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Post by coachdoc on Apr 12, 2024 22:19:15 GMT -5
Rainy and cold again. Waiting for a tow vehicle to deposit our daughter's dead vehicle at our curb. Broke down in our driveway last week. It is unrepairable - timing chain slipped, valves and pistons ruined. A replacement engine would cost far more than the vehicle is worth. For those keeping score, this is the second blown engine we have had in recent years, and the third of our daughter's vehicles to be junked. That’s very bad luck if it isn’t more than coincidence.
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Post by howard lee on Apr 13, 2024 9:01:26 GMT -5
I haven't been able to trace farther back than my great-great-grandparents, whose surname was Glat (these were my father's maternal relatives). Their two sons, Hershel and Ignac (IG-natz) were the younger brothers of my grandmother Sarah. Uncle Hershel left Poland in the 1920s and lived in Paris for decades, where he married Aunt Annette (with whom I exchanged a couple of letters in the late 1990s) and was a member of the French underground during the war. I don't know what sort of activities he was involved in, but in my mind he was the family badass. Did not get to meet him, as much as I wanted to, because our family never traveled to Paris, and he died when I was 21. I didn't get to Paris for the first time until I was 32. Uncle Ignac spent 14 years in the French Foreign Legion, circa 1920s to '30s, I think. After he retired from the service, he married and moved to Palestine. He may have fought in the 1948 war.
From left: Uncle Hershel, my father at age 22, and Uncle Ignac, Paris, 1946
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Post by Marshall on Apr 13, 2024 9:06:36 GMT -5
Those were hard times. I hope our grandkids won't have to face anything so difficult.
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Post by Cribbs on Apr 14, 2024 7:35:31 GMT -5
Genealogy is interesting. I kinda went through a period where I dove in heavy, right when Covid started and we were sent home. Managed to trace back a good long ways to the late 1700s. I also discovered my family became involved in the civil war based on an event that happened to them when Union soldiers came through their community and burned it down. Met a guy in South Georgia that shared his information with me, letters and other memorabilia he has collected. Weird how it tells different stories than what we teach our kids. Fascinating stuff.
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Post by david on Apr 14, 2024 15:12:54 GMT -5
It should be a short workday. I think I will spend some time searching for my dream home, or at least a comfortable home further from suburbia. Does that mean closer to or farther from the city?
Hey Howard, I want out of a metro or suburban area. I was raised in the country and want to go back to a similar environment.
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Post by david on Apr 14, 2024 15:15:57 GMT -5
David, move to Newberg! We can ride bikes together and there is even a dog park. Rained like heck here last night. I think over 4-5 inches, with big winds, thunder and lightning. The National weather service warned of waterspouts, flash flooding, the full meal deal. So loud it kept us up until after 1:00 am. More heavy rain is forcast for today, but as of the moment, it’s just overcast and still. We will stick close to the compound until we know which way the wind blows. Mike Wordle 1,028 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Mike, I like the Newberg area and it would be great to ride bikes with you. But my ideal is to be where I do not need to go to a "park" to let my dog run unleashed.
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Post by Dub on Apr 14, 2024 15:41:12 GMT -5
Does that mean closer to or farther from the city?
Hey Howard, I want out of a metro or suburban area. I was raised in the country and want to go back to a similar environment. I’ll give you the same advice I gave Millring, Stone City, Iowa. With both of you there, it’s bound to be a fun place. We can all get together and pick.
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Post by howard lee on Apr 14, 2024 18:01:55 GMT -5
Does that mean closer to or farther from the city?
Hey Howard, I want out of a metro or suburban area. I was raised in the country and want to go back to a similar environment.
That makes sense. I grew up in the city, and I know it is the city where I will remain. Where else could I live somewhere that looks like this, with all sorts of convenience? I haven't owned a car since 1988, and the markets are within a ten-minute walk. That's just for starters.
This does not preclude me from visiting friends who live in the country, though.
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Post by Marshall on Apr 14, 2024 19:30:09 GMT -5
That makes sense. I grew up in the city, and I know it is the city where I will remain. Where else could I live somewhere that looks like this, with all sorts of convenience? I haven't owned a car since 1988, and the markets are within a ten-minute walk. That's just for starters. For "no car" there sure is a lot of highway in that picture. Somebody must be driving.
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Post by John B on Apr 14, 2024 20:08:53 GMT -5
That makes sense. I grew up in the city, and I know it is the city where I will remain. Where else could I live somewhere that looks like this, with all sorts of convenience? I haven't owned a car since 1988, and the markets are within a ten-minute walk. That's just for starters. For "no car" there sure is a lot of highway in that picture. Somebody must be driving. It is a very pleasant area in which to walk.
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Post by howard lee on Apr 15, 2024 6:12:25 GMT -5
That makes sense. I grew up in the city, and I know it is the city where I will remain. Where else could I live somewhere that looks like this, with all sorts of convenience? I haven't owned a car since 1988, and the markets are within a ten-minute walk. That's just for starters.
For "no car" there sure is a lot of highway in that picture. Somebody must be driving.
People do drive, and many of them. The road leading off into the distance at about 1:00 in the photo above is called Eastern Parkway, not really a highway but a large avenue modeled loosely after the Champs Elysée in Paris, with a wide pedestrian mall and bike path on either side of the avenue, each flanked by a narrower street. The center of the photo I posted above is a major intersection where Union Street runs into the beginning of Eastern Parkway and Flatbush Avenue, a major artery, crosses over both. The Soldiers and Sailors Arch at the left is at the south end of the large oval Grand Army Plaza, and the federal-looking building at the right is the Brooklyn Central Library, a gift from FDR's administration and the WPA.
Perhaps this will give you an idea:
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Post by Rob Hanesworth on Apr 15, 2024 7:39:07 GMT -5
For "no car" there sure is a lot of highway in that picture. Somebody must be driving. People do drive, and many of them. The road leading off into the distance at about 1:00 in the photo above is called Eastern Parkway, not really a highway but a large avenue modeled loosely after the Champs Elysée in Paris, with a wide pedestrian mall and bike path on either side of the avenue, each flanked by a narrower street. The center of the photo I posted above is a major intersection where Union Street runs into the beginning of Eastern Parkway and Flatbush Avenue, a major artery, crosses over both. The Soldiers and Sailors Arch at the left is at the south end of the large oval Grand Army Plaza, and the federal-looking building at the right is the Brooklyn Central Library, a gift from FDR's administration and the WPA. Perhaps this will give you an idea: Looks very pleasant.
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Post by drlj on Apr 15, 2024 8:11:28 GMT -5
Those trees look almost real, too.
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Post by Dub on Apr 15, 2024 10:07:55 GMT -5
Living in Chicago, I went years with no car. One doesn’t need a car in a proper city. Never missed owning one.
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