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Well, that 3-day weekend vanished fast.
I hope you guys had some fun with family and friends.
Heading back downtown in a few minutes via the subway. I hope for an uneventful ride.
Some global warming lunatic protesters shut down the Washington Beltway for a while yesterday. That highway is packed with thousands of cars at normal times so it must have been a colossal mess for families heading out to watch fireworks or whatever. The cops finally had to drag them off. No doubt they got tiny fines and were released. I wouldn’t be shocked if they tried to shut down the subway next.
I hope it is a great day for all.
I hope you guys had some fun with family and friends.
Heading back downtown in a few minutes via the subway. I hope for an uneventful ride.
Some global warming lunatic protesters shut down the Washington Beltway for a while yesterday. That highway is packed with thousands of cars at normal times so it must have been a colossal mess for families heading out to watch fireworks or whatever. The cops finally had to drag them off. No doubt they got tiny fines and were released. I wouldn’t be shocked if they tried to shut down the subway next.
I hope it is a great day for all.
I'm apparently cousin to 31 Presidents Washington being a 1st, Jefferson being a 3rd, Madison, Teddy, even Obama. Then it doesn't stop there either. The Queen, Prince William. It's not white privelidge, it was Christianity, those baptismal records. When you got cancelled, and lost your head. People didn't forget. They learned to decern truth and forgive a man for being one.I received this nice note from a very good friend who lives in Scotland. He was a huge help in my tracing of ancestors on my dad's side because he lives where my family first started and the church graveyards are full of them. He lives in SW Scotland about 15 miles across from Ireland. He has a great sense of humor. Come to think of it they were considered to be committing treason.
Bring back BBUK and Ymmot
BB & Ymmot will return. It's those DawgDays.
Good Morning D
Well, I will be batching it for a few weeks. Put my wife on a plane yesterday to go see family. So the next three weeks will be by my lonesome. I have so much to do I can handle that.
The sun is rising and we should have another typical day for this time of year. It is pretty easy for meteorologist to predict weather down here. You have sun most everyday and in the summer you have a good chance of afternoon thunderstorms. It repeats over and over as it has since forever. So now it is 74° and the high will be 87° with a 50% chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
I trust all have a good day and enjoyed the 4th. We had a ton of fireworks last night in the distance as they shot them over the Gulf. A few were close to me but the main attractions was over the Gulf.
Take care all,
Well, I will be batching it for a few weeks. Put my wife on a plane yesterday to go see family. So the next three weeks will be by my lonesome. I have so much to do I can handle that.
The sun is rising and we should have another typical day for this time of year. It is pretty easy for meteorologist to predict weather down here. You have sun most everyday and in the summer you have a good chance of afternoon thunderstorms. It repeats over and over as it has since forever. So now it is 74° and the high will be 87° with a 50% chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.
I trust all have a good day and enjoyed the 4th. We had a ton of fireworks last night in the distance as they shot them over the Gulf. A few were close to me but the main attractions was over the Gulf.
Take care all,
Wow, Rooster 31 Presidents. My wife is related to Thomas Jefferson but to my knowledge I don't have any Presidents in my lineage. I do have someone that signed the Declaration of Independence.
Most of my lineage came from the Deep South, Virginia and Kentucky. We were discussing the WBTS and I have in excess of 30 Confederates Soldiers in my family. They were from small farms for the most part.
I will share one in particular with y'all because he has such a unique story. The most amazing story came after his death. His name was Benjamin Franklin DeVane. The DeVanes came to America as French Huguenots.
He served in the Florida 5th Infantry that was mustered in Madison, FL which is in North Florida below the Georgia line. He married my g-g-grandfathers daughter, Nancy Jane Blanton. Which is my mother's maiden name. Pvt DeVane fought in the Army of Northern Virginia at Sharpsburg, Gettsyburg, Richmond and other battles with the Florida 5th. He became a Prisoner of War and sent to Point Lookout, MD. After the war he was released to return to Florida by foot. He was weak and half starved but reached Savannah, GA where he died on July 4, 1865 and was buried.
