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Good morning firedogs, and happy Tuesday!
I needed a break from my gun control post this week. The next installment in the series is about 80% done, but I’ll leave the finishing, polishing, and posting for next week. Gun control is a highly emotional topic, and I think we could all use a break!
So this week we’ll focus on the trivial. I give you another installment of This Day in History!
On this day in history -
Henry VI was deposed by the Duke of York during the War of the Roses (1461).
The first American temperance law was enacted in Virginia (1623).
Crispus Attucks was killed by Redcoats during the Boston Massacre (1770).
At a private concert in Lobkowitz Palace in Vienna, Beethoven first performed his 4th symphony in B (1807). Beethoven played the piano pieces, including the 4th Piano Concerto.
James Monroe became the first president inaugurated on March 5th, because March 4th (the traditional date at that point in history) fell on a Sunday in 1821.
Mexican troops attacked the Alamo (1836).
The stapler was first patented in England by C H Gould (1868), though the earliest known stapler was used by King Louis XV of France during the 18th century.
The first ascent of Mount Erebus, the world’s southernmost volcano, by polar explorer Ernest Shackleton (1908).
The Original Dixieland Jass Band released the first ever jazz recording on Victor Records (1917).
And finally, Elvis Presley made his first television appearance on a program called Louisiana Hayride (1955). Here’s a recording from that appearance.
See you in the comments!
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Really, I could still be sleeping. Good morning.
Not a gun control post?!? OMG, the NRA finally got him and forced him to cough up his password. This isn’t Kris!
Boxturtle (*paranoia*)
Good morning firedogs.
morning, Kris, thanks, the stapler is a high point we all need to pause to commemorate!
I give you Etch-A-Sketch of your dreams, in response;
‘Microsoft is working on an interactive whiteboard that aims to interpret users’ sketches to complete the diagrams they were drawing.’
thanks, Mom!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21659719
You’re right. I’m Wayne LaPierre. Booga booga!
Thanks to Cthulu, it’s not Ted Nugent.
That’s pretty damn cool. And the article introduced me to Smart Watches. I’d never heard of them. Apparently they’re a small screen that uses Bluetooth to display your phone content. We’ve gotten so lazy that we can’t take our phones out of our pockets!
Goodest of mornings, as my oldest kid used to say way back when. What a cool idea this is for a periodic post!
I am hustling to get out on a couple of must-do errands before the forecast winter storm hits. I will be back to follow links and chat, though. Save me a cup of tea, please!
Good morning Kris, fellow firepups.
Snowed in again in NE Iowa. Had 8 inches with a couple more to come and this PM its gonna blow around.
Assuming you ARE Kris, that temperance act is an interesting read. Fined in Tobacco for missing church! I wonder how many people would support a fine for missing church today. I’d be bankrupt!
An old boss of mine had an original working MvGill stapler on his desk. Sucker must have weighed 20lbs.
And thank you for that link to Mt. Erebus. The southern continent has always fascinated me.
Boxturtle (One day, I will swim in the Antarctic ocean)
What you got against Turn ‘em Up Ted? He’s the best spokesman for gun control we could ask for.
Boxturtle (The best that hasn’t gone crazy shooting and got locked up, at least)
Check out the Mount Erebus Volcano Observatory. These folks are doing really interesting work. Be sure to check out the blog that’s currently on the front page there.
I suspect you got what we’re going to get here in a few hours. Worst late today and overnight. I can see grass between the piles of dirty snow, but at least a fresh snowfall will clean things up.
They’re forecasting 2-8 inches here by Thursday morning. Depending on how the storm tracks. Depending on where you live. Depending on when the temperature drops. I THINK I’m looking at 4″ at my house.
*WHOOP, WHOOP* Watch our Noon Newscast for additional critical information!!!
Boxturtle (getting a little tired of hyped weather to improve viewership)
Dammitothell, Kris! I’m SUPPOSED to be working!!! Stop with the cool links.
Boxturtle (I’m definitely going to have to save that one for this evening)
Some day, maybe not in my lifetime, our computers will be worn on our wrists and we’ll interact with them by voice. Heck, maybe IN my lifetime. I already talk to my iPhone.
Meanwhile, we reached 89 here yesterday, but today will be much lower. 67 with 25-35 MPH sustained winds, gusting over 50 MPH.
I’m betting that I’ll spend a lot of time patching my fence today.
Don’t be mad. They’re desperately trying to stay relevant. With smart phones and smart watches that give us weather and news updates on demand, TV News is quickly becoming obsolete.
The Weather Channel has even started naming storms. It’s a stunt, haven’t seen any other forecasters pick up on it.
