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[easy rider]

I do that, too. When I'm not just eating it raw. But steamed asparagus is nice, too.

I like asparagus cooked most any way, that was just my preference.

 

[V-Tach]

Season 2 of Reacher will start on Dec. 15th................

 

[Eastexasrick]

The estuary where the Rivers Forth and Fife meet is called the Firth of Forth. I guess it was easier than the Firth of Fife?

 

[General Zod]

The estuary where the Rivers Forth and Fife meet is called the Firth of Forth. I guess it was easier than the Firth of Fife?

"Firth" is a Scots Gaelic version of the Norse term "Fjord", and of the several rivers that converge on the Firth, the Forth is the largest. Also, Edinburgh is on the south shore of the Firth of Forth.

 

[msharley]

I like asparagus cooked most any way, that was just my preference.

 

[msharley]

"Firth" is a Scots Gaelic version of the Norse term "Fjord", and of the several rivers that converge on the Firth, the Forth is the largest. Also, Edinburgh is on the south shore of the Firth of Forth.

And a happy Kilt day to you too, sir!

 

[General Zod]

And a happy Kilt day to you too, sir!

You should find the version with the "bonus" verse, when the Scotsman's wife finds the ribbon and demands to know what he was doing entering that kind of contest. The last line is "I didnae show it all, my love - just enough to win!"

 

[msharley]

You should find the version with the "bonus" verse, when the Scotsman's wife finds the ribbon and demands to know what he was doing entering that kind of contest. The last line is "I didnae show it all, my love - just enough to win!"

My "google fu" is about "google fung"....



Typical day/week doing "hot welds"...

So glad to be RETIRED!

 

[ZX9RCAM]

The new Rolling Stones concert is sponsored by AARP.

 

[orbitup]

The Egtved Girl (1390–1370 BC) was a Nordic Bronze Age girl whose well-preserved remains were discovered outside Egtved, Denmark in 1921. Aged 16–18 at death, she was slim, 1.6m tall, had short, blond hair and well-trimmed nails. Her burial has been dated by dendrochronology to 1370 BC.

In the coffin, girl was wrapped in an ox hide. She wore a loose, short tunic with sleeves reaching the elbow. She had a bare waist and wore a short string skirt. She had bronze bracelets, and a woollen belt with a large disc decorated with spirals and a spike. At her feet were the cremated remains of a child aged 5 to 6. By her head there was a small birch bark box that contained an awl, bronze pins, and a hair net.

Before the coffin was closed she was covered with a blanket and an ox hide. Flowering yarrow (indicating a summer burial) and a bucket of beer made of wheat, honey, bog-myrtle and cowberries were placed atop. Her distinctive outfit, which caused a sensation when it was unearthed in the 1920s, is the best preserved example of a style now known to be common in northern Europe during the Bronze Age. The good preservation of the Egtved Girl's outfit is due to the acidic bog conditions of the soil, which is a common condition of this locale.

 

[easy rider]

The Egtved Girl (1390–1370 BC) was a Nordic Bronze Age girl whose well-preserved remains were discovered outside Egtved, Denmark in 1921. Aged 16–18 at death, she was slim, 1.6m tall, had short, blond hair and well-trimmed nails. Her burial has been dated by dendrochronology to 1370 BC.

In the coffin, girl was wrapped in an ox hide. She wore a loose, short tunic with sleeves reaching the elbow. She had a bare waist and wore a short string skirt. She had bronze bracelets, and a woollen belt with a large disc decorated with spirals and a spike. At her feet were the cremated remains of a child aged 5 to 6. By her head there was a small birch bark box that contained an awl, bronze pins, and a hair net.

Before the coffin was closed she was covered with a blanket and an ox hide. Flowering yarrow (indicating a summer burial) and a bucket of beer made of wheat, honey, bog-myrtle and cowberries were placed atop. Her distinctive outfit, which caused a sensation when it was unearthed in the 1920s, is the best preserved example of a style now known to be common in northern Europe during the Bronze Age. The good preservation of the Egtved Girl's outfit is due to the acidic bog conditions of the soil, which is a common condition of this locale.

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About average in height for that period. While many believed the Nordic people were quite tall during that period and earlier, and while they were on average taller than other Europeans, it was only about an inch on average. 5' 9" for men and 5' 2 1/2" for women.

 

[popsgarland]

 

[easy rider]

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[ZX9RCAM]

Was

Damn.

 

[orbitup]

The JC Whitney catalog, once the king of mail order automotive accessories. And as far as I know there was no actual JC Whitney. The company was founded in 1915 by a Lithuanian Jewish immigrant named Israel Warshawsky, who began with a car scrapyard on Chicago's South Side. Taking a cue from Chicago mail order giants Sears and Montgomery Wards, he began selling auto parts via mail on South State Street and later Archer Avenue. At first his catalog bore his name, but later rebranded to the anglicized "JC Whitney."

Israel Warshawsky handed company leadership to his son Roy, following Roy's graduation from the U of Chicago in 1934, and Warshawsky fils made the company into little giant of retail mail. It really exploded after WW2 along with the auto industry. Unlike Honest Charlie or Moon, JCW wasn't really about speed equipment; it was about goofy knick-knacks and dress-up parts to personalize your heap.

Fun fact: Delta House in "Animal House" took their solemn fraternity oath on a JC Whitney catalog.

 

[1911'S 4 Me]

Today is Tina Turner's Birthday

 

[popper]

My dog likes asparagus.

 

[General Zod]

The vertical tail on every B-52 bomber...folds to the right.




It takes about 2 hours with a crane and a huge jackscrew to do it, but it's necessary to do any work on the rudder. On older models with the taller tail fin, it was also used to fit the bombers into hangers for more extensive maintenance work.

Detail shot on a jackscrew tool with the tail fold area:

 

[cycleguy2300]

The Egtved Girl (1390–1370 BC) was a Nordic Bronze Age girl whose well-preserved remains were discovered outside Egtved, Denmark in 1921. Aged 16–18 at death, she was slim, 1.6m tall, had short, blond hair and well-trimmed nails. Her burial has been dated by dendrochronology to 1370 BC.

In the coffin, girl was wrapped in an ox hide. She wore a loose, short tunic with sleeves reaching the elbow. She had a bare waist and wore a short string skirt. She had bronze bracelets, and a woollen belt with a large disc decorated with spirals and a spike. At her feet were the cremated remains of a child aged 5 to 6. By her head there was a small birch bark box that contained an awl, bronze pins, and a hair net.

Before the coffin was closed she was covered with a blanket and an ox hide. Flowering yarrow (indicating a summer burial) and a bucket of beer made of wheat, honey, bog-myrtle and cowberries were placed atop. Her distinctive outfit, which caused a sensation when it was unearthed in the 1920s, is the best preserved example of a style now known to be common in northern Europe during the Bronze Age. The good preservation of the Egtved Girl's outfit is due to the acidic bog conditions of the soil, which is a common condition of this locale.

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Weaving workshop Oldcraft

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[orbitup]

Ron Jeremy had an ugly custom Charger.