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Post by toshtego on Apr 4, 2021 11:42:22 GMT -5
Keys found.
Between the cedar chest for woolens and the boot rack in a space 1/2 inch wide. Overlooked previously owing to dust and dog hair accumulation.
Thank you for the many helpful suggestions.
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Post by Plainsman on Apr 4, 2021 11:50:21 GMT -5
SO glad St Anthony came thru for you.
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Post by urbino on Apr 4, 2021 13:09:21 GMT -5
Keys found. Between the cedar chest for woolens and the boot rack in a space 1/2 inch wide. Overlooked previously owing to dust and dog hair accumulation. Thank you for the many helpful suggestions. Gah! That was going to be my very next guess!
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Post by Plainsman on Apr 4, 2021 13:32:14 GMT -5
On this day fifty-three years ago, 4 April 1968, Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated.
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Post by urbino on Apr 4, 2021 13:41:01 GMT -5
On this day fifty-three years ago, 4 April 1968, Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated. If any of you haven't been to the National Civil Rights Museum here in Memphis, on the site of the former Lorraine Motel, and find yourselves in the area, block out a couple of hours and go. It's a moving experience.
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Post by oldcajun123 on Apr 4, 2021 14:08:44 GMT -5
So unnessary for humanity, the nation and family. š¢
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Post by Yohanan on Apr 4, 2021 18:31:59 GMT -5
Keys found. Between the cedar chest for woolens and the boot rack in a space 1/2 inch wide. Overlooked previously owing to dust and dog hair accumulation. Thank you for the many helpful suggestions.
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Post by trailboss on Apr 4, 2021 18:36:32 GMT -5
Keys found. Between the cedar chest for woolens and the boot rack in a space 1/2 inch wide. Overlooked previously owing to dust and dog hair accumulation. Thank you for the many helpful suggestions. I am glad that you found them. I cannot take any of the credit, but as the family was together for Easter this morning, your name was mentioned in a prayer. My granddaughter still thinks Peter Cotton-tail delivered her basket though....so PeterC might have had something to do with it.
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Post by trailboss on Apr 4, 2021 18:40:12 GMT -5
True.
I lived in the Bay Area for 25 years and St. Anthony's was always there for the less fortunate. I am not Catholic, Protestant but that ministry definitely has a well deserved reputation for aiding the poor.
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Post by oldcajun123 on Apr 4, 2021 18:41:30 GMT -5
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Post by Gypo on Apr 4, 2021 19:02:50 GMT -5
Keys found. Between the cedar chest for woolens and the boot rack in a space 1/2 inch wide. Overlooked previously owing to dust and dog hair accumulation. Thank you for the many helpful suggestions. Glad you found your keys I get pretty pissed off when I loose stuff. As some know I work for a railroad and they have lost or can not remember where they put a train that's over I mile long!
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Post by pepesdad1 on Apr 4, 2021 19:35:58 GMT -5
On this day fifty-three years ago, 4 April 1968, Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated. WOW, I really feel old when I read how long ago it was...and the day JFK was assassinated...I remember exactly where I was...I guess we all have those moments. Our generation saw so much tragedy from VN and on further...world hasn't learned a thing.
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Post by bigwoolie on Apr 4, 2021 19:55:17 GMT -5
Rainy, this afternoon, but no wind. Held the last service at the church today as pastor. Had a big Easter dinner. Home now packing for the trip to Texas in the morning flying down to my daughterās wedding. It looks like all 7 of my kids, including the Marine in Hawaii, and all of my grandkids are gonna be there. Thatās rare as I have a daughter-in-law that donāt like me ( I have too much toxic masculinity for her taste.She tried to push me around once and it ended badly). It should be a grand time, Iām really looking forward to it. Gonna be there relaxing for most of a week
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Post by toshtego on Apr 4, 2021 21:30:06 GMT -5
On this day fifty-three years ago, 4 April 1968, Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated. I well remember that day. We lived in Washington D.C. My father worked downtown at HUD on 15th Street. The District exploded in violent protests. Fires burning everywhere. Looters, shooting, bad. I had to drive downtown to pick my dad up from work as he remained on the job until normal closing time while everyone else fled the area. Ithaca 16 gauge pump with Number 4 Birdshot on the seat next to me. That was the best I could do! Fortunately, not needed. When we got home, many of my friends had arrived to shelter as they were caught in the open after curfew. That was fun. Dad made me drive the girls home to their families, gosh darn it!!! No one was supposed to be on the streets at night driving. Our Land Rover looked enough like a military vehicle, the D.C. Metro Police could not really tell the difference or did not care so we were allowed to pass at the roadblocks. The rest of us hung out and waited until dawn. 82nd Airborne set up a sandbag position on our street complete with an M-60. They were not kidding when they said "Stay inside!" It was a sad day despite all the excitement for this teenager. I was fond of Dr. King and could not believe he had been murdered. We all understood why the city erupted, it was hard to see the destruction.
