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[starchief5]

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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World history is all about one smarter and more powerful group of people taking what once belonged to another weaker group of people (who probably took it from an even weaker group). It can never be made "right."

*The fight over Palestine is a good example of this. Whose land is this?

Someone once said that Europeans taking over the US from the native Americans was inevitable but that the manner in which they did it did not have to be inevitable.

 

[AustinTXCat]

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The last time I stayed with my daughter in England I walked a bunch......I averaged 15 miles a day.......I never found one coin......ever.............When I came home I kept the walking habit for a while......I would ride to work with the Director and walk home then would walk back down to ride home with her.........I don't think I ever came home empty handed......I always found coins.......look in the expansion strips at road intersections........I find quarters there......I used to tell my grandchildren that......If I could walk 500 miles a day I would get rich with "found" money........

England, Netherlands, Denmark and Germany are usually fairly well-kept. Additionally, folks over there use coin purses and take better care of loose change because taxes are so high. In Germany, I've only found a few pfennigs (now cents) over 11 years. Between 1984-2010, I've spent a total of about 3 months in Great Britain. I recall actually finding a few pence on the Felixstowe beach in 2010.

Here in the US, I find loose change nearly everywhere I walk. Today, during my second walk, I found 27 cents. We're talking not only Austin, but also Orlando, Lakeland, Lexington, Louisville, Middlesboro, Harrogate, TN, etc. The differences between Europe and USA are striking.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

England, Netherlands, Denmark and Germany are usually fairly well-kept. Additionally, folks over there use coin purses and take better care of loose change because taxes are so high. In Germany, I've only found a few pfennigs (now cents) over 11 years. Between 1984-2010, I've spent a total of about 3 months in Great Britain. I recall actually finding a few pence on the Felixstowe beach in 2010.

Here in the US, I find loose change nearly everywhere I walk. Today, during my second walk, I found 27 cents. We're talking not only Austin, but also Orlando, Lakeland, Lexington, Louisville, Middlesboro, Harrogate, TN, etc. The differences between Europe and USA are striking.

My theory is that Europeans are comfortable with spending and handling coins worth several US dollars, so they develop habits of holding onto them. Americans are much more casual with coins because they have relatively little value.

 

[UKWILDCAT2004]

How is everyone doing in the D league?

I've spent to much time away. I shouldn't have.

Carry on!

 

[BBUK]

My theory is that Europeans are comfortable with spending and handling coins worth several US dollars, so they develop habits of holding onto them. Americans are much more casual with coins because they have relatively little value.

The poor and down-trodden in the United States cast away more than many countries poor have. (Yes, I can speak from experience as the living poor once upon a time. My darling and I still live frugally though I am actually just making myself spend more, not that we are well off, but we can go out to eat when we want to (As long as the eatery let's us in...). I still clean my plate and do not waste.

I drive a hand-me-down car inherited from my youngest daughter who my darling and I wanted to have very dependable transportation while we were away in Korea (So we bought her a new one.) and after the hail storm hit in San Antonio when we came back that car was totaled (That I drive now) due to hail damage but DARN the Virginia property taxes are so cheap on that car now with it's salvage title in comparison and it only has 70k on it. I'd hop in it right now and drive it to Texas (Mechanically speaking), (California is not on my horizon or I'd drive it there.) all I'd do is clean the windows first. My darling and I bought a new car for her then and she has since traded that car in on an SUV. (I'm good with the 2012 Mazda 3. My wife drives a much newer Camry.) When we decide to move after I hopefully can retire we will buy something more substantial... Yes I was rambling... This country may be too rich. (That is another subject for another day.) I am thankful.

 

[AustinTXCat]

Good morning from ATX. Currently 51°F and partly cloudy. Today's high should reach 87°F.

Monday, Monday............

Hope y'all are adjusting to Daylight Savings Time okay. Time change is sometimes awkward to me over the first few days. First day of spring arrives next Saturday.

Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.

