Today in history, greetings, and social banter here. (More)
Theoderic the Great dies of dysentery, leaving his daughter Amalasuntha to act as regent for her 10-year-old son Athalaric, today (526). Also, Ram Das became the Fourth Sikh Guru (1574), Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japan’s first shogun, left his home province and occupied the castle in what is now Tokyo, prompting the Japanese proverb “Ieyasu won the Empire by retreating” (1590), the city of Melbourne, Australia was founded (1835), as was the city of Houston, Texas (1836), Julius von Payer and Karl Weyprecht discovered the Arctic Sea archipelago of Franz Joseph Land (1873), Charles Walcott discovered the Burgess Shale Fossil Field (1909), Fanny Kaplan shot and wounded Vladimir Lenin, prompting the Red Terror (1918), the post-war Allied Control Council began governing Germany (1945), the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway opened (1956), the Washington-Moscow “Hot Line” began operation (1963), Thurgood Marshall was confirmed as the first black Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1967), 153 passengers died as the Belgrade–Dortmund express train derailed at Zagreb (1974), the People’s Mujahedin of Iran assassinated President Mohammad-Ali Rajai and Prime Minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar (1981), NATO began Operation Deliberate Force against Serbian forces in Bosnia (1995), citizens of East Timor voted for independence (1999), and 9 Russian sailors died when the decommissioned submarine K-159 sank while being towed across the Barents Sea (2003). And Lesotho’s Prime Minister Tom Thabane briefly fled to South Africa during an alleged coup that led to the election of opposition party leader Pakalitha Mosisili (2014).
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Yesterday on Campus
Things We Did This Week – Share your stories of political activism!
Mixed Nuts – Trump Backers’ ‘Cutting in Line’ Myth
Midday Matinee – Linda Lee with Sam Is Back!
Campus Question – Is the Anthony Weiner-Huma Abedin saga a public scandal or a private matter?
Today on Campus
Mixed Nuts – Your Aging Brain
Tuesday’s Tale – Pithworthy’s Pig
Campus Question at 6pm ET
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Photo Credit: British Wildlife Centre
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Good morning! ::hugggggs::
Good morning! It’s currently a foggy 51 degrees here, but it’s supposed to be a nice sunny day. I’ll be heading out of the field in a little while, so the usual (more or less) “day off stuff” is on the agenda. After this next weekend, I’ll be shifting to a more regular Monday through Friday routine. Lots of work to be done, and we don’t think we’ll get all of it, but we’re hoping we get some additional staffing to make a dent in the project list. In terms of the additional staff, I told my boss “Younger and strong of back… weak of mind is optional.” 😉 Lots of fireplaces and fire rings have to be fixed/replaced, which means concrete and mortar. While I can do the mixing, etc., my assistant and I are not in the “tote 80 pound bags of concrete around” age group any longer.
Sad news yesterday, about the passing of Gene Wilder. So many great roles, so much laughter. I remember my niece insisting on watching Willy Wonka every day as a little girl, and of course, all the great Mel Brooks movies.
Very sad about Gene Wilder. Somehow he seemed perpetually young to me.
Your description of the help you need was amusing. I hope they find those strong backs for you. 80 lbs is a big lift… and not even a job requirement in the Post Office. That’s too much for anybody not young, strong and wearing a back belt. Just saying.
Have a great day, Norbrook!
Is there any way to put those sacks on a large-wheeled hauler? The bigger the wheel, the easier the rolling of it… Dang, anything beats carrying…
Nope. Unfortunately, where we have to do this you need a boat to get to, and then haul it all up to where you’re working. Once in a while, there’s a fairly easy place, but you still need to load the boat, get it out there, unload the boat …
Oy…
So sad about Gene Wilder. My grandkids like watching Willie Wonka even now. I was touched by his reason for keeping his disease private. He didn’t want kids to lose a smile thinking that Willie Wonka was sick.
We’re awaiting the arrival of tropical storm whatever. While it’s still a tropical depression, they’re fairly certain it will make it to tropical storm before landfall. The only difference to us is the wind strength. We’re still going to get a deluge and a lot of flooding. It’s that time of year! 😉
So of course my AC is giving me fits. I hope the repairman gets here before the weather becomes impossible.
