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Our Daily Thread 9-3-14

Good Morning!

On this day in 1833 the first successful penny newspaper in the U.S., “The New York Sun,” was launched by Benjamin H. Day. 

In 1939 British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, in a radio broadcast, announced that Britain and France had declared war on Germany. 

In 1966 the television series “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet” ended after 14 years. 

And in 1999 Mario Lemieux’s ownership group officially took over the National Hockey League’s Pittsburgh Penguins. Lemieux became the first player in the modern era of sports to buy the team he had once played for. 

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Quote of the Day

“There are no shortcuts when it comes to getting out of debt.”

Dave Ramsey

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 Today is Donald Brewer’s birthday.

And on this day in 2010, Mike Edwards of this band was killed in Devon, England when a giant bale of hay rolled down a hill and crashed into his van.

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Anyone have a QoD?

53 thoughts on “Our Daily Thread 9-3-14”

  5. I see ;nobody has anything to say.
    Me neither.
    I didn’t like the term “Bring them to Justice” when GWBush used it. I still don’t like it.
    What court are we talking about?

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  6. It’s fun to watch hummingbirds fight. I have three ports on my feeder and they could be friends and sup together. But they would rather fight. Hummingbirds are the only ones I know that can fly straight up.

    🙂

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  9. Another day. The older ones took off about six to go get hay for a neighbor. In return, they get as much hay as they need for their animals for the winter. That is good. The guy estimated it would take ten days to get it all but they are on track to have it done in five days so that is good. They took one of the thirteen year olds to get him in shape as well. He has started football so he takes his bike in the back of the truck. After dinner break, he will ride to the house and then wait here until time to ride to town. It is about twelve to fourteen miles of riding all together. But he wants to do football and it was approved by husband so he is off. We have to keep an eye on his time as he is prone to getting into trouble.

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  10. More things to consider:

    “And God Said No!”
    I asked God to take away my pride, and God said “NO”.
    He said it was not for Him to take away, but for me to give up.
    I asked God to make my handicapped child whole, and God said “NO”.
    He said her spirit is whole, her body is only temporary.
    I asked God to grant me patience, and God said “NO”.
    He said that patience is a by-product of tribulation,
    it isn’t granted, it’s earned.
    I asked God to give me happiness, and God said “NO”.
    He said He gives blessings, happiness is up to me.
    I asked God to spare me pain, and God said “NO”.
    He said suffering draws you apart from worldly cares
    and brings you closer to me.
    I asked God to make my spirit grow, and He said “NO”.
    He said I must grow on my own, but He will prune me to make me fruitful.
    I asked God to help me love others as much as He loves me,
    And God said “Ah, finally you have the idea”!

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  11. Kim, I might be seen dead in it, after a bump on the head from a bad fall from wearing those shoes. If ever I did consider wearing them, go ahead and hit me on the head to knock some sense into me and save me the pain of getting into those shoes.

    I’ve recently noticed I have a bunion and that is not the type shoe to wear to accentuate a bunion!

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  13. I don’t wear any heels that high. I also hope the pointed toe does not come back in. I still have some shoes with a narrower toe than a lot you see these days. I don’t mind those, but the real pointed toe, like this one, is terrible for feet.

    There are shoes I will wear for an evening out or a few hours, although they are not really comfortable. Otherwise, I want comfort. I especially do not want to ruin my feet. It simply is not worth it. IMO, women are foolish to do it.

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  16. Male viewpoint.
    I went to Kim’s link and can’t imagine why a woman would want to wear those shoes.
    The heels will put about 1500lb/sq inch on the floor.
    They are dangerous.
    And not particularly attractive.

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  17. No on the shoes. When I was getting ready to marry, the stores were full of platform shoes plus high heels, shoes that could take you six or seven inches off the ground. But why? What struck me as humorous was that it was hard to find anything else in the stores (I visited a lot of shoe stores this summer, since white shoes were nearly impossible to find), but I wasn’t seeing them on anyone’s feet. (I saw one or two pairs being worn, but no more than that. I did see more in California when I went for my brother’s wedding the winter before, but not in Tennessee or Indiana.) So basically the shoe stores were full of shoes they would never sell, not even on clearance.