 

[AustinTXCat]

My theory is that Europeans are comfortable with spending and handling coins worth several US dollars, so they develop habits of holding onto them. Americans are much more casual with coins because they have relatively little value.

Possibly, but when Euro debuted in 1999, many large denomination, country-specific coins (e.g. 5 DM, 50 BFG, 10 and 20 FF) went away.

Once, in 1983, I rode a train from Frankfurt to Siegen. During the journey, snack vendor came around pushing a cart. He accidentally dropped 20 pfennings or so on the floor. Dude went out of his way, crawling under seats and asking passengers to move, so he could retrieve two coins worth 10 cents at the time. My opinion is Europeans place a greater priority on waste reduction than Americans. There's a greater sense of civic responsibility.

 

[warrior-cat]

Good morning from ATX. Currently 51°F and partly cloudy. Today's high should reach 87°F.

Monday, Monday............

Hope y'all are adjusting to Daylight Savings Time okay. Time change is sometimes awkward to me over the first few days. First day of spring arrives next Saturday.

Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.

What is that fruit dessert doing, flipping off all the other fruits?

 

[UK_fan_41102]

Good morning D-League. It's currently 36°, with rain and a high of 45° expected later today.

The Monday after the Spring time change is always rough for me. It will take me a few days to adjust. Guess I'll have to take longer naps for a while.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Possibly, but when Euro debuted in 1999, many large denomination, country-specific coins (e.g. 5 DM, 50 BFG, 10 and 20 FF) went away.

Once, in 1983, I rode a train from Frankfurt to Siegen. During the journey, snack vendor came around pushing a cart. He accidentally dropped 20 pfennings or so on the floor. Dude went out of his way, crawling under seats and asking passengers to move, so he could retrieve two coins worth 10 cents at the time. My opinion is Europeans place a greater priority on waste reduction than Americans. There's a greater sense of civic responsibility.

Yeah, that makes sense Austin. I've seen that trait in Europeans. My wife's stepmother was in the foreign service and back when she and I were first dating the stepmom was working in the US embassy in Bern. Certainly the Swiss were buttoned up pretty tight. Let's just say you weren't likely to see a busted Yugo up on blocks in anybody's yard.

That was the era, though, of the infamous failed social experiment in Zurich at Platzspitz Park -- which became known as Needle Park.

My then-25-year-old future wife and I visited in the early fall of 1990 just before I headed to the Middle East to cover Desert Shield. What a freaking nightmare -- junkies from all over Europe and many from the US shooting up heroin in the open air, or passed out under benches and trees. They shut it down about two years -- and several hundred OD deaths -- later...

On that pleasant note, good morning to the D-League. I hope everyone is doing well and avoiding any local versions of Needle Park.

 

[Sawnee Cat]

 

[OHIO COLONEL]

A good beginning of the work week to all. Cold in the Buckeye state today...high in the 30s with some rain later.

The poor and down-trodden in the United States cast away more than many countries poor have.

Where do the poor all have cell phones, big screens, etc?

Hope y'all are adjusting to Daylight Savings Time okay.

Talked to my oldest son Saturday. He moved to Nashville two weeks ago and he was telling me how Central Time was hard to get used to. Wonder how he feels now?

That was the era, though, of the infamous failed social experiment in Zurich at Platzspitz Park -- which became known as Needle Park.

Also sounds like Seattle and Portland...among others. Give those parks another year or so. One is just down the street from where my step-daughter and her family live. Where her kids used to play.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

A good beginning of the work week to all. Cold in the Buckeye state today...high in the 30s with some rain later.


Where do the poor all have cell phones, big screens, etc?


Talked to my oldest son Saturday. He moved to Nashville two weeks ago and he was telling me how Central Time was hard to get used to. Wonder how he feels now?


Also sounds like Seattle and Portland...among others. Give those parks another year or so. One is just down the street from where my step-daughter and her family live. Where her kids used to play.