I mostly avoid TWC since their CEO is a climate change denier. Not that he cares if I avoid TWC.
I did not know that. I use their app on all of my devices, and go to their website when I’m online and I want to check forecasts.
I’ve got to find another source.
March is WHEN I GET MY BIKE OUT!!! So this snow can just stop already!
OK, *poof* for now, BBL.
Goo bah loo bah.
The only thing I’ve got so far is LudVig!
I’ve been planning on searching for a Beethoven poster to hang on the wall over the new piano, so, that’s kind of a coincidence.
And, last week I got the piano music for Beethoven’s 7th, Allegretto mvt. for Someone to practice.
The NRA sends one of these to every licensed hunter in the USA. I usually just toss it. This time I added some special treatment. 1858 Remington at 20 yards.
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/AF8Nnbd6DZpz8wozlQfc1w8szHUx-OY9EC-wKjAl8ho?feat=directlink
While you are talking about being a handyman today, it reminded me of your raised garden project with oldnslow.
Nice job and cost under $10 bucks.
So what happened was…
Part 4 is about 80% done. I needed a sounding board last night while trying to finish, and decided to read some parts of the post to my wife to get her reaction and to point my thoughts in the right direction. Since my wife feels entirely different than I do on gun control, this quickly turned into a debate. We went back and forth for about 20 minutes and I worked myself into a frame of mind that wasn’t conducive to finishing the article.
My bad.
Nice grouping, spuds.
Tear down the fence. Buy a kite.
Boxturtle (The above brought to you by the Sloths of America)
Nice shooting spud, and excellent target selection.
I really enjoyed building it. The whole project took me back to my childhood. Oldnslow is quite a craftsman, though he’ll never tell you himself. He’s great with wood and even better with metal.
We spent many weekend afternoons in my youth building things, and it was nice to get back to that with the garden box :)
They should go back to the Weather Bunny, then. And the Weather Hunk for the noon newscast.
Boxturtle (local news will survive as long as local car dealers exist)
Sadly, it’s a rental. And I have neighbors.
The fences I keep fixing technically belong to the neighbors…
How much do they charge for naming rights to a storm?
Boxturtle (if they’re not doing it, they will)
Target selection is most important, IMO.
Yesterday the NRA won the rights to branding the NASCAR spring race here in Texas.
We will now be treated to the NRA 500 on Fox.
Beethoven, bah! THIS is what you want!
Favotite classical music joke: Wagner is a genius. He’s written some of the most powerful, beautiful movements ever. The problem is that you must sit through a whole symphony to hear them.
Boxturtle (My idea of a Piano Player is closer to Billy Joel)
I’ll take Fats Waller myself. :)
BRB folks. Gotta restart.
We’ve got a coffee mug, the one he uses every morning, with that image on it.
I like Billy Joel just fine. Did you catch his performance when they had the Sandy benefit concert? I thought did an awesome job.
Protest not likely in TX….Guess we better all behave.
You don’t care for the long hairs, Jim?
I’m sure it’s part of the NRA’s push to allow concealed carry at NASCAR events, or some other stupid nonsense.
Well, the NRA and NASCAR is a logical match. I saw some photos of a NASCAR event in an Open Carry state. Why on earth would that many people feel the need to take a weapon to a car race? Scary.
Nascar is a haven for foul mouthed, beer swilling, overweight, overtatooed rednecks. And their husbands.
Boxturtle (My neighborhood is FULL of racers. Toy trailers everywhere)
It’s election day in LA. Besides voting for mayor, we have a measure on the ballot that would increase sales taxes by 1/2 percent to offset decreasing funds from the state. It would be for safety measures. The current mayor, LA Times and League of Women Voters are proponents. All of the candidates for Mayor oppose it saying it would run small businesses out of town.
Oh, I’ve got 2 or 3 hours to decide on how to vote on the measure.
Any thoughts, folks?
Husbands who are also overweight…etc. You got it.
I didn’t catch that one, but I am unaware of any of his performnaces that have not rated at least awesome. He’s an amazing performer.
Boxturtle (Must now go home and beat wife. She caused me to miss Billy Joel/Elton John)
Good morning everyone.
Thank you for the post Kris.
Snowing hard with about 4″ on the ground and lots more in the forecast.
As JC said, winds predicted to kick up this afternoon to move it around.
Most schools already cancelled last night even Rockford, Illinois which never cancels school.
See how lucky you are Kris to live in warm, windy Texas.
I loves me all types of music.
(Was talking to my son about hitting Bob Seeger tour in St. Paul)
I hate sales taxes, they’re regressive. I’d vote for an income tax increase for that, but not a sales tax.