In the mid 1990's one of his g-g-granddaughters was having breakfast with her mother, the DeVane family all moved to Plant City, FL after the War and started the citrus industry. The granddaughter said to her mother, our g-g-grandfather is buried all alone up in Georgia, I wonder if we could have him dug up and his remains moved down here to be buried next to his wife and children. So the process began. They received permission from the Georgia officials and also Florida. Private DeVane was dug up and taken by the Georgia State Police to the Florida Welcome Center just across the state line on I-75. There he was turned over to the Florida State Highway Patrol and a caravan of Troopers and Sheriffs accompanied the remains in a hearse to the funeral home. There he was given a Confederate Funeral with all of the trimmings, cannon firing, parades and it was quite a show. All of the local news media were there as the Confederate Soldier was laid to rest next to his wife and family. After 132 years he finally made it back to his Florida home.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29800940/benjamin-franklin-devane
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Benjamin Franklin, SR is also buried at Mt Enon in Plant City.
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Benjamin Franklin DeVane Sr. (1794-1878) - Find a...
He served in both the War of 1812 and the Seminole Indian War. His children were: John Thomas DeVane William H. DeVane Samuel R. DeVane Nancy Ann DeVane James S. DeVane George J. DeVane Benjamin Franklin DeVane, Jr. All 6 of his sons served in the CSA.
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Hey, I can't drive all this way without visiting Bert and Sherry. See y'all Friday.
Sawnee, thanks for sharing that fascinating obit of Benjamin DeVane.
What a tragic story to be wounded and captured in the fighting at Antietam (Sharpsburg) paroled, fight again at Gettysburg and the battles that led to the siege of Petersburg and Richmond, captured again, and finally freed at war's end, only to catch a fever, no doubt from being weakened by the terrible treatment in POW camps, and die before you made it home.
That newspaper account is pretty well done for the day, but the editor in me must note a mistake -- the Battle of Sharpsburg, known more commonly today as Antietam, was in September 1862, not 1864. That would have put it AFTER Gettysburg in July, 1863.
The Antietam battlefield is just about an hour north of me and I have walked it end-to-end dozens of times - it is an extremely compact battlefield. I likely walked very close to where Benjamin DeVane was wounded that terrible day, the bloodiest single day of combat in American history.
What a tragic story to be wounded and captured in the fighting at Antietam (Sharpsburg) paroled, fight again at Gettysburg and the battles that led to the siege of Petersburg and Richmond, captured again, and finally freed at war's end, only to catch a fever, no doubt from being weakened by the terrible treatment in POW camps, and die before you made it home.
That newspaper account is pretty well done for the day, but the editor in me must note a mistake -- the Battle of Sharpsburg, known more commonly today as Antietam, was in September 1862, not 1864. That would have put it AFTER Gettysburg in July, 1863.
The Antietam battlefield is just about an hour north of me and I have walked it end-to-end dozens of times - it is an extremely compact battlefield. I likely walked very close to where Benjamin DeVane was wounded that terrible day, the bloodiest single day of combat in American history.
Good morning from Shawanee, TN. Currently 73°F and partly cloudy. Today's high may reach 86°F. Decent chance for showers. Yesterday was a scorcher. We hit 93°F. Humidity seemed killer.
I've already been up for a few hours. Drove over to Middlesboro for breakfast.
Had a good 4th. Saw a few folks whom I'd not seen in years. Good food. My daughter worked last night. In fact, she's still working now. She's off at 11 am and goes in to dentist office in Middlesboro at noon.
Plan on hiking around a bit later this morning. Might take my folding bike for a ride. May head to Lexington tomorrow.
Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.
I've already been up for a few hours. Drove over to Middlesboro for breakfast.
Had a good 4th. Saw a few folks whom I'd not seen in years. Good food. My daughter worked last night. In fact, she's still working now. She's off at 11 am and goes in to dentist office in Middlesboro at noon.
Plan on hiking around a bit later this morning. Might take my folding bike for a ride. May head to Lexington tomorrow.
Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.
Thanks MD, the obituary was composed in 1997 and somebody made a typo.
Sharpsburg was indeed in 1862. In the Southern states the battle has always been referred to as Sharpsburg rather than Antietam. I have no idea why but there were a few other battles fought that were named differently by each side.
