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Our Daily Thread 7-22-13

Good Morning!

It is said that the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin leading rats out of town occurred on this date in 1376.

In 1587 a second English colony was established on Roanoke Island off North Carolina.  The first colony is said to have vanished under mysterious circumstances. 😯 

In 1798 the USS Constitution was underway and out to sea for the first time since being launched on October 21, 1797.

In 1926 Babe Ruth caught a baseball at Mitchell Field in New York. The ball had been dropped from an airplane flying at 250 feet.

In 1943 American forces led by Gen. George S. Patton captured Palermo, Sicily.

In 1975 Confederate General Robert E. Lee had his U.S. citizenship restored by the U.S. Congress.

And in 2003 Saddam Hussein’s sons Odai and Qusai died after a gunfight with U.S. forces in northern Iraq.

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Quote of the Day

“I’m curious about everything. Even subjects that don’t interest  me.”

Alex Trebek

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Today is Bobby Sherman’s birthday.

This one’s for no apparent reason.

And any day’s a good day for Mr. Shea. 🙂

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Anyone have a QoD for us today?

61 thoughts on “Our Daily Thread 7-22-13”

  1. I thought Roanoke Island was the first English colony.
    Virginia Dare and all that.
    Have you noticed that every week has to start with a Monday?
    😦

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  2. Chas,

    Fixed it to be more clear, and it has the link which didn’t take the first time around.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_Colony

    “In 1587, Raleigh dispatched a new group of 150 colonists to establish a colony on Chesapeake Bay. They were led by John White, an artist and friend of Raleigh who had accompanied the previous expeditions to Roanoke. White was later appointed Governor and Raleigh named 12 assistants to aid in Roanoke’s settlement. They were ordered to travel to Roanoke first to gather Grenville’s men, but when they arrived on July 22, 1587, they found nothing except a skeleton that may have been the remains of one of the English garrison.[6]”

    “Because of the continuing war with Spain, White was not able to mount another resupply attempt for three more years. He finally gained passage on a privateering expedition that agreed to stop off at Roanoke on the way back from the Caribbean. White landed on August 18, 1590, on his granddaughter’s third birthday, but found the settlement deserted. His men could not find any trace of the 90 men, 17 women, and 11 children, nor was there any sign of a struggle or battle.[3]:130–33”

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  4. Good morning, Chas & Aj. I haven’t been around much lately as my girls are keeping me extremely busy. So far, we’ve had a really fun summer. I can’t believe there’s only one month left before we return to the crazy schedule of the school year. It’s been so nice to not have any lessons (other than riding for Lindsey) or homework–it’s all been lemonade stands, afternoons in the pool, treats from the ice cream truck, and playdates. I love summer!!! Last week, Becca attended a pottery day camp and Lindsey was at her grandma’s for Camp Bentwater. Neither of the girls has anything scheduled this week, but I’m going to San Antonio on Wednesday for a couple of nights. I’m meeting my sister (who’s been in Africa for a year) for a much anticipated visit. It’s been almost 20 years since we have spent time alone together, so it’s long overdue.

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  5. Yes, Chas, there is a Monday in every week. If it weren’t called Monday, would we enjoy it more? Probably not. But since you are retired, isn’t every day except Sunday a Saturday?

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  6. Not the same Peter, it really isn’t. Seems every day has it’s own character. The way my life is structured, Tuesday is the only day I don’t have to get up early for something. Sometimes, I sleep right up to 7:00!

    –When I was working, I got up at 5:20 every workday morning. On Saturdays, I might sleep till 9:00 to catch up on my sleep. Elvera’s parents retired and said, “Sometimes we sleep right up ’till seven o’clock.” We thought it was funny at the time. Now I understand.
    Elvera once had a boss who said, “Every man needs a reason to get up in the morning.” There’s some truth in that.
    While I was at the Naval War College, I modified that to: “Every man needs a reason to go home at night.” It’s just as important.

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  7. I left abruptly on my first post. Just before I hit “Post Comment”, I heard:
    “C H A R L I E! I’m standing by the door!”
    So I had to hurry off lest, haveing waited ten minutes, I’m the reason we’re running late.
    😆

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  8. The USS Constitution. Nicknamed “Old Ironsides” She is still a commission ship of the line. The days of Wooden Ships and Iron Men. Active duty assignments aboard Old Ironsides are limited. The billets are normally reserved for Boatswain mates. You can read about her voyage in 1997 from Massachusetts here: http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=69100. Notice the Sailor in the safety harness http://www.navy.mil/view_image.asp?id=131687

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  10. One day left before the new school year begins. Tomorrow is a national holiday – Rememberance Day. I will be working at school, but am so thankful that a friend came to help today. We put names on everything and did bulletin boards. Can I complain that I have to get up early or earlier tomorrow because my haus meri is coming to clean??

