Trudell. I don't remember who posted it, but how is that coming along?
Second Avenue.
"The moon gives you light, and the bugles and the drums give you
music, and my heart, O my soldiers, my veterans, my heart gives you
love."-
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ReplyDeleteThis is the field where the battle did not happen,
where the unknown soldier did not die.
This is the field where grass joined hands,
where no monument stands,
and the only heroic thing is the sky.
Birds fly here without any sound,
unfolding their wings across the open.
No people killed-or were killed-on this ground
hallowed by neglect and an air so tame
that people celebrate it by forgetting its name.
Methinks these messages have lost track of Barbara Hastings, who lived on Wellington across from Page motors..near the halfway up stairs. Knew her, she had a brother also.
ReplyDeleteWellington and which avenue? Would she be about 65 years old by now?
ReplyDeleteI may have know her b/c her name sounds so familiar. I knew Jerry
though.
S.A.
The Hastings family I knew ,who lived exactly where you mentioned 'beeaired' had quite a few kids,...and if it's the same family ,their Dad's name was Kenny Hastings,....and He & my oldman were Good Friends,..... Kenny started building a house on the south shore,which as a kid I thought was like a Mansion it seemd so big,....While we would give Mr Hatings,.a hand working on the house we often would go to get BBQ Chicken from some store on Taschereau Blvd,.....Rememeber the .99 cent BBQ Chickens,. or we would go to the Dairy Queen on Taschereau Blvd,....... He also was a draftsman I think it was,......I beleive Barbara Hastings could be found on the pointSt Charles site ,at least she could a few years back,.......May still read the entries,......as many of us do:
ReplyDeleteThe Hastings family you talk about must be a part of the one that I also knew. They attended St. Clement's Church and VHS. Kenny would be in his 50's now as well as Diane, Danny, Richard.....I don't remember how many there were as Danny was/is the youngest and is older than me by a couple of years at least.
ReplyDeleteI believe this Barbara Hastings had a brother David.She is registered at Classmates and my guess is she would be 65-66.
ReplyDeleteWellington between Strathmore and River
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biking 2006,......SecondAve,....... yopur post's are coming thorugh fine,. at least from what I can see.............. Do You see larger than average 'font' on your screen...........Cause it appears regular to me.....
ReplyDeleteHey Biking2006 ! One thing for sure we do not need our reading glasses ! Ha, ha, ha, ! Just Joshin' now, you have a good night ! It can happen to the best of us . I have done it myself ! Sweet_N_Gorgeous Anna
ReplyDeleteIt appears large to me. Connie
ReplyDeleteHi Bill,...biking SeconDave,.... the Font appears normal to me,.I wonder if it's only seen as a large print to those who rec'v the messages via email,.instead of actually coming to the site directly online,.??
ReplyDeletemessage #12 in this thread is Large to me and I only view the messages on the WWW.
ReplyDeleteHi Bill: I'm on line now and looking at your posts and the font is very large. It doesn't bother me...I know you are not shouting at us!!! Dianne
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ReplyDeleteHi, About Jerry Trudell. Did he live on 2nd ave. verdun? Also did he have a sister by the name of Barbara, If it is the same Jerry we use to live next door to the trudells.My mother was a very good friend to his mother Grace. Pat
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ReplyDeleteSecond sent of this post about an 1/2 hour between each:
ReplyDeleteYes Pat, Jerry Trudell, I grew up with him on 2nd Avenue he was my
age. I remember his younger sister Barbara, their mom and dad.
Jerry's parents much later on moved over to River Street. I think his
dad was named Ernie and worked for a milk co, but I could be totally
wrong. His mom had a stroke I recall.
Jerry went to Wilibrord H.S. and went to work for Allied Chemical co.
He married young to a teenager named Marna. Good people.
Bill Cooper 457 2Nd.
Yes Pat, Jerry Trudell, I grew up with him on 2nd Avenue he was my
ReplyDeleteage. I remember his younger sister Barbara, their mom and dad.
Jerry's parents much later on moved over to River Street. I think his
dad was named Ernie and worked for a milk co, but I could be totally
wrong. His mom had a stroke I recall.
Jerry went to Wilibrord H.S. and went to work for Allied Chemical co.
He married young to a teenager named Marna. Good people.
Bill Cooper 457 2Nd.
I have a photo I took from my car of Waimea bay.
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ReplyDeleteNice picture ! It gives us a reality-break for when we look out our windows and see the snow. Brrrrr.
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ReplyDeleteits -21c in lindsay ont, looking at the picture
then looking out the motel window.
i'm wondering what is wrong with me?
i should be were than picture is taken
just can't handle the cold anymore
ReplyDeleteFYI!!!!! I can now see why the frustration with MSN is happening. I am starting to get messages that are being returned as undeliverable!!!! What's up with that???? Like I said, maybe I am on someones naughty list!!!! Or maybe it is just another glitch. So, assuming this message gets thru....If you did not get a response from me, it is not because I did not send one. Also, I am not going to let this upset me....I will just have to get some of that wacky tabbacky....Canadian Gold...or whatever they call it, and think back to the 60's..... Just kidding....... Winston
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ReplyDeleteSandy ~~ I would add to that......."that we know of". Makes you wonder if this is going to turn into another ANS story.
ReplyDeleteThey are starting to make Anna N S,............look like she could have been on the Ivory Soap Box...........hahahahaha Oh no that's right that title was from the gal from 'Behind the Green Door'.........Marilyn Chambers ..............you gotta feel sorry for the kids,who are from these Celeb Parents, but I guess they can't all grow as well as Danny Bonaduce..........hahahahahah
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ReplyDeleteThe problem as I see it with these girls is that they have too much money and nothing of value to do with their time. Dianne
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ReplyDeleteShe could have at least done it ,in support of Cancer,....then she'd have had at least a good cause and wouldn't recieve the ridicule that I would guess is about to fall on her.,...............................this chick is a Nut
ReplyDeleteSandy...still no baby....Jennifer is getting tired of me calling and emailing.....we stayed home tonight in case tonight is the night! Dianne
ReplyDeletei dont know... i kind of would like to shave britney..
