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Our Daily Thread 6-10-13

Good Morning!

On this day in 1776 The Continental Congress appointed a committee to write a Declaration of Independence.

 In 1854 the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, held its first graduation.

In 1898 U.S. Marines landed in Cuba during the Spanish-American War.

In 1909 the SOS distress signal was used for the first time when the Cunard liner SS Slavonia used the signal after it wrecked off the Azores.

In 1920 the Republican convention in Chicago endorsed woman suffrage.

In 1935 Alcoholic Anonymous was founded.

In 1944 the youngest pitcher in major league baseball pitched his first game.  Joe Nuxhall was 15 years old.

In 1967 Israel and Syria agreed to a cease-fire that ended the Six-Day War.

And in 1971 the U.S. ended a 21-year trade embargo of China.

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Since it’s her birthday……

Quote of the Day

“Someplace where there isn’t any trouble….

Do you suppose there is such a place, Toto?

There must be.

It’s not a place you can get to by a boat, or a train.

It’s far, far away.

Behind the moon, beyond the rain…..”

Judy Garland

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And in 1865 Richard Wagner premiered this in Munich, Germany.

And it’s Joe Walsh’s birthday, so here’s Joe doin’ what Joe does best.

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Anyone have a QoD for us?

60 thoughts on “Our Daily Thread 6-10-13”

  2. But our Monday was a national holiday – the Queen’s birthday. I spent it finishing my report cards and then spent an hour in the weight room, Is that the same as Chas going to the Y?

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  3. Almost the same Jo. At the Y, I do all resistance machines so I can build muscles and impress the girls. Elvera does a round on resistance, then goes over to the stepping maching for ten minutes, then 15 on the bike and 5 on the rowing machine.
    Problem is, some of the guys like to talk to her. That doesn’t matter on the arobic machines, but she has to stop and talk if she’s doing the resistance routine.
    That means I have to wait for her for about 5-10 minutes every time.

    I knew that Britian celebrated the Queen’s BD in June. I didn’t know they did that in PNG. Do they celebrate the Queen’s BD in Australia? Canada?

    Donna and I wish that Southern California had the rain we got here yesterday and last night. Over two inches so far. More today.A flood watch in Henderson County.

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  5. Cindi called and is trying to get her retirement papers into the state of Ohio. She needed a copy of my birth certificate. The Birth Certificate says it is illegal to duplicate or copy the Birth Certificate. I feel like I am one of the victims of the bureaucrats in the movie Hitchhiker to the Galaxy.

    🙄

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  6. It has been dreary here. Just got a text message with Traitor Dog in Hubby’s lap. I didn’t know he was afraid of the thunder.

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  7. I was just taking the younger ones but now it is looking like I will be taking most of them. Husband wants to bring the trailer out for me, and I suspect that is a good idea as we are going to a more civilized area which has a deep pond and I will want to keep very close track of the small people. By bringing the trailer, I will be bringing a larger vehicle so more room for children and their belongings, so the trip has expanded from just the five of us to closer to ten.

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  8. It’s rainy here, too. Flood warnings have been in effect the past few days. Poor Forrest is tired of the rain, although we do try to get him outside to play as much as possible.

    I guess we’d better do that soon, since it’s not currently raining, but will be quite soon by the looks of it.

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  10. Sounds like an adventure, Mumsee. 🙂

    It was fun watching Solti direct the Wagner. He’s got a lot of fire in him, and his facial expressions were fascinating!

    I came across a quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes today in a devotional. To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old.

    That made me smile — being young in spirit is a great blessing. 🙂

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  11. Speaking of scared doggies, as Kim was (as Anonymous), I figured out what it was that had Heidi trying to hide between my feet last week. She is now afraid any time someone opens the dishwasher. I have no idea what happened to spook her, but she runs off every time anyone opens it. (She used to try to lick off the dishes.)

    Maybe Forrest slammed the door too loudly sometime? Maybe her tail got caught? Don’t know, & Heidi’s not telling.

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  12. Hi all. I haven’t been around for a while, seems like there’s so many things to do on the computer when I get a chance, and I don’t get to all of them. Couldn’t think of much to say, either – usual activities, usual problems.