Boxturtle (Would ban sales tax and increase income tax to cover)
LOL, I live in a county that is dry on Sunday, and it’s almost as wet as the totally dry county next door. Here’s how it really works. On Sunday, at noon, people from this county in Kentucky drive over the Ohio and into Illinois, where they give their money to the liquor stores in Illinois. And Illinois LOVES that. In fact, I think Illinois rigs the polls every time the issue comes before the voters, keeps this county dry on Sunday, and then laughs all the way to the bank.
People are human. And they will skip church, drink beer and covet the neighbor’s wife, liquor laws or not. That’s my observation.
Great postnhost, you kep reading my mind though about stuff like (spoiler alert) history.
Here’s a taste…Only The Good Die Young.
There’s more. You Tube Sandy Relief Billy Joel…will get the others for you.
(Just kiss the wife, no beatings.)
Re NASCAR
Tear down the fence, cull the herd.
Morning Kris & everybody!
“Only the Good Die Young.” Oh shit, no Christmas presents for me this year.
I figured that was the case and how nice for you and your son to go to a concert together.
Love Seger too! Who wants to play those eights and aces?
The only kind of music that I have a problem with is the really crazy out there frenetic jazz. Just never could get it.
Oh, and some rap, but that’s not really music or is it?
The strongest supporters of Ohio’s Liquor sales system were Indiana and Kentucky. If you lived south or west of Columbus, the price difference made it worthwhile to travel out of state to pick up your booze.
Boxturtle (the saga of Ohio trying to enforce it’s liquor laws would make a GREAT sitcom!)
But like me, you’ll live a long sin-filled life!
Boxturtle (And It Will Be Good)
Jane!
When you listen to Bob Seger, do you hear Who wants to go to Firedoglake? I always do. :)
Thank you for making this place. No. Really.
Good morning Jane! Did you catch my comment about The Tudors yesterday?
Hey! I’m a NASCAR fan.
WooHoo! Another front page score for Over Easy!
Boxturtle (If this keeps up, we should ask for reserved parking spaces!)
I had assumed, since this wasn’t a normal post, that we wouldn’t see the front page today. I assumed wrong.
I won’t hold it against you.
Boxturtle (drive fast, turn left, drive fast, turn left, drive fast, turn left…)
:( Im sorry….
I’m sorry to hear this, heh.
Except at road courses.
Harrumph.
Oooo, the craftsmen and women in the house are in for a treat. As soon as I get off the phone I’ll post a pic from oldnslow.
Don’t be. The engineering aspects of the sport fascinate me. There’s an incredible amount of ingenuity and technological advancement that goes into building those cars.
Good morning, Jane!
Old, sin-filled, you got the right guy. I am not sure how i made it this far. The Nuns in grade school would be surprised too.
I’ll help write it. I’ll have people skipping church to sit on the couch, watch football, drink beer, and do all other sorts of deliciously sinful stuff!
Great idea.
Oh! Far out!
From oldnslow –
This micrometer has a 2-3″ range, 12″ throat. The box is made of recycled shipping materials.
Interesting…my SIL is an Elec Eng, and he likes it,
too. In TX, of course, you can see the action on the roads.;)
I see we got front-paged while I was out. Neat-o!
I still get giddy when that happens.
Morning Kris, pups,
Before I zoomed in I thought the picture caption read Van Morrison.
On that fence repair, just let it go and use the material for planter boxes. Full of dirt they’d make better wind barriers.
Chores and actual work today. In and out on occasion, today.
Thanks Kris.
Doesn’t need much writing, just clean up around the edges and someone like Werner Kemperer (Col. Klink) to play the governor.
Story: Ohio loves it’s liquor tax revenue. Kentucky and Indiana both have low taxes on Alcohol and two of the largest cities in Ohio are in range of the border.
Ohio began by posting DLC agents at liquor stores just over the border to follow Ohio license plates and bust ‘em when they re-entered the state. Indiana responded by passing a law that threatens OLC agents with arrest, jail and fines if they operate in their state.
Ohio ignores it. Indiana promptly arrests a DLC agent, charges him, convicts him and jails him. Said DLC agent promptly sues Ohio for putting him in this position.
Ohio governor discovers that voters like cheap liquor more than they like him or his DLC agents. Ohio governor discovers that federal courts won’t intervene. Ohio governor is advised by lawyers that lawsuit is going to cost a BUNCH.
End result: Ohio agrees to stop posting liquor agents outside borders. Ohio repays Indiana costs associated with this. Indiana releases agent with promise of pardon if DLC behaves. Ohio pays undisclosed sum to said agent. Total costs to Ohio in excess of 5 years liquor tax revenue. Ohio disassembles it’s state store system.
