivering reports to keep lawyers happy (if that can be done). Then I am theoretically off until January 3. Christmas shopping done (I think) thanks to agreements with our extended families that limit the silliness.
Have a fine Friday one and all.
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