Colonel, I had no idea we had anything that blatant going on in the US, though I can't say anything happening in Portland surprises me. They'll learn the hard way, eventually. The Swiss thought it was a way to isolate all the drug horror in one park. Of course, it was just a giant magnet sucking in the dregs of society from thousands of miles away.

I saw some similar things along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in November 2001, outside a city called Quetta. Afghan refugees were smuggling heroin out, and inevitably even in a strict Muslim country, addiction followed.

They isolated it in a CEMETERY there. A photographer and I spent the night there documenting it for a story. That was a long night. Here's a couple of the photos the guy -- Ed Ornelas of the Hearst San Antonio News-Express- took.

 

[UK82]

I hope UK is going after this semi-local young man. 42 rebounds in one game!

7-foot-3 Bol Kuir grabs 42 rebounds in a game for Belfry in Kentucky (courier-journal.com)

 

[UK82]

A good beginning of the work week to all. Cold in the Buckeye state today...high in the 30s with some rain later.


Where do the poor all have cell phones, big screens, etc?


Talked to my oldest son Saturday. He moved to Nashville two weeks ago and he was telling me how Central Time was hard to get used to. Wonder how he feels now?


Also sounds like Seattle and Portland...among others. Give those parks another year or so. One is just down the street from where my step-daughter and her family live. Where her kids used to play.

Seattle has changed big-time since I lived there in the 80's. There was obviously a homeless problem back then but I didn't hear much about a drug problem. Of course I lived (Des Moines) and worked (Kent) outside the city but spent quite a bit of time weekly inside the city. Work and pleasure.

 

[cordmaker]

Good morning D, I would love to see some sunshine!!!!!

I put on a crock-pot of Italian Beef this morning, I like to cut the chuck roast the night before, put all the meat and spices in a freezer bag, let it set all night, then just dump it in the crock-pot early the next morning. Should be done about 2.

I like reading about your lives, it makes my life look like I was kept in a locked room!!! It makes me wish is shoulda, woulda, but I didn't, GOD had my life planned out for me.

I hope the D, has a good one and Prayers for the D!!!!

 

[warrior-cat]

Colonel, I had no idea we had anything that blatant going on in the US, though I can't say anything happening in Portland surprises me. They'll learn the hard way, eventually. The Swiss thought it was a way to isolate all the drug horror in one park. Of course, it was just a giant magnet sucking in the dregs of society from thousands of miles away.

I saw some similar things along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in November 2001, outside a city called Quetta. Afghan refugees were smuggling heroin out, and inevitably even in a strict Muslim country, addiction followed.

They isolated it in a CEMETERY there. A photographer and I spent the night there documenting it for a story. That was a long night. Here's a couple of the photos the guy -- Ed Ornelas of the Hearst San Antonio News-Express- took.

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Not sure they can or will learn. If politicians continue to bail out cities, states, and companies that have shown poor leadership they will continue to fail. Dems will continue to vote them in and corrupt politicians like it that way.

 

[warrior-cat]

Seattle has changed big-time since I lived there in the 80's. There was obviously a homeless problem back then but I didn't hear much about a drug problem. Of course I lived (Des Moines) and worked (Kent) outside the city but spent quite a bit of time weekly inside the city. Work and pleasure.

I have seen a lot of people lately advocate to legalize all drug use and we would have less people in prison. I don't see how, most businesses can still make it against policy to have this stuff in your system because it will affect performance and sick days. When people start losing their jobs how do they pay for their now addiction to the harder drugs? Crime. Not only that, in reference to sick days there would be a need for counseling and time off for detox which companies will not pay for either. Who will pay for that? There are other concerns too but, I won't go over all of them here but, the bottom line is I believe we would be worse off.

 

[UKWILDCAT2004]

Good morning D league

Monday....yuck.

Still mad about not being in the NCAA.
Be good yall.

Carry on!

