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2013-05-20 17:22:26 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

This on the way to Grand Lodge down state on 28

2013-05-17 23:08:45 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2013-05-17 16:48:06 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Burma Shave signs
For those who never saw any of the  Burma Shave signs, here is a quick lesson in our history of the 1930's  and '40's. Before there were interstates, when everyone drove the old  2 lane roads, Burma Shave signs would be posted all over the  countryside in farmers' fields.   They were small red signs with white letters.  Five signs, about 100 feet apart, each containing 1 line of a 4 line  couplet ... and the obligatory 5th sign advertising Burma Shave, a  popular shaving cream. 
 
Here are more of the actual  signs: 
DON'T STICK YOUR ELBOW 
OUT SO  FAR
IT MAY GO HOME
IN ANOTHER CAR.
 
TRAINS DON'T WANDER
ALL  OVER THE MAP
'CAUSE NOBODY SITS
IN THE ENGINEER'S  LAP 
 
SHE KISSED THE  HAIRBRUSH
BY MISTAKE
SHE THOUGHT IT WAS
HER HUSBAND JAKE
 
D... more »

2013-05-17 16:12:32 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

The little-known WWII bombing of Brookings, Oregon ... Dvice - "... off the coast of southern Oregon the morning of September 9, 1942. Sunlight glinted off the periscopes of Japanese I-25 submarines that peeked above the waves to survey the scene. Below decks, pilot Nobuo Fujita and his observer Shoji Okuda began to prepare. Their mission that morning was to attack America’s west coast with incendiary bombs to start what would hopefully turn into a devastating forest fire.

 ... Fujita’s bomb had far from the desired effect, prompting the Japanese to return for another try at the end of September. It also failed. Luckily for Oregonians, the Japanese hadn’t counted on Oregon’s forest being quite so damp and unable to support a forest fire in the fall. So instead of being a major battle widely remembered as the only time as enemy nation brought the war to U.S. soil, it’shardly kno... more »

2013-05-17 16:10:53 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

from Life Magazine's Hell on Wheels: Life with Mutant Bikes - "Uno-Wheel, if braked suddenly, has been known to spin its rider round and round inside the big main wheel."

Read more: http://life.time.com/curiosities/bizarre-bikes-built-by-chicagoans-in-the-1940s/

2013-05-17 16:10:14 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

from Life Magazine's Hell on Wheels: Life with Mutant Bikes - "Chicago bicycle dealer Andy Koslow rides a tiny bike built by a former vaudevillian. "This helps limber up his left leg," LIFE wrote, "which, as a former motorcycle racer, he broke seven times."

Read more: http://life.time.com/curiosities/bizarre-bikes-built-by-chicagoans-in-the-1940s

2013-05-17 16:09:14 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

from Life Magazine's Hell on Wheels: Life with Mutant Bikes - "Square-wheeled bike held by Bernard Steinlauf was built by son Dave after seeing a bicycle wreck."

Read more: http://life.time.com/curiosities/bizarre-bikes-built-by-chicagoans-in-the-1940s

2013-05-17 16:07:04 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

Moving the Mona Lisa: The WWII Story ... Twister Sifter - "Beginning in 1938, the threat of war prompted a large-scale evacuation of France’s public art collections. The storage sites chosen for works of art were châteaux, tranquil locations in the heart of the French countryside, far from strategic targets, and thus escaping the imminent danger of bombing.

On August 28, 1939, the Mona Lisa left the Louvre and on September 3, as war had been declared, a decision was taken to ensure that all of the most precious works would leave the premises by the end of the day.

During the war, Leonardo da Vinci’s smiling maiden would move another five times ..."

see the story of the saving of other great works of art: http://bit.ly/YZ0g54

2013-05-17 13:38:41 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Swiss Top Secret Drum Corps ~ Percussion Rules
#musicfriday  

2013-05-17 13:27:04 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

From Their Spirit Of The Glen Album    
Feels like the coming of spring to me   #musicfriday  

2013-05-16 13:44:10 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 0 +1s)

Supermod Boat Racing ~ at Web slough

2013-05-16 13:37:19 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

Coolest guy at the boat ramp
Crazy !  but in a good way

2013-05-16 13:47:57 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Cook Bacon and Eggs...in a Bag!
Wonder if Scouts try this on our  trip to SD

2013-05-16 13:13:34 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Paradise ~ Coldplay                   #musicthursday  

2013-05-16 13:10:26 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2013-05-15 14:39:24 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

CONVOLUTION ~ An Interesting Woodworking Project
The entire project is wood, no nails, screws, wires, etc

2013-05-15 14:33:34 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Nail-Through-Wood Trick ~ have one of these

2013-05-15 14:30:30 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Young Person Reveals Paper Trick

2013-05-15 14:20:48 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

The Glory Days of Air Travel ... Dark Roasted Blend - "Here is the cover of a 1937 Pan American’s Hawaiian Clipper brochure ..." see lots more: http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2013/05/glory-of-early-aviation-1900s-1960s.html

2013-05-15 14:20:03 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

April 1943. "Baltimore, Maryland. Students and workers returning home on a trolley at 5 p.m. Please leave by rear door! ... _Shorpy, Medium format nitrate negative by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. ... see full detail: http://www.shorpy.com/node/14560?size=_original#caption

2013-05-14 14:31:03 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Google extension seems to port Google Now, from Android via Chrome

2013-05-14 14:25:21 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Just a search away

2013-05-14 14:16:39 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Raising the final segment of the St. Louis Gateway Arch, 1965