You mentioned Petersburg, my G-grandfather's brother Elbert Columbus Blanton was wounded during that battle when a minnie ball took half of his hand off. He was bandaged up, took a few weeks off and right back into battle he went. He also fought at Gettysburg with the 5th FL Infantry. He returned home after the war and became a large citrus grower in Plant City, FL. Very successful and died a wealthy man for that period. All with a crippled hand. He was a brother in law to Pvt DeVane, who married his sister.
Sawnee - In the early days of the war, Confederates had a policy of naming battles after the nearest town or settlement, while Yankees named battles after the nearest body of water. So (giving the southern name first) you had the two battles at Manassas V. Bull Run (a run is a small stream in Virginia) Shiloh V. Pittsburg Landing (a boat landing on the Tennessee River) Murfreesboro V. Stone's River, Sharpsburg V. Antietam Creek. And so on. That seemed to change around 1863, and both sides went with Gettysburg, Chickamauga Creek, Chancellorsville, etc.
Over time, one or the other name for those early battles seemed to stick with historians when talking about the encounter, like Shiloh or Antietam.
Morning folks. I fell yesterday afternoon and I am down to walking with a walker. I apparently fought falling all the way down and hit a chair with my left leg. It is one sore dude.
It is 86.2°F and we are supposed to get to 97°. Ouch.
Antietam is a good battle field to visit. The little bridge and the cornfield were brutal places to be.
It is 86.2°F and we are supposed to get to 97°. Ouch.
Antietam is a good battle field to visit. The little bridge and the cornfield were brutal places to be.
Sorry to hear. Hope you get better soon.
So sorry to hear this Bert. Was this after we talked? Get well soon and I trust the soreness is only temporary
No response from Front Runner. You do understand that with this one single post, you've outed yourself as Gromcat and Frontrunner, right Mr. Cardinal? So basically between the two, you are here 100% of your waking hours which is just horrifyingly scary. Frontrunner admitted he was too young to remember Rex Chapman play, so he's the same age as Gromcat. Its right there in old posts. Front Runner is totally obsessed with "baller" and will lie to smear him and go as far as to try to turn others against him, per old posts, just like Gromcat. All you have to do is search the posts of the two guys (Actually Fraud under all kinds of aliases, accusing people of multiple aliases.)
Now the funniest part of this is that Gromcat AKA TheFrontRunner spends his days attacking liberals...........while acting exactly like one with lying and smearing. Wow, sad to see such low level hypocritical behavior. Condolences.
woodford, i'm not gromcat, never even seen that name around here, I post enough under this name, I don't have time to post under any other...due to a previous problem with your behavior as ballercal I let Austin know about it here, but the d-league isn't a place to argue. Take it to another thread if you like, but this isn't the place.
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@_Rooster Just FYI...heading in to Louisville on Aug 7th to see Tab Benoit at Headliners.
just thought you might like to know. 😎
just thought you might like to know. 😎
Thank you.
An organized E.P.A. is of major importance as a policy of the solution to pollution being dilution that ignores the cost of neglect is just short sighted nonsense. The lesson to be learned was paying attention. Seems we can't remember very much. The EPA is not in need of authority as it is honesty.
Me either. But descendant of men at least trying to get into heaven as imperfect men. They were fleeing 16th century European madness. The madness followed them to the Colonies. One nation under God continues to be the goal now as before.
Thank You!
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I love the prancing horse!
I've been everywhere man...I've been everywhere!
I guess running that over 70's marathon is out. 🤪
Prayers for a speedy recovery and that it is nothing serious.
@Bert Higginbotha : sorry to hear. Hope you feel better. Get well soon. I'll message you later
Sorry to hear of your fall Bert.
The entire Antietam campaign is fascinating to explore —I live close by so I’ve walked all parts of it - the battles at Crampton’s Gap and South Mountain that marked the preliminaries, then all areas of the main battlefield.
I thought I’d seen the full scope of it until a few years back when I was hiking a section of the Appalachian Trail and came across a piece of woods called Fox’s Gap where there had been a small but truly vicious fight before Antietam that cost the lives of a Confederate Brigade commander named Samuel Garland and a Corps Commander in the Union army named Jesse Reno.
Take it easy Bert. Regarding Antietam...I loved taking the bike there and riding the roads throughout the park, especially in the fall. I always preferred bike riding there vs Gettysburg. Too much auto traffic at Gettysburg.