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Post by urbino on Apr 4, 2021 22:19:55 GMT -5
On this day fifty-three years ago, 4 April 1968, Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated. I well remember that day. We lived in Washington D.C. My father worked downtown at HUD on 15th Street. The District exploded in violent protests. Fires burning everywhere. Looters, shooting, bad. I had to drive downtown to pick my dad up from work as he remained on the job until normal closing time while everyone else fled the area. Ithaca 16 gauge pump with Number 4 Birdshot on the seat next to me. That was the best I could do! Fortunately, not needed. When we got home, many of my friends had arrived to shelter as they were caught in the open after curfew. That was fun. Dad made me drive the girls home to their families, gosh darn it!!! No one was supposed to be on the streets at night driving. Our Land Rover looked enough like a military vehicle, the D.C. Metro Police could not really tell the difference or did not care so we were allowed to pass at the roadblocks. The rest of us hung out and waited until dawn. 82nd Airborne set up a sandbag position on our street complete with an M-60. They were not kidding when they said "Stay inside!" It was a sad day despite all the excitement for this teenager. I was fond of Dr. King and could not believe he had been murdered. We all understood why the city erupted, it was hard to see the destruction. It was a bad day for the country. A bad year. I am sorely tempted to make a remark about the mild forms of protest people these days get the vapors over, but the people who need to hear it won't hear it, and the people who already know it don't need to hear it, which is why I stopped talking about such things at all several years ago. My uncle was putting himself through seminary here in Memphis in '68, selling Bibles. I know, it sounds like a Flannery O'Connor story, but he actually did, and there's no wooden leg involved. He was on his way to make a delivery when MLK was shot, and was unaware it had happened. The customer was a lady who happened to be black and lived in a black neighborhood. She physically blocked the door and wouldn't let him leave for several hours, till she thought it was safe.
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Post by Plainsman on Apr 4, 2021 22:42:35 GMT -5
I have past experiences with the 82d Airborne. I had a pass signed by their commanding general to pass thru their roadblocks to get to my home. This was not some foreign country, but right here in the good ol' US of A. October of 1962. Guess where?
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Post by oldcajun123 on Apr 5, 2021 8:03:08 GMT -5
I have had 2 experiences working at Exxon in Baton Rouge. Our plant was in the black section of the City, as a shift worker we were on the road during bad things happening. I rode to work with my .45 on my lap and a shotgun on the passengers seat. Then we had the Black Panthers March assaulted a tv reporter and crippled him for life. For a week it was bad times. Again I rode with firearms, thank God nothing happened, Many people didnāt venture out of their houses. Much unrest, not like now, people were very afraid.
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Post by toshtego on Apr 5, 2021 9:26:08 GMT -5
I have had 2 experiences working at Exxon in Baton Rouge. Our plant was in the black section of the City, as a shift worker we were on the road during bad things happening. I rode to work with my .45 on my lap and a shotgun on the passengers seat. Then we had the Black Panthers March assaulted a tv reporter and crippled him for life. For a week it was bad times. Again I rode with firearms, thank God nothing happened, Many people didnāt venture out of their houses. Much unrest, not like now, people were very afraid. Then we come to realize that those people we fear are our neighbors. Angry and frustrated, lashing out. When those events happen, no one feels neighborly. That is the challenge.
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Post by Plainsman on Apr 5, 2021 10:00:33 GMT -5
Challenging times, for sure. Folks in these parts are pretty much in the we-don't-care bin. Our relative isolation has always made for a kind of indifference to outside events. There's good and bad about that. "News" here is most often about calving season and that sort of thing. No fear of neighbors and no lashing out. I guess we're just not up-to-date.
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Post by toshtego on Apr 5, 2021 11:53:04 GMT -5
Challenging times, for sure. Folks in these parts are pretty much in the we-don't-care bin. Our relative isolation has always made for a kind of indifference to outside events. There's good and bad about that. "News" here is most often about calving season and that sort of thing. No fear of neighbors and no lashing out. I guess we're just not up-to-date. My area is famous for its isolation. Until the two lane highway was paved in the early 1960s, it took most of the day to travel to Taos, 45 miles as the birds fly but a tortious mountain journey crossing creeks and ruts up and down switchbacks. Mostly, folks stayed put here. No TV. No radio. No electricity.
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Post by Plainsman on Apr 5, 2021 17:32:06 GMT -5
I have past experiences with the 82d Airborne. I had a pass signed by their commanding general to pass thru their roadblocks to get to my home. This was not some foreign country, but right here in the good ol' US of A. October of 1962. Guess where? I need to correct this. My memory temporarily failed me: It was the 101st Airborne, not the 82d. My apologies.
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Post by urbino on Apr 5, 2021 19:52:37 GMT -5
I have past experiences with the 82d Airborne. I had a pass signed by their commanding general to pass thru their roadblocks to get to my home. This was not some foreign country, but right here in the good ol' US of A. October of 1962. Guess where? I need to correct this. My memory temporarily failed me: It was the 101st Airborne, not the 82d. My apologies. I think the 101st was deployed to Detroit at some point. Not sure if it was '62.