 

[cordmaker]

I did a little digging and found this post card on ebay. It's dated 1934, which is before my time, but I was there as a kid in probably mid 50's and the skeletons were still on display then at The Ancient Buried City.

1934 RPPC BURIAL TOMBS*WICKLIFFE KENTUCKY*5 LAYER BURIALS*ANCIENT BURIED CITY | eBay

Will be driving by there in 3 weeks heading to Arkansas going fishing!!!

 

[BBUK]

Colonel, I had no idea we had anything that blatant going on in the US, though I can't say anything happening in Portland surprises me. They'll learn the hard way, eventually. The Swiss thought it was a way to isolate all the drug horror in one park. Of course, it was just a giant magnet sucking in the dregs of society from thousands of miles away.

I saw some similar things along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in November 2001, outside a city called Quetta. Afghan refugees were smuggling heroin out, and inevitably even in a strict Muslim country, addiction followed.

They isolated it in a CEMETERY there. A photographer and I spent the night there documenting it for a story. That was a long night. Here's a couple of the photos the guy -- Ed Ornelas of the Hearst San Antonio News-Express- took.

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Socialism never works and it always leads to Communism...

This country wants that "free" stuff and they will do anything to get it including voting for Communists. What happens though, AFTER that free stuff give away to get into power THEN what happens is... they (The Communists) take away that "free" stuff... Then what?...

No guns, no Constitution, no means with which to
"get back" what you had in the first place. This is the ONLY country that has freedom.

 

[cordmaker]

My MOM'S Italian Beef
1-Large Chuck roast
1-Tbsp Basil
1-Tbsp Oregano
1-Tbsp Garlic powder
1-TbspOnion powder
1-Tbsp Black pepper
1-Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1-Tbsp Lowery's
1-Tbsp All seasoning or Angelo's
Pepperoncini's- 6or8 and add small amount of juice

Place all ingredients in crock-pot
Do not add water
Cook on high for 6-8 hours
Do not stir till done
Serve on buns with your favorite cheese

When I make this, if I use 2 large roasts, I do like 1 1/2 Tbsp of spices, because it can get real salty!

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

Morning. It is 49.8°F and drizzle here.

Nothing else to report.

 

[berniecarbo]

Colonel, I had no idea we had anything that blatant going on in the US, though I can't say anything happening in Portland surprises me. They'll learn the hard way, eventually. The Swiss thought it was a way to isolate all the drug horror in one park. Of course, it was just a giant magnet sucking in the dregs of society from thousands of miles away.

I saw some similar things along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in November 2001, outside a city called Quetta. Afghan refugees were smuggling heroin out, and inevitably even in a strict Muslim country, addiction followed.

They isolated it in a CEMETERY there. A photographer and I spent the night there documenting it for a story. That was a long night. Here's a couple of the photos the guy -- Ed Ornelas of the Hearst San Antonio News-Express- took.

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Many years ago I was stationed in Turkey. Turkey is pretty much a Muslim country. You could see the opium fields from the base. It was always the women working in the fields, never the men. At times, I was prone to hit the pavions (night clubs) down on the waterfront in Izmir. There would be whole city blocks of men sitting side by side smoking opium in their water pipes.

 

[cordmaker]

Morning. It is 49.8°F and drizzle her.

Nothing else to report.

Same here Bert, watch your mail.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Many years ago I was stationed in Turkey. Turkey is pretty much a Muslim country. You could see the opium fields from the base. It was always the women working in the fields, never the men. At times, I was prone to hit the pavions (night clubs) down on the waterfront in Izmir. There would be whole city blocks of men sitting side by side smoking opium in their water pipes.

Bernie, Were those the "French Connection" days when Turkish opium would be refined to heroin in Marseilles and shipped to New York?

Anyway, a poppy field is a lovely thing. I saw a lot of them in Afghanistan.

 

[catfaninsc]

Morning D. Greetings from the shanty.

Hope all are doing well.


More coffee....................................................................................

