Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Shelburne Shipyard

The Shelburne Shipyard in Vermont is the oldest continuously-running shipyard in the United States!  Ships were built here for the War of 1812!!

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  1. Hurrah for Howard--and Deaniacs too. It looks like the Berniacs are carrying the work forward. I heard today that Bernie is pulling ahead In Iowa.

    listener--no fires near here or the SF Bay Area. This past weekend I asked a respiratory therapist at the hospital if he had seen any increase in people with breathing problems because of the smoke; he said he hadn't, which surprised him.

    We had some very light rain today, good all round except for farmers with raisins drying on the ground. (Some dry them on the vine; some lay out only a third at a time. A bit of light rain for a single day the raisins can tolerate, but the raindrops toss grains of sand into the raisin trays, which requires extra processing.) Some farmers have equipment to rapidly cover the raisins when rain threatens.

    Tomato and garlic harvesting continue; cotton hasn't started. I didn't stop to look, but just driving by it looked like pistachios were still on the trees. Grapes of all sorts being harvested--for juice, wine, table grapes and raisins. I saw fields being watered heavily in preparation for planting something, I know not what. I stopped and looked at a field of something that started coming up, and am guessing that it might be carrots--can't be sure at this stage. Corn growing well, in various stages, much of it for silage, I think--some might be for ethanol.

    TTFN--I need to hit the sack.

    Alan

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    1. I am so glad to hear all are safe out your way, Alan. May it stay that way!

      So interesting…I never knew that about raisins and rain.

      I'm not a fan of ethanol. Drop Monsanto and grow us more food! :-)

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  2. I used to live about a 1/2 mile away from the world's longest continuously operating airport in College Park, Maryland.

    College Park Airport was established in August 1909 by the United States Army Signal Corps to serve as a training location for Wilbur Wright to instruct two military officers to fly in the government's first airplane. Leased on August 25, the first airplane, a Wright Type A biplane, was uncrated and assembled on October 7. Civilian aircraft began flying from College Park Airport as early as December 1911, making it the world's oldest continuously operated airport. In 1977, the airport was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

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    1. That's interesting! I always learn things here.

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  3. Definitely, Cat. Very cool facts found here.


    And Alan, I really like your term "Berniacs." :-D

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  4. Fun Factoid: Both Marlon Brando and Jean Simmons did their own singing in the 1955 film adaptation of Guys and Dolls.

    While I knew Brando sang for himself, for some reason I thought Jean Simmons was dubbed. It gives me pleasure to learn she sang for herself as well. I always liked her in the movies.

    Shifting gears: It was so chilly here last night that I needed a flannel nightgown.

    And, last but not least, I read a charming Harry Dresden short story called "The Curse" that explains why the Cubbies can't win the World Series. When Harry's involved you can be sure it's something to do with the supernatural. The story appears in the anthology Naked City edited by Ellen Datlo(sp?). I got it from Audible. That one story alone was worth the price of admission; I really enjoyed it.

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  5. P.S. Note to self: Don't eat jalapeño peppers. Also a question: What were they doing on an Italian sub anyway?

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    1. I agree … ALL hot peppers are unnecessary and unwelcome!

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