Prayers for a speedy and a full recovery Bert! I had a fall about 3 weeks ago and got a “high ankle sprain”. It still hurts a bunch! I don’t know how Jeff Sheppard did it!😀
Good morning folks.
I’m not a cat person. I note that because right now, improbably, I’m taking care of three of them, including one who woke me up twice cratching at my bedroom door and whining. One (Atticus) belongs to my wife, vacationing in London, one (Onion) to my daughter who is with her, and one (Hermes) was left with my son by a young woman he was shacking up with, and he brought it along when he came home for the summer.
Cats. Not my thing.
Anyway, I hope it is a good day for all.
I’m not a cat person. I note that because right now, improbably, I’m taking care of three of them, including one who woke me up twice cratching at my bedroom door and whining. One (Atticus) belongs to my wife, vacationing in London, one (Onion) to my daughter who is with her, and one (Hermes) was left with my son by a young woman he was shacking up with, and he brought it along when he came home for the summer.
Cats. Not my thing.
Anyway, I hope it is a good day for all.
Morning Legionnaires!
104° yesterday and more of the same coming today and for the foreseeable future.
Trained my student yesterday in the gym where she works and there is no AC. The people who own the building have never put it in and said they would not so, they have exhaust fans and large floor fans going and all of the rollup style doors and regular doors open trying to move air around. Yesterday was a low impact workout focusing on balance, form and technique so as not to get too hot.
Put off cutting my grass this past weekend at the behest of my wife so today, it is on. Doing it early after my workout this morning because it will be another scorcher this afternoon.
@MdWIldcat55 Did you happen to catch the Reds game last night against the Mets? 0-0 bottom of the ninth with bases loaded walk off sacrifice by Moustaskas. Reds players acted as if they had just won the pennant. That's what happens when you only win one once in a while. Have to take your joy when you can get it.
Never had any cats and don't really like them. Wife and daughter wanted one so when one showed up at our door (kitten about 2 months old) two years ago this month about 0430 in the morning, we kept him. Now we have three.
Warrior: The same thing happened last week when they finally won a game after setting the GABP record for consecutive home losses. Embarrassing. Can you imagine the Big Red Machine getting so excited about anything except winning the fourth game of the World Series? Those guys must be disgusted with what the franchise has become.
Morning Legionnaires!
104° yesterday and more of the same coming today and for the foreseeable future.
Trained my student yesterday in the gym where she works and there is no AC. The people who own the building have never put it in and said they would not so, they have exhaust fans and large floor fans going and all of the rollup style doors and regular doors open trying to move air around. Yesterday was a low impact workout focusing on balance, form and technique so as not to get too hot.
Put off cutting my grass this past weekend at the behest of my wife so today, it is on. Doing it early after my workout this morning because it will be another scorcher this afternoon.
@MdWIldcat55 Did you happen to catch the Reds game last night against the Mets? 0-0 bottom of the ninth with bases loaded walk off sacrifice by Moustaskas. Reds players acted as if they had just won the pennant. That's what happens when you only win one once in a while. Have to take your joy when you can get it.
Did not get to see that one because the setup we have on our Firestick was not working for the last couple of weeks so, I have missed the last couple of weeks' worth of games.
Good morning from Shawanee Tennessee. Currently 70F and comfy.
Heading to Lexington in a few. Keeping it short.
Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.
Heading to Lexington in a few. Keeping it short.
Wishing happiness and health for all our fellow D-League members.
A final word on our discussion of the Antietam campaign. Along the bloody road the armies took as they hustled to Sharpsburg there is a quirky monument to one man's vanity: George Alfred Townsend was a reporter for New York newspapers who covered the battle of Antietam. After the war he actually bought the property where the Battle of Crampton's Gap was fought and erected a huge monument -- basically to himself and other war correspondents. (see the brownish band about half way up, and you can make out the words WAR CORRESPONDENT.)
This this is like 30 feet high. You can see a person at the bottom right to get the scale. The National Park Service had to agree to leave it there when they eventually took over the property as a Civil War site.
In 2003, trying to drum up support among the media for the War on Terror, the Bush Administration made a feeble effort to convert the area to a spot commemorating TODAY'S war reporters. But the park service pushed back and all it ever amounted to was this plaque...
