After a tornado destroyed our post office, they moved it to a mini mall area with unlimited parking. I went by Tuesday. There was two people parked right by the front door in a no parking area. Both were 50 or so and healthy looking. I am 77 with a bad leg and parked 40 yards away in the regular parking lot. My doctor offered me a parking permit, but I told him others needed to park close more than I do.
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I'm kind of worried though. The big 3 in the bullpen are being overworked. Helsey leads the league in saves, but his last 3 were struggles. They need some rest the bullpen wins. Offense is picking up. They say Jim Edmonds has been working with Goldy and he is starting to hit the ball hard. If he and Arenado pick up, my confidence will grow a little.
Oh don't get me wrong, I'm not confident they will end up being really good. Just happy and shocked how quickly they went from last place and like ten games under to a .500 team.
I mean this in a most endearing way.
I did not think it would really last. Reds started strong last year and finished as they have for many years now, sucking wind.
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Good morning from Nolin Lake near Anneta, KY. Currently 54°F and clear. Expecting 77°F for our high.
I also hiked yesterday training up for upcoming Iceland trip. 2.3 miles in 46 minutes on these back roads dodging traffic. 15% grade in some places leading from lake to main road. Rested. Hiked back. Peripheral Neuropathy remains a constant challenge for me since cancer began. Hike from harbor to Arctic Circle on Island of Grimsey is 3.7 km or 2.2 miles.
Enjoying another vacation. Great day to be alive.
Wishing y'all a good one.
I also hiked yesterday training up for upcoming Iceland trip. 2.3 miles in 46 minutes on these back roads dodging traffic. 15% grade in some places leading from lake to main road. Rested. Hiked back. Peripheral Neuropathy remains a constant challenge for me since cancer began. Hike from harbor to Arctic Circle on Island of Grimsey is 3.7 km or 2.2 miles.
Enjoying another vacation. Great day to be alive.
Wishing y'all a good one.
Good morning all,
Back at it in the same place. Was kind of looking for the basement in the Alamo but darn, this place has one.....
"Only" have to go to the DC VA tomorrow early, then I'm finished for a couple days driving in this rat raced swamp.
I am thankful... Have a day you'll remember in a good way.
Back at it in the same place. Was kind of looking for the basement in the Alamo but darn, this place has one.....
"Only" have to go to the DC VA tomorrow early, then I'm finished for a couple days driving in this rat raced swamp.
I am thankful... Have a day you'll remember in a good way.
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I like Masyn Winn and the Gorman kid can be special if he gets a better idea of what to swing at.
Kentucky counties represented at the Russellville convention (Kentucky secession vote sat up by a confederate government). 68 out of 114 counties (a majority) sent delegates. The state seceded from the union in December 1861. And is represented on the confederate flag as the 13th star or state. A fact very rarely reported.
Good morning folks.
Been at work for 90 minutes already. I find myself getting in earlier and earlier to stay on top of things.
Beautiful day in the east. Went for a walk right after getting up. It was cool and clear and the sky was dazzling as the sun rose.
Not much else happening right now. I'm disappointed the kid Pope was targeting Jaxson Robinson decided to stay in the draft -- and likely go undrafted -- rather than come to Kentucky. There is only one thing that motivates any of these kids today, and it's not the legacy and status of Kentucky's historic program. You either have to convince kids you are their very best option to get to that NBA money fast - which was Calipari's schtick - or pay them up front through the NIL at a level that surpasses rivals. I like Pope, but to potential recruits he's just another guy who has never put anyone in the NBA so why trust your future to him? It may be a while before Kentucky figures out a formula to overcome that reality.
Ah well. It's a long way to next season and things can change. Have a god day folks.
Been at work for 90 minutes already. I find myself getting in earlier and earlier to stay on top of things.
Beautiful day in the east. Went for a walk right after getting up. It was cool and clear and the sky was dazzling as the sun rose.
