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Our Daily Thread 7-18-15

Good Morning!

Welcome to the weekend! 

Today’s pics are from Cheryl. 

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On this day in 0064 The Great Fire of Rome began.

In 1932 the U.S. and Canada signed a treaty to develop the St. Lawrence Seaway.

In 1936 the first Oscar Meyer Wienermobile rolled out of General Body Company’s factory in Chicago, IL.

And in 1947 President Truman signed the Presidential Succession Act, which placed the Speaker of the House and the Senate President Pro Tempore next in the line of succession after the vice president.

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Quote of the Day

“Unless you have bad times, you can’t appreciate the good times.”

Joe Torre

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Today is Ricky Skaggs’ birthday. From The Grand Ole Opry

https://youtu.be/oZIHSXpmilw

And this one is because I feel like hearing it and my daughter gets mad when I play it on CD in the car and sing along. 🙂

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Anyone have a QoD?

120 thoughts on “Our Daily Thread 7-18-15”

  3. How did Jo know that I was coming here? 😉

    I don’t know if this took. But woke up this morning and turned on the radio. Ray Price was singing the Kristofferson song, “For the Good Times”. A girl once told me that it was too suggestive and shouldn’t be played on the radio.
    A woman may toke the words more seriously than a man. I hadn’t thought much about it before.

    That was a long time ago.

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  4. Morning. I just caught up with yesterday’s threads.
    Janice, if I come down to Atlanta, how much time would I need to stay out doors to loose about 30 pounds? If that would work, I’m on my way.
    Cheryl’s story reminded me that four-year-old granddaughter came home from a little half-day “camp” they’re hold at her (Christian) school and said, “A man came and brought animals. There was a turtle, a lizard, and a skip-monk.”

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  5. Kare, I used to take a monthly magazine (Prairie Overcomer) put out by Prairie Bible Institute in Three Hill, Alberta.. That’s near Calgary.
    Jim says PBI is struggling now for lack of students. He says things are getting “dark” up there.
    I can relate to that. It’s getting dark in Northern Virginia, where I used to live.

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  7. I have some friends whose children all went to Prairie Bible Institute, even though they lived in Iowa. Sad that it is losing students.

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  8. Good morning. If you don’t recognize the bird on top, it’s a catbird, and I think it’s a young one. (Their caps are usually black and not gray.) Its mewing is what caught my attention, though, so it’s already old enough to do that, whenever that is. The cardinal is for sure a juvenile–an adult female would have a bright pinkish-orange bill, which often makes her look like she is using lipstick. In the sunlight especially, it’s the brightest thing about her.

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  9. The post above wouldn’t let me add a comment about the dragonfly in the third photo. I just find it cool that I can focus on a small insect several feet away and get the sort of detail that’s in that critter’s wings, and when the photo is from the front of the insect, also its multi-faceted eyes. I’ve been inclined to notice butterflies more than dragonflies, but my husband really likes dragonflies and we have quite a few species around here, so I get photos of them too when I get a chance.

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  10. A bit of education for me in the opening comments.
    It is news to me that the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate were next in line to the Presidency after Vice Pres. I thought it was Secretary of State.
    i.e. Hillary would have been after Joe Biden.

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  11. Remember, Gerald Ford was Speaker of the House. I that would make more sense. Secretary of State is appointed. Senate Pro Tem is only elected by 100 senators, but the Speaker of the House would be elected by the 435 members of Congress, so he would be elected to that position in a way most like the the Electoral College

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  12. Linda, if you come down to Atlanta you can loose a lot of water weight through sweat. Leave off salt and it would probably all drain out in a few hours, but if it drains too slowly then you can mow the lawn! That always works wonders for me.

    My friend, Karen, is suppose to have parathyroid surgery on Monday. I have been trying to give her a bit more time lately. I think those three kitties they got will have a difficult time with her not at home. But at least they have each other for company.