#stlouis  

2013-05-14 14:12:37 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Exploring the Disused Streetcar Tunnels Beneath Dupont Circle ... Urban Ghosts - "Twenty-five feet beneath Dupont Circle, a bustling urban park in Washington, D.C., an abandoned streetcar station has remained eerily quiet and virtually forgotten since 1962. In the chilly, pitch-black space, disused tracks follow the crescent-shaped concrete tunnels of the former Dupont trolley station. According to the Washington Post, the 75,000 square feet of white-tiled tunnels had “the earthy smell of a cave”.  The station was built in 1949 along with the Connecticut Avenue traffic tunnel as part of an effort to reduce congestion around Dupont Circle. ..." http://bit.ly/10tSp9F

2013-05-14 14:11:44 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Text messaging, 1942 ... Shorpy - "November 1942. "Chicago, Illinois. These pneumatic tubes in the Illinois Central Railroad yardmaster's office connect him with the general office." Medium-format negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information." see full detail: http://www.shorpy.com/node/15159?size=_original#caption

2013-05-13 14:10:04 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

There's a new wireless service in town. Zact will let subscribers adjust their mobile plan details right from their handset:

2013-05-13 13:41:07 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Truly, a Space Oddity...

. . . an astronaut who is more than passable as a singer (and accompanist) performs Space Oddity as a farewell of sorts to his time ♫ ♫ "... floating in a tin can, far above the world..." ♫ ♫.  Commander Chris Hadfield recorded this aboard the International Space Station.

(tip of the hat to +Rajini Rao)

#scienceeveryday   #sciencesunday   #science  

2013-05-13 13:13:52 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Among the things I don't want inside my computer...

2013-05-13 13:10:45 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Best watched with an Earl Gray

2013-05-13 12:57:23 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

The Easiest Way To Backup Your Data

2013-05-13 12:49:28 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Finally, I have found the way to protect my Chromebook from viruses..

I share in case it could help others...

;>)

http://youtu.be/RwDMcTULDsM

2013-05-13 12:25:54 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

Secret Tunnel Behind Mount Rushmore! ... you saw it in the movie National Treasure but it REALLY is there ... Wikipedia - ".. Borglum [sculptor of Mt. Rushmore] conceived another grand addition ... the Hall of Records ... carved directly into the granite face of the small canyon behind Lincoln’s head. ... his team rushed to complete this work ... [but] Borglum unexpectedly died in March 1941 ...  ... it was not until 1998 that the National Park System, together with the Borglum Family, put “finishing touches” on the Hall of Records. A titanium vault was installed in the granite floor of the unfinished hall, and filled with sixteen porcelain enamel panels that include the United States Constitution and other important historical documents. ..." http://bit.ly/13quPzO

2013-05-13 12:21:30 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

January 1943. "Chicago Union Station. Telegraph switchboard of the Pennsylvania Railroad" ... Shorpy - "Union Station. Medium-format negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information." ... It's not that the technology of yesteryear was any less complex than today's -- if anything, it was often more complex, at least in operation. see full detail: http://www.shorpy.com/node/15153?size=_original#caption

2013-05-13 12:20:17 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Flying Submarines ... Dark Roasted Blend - "It all started with a ground-breaking research by B. P. Ushakov, conducted by the Russian military in utter secrecy, between 1934 and 1938. The design never achieved a prototype stage, but was seriously considered for military application: the plane could fly 800 km at the speed of 200 km/h and could dive to 50 meters, having underwater speed of 3 knots. ... Today, the "flying sub" concept is very much alive, and even being considered by such heavy-weights as Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works (developers of the U-2 and Blackbird spy planes). ..." very interesting two-part series here: http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/08/flying-submarines.html

2013-05-13 12:17:56 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

I am, I try, I forge ahead.

2013-05-12 18:50:38 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

Fresh snow for Mother's day
thought we were going for a ride in the convertible

2013-05-11 21:47:02 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Spring rush at falls & it's snowing

2013-05-10 13:04:30 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Google Glass Look'n Better & Better

2013-05-10 12:54:54 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Hope to check this out during our family reunion  

2013-05-10 12:37:05 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2013-05-10 12:35:05 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2013-05-10 12:20:12 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

I Will Always Love You ~ Vanessa Mae             #musicfriday  

2013-05-10 12:17:12 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

When A Man Loves A Woman ~ Romantic Sax         #musicfriday  

2013-05-09 21:04:18 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

You'll Never Know ~ Vera Lynn 1943         #musicthursday  

2013-05-09 21:02:46 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

The Nearness of You ~ Jo Stafford         #musicthursday  

2013-05-09 20:53:48 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Google Now ~ Try It You'll Like It

2013-05-09 14:29:53 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Government Lab Reveals It Has Operated Quantum Internet for Over Two Years ... TechnologyReview.com - "One of the dreams for security experts is the creation of a quantum internet that allows perfectly secure communication based on the powerful laws of quantum mechanics ... ... Richard Hughes and pals at Los Alamos National Labs in New Mexico reveal an alternative quantum internet, which they say they’ve been running for two and half years. Their approach is to create a quantum network based around a hub and spoke-type network. ... The big advantage of this system is that it makes the technology required at each node extremely simple–essentially little more than a laser. ..." more: http://bit.ly/143RP6q

2013-05-09 14:25:29 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Beale's Cut ... Wikipedia - "The steep pass was made easier for stagecoach traffic with a 30-foot (9.1 m) deep cut made by Phineas Banning in 1854 as part of a road he built to provide service to Fort Tejon. This slot-like roadway was called Beale's Cut, and it appeared in many silent western movies. The location became a favorite of movie producers like John Ford and D. W. Griffith. In Ford's 1923 film Three Jumps Ahead American film actor Tom Mix is filmed jumping over the pass. John Ford used the location in at least four films over a twenty-year period beginning as early as 1917. ..." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beale%27s_Cut

2013-05-09 14:15:26 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

In case you didn't know

2013-05-09 14:12:28 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

All the amazing things you can do with touch