ReplyDeletetoo late RDM........... nothing on either end left.........hahahahah
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ReplyDeleteRDM... What is the saying about "Beauty being in the eye of the beholder"????? Poor Britney. I think she has had to be held down with her behavior since her Disney days, and is finally getting a chance to let go. Needless to say, that Paris Hilton knows about letting go, and Britney has decided to join that crowd. I guess what they say is true. "Bald is beautiful".....
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ReplyDeleteSandy. "The other end" was splashed all over the place. Believe it or not, but Paris Hilton was in the driver's seat, and she was trying to shield her....Couldn't quite do it....
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ReplyDeleteLinda...Those sayings are so true.... Dianne
ReplyDeleteIs this our girl?
ReplyDeleteYup, you bet. I heard she also got a tattoo on her hand the same day ....a pair of red lips ?????
ReplyDeleteI've seen better looking heads on a pimple.............................hahahahahaha
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ReplyDeleteSandy...unfortunately the pictures didn't show up...... Jennifer just called and she is in labour......wouldn't you know it...where they live they are having a snowstorm...schools were cancelled and Neal and the kids are off snow mobiling!!! Yikes!!!! He has his cell with him. I'll keep you all posted!!!! Dianne
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ReplyDeleteShe isn't on the way to the hospital yet...when I was talking to her...she gave me the 'look' again...when I told her not to hang around too long!! Oh well, what do I know? she and her sister were delivered by the stork!! Or did we find them under cabbage plant! I'll keep you posted! Dianne
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ReplyDeleteSandy I don't know if she does the Lamaze or not...anyway, she called back at 12:00pm and they are on their way to the hospital! I guess she decided to get going...she wanted to bake cookies with the kids this afternoon, I guess they'll do that on another day! Dianne
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ReplyDeleteThey know Jennifer is due any minute, and they are out snowmobiling. What's up with that?
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Just got the news!!! Baby, Kenneth Laurie and mom are doing well and so's dad!!! Fo got to ask how much he weighed!!!! Dianne
ReplyDeleteWinston...when she told me that I almost freaked out......anyway, he wasn't too far, I guess, where they live there is a big field and a lake right beside their property which consists of 60 acres. All is well! We can't go there today, the roads are getting very bad and they live an hour away from me. We are so excited!!!! Dianne
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ReplyDeleteSandy... thanks.....a big glass of wine for sure!!!! That was fast!!! Imagine, at 11:30 she tells me she is going to do laundry, dishes, and bake cookies when the kids came back from snowmobiling!!!! Then at noon she calls and say we're off to the hospital and at 1:15 Kenneth Laurie is born!!! For a kid that seemed to take forever to come out into the world, he sure made up for it! I wonder if this is a sign of the future? Dianne
ReplyDeleteCongrats grandma!!!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to you and your family on the birth of Kenneth Laurie. Hope we get to see a picture !!!!
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ReplyDeleteHi Sandy, Laurie and Linda.....thanks for your best wishes!! Kenneth Laurie Neal, 8lbs, born at 1:15 this afternoon.....all are well!! Dianne
ReplyDeletecomgrats di.... has he had a glass of wine with his grandma yet???
ReplyDeletesorry i meant to say "congrats"..
ReplyDeleteThanks RDM!!! We are very excited, can't wait to see baby Kenneth! I'll have a glass of wine to celebrate the good news tonight!!! Dianne
ReplyDeleteWow that sure was fast - congrats.
ReplyDeletegrandchildren are gods reward for being a parent
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ReplyDeleteThank you Shirley! It was very fast!!! dianne
ReplyDeletenot really sandyy.. he's rewarding my wife.. i happen just to be the baggage she brings along..
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ReplyDeleteDianne. And here I was getting all upset for nothing. Baby due...snowmobiling...cookie planning afternoon.....HA!!!!! And woosh........out he comes....hello world....where's my grannie??????? and my glass of wine please!!!! Are we flying high or what...I think it is safe to say that all of us here on VC....are almost as excited and happy as you.....What an event to celebrate together... If I was a drinking man...I would be knocking back a few, just for fun..... So here is my raised cup of coffee, and with a tear of joy in my eye, and a bursting heart for a new soul coming into the world. SKOOL!!!!!!!
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Thanks very much Winston .....We are still excited and the phone hasn't stopped ringing and many emails.....lots of fun!!!! Dianne
ReplyDeleteRDM.....having grandchildren to spoil is my way of getting back at my kids!!!! for all the pain, trauma and sleepless nights I spent pacing the floors when they were teen agers..... Dianne
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ReplyDeleteALRIGHT!!!!!!! Happy Di, is HAPPYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!! Life is good!!!!!!!! Congradulations...Time for some wine, I would say!!!!!!! You can have some too, Dianne!!!!
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Winston, believe it or not I am just having my first glass of vino now!!!! I've been on the phone all night!!! I am hoarse from talking!!!! Dianne
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ReplyDeleteDianne. You deserve to have a few extra grasses, yust ta kepp your strnth up. I yust rane otta the stiff I were usein to cereblat wiff ya!!!!!!
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Winston this calls for a celebration!!! Dianne
ReplyDeleteI'm wondering where everyone is tonight...soon I'll have to hit the sack....I don't want to look too haggard when I meet my new little grandson tomorrow! Pray that the weather will improve and the roads wont be too icy! dianne
ReplyDeleteYou'll be the prettiest grandma there, no doubt about it. Gotta go fold the laundry before I cash out for the night also. Have fun tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteThanks Linda, that is a nice compliment! Dianne
ReplyDeleteit wont be patience it'll be too drunk to act.. LOL
ReplyDeleteRDM..Whats you talkin bout? Di
ReplyDeletejust the truth
ReplyDeleteI'm wondering bout the patience part... care to splaine? D
ReplyDeletei cant explain myself.. even my therapist cant explain me to me... i'm unexplainable.. and i'm not quite sure whether that's a good or bad thing... and considering i haven't found myself yet.. i'm in a real quagmire..
ReplyDeleteYou're in a quigmire...no you are unique!! and therapists are weird,,, they Think they have the answers but don't believe the drivel, I don't think they know themselves where they are so how can they tell us where we are..I don't know where I am...and who gives a s*&t where I am! as long as I am doing my s&*t alone and not bothering any body else doing there s*#t! Do you get my drift? good if you do cause I sure as heck didn't! D there must be a quote somewhere in this universe to explaine this!
