Incredible. I had no idea Illinois had something like this. About all I know about Illinois is flying in and out of Chicago on business and almost getting shot in East St Louis.
That is some beautiful scenery
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That is some beautiful scenery
Who would have thunk it? Not me. Had no idea something like that would be in Illinois.
But Rooster if you call me a molluscs again you are in deep dodo.
Them are some fightin' words. Call me anything but a dang molluscs. I am going to have some molluscs for supper tonight in the form of scallops alfredo.
The far southern part of Illinois is also called Little Egypt. The first settlers thought it reminded them of Egypt. If you look at a map, that portion of the state has lots of cities with Egyptian names, such as Joppa, Karnak, and of course Cairo. I drive through Cairo 2 or 3 times a week delivering to a customer. You would not believe Cairo. It's where the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers meet. You'd think it would be a large city because of location, but it's a total disaster. The bankers in Cairo loaned the money to the people who built Chicago. When riverboats were king, Cairo per capita was the richest town in the USA. There's a street called Millionaire's Row where the owners of the riverboat companies lived. President Grant spent a lot of time there visiting his rich friends. When DC was named our capital, Cairo made the final 5 or 6 cities they chose from. It went down hill over the years, but was still a decent city till the race riots of the sixties. There's probably only 1000 or so people there now. I'll see if I can find some pictures of Cairo.
I think we all saw this coming. From what I've heard, this is addition by subtraction.
I had to know what BB was hinting at so while investigating I laughed out loud then read my condensed summery of a couple of published investigations, laughed again and posted the simplified the answer. Not my words but my interpretation. The zoologist in me loves this stuff. BB's nightcrawlers & Sawnee's scallops are apparently biological sisters in the tree of life. The biological terms have Latin roots because the language is a dead one.Very True. This just for you. The parsimonious tree based on molecular data, indicates a sister relationship of the Annelids (Earthworms) and Bivalvia (Scallops). Testing the hypotheses on the phylogenetic relationships suggest that the molluscs and annelids form a monophyletic lineage and unites the molluscan taxa to a monophyletic group supporting the Eutrochozoa hypothesis and the monophyly of annelids and molluscs.
All of that is way, way above my pay grade.
But Rooster if you call me a molluscs again you are in deep dodo.
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I just finished a nice plate of my scallops Alfredo and I must say if night crawlers taste anything like their sister the scallop I might start eating worms. I think they do eat them in Africa.I had to know what BB was hinting at so while investigating I laughed out loud then read my condensed summery of a couple of published investigations, laughed again and posted the simplified the answer. Not my words but my interpretation. The zoologist in me loves this stuff. BB's nightcrawlers & Sawnee's scallops are apparently biological sisters in the tree of life. The biological terms have Latin roots because the language is a dead one.
Any worm eaters on here? I have a yard full of them.
I ate a robin once . . . worm eater extraordinaire and it tasted like dirt so I'd be careful. In grade school, we had a kid named Haskell and he'd eat one for a nickel. His pockets would bulge after a decent rain.
That’s some fascinating Kentucky history Bert. Thanks for sharing. I used to literally dream of finding one of those spots where points were plentiful, and you could come upon caches with several tools or blades. For me, it was usually hours of hunting through plowed fields or creek banks for a single arrowhead - or often nothing.
It’s amazing how many points are out there still. Or maybe not so surprising. There were hundreds of generations from the early archaic to the late woodland, with maybe a few million people per generation, and who knew how many relics each person owned in a lifetime? That’s many billions of relics spread around.
What a comeback by Bama. A win tomorrow could give them a #1 seed. Not that I'm all that excited about the NCAA right now. Just mildly curious.
p.s. If Duke makes it in tomorrow I'll be upset.
p.s. If Duke makes it in tomorrow I'll be upset.
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Rick Pitino's Iona team going to the big dance. Gaels won their conference tourney as a 9-seed.
I'll always be thankful to Pitino for his job bringing UK back from the abyss BUT I'll still never forgive him for taking on the UL job. Regardless, the man is a hell of a coach.
UTexas Longhorns won the Big XII Tournament Championship. First ever. Wife very happy. Couple seasons ago, many folks thought Shaka Smart might get the ax.
FSU vs GaTech coming up in the ACC championship game. I'm pulling for the 'Noles and Leonard Hamilton, who I'm quite sure y'all remember very well from his days on Joe B's staff.
FSU vs GaTech coming up in the ACC championship game. I'm pulling for the 'Noles and Leonard Hamilton, who I'm quite sure y'all remember very well from his days on Joe B's staff.
If WC is not, he ought to be. I knew of the faint connection but was not positive. If I had to eat a nightcrawler I'd definitely have to have some Alfredo sauce on them.
Oh, I hope all had a great day. I kept up reading but gave all a break today from obtuseville. God Bless you all and may your Daylight Savings time bring you.....more daylight. Have a great day tomorrow and a restful night tonight.
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Good morning from ATX. Currently 55°F, cloudy with a light drizzle. Expect today's high reaching around 77°F.
All our clocks except one already switched for Daylight Savings Time. Must set my wristwatch. Gotta love technology.
GaTech beat the 'Noles last night. Bah!
Chores and errands on my agenda today.
Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.
All our clocks except one already switched for Daylight Savings Time. Must set my wristwatch. Gotta love technology.
GaTech beat the 'Noles last night. Bah!
Chores and errands on my agenda today.
Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.
