Oh, that's so nice! 🌻 We always feel like Thanksgiving is Daughter's actual birthday. But I imagine it would be hard to be the Thanksgiving "chef" and have it be your birthday. At our house we have a rule that one is not allowed to work on one's birthday.
We are deep cleaning out our walk-in closet as part of the major renovation. Today came the great reward of discovering that the audio tape of our wedding was not lost to a flood in the 1990's, as was supposed!😊😃 We're looking forward to listening to it again this weekend (and making a fresh copy!).
Cheap over-the-counter nail drug found to work on crippling tropical disease [Click] Wikipedia entry [Click] Sounds very similar to nocardiosis, which I never saw in a human patient, but once in a nasal exudate from a house cat— with “sulphur granules,” exactly as described in the textbooks. My atlas of tropical diseases has some terrible photos of human mycetoma infections. —Alan
Why America Abandoned the Greatest Economy in History [Click] “Was the country’s turn toward free-market fundamentalism driven by race, class, or something else? Yes.” A seemingly good exposition of the political and economic changes during my lifetime. From The Atlantic, evidently outside its paywall. ——Alan
The bit in the Napoleon video about solid shot being aimed to bounce off the ground in front of advancing infantry reminds me of a battle in the US Civil War, where it was obvious that Confederate infantry was going to make a frontal assault on the Federal lines, which had not been entrenched or otherwise fortified. The federal gunnery commander ordered the guns loaded with grape shot and trained down for the same purpose, and to marked effect. The Confederate commander complained about it, but it was not a violation of the laws of war. Which reminds me of Sherman's advance northward through South Carolina, where they encountered what we would call land mines. Sherman was irate about that because it was then a clear violation of the laws of war; in retaliation, he ordered Confederate prisoners to be marched in front of the Federal troops, which solved the problem. He was amused to see the Confederate prisoners dancing around any disturbances in the surfaces of the roads. Recently I read that several soldiers' skeletons were found on the battlefield of Waterloo; such finds are exceedingly rare, because in addition to leveling the land for agriculture (most of the historical features are now indiscernable) 19th Century farmers sold any bones they found, of men and horses, to fertilizer manufacturers. Attitudes change. ----Alan
Yestere'en our DVD player croaked, after only twenty-odd years. It had an internal hard drive and electronics that enabled it to record TV broadcasts (irrespective of copyright) and either play them from the hard drive or write them to disc. [At the time it was illegal to market such devices in the US, but we got one originally sold in the UK and modified for US line current and power plug.) We hadn't had any need to use it for recording TV programs for a long time, so bopped over to Best Buy and got a replacement last night. This morning I got the new one (which is tiny in comparison) hooked up after spending quite some time sorting out cables used over the years to connect to three or four different inputs and connecting to various things with various incompatible cables (it was a mess--I had just been shoving cables into the back of the cabinet as time went by, with few labels). But it worked on the first try! Naomi said all the cables, manuals, components, etc. scattered around made it look like I was assembling a bomb, but I assured her any bomb I made would be much simpler--probably just with a fuse, none of that fancy electronic stuff. Now to go have some more Thanksgiving grub. Maybe I will open a second can of cranberry sauce. ----Alan
Both of ours Panasonic, both made in China. The new one is play only, and allegedly handles Blu-Ray discs. Best Buy had two models, Amazon had many more and on average a little better consumer ratings for the one we bought. Just short of 5.0 stars and many thousands of ratings. And we had/have them plugged into a power strip with a built-in surge supresser. ----Alan
When we built here, back about 1994, the power lines were old and we had quite a few power failures (which would often be associated with surges). Since then the power lines have been completely replaced and beefed up to deal with increased population, and we hardly have any problems. Next step up from a power strip with a built-in surge suppressor is an uninterruptible power supply such as one would normally use for a computer. They typically have some outlets that are turned off when there is a power failure and later need to be turned on, and some that remain powered until they are shut off or the battery runs down. ----Alan
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Pretty pie!! She actually *born* on Thanksgiving, right?
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DeleteYup! 9:38am.
My mother was born on Thanksgiving too--Nov. 27th, 1913.
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Oh, that's so nice! 🌻
DeleteWe always feel like Thanksgiving is Daughter's actual birthday. But I imagine it would be hard to be the Thanksgiving "chef" and have it be your birthday. At our house we have a rule that one is not allowed to work on one's birthday.
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ReplyDeleteWe are deep cleaning out our walk-in closet as part of the major renovation. Today came the great reward of discovering that the audio tape of our wedding was not lost to a flood in the 1990's, as was supposed!😊😃 We're looking forward to listening to it again this weekend (and making a fresh copy!).
Excellent!
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Cheap over-the-counter nail drug found to work on crippling tropical disease [Click]
ReplyDeleteWikipedia entry [Click] Sounds very similar to nocardiosis, which I never saw in a human patient, but once in a nasal exudate from a house cat— with “sulphur granules,” exactly as described in the textbooks. My atlas of tropical diseases has some terrible photos of human mycetoma infections.