ReplyDeleteI have heard that grandchildren are God's reward for not killing your own LOL Connie
ReplyDeleteDianne: Congratulations and please pass on our best wishes to your daughter and her family. Connie (my claim to fame is being Winston's niece LOL).
ReplyDeleteHappy Di - Congratulations on the safe arrival of the 'new little angel' in your life. judy in NB
ReplyDeleteHi Connie.....Thank you very much !! That is very true about grandchildren being God's reward...also a parents revenge.....LOL!!!! Your uncle Winston is lots of fun!!! Dianne
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to you, Dianne, and the proud parents. Regards, everyone, Jack
ReplyDeleteThanks Jack, we saw baby Kenneth today and what a gorgeous baby he is too!!! Dianne
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I showered and shaved .............. I adjusted my tie.
I got there and sat .............. In a pew just in time.
Bowing my head in prayer ......... As I closed my eyes.
I saw the shoe of the man next to me ..... Touching my own. I
sighed.
With plenty of room on either side...... I thought, "Why must our
soles touch?"
It bothered me, his shoe touching mine... But it didn't bother him
much.
A prayer began: "Our Father"............. I thought, "This man with
the shoes.. has no pride.
They're dusty, worn, and scratched. Even worse, there are holes on
the side!"
"Thank You for blessings," the prayer went on. The shoe man
said.............. a quiet "Amen."
I tried to focus on the prayer....... But my thoughts were on his
shoes again
Aren't we supposed to look our best.. When walking through that
door?
"Well, this certainly isn't it," I thought, Glancing toward the
floor.
Then the prayer was ended........... And the songs of praise
began.
The shoe man was certainly loud...... Sounding proud as he sang.
His voice lifted the rafters......... His hands were raised high.
The Lord could surely hear.. The shoe man's voice from the sky.
It was time for the offering......... And what I threw in was
steep.
I watched as the shoe man reached.... Into his pockets so deep.
I saw what was pulled out........... What the shoe man put in.
Then I heard a soft "clink" . as when silver hits tin.
The sermon really bored me.......... To tears, and that's no lie
It was the same for the shoe man..... For tears fell from his
eyes.
At the end of the service........ As is the custom here
We must greet new visitors.. And show them all good cheer.
But I felt moved somehow............. And wanted to meet the shoe
man
So after the closing prayer......... I reached over and shook his
hand.
He was old and his skin was dark..... And his hair was truly a
mess
But I thanked him for coming......... For being our guest.
He said, "My names' Charlie......... I'm glad to meet you, my
friend."
There were tears in his eyes......... But he had a large, wide
grin
"Let me explain," he said........... Wiping tears from his eyes.
"I've been coming here for months.... And you're the first to say
'Hi.'"
"I know that my appearance........."Is not like all the rest "
But I really do try................"To always look my best."
"I always clean and polish my shoes.. "Before my very long walk.
"But by the time I get here........."They're dirty and dusty, like
chalk."
My heart filled with pain............ and I swallowed to hide my
tears
As he continued to apologize......... For daring to sit so near.
He said, "When I get here..........."I know I must look a sight.
"But I thought if I could touch you.."... Then maybe our souls
might
unite."
I was silent for a moment............ Knowing whatever was said
Would pale in comparison... I spoke from my heart, not my head.
"Oh, you've touched me," I said......"And taught me, in part;
"That the best of any man............"Is what is found in his
heart."
The rest, I thought,................ This shoe man will never
know.
Like just how thankful I really am... That his dirty old shoe
touched my soul
Very nice and touching indeed
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ReplyDeleteWhy I Love Ontario
It's winter in Ontario
And the gentle breezes blow
70 miles per hour at 52 below!
Oh, how I love Ontario
When the snow's up to your butt.
You take a breath of winter air
Your nose just freezes shut.
Yes, the weather here is wonderful,
I guess I'll hang around.
I could never leave Ontario,
'Cause I'm frozen to the
ground.
why i love Ontario, nice reading ha ha
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ReplyDeleteIt's the birthday of the physicist Albert Einstein, born in Ulm, Germany (1879). He was home-schooled for the early part of his life, and when he finally went to school with the other children, his teachers thought he was developmentally disabled. He refused to study any subject he didn't find interesting. The only subjects he did find interesting were math and philosophy. One teacher tried to have him expelled because all he did in class was sit in the back of the room smiling. He finally dropped out at the age of 16. He went to a technical college in Zurich to study physics, but he often missed classes and only passed his final examination because his friend let him borrow all his lecture notes and was the only member of his class not to receive an assistant professorship. He was planning to get married, and suddenly he didn't have any way to make a living. So he took a job at the Swiss patent office. His job was to evaluate patent applications and determine whether the inventions described would actually work. He found that it was the perfect job for him. He didn't have to bring any work home at night, when he was free to work on his own theories about physics. He was removed enough from the scientific community that he didn't worry about whether his theories were fashionable or important. He just worked on the problems he found most interesting. Above all, he was interested in finding some law that could explain all the forces in the universe. One night the spring of 1905, Einstein went to bed feeling extremely frustrated because he hadn't been able to solve any of the problems he'd been working on for weeks. The following morning, he woke up and suddenly everything made sense. He said, "It was as if a storm broke loose in my mind." Einstein spent the next several weeks writing a paper on his theory, which came to be called the Special Theory of Relativity. That same year, 1905, Einstein published three more papers, each of which was just as revolutionary as the first, including the paper that included his most famous equation: E = mc2.
ReplyDeleteBill. That is the absolute truth. If it were not for Canadians, remembering the sacrifice that Canadians made..they would be forgetten completely. What a shame!!!!! Thanks for bringing that to our attention.
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remember the Canadians who rescued the Americans from the embassy in Iran in 1980 I think. That was huge news in the US for awhile.
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ReplyDeleteSure do remember the Canadians who risked themselves to save those Americans. Brothers all are we!!!!!
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We don't get recognition because we neither seek it nor want it. The good feeling of a deed well done is enough thanks for any good Christian. Ed
ReplyDeleteSo true Ed. I attended a Catholic retreat a few years ago. The retreat master was a priest for the L.A. police department. He told us of a point system for doing good, mainly as a lesson to be learned.