 

[berniecarbo]

Bernie, Were those the "French Connection" days when Turkish opium would be refined to heroin in Marseilles and shipped to New York?

Anyway, a poppy field is a lovely thing. I saw a lot of them in Afghanistan.

You know, I never even thought about that. None of the brass seemed to care, but the timing would be right.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

A funny from FaceBook:

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

Morning D. Greetings from the shanty.

Hope all are doing well.


More coffee....................................................................................

Where have you been young man?

 

[BBUK]

Bernie, Were those the "French Connection" days when Turkish opium would be refined to heroin in Marseilles and shipped to New York?

Anyway, a poppy field is a lovely thing. I saw a lot of them in Afghanistan.

And in the Wizard of Oz (Not making light of the subject) That Witch seemed to have an affinity for those Poppy's, make's you wonder about the connotations in some areas of a movie I love.

 

[AustinTXCat]

Remember these guys? Here they're boarding a flight at Dallas Love Field in 1936. How about those matching cowboy boots and hats? Heh.

 

[MdWIldcat55]

Remember these guys? Here they're boarding a flight at Dallas Love Field in 1936. How about those matching cowboy boots and hats? Heh.

Remember them? They are still posting round the clock on Rupps Rafters...

 

[_Rooster]

43°➫ 61° Partly cloudy

Good Morning D

 

[BBUK]

Remember them? They are still posting round the clock on Rupps Rafters...

HA, some are trying to nail you hard. I don't venture over there much any longer but if I do and I see it, I got your back! (Not that it matters what I got... )

 

[MdWIldcat55]

HA, some are trying to nail you hard. I don't venture over there much any longer but if I do and I see it, I got your back! (Not that it matters what I got... )

Thanks BBUK. I don't blame anybody for being angry at Cal and the basketball team. But things are a bit out of control and counter-productive over there, so I'm adding my tiny weight and arguments to the other side. But I certainly don't want to drag that debate to this much more interesting and thoughtful thread...

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

Same here Bert, watch your mail.

Low and behold, I got the mail.

These pictures are quick and they do not capture the transparency of the blue glass. Uncle Ken would be proud of these.

I am messing up Austin's surprise but that is just tough luck for poor old Austin.

 

[catfaninsc]

Where have you been young man?

Wandering around lost and confused as usual.


Went back down to Fla for a bit.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

Wandering around lost and confused as usual.


Went back down to Fla for a bit.

"Wandering around lost and confused as usual" is a Higginbotham attribute. We have copyrights on stuff like that!

 

[BBUK]

Thanks BBUK. I don't blame anybody for being angry at Cal and the basketball team. But things are a bit out of control and counter-productive over there, so I'm adding my tiny weight and arguments to the other side. But I certainly don't want to drag that debate to this much more interesting and thoughtful thread...

And, I may not always agree with you but unlike a LOT of the others, you state things in a civil manner with reasonable reasoning like a human being. While I want EVERYONE to think like me, I respect that and will always be able to get along with you in any venue. (For the record concerning Cal, while I have ALWAYS admitted that I am a basketball fan with no intricate knowledge of the game, never tried learning either, I consider myself a leader. Cal did himself in with me when he quit being a leader and placated (Pick a group). The kneeling did him in AND it did the team in too. A decided lack of character and Cal never showed that side of placating people to get the end result he worked toward. (He may have placated behind the scenes and from his actions it is likely he did as it is real hard to reverse your character.) The end result in this instance Cal never contemplated nearly well enough. He did a bad thing. (I left it at that as far as my input on other boards and I will leave it to those points here and not go further. I believe like you; it is counter-productive.)

I still state, if Cal can un-kneel (This word was deleted by some MOD in a thread on the other boards, it may be deleted here too.), there is hope for him going forward, unless he can, I don't think he can overcome what he himself very ignorantly created. It never had to be... Cal is a likeable guy. (Just a hint; You cannot kneel to anyone or anything but God and win. You cannot. The caveat; EXCEPT your wife!!!!😁)