Posted on 08/31/2023 8:00:39 PM PDT by Lakeside Granny
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not sure why you have this feeling. Why hide the kidsf? There are no large numbers of missing kids, much less missing people. Kids are going back to school, though it’s slow going. nobody has mentioned any inordinate amounts of missing kids.
the number