I love old Florida, and it’s rapidly disappearing
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I was actually okay with being part thick skulled, low-browed cave creature Bert. The more science learns about Neanderthals, the better the press they are getting. Here's what my report said, by the way:I am a really good mix. I am American Indian, Spanish, European Jew, Russian, English/Scot, Irish, Scandinavian, French and Austrian.
Ancestry does not mention Neanderthal as they want to not hurt our feelings.
You have 267 Neanderthal variants.
You have fewer Neanderthal variants than 63% of 23andMe customers.
Your Neanderthal ancestry accounts for less than 4% of your overall DNA.
My mom was born October 21, 1912.Oh my, what a lovely lady. And you can tell she was a lady. And that smile shows a woman who was content and happy.
My mother lived to be 95 also. There was never a day in her life that she could not get out of the bed until her final day and she just went to sleep. I asked mama what her secret was to good health and she answered, faith and trust in the Lord, being raised dirt poor and having to grow everything you ate and being thankful you had two good hands. Be thankful of everything you have even your cleanest dirty shirt.
This is our Old Home Place and the house I lived in after I was born. Mama was born in it too, in 1912.
Morning D
My nerves are starting to get the best of me; trying very hard to Let Go and Let God, but.....just so worried about what's going on. Basic training photos just posted the new arrival pics for my son's company - I couldn't find him anywhere
My DIL had a car accident last night; she was driving home a little late and swerved to avoid a deer. It was on a curve and she ended up going through an electric fence. Poor girl is badly shaken; has never been in an accident before, much less driving when it happens.
We don't know the damage to the car yet - she was able to drive it home, and all seems to be working. Husband is going down later today to check it out for her. All she had on the car was liability; let's hope it's just cosmetic damage and the car is basically fine.
My nerves are starting to get the best of me; trying very hard to Let Go and Let God, but.....just so worried about what's going on. Basic training photos just posted the new arrival pics for my son's company - I couldn't find him anywhere
My DIL had a car accident last night; she was driving home a little late and swerved to avoid a deer. It was on a curve and she ended up going through an electric fence. Poor girl is badly shaken; has never been in an accident before, much less driving when it happens.
We don't know the damage to the car yet - she was able to drive it home, and all seems to be working. Husband is going down later today to check it out for her. All she had on the car was liability; let's hope it's just cosmetic damage and the car is basically fine.
It is. When I was born Florida had about 3 million people total. Now we are well over 20 million. Most people know Florida only by our beaches and Mickey Mouse. They fly into South Florida or Orlando, get off the plane go to their hotel and leave in a few days. But Real Florida is much, much more. We are an agriculture state raising about every vegetable found in a salad and have cattle ranches that cover huge areas of land. Once upon a time only Texas raised more cattle and Florida can claim the first ranches in North America as they were introduced by Ponce de Leon back in the 1500's. My Florida uncles were all cowboys and citrus growers. My g-uncle J S. Taylor had over a 1,000 acres of land in Clearwater and raised cattle, citrus and had a packing house in Largo. This was his label that was placed on the orange crates when fruit was shipped. It is all gone now. Every bit of it.
Our old home place is long gone and now shopping centers, residential homes and condos dot the landscape. Not an orange tree or grapefruit tree in sight. We are over run with sprawl. I live 50 miles north of my old home place in a small county next to nature. I will live out my life in peace.
Bkocats, our prayers continue and we will increase. The darkest hour is just before dawn. The sun will shine again in your life and you will be a stronger woman after having been tested and tried. A month ago I was about to give up as I lay flat on my back for the first time. Today I feel great, getting stronger every day and am thankful I can interact with people like you on a UK message board. Your faith will see you through this.Morning D
My nerves are starting to get the best of me; trying very hard to Let Go and Let God, but.....just so worried about what's going on. Basic training photos just posted the new arrival pics for my son's company - I couldn't find him anywhere
My DIL had a car accident last night; she was driving home a little late and swerved to avoid a deer. It was on a curve and she ended up going through an electric fence. Poor girl is badly shaken; has never been in an accident before, much less driving when it happens.
We don't know the damage to the car yet - she was able to drive it home, and all seems to be working. Husband is going down later today to check it out for her. All she had on the car was liability; let's hope it's just cosmetic damage and the car is basically fine.
It is the Calvary Missionary Church, located across the road from an ice cream drive-in near the western city limit (headed toward Hawesville) on old Hwy 60. I was there in the mid 70s. I was the founder of the church even though the vacant church building was already there.