Boxturtle (There sure seems to be a relationship between whiskey and stubbornness)
I think my Friday posts only were front-paged once, and that was the “guest” post my daughter did about Sandy Hook. But I don’t mind, that post deserved to be seen!
Good Morning Kris and Firedogs -
Neanderthal Reactionary Assholes to sponsor National Association of Shared Chromosones And Reprobates event……#God Bless Texas
Mexican Troops attack the Alamo . . .
apparently some part of me knew that :D
wow, just realized I have an Alamo cutout, hmmmmm
This would make more sense if I had accurately said
“Mechanical” Eng; too early here, I guess. Hope he
doesn’t see this.
We know what you’ll be doing for the next 3 hours :D
Does not look like the sort of guy who would be receptive to being told to roll over and tell Tchaikovsky the news.
Weather Channel (partially owned by NBC) named the first named Storm – NEMO …. a competitors product – uh, FAIL
Fantastic…
National Stapler Day, huh
does that mean friday is Hawaiian Shirt Day ? :D
When you’re renting your soul for the first time, you gotta expect a few bumps in the road.
Boxturtle (Not sure even Satan buys souls anymore, they’re cheaper by the hour)
The Beethoven Piano Concerto #4, in G, Possesses probably the most sublime second movement in the literature. Deceptively easy to play, the piano part nevertheless defeats many performers including, notably, Lang Lang. He plays the notes but not the music.
The opening itself, for the first movement is also notable in that the piano opens the concerto. Just a few bars, again deceptively easy, but I have heard players blow it on stage and the rest of that movement sinks into oblivion!
I can play both, but never on stage. (Besides, the virtuosic demands for the rest of the concerto puts it firmly beyond my reach.
Thanks for the link Kris!
Now off to work.
Morning, Kris, ‘pups, AND Jane!
Thanks, Kris: Something for everyone there in your links … and building anticipation for part 4 as well with a side of domestic drama!
Is is a front-page formula?
I realized (far too late, uh like, I was sitting in the dealer’s living room)) cookies are more addicting than cakes because of their size and variety -
OMG. We are under a Winter Storm Warning beginning at 10:00 a.m. (eastern) and it is now 10:07 a.m. and I am seeing, for the first time today,
AHEM *Rachel Maddow voice* Teeeny tiiiiny little snow flakes!
Could this be Winter Storm Saturn???
LOL.
Our warning begins at 11am EST. In honor of this, the skies are currently sunny and blue.
Boxturtle (Watch our Noon newscast for vital information!!!!)
We’ve got 35MPH winds right now, straight out of the north. Which is going to wreak havoc with the fencing that I braced against SOUTHERN winds last freaking Monday.
FML.
Fences – I understand part of the problem is our sandy, easily drains soil – but I just shake my head at how lax Texas is on codes – wha ? builder has to sink fencing a whole 2 inches, with no cement, no securing at all ?!?!
Nothing beats the hype of the local stations the day after Christmas in Indianapolis when blizzard *blizzard* *blizzard* *BLIZZARD* hit. The local stations were all weather, all the time, broadcasters out in their parkas with their microphones, reporting on the **BLIZZARD** Everything shut down.
My daughter said, “Mom, didn’t any of these people ever live in Michigan??”
It was pretty much a non-event, maybe a foot of snow on the far west side, some traffic snarles. I’m half expecting the same thing with this storm.
Given a choice, Texas wouldn’t regulate anything but abortion clinics and voting hours.
Boxturtle (And maybe education standards)
Lots of moisture in the atmosphere in the NWS sector:
http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/centgrtlakes_loop.php
I liked you Rachel impression.
msmolly,
We are getting slammed right now and more to come.
30 mph winds predicted with gusts to 40 mph.
I just shoveled the front porch and across the driveway for Max to get some area to pee and it is light and fluffy stuff. Good for the winds to move around later.
This weather report brought to you by Herkimer Schmidlapp.
Stay safe! The little ones will shoot right through you! :-)
Some of the local schools and businesses are getting on the local stations for their overhyping of the weather. Schools and businesses have closed or delayed unnecessarily and the local power company has wasted quite a bit on overtime.
Boxturtle (Trying to figure out how to blame Obama for this)
Moving right across our area, this is probably the leading edge of it.
Hello Herkimer, pleased ta meetcha! ;-)
Yup ~ I think the listening watch is coming. It’s only a combination of stuff we already have. The digital sketching wall is a long way off. The demonstration is “rehearsed.” The sketching wall tools are overdue by several years based on early predicition from one of the researchers who is on the Microsoft team!!!!! I’m not sure what the holdup is …. but the usability of the interfaces have turned out to be tricky, apparently.