ReplyDelete1 point for doing a good thing if I inform others including the recipient that I was the good samaritan.
2 points if the recipient is the only one who knows it was I.
3 points if the good deed was completely anonymous.
I've had my share of 1 & 2 point deeds, but I cannot remember a significant 3 pointer. Progress not perfection.
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Right on Bill, Jesus said, 'If you do good, do it quitely and without seeking praise. If you receive accolades from man on Earth, don't expect praise again from me in Heaven. Ed
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ReplyDeleteToday is the first day of spring, the vernal equinox in the Northern
Hemisphere. The Earth is tilted on its axis, so as it travels around
the sun each pole is sometimes tilted toward the sun and sometimes
tilted away. It is this tilt that causes the seasons, as well as the
shortening and lengthening of daylight hours. On this day, the north
and south poles are equally distant from the sun, so we will have
almost exactly the same amount of daytime as nighttime.
Emily Dickinson said, "A little Madness in the Spring / Is wholesome
even for the King."
Margaret Atwood said, "In the spring, at the end of the day, you
should smell like dirt."
Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "Spring still makes spring in the mind,
When sixty years are told;
Love wakes anew this throbbing heart,
And we are never old."
On this day in 1989, a mountain-sized asteroid passed within 500,000 miles of Earth. According to NASA, this was a very close call. It would have hit with the strength of 40,000 hydrogen bombs, created a crater the size of the District of Columbia, and destroyed everything within 100 miles in all directions.
ReplyDeleteThat's no big deal Bill. George Bush did more damage than that. Most people fear him more than a meteor. Ed
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ReplyDeleteNo disrespect meant, but not everyone here agrees with you Ed. I made a mistake a few years ago about getting political and caused some hard feelings which I truely regret. As a result I try not to post my Roman Catholic view points in regards to 'politics', nor do I post 'political' views pertaining to my military background. That's just me. No disrespect meant.
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ReplyDeleteJust curious. When are the Quebec elections? Needless to say we are all interested in what is going to happen. Thanks
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ReplyDeleteDianne. Thank you. I have been going nuts....(not hard for me to do).....going on line to CJAD, to see if there were any results. But of course there are none...BECAUSE the election isn't till next week. Now I have a week to mentally prepared myself.
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Winston..you don't have a week...only 4 days! That includes today which is half over for you.... Dianne
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ReplyDeleteIt's the birthday of one of the great showmen in American history: Harry Houdini (books by this author). Though he claimed that his hometown was Appleton, Wisconsin, he was actually born in Budapest (1874), and his real name was Erich Weiss. His family immigrated to the United States when he was just a baby. He began working as a circus acrobat when he was a teenager, but he decided to switch to magic and took the stage name of Harry Houdini. Early on, he did all kinds of magic. His signature trick was to swallow a series of needles, and then pull them out of his mouth threaded together. After he got married, he performed with his wife, and she specialized in mind-reading on stage. They also had a comedy routine.But Houdini had developed an interest in lock picking, and he began to develop a trick in which he escaped from a pair of handcuffs. The performance didn't become a big hit until he got the idea of inviting the local police to lock him up in their own handcuffs. The presence of the police made the trick more real somehow, and people were amazed. Houdini began to play bigger and bigger venues, and he would escape from more and more elaborate contraptions: straitjackets, jails, coffins, trunks, steel containers, and glass boxes filled with water. In one trick, he leapt from a bridge wrapped in chains, and he had to escape before he drowned in the river.When asked about his success as a performer, Houdini said, "The easiest way to attract a crowd is to let it be known that at a given time and a given place someone is going to attempt something that in the event of failure will result in sudden death."
A nurse took the tired, anxious
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"Your son is here," she said to the old man.
She had to repeat the words several
times before the patient's eyes opened.
Heavily sedated because of the pain of his
heart attack, he dimly saw the young uniformed
Marine standing outside the oxygen tent.
He reached out his hand. The Marine wrapped his toughened fingers
around the old man's limp ones, squeezing a message of love and
encouragement.
The nurse brought a chair so that the Marine
could sit beside the bed.All through the night
the young Marine sat there in the poorly lighted ward,holding the old
man's hand and offering
him words of love and strength. Occasionally,
the nurse suggested that the Marine move away
and rest awhile.
He refused. Whenever the nurse came into the
ward, the Marine was oblivious of her and of
the night noises of the hospital - the clanking
of the oxygen tank, the laughter of the night
staff members exchanging greetings, the cries
and moans of the other patients.
Now and then she heard him say a few gentle
words. The dying man said nothing, only held
tightly to his son all through the night.
Along towards dawn, the old man died. The
Marine released the now lifeless hand he had
been holding and went to tell the nurse. While
she did what she had to do, he waited.
Finally, she returned. She started to offer words
of sympathy, but the Marine interrupted her.
"Who was that man?" he asked. The nurse was
startled, "He was your father," she answered.
"No, he wasn't," the Marine replied. "I never
saw him before in my life."
"Then why didn't you say something when
I took you to him?"
"I knew right away there had been a mistake,
but I also knew he needed his son, and his
son just wasn't here. When I realized that he
was too sick to tell whether or not I was his
son, knowing how much he needed me, I stayed."
Mildred, the church gossip and self-appointed arbiter of the
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morals, kept sticking her nose into other people's business
.
Several residents were unappreciative of her activities, but feared
her enough to maintain their silence.
She made a mistake, however, when she accused George, a new member,
of
being an alcoholic, after she saw his pickup truck parked in front of
the town's only bar one afternoon.
She commented to George and others
that everyone seeing it there would know what he was doing.
George, a man of few words, stared at her for a moment and then just
walked away.
He didn't explain, defend, or deny. He said nothing.
Later that evening, George quietly parked his pickup in front
of
Mildred's house.......
and left it there all night
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ReplyDeleteEd I hope you don't mind, I cleaned your mpost up a tad on my word processing software. Computers can be a pill. I wonder what street this plant was on.