    But I was thinking this morning how one reason I don’t like my new job so much is that I have trouble making friends because it’s so hard for me to start conversations. Here at least it’s easy because I’m not actually making anyone stop and pay attention to me – if you want to read this you can, otherwise you skip over it.

    (At my previous job it was a lot easier because I sat at the front desk. I didn’t have to do anything much to get into conversations, because people came to me, whether to ask questions or just because they were walking by and it was natural to exchange greetings and sometimes chat for a few minutes.)

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  14. Good Morning all. It’s hot here…in the forest the temps should reach 90…that means in town it should hover around 100…no rain in sight…we could use some of that rain ya’ll are talking about!
    Joe Nuxhall…my hometown hero…and he was my first boss’s neighbor and dear friend. Joe used to saunter into the drug store, sit down at the soda fountain and swap stories with the “gang”…he was indeed bigger than life and one heck of a nice guy. I was one very blessed 16 year old girl to be privy to those story tellings…priceless!

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  16. Hey Pauline, good to see you.

    There are doggie monsters that live in dishwashers apparently. Who knew?

    And, yes, we desperately need rain out here, everything’s as dry as a stick and our fire season has started way too early, which doesn’t bode well.

    But where I live, it has still been June Gloomy, temps in the high 60s only. Drive a little ways inland, though, and it heats up fast. Fortunately I live and work in cool beach zones, although during a genuine heat wave that won’t matter much.

    Have fun camping, mumsee. I’m back to work today, just got the fresh salad makings washed and chopped packed for lunch.

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  17. I believe you are supposed to get copies of birth certificates from the original source. Of course, they charge and it takes time.

    Grand Rapids, MN has Judy Garland’s childhood home and a museum dedicated to her. You can always find “Wizard of Oz” material in the quilt shop, which is in an old grade school. I have never bought any, but it is a great souvenir for tourists who like to quilt.

    I always enjoyed Judy Garland’s singing. What a sad life, though.

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  18. So Kathaleena are you saying, I have to go to the Hospital to get the original? That might be difficult. I am not sure I even remember the Hospital. I know it was in Houston.

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  19. You send to the capital of the state where you were born. They keep it in their files and can send you (for a fee) a notarized copy.

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  21. No, the certificates are in the government office that records such things. In our case, we went to the country office, if I remember correctly. You should be able to find out where birth records are kept. I would imagine there are ways to do things online or by fax now, but am not sure. There would have to be safe-guards, I would think. We got the last ones we needed quite awhile ago.

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  23. In NJ you just go to the clerk of the town where you were born, and with proper ID, you can get an official stamped copy. That’s what I did, and now I have it in the lockbox so I don’t have to again.

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  25. I thought I posted this before, evidently it didn’t take.
    I got a death cirtificate from Monk’s Corner, SC. I ordered it online. If Berkley Co., SC can do it, I’m sure Houstan can.
    I would try searching “Vital Records” or “Birth Cirtificate”, at Houston, Tx.
    You can at least get a phone number.

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  26. Oh, Peter! You’re going to my old stomping grounds! Say hi to the Subase, hi to my former house (now destroyed and replaced by a barracks on Route 12), hi to all the sub stuff and the glorious Thames River!

    I’ve visited that museum lots of times–I even attended the Nautilus’ ceremony when it was retired from the fleet (look for me in the picture. I’m the pretty young thing!). I’d love to be in Connecticut again, facing all those challenges all over again instead of today’s!

    It’s also Prince Phillip’s birthday, Lydia Gioja’s birthday, Tana’s Bourland’s birthday, Jean Bechtol’s birthday, Howard Posner’s birthday and mine. 🙂

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  27. Joe…check with Vital Records in your county….I had to get a copy of a birth certificate in Butler County Ohio…it was online. Check to see if your county uses VitalChek…that could expedite the process for you. It was a very quick turn around time for me…just a couple of days…

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  36. :-)*:-)*:-)*:-)*:-)*:-)*:-)*:-)*:-)*:-)*:-)*:-)*:-)*:-)*:-)*
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    !!!!Chrissy and Michelle get the first slice!!!!

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  38. Happy birthday, Michelle. Karen, it does seem impossible for our CHILDREN to be so old. I am sure my folks have a hard time believing that, too. 🙂 Happy birthday to Chrissie.

