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Our Daily Thread 7-23-15

Good Morning!

Today’s header is from Roscuro. 

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On this day in 1829 William Burt patented the typographer, which was the first typewriter.

In 1877 the first municipal railroad passenger service began in Cincinnati, Ohio.

In 1938 the first federal game preserve was approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The area was 2,000 acres in Utah.

And in 1954 a law was passed that stated “The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to repair, equip, and restore the United States Ship Constitution, as far as may be practicable, to her original appearance, but not for active service, and thereafter to maintain the United States Ship Constitution at Boston, Massachusetts.”

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Quote of the Day

“If I had my career to play over, one thing I’d do differently is swing more. Those 1,200 walks I got, nobody remembers them.”

Pee Wee Reese

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This song was released today in 1977.

https://youtu.be/Gv8CGwyJ7rE

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Anyone have a QoD?

52 thoughts on “Our Daily Thread 7-23-15”

  2. Good Morning and Goodnight Jo.
    I believe I have been successful at Operation Ant Control. I hadn’t seen any in several days and there was a “lone wolf” in the kitchen last night, so I helpfully moved my little container of powdered sugar and borax over near him. None this morning.
    I am posting a prayer request on the prayer thread

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  4. Good morning, all, except for, Jo, to whom I wish sweets dreams.

    Another phone charger became bite bait for Miss B yesterday. She received a stern talking at as a result. But what good does that do? My phone is out of power. Must become ingenious in charging this thing! 😦

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  6. Janice- You could let the cat bite the charger while shocking it with a small electrical current. Maybe it would get the idea then. Or banish the cat from inside the house. (Runs and hides from the in-door pet crowd.)

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  7. Just got a chance to read yesterday’s threads.
    I don’t understand Neapolitan ice cream. Do you want vanilla? Do you want chocolate? Do you want strawberry? I don’t get it.
    Sorry to belabor this frozen topic but when I was young Good Humor made an ice cream called Honeymoon that was sort of a combination of butter pecan and strawberry, IIRC. Anyone remember that?

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  8. I don’t remember that one, Linda. Maybe by covering all the basic flavors in one box, the Neapolitan ice cream would receive greater demand because it could be dished up three ways to satisfy the picky ones of the family?

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  11. When we did get ice cream, it was neapolitan in the blocks. And it had to be sliced so everybody got some of each. I can’t remember how long I was married before I learned that was not a law.

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  15. Deleted, I remember him … When did he leave the church? I think I remember his successor more (who would have been there in the years — 1990s — when I was trying my hand at some religion coverage; I think Anderson had been his mentor?).

    I still remember the day he and another pastor stopped in at the newspaper to talk with me a couple hours after news had broken (hitting the airwaves in a pretty widespread and spectacular manner) about another local pastor who had been accused of something especially heinous.

    And then the evening when there were competing street corner demonstrations over abortion between the Reform Jewish temple and the Lutherans who were across the street from each other. That was an interesting night. The two groups were very well behaved, polite and even solicitous to each other, as I recall, no shouting from either side at least. 🙂

    Can’t remember now what prompted the demonstration, but I believe one of the groups was hosting a nationally-known speaker on one side of the issue (and now I can’t even remember which side, but I believe it would have been the Jewish temple with the speaker being strongly pro-choice).

    I think Neapolitan became my new favorite ice cream several years ago. Something about all 3 flavors together really hits the spot. 🙂

    I’m feeling so punchy this morning, it was a late night with a fellow night owl.

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  16. Curt Peterson, another really tall guy, followed by Nathan Hoff 10 years ago–who is the son of folks we knew in high school and is married to the daughter of one of my husband’s childhood neighbors. We got a bit incestuous at that church–the year we were married, I think ten of us from the youth group married someone else from the youth group.

    Still a great church and yes, they would be strongly pro-life–see the current pastor’s late grandmother-in-law who was arrested during Operation Rescue!

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  18. I took a chance on mowing with dark skies above. I got two-thirds of the way done when the rain came. I was happy to have the cool breeze for part of my mowing time. As usual routine, Miss Bosley is napping in my lap after I mow. She has her habits, some good and some bad.

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  20. Mumsee, you can’t import onions to Idaho? Do they grow all their own there?