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Wartime Small Arms Ammo Producers of the ::USA
by Jim Frigiola
Between World Wars I and II the ::US Military had all of its modest peacetime ammunition needs met by production from Frankford Arsenal. A few educational contracts were let to commercial ammunition companies from time to time. In 1940 when WW II was underway in :Europe the ::United States implemented a large-scale mobilization plan for the establishment of numerous Ordnance Plants to meet tremendous projected needs for ammunition. Manufacturing plants were constructed across the country at selected sites and contractors were identified to operate these wartime expedient facilities. During WW II Frankford Arsenal served as a leader for these new plants by providing oversight and know-how while also carrying on with limited in house production. Small arms ammunition research and development remained the ::province of :Frankford Arsenal.
Dominion Arsenal (DAC)
Located in ::CityQuebecCity, :Canada, this plant produced caliber 30 ammunition under contract to the US Army during 1944 and 1945. Additional contracts were filled in the early 1950's.
Defence Industries Limited (VC)
Located in ::Verdun, :Quebec, :Canada, this private facility, owned by Canadian Industries Limited (C-I-L), filled US Army contracts for caliber 30 ammunition during 1944 and 1945. This plant was commonly referred to in the US Ordnance Community as the Verdun Ordnance Works.
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Bill, That is most annoying and I have no idea what causes it. Thank you for making it readable. I must try to find out what I'm doing wrong. When I saw it I thought maybe I had been drinking again. Ed
ReplyDeleteWinnie, My mother also worked at the D.I.L. plant in the war years 1944 - 45. Guy
ReplyDeleteWinston & Guy...my mom also worked at DIL (around '42) just before she joined the RCAF. It must have been a big employer at that time. Cheersl.
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ReplyDeleteWow. Maybe our mothers worked together at the D I L...or at least knew each other. That is great. Now here we are, not knowing each other, but learning more about the past. What a small world!!!!
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What is DIL - my aunts worked in the munitions factory and I think that my mother may have too.
ReplyDeleteDIL Stands for Dominion Industries Ltd. WOW, thats 4 members who's mother worked at this munition plant during the war: Winnie, Guy, Mom1945Linda, Shirley. Guy
ReplyDeleteWomen soldering fuses at Verdun, Quebec, during World War I. ID #20851
ReplyDeleteCredit: Department of Defence / National Archives of Canada / C-18734 ....................................................................Verdun Gals at work for the War Effort
These gals work at the Cherrier Munitions Plant,................ ......a lot of people participated in the war effort ,.and many probably never rec'vd the accolades they should have..............................
ReplyDeleteanother group of Munitions Plant workers,...............not sure of the whereabouts of this plant.........................just says Montreal??????
ReplyDeleteHello Guy, My Mom worked in one of the munitions plants during WW2. She lost part of 2 fingers. Anyone remember any names of these women? George
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ReplyDeleteGeorge. Great minds think alike. I was wondering the same about those names. My mother's name was Anne (Annie) Allison. she lived at 835 3rd Avenue (verdun) from 1940 till 1966.
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My mom's name was Violet Davies, she lived at 2157 Jolicoeur, Ville Emard until she enlisted in the RCAF.
ReplyDeletereal nice looking at these old pictires..All old pictures has a story to tell..thanks for showing them.
ReplyDeleteMy mum also worked D I L, both in Verdun & latter on St Catherine St, between Atwater & Green Ave. Did they not change name to C I L latter in War Picture taken Dumas St, Ville Emard Mum going to work, Uncle in Army & Grandmother
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ReplyDeleteToday is Easter Sunday in the Christian Church, the holiday that celebrates Jesus' resurrection from the dead. Easter is one of the few floating holidays in the calendar year, because it's based on the cycles of the moon. Jesus was said to have risen from the dead on the first Sunday after the first full moon of spring. For that reason, Easter can fall as early as March 22nd and as late as April 25th.The word "Easter" comes from an ancient pagan goddess worshipped by Anglo Saxons named Eostre. According to legend, Eostre once saved a bird whose wings had frozen during the winter by turning it into a rabbit. Because the rabbit had once been a bird, it could still lay eggs, and that rabbit became our Easter Bunny. Eggs were a symbol of fertility in part because they used to be so scarce during the winter. There are records of people giving each other decorated eggs at Easter as far back as the 11th century.
My grandmother, Beatrice Kilcup, worked at a munitions factory during the war, but I don't know which one. The family story goes that when she applied and was inked for fingerprints, hers had been completely worn off and she had none!! Nevertheless, she was hired and worked for war effort while her two eldest sons went off to war and one of her daughters (my mother) enlisted and was stationed at Kingston, ON. Country Girl
ReplyDeleteMy mother also worked there Harriett
ReplyDeleteHi everyone, Well, my son showed me how to scan photos on our printer today, so I've posted some in the pictures section. I've spoken about my theatre days from 1969-1979, so there are photos from some of the avant garde shows I was in. It was an interesting time and I met many dynamic talented people. No regrets. My hippie days where I sat barefoot on floors and could not afford furniture is one of my favourites --- full makeup just about to go to the theatre to perform. Grade 1 and 2 at Holy Cross in Ville Emard and a group shot of my class in 1963 VCHS. There's also a posed shot by the CIP Communications Department for their newsletter. I was the communications officer. Was always involved in writing newsletters and organizing events but could not work in Communications (so I was told) because my French wasn't good enough. Ha! Well, now that I've learned how to (gulp) do this, I will have a look see for other photos. My albums are a bit of a mess right now but maybe some of the photos will twig memories. Have a good evening! Dolly
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Hi biking, Still am but there's just more of me! Ha! Those were wonderful years. Good memories. Always thought I was fat and ugly but now when I look at my old photos, I think, hmmmm, wish I could be that fat now. Girls always struggle with this media image of how they should look. In the sixties it was Jean Shrimpton and Twiggy and today it's models like Kate Moss. You guys never have to worry about anything. Ha! lol Dolly
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ReplyDeleteDolly. How wrong you are. We guys do have to worry about a lot. I won't go into details, but most of us men who care about, and respect women, have more to be worried about than most ladies know.
Thanks for the pictures. Looking good!!! And remember that, to me anyways, it is what a person is inside that matters most. You can be the best looking person in the world, but if you don't have a caring heart, then yes beauty is only skin deep.