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  40. My adorable grandson is suspicious. “Is that a real birthday cake? ”

    I told him it was virtual.

    Thanks all! Prayers have been answered, life is better now and God, as always, is good.

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  41. Happy Birthday, Michelle!

    Nautilus was interesting. Our hostess told us that once there was an old Soviet sub at Providence. When they toured it, everything was open and you could touch all you wanted. The Nautilus is mostly behind plexiglas, but interesting none-the-less. I didn’t see your post, Michelle, otherwise I would have looked for the picture. We also found an old Revolutionary War fort site our hosts had never visited. It was attacked by a British brigade led by Benedict Arnold.

    You’re just gonna leave that there? Good thing Peter’s on vacation.

    AJ- I thought we left that lie at the old WMB. Anyway, there is a birthday cake here for D3’s friend that we are visiting.

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  43. I thought it was Drill who stole the cakes. Gotta keep watch out for him. No tellin’ when he’ll sneak back here and grab the whole cake before anyone gets a bit of frosting. Maybe MIM needs to make a cake safe for us. Haven’t I heard of a pie safe before or am I just dreaming?

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  44. Happy Birthday everyone (Michelle and Chrissy).
    Today was a busy day. I am taking tomorrow off. We have had 4 local drownings in the Gulf of Mexico. DOUBLE Red Flags and people STILL got in the water. 😦

    I do plan on sitting on a beach somewhere for part of tomorrow. It is a milestone in my life. I have lived for 5 years without the man who hung the moon.

    I also have to go take care of all the legalities of changing my name. Hubbykins bought tickes to Maryland and I can’t fly unless I change my name. LOL

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  45. Kim, why can’t you fly if you don’t change your name?
    Maryland doesn’t even care what sex you are.
    Go disguised as a Terripin. That’ll get them.

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  48. And Chas posted our 25,000th comment since we arrived here at Wandering Views. I just wanted to tell you all how much I’ve enjoyed the conversations. 🙂

    It has been a pleasure. Thank you all. 🙂

    Is that right? 25,000th?

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  51. And the bike-riding adventures continue… We’ve got balance and steering down now; next thing for 6th Arrow to learn (and I believe she may have learned it now that she saw it didn’t work for her) is to never try to ride full speed toward the porch and think you’re going to make it up the two steps to said porch and still be seated on your bike at the top. 😯

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  52. But it all seems to entirely possible, 6 arrows! 😀

    So what, is the cake all gone now? Figures.

    Did an obituary story today on a woman who helped start the community theater in the ritzy part of our area (on the hill, the “mink and manure set” as one local humorist once called it, referring to all the horses, stables, shows & horse trails).

    I didn’t know her (although I believe I probably interviewed her once, a long time ago); but her daughter was very helpful and gave me some great stuff on her, so it turned out to be a nice send-off, I think.

    In the woman’s younger days, she was a model and earned the title of the Wine Queen in a neighboring county. 🙂

    Tomorrow is a night meeting on the growing controversy of the city’s bike plan in which bike lanes are taking away car lanes on some major streets. This will be a pitchfork-and-torch kind of night, probably.

    And during the day, I have an appointment to take my dogs in to get groomed, long overdue.

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  55. So what, is the cake all gone now? Figures.

    Funny that, a mention of figures in the same paragraph as cake. Do virtual cakes have calories now? 😉

    Oh, look, we have cookies here now, too! 🙂

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  57. Donna,

    They did that downtown here too, but on a smaller scale. They took 1 lane each direction and made it for bikes. Now you get to sit in longer than usual lines while staring at the empty bike lanes. Another feel good liberal idea with unintended consequences. What were the chances of that huh? 🙄

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  58. People are generally supportive of bike lanes — but not if they take away a lane of car traffic. We have so much traffic here that it’s perceived by some as making things even more congested.

    LA’s rationale is that it’s a double benefit in that it slows (or “calms”) traffic.

    Slowing it down, yes; “calming” it, maybe not so much. Motorists are often up in arms, driving into (empty) bike lanes to get around the congestion.

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  60. The other part of the double benefit (in the city’s eyes) is that it will encourage more people to abandon their cars and ride bikes.

    But many people here commute long distances to get to work — LA is a sprawling metropolis, it’s just not possible to ride a bike to work for many of us.

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