The year I was born – 1947 – U.S. Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound.
After WWII, he was among several volunteers chosen to test-fly the experimental X-1 rocket plane, built by the Bell Aircraft Company to explore the possibility of supersonic flight.
For years, many aviators believed that man was not meant to fly faster than the speed of sound, theorizing that transonic drag rise would tear any aircraft apart. All that changed on October 14, 1947, when Yeager flew the X-1 over Rogers Dry Lake in Southern California. The X-1 was lifted to an altitude of 25,000 feet by a B-29 aircraft and then released through the bomb bay, rocketing to 40,000 feet and exceeding 662 miles per hour (the sound barrier at that altitude). The rocket plane, nicknamed “Glamorous Glennis” (after Yeager’s wife), was designed with thin, unswept wings and a streamlined fuselage modeled after a .50-caliber bullet.
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Mornin’ y’all!
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Good mornin’, Miss Wee! I don’t think this is too far from the truth. Yet here we are! Coffee’s ready!
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Mornin’ T!
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Morning Wee!
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Mornin’ Menage!
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Mornin’ Wee! Good one, and almost believable.
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Mornin’ Stella!
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lol
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I tend to believe and I expressed this to Victoria , the General Yeager’s daughter, the other day not only did this experimental program benefit the space race but in reality help tear down the Berlin Wall!! Remember , whomever controls the high ground wins the battle and at the time the moon was the high ground!!
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I tend to believe and I expressed this to Victoria , the General Yeager’s daughter, the other day not only did this experimental program benefit the space race but in reality help tear down the Berlin Wall!! Remember , whomever controls the high ground wins the battle and at the time the moon was the high ground!!
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Good mornin’, and Happy Monday, y’all! It’s Columbus Day. The Day so bad that statues have been torn down to make the world better. So glad they fixed it. This looks like a chrome/stainless version of one we’ve seen before…..but it’s snazzy. Carpe your coffee!
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Ooooooh – fancy!! Fill ‘er up, please!
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I like that idea!
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Thanks T, I’ll be in line several times!
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You know I love shiny things! Looks like a rocket ship, since we are on the subject.
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Mornin’ Tex! Looks like R2D2.
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Definitely robotic looking. Could Spielberg have received his inspiration from a coffee pot?
Stranger things have happened in the realm of art and imagination.
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On with the travelogue. Stopped in Memphis last night after basically a day of riding on the bus. This morning we started in Memphis, MS, went along the edge of Memphis, TN, and are now in Arkansas. Fields of cotton. Very different from yesterday’s sugar cane fields.
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Mornin’ Czarina!
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My mother and her siblings had to pick cotton on the family farm to pay for their school clothes. After watching “Places in the Heart” I had some idea of how hard this was.
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IIRC, Wee has some experience with that too.
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Morning, Menagerie!
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Good morning!
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😀 In later years when I’d kvetch about whatever job/chore I had going on, my Uncle Rod would say (and about his own, too) ” well, it beats pickin’ cotton…”
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It is. Hotter ‘n hell, buggy and bloody.
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Wonder how many people know what it takes to make the items they purchase?
Since a lot of less expensive cotton clothing comes from other countries, I was curious as to whether cotton was still picked by hand in other countries.
This is what I found: “Hand-harvesting is still the standard in many other countries and you can see that done in many areas of Turkey, India, China, Africa, etc. In these places, the people who harvest are still picking cotton the way it was done in the US …”
https://hundredpercentcotton.com/farm/how-is-cotton-picked-nowadays/
Small amounts are still done by hand here in the U.S., for specific purposes.
In Pakistan, the work is usually done by women.
Here’s another first person account:
https://www.cottonfarming.com/my-turn/simple-rules-for-hand-picking-cotton/
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The economic foundation of the old South, ‘cane and cotton.
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Yup, and rice and pecans. Afternoon Reflection!
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National Online Bank Day – some of us are still afraid to do this
National Kick Butt Day – make it happen
Native American Day
Columbus Day
National Real Sugar Day
National Dessert Day – anything you want!!!
National Be Bald and be Free Day – but they still have to shave their heads. Seems to me like combing would be easier.
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Real Sugar Day pairs nicely with your travelogue today.
The only “butt” I need to kick is my own, to get back to work!
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morn all. it was in the 30’s last night..I went out with just a warm vest over my shirt and got too cold. wont do that again. but the sun is shining bright.
hope everyone is doing well and is rested up for a new week of liberal lies.
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Good morning mom! I turned on the heat for the first time this season. Sunny, but cold.
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my heat has been on for weeks, but only runs a couple of times a day for a few minutes each time. I think this place is well insulated.
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I’m thinking ours will kick on some night this week. So far, the house is staying warm at night.
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I had my windows open, and it got downright cold yesterday. It was in the 50’s outside.
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Afternoon Mom!
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As some of you know, my husband recently has had some very difficult times, health wise. Spent 6 days in the hospital, and had two trips to the ER. It seems to be narrowed down to GI issues, and we are still waiting on test results, but pretty sure cancer is ruled out, and some other worst case stuff, but noting is sure until biopsies come back.
Since most of us here are in the same age group, I thought I might share some things that may be helpful if you get sick, and it won’t go away. Some I knew, some I didn’t. Some are obviously related to GI/colon issues, some not. I really hope this may help someone.
Don’t ignore increased temperature that won’t go away, even if it’s low grade.