Not much else happening right now. I'm disappointed the kid Pope was targeting Jaxson Robinson decided to stay in the draft -- and likely go undrafted -- rather than come to Kentucky. There is only one thing that motivates any of these kids today, and it's not the legacy and status of Kentucky's historic program. You either have to convince kids you are their very best option to get to that NBA money fast - which was Calipari's schtick - or pay them up front through the NIL at a level that surpasses rivals. I like Pope, but to potential recruits he's just another guy who has never put anyone in the NBA so why trust your future to him? It may be a while before Kentucky figures out a formula to overcome that reality.
Ah well. It's a long way to next season and things can change. Have a god day folks.
I see conflicting statements about Robinson. No announcement but is it a done deal he stayed in the draft?
Wow! Never so happy to be wrong, and I've had lots of practice. I was going off the crying and handwringing on Rafters, always a bad idea.
I was kind of just hoping....
Good morning and Happy Friday from Nolin Lake near Anneta, KY. Currently 55°F and clear. Expecting 74°F for today's high.
Leaving in roughly 90 minutes for SE KY. Flight departs at 9:15 pm tonight from Knoxville. May check in later.
Y'all behave.
Leaving in roughly 90 minutes for SE KY. Flight departs at 9:15 pm tonight from Knoxville. May check in later.
Y'all behave.
Good morning all,
At the DC VA... Had the "little" blood drawn. Getting ready to drop a pint.
Drove to DC four days this week. Hope that never happens again. I am thankful but DC traffic is special.
Just 26 miles but one day took almost two hours to get home.
Have a great day. My day off.... Got to work around the house when I get home and get My Darling's inspection on her car done.... Today!
At the DC VA... Had the "little" blood drawn. Getting ready to drop a pint.
Drove to DC four days this week. Hope that never happens again. I am thankful but DC traffic is special.
Just 26 miles but one day took almost two hours to get home.
Have a great day. My day off.... Got to work around the house when I get home and get My Darling's inspection on her car done.... Today!
Come on down the weather is fine....extra fine today.Good morning and Happy Friday from Nolin Lake near Anneta, KY. Currently 55°F and clear. Expecting 74°F for today's high.
Leaving in roughly 90 minutes for SE KY. Flight departs at 9:15 pm tonight from Knoxville. May check in later.
Y'all behave.
Good morning folks. Very relieved that it is Friday.
Another truly extraordinary day in the east. I've been upping my running a bit since I've lost that excess weight and it was a cool, clear day for it.
Spent some time watching Kentucky's new recruit Jaxson Robinson in BYU games against Kansas, Baylor, etc. I believe he'll be a fan favorite.
Quick story: A close friend retired about three weeks ago. We had a big send off. I was tasked to give the farewell speech. I met his family: Wife of many years, two sons in their 20s.
He calls me this week and wants to have lunch. I was thinking it was a little soon after his departure, but sure. As we sit down he hits me with this: He's getting a divorce! And right away. He says no huge issues, his wife just had told him that she wasn't happy, he realized he wasn't happy, and rather than be unhappy for some of his remaining good years trying to fix it, they decided to call it quits as soon as legally possible. I was shocked, but I guess you never know...
Back to work. I hope there's a good weekend ahead of all of you.
Another truly extraordinary day in the east. I've been upping my running a bit since I've lost that excess weight and it was a cool, clear day for it.
Spent some time watching Kentucky's new recruit Jaxson Robinson in BYU games against Kansas, Baylor, etc. I believe he'll be a fan favorite.
Quick story: A close friend retired about three weeks ago. We had a big send off. I was tasked to give the farewell speech. I met his family: Wife of many years, two sons in their 20s.
He calls me this week and wants to have lunch. I was thinking it was a little soon after his departure, but sure. As we sit down he hits me with this: He's getting a divorce! And right away. He says no huge issues, his wife just had told him that she wasn't happy, he realized he wasn't happy, and rather than be unhappy for some of his remaining good years trying to fix it, they decided to call it quits as soon as legally possible. I was shocked, but I guess you never know...
Back to work. I hope there's a good weekend ahead of all of you.
Blue Lagoon may not be open.
Not to start an argument, but don't see how any group other than the state government could represent that a state seceded. Were there elections run by the state/counties that sent the delegates that "represented' said counties? Thanks.Kentucky counties represented at the Russellville convention (Kentucky secession vote sat up by a confederate government). 68 out of 114 counties (a majority) sent delegates. The state seceded from the union in December 1861. And is represented on the confederate flag as the 13th star or state. A fact very rarely reported.