Other than that, everything is okay.
Hugggs and good morning, everyone!
Yikes! Too much for me… I don’t like hurricane season down there…
Here’s hoping that the storm is easy on you and that the repairman arrives soon. Have you stocked up on stuff? Hugs back at ha.
No stocking up for this. I’m still debating whether to spend a small fortune on hurricane supplies. We’ve had several come right over us, and the thing is, by the time they get this far inland they’ve weakened. We may lose power but we’ve never lost water yet.
Now that I’ve said that, I probably ought to buy the supplies….
Only water… 🙂
Yes water but there was something awfully impressive about all the cheezit packages stacked in the hallway.
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Good morning! ::hugggggs::
Another warm sunny summer day at 72 degrees now heading for 89 degrees. Next rain Thursday maybe. Wind associated predicted to be 10 mph.
Tropical depression 9 predicted to hit north of Tampa on Thursday. Some talk about wind shear doing a number on it. That would be good news. It is predicted to stay south of us as it moves eastward.
From my perspective, this tropical system will give us a few days of cool-down. I am, frankly, getting tired of a heat index of 104 (thank you, humidity). It’s been a long, hot August.
I just feel for the people facing flooding. They won’t take much pleasure in this. And I hope the winds don’t get too bad.
Oh golly! Been hot here too. I’m right with ya! Sticky hugs…{{{HUG}}}
Good morning!
Blue sky and 74 degrees. I did some mowing across the pond yesterday, in the prairie patch. We’ve had a small sapling infestation and PW and I decided to remove it at the least possible cost in sweat and grunting… We think we get smarter as we age… May be wishful thinking… Komatsu is sitting over there, really gave it a good workout yesterday. As it stands, the saplings I’ve been able to grub out so far are stacked in the center of the area. I think we might leave them there a year or two as a, “Conservation Brushpile.” I did see a young rabbit hopping around over there yesterday, we can try and give him a break… I apologized for complicating her life with the clearing, but that stuff had to go. Lots of poison ivy in there too… I think it’s gonna need a ditch, ’cause all the wood in the pile isn’t wood. Some is soil, no matter how much I raked them around, there’s still soil hung on there…
We got news recently that our friend Gary had to go into a home for dementia patients. His wife said he’d really enjoyed a letter I had sent, that Gary asked her to read it to him several times, so I guess I’ll try to crank out another. Just the usual newsy palaver I write here…
Hoping all are well!
Best, G
The palaver you write here is always interesting, and it’s great that Gary enjoys it so much. I am, however, very sorry that Gary had to go to a home. That’s got to be hard on his family. 🙁
I’m sure the rabbit appreciates your thoughtfulness. 🙂 Good cover remains. Although we did have a rabbit near our church that was huge and liked to stand at the edge of the parking lot and eye new arrivals. No fear, and considering how big he was, there was probably a reason for that.
I am sorry for Gary and his family. Another letter is a great idea. You write interesting stuff and I’m sure both Gary and his wife enjoy your musings.
Interesting that you and PW think you are getting smarter as you age. :-). For sure getting rid of the saplings while they are not trees is a good thing.
We’re into self-delusion sometimes…
Good Morning. Today’s task is to recaulk a few places on my camper. In spite of the warranty on the tube, it needs redoing every so often and now’ the time. My boss lends me a ladder.
I post reservations, dates and names in a zip lock bag on the post by each site. This system allows people to look and see if a site is open if they only need one night. Someone has high jacked my system. Went around with note paper and wrote “reserved 9/1-7” on three sites. Unfortunately for the person with the purple marker, those sites were actually reserved by other people using the government website. The real reservations paid a fee and prepaid their reservations. I am hoping that purple pen, D-I-Yer is pleasant about this. Labor Day weekend is busy up here. All the instructions are on the board at the entrance and also printed on the pay envelope. We shall see.
Wishing everyone a peaceful day
Ooh, I hope you don’t run into any trouble from Purple Marker. How could anyone think those reserved signs are put up by individuals? Good luck!
Let me guess what you’ll hear: “But, we’ve always reserved sites that way!” (rolls eyes)
LOL!
Ha!