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Post by Plainsman on Apr 5, 2021 22:55:19 GMT -5
A little further south...
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Post by urbino on Apr 5, 2021 23:18:31 GMT -5
A little further south... Wasn't Little Rock. That was '57. Was that Meredith?
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Post by Plainsman on Apr 6, 2021 8:59:51 GMT -5
Bingo. James Meredith. John Doar. James Wilson Webb. Karl Fleming. Nina Goolsby. Faulkner. Ancient history now. A long sordid story.
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Post by toshtego on Apr 6, 2021 19:25:27 GMT -5
I have much trouble hearing people speak. Those who are not trained as stage actors might as well remain silent as I will never hear them.
So, for less than $30 I bought a listening amplifier from Radio Shack. It uses headphones which I have on hand. It is very sensitive and powerful. Has an adjustable 3 Band Equalizer and Balance adjustment. It is slightly thinner than a pack of cigarettes and so fits neatly in a shirt pocket. Two microphones. I can wear this set up for meetings and follow what is being said for a change.
The tiny hearing aids popular now are priced way out of my budget so this is a good compromise.
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Post by urbino on Apr 6, 2021 19:37:32 GMT -5
I have much trouble hearing people speak. Those who are not trained as stage actors might as well remain silent as I will never hear them. So, for less than $30 I bought a listening amplifier from Radio Shack. It uses headphones which I have on hand. It is very sensitive and powerful. Has an adjustable 3 Band Equalizer and Balance adjustment. It is slightly thinner than a pack of cigarettes and so fits neatly in a shirt pocket. Two microphones. I can wear this set up for meetings and follow what is being said for a change. The tiny hearing aids popular now are priced way out of my budget so this is a good compromise. Glad you found something that works for you. Things like that can make a huge difference in a person's quality of life. Over the past 4-5 years, I find I'm having more and more trouble understanding conversation in crowded/noisy places like restaurants, etc. I can't pull the words out of the background noise very well. I've never liked crowded/noisy places anyway, but I avoid them even more, now. That's how a person gradually becomes isolated. I'm glad you found a way to break back out of some of it, John.
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Post by toshtego on Apr 6, 2021 20:07:16 GMT -5
I have much trouble hearing people speak. Those who are not trained as stage actors might as well remain silent as I will never hear them. So, for less than $30 I bought a listening amplifier from Radio Shack. It uses headphones which I have on hand. It is very sensitive and powerful. Has an adjustable 3 Band Equalizer and Balance adjustment. It is slightly thinner than a pack of cigarettes and so fits neatly in a shirt pocket. Two microphones. I can wear this set up for meetings and follow what is being said for a change. The tiny hearing aids popular now are priced way out of my budget so this is a good compromise. Glad you found something that works for you. Things like that can make a huge difference in a person's quality of life. Over the past 4-5 years, I find I'm having more and more trouble understanding conversation in crowded/noisy places like restaurants, etc. I can't pull the words out of the background noise very well. I've never liked crowded/noisy places anyway, but I avoid them even more, now. That's how a person gradually becomes isolated. I'm glad you found a way to break back out of some of it, John. I am often reminded of the movie "Witness for the Prosecution", 1957. Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester., Torin Thatcher, Henry Daniels, John Williams. From Agatha Christie's excellent book. Anyway, the wonderful elderly Una O'Connor is testifying in the Queen's open court about a murder and complaining that the National Health Service has not provided her with a proper Hearing Aid. Thus, this limits her witness abilities. The Judge, admirably played by Mr. Frances Compton (1885-1964), remarks, "Considering the amount of ROT spoken today, you are better off, Madam." That is how I felt about Hearing Aids for many years.
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Post by urbino on Apr 6, 2021 20:15:31 GMT -5
Glad you found something that works for you. Things like that can make a huge difference in a person's quality of life. Over the past 4-5 years, I find I'm having more and more trouble understanding conversation in crowded/noisy places like restaurants, etc. I can't pull the words out of the background noise very well. I've never liked crowded/noisy places anyway, but I avoid them even more, now. That's how a person gradually becomes isolated. I'm glad you found a way to break back out of some of it, John. I am often reminded of the movie "Witness for the Prosecution", 1957. Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester., Torin Thatcher, Henry Daniels, John Williams. From Agatha Christie's excellent book. Anyway, the wonderful elderly Una O'Connor is testifying in the Queen's open court about a murder and complaining that the National Health Service has not provided her with a proper Hearing Aid. Thus, this limits her witness abilities. The Judge, admirably played by Mr. Frances Compton (1885-1964), remarks, "Considering the amount of ROT spoken today, you are better off, Madam." That is how I felt about Hearing Aids for many years. Heh. I always enjoyed that movie when it was on, but I don't remember that exchange. Laughton directed it, didn't he?
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Post by trailboss on Apr 6, 2021 21:17:12 GMT -5
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