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I agree Winston, Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it is what's inside that's important. People are such fragile beings, male or female, we all have our insecurities. I never thought I was attractive. I wasn't sure if I wanted to post that slice of my life, but then it was a part of my journey. I've talked about it. There is much nostalgia there. Some of the troupe went on to movies and other achievements which I didn't. I chose another path. Those photos of me, well, I was in my early twenties, sweet and innocent, naive and self conscience (sp). I had just left home at 21, on my own and what did I know? Coming from a European family, I was disowned for 6 months because I dared leave! I have wonderful memories of that period in my life but I wouldn't go back. It's a ruthless business with a lot of egos and back stabbing --- and that's the men! I did it for 10 years, even studied drama at Sir George Williams with Norma Springford, but as always went back to my writing. It's solitary and I could still make up and pretend I was someone else through the characters I created in my stories. The twenties are the time for exploration and maturity for all of us. I am watching my 22 year old son grow into a fine young man every day. The difference between us is that he knows he's loved and we are always there for him. I like who I have become. Relaxed, feel good in my skin as the French say, self confident (you know I'm vocal), and happy with my life, my friends, my family and my writing. I don't want or need anything else! I'll be 60 this year and I'm looking forward to the rest of the journey as I hope you are too. The best is yet to come! Watch! What were your twenties like? Thanks. Dolly
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ReplyDeleteSabby. Our whole lifes are dreams and fantasies. We dream about success (what that means to a person), riches, travel, and even sex is a fantasy dream. We dream day in and day out, even as we get older. And of course we hope. We hope and pray our kids are okay, that they turn out okay, that they grow up and are happy, meet the righ person. I guess I could go on all day, but won't.
My 20's were a great time. I enlisted in the U.S. Marines just prior to my 20th birthday, and it was a great 4 years. of fun, travel, excitment. I could not have chosen a better path. Then came back home, and worked On the Montreal and Canadian stock Exchanges as a trader till I was 32. When I moved back to The U.S.A. My time at the exchange was another time that could not have been better. The exchange was on St. Francois Xavier, before we moved to Place Victoria.
There have been some down times after that, but I never gave up, although there were times I was tempted. But when you have a child, you have to stay in the race, and hope things get better. And guess what??? They did get better, and they get better every day. Top of the world, Ma, top of the world!!!!!!!!
Beiing a thespian, present or former. Do you know what movie that is from, and who said it?
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Winston ~ I think it was James Cagney who said it, but can't remember the name of the movie......
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Winston, Thanks for sharing. I think our journeys are similar to many people. What compelled you to join the marines at such an early age? I always tell young people that the twenties are the time to do crazy exciting things, try different careers, because when you have a family, then you do have to stay the course because children need stability. There is that other side called responsibility. Top of the World, Ma, top of the world sounds familiar. Must be from a Tom Cruise movie like Jerry Maquire, said by that black actor whose name escapes me now. No? Anyone else want to guess or share their achievements and dreams. Here's your chance! Dolly
ReplyDeleteAh, Linda, you beat me! I loved James Cagney! Dolly
ReplyDeleteDolly ~ I'm not a TV watcher (movies or otherwise) although there are a very few that I do peek at. But, by other half, is a movie-a-holic, and he's especially a sucker for the "old" movies, preferably black & white. So while I don't necessarily watch these movies, they are usually playing big time at our house. Of course, like most movie watchers, he then goes through the synopsis with me, haha. Cheers.
ReplyDeleteHi Linda, Ah, so you had help! I love those old black and white classics myself but just don't have time to watch them. There are only so many hours in the day! Dolly
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ReplyDeleteDolly. I neded to do something with my life and make a change that would be exciting and have a good effect on me. I couldn't afford a bus ticket, so to speak, or anything else. Grew up poor as we all did, the future did not look promising, and I wanted to see someplaces, beside Verdun. My life seemed to be pointing that way. I had joined the Air Cadets when I was younger, and because of that, I managed to fly on an RCAF plane, along with other Air Cadets. When I got a little older, I joined The Sixth Duke of Cannoughts, Royal Canadian Hussars ( Militia), when I was 15...lied about my age. Belonging to that group, gave me an opportunity and training on how to drive tanks, went to summer training in Ontario, also trained some weekends at an army camp in Quebec. Then joining the U.S. Marines was probably just the next logical step I guess.
My older brother was living in California at the time, and that probably had something to do with it, althought I never discussed joining with him. He was not into the military at all. But it was probably the smartest thing I ever did. Because of that, I am where I am today. If I did not go into the American service, I don't know where I would be. We all have a choice on what paths we take. Did I take the right one? Looks good to me. Could my life have been better taking a different path. Could have..But I don't think so!!!!!!! I am content where I am, and loving it!!!!! It is like Yogi Berra said; "When you come to a fork in the road, take it".
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Winston ~ was it Virginia Mayo?
ReplyDeleteWinston, I sense that contentment in reading your story. And I can relate. I've wondered the same thing if I had taken a different path but no regrets and quite content myself. People tell me I've had an interesting life and I can say the same for you. So Virginia Mayo sounds about right but I always loved Betty Hutton. Linda, did you get help again? Dolly
ReplyDeleteWell, Dolly, sort of I guess. My other half didn't know the answer...so....I relied on my trusty friend Billy Gates. Who knows though, I couldn't find a very definitive answer. Ok Winston, the answer is......???????
ReplyDeleteAh, no fair! Didn't know we could cheat! lol Dolly
ReplyDeleteDon't feel badly, Dolly. I probably still don't have the right answer, even with the 'cheating' element, LOL.
ReplyDeleteWinston, We need to know! Dolly
ReplyDeleteDolly. Betty Hutton just died recently. But her life was not what we would expect it to be. It was sad, I think. Married 4 times... But I did enjoy her energy in the movies.
ReplyDeleteLinda. Yes it was Virginia Mayo. Good girl!!!!! I will try to ask another quetion later on that movie, if I get time. No looking on the internet, unless of course you really have to. Back to doing my laundry, for the moment.... 5 or 6 loads to day. And would you believe it...I do laundry every day....Some of these clothes I have never seen before. What's up will that?????
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Did I not respond? I thought I did. It was Virginia Mayo!!!.. Who was she cheating with when James Cagney was in jail?