    That is a glimpse of my father’s vegetable garden, mixed with a few flowers (cornflowers & gladiolas) he likes to grow.

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  22. Donna, the Jewish side would have been pro-choice. Mothers are held to be so important in carrying on the Jewish line, that they feel a woman should be able to abort if it is necessary. Also, there are some congenital conditions, such as Tay Sachs, which occur more often amongst certain Jewish communities about which they are concerned. In a way, they are more concerned with the continuation of their race, than with the lives of individuals. Their concern about genealogies was helpful in the Old Testament in showing how the line of Abraham and then David was fulfilled in Jesus Christ; but with the coming of Christ (who, incidentally, included several non-Jewish women in his genealogy), that is no longer necessary.

    Not only are there no ethnic distinctions in the Church, but the prophecy of Isaiah, that the barren would have many more children than she who bore children is also fulfilled in Him (Isaiah 54:1; Galatians 4:17). The Christian view that every human life, even the weakest and most dysfunctional, has merit because we are all made in the image of God and are offered the gift of salvation in Christ, goes completely against human nature. It is instinctive for humans to try to preserve their posterity and ensure their continued health by preventing weakened stock; but the Christian line does not descend through births, but through rebirths.

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  23. Phos, nope, onions are a food crop here as are grapes so no allium bulbs or grapes are allowed in. Though you can buy them at nurseries or other stores. Not wanting to wipe out the money making crops with some pests or competition, I suppose. We can move them about within the state. They mention it in most of the catalogs, as well as other states that don’t allow imports of various things.

    But I have always liked the flowers and enjoy growing grapes so have tried to find some to order.

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  24. Hello, all, in whatever part of the day or night you’re in. 🙂

    My day, shockingly, started at 10:02 a.m. I know I woke up once before that, after it was already light out, but didn’t look at the clock and fell right back to sleep. A couple times a year it happens where, after apparently having had too long a stretch of not enough sleep, I just zonk out until about 10:00.

    I am blessed with older children who understand, and just get going with the day and help organize the younger ones into productive pursuits. God has given me such a wonderful family.

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  28. Oh yes, that’s a fairly liberal temple (reformed) — they definitely were pro-choice (but I also realize that more conservative Jews differ from the conservative Christian position — our pastor once tried to discuss it with Dennis Prager on the radio who I think insisted on that abortion was allowable up through the first trimester, but Prager just cut him off. 🙂 No luck in convincing him how inconsistent that really was … )

    I just couldn’t remember which group had the speaker, whether it was a pro-life speaker at the Lutheran church or a pro-choice speaker at the Jewish temple. But the more I think about it, I believe the speaker was a pro-choice person who spoke at the temple and that, then, prompted the demonstration from the Lutherans across the street (all quite peaceful, respectful and quiet, however, I think they were hoping for an actual dialogue, although — as it’s coming back to me — I remember some very liberal folks at the temple who were little interested in discussing it with anyone, thank you).

    I covered the event and the demonstration aspect, but it was a while ago.

    The speaking engagement was heavily publicized.

    And michelle, yep, it was Curt, couldn’t remember the name offhand, but he was tall just like his predecessor. Really nice guy.

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  31. Yes, that’s an onion bloom. Generally, we don’t let them flower, as the onion doesn’t grow very big if it puts all its strength into the bloom. But this was a stray among the Egyptian onions and cornflowers and asparagus and rhubarb and tomatoes that are growing together at the end of the garden.

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  32. I read a picture book to 5th and 6th Arrows today that we have from the public library. I hadn’t looked at it closely before checking it out, but it looked interesting, appearing to be about Noah and the flood.

    Reading it today, it started, “They say that from time to time, the world must be made all over again. Ancient stories remember an age when a huge flood destroyed the earth…You may have heard this story before, but great tales deserve to be repeated — and so let me tell it here again, in my way…”

    So, anyway, the story continues that God came to Noah and his wife Na’mah in a dream that they would be saved in the coming great flood if they heeded His plan and carried it out with care.

    Some parts of the story were as they are in the Biblical text, but there weren’t any sons or son’s wives mentioned, and Noah looked strangely like a woman, as did Na’mah. And the dove not returning was described as a “good omen.”