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I had strong suspicions of this all along but didn't want to make any accusations.
still kickin....been keeping up, not posting much...
Embrace the inner caveman Chief. If your ancestors are mostly European, you likely are part Neanderthal too. As noted above, I had 267 distinct Neanderthal genetic variants, and that was fewer than two-thirds of the people taking the test.
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I haven't done the ancestry thing yet but I have envisioned myself descended from royalty and perhaps the great philosophers of the past. But surely not from horse thieves and scalawags.
Any Jewish blood any of us have can probably be traced back to King Solomon. He had 700 wives and 300 concubines.
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I've always heard that Solomon was wise, but that ratio of wives to concubines seems way off to me.
- Good Morning, D-Leagueanites and Lurkers.
- 81º already in Johns Creek. Looks like rain sometime today. Hazy sky with lots of big clouds.
- 2nd mug of Dark Magic going.
- @Beverly: Hate it for your DIL and the deer accident. Glad she was not hurt. Don't worry too much about your son. He'll be starting over when he gets over his injury. BT is not easy.
- Yesterday, #4 stepped on a Copperhead in the house where she lives and cares for a little girl. It was a miracle that she was not bitten.
- Later #4 opened the door to a campaigner. No other adults were home. I have told her countless times not to do that, but she had a brain fart and did what she did. Damn.
- Just saw a Hummingbird.
- Be safe. Watch the IDMOS carefully.
- As you were. Carry on.
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Amen brother. When i first started coming to Florida decades ago, Destin was no more than a fishing village. Fort myers had neighborhoods around downtown, everything south of that was country/ farms. We would come to Clearwater and the only hotels/motels were little family run places. Nothing over two stories high .They started developing Cape Coral in the 60's, wasn't nothing but farms and woods. Now has about 200,000 peopleIt is. When I was born Florida had about 3 million people total. Now we are well over 20 million. Most people know Florida only by our beaches and Mickey Mouse. They fly into South Florida or Orlando, get off the plane go to their hotel and leave in a few days. But Real Florida is much, much more. We are an agriculture state raising about every vegetable found in a salad and have cattle ranches that cover huge areas of land. Once upon a time only Texas raised more cattle and Florida can claim the first ranches in North America as they were introduced by Ponce de Leon back in the 1500's. My Florida uncles were all cowboys and citrus growers. My g-uncle J S. Taylor had over a 1,000 acres of land in Clearwater and raised cattle, citrus and had a packing house in Largo. This was his label that was placed on the orange crates when fruit was shipped. It is all gone now. Every bit of it.
Our old home place is long gone and now shopping centers, residential homes and condos dot the landscape. Not an orange tree or grapefruit tree in sight. We are over run with sprawl. I live 50 miles north of my old home place in a small county next to nature. I will live out my life in peace.
I'm so sorry you're having to go through this BKO. You've really had a tough few days. Thankfully your DIL isn't hurt and hopefully you'll get some good news about your son very soon.Morning D
My nerves are starting to get the best of me; trying very hard to Let Go and Let God, but.....just so worried about what's going on. Basic training photos just posted the new arrival pics for my son's company - I couldn't find him anywhere
My DIL had a car accident last night; she was driving home a little late and swerved to avoid a deer. It was on a curve and she ended up going through an electric fence. Poor girl is badly shaken; has never been in an accident before, much less driving when it happens.
We don't know the damage to the car yet - she was able to drive it home, and all seems to be working. Husband is going down later today to check it out for her. All she had on the car was liability; let's hope it's just cosmetic damage and the car is basically fine.
Just saw the weather forecast through the weekend. Right now the Louisville area can expect up to 4 inches of rain from Friday through Sunday. That's a lot of rain BUT depending on the path that number could double. We need the rain but not that much.
Just checkin' in
Heading down to lake Barkley resort. Golf weekend ahead.
Probably gettin rained out though.... Might watching a lot of football instead.
Baby & Momma are doing great...she's a little cutie!
Be good errbody
Positive vibes sent Bko
see you Sunday
Heading down to lake Barkley resort. Golf weekend ahead.
Probably gettin rained out though.... Might watching a lot of football instead.
Baby & Momma are doing great...she's a little cutie!
Be good errbody
Positive vibes sent Bko
see you Sunday
Wow #4. Please be careful. This satan below is my greatest fear when I go into the outdoors. Eyes open and don't step into the unknown.