ReplyDeleteI don't know Winston, does your wife have someone living in the closet that you don't know about? Or, could it be "old timer's disease" and you just can remember those clothes? LOL
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ReplyDeleteLinda. I don't know, but maybe it is both!!!! For two people, we sure have a lot of laundry. She is going to have to start wearing the same clothes every day, like we use to do in Verdun. I guess I am just spoiling her by making sure all her clothes are clean. I have been accusing her for years, that she must be taking laundry in from somewhere. Ain't love grand?????
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Winston, Somehow I think it's even sweeter the second time around, eh?
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ReplyDeleteLinda. I second that comment. The second time around is the best. I think I am twiterpatted!!!!!
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Winston, I was going to ask if you take in laundry because by Saturday I have loads which I would love to give away. You sound like a gem helping out like that. My son has started doing his own since his room is close to the laundry room but when they dry, he just dumps everything on his futon! WEll, at least I got him washing his own clothes! I also liked Betty Grable films and had a crush on Gary Cooper as a kid. Isn't that weird? I think I was infatuated by the strong male characters he portrayed. Ha! Dolly
ReplyDeleteIt was on this day in 1912 that the RMS Titanic departed Southampton, England, on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic. It was supposed to arrive in New York City on April 15th. The sinking of the Titanic was one of the worst maritime disasters in history, and it has been a great inspiration to artists of all kinds. The disaster has been the subject of more than 100 books and at least a dozen movies. More than 500 songs were written about the disaster, most famously "It Was Sad When That Great Ship Went Down," performed by Pop Stoneman, with the lines, "Oh they threw the lifeboats out o'er the dark and stormy sea / The band struck up with 'Nearer My God to Thee' / Children wept and cried as the water rushed through the side / It was sad when that great ship went down."
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It was on this day in 1945 that the U.S. army entered the Buchenwald concentration camp near Weimar, Germany. At the time, there had been reports of concentration camps from the field, but no Americans had seen the camps for themselves. The American soldiers who arrived at Buchenwald on this day in 1945 would become the first Western observers of one of the worst atrocities in human history.
ReplyDeleteSeveral of the soldiers carried Kodak cameras, and so they took photographs of the surviving prisoners and the dead, so that people would believe what they had seen. Their photographs showed human beings so emaciated that they could barely walk, and victims' bodies stacked around the camp like piles of wood.
One of the children liberated at the camp that day was a teenager named Elie Wiesel, who would go on to win the Nobel Peace Prize. He had been forced to march from Auschwitz to Buchenwald a few weeks earlier, and his father had recently died in the camp. In the weeks before the liberation, Wiesel had stopped going to get his food rations, had given up on living. And then, on this day in 1945, Wiesel saw American jeeps rolling into the camps. In his memoir All the Rivers Run to the Sea, Wiesel wrote, "I will never forget the American soldiers and the horror that could be read in their faces. I will especially remember one black sergeant, a muscled giant, who wept tears of impotent rage and shame... . We tried to lift him onto our shoulders to show our gratitude, but we didn't have the strength. We were too weak to even applaud him."
I watched some of Stephen Spielberg's "Shoah" the night before last. There are no words to describe the sadness I feel that humans are capable of such actions toward other humans. This was the end of innocence for humanity. Yes, there were atrocities before this ... the starvation of the Armenians, Attila the Hun's and Ghenghis Khan's massacres, the destruction of Carthage and probably many others I don't know anything about. But never anything on this scale. Never anything of this viciousness. Massacres are a kindness by comparison to the nightmare of what was done to Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, the mentally and physically handicapped, in the Nazi extermination camps. Some of the same attitudes that made the holocaust possible seem to live on in individuals who run down 4 year olds in a crosswalk in their SUV and don't stop to help or men who pay for sex with or rape 10 year old girls and feel they've done nothing wrong or teens who beat gay men to death for fun. I despair of ever finding the working answers to changing this behaviour. Religion hasn't stopped it. Punishment hasn't stopped it. Psychological counselling hasn't stopped it. What can?
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ReplyDeleteThere have been so many attrocities like that before, such as the genocide
that took place in Ukraine that claimed the lives of more than 10 million people
in 1932-33. 10 million is considered by many to be conservative and that the
actual number is somewhere in the 20-25 million murders. I say murder because
that is exactly what genocide is. Food was taken from Ukraine by the Russians,
thus creating a man made famine and the people were left to starve to and
suffer a painfull death.
Countries including Canada, the United States, Austria, Hungary and
Lithuania have recognized that famine as genocide. Don't expect Putin to come
clean on this though, because the issue is still sensitive in the former
Soviet republic and if they called it genocide, that would amount to
an indictment of Soviet policies which is something communists, socialists and
many pro-Russian politicians are not going to do.
Attrocities like this are taking place today in countries like
Rwanda, Somalia, the Sudan and elsewhere. I guess in 25 years from now the
politicians will sit back and debate whether to recognise those as being
genocide and then pat themselves on the back for taking that stand.. albeit just
a little too late to have had a positive influence on the outcome.
If you don't learn from the past, you are bound to repeat it!
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There are still influencial people in this world who still deny the holocaust ever happened. Writing about the horrors as Elie Wiesel did so brilliantly will educate us as to the awful truths. Education is the answer I think.
ReplyDeletegeniegal9 were you a witness to a four year old being a victim of a hit and run? Tragic.
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ReplyDeleteGeniegal9. The atrosities are still going on today. They haven't stopped. I had a huge satalite dish years ago, so that I could get CBC programs. They have gone digital which means I could no longer get the CBC. One of the good things about having that system, was that I could get the feeds that went from country to country, or that newspersons sent back to their corporate headquarters, such as, CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, FOX, etc. The transmission was not for public comsumption.Future TV programs before the went on the air. Plus some other feeds. The pictures were very graphic, where hundreds of people were being put into a school yard and being killed by grenades, rifles, machetes, etc. This was live, not on tape. The UN, was not far away, but had orders not to interfer, because they were going to withdraw from that area. I saw Things like this many times on those feeds, that I
came across "flipping channels". What a shame. That is why we have to be thankful and appreciate what we have. Sometimes. But most of the time we take it for granted. God Bless Canada and the USA. We are blessed!!!!!