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  11. JO, when Elvera started to work, her housework got behind, and she had a lady come in once a week to set things straight.
    Thing is, we had to clean the house to get ready for her (forgot her name, say “Jeannine”), had to “get rady for Jeannie”. But she understood it, and somehow, it was worth it.
    I have an interesting wife. 😉

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  13. Jo, I know exactly what you mean. I feel obligated to be up, dressed and have eaten breakfast before my houseworker comes. That’s not hard when I am working in the clinic, but when I am off, it means getting up earlier than I might normally. Not that my houseworker would care if I wasn’t fully dressed but I like to retain a little dignity 🙂 I don’t know how aristocrats endured having maids and valets dress them.

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  14. No, Chas, you have an organized and intelligent wife. If the housekeeper has to step around all the junk left out, she/he won’t do as thorough a job and thus your money was not well spent.

    I have to pick up before my housecleaner comes so she can find the furniture/floor/countertops to clean!

    And I agree, Roscuro, I can’t imagine having someone help me get dressed (I suppose my mother did in the last century), but when you had 75 buttons up the back of your dress, it makes a little more sense (two centuries ago!).

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  15. Tomorrow’s blog post is currently titled “five things I love about sin,” but I’ve got eight on the list so far. Want to help? Tell me what you love about sin and why. I’ll give you credit if I use your answer. 🙂

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  17. Monday? Already?

    Summer: “It’s all been lemonade stands, afternoons in the pool, treats from the ice cream truck, and playdates.”

    Wistful sigh. annmsw, that sounds like a near-perfect summer.

    LA schools start back up very early this year (they let out early for summer). I believe school starts Aug. 10 or 12, somewhere around that time.

    The wooden ships are fun to watch, we have a couple based in our port — used for student sails, both for education and character building programs for so-called ‘at risk’ kids. There’s a large tall ships festival coming our way next year again, those bring historic replica ships from all over the world — and thousands of people to the area to see them and book day trips.

    It’s always amazing to me to see all those “sailors” sitting up on the masts in a row.

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  18. drivesguy, that 2nd picture reminds me of interviewing the captain onboard one of the tall ships recently — sailors have to memorize what each of those lines do.

    It looked like such a big tangle to me (as the picture shows), there really is quite a science and an art to maneuvering one of those vessels through the sea. One of the missions for the replica ships is to keep all that sailing history alive.

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  19. That’s like asking for things I like about being a slave. I suppose there were some perks, but none of them would seem worthwhile compared to freedom, Michelle.

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  20. Joe,

    We saw the USS Constitution when we visited Boston. Imagine what must have went thru the minds of Barbary corsairs upon seeing that black ship and it’s full accompaniment of guns rolling out of the morning fog. Yikes. 😯

    http://www.history.navy.mil/ussconstitution/history.html

    “The 44-gun frigate USS CONSTITUTION was actually outfitted with 55 guns when she encountered the 38-gun frigate HMS GUERRIERE (armed with 49 at the time) off the coast of Nova Scotia, at about 2 p.m. Closing the distance of several miles between the two warships, HMS GUERRIERE raised three British ensigns as an invitation to a duel; USS CONSTITUTION’s Capt. Isaac Hull answered with four American ensigns.”

    “In the course of this 35-minute battle, an astonished sailor observed British 18-lb. iron cannonballs, bouncing harmlessly off USS CONSTITUTION’s 25-inch oak hull, and he cried out, “Huzza! Her sides are made of iron!” Henceforth, USS CONSTITUTION carried the nickname “Old Ironsides.”

    USS CONSTITUTION’s 24-lb. shots were devastating, bringing down the English warship’s masts, and entangling the two ships when they collided. The first United States Marine Corps officer to die in combat at sea was Lt. William Bush, who was shot on USS CONSTITUTION’s aft-rail while attempting to board HMS GUERRIERE.”

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  21. I usually keep this on the news thread, but thought I’d share this one here too.

    Zimmerman strikes again. Or something.

    http://abcnews.go.com/US/george-zimmerman-emerged-hiding-truck-crash-rescue/story?id=19735432

    “George Zimmerman, who has been in hiding since he was acquitted of murder in the death of Trayvon Martin, emerged to help rescue someone who was trapped in an overturned truck, police said today.

    Sanford Police Department Capt. Jim McAuliffe told ABC News that Zimmerman “pulled an individual from a truck that had rolled over” at the intersection of a Florida highway last week.”

