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Post by t-bob on Mar 3, 2012 4:44:25 GMT -5
Off to the weekend races. Baking a cake later today for son's birthday, just 34 days late. Typical here. Don't think we have an un-delayed holiday, except perhaps New Years Day, and I'm not entirely sure about it. Enjoy the day, and the weekend (If Applicable). ;D Three people gone, eh? Don't know much about Gibson Girl, but JohnB and PaulS? Man o man.  |
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Post by Fingerplucked on Mar 3, 2012 6:12:37 GMT -5
Mourning.
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Post by theevan on Mar 3, 2012 6:20:37 GMT -5
Huh? What's going on?
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Post by millring on Mar 3, 2012 6:50:10 GMT -5
Back out in the shop. It's still WINDY here. I'll be curious to see how much wind damage there is around here when it gets light out. I'm going to have a day of porcelain jars and bowls.
Dar's still in Lafayette. She'll have two agility trials, hoping to add to Breeze's masters tally (he needs ten qualifying runs to score a masters title. He just started, so he's only got two Qs so far. He'll probably finish up his masters title some time next year because Dar can't afford the time and $$ to run him often).
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Post by Don Clark on Mar 3, 2012 7:18:00 GMT -5
Three people gone, eh? Don't know much about Gibson Girl, but JohnB and PaulS? Man o man. Gotta echo Evan on this.....what are we talking abut here? Mornin'..... Up earlierish. Coffee is very good. Heading down to Fowler after a while for another workday. Finally getting visibly closer to wrapping up stuff at the other house, and have another family waiting in the wings to move in. |
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Post by Fingerplucked on Mar 3, 2012 7:21:40 GMT -5
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Post by Kramster on Mar 3, 2012 7:25:24 GMT -5
Hey,,, might just go kayak a bit today
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Post by Doug on Mar 3, 2012 7:56:02 GMT -5
i'Z HERE
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Post by brucemacneill on Mar 3, 2012 8:01:29 GMT -5
Good morning. Rainy day but warm. Had to pick the wife up from work at midnight due to heavy fog but it beats tornadoes. Stay safe out there.
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Post by drlj on Mar 3, 2012 8:25:13 GMT -5
Top of the morning to all.
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Post by Lonnie on Mar 3, 2012 8:45:21 GMT -5
Good morning, everyone...
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Post by Cornflake on Mar 3, 2012 9:29:42 GMT -5
Good morning. Sorry about the departures and I hope they're temporary.
Diane and I are going hiking for most of the day with friends. It's in the 40s and should reach 74, so it should be very pleasant. Enjoy your day.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2012 9:36:02 GMT -5
Good morning. Had my last cigarette 10 years ago today. Don't think I'll be smoking today ... but that thread over there still is. Yikes.
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Mar 3, 2012 9:59:08 GMT -5
Coffee is made. I'm up but everyone else around here is still snoozing. The Doxies and I went for a early morning walk in the pre-dawn, then they ate and went back to sleep. Katie says that Clara, (the short haired weiner dog) should be my spiritual adviser. I'm beginning to think she is right.
mike
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Post by theevan on Mar 3, 2012 10:12:34 GMT -5
No way I'm reading 9 pages of kerfuffle. Two of my favorite people. Who cares where each of us may be on "the grid"? I sure don't. I do care very much how folks treat one another.
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Post by Tamarack on Mar 3, 2012 10:17:25 GMT -5
Good Morning Good People
Light snow on the Third Coast this morning.
Quite troubled about the events of yesterday here at the SoundHole ranch.
An eventful weekend to end an eventful week. Not only did I quit my job, our 23-year-old son (finally) moved out. Gonna miss that kid -- he's fun to have around and easy to live with, albeit noisy at times. I think the sadness Dawn and I are feeling is increased by the length of time he remained at home; many kids are out of the house at 18, never to return. It's time he moved out, but Zack is our kid and we are normal parents. (We'll still see him a lot -- food, laundry and automotive repair are big draws back to the home place)
Our forthcoming granddaughter makes her forthcomingness more apparent every day.
Major event for today is a journey to Elderly for a clawhammer banjo workshop with Cathy Fink, a notable folkie. (It warms the cockles of Dawn's heart to think of her husband playing banjo more often...)
Have a peaceful winter Saturday one and all.
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Post by Hobson on Mar 3, 2012 12:09:08 GMT -5
Although it may be all for the good, Tamarack, such life changes can be stressful. Playing some banjo should be good therapy.
I tried weeding the garden yesterday in preparation for planting. The wind was cold and fierce and I only lasted an hour. Today is better, but I don't have much time. Going to a 90th birthday party and a concert. If not for taking a season off from my chorus, I would be in the concert. Strange to not be a part of it, but it will be fun to be in the audience for a change.
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Post by mnhermit on Mar 3, 2012 12:26:56 GMT -5
'mornin' - the good part is I woke with fewer pains than yesterday, the bad part is missing two friends - i s'pose it's the human condition.
Today in History:
0468 - St Simplicius elected to succeed Catholic Pope Hilarius
1634 - 1st tavern in Boston opens (Samuel Cole)
1791 - 1st internal revenue act (taxing distilled spirits & carriages)
1805 - Louisiana-Missouri Territory forms
1812 - US passes 1st foreign aid bill (aids Venezuela earthquake vicitims)
1815 - US declares war on Algiers for taking US prisoners & demanding tribute
1843 - Congress appropriates $30,000 "to test the practicability of establishing a system of electro-magnetic telegraphs" by the US
1855 - Congress approves $30,000 to test camels for military use
1873 - US Congress & government raise own salary, retroactively
1875 - 1st recorded hockey game (Montreal)
1883 - Congress authorizes the 1st steel vessels in US navy
1887 - Anne Sullivan begins teaching 6 year old blind-deaf Helen Keller
1917 - Congress passes 1st excess profits tax on corporations
1919 - 1st international air mail service from US, Seattle-Victoria, BC
1931 - "Star Spangled Banner" officially becomes US national anthem
1955 - Elvis Presley made his 1st TV appearance
1965 - Temptations' "My Girl" reaches #1
1966 - Buffalo Springfield form (Steven Stills, Neil Young, et al)
1985 - Willie Shoemaker becomes 1st jockey to win $100 million
born today:
1747 - Kasamir Pulaski, US general (Revolutionary War)
1831 - George M Pullman, inventor (railway sleeping car)
1847 - Alexander Graham Bell, Scotland, inventor (telephone)
1921 - Allen Ginsberg, beat generation poet (1969 Arts & Letters Award)
1928 - Don Gibson, singer/writer (I can't Stop Loving You, Oh Lonesome Me)
1942 - Mike Pender, Liverpool, vocalist/guitarist (Searchers-Needles & Pins)
1944 - Janice Garfat, rocker (Dr Hook)
1953 - Dave Amato, rocker (REO Speedwagon-Can't Fight this Feeling)
1954 - Merrick, [Chris Hughes] rock drummer (Adam & The Ants)
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Post by sekhmet on Mar 3, 2012 12:32:13 GMT -5
good morning forum with missing cherished members.
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Post by billhammond on Mar 3, 2012 12:43:01 GMT -5
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