I wonder if there’s been any blowback in Indianapolis. The hype there was at least during the holiday break, but they did close all government offices — announced the day before. So far what we’ve had here in South Bend seems like less snow and bitter cold than in previous years. I haven’t actually looked into it, though.
Someone said the storm naming silliness on TWC was something to do with insurance, but I’m not sure what and I don’t know where I read that.
(Can you tell I’m supposed to be cleaning my house right now?)
I noticed the weather hyping stuff years ago (“it’s so cold/hot, everyone’s going to die today” ~ problem is, I tend to get surprised those times when it is as bad as they say, now. End result, you can’t trust the weather reports! Kinda defeats the purpose.
Reporters will have a real story, (if they can see what’s before their eyes and recognize it) when they start doing drone alerts along with the color coded, “terror,” alerts. Don’t know if they’ll understand who to blame when that happens either, though.
(How do I apply for one of those weather jobs? Doesn’t appear to be much qualified competition in the field.)
Stay safe msmolly. If you get what we are getting it is a big one with the winds. Whiteout conditions predicted for this afternoon.
JC said earlier that he got 8″ and that is north and west of us.
Back in my youth, the Old Farmer’s Almanac was consulted. I don’t see much more reliability now that we have all the high-tech tools.
Some weather forecasts are honest though. One in Indy that my daughter posted on FB basically said, “We could get this, or maybe we’ll get that. We really don’t know.”
heads up Kris – tradMed is presently hyping a Gun Trafficking bill (with yummy bipartisan support doncha know) –
presently if you provide false info on paperwork so as to give the weapon to some one not allowed to own a gun – you only face charges for the lying part – not the transfer to a non qualified person
the present proposal will get you in trouble for the giving to that person part
I am more than a little peedy-ody that the avg voter will actually think this does something about trafficking – NOT !
and what really pisses me off is there is no mention ANYWHERE of the chickenshit Tiahrt Amendment – that that forbids Law Enforcement in one state form getting distribution stats from Law Enforcement in another state.
further … one of the current bill’s primary sponsors is Dick Durbin, who happens to represent Chicago – a city under siege by guns from Mississippi
am I full of it here ?? Is or is not the NRA presently on the ropes ? has or has not Bloomberg’s group proven there is nothing to fear electorally from the NRA ? so why in the f*** doesn’t a Durbin, propose rescinding/abolishing Tiahrt ?!?!?
I’ll be over here
That’s why I did my quick errands early. I don’t have anywhere I have to be today, so I’m going to hunker down.
I don’t like the winds, though. My house is surrounded by huge tall old trees. So nice to be in the woods until a wind storm comes. So far, I’ve only lost one, a shallow-rooted white pine, and there were trees down all over the neighborhood that time.
*stands on chair clapping*
Nonq, you’d be overqualified. And far too honest.
You may be confusing your stories. The insurance thing is why some of the MSM stations are referring to “Superstorm Sandy” rather than hurricane Sandy. The payout would be much higher if it was a hurricane.
Boxturtle (Wonder how much the local station would pay to have a superstorm named WHIO-TV)
Msg from the NRA: Talk as you please, do as you please. We own the politicians, we own the courts and our members own the guns. And every time you open your mouth, gun and ammo sales soar!
Boxturtle (IF you manage to annoy us, we’ll send Ted to do a live show on your lawn)
Why are guns transferable at all? If I can’t give my amusement park ticket to someone else, why can I give away my gun?
Wind storms are frightening. We have an oak tree with our deck built around it. Every time a wind comes up, the whole house creaks.
clearly, the one entity never to face ANY accountability under present law are those who make and sell guns – commerce uber alles !!
Because of the topography here, it’s like that here too: we could get it …. or, maybe not at all. It’s turned in our favor more than not (but the nots were particularly bad …).
When I really want to know what’s happening with the weather … when it’s maybe going to be bad or actually getting bad or I want to go somewhere and get back before the deluge, I pull up REAL-TIME, LOCAL WEATHER RADAR on my computer. Oh, yeah, modern tools rock. Especially when one is worried about the basement getting flooded.
I do use the weather channel to decide when to stay home and when to go out or if it’s going to be a problem getting to a meeting … what did our parents do?
OK, yes, I am sure that’s what I’m thinking of, and it got mixed up in my mind, or I misunderstood in the first place. Brain fart. I blame Obama.
(There, I did it!)
The trees thing can be really scary! Been through that. The winds seem to be stronger and more frequent everywhere.
#butclimatechangeisamyth
Exactly. AND they would sell MORE guns if the guns weren’t transfereable, so … under current dymanics, this makes NO sense at all.
Where are you located, reader?