    But if you really want to wear those shoes, try this: http://jezebel.com/5962555/more-women-are-literally-chopping-off-their-pinky-toes-to-fit-into-high-heels

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  18. Chas, our pastor tells a story about someone needing to transport elephants in an airplane and checking with the airplane manufacturer whether the airplane can handle them. He said just what you said, that the floor is able to accommodate women in high heels, and can easily accommodate the much more spread out weight of an elephant.

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  19. Now all those words are stuck in my head, Cheryl. I will carry around a pic of waste products injected into people’s feet and the infections bound to arise. Not to mention …anyway, it distracted from the article.

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  21. Sorry, Chas, in reference to the story Cheryl directed us to. It has language as in that some were discussing the other day. When I hear those words, I see their meaning in pictures. Some pictures get rather disturbing.

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  22. Which is why I am careful to teach my children that whereas those words may seem like just accents to some people, to others there is actual meaning and the speaker may not mean what the hearer is hearing.

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  23. I don’t care for that wide strap on those shoes, either. I suppose it depends on where you want the eye to travel, however. I would never consider myself to be a fashion expert—nor would anyone else. That is fine. I am grateful for friends who help me in that realm. 🙂

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  24. Chas, humming birds are like some people.

    The shoes: Ouch. Just ouch. We have a very tall saleswoman at the newspaper who wears stiletto heels and I’m so intrigued by them I find myself staring at them when I walk by her desk. How can she even walk in those, I wonder …

    Last week she wore a pair that had the highest, knife-thin heels ever. Weapons. They were a melon-color and shiny (patent?) leather.

    That cat in the header looks like Grumpy Cat!

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  25. OK, thanks to Kim’s link, those SHOES are now showing up in my personal ad stream on FB. So I’ll get to see them again and again for a while until they fall off the radar. 🙂

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  26. Good Morning! What a sweet kitten in a basket…does someone here own said kitty? I believe he/she appears to be a tad bit sleepy 🙂
    Kim those shoes would be very nice with the right outfit…and leg. Some women can pull that off…but not me!

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  28. The kitty belongs to my wife’s mother’s cousin. We went to a family picnic at her house on Monday. She breeds them. The kitty looks sleepy because we woke her up. 🙂 She had to be in her cage because she tries to get out. With so many people in and out of the house, they thought it best. 🙂

    I once rented an apartment and the previous tenant was a large women who loved to wear high heels. The linoleum in the kitchen and bathroom had small round dents all over it. I asked what it was from and the landlord said it was caused by her walking around in shoes like the ones in Kim’s picture. 😯

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  32. Apparently they were all the rage in the 1500’s. It was a status symbol telling the masses that the wearer had no need to work. Then women got them. Apparently, some women are willing to put up with the pain for the look of long legs and appearance of not being able to work. They were big in the theater where people pretend they are what they are not.

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  33. On a tour of Williamsburg, they told us of something similar. I can’t remember exactly the way it goes, but it seems that men word some fake system on their calves to make people think they were horsemen rather a person who walks.
    Peter, I don’t consider the height of cowboy boots I’ve seen to be real high heels. By that criterion, the heels of my dress shoes are about half an inch high.

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  34. Re high heels. Yesterday I was laughing at this image on a site where I make photo books: http://www.picaboo.com/photo-books/classic/ It shows a “family” at some vacation spot, a carnival or something. The young woman is holding a toddler, has a little girl by the hand, and then there is a man holding the little girl’s other hand. But the woman is wearing spike heels and a skirt and blouse, with her leg turned sideways so you can see her skinny (and I do mean skinny) legs. Sorry, no mother dresses like that for a family day–it’s totally impractical. It just screams “posed shot” to me.

    Now, in reality I have known a woman or two who would wear high heels on days it was stupid to do so, but I think most likely this was a posed shot, and a really silly one. (I was underweight most of my life, and even at 12 my legs were never that thin! At seven, maybe.)

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  41. Regarding shoes: I’ve never been comfortable in high heels–they hurt! I’ve never owned a true stiletto, but even 3″ is uncomfortable. I wear them to weddings or fancy parties but I inevitably take them off before the evening is over. I live in Birkenstocks–which my kids call my ugly shoes. They are–but they’re so comfortable! I’m only 5’2″, so I wish I liked high heels, but I’m miserable when wearing them.

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