    The area in the yard where the digging machine came over on our proberty when working on neighbors plumbing problem not only has turned all brown from the withered new grass, but it has sunken in places that were not there before. I can’t figure out why that would be. I will need to get more dirt to fill in those areas. Maybe they piled dirt there and when redistributing they went too deep. It is just at a point which could make for a fine gully on the bank.

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  13. I very rarely comment on The Bird photos, because, well, haven’t any of you watched The Birds? Also I am around a lot of Sea Gulls and they are the pan handlers of the beach. Nasty little beggars. Irritating too.
    I did like having my Little Beggars at the other house because I had 3 giant sliding glass doors and could sip my coffee and watch them.
    All that explanation to say that the header photo should be on a post card or something. You have the very fine detail of the bird in the center and you have the fuzziness all around. Quite the visually appealing photograph. Cheryl, I know you have been working on a book about birds and that is a top notch photo.

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  15. Janice, certain phases of the moon effect how dirt goes back into a hole. You can did a hole at a certain phase and when you refill it, you will have dirt left over and at another phase you won’t have enough. Also, it was probably dry when that work was done and all the rain you’ve had has helped pack it down.
    Isn’t it wonderful that our world works that way and a moon that is 200,000+ miles away can have that power?

    Any other old country folk wisdom any of you need today?

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  16. Cheryl is a great photographer!

    I have lately been enjoying Sudoku and have progressed into the medium difficulty puzzles. Does anyone else here do those? What are some of your favorite games like that? My husband loves crossword puzzles. Once in awhile I look over his shoulder or pick up one he left unfinished, but I am not very good with them.

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  17. I do have a question for the men or ladies might know an answer based on the men in their lives. If I pick out some kind of workbook studies to have on hand for men who visit the church library, what would appeal to you?
    Ladies tend to like Beth Moore studies. Is there an equivalent that appeals to men? Maybe John MacArthur has something? Who else?

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  18. On whom has the boom been lowered.
    Elvera does Sudoku. I do freecell on the computer. I usually play a game after a computer session.
    I also do solitaire on the computer, but the computer cheats.

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  19. I wouldn’t know about workbook studies. The only workbook study I have done (or can remember) is “Experiencing God”. I’m not a good candidate for that sort of thing because filling out the workbook becomes an objective. More so than experiencing God.

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  20. Finally, some common sense. But I’m not sure the Gov. has the authority to do so. NG soldiers and facilities are under his command, but I’m not sure if his authority overrides the DoD directive that prevents soldiers from carrying.

    Gov. Fallin authorizes officials to arm full-time military personnel at certain facilities

    “On Friday, Gov. Fallin issued an executive order that allows Maj. Gen. Robbie Asher to arm certain full-time personnel in military installations throughout Oklahoma.

    “Four unarmed Marines were killed in what appears to be a domestic terrorist attack,” Gov. Fallin said. “It is painful enough when we lose members of our armed forces when they are sent in harm’s way, but it is unfathomable that they should be vulnerable for attack in our own communities. For that reason, I want to make sure that our National Guardsmen are authorized to arm themselves at our military facilities.”

    The personnel may be armed with weapons that “adequately provide for security of the facilities and their occupants.”

    Those facilities include military recruiting offices.”

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  21. Catbird 🙂

    We woke up so a few unusual (and big) claps of thunder and then a downpour. Nice. Although I soon had dogs on the bed with me, they don’t like the noise.

    I’m meeting a friend for breakfast and then going to Norma’s house to pick up a bookcase (friend, a teacher buddy of Norma’s for years, has the house key).

    Several months ago, after she’d received her prognosis, Norma asked me if there was anything in particular of hers that I’d want. I didn’t want to talk about it. But she persisted.

    So I said how much I’d always loved the little rotating wooden bookcase — Mission style, round, and it spins — both for it’s function but also for its look and history. When I first saw & admired it at her house years ago, she’d told me the story of how her dad, who used to do painting and other work for some of the studios, had found it on the street, discarded and in very poor shape.