Because of the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers, far western KY had more in common with Tenn than Ky. There were numerous meetings between west KY and West TN about forming a new state. That ended when TN seceded. 68 KY counties did meet and form a confederate gov with Bowling Green as the capital.
It had nothing to do with having anything in common culturally with TN. KY, VA, TN, and NC were all basically the same state in 1861. There was even talk of forming a ''border state'' confederacy. After the deep south seceded. With KY, VA, NC, TN, AR, and Maryland.
The issue in KY. Was unionists felt slavery was best protected in the union. Where as secessionists thought slavery was best protected in the confederacy. It was a political disagreement based on slavery. Regarding the confederate government. The pro-secession group boycotted the 1861 elections. So its hard to say which government was really represenative. The Frankfort government was made up of pro-slavery unionists. Some kentucky union soldiers joined the confederate army after the EP. And after the union army began recruiting slaves.
There's a postwar myth that KY was some ardent pro-union state. Couldn't be further from the truth. The state was pro-union so long as slavery was allowed in the state.
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The citizens voted to sent a delegate to the convention. Where they met for 3 days and seceded. They were recognized by the confederate government. Added to the flag, had represenatives, and 2 govenors. KY and Missouri both held represenatives in confederate congress. Confederate generals tried to enforce the confederate conscription in KY. Because it was techncially a state in the confederacy. In my hometown of Glasgow. The 25thTN rode up to Glasgow to enforce the conscription act. And was met by the 37thKY USA infantry and a little skirmish ensued.
In the 1860's, the Tenn and Cumberland Rivers formed a barrier that was not so easily crossed as today. It made it easier to do trade with each other with no rivers to cross and in many cases they had more in common with each other than with other parts of the states.
Ecenomically sure. Middle TN and Central KY weren't that different either. Eastern KY and Eastern TN were both rock solid unionist areas. Western KY and Western TN were the cotton planters. Middle TN/KY were the tobacco planters. And the eastern parts just wanted to be left alone in the mountains.
Yes what you write did happen, but what citizens (all registered voters were informed?) voted & where? State or county approved elections at standard voting locations? Who was allowed to vote? I mean what were the vote totals in each county vs. in a normal state-run election? Were those "elections" widely publicized in each county? Without better data, I feel these were "rump"/rigged elections. JMO.
I'll try to get more info on that. But if you read the secession document it says the state government has trampled on the people's true decision. If you recall, TN's legislature was pro-union as well. But they kicked it out to the population to vote on. Kentucky's legislature didn't do that out of fears the state would secede.
^FWIW, KY vote total for President across all candidates in 1860 was 146,000.
Yeah. Lincoln got 1000 votes in KY in 1861 lol.
You sure about that? He was very popular. They suspended voting in the middle of the night because the pony express had not showed up yet with the ballot bags. When they started back up the next day...81000 votes. He got there not long after voting was suspended.
67° this morning with no wind. Guess where I am going this morning.
Will fish for a few hours as the temp will warm up quick. Plan on cutting grass later this afternoon (maybe) as the next bunch of days has rain forecasted.
Leaving shortly so you folks have a great day and God Bless.
Good morning folks.
Sunny and cool in the east. Home alone, as my wife went up to NYC for her cousin’s funeral. I couldn’t get off work yesterday, and we decided she’d stay with an aunt who is living alone and dealing with cancer, and make a longer trip of it.
I’m heading up into the mountains to hike a couple spots that I enjoy along the ridge called South Mountain. Maybe I’ll cruise over to Harper’s Ferry for lunch. A couple nice spots there with a view of the convergence of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers. You all have a good day.
Sunny and cool in the east. Home alone, as my wife went up to NYC for her cousin’s funeral. I couldn’t get off work yesterday, and we decided she’d stay with an aunt who is living alone and dealing with cancer, and make a longer trip of it.
I’m heading up into the mountains to hike a couple spots that I enjoy along the ridge called South Mountain. Maybe I’ll cruise over to Harper’s Ferry for lunch. A couple nice spots there with a view of the convergence of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers. You all have a good day.