Its pretty much totally ignored today. But in the small world of overseas journalism, I worked with each of the four people named on the plaque, dating back to Desert Storm and Somalia in some cases. Kelly, Bloom and Pearl all had children - Danny's daughter born after he died. So when I'm on my Antiertam tours I stop there and say a prayer for their kids.
This this is like 30 feet high. You can see a person at the bottom right to get the scale. The National Park Service had to agree to leave it there when they eventually took over the property as a Civil War site.
In 2003, trying to drum up support among the media for the War on Terror, the Bush Administration made a feeble effort to convert the area to a spot commemorating TODAY'S war reporters. But the park service pushed back and all it ever amounted to was this plaque...
Its pretty much totally ignored today. But in the small world of overseas journalism, I worked with each of the four people named on the plaque, dating back to Desert Storm and Somalia in some cases. Kelly, Bloom and Pearl all had children - Danny's daughter born after he died. So when I'm on my Antiertam tours I stop there and say a prayer for their kids.
Most of you guys are Reds fans. Being a Cards fan, I guess I shouldn't complain, but the Cards aren't world beaters. Have you guys paid any attention to Harrison Bader (Cards CF)? He's been out a couple of times this year and last with injuries. His bat is off and on, but his glove is very very good. They are something like 11 games over 500 when he's played this year and 6 under when he's missed games. It was a larger margin last year. When he's out the RF moves over, so it weakens them in CF and RF. Also sometimes OLI moves Edman to the OF and in those cases, it weakens them in 3 spots those times.
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Who wants it?
We have a gigantic mountain of mail in our offices dating back to March, 2020 -- the date our offices closed and that this masterpiece was published. One of our assistants working through the avalanche saw this today, remembered I was from Kentucky and dropped it on my desk.
I was going to throw it in the garbage, but thought someone here might need an extra copy, having worn out your original edition. Bert? Are you a big fan of the author?
We have a gigantic mountain of mail in our offices dating back to March, 2020 -- the date our offices closed and that this masterpiece was published. One of our assistants working through the avalanche saw this today, remembered I was from Kentucky and dropped it on my desk.
I was going to throw it in the garbage, but thought someone here might need an extra copy, having worn out your original edition. Bert? Are you a big fan of the author?
As I drove to Lex earlier this morning, KSR came on the radio. I switched channels. Matt's well-known around my neck of the woods. I respect how far he's come over the years, but something about him simply annoys the hell outta me.
Spent enough time in Lex to visit 3 breweries. Grabbed enough beer to satisfy most of football season. I'll travel again to KY weekend of UGA- Cats game. Plan on leaving early, maybe even day prior.
Daughter works tonight. Wisdom tooth bothering her. Granddaughter with her dad (huge Vols fan). Currently listening to relatives pick electric guitar.
Morning Legionnaries!
105° on tap for today with moderate winds. Cut the grass yesterday so with all of these high temp days and no rain forecasted I will not have to do that again for about 2 weeks. Will wait until the day or two before the Oklahoma State slow pitch softball tournament starting 22 July in Ardmore OK. It bounces each year between Ardmore and Norman OK. The fields in Norman are better but, we won our last one (Class E) in Ardmore in 2019. Skipped last year and 2020 because of Covid.
Training my student today but will again be light because of the heat. She told me Tuesday that after years of complaining the owners have finally ordered AC units for the building. Supposed to come in at the end of this month. Not sure when they will install them but, at least they will be getting them, or so they say. We will see.
Reds lost again last night after going into the top of the 9th up 3-2 over the Mets. The Mets tied the game and went on to win 8-3 in the 10th. Once again, the bull pen can't hold on.
Good morning D-League. It's currently 72° and overcast here in Eastern Kentucky. This afternoon will bring a chance of thunderstorms and a high of 87°.
The last couple of days have been rough, as I found out that I have Covid. The best way to describe it, is a flu on steroids.
Everyone stay safe out there today.
The last couple of days have been rough, as I found out that I have Covid. The best way to describe it, is a flu on steroids.
Everyone stay safe out there today.
Get well soon.Good morning D-League. It's currently 72° and overcast here in Eastern Kentucky. This afternoon will bring a chance of thunderstorms and a high of 87°.
The last couple of days have been rough, as I found out that I have Covid. The best way to describe it, is a flu on steroids.
Everyone stay safe out there today.
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