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ReplyDeleteAlan. Thanks for That. I was trying to remember mostof the places that genocide is going on today. The United Nation does very little to stop in. they are powerless. While these people from the 3rd world countries are living in luxury in their hi-rise expensive homes, and mansions, their people are being salughtered at home. Talk about impotent!!! Countries like Canada and the US spend billions sending food and monetary assistance to these countries and it only trickles down to the higher ups. One example that I mention every time this comes up, because I lived in the Phillippines for 2 years, Is President Marcos. His officaial salary was 4,000 Pesos a year (about $1,000 American at the time). He managed to save, from that little sum, the amout of $10,000,000,000.00. Yup 10 billion dollars. With many properties in the USA. All that, while "his" people lived in poverty.
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Winston, years ago we were sailing along the coast of France I spotted a sprawling palatial palace up on the hills over looking a killer view. The English ship pilot who was standing beside me at the rail told me it belong to Amelda Marcos. Our tax dollars hard at work.
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ReplyDeleteIt was on this day in 1633 that Galileo Galilei was put on trial by the Inquisition, for supporting the theory that the Earth revolves around the sun. In late April 1633, Galileo agreed to plead guilty and was sentenced to an unlimited period of house arrest in his home in Florence. He gradually went blind and died in 1641. It wasn't until 1992 that the Catholic Church formally admitted that Galileo's views on the solar system are correct.
On this day in 1906, an earthquake struck San Francisco. The earthquake began near dawn, at 5:12 a.m. on a Wednesday morning, and lasted for a little over a minute. Scientists later determined that the San Andreas Fault had moved about 23 feet. A policeman said, "[The streets] began to dance and rear and roll in waves like a rough sea in a squall, [then] sank in places and vomited up car tracks and the tunnels that carried the cable." A fire broke out that raged for three days and most of the city was burned to the ground.
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ReplyDeleteIt was on this day in 1943 that an uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto began. It was the largest ghetto uprising of World War II. Hitler's army had invaded Poland in September of 1939. Warsaw was the last city in Poland to submit to the Nazis, but on September 27, after three weeks of resistance, the city finally surrendered. On October 3, 1940, about a year after the invasion, the Nazis built a wall around a section of the city measuring about 20 blocks by six blocks. Jews were given a month to move into the ghetto, and all non-Jews were ordered to leave. Almost all of the Jews in Warsaw lost their jobs, and many of them went around collecting rags, bones, tin, and paper to sell to the Germans.
Eventually, small resistance groups began to pop up in the ghetto. The Nazis had confiscated almost all of the printing presses in the city, but people reconstructed presses from discarded machinery and printed the newspapers on paper they found in the trash. Underground newspapers were published in both Polish and Yiddish. Secret schools were formed in basements and abandoned buildings.
In the summer of 1942, the Nazis began Operation Reinhard—the deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto to the concentration camp in Treblinka. From July to September, more than 300,000 Jews were deported, leaving only about 50,000 people in the ghetto. When reports of mass murder leaked back to the ghetto, a group of people, mostly young men, formed a resistance group and began ambushing Nazi officials and stealing their weapons. They organized several underground factories for making grenades, bombs, and mines, and they created a chain of tunnels, trenches, and bunkers for people to hide out in.
On this day, April 19, 1943, the first day of Passover, hundreds of German soldiers entered the ghetto in rows of tanks, planning to destroy the ghetto in three days. But resistance fighters fought back, and the fighting went on for days. When they ran out of grenades, the Jews fought with kitchen knives, chair legs—whatever they could get their hands on. They held out for almost a month.
It was on this day in 1900 that the legendary train engineer Casey Jones died in a train wreck. He was driving the Cannon Ball express from Memphis, Tennessee, to Canton, Mississippi, trying to make up time because the train was overdue, when his fireman warned him that there was another train up ahead. He ordered his fireman to jump, but he stayed on the train, one hand on the break and the other on the whistle. Though the Cannon Ball crashed and Jones was killed, the passengers were saved because of his efforts to slow the train down.
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It was on this day in 1536 that Anne Boleyn was beheaded for the charge of adultery, only a few years after she had inspired King Henry VIII to found the Church of England just so that he could marry her.When she met Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn was an 18-year-old girl who had plenty of admirers. She was beautiful, but she was also the smartest woman most men at the time had ever met. She could debate theology and discuss literature with the finest intellectuals of the era. When Henry met her, the thing he admired most was that she could talk to him like an equal. She might have just been another of the king's mistresses, but she was an extremely ambitious young woman. And so she told the king that she couldn't give herself to him unless they were married.So Henry decided to break with his wife of more than 20 years, and he asked the pope for an annulment of his first marriage. The pope refused, and so Henry declared himself the head of the new Church of England and granted himself an annulment in his own matrimonial suit.Henry VIII married Anne Boleyn in 1533. It was only the second time in English history that a king had married for love. And yet, that marriage didn't last long. Within a few years, Henry had decided that he didn't like being married to an intellectual equal. He also didn't like that their first child was a girl. The one thing that might have saved Anne would have been a male child. She got pregnant for the second time in 1535, and after nine tense months of waiting, she did give birth to a son, but he was stillborn. A few months later, she was arrested on charges of adultery. Most historians believe the charges were false.She was imprisoned in the Tower of London for a little more than two weeks, and then she was beheaded. After her death, all original portraits of her were discarded; not one is known to exist. Most of her books and correspondence were also destroyed, along with poems and songs she wrote. Her rivals spread rumors and made up stories about her, to defame her reputation in the history books, claiming that she'd been ugly and deformed, with a sixth finger on one hand and a huge hump on her neck. But despite all that, her daughter Elizabeth, the daughter that had so disappointed Henry VIII, grew up to become one of the most influential queens in British history.
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being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment. Nothing, absolutely nothing
happens in God's world by mistake..."
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ReplyDeleteWish I could join you Les but one drink and I'll end up in Bolivia or Lower Slabovia dead broke with my head in the toilet. My humble post was meant for a select few. Friends of Bill W.
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ReplyDeleteHi Bill (biking ,Secondave),.......................all taken in stride ............hahahah and I guess I'd have a different thought if I frequented Bolivia,..........hahaha After 5 years, I think we all know where were all coming from,........... Cheers !! .............
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