    He brought it home, fixed, restored & refinished it, and it had been in their house ever since.

    I think it pleased her that I wanted it as much for the story behind it as for its cuteness and handiness. 🙂 It will let me retire those cheap wooden crates I’d stacked bookcase-style next to the sofa to hold prayer books and other volumes I like to keep handy as I use them for reference and daily readings.

    I’m hoping it fits into the back Jeep — it should, it’s not huge and is short, though it will be cumbersome I think; the key will be how heavy it is (it still was loaded with books last time I was over there).

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  22. Kinks 🙂

    Reminds me of being at snow camp with the Girl Scouts one year. We all were dancing (in our pajamas) to “You Really Got Me” one night as the leaders huddled in the dorm kitchen trying to play cards and otherwise shut out the much-too-loud *noise*. 🙂 Fun times.

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  23. Janice, I love crossword puzzles but seldom play them anymore because I can’t find one the the computer or my phone that works like a real one. I play Free Cell and Spider Solitaire on my phone. I love Sudoku, but can’t find one for my phone that plays the way it played on my iPhone.
    If you have made it to Medium level I will tell you a trick. Start our finding the number you have the most of. Fill in all those numbers, then move to the next number. Even if you are filling in all the 8’s and see where a 7 would go. Leave it alone, until you get most of one nine block block filled in. Then as you get closer to solving the puzzle you can just run through the solution and have fewer mistakes.
    There is mathematical theory behind Sudoku, so being able to solve one makes me think I am smarter than I really am where math is concerned.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_square

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  24. I think Crosswords require a lot of trivial general and some specific knowledge based on themes. I am not good with that.

    Thank you for reminding me of Experiencing God, Chas. I am motivated by the workbooks, and tend to make lots of notes on the sidelines as I am thinking about what I learn. For that reason it is not just a hurry up and get the blanks filled. Also, I go at my own pace so I am not forced to keep pace with a class and hurry through the workbook.

    Thank you, Kim, for those helpful hints on Sudoku. I think I am better since getting to medium level because with the easy ones I would go fast and make mistakes easily. Maybe in my case Easy means Easy Mistakes!

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  25. Good morning, all. Busy weekend ahead, and I’m sorry I’m popping in without having first read the thread, but I just have to say that header photo about took my breath away. A good eyebrow-raising, jaw dropping, “Ahhhh.” Simply stunning, Cheryl. Thank you for capturing the beauty around you and sharing those lovely pics with us.

    Have a blessed weekend, everyone!

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  27. Janice, some people would call a lot of books being rich.
    Once you start doing crossword puzzles it becomes easier. Certain themes tend to get repeated. I fill in all the ones I know and them work towards filling in the blanks. I probably wouldn’t be able to easily solve one right now because I haven’t done one in so long.
    I used to use the Cryptoquip from the paper to teach math. You knew a one letter word was either A or I. A three letter word was most often for or the. Then solve from there. I used it because words follow patterns and numbers follow patterns. It was a way to get them to think and cross think.

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  29. The boom lowered on the boys. I have told them they know how to behave and they can go do what is expected but if my peace is disturbed, there will be trouble. My peace was disturbed. One of them got kicked out of the pool last night and banned for three days. The lifeguard was required to call me and it was after my eight thirty bedtime. I was sound asleep. He claims to not know the infraction, though one of the others got called for splashing a lifeguard. Keep in mind that the lifeguards are almost all between fourteen and nineteen, mostly seventeen. But they are the ones in authority. They splash the children in the pool, they dive in the low end, jump off the slide, all of the stupid things the others are not allowed to do, but again, they are the authority, authorized by the town to enforce the rules. I have told the boys before, if they don’t like the rules, don’t go.