—Alan
I wonder--Vic's VAPO RUB has wiped out toe fungus in less than a week for several people I know. . . .
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VapoRub is very definitely dangerous to take internally.
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Lord, Alan, I'd never do that! Rub on toenail, put sock over that, and wait. Sock also prevents vaporub on your sheets!
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https://www.healthline.com/health/home-remedies-for-toenail-fungus#10-natural-remedies
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Why America Abandoned the Greatest Economy in History [Click] “Was the country’s turn toward free-market fundamentalism driven by race, class, or something else? Yes.” A seemingly good exposition of the political and economic changes during my lifetime. From The Atlantic, evidently outside its paywall.
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Hamas delays hostage release, demands aid to northern Gaza - Click IMO one can hardly blame them.
ReplyDeleteKremlin adds former Russian PM Mikhail Kasyanov to ‘foreign agents’ list [Click]
ReplyDeleteCritics of Napoleon epic have fallen for emperor’s fibs, says film’s military expert [Click]
—Alan [Who slept very late today; alas, it seems that I cannot blame it on tryptophan overdose. [Click]
The bit in the Napoleon video about solid shot being aimed to bounce off the ground in front of advancing infantry reminds me of a battle in the US Civil War, where it was obvious that Confederate infantry was going to make a frontal assault on the Federal lines, which had not been entrenched or otherwise fortified. The federal gunnery commander ordered the guns loaded with grape shot and trained down for the same purpose, and to marked effect. The Confederate commander complained about it, but it was not a violation of the laws of war. Which reminds me of Sherman's advance northward through South Carolina, where they encountered what we would call land mines. Sherman was irate about that because it was then a clear violation of the laws of war; in retaliation, he ordered Confederate prisoners to be marched in front of the Federal troops, which solved the problem. He was amused to see the Confederate prisoners dancing around any disturbances in the surfaces of the roads.
DeleteRecently I read that several soldiers' skeletons were found on the battlefield of Waterloo; such finds are exceedingly rare, because in addition to leveling the land for agriculture (most of the historical features are now indiscernable) 19th Century farmers sold any bones they found, of men and horses, to fertilizer manufacturers. Attitudes change.
----Alan
The Nation: political reporters who are falling over themselves to write about Haley seem to have shown little or no interest in Williamson—despite the fact that, over the past several weeks, she’s been posting numbers that are every bit as strong as Haley’s—and, in some cases, better. [Click]
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Gaza hostage release back on after aid row settled - Click
ReplyDeleteArizona grandma and one-time stranger celebrate eighth Thanksgiving together [Click] “Wanda Dench and Jamal Hinton, who met via an accidental text message, invited a second stranger to join them this year.”
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Yestere'en our DVD player croaked, after only twenty-odd years. It had an internal hard drive and electronics that enabled it to record TV broadcasts (irrespective of copyright) and either play them from the hard drive or write them to disc. [At the time it was illegal to market such devices in the US, but we got one originally sold in the UK and modified for US line current and power plug.) We hadn't had any need to use it for recording TV programs for a long time, so bopped over to Best Buy and got a replacement last night. This morning I got the new one (which is tiny in comparison) hooked up after spending quite some time sorting out cables used over the years to connect to three or four different inputs and connecting to various things with various incompatible cables (it was a mess--I had just been shoving cables into the back of the cabinet as time went by, with few labels). But it worked on the first try! Naomi said all the cables, manuals, components, etc. scattered around made it look like I was assembling a bomb, but I assured her any bomb I made would be much simpler--probably just with a fuse, none of that fancy electronic stuff. Now to go have some more Thanksgiving grub. Maybe I will open a second can of cranberry sauce.
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[video] STUNNED Trump ruthlessly booed at South Carolina Football Game [Click] “Trump was stunned and didn’t know how to react!”
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Not at all like Huey Long at LSU games . . .
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Alan, you're very lucky or very good--my dvd players last about three months, so just go for the cheapest! puddle~~
ReplyDeleteBoth of ours Panasonic, both made in China. The new one is play only, and allegedly handles Blu-Ray discs. Best Buy had two models, Amazon had many more and on average a little better consumer ratings for the one we bought. Just short of 5.0 stars and many thousands of ratings. And we had/have them plugged into a power strip with a built-in surge supresser.
Delete----Alan
When we built here, back about 1994, the power lines were old and we had quite a few power failures (which would often be associated with surges). Since then the power lines have been completely replaced and beefed up to deal with increased population, and we hardly have any problems. Next step up from a power strip with a built-in surge suppressor is an uninterruptible power supply such as one would normally use for a computer. They typically have some outlets that are turned off when there is a power failure and later need to be turned on, and some that remain powered until they are shut off or the battery runs down.
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