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  25. Michelle, the thing I have noticed about sin is that it is so very “in the moment,” and giving no regards that there is a future that will have repercussions from the sin. So that speaks to the “fun” that drivesguy spoke of. It is the suspension of the thought of there being anything beyond the moment. It totally disregards eternity and wanting to be at home with God in heaven. The devil is said to be in the details and he is in the details of the moment whereas God is in the details for all time. Just a few thoughts from one who has sinned, does not like to sin, but knows of God’s forgiveness and His help to keep evil and temptation far, far away through resistance, fleeing, praying and relying fully on God.

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  28. Funny thing reading through this thread right now, with the sea theme…

    I listen to Minnesota Public Radio while I’m online, and at this moment they are playing Claude Debussy’s La Mer (The Sea). 🙂

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  34. My father use to engage in wars with squirrels. We had a pecan tree in the front yard and he would get with the squirrels that tried to get with his pecans, My father grew up hunting in the country so he was a good aim. The squirrel population steadily decreased while the pecan crop increased. Those were the ancient days when people had a right to have homegrown pecan pie. Those were the days…

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  35. Roscuro, you know exactly what it is like. Still, so glad to have her help. Especially with the ironing. With no dryers, everything seems to need ironing. Even things that I wouldn’t normally iron. All wash is done in cold water, so some things need ironing to kill critters. They sure do like me.

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  36. JanetG and Tychius, excellent points about sin.

    It is a very momentary thing (which is why it’s so important to walk it back next time, to realize how and where and why the temptation began in the first place).

    But yes, it also serves as a very good reminder of our need for Christ and his grace. It guards us against pride so in that sense, ‘good’ does come from it. It also (hopefully) makes us wiser and more careful in our thoughts and steps — for the next time temptation rolls around.

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  37. Regarding the temptation to sin, 1 Corinthians 10:13 is a comfort to know, although I need to call it to mind more often than I do when I’m tempted. “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.”

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  39. Jo, I have thought of giving away my husband’s shirts that need ironing and keep only the ones that are wrinkle resistant. I remember my MIL gave up ironing in a similar manner and at the time I thought it was being a bit lazy. My mom was always ironing and my brother dries his clothes out on the line so he ends up ironing lots. Now I have concluded that ironing is for special occasions. Sometimes I will wash things a second time if they don’t get out of the dryer in time to be wrinkle free. I enjoy ironing, but there are so many other things that need doing that ironing almost seems like a luxury unless you have someone who can do it for you. I remember my friend’s mom and other ladies who would have someone come to their home to iron but my mother never did. She was always busy with gardening, canning, freezing, sewing, ironing, cooking, etc., that we hardly ever had time to enjoy each other’s company. I think my housekeeping skills have suffered because I went the opposite direction while homeschooling and wanting to be available to enjoy life more with my son during his at home years.

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  41. My Strong’s concordance comes in handy. 😉 I don’t remember the “addresses” very well, but if I can remember one or more key words from a passage, I can usually find the reference I’m looking for fairly quickly.

    BTW, Janice, I appreciated your thoughts @ 15:32:46. Well said.

    Tychicus, I was just thinking the other day that we haven’t seen you around here in a while. Didn’t you say some time back that your wife was having surgery? (Was it a hysterectomy, did you say?) How is she doing?

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  43. If anyone is interested in receiving free books in exchange for doing a review, you can get in on a chat with some authors at http://www.bookfun.org in the Reader’s Only Group. I think it starts at 8:00 tonight. I have enjoyed all the books I have been getting and reviewing. You will need to become a general member and then become a member of the Reader’s Only Group.

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  51. 6 arrows: My wife is doing fine, and has recovered well post-surgery. We are actually now in the States, as we are taking up a Missionary-in-Residence position at John Brown University in NW Arkansas for the upcoming school year. If anyone’s ever passing by…

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  58. LOL! I saw 57 on the counter and figured it was one of you ’57-ers. 😉 Did you get the “You’re posting too quickly. Slow down.” warning, Peter L? I did today with my post at 16:28:33 — 30 seconds after my previous post. (Actually less time than that elapsed, but I wasted time hitting the back arrow after the warning appeared, and resubmitting the link I’d forgotten to put in my first post.)

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  59. I have a library book due this Saturday (and can’t renew) that I really want to finish, entitled Love and Respect. It’s based on Ephesians 5:33, and is one that I really, really need to get through (and apply). I have something like 20 chapters left to read, so I’ve got to get serious about this.

    Which means I’m outta here until I’m finished! Someone hold me accountable…when I show up here again, ask me, “Did you finish your book?” 🙂

    I’ll be continuing in prayer for the Nest, and others, as well, in my absence. Take care, everybody.

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