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  31. Chas, both my children went to Prairie Bible College. It is still running, but I think some of the floors of the dorms are empty and not used now. I’m glad they had the opportunity to go – they made awesome friends and more importantly learned a solid foundation for life. The young cook at camp also went there for a year until she was diagnosed with lymphoma – she’s also very glad she went.

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  34. Bookcase is in the back of the jeep, we needed to pull it apart from the wheeled base (the metal bar went quite a ways up the center, hollowed-out wooden vertical piece). Will come up with a strategy to get it into the house later, but I’m running late for a hair cut.

    I’ve rediscovered a love and appreciation of pencils for all kinds of things in recent years. 🙂

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  35. We are having a big thunderstorm and pouring rain. So far The Boz has not been moved by it from her nap station.

    Cheryl, I received a Teaching Company catalog with an offer for a course on “National Geographic Masters of Photography.” It is taught by twelve of their best. The catalog has the DVD at 80% off until 8/13. It costs $39.95 which seems reasonable. We have felt past offerings were very high quality so I expect this one to be also. AJ and others might also be interested.

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  41. Very nice Donna, I was surprised that it was a French antique but I guess in the early 20th century cubism was quite popular. I think most of us would have guessed it was Mission style and been wrong.

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  42. Not sure its origins are actually French, although that’s one of the sites I found it at.

    I’d still say 1920s/1930s art deco/mission style. Someone told me they’re also called ‘library tables’ and something similar is sold at Anthropologie.

    It’s very sweet and so useful.

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  43. I had a math teacher who said the ultimate in arrogance is to do math and crosswords in ink. I do them in pencil because I do make a few mistakes early on and have to change some of the letters.

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  48. I also like puzzles like the following. I got something in the mail today that had a section called “BrainBats.” They gave as an example:

    EST EST EST EST

    answer: Forest

    Then it went on to ask what is represented by each of the following BrainBats. How many can you get?

    1. way

    2. knee
    light light

    3. lookkool

    4. 1 end 3 end 5 end 7 end 9 end

    5. William March
    William June
    William September
    William December

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  53. Four out of five, Janice — very good! I’m impressed — especially on the quarterly bills one. 🙂

    The answer to #3 is different…

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  60. Love that bookcase, Donna. Wow, that’s pretty. Same color as my piano. I would love to have something like that in my living room, to store my print piano music nearby, rather than in the closet down the hall, where most of it is kept now.

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  79. Good morning! And it’s a good day to rejoice and be glad in because of what all God continues doing every day!

    I hope everyone feels like going to church. We will have visiting people to enliven worship this morning. A large youth group is in town on mission and is using our church as a base from which to go out and do work. Some of their group will lead worship.

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  80. 6 Arrows, I had the advantage on the quarterly bills because that is what those months mean in the world of accounting, but we usually talk quarterly statements. Then I naturally thought of the shortened version of William 🙂

    Son and I did things like that when homeschooling, but it has been years since we did them. It was fun to see them again.

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  83. Good morning. The men folk are busy fixing the contribution to the potluck. I don’t know what it is. But I got the chores done and the small folk fed and got out of the way.

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  84. I told you before that our SS teacher, Jim, is a former pastor and seminary professor in Calgary Alberta. I also mentioned that we are studying Revelation this quarter.. Revelation 1:18, Jesus says, “I am he that lives and was dead, and , behold I am alive for evermore, Amen, and have the keys of hades and death.”
    He said many times he stood by a graveside and said that we should never be afraid to go into a place where Jesus has the keys.

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  85. Beautiful thought, Chas.

    The overseeing pastor/chaplain for the visiting youth did an excellent job on his sermon today from 1 Timothy. And the young worship band did some nice thoughtful music At the end a young lady started a solo of In Christ Alone and part way through the congregation joined in.

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  86. As I was leaving church and walking down the hallway, my foot slid to the side in my shoes that are open on the back. The shoe came off and I was trying to steady myself and not fall.It was awkward but I did not fall. I did land hard on one foot which feels like it will be sore for a bit. My husband is having some trouble with an ankle and I guess I am doing my best to keep pace with him. We can limp together.