I also check the local NWS (bookmarked on my browser), as well as whatever weather app I’m using. I have the Wunderground weather app on my iPhone and it seems reasonably accurate. My problem with NWS is that I have trouble translating the radar’s base reflectivity into actual precipitation. Sometimes the moisture shows on radar when it’s not actually falling as snow or rain.
A cynic might suggest the NRA is creating “facts on the ground” to make it difficult or impossible to institute gun control measures that could actually reduce carnage.
Boxturtle (Actually, a reasonable person might suggest that)
Reality is so much more fun and surreal than any stuff we can make up, that’s for sure!
I’m in downtown Ottawa, Canada. I use the govenment radar, here.
I started using this when I tracked Katrina remnants from NO to Canada. My neighbourhood/basement had been flooded the previous year and they were predicting almost the same amount of rain. We had several (later identified by engineers) problems with our sewer system (7 floods in 26 years), since fixed. We were yelling climate change in 2004. Now we have a sewer levy on our water bill to fix the other problems in the city. :-(
When I was tracking Katrina, I looked into at least a couple of US services online. As I recall while they had huge coverage, the local radar here is perfect. I have it in my desktop tray.
OH, yeah, those were the days. For years, I subscribed to the early hurricane/storm warning alerts which identify storms forming in the Atlantic and report on their ‘progress.’
No way. The stuff I make up has unicorns in it.
Sorry for not checking in yet. Very busy today. I did see you bragging on me upthread so I sent you a picture. I made both the micrometer body and the box. Both are from scrap material.
Off to get some mediocre Chinese food for brunch.
Because I can.
I wasn’t bragging on you so much as recalling fond childhood memories, but way to be self-centered.
;)
I brought up my election today. Mine as in my city.
Only BT responded.
This sure feels different from the way back whens.
SD always lifted people up for voting. For knowing what’s going on.
Nada here.
I feel like Alice In Wonderland some days.
I was in Ottawa once, as a youngster on a Canada vacation with my family. Quite by accident, Sir Winston Churchill was in town that day, and we were in a spot that allowed me to take pictures of him (with my Brownie Hawkeye camera) in his black convertible limousine, waving and smiling and flashing the “V for victory” sign. I was probably 10 or 12 years old, I really don’t remember (probably early 1950s, at a guess), and I have no idea now what happened to the photos. Probably buried in a box somewhere.
I’ve enjoyed reading your comments, and I’m happy you’ve become a “regular” here. Belated welcome!
Hi Alice! have a cookie! Don’t worry about the writing on it!
Without knowing the full situation, it’s tough to recommend a course of action. It may well be that despite the regressive impact, the tax is the best option.
So I fell back on my standard “I hate sales taxes”.
Boxturtle (The OE threads seem a lot less political than SD’s news reports)
But, this is a political site, is that not so?
Cool! Ottawa! Churchill ~ very interesting! Ottawa was a very small town back then ~ heck, you could hardly have a restaurant dinner out until the mid-1970′s. LOL. I missed seeing Obama in person when he visited by only an hour or so during his impromptu stop to one of the bakery shops I frequent in the Market area near Parliament Hill!
Been around since John Dean’s first visit, off and on and off and on … glad to be more active here again! Thanks for the welcome!
demi – I saw your comment: seems like a “hobson’s choice” ~ maybe that’s intended by the politicos ~ either way is bad. I have no idea how to decide that or what to say. I thought California was doing much better now? Best of luck.
Oh, yeah. And as we both know, NOTHING is OT for OE.
I’m one of those people who has an opinion about everything. If it happens to be an informed opinion, so much the better. And you asked.
Maybe it’s time for a purely political, rabble rousing OE post with lots of links to things that irritate us.
Okay, everybody, Demi’s only a woman, let’s figure out how she should vote.
Boxturtle (It was a snark! A snark, okay? PLEASE don’t hurt me!!!!)
It seriously is.
But, I’m trying to follow the politics, and it’s a cute tool, for sure.
I totally get the
I was too young to realize that Ottawa was a small town in those days. We went to Quebec, too, and I was dazzled by the French speakers, may even be why in my first college try I was a French major. By the time I finished my degree at age 40, it was in information technology, probably a much better career choice!
You said “scrap metal.”
(So I had to read! LOL)
Although I know sales taxes area regressive tax, we have had success with local option sales taxes that are dedicated to specific purposes.
If that is the case I would vote for it, but probably not if the funds aren’t clearly earmarked. YMMV. :)
LOL! I was brought to Canada (Montreal) when I was 12 or 13. I was in IT (with a side of social sciences) and though I struggled with French all my life being in Canada and all, I do understand it better and better all the time! You could use both IT and French here in Ottawa. I was going to finally get myself conversational in French but for lack of time, money, and employment, gave that idea up. French is useful in Ottawa but not necessary.