Maybe the Chinese dropped an EMP North of the Mason-Dixon. Most.of our automated/electronic clocks didn't switch times. First ever that I can remember. Only our phones did the switch. Got a weather station that gets it's time from a gov't atomic/radio wave deal in Colorado...didn't do it. Laptop didn't. Home phone system didn't. Weird. Finally had to 'ask' Google nest (?) and Alexa to see if some little inanimate object sitting here and there in the house could tell me.
But now I'm up to the 'times'.
Everyone have a good Lord's Day....and eat a few chips.
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And we Spring Forward once again. Our two Senators are pushing bills to eliminate this falling back and springing forward. A total useless thing in a modern world. 95% of us do not need an extra hour to pick our cotton. Two states have it right, Indiana and Arizona. The rest of us are in the dark ages. I know it was started to "conserve energy" but In my opinion DST is one thing Ben Franklin should have kept to himself.
Oh well, the sun is rising in my hometown so all is well.
Morning folks. It is a cloudy 48.4°F with rain in the forecast.
I watched all the SEC Tourney games. Alabama is a good team, but if they are a 1 seed then the whole country is really way down.
I watched all the SEC Tourney games. Alabama is a good team, but if they are a 1 seed then the whole country is really way down.
Good morning D-League. Shortest day of the year -- seems like by law that should be a Monday (I get why that wouldn't work, but still...)
This, of course, used to be one of the best days of the year -- Selection Sunday. May we all be here healthy and excited and arguing over whether the Cats are a 1 or 2 seed in exactly one year.
I hope you all are having a good day so far.
This, of course, used to be one of the best days of the year -- Selection Sunday. May we all be here healthy and excited and arguing over whether the Cats are a 1 or 2 seed in exactly one year.
I hope you all are having a good day so far.
Morning Legionnaires!
Nothing much on tap today other than eating a cold cut sandwich for lunch today so I can compliment it with Potato Chips! Those freakin national whatever days.
It is a strange and sad feeling. Nothing to look forward to on selection Sunday. I feel like one would if the doors were locked and I was forced to spend the night in the yard with the critters. A total loneliness and rejection. College basketball has forsaken us. We are the ugly girl not invited to the Senior Prom. Rejection. Unwanted. We are below ordinary. A bottom dweller.
Check out UK track star Abby Steiner from Dublin, OH. She tied the Women's NCAA 200m indoor record last night. Wow.
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I had one of them in a 50 gallon pot......I wheeled it in and out of the garage for six or seven years......the bambo trellis I put in the pot for it in rotted off......I have a 5-star cactus that a good friend brought back from Arizona 45 yrs ago........I'm getting too old to be moving these pots in and out...........Since we are left at home without any more basketball and my interest is vanished, I am going to spend the day working outside.
We picked up five Mandevilla plants yesterday, red and yellow that I am going to cultivate on a trellis. These plants love hot weather and full sunshine, I have a spot for them. A sample below. Some people call them Rocktrumpets
The current theme on American Indians are that they were these perfect peace loving folks who took care of their world and lived lightly on the land. Of course none of that is true as they were involved with wars against every other tribe in their area and they altered the land to their benefit as much as they could.
Here is an article about the Barrens (Barren County was named after). Europeans first thought the area to be arid and not as productive until they found out that the Indians set it on fire ever spring. The Indians set it on fire because it was easier to hunt deer, elk, bears and other small game in a clearing than dense forest.
It is a boring read but very informative.
Yep, me too. My shop and garage are filled with plants all winter. I am tired of hauling them in and out, but Sherry throws a fit ever time I mention getting rid of them.
Nobody can eat just one........
Last Fall I put 37 X-large pots in the garage........every year the Director drags in more pots and more plants......I told her when she mentioned it was almost time to get them out........"when the mules ears are hanging down...... it means he is wore out"......
Nobody can eat just one........
That's exactly why I eat just none.
Oh, a joyful day to you all. God will provide. God Bless you.
I almost fell off of the Odd Fellow building on Muhammid Ali St. one night......It is across from the Pendinis club.....one of the roof hatches blew off in a storm.......I had to climb out of one hatch and was going to slide down a few feet to put the cover on the one that was half off......the roof had just been painted and I just barely caught the second frame as I slid by.......there was box gutters and they wouldn't have stopped me......I would have been a blob on the roof of the Budget building........it looked like a bobcat had scratched the roof..........I had the red roof paint jammed under my finger nails........we remodeled that building twice and both times I had close calls of falling..........now they want to tear it down........
Thanks Bert. I agree on all counts. Did you ever read the book 1491? Some of these ideas are part of that author's thesis, applied to the entire hemisphere as it existed just before Europeans arrived. The author talks about how extensively the Indians altered the landscape with slash/and/burn, all over North America. What Europeans assumed were natural rolling prairies had been denuded of forests in many places by Indians creating easier hunting opportunities. If you've never come across the book, I found it illuminating, if a little politically correct: No writer today is going to be blunt or completely honest about Native American culture. Not if he or she hopes to do it as a living.
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Yes sir.......I used it on one on my eye lid.......if you will read the instructions I think it said to not get it on mucous membranes...........I held a little pc of paper towel below it so it wouldn't leak into my eye......I would just swipe the brush off before applying it......I am about 16-18 weeks into using it......I used it several times a day.....for several weeks.....the skin where the tag was is still scaly but the tag is just a memory.....I did get some in my eye a few times......burns like hell...........a drop or two of eye wash neutralizes it very fast.........I understand tying them off to get rid of them but I wanted the doggone thing off of my eyelid.......it was causing my eyelid to droop.......and it didn't appear to quit growing.........I am ugly enough without any extra embellishments.......
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