Good morning everyone.
No fishing for me with all the rain....water is way up on the lake so we'll just wait. I saw another bear yesterday morning. I was unlocking the back door to take the trash down the hill for pickup and a small bear was thinking (probably) about opening the patio door. No blood, no foul. She left quietly and hung around the area for a while.
A 10 mile hike planned today (with wife) on a section of the mountain we haven't been on this year. Mowing and gardening later today to beat the rain.
Man, Pope has put together a nice (potentially) team in a short time. I'm really looking forward to seeing how this bunch of experienced transfers will turn out.
I hope everyone has a great day.
No fishing for me with all the rain....water is way up on the lake so we'll just wait. I saw another bear yesterday morning. I was unlocking the back door to take the trash down the hill for pickup and a small bear was thinking (probably) about opening the patio door. No blood, no foul. She left quietly and hung around the area for a while.
A 10 mile hike planned today (with wife) on a section of the mountain we haven't been on this year. Mowing and gardening later today to beat the rain.
Man, Pope has put together a nice (potentially) team in a short time. I'm really looking forward to seeing how this bunch of experienced transfers will turn out.
I hope everyone has a great day.
Yes I am sure. He wasn't popular in KY at all. He got 1000 votes in 1860. In 1864 he did better due to allowing slaves to vote.You sure about that? He was very popular. They suspended voting in the middle of the night because the pony express had not showed up yet with the ballot bags. When they started back up the next day...81000 votes. He got there not long after voting was suspended.
The results of the 1860 election for Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party in Kentucky drastically differed from the national results. Kentuckians viewed the possibility of Lincoln’s election and his policy against the expansion of slavery to future United States territories and states as a possible catalyst for disunion and war. During the 1860 election, Lincoln finished fourth out of four candidates in Kentucky, winning less than 1 percent of the popular vote with 1,364 total votes, 10 votes of which came from Lincoln’s ancestral and birth counties (Washington, Hardin, and Larue). John Bell, the leading candidate from the Constitutional Union Party, won 45 percent of the popular vote with 66,051 total votes (and all 12 electoral votes). John Bell was viewed as the least radical of all the candidates; his platform contained one plank: the preservation of the Union.
The upper south supported John Bell because he was a pro-slavery unionist.
Good news about Robinson for sure.
The same thing you friend went through happened to my son last year. His wife of 24 years came in from work on March 21, last year, and said she was not happy and wanted a divorce.
My son kept the house and paid her half of the accrued value and split up the furniture. At the end of April my son remarried a widowed lady. She sold her house and moved in with my son.
I have been married for nearly 58 years and if Sherry leaves me I am packing my bags and going with her. She is trapped!
Never before heard of allowing slaves to vote.
You're right. Lol, that was a brainfart on my part. I meant the union soldiers in the state.
Good morning from ATX. Flew in late last night. Rode Uber back home. College student gave me a ride.
I'll have much more tomorrow.
Wishing y'all a great day.
I'll have much more tomorrow.
Wishing y'all a great day.
Hello all,
Back from soccer. I think their seasons over now.
If you've a mind to, say a prayer for My Darling. She is told she needs back surgery but she is not ready and I am not pushing her. Yesterday morning while helping my grandson get ready for preschool she bent over wrong and had to crawl to the kitchen. I was in DC at the time but she called me. I got home in about 20 minutes this trip luckily but she had already taken the BB to school and returned.
She is not well though and still has some bad pain. She is more comfortable though as we have some areas of back pain we are prepared for...
We are thankful in any event....
Back from soccer. I think their seasons over now.
If you've a mind to, say a prayer for My Darling. She is told she needs back surgery but she is not ready and I am not pushing her. Yesterday morning while helping my grandson get ready for preschool she bent over wrong and had to crawl to the kitchen. I was in DC at the time but she called me. I got home in about 20 minutes this trip luckily but she had already taken the BB to school and returned.
She is not well though and still has some bad pain. She is more comfortable though as we have some areas of back pain we are prepared for...
We are thankful in any event....
Uh, I was trying to be funny.
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