Quebec City is beautiful. Oh, and living and studying in Montreal had a great impact on me.
LOL. I am going to remember that ~ all I have to do is say “scrap metal!” Done!
interesting!
Morning, Ruth and pupses. Thanks, Kris for another great post and host.
Ruth, your comment made me remember this :)
And for SD,
An old bathing suit, hot sun, sand, and friends talking
Tarde em Itapuã
Just my take, but SD would want to talk about elections and spirit and loyalty`.
(And, Om, between you and me, I think Richard would want you to Let Go.)
When we lived in Kingston I only visited Ottawa once, in winter, and it was beautiful. I was thinking we visited The Museum of Man, but when I googled it I didn’t find it. Didn’t see it at all. Surely I didn’t dream that.
Just take it and sit on it, please.
Truly, it is no longer worth it to me to be polite to you. I’m going to attempt to ignore you from this point.
Sorry, Kris, for the disruption.
Hi, Om: Something I *happen* to know a lot about … I thought to study museology … The previous Museum of Man (big re-opening in the mid 1970′s …) shared a building with the Museum of Nature … still the Museum of Nature. I saw both Richard Leakey and Jane Goodall speak there. Used to live only blocks away.
You didn’t dream it! The Museum of Man was transformed into the Museum of Civilization (a gorgeous building) build across the river from Parliament Hill. There are plans afoot to rename this the Museum of History; I am not pleased but it is still a wonderful, innovative museum.
The National Gallery is also spectacular. I remember when the National Gallery was in an office building downtown. They finally tore that buidling down and are rebuilding something else on the site, this year. The new Moshe Saifdie building opened in the mid-1980′s with a Degas exhibit.
Lots to see if y’all come for a visit. (And let me know if you do! You’ll want to have tea or champagne cocktails at the Chateau Laurier as well … which opened the year the Titanic went down and the owner with it).
Wow, guys. I was going to share about Kingston.
Is there really a rule book about topics?
That is a relief! Thank you!
The winter day I visited, people were ice skating on the river. I’ll definitely be back sometime.
I love the ROM in Toronto and the Museum of Natural History in Victoria, too.
Museology. Would be quite the study and career.
Yes, please, more about Kingston.
Look where my urging people to vote no major party got us last Nov. You won’t want my advice, I’ll guarantee that.
A link to a recent discussion or two about your local issue may have gotten someone to look into it and offer an educated response to your comment @43.
From that comment above did “security,” mean emergency service response for the common people or expanded DHS repression of civil rights? That was a rhetorical question, just saying, it’s mostly up to you to figure this one out unless there are some other LA peeps looking in. I haz plenty on my issues plate in WI for the moment.
Rulebook:
NOTHING is off topic at OE except personal attacks against other FDL posters.
Boxturtle (We can talk about Nuclear weapons, museums or the proper use of vanilla in baking)
Love those nylon strings, mellow. Thanks.
You are welcome. I find that song deeply relaxing. I love the expression in her voice, too.
Arry has just brought the dragonfly and laid it in my lap! Time to play :)
Reader, I’ll check back later in case you post something about The Limestone City.
Have a good afternoon, pupses dears
Ohmmmm
Thanks very much, BT. Feeling much less uncomfortable.
I’m not sure what you mean.
Oh, good! About dragonflies AND Kingston … and I can provide a note about skating that is *interesting* I think. I should apply for a Tourism job at this rate ….). Has to wait ’til later, though. I’ll try to come back. Carry on!
I was only speaking to your continuing discomfort about Richard’s passing.
I’m truly sorry that you find my comments to be anything but helping.
I really meant what I said.
And, well, I guess you really mean what you’re saying to me.
This is sorrowful.
demi: you are making it worse. Please, don’t. And don’t ask me “what?” I don’t understand what this is all about, but it could pass now unless you stir it up some more.
I so didn’t mean to make it worse.
I must be clueless.
Sorry.
Okay, that’s what it’s about, then. I see. Well, it sounded really harsh to me and perhaps that’s how it sounded to OmAli. Peace.
No worries. It just came across as doing that. I am sorry I jumped in. I was really trying not to. I see what you meant now; hoping OmAli will too.
It wasn’t harsh from my giving.
I really hope that Om can Let Go.
I’m not here to fight with people.
I hope that Om can Let Go.
Sorry that you seem to think I’m sort of an enemy.
I’m not. I really meant it, and if people here don’t here my voice, well.
Really gotta go now, be back later. Have a good day, everyone!