Sent mine off the 8th of August and am awaiting results. I think I am more Cromag than Neanderthal though so, we are not related.
took a chance to look one more time and and they had added one more pic........and it was him. I was afraid with all that's going on he wouldn't be included.
Maybe it bodes well that he was there?
My SIT
Maybe it bodes well that he was there?
My SIT
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BKO praying for your son!
The people here just seem so much more nice even if it's on the surface. The UK fans I met at the sec tailgate were very welcoming even though they knew I was a Louisville fan lol I know it's not gameday but it was still a nice gesture
oh I'm one of the nicest people you'd ever meet. Just ask @ymmot31 , @AustinTXCat and @Bert Higginbotha
BKO this might take your mind off things for a bit and bring back memories. Champs Rollerdrome (Camelot) pic from 1980. Didn't you say that you met your husband here?
https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/...G?width=1920&height=1440&fit=bounds&auto=webp
https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/...G?width=1920&height=1440&fit=bounds&auto=webp
Lol actually I met him at the Crestwood rink but that happened when it opened in 82, Before then I was at Camelot all the time.
I could very well be in that pic somewhere
I grew up in Graymoor subdivision which borders Herr Lane and Westport Road. Less than a 10-minute walk away. I spent a lot of time at Camelot Shopping Center.
I know the area well!
R. I.P Burt Reynolds. Good actor who brought a lot of joy to generations of movie goers
We really are nice.
oh I'm one of the nicest people you'd ever meet. Just ask @ymmot31 , @AustinTXCat and @Bert Higginbotha
I believe it! Sports affiliation should never define a person. I know Louisville fans suck but theres idiots everywhere!
OK, I've finally caught up. My computer has started acting up. I'll tolerate for awhile and then go splurge on another one. I get cheap ones that last about 3 years and then I buy a new model.
Dad and I did piddler malls in Indiana today. One in Clarksville and one in Jeffersonville. Today is senior day with it being the first Thursday of the month. I let him have a KK glazed donut. He's been reminding me for the last month or more that we should go there today. I was very tempted to have one myself but I didn't give in.
I might have one bourbon with you but I have a long drive home. Alcohol won't go too well with the speeds I anticipate.
I don't either.
Nope. Have no idea. We did stop at Ft. Duffield though. We couldn't go up the trail to see the actual fort.
These people here ARE nice! I am the most unnice of them all and my bark is worse than my bite. Some of my oldest and dearest friends are Louisville fans and it's never caused a problem.
TRUTH!! She does drive too fast at times though.
Dad and I did piddler malls in Indiana today. One in Clarksville and one in Jeffersonville. Today is senior day with it being the first Thursday of the month. I let him have a KK glazed donut. He's been reminding me for the last month or more that we should go there today. I was very tempted to have one myself but I didn't give in.
I might have one bourbon with you but I have a long drive home. Alcohol won't go too well with the speeds I anticipate.
Please get in contact with this guy. I don't understand the bushy eyebrows on old guys thing at all.
I don't either.
Nope. Have no idea. We did stop at Ft. Duffield though. We couldn't go up the trail to see the actual fort.
These people here ARE nice! I am the most unnice of them all and my bark is worse than my bite. Some of my oldest and dearest friends are Louisville fans and it's never caused a problem.
oh I'm one of the nicest people you'd ever meet. Just ask @ymmot31 , @AustinTXCat and @Bert Higginbotha
TRUTH!! She does drive too fast at times though.
I may or may not go to WAKY's 60th anniversary this Saturday at the zoo depending on the weather. A good friend of ours plays drums for The Wulfe Brothers so I'd hate to miss it. WAKY was a big part of my childhood.
https://www.courier-journal.com/sto...io-turns-60-groundbreaking-history/606794002/
https://www.courier-journal.com/sto...io-turns-60-groundbreaking-history/606794002/
I'm one of the few but my favorite Burt Reynolds film was W.W. And The Dixie Dancekings.
On the subject of old, somewhat obscure Burt Reynolds movies I came across The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing recently on TV. Really liked that movie as a kid - and liked that more serious, throwback to earlier movie icons Burt Reynolds. Once he became a huge personality he played most of his roles with an ironic wink at the audience, and was less interesting to me.
Run, Simon, Run was a good made for TV flick from 1970 co-starring the late Inger Stevens. I liked it but it's been decades since I've seen it.
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