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  87. Good balancing act. I’m impressed 🙂

    Love “In Christ Alone.”

    We’re meeting today (still at 3 p.m.) at the PCUSA church where our pastor was once on staff with a fellowship/picnic gathering on the beach (the church is basically at the beach) afterward.

    Our rain has stopped but we’re in for a muggy day in the 80s. Maybe more rain tomorrow.

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  88. Ugh, yes, it’s stifling outside and it isn’t even noon yet. Got the base of the bookcase inside.

    Interesting verse from Revelation.

    ” … we should never be afraid to go into a place where Jesus has the keys.” What would he mean by that Chas?

    Footnote in one of my study Bibles indicates that Rev. 1:18 anticipates Rev. 20:14 and the final judgement.

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  89. This is our music leader at my church. One of the things I did not like about my church was the music. The prior music leader sang and everyone else accompanied him. He may combine two or three of the songs and I never could sing along and enjoy it. There were many who thought he was great. I didn’t.
    Wendell has been with us a little over a year and I love the music at church now. In his interview he said his goal was to get the church singing and he has.

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  91. Donna, @ 2:29
    Interesting question. At the graveside I’m sure that Jim assumed that every one would assume that he meant the grave. That is because it’s usually interpreted that way. But the proper use of Hades (Hell in the KJV) means the unseen world. (Other places it means the Valley of Hinnom (Another interesting subject.) )

    The point is, Jesus has been there and back. He is in charge and has the keys. Whatever that means, it’s good enough. When Chuck was a kid, he always went along with me with on concern because he knew that Daddy has the keys. Keys to what? The house, the car, the hotel, the whatever place we were going.

    Getting in and out never crossed his mind.
    Not once. 🙂

    I doubt that it means the final judgment. That bit comes later, but it seems inappropriate here.

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  106. We had a hot & very muggy day today. At one point, I checked the weather online, & it said we had a “feels like” temp of 94*. The local weather guy (just a guy interested in weather, who reports it on the local Facebook page, not a TV weatherman) said the “feels like” temp would be 95* – 100*, & I suspect it did get up there. Thanking God for AC.

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  111. AJ owns this, he can call any post he wants any number he wants. For example, he could claim this one as 2,015 if he wanted to, and we couldn’t do anything about it.

    6Arrows- I love brain teasers like that. But the one you linked was a toughie. It is good to keep the brain active like that so we don’t lose it. Testing it like that is one way to slow down the process of dementia, or so I have read/heard.

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  116. This thread has more 100s than I’ve ever seen in one thread, and the one who really got 100 didn’t exactly say it.

    Can all of us who got 100 do a happy dance in a red dress like AJ did? 😯

    Peter, I heard that, too, that puzzles like that are good for the brain, and help delay or slow dementia.

    Kind of a good sign we’re both remembering that, huh? 😉

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  117. I had a wonderful evening attending a concert given by a former piano student of mine. She just finished her master’s in clarinet performance and is continuing work on her master’s in musicology in Albuquerque. She and a friend of hers who is a 3rd-year graduate student in Piano Collaboration, also at Albuquerque and from Brazil, traveled to our area and performed clarinet/piano duos, and 4-hand piano duets. Excellent program, and his mom from Brazil was also in attendance!

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  118. Walked the dogs in the light summer rain, very refreshing. Although it’s so humid once you’re back inside again … I was drenched in sweat after just a few minutes.

    Got the bookcase inside today, thanks to some help from one of the adult sons who lives next door. I noticed there was a stamp on the inside bottom that had the manufacturer’s name, something “rotating bookcases” … I will have to revisit that and look it up online, but not tonight.

    Maybe we can all send this yucky hot weather we’re getting around the country off to Cheryl. 😉

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