I hear you. Here’s what I can say. Sometimes when I try to use fewer words, the meaning can be taken more than one way. I so want not to use too many words and I only realize later that things could be taken a way I didn’t mean them. That’s something I experience. Also, things seem to be a bit tense, so more chance for things to be taken the wrong way. And we all grieve in our own way, our own time, … heck I am still working out a marriage that ended over a decade ago. I can tell myself to stop it all I want, but it never seems to “take” and I get annoyed with myself.
So, now I do have to go: I will check back later. Take care, EVERYONE.
OK, I have to ask. Whatthehell is “20% egg protein yarn”??? If the cap doesn’t fit you can fry it? LOL!
No, there isn’t any such rule book.
Yeah, so am I. Ten years later.
Sorry for that which you are going through.
Imagine if your you’re still going that and you get a friend telling you to you to go to hell.
Amazing.
Guess it’s different for everyone.
Yeah, so am I. Ten years later.
Sorry for that which you are going through.
Imagine if your you’re still going that and you get a friend telling you to you to go to hell.
Amazing.
Guess it’s different for everyone.
I’m just not understanding how telling someone to Let It Go is a harsh or a mean or bad thing to say is.
I meant it as a healing thing.
Sorry for the double posting.
Sorry all.
It’s not the same garden I’m used to.
Thank you Om, but you don’t own it. No need to apologize. :)
Hello, pups!Just a drive by..got work to do this afternoon. Off to Karnes City for the first time (to the detention center, that is) this morning. I hadn’t driven that road in years; amazing how much develoment there is because of, yes, fracking. Three new hotels in a row in the larger town, Floresville. Still plenty of cattle and horses resting and grazing in pastures, too, though.
I was a passenger, so I got to look around for once. Kinda nice.
Extremely windy hereabouts, all right. Karnes City Detention Ctr is on a flat plain, and it was darn hard opening the door to leve. My hair didn’t go vertical, though, so I conclude the winds weren’t quite at the speed they were last week, when Kris’s fences were falling down. Gorgeous day; just extreme wind. Always takes me back to my Oklahoma days.
My paralegal’s kids are going to Minneapolis for spring break – their grandparents and teen-age brother live there (he didn’t want to finish high school here, and leave his friends behind). The teen age son called him to say school was called off today because of the amount of snow they got…gotta be a LOT for Minnesota to call of school, right?
Btw, OmAli, if you pass this way again, today; thanks for the lovely Maria Bethania. I love, love Brazilian music, and am always on thelookout for singers unknown to me. From the photo, she’s anything but a “new” singer. I will look her up when I have time.
I liked it!
I’m new to Brazilian music although I have loved Rosa Passos for a long time. I wish I could link for you to something by the Gotan Project, which is sort of an electronic tango, but I can’t do it with the iPad.
Do you have Pandora on your phone or computer? You can get it free, and I created a ‘Brazil’ channel and have been discovering a lot of good music.
Speaking of off-topic, if I just found a shoe in my freezer, does that mean I’m crazy? I mean, not a pair of shoes, oh, noooo. Just, you know, a shoe. In the freezer.
Have you been able to locate the shoe’s mate?
Inquiring minds need to know, Craney. Where’s the other shoe?!
I found a gallon of milk in the kitchen cabinet once, so I’m the last one to call you crazy. Would be great to go back and recreate the scene. What were we thinking??
Have to go start dinner, you all have a good evening.
*spew* LOL! I thought something similar. Maybe the cap should have been knitted to loog like an egg yolk with dripping whites.
I want one of those caps, though. Too kewl.
Yeah. Why is it just one shoe? I mean…and the other one…???
Now I know why, when I am walking down the road, I sometimes see, just, you know, one lone shoe off in the ditch. I think the shoes try to make a run for it.
That’s where I keep my shoes when I want to cool my heels.
It all made sense at the time, I’m sure of it. In the cabinet? Perfect sense!
Milk in the cabinet. Heheh. Been there. Never found an unmated shoe in the freezer, though. Scritches for Arry.
*Snort*
I see what you did there.
ROFLOL!
Did it have gum on the sole? I’ve heard freezing gum makes it easy to get off. Maybe you were just being handy…
Oh, my. Hugo Chavez died.
You are so kind, thank you. But no, no gum!
Oops, see the news at 192.
I re-read the comments, and I’m still a little stunned.
I meant no disrespect to Richard or OmAli.
When I used the term Get Over It, I wasn’t speaking to his passing but to the way the grief has set her. I was responding to something Om said the other day.
I’m sorry if my words create a different impression than the one I meant them to have.
And what impression did you mean to create with these words?
I was contrasting, of course, Kris.
You are a kind woman.
I am a sad woman.
Rest in peace my dear hero Hugo Chavez. A great man in my eye.