General Discussion, Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Harvest time

 

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76 Responses to General Discussion, Tuesday, August 21, 2018

  1. Col.(R) Ken says:

    Itโ€™s Tuesday……. Coffee is on, the Tea is ready………. just going to rack out, big day today, MRI today and CAT scan on Thursday/Friday., or is it reversed? Iโ€™ll find out when I walk into the room……..as the Doctor said; โ€œjust too keep an eye on thingsโ€…….

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  2. Lucille says:

    This reminds me of Robert Duvall in “Tender Mercies”, one of the finest films ever made…

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  3. Gil says:

    We went out for mexican food the other day. Kiddo’s go to is mac n cheese with peas but he eats what I give him. This time though going out he was super nice and asked if he could please have a taco bowl. As in “I want a President Trump taco bowl.” They made him one. Boy was he excited. I took pictures. A POTUS super fan at 5. Too funny.
    Happy Tuesday! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  4. nyetneetot says:

    Mornin’ stella! (Smiter of those that ought to be smote) ๐Ÿ˜Ž ๐Ÿธ (Long Island Iced Tea)
    Mornin’ WeeWeed! (Master Mixologist Extrodinare) ๐Ÿ˜Ž ๐Ÿธ (Old Fashioned)
    Mornin’ Menagerie! ๐Ÿ˜Ž |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| (Jack Daniels – Single Barrel )
    Mornin’ Ad rem! (Queen Felis catus) ๐Ÿฑ ๐Ÿธ (Flaming Lamborghini)
    Mornin’ Sharon! ๐Ÿ˜Ž ๐Ÿธ ๐Ÿธ (earthquake)
    Mornin’ ytz4mee! ๐Ÿ˜Ž ๐Ÿธ (cosmopolitan)
    Mornin’ waltzingmtilda! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (white wine and perrier)
    Mornin’ partyzantski! ๐Ÿ™‚ |_| (Tom Collins)
    Mornin’ texan59! ๐Ÿ™‚ |_| (Black & Tan)
    Mornin’ ZurichMike! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (fuzzy navel)
    Mornin’ Col.(R) Ken! (hand salute) ๐Ÿ™‚ |_| (Boilermaker)
    Mornin’ czarina33! (aka czarina) ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (Lynchburg Lemonade)
    Mornin’ czarowniczy! ๐Ÿ™‚ |_| (Wild Turkey Rare Breed)
    Mornin’ letjusticeprevail2014! ๐Ÿ™‚ |_| (Irish Car Bomb)
    Mornin’ Patriot1783-ctdar! (aka “ctdar”) ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (grasshopper)
    Mornin’ tessa50! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (flaming volcano)
    Mornin’ waltzingmtilda! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (sidecar)
    Mornin’ varsityward! ๐Ÿ™‚ |_| (Godfather)
    Mornin’ MaryfromMarin! ๐Ÿ˜€ |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| (Mortlach)
    Mornin’ Wooly Covfefe! (aka “Wooly Phlox” aka “taqiyyologist”) ๐Ÿ™‚ |_| (Roy Rogers)
    Mornin’ Howie! (aka “doodahdaze”) ๐Ÿ™‚ |_| (Classic Daiquiri)
    Mornin’ TwoLaine! ๐Ÿ™‚ |_| (Gin & Tonic)
    Mornin’ Sha! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (Lemon Drop)
    Mornin’ BigMamaTEA! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (Harvey Wallbanger)
    Mornin’ cetera5! (aka “Cetera”) ๐Ÿ™‚ |_| (Blackberry wine)
    Mornin’ The Tundra PA! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (Gentleman Jack Whiskey Sling)
    Mornin’ lovely! ๐Ÿ™‚ |_| (Backdraft)
    Mornin’ michellc! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (Salty dog)
    Mornin’ auscitizenmom! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (Kiss on the Lips)
    Mornin’ Margaret-Ann! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (White Russian)
    Mornin’ Auntie Lib! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (Tom and Jerry)
    Mornin’ holly100! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (Jack & Coke)
    Mornin’ Pam! ๐Ÿ™‚ (Not even water)
    Mornin’ Ms.Tee! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (Mojito)
    Mornin’ koolkosherkitchen! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ ๐Ÿธ (Cuba Libre)
    Mornin’ ImpeachEmAll ๐Ÿ™‚ |_| (Flaming Dr. Pepper)
    Mornin’ Monroe! ๐Ÿ™‚ |_| (Stinger)
    Mornin’ Les! ๐Ÿ™‚ |_| (Rusty Nail)
    Mornin’ shiloh1973! ๐Ÿ™‚ |_| (Jack Daniels)
    Mornin’ TexasRanger! ๐Ÿ™‚ |_| (Whiskey Smash)
    Mornin’ Ziiggii! ๐Ÿ™‚ |_| (B52)
    Mornin’ oldiadguy! ๐Ÿ™‚ |_| (Rum & Coke)
    Mornin’ smiley! (“stuck in spambucket”) ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (Spanish coffee)
    Mornin’ derk! (โ€œStellarsโ€) ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (Kamikaze)
    Mornin’ Jacqueline Taylor Robson ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (Shirley Temple)
    Mornin’ facebkwallflower! ๐Ÿ™‚ |_| (Night Train Express)
    Mornin’ Ms. Cindy! (aka “Ms Cynlynn” aka “ms cynlynn”) ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (1970 ducru beaucaillou)
    Mornin’ sandandsea2015! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (1961 Chรขteau Montrose)
    Mornin’ amwick! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (Blue motorcycle)
    Mornin’ hocuspocus13! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (1970 Chateau Latour)
    Mornin’ Sloth1963! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (1971 Moulin Touchais)
    Mornin’ MTeresa! (Ex-lurker) ๐Ÿ™‚ |_| (Albanian Raki Moskat)
    Mornin’ rheavolans! (aka “Rhea Salacia Volans”) ๐Ÿ™‚ |_| (Hot Buttered Rum)
    Mornin’ joshua! ๐Ÿ™‚ |_| (Mudslide)
    Mornin’ John Denney! ๐Ÿ™‚ |_| (RumChata)
    Mornin’ litenmaus! ๐Ÿ™‚ |_| (Stolichnaya elit, no ice)
    Mornin’ kinthenorthwest! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (A Lonely Island Lost in the Middle of a Foggy Sea)
    Mornin’ TwoLaine! ๐Ÿ™‚ |_| (Smoking Bishop)
    Mornin’ patternpuzzler! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (Old Lady)
    Mornin’ Senatssekretรคr FREISTAAT DANZIG! ๐Ÿ™‚ |_| (Red Russian)
    Mornin’ G-d&Country! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (Blind Russian)
    Mornin’ Gary! ๐Ÿ™‚ |_| (Yuengling)
    Mornin’ valeriecurren! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (Flaming Sambuca)
    Mornin’ Lucille! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (Peach Schnapps)
    Mornin’ Lburg! ๐Ÿ™‚ ๐Ÿธ (Lburg lemonade)
    Mornin’ davidhuntpe! ๐Ÿ™‚ |_| (Baileys Irish Cream on the rocks)
    Mornin’ skipper1961! ๐Ÿ™‚ |_| (Bromptonโ€™s Cocktail – No cherry, no umbrella, no plastic monkey)
    Mornin’ mightyconservative! ๐Ÿ™‚ |_| (Benjamin Franklin’s clarified milk punch)
    Mornin’ whiners and complainers! ๐Ÿ˜› (No drink for you!)
    Mornin’ to people posting that I missed. ๐Ÿ˜ณ
    Mornin’ to all you lurkers! ๐Ÿ˜•

    Also just in case someday; mornin’ to Elvis Chupacabra, F.D.R. in Hell and sundance! :mrgreen:

    Breakfast!

    NEW and IMPROVED breakfast with extra bacon for ZurichMike!

    Doughnuts for coffee!

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  5. stella says:

    10ft waves in the forecast for Lake Superior south shore today.

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  6. WeeWeed says:

    Mornin’ kids!

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  7. Gary says:

    Good Morning Everyone, a wonderful day to you all!

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  8. stella says:

    This is fascinating. Identifying pedophiles.

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  9. Gil says:

    The body of the girl missing in iowa has been found. No details.

    Body Found in Search for Missing Iowa Student Mollie Tibbetts; Suspect Arrested

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    • auscitizenmom says:

      So sad.

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    • stella says:

      Sad. I hate this waste of life.

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    • Lucille says:

      Horrible. Hopefully the killer left plenty of clues and will soon be caught.

      At the same news website is the latest on the husband who killed his pregnant wife and two daughters…1) he was having an affair with a co-worker; 2) says he strangled his wife when he snapped upon seeing his wife killing one of his daughters. That can soon be disproved via forensics, of course; 3) he’d asked her for a divorce. What kind of mind kills anyone, but especially his own children!

      This is so reminiscent of the guy who worked as director of security for a TV evangelist and shocked everyone when he killed his wife and two little boys.

      Oh, my…Lord Jesus, keep us safe from harm. May we be free from the sins which lead us to destruction.

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  10. Lucille says:

    We Plough The Fields And Scatter
    Vid description: This well-known harvest hymn might appear to come from the English countryside, but it has rather different origins. It is the “Peasant’s Song” from a sketch by Matthias Claudius in Paul Erdmann’s Fest (Hamburg, 1782), depicting a harvest thanksgiving in a North German farmhouse. It was based upon a peasants’ song which he heard sung at the home of one of the farmers. Claudius was for some time an atheist, but later renewed his Christian faith. At the time of writing this hymn he was editor of the local paper in Hesse Darmstadt, where he was also a Commissioner of Agriculture.

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  11. Gil says:

    Oh my! Kiddo started 1st grade Brainquest yesterday. He just READ a 1 page 7 sentence paragraph, with a little help. Yahoo!

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    • stella says:

      That’s excellent!

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      • Gil says:

        We did sight words and I make him spell then use in a sentence. Then reading with writing and he liked it. He still looks at me to guess an answer but I make him sound it out or give clues. I plan on getting him slightly ahead for kindergarten. Not sure how advanced they get.

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        • stella says:

          He may just get ahead of them. That’s what happened with my daughter. She was doing well in our daily reading sessions, then all of a sudden it “all came together”, and she could read just about anything.

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        • auscitizenmom says:

          Don’t you find it fun? ๐Ÿ™‚

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          • Gil says:

            Tedious at times bc even though I give him a clear direction, sometimes it takes 3 repetitions before he answers right. Its fun to see him happy that he is gaining “intellectual independence “. ๐Ÿ˜

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            • auscitizenmom says:

              LOL You just started. He is learning not just reading, writing, and arithmetic, but how to answer the questions. You are teaching him how to take directions and how to learn.

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        • Jacqueline Taylor Robson says:

          Just keep encouraging him. Buy him all of the books he wants, and just spend time with him. My little grand girl (16) just starts her first proper college courses this week.

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  12. stella says:

    Apparently schools don’t teach either history or science these days …

    Do People Really Think Earth Might Be Flat?

    A poll says lots of Millennials evidently doโ€”and itโ€™s not entirely clear why

    https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/do-people-really-think-earth-might-be-flat/

    โ€œJust 66 percent of millennials firmly believe that the Earth is round,โ€ read the summary from the pollster YouGov. Kids today, right? But itโ€™s not only curmudgeons eager to complain about the younger generation who ought to find the survey of interest. For despite the recent prominence of flat-earthery among musicians and athletes, YouGovโ€™s survey seems to have been the first systematic attempt to assess the American populationโ€™s views on the shape of the Earth.

    Moreover, the results raised a number of compelling questions that deserve attention. For example, why is the scientifically established view on the shape of the Earth less popular among younger respondents (according to YouGov) when the scientifically established view on the history of life and on the cause of global warming have been, in poll after poll, more popular among younger respondents?

    So, anyone concerned about the understanding and acceptance of science in contemporary societyโ€”like us, a psychology professor at the Air Force Academy and a long-time staffer at the National Center for Science Educationโ€”might be expected to be fascinated by the YouGov survey. Unfortunately, when we investigated the details, the result was as much confusion as clarity and as many questions as answers.

    When we asked YouGov for the actual response frequencies categorized by age, a public relations representative provided a spreadsheet with data. But it was impossible to reconcile the data with the original reportโ€™s results for a number of technical reasons, most importantly because the spreadsheetโ€™s data were more numerous, reflecting 10,374 respondents as opposed to the reportโ€™s 8,215…

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    • Lucille says:

      “… impossible to reconcile the data with the original reportโ€™s results for a number of technical reasons, most importantly because the spreadsheetโ€™s data were more numerous, reflecting 10,374 respondents as opposed to the reportโ€™s 8,215…”

      Say what! Who is the dumbest…the researchers that compiled the data or the flat-earthers? Throw the whole survey out..incompetent nincompoops. LOL x 100!

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  13. Jacqueline Taylor Robson says:

    I’ve seen some of their “evidence”. It can be laughable.

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  14. stella says:

    This happened to one of my Facebook friends:

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  15. auscitizenmom says:

    lilbirdee12โ€™s prayer:

    Our Heavenly Father, Your children come to you tonight to ask for healing and peace throughout our country so that we may return to being One Nation Under God. Guide us to be leaders in Your Kingdom, spreading Your Love and Salvation to all. Forgive us our sins and deliver us from evil.

    Lord, we ask for a blanket of protection over all our troops and law enforcement who serve to defend and protect us. Bless our representatives with the strength and wisdom they need to achieve the path You have chosen for us.

    Please place Your Guardian Angels of Protection around Donald Trump and Mike Pence and their families as they seek to lead America back to You.

    Grant us patience, Lord, as the evil ones try to anger us and cause us to fall.
    Spread blessings over Israel and Netanyahu.

    We humbly ask that You please comfort those who are grieving and in pain.
    Thank you Father, for Your Love and the gift of Life.

    In Jesus name, we pray. Amen.

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  16. Lucille says:

    Sunset over wheat fields….

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