Don’t ignore bowel and GI issues, even if you’ve had them off and on for years, or if you think they are related to something you know, like gallbladder removal. And, if you’ve had your gall bladder removed, and you have issues like most people do, see a GI specialist. There are medications that can greatly help you. My husband’s family has so many members who’ve had theirs removed, some even when very young, and a lot of them eat healthy and shouldn’t be having problems. They, and his friends, all have similar issues and problems, and he just thought it was something to live with.
If something changes health wise, even if the symptoms are minor, but they persist for a period of time, see your doctor. Minor things may not get gradually worse. You may find yourself at the edge of a serious crisis one day while your body has been sending signs for awhile. The small things may be all the warning you get.
Finally, something near and dear to my heart. I’ve discussed it over at the Tree some. I love fermented foods. Got hooked on them close to ten years ago, I’d guess, because I had to take several courses of antibiotics, and it destroyed the good bacteria in my gut, as well as the bad.
Learning a lot more, I discovered so many more reasons probiotics are good for you, but I’ll focus on my conversation with the nurse practitioner from the GI team. She said, everything you’ve read about fermented foods and probiotics is true. She advises getting them from a number of food sources as well as pills. The best supplements are kind of pricey, and you’ll find them in refrigerated sections of places like Whole Foods.
We are drinking kombucha and kefir, eating fermented pickles and sauerkraut. If you will eat kraut, get the fermented kind that’s in the refrigerated section of the produce department. I love kimchi pickles, and the liquid from them is good on salads.
If you use foods and supplements that have live cultures, you’ll help yourself in lots of ways, health wise, but you may well help keep your colon healthy enough to ward off some serious events. This is straight from the NP in the GI group who works with their hospitalized patients.
I highly recommend looking into further reasons to incorporate fermented foods into your diet. Cultured Food Life is a great source for tons of information and recipes. Right now, I’m just buying all our fermented food, but it’s easy to make, and cheaper.
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Fermented food with live cultures will always be found refrigerated. Again, stuff like sauerkraut that has been canned, even if put up yourself, has all the cultures killed in the process.
Fermented foods are safe. It’s a thousands of years old method of safely preserving food.
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Is the kraut still effective after cooking, Menage? Say, a crockpot of sausage, kraut, potatoes and dark beer?
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No Wee, you get anything over 110* and it loses viability. My best advice would be cook the other stuff and put the kraut on top. If that doesn’t work what I’d do is cook in regular kraut as you always do, and then dump a couple of spoons full of the good fermented stuff on it after it’s cooled a minute or two.
The only fermented food I am aware of cooking is sourdough bread.
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Good ideas!
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I notice that my local market now sells both refrigerated sauerkraut and kimchi, with live cultures.
ADD: So does Costco.
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If you see any of those kimchi pickles by a company called Cleveland, you might like them. A bit on the spicy side, but not too bad, and they come in a very thick liquid, thick enough to pour on salads or meats on sandwiches.
I found them just a few days ago, and I am going to go get a couple more pints in a few days. I’ve mowed through them. My husband likes them on his sandwiches, but they are cut very thick, and I slice them thinner for him. Man, thy are so far my favorite fermented food ever.
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The Kimchi and sauerkraut that I mentioned are Cleveland brand.
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Good advice. I’ve noticed you can now buy cottage cheese with live cultures, and it is readily available. I eat yogurt, and I loved my homemade sauerkraut. Going to make it again, and it keeps forever in your refrigerator. One thing about refrigerated sauerkraut from the supermarket is that some don’t have active cultures, but they do have more preservatives than the canned or jarred kind.
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I only get the fermented kind. A company called Bubbie’s makes fermented sauerkraut, and pickles. And you can find a lot of kimchi, which I’ve never been brave enough to try, but after those pickles, I might.
It’s good to get a variety of fermented food sources because there are so many strains of good bacteria.
In reading up on some of the potential colon issues, I discovered that if all else fails, some doctors are doing procedures that actually re-introduce colonies of good bacteria into the colon.
I like a lot of fermented vegetables too. I went to a meeting once where people brought their ferments and exchanged recipes. Lots of good stuff there. I especially liked dilly green beans.
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Cleveland brand makes a mild Kimchi with garlic, greens and red pepper. I put it in my next grocery order. I’ll let you know what it is like.
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That transfer of fecal matter from one family member to the one needing it is done commonly now. I have had several patients who did it and are excellent now.
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The shadow-banning at FB is starting to really kick in. I haven’t even posted anything to flame the fire, but apparently they saw a couple comments to other’s posts. What a crock.
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I’m happy that I quit FB, and I have to say that I don’t miss it. I do spend a little bit of time on Twitter/X every day, but that’s a different experience.
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Stopped in Lambert’s restaurant, famous for Throwed Rolls, in Sikeston, MO. There is also one in Foley, AL and Branson, MO. I tried to do a picture on Imgur but no luck. Then we moved into Illinois, dried corn in fields. Going to Casey, IL, the little big town to see the largest rocking chair, etc for a half hour, then into Indiana.
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Tell my Hoosier peeps howdy! What part of the state are you heading to?
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Travelling through, on the way to Indianapolis tonight, then Michigan tomorrow, and Niagara Falls the next day. The goals of the trip are the Falls for two days, then down to Amish country for a day, and back to SW Louisiana by next Monday
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Zoom zoom zoom! Enjoy the Falls. Best time of the year to be up that way! You’re certainly not letting any grass grow under your feet! Have fun!
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Sounds like a fun trip! I hope you packed your woolies. It’s in the mid 40’s here in SE Michigan.
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