    The story ends with Noah and Na’mah setting free the animals they had nurtured, and seeing the rainbow. “God had thanked them with a beautiful rainbow, following the storm they had weathered to renew the world again. And to this day, the rainbow remains a symbol of hope.”

    I probably would not have brought this book home if I had previewed it at the library, but we did have opportunity for a good discussion about the differences between that story and what the Bible actually says, A good lesson in where we find Truth, and in Whom our true hope is found.

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  33. The book was called The Enduring Ark. Not sure if I need that information, if I quote parts of the book? I’m guessing probably yeah.

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  34. I love chickory. It makes me happy to see it and the honeybees love it. We have a nice big bloom of it with its beautiful flowers right outside the front door, next to the clematis. We also have a lot in the driveway, which I don’t mow and in the yard when I don’t mow. I haven’t lately as it is just the chickory and plantain heads that are high now. We are not Washington, so by high, I mean altitude.

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  36. Well, I guess if anyone ever gives me onions to plant in a garden, I can put them in the flower garden. Those are a whole lot more attractive than the pseudo-food called onions.

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  37. Onions are very good for you, as is garlic. Too bad you & Chas don’t like onions. (Do you like garlic, though?)

    As for the ice cream discussion, I like mine smooth & creamy, I don’t want to have to chew my ice cream. So no nuts or candy pieces for me, thanks. Cookies & Cream is an exception, because the cookies don’t need much chewing.

    My absolute favorite is a good, rich Vanilla. A regional brand, Hood’s, has Golden Vanilla, which is my favorite. It’s similar to what some brands call French Vanilla. I do enjoy Fudge Ripple, too, though, & we happen to have some in the freezer. A good plain chocolate is delicious from time to time, too. Oh, & Coffee ice cream is good once in a while.

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  38. I have onions every morning for breakfast. Some onion, celery, cabbage, garlic, and mushrooms. Alongside the three farm fresh (orange yolk) eggs. And a glass of our grape juice. Mmm Mmmm. But, if I am too slow and they start to sprout, out to the garden with them!

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  41. Jo, were you the one who gave me the mango chicken recipe? We had it for supper tonight. Whenever mangoes are on sale for 50 cents or less, I buy several and use two of them to make that . . . though it doesn’t really work for leftovers

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  43. Interesting article on a new credit card fraud scheme.

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    If you see a $9.84 charge on your credit card statement, give it a hard look.

    The Better Business Bureau and security experts say scammers are charging stolen credit card numbers for a small amount of money, and many recent victims were billed $9.84. The scammers believe few cardholders will review such a small amount — and that credit card companies won’t aggressively investigate them, the bureau says.

    The scheme predates the recent security breach involving more than 100 million customers at Target. But it’s likely that the massive worldwide attention surrounding the Target investigation has helped expose the $9.84 scam. …
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    http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/28/984-credit-card-scam/4957837/

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  44. Ugh. Again.

    http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/two-killed-least-six-injured-louisiana-theater-shooting-n397586

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    Two people were killed and at least six others were injured in a shooting Thursday night at a movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana, authorities told NBC News.

    City Marshal Brian Pope told the local newspaper The Advertiser that the gunman was dead. Lafayette police told NBC News that the shooting occurred at the Grand Theatre on Johnston Street about 7:30 p.m. …

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  45. How can one cook without onions? My mother says that if you want to persuade people that you’re cooking a wonderful meal, just fry some onions. My father will get onion rings every once in a while as a special treat; and I used onions, and garlic, nearly every day when I cooked for myself in the village.

    I have a dear friend who, when we were growing up, hated onions passionately. It became a running joke with us. She had a flair for writing hilariously strange stories, and I remember one in which the main characters encounter an onion who tells them that onions are plotting to take over the world. Once, as a joke, we gave her a bottle of pickled onions for a Christmas present. She eventually decided onions weren’t so bad after all.

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  49. After all this discussion of ice cream, I treated myself to an almond magnum to celebrate the end of the first week of school. Cheryl commented that having magnums as the only real ice cream wasn’t so bad. not bad at all. In fact I checked and it hadn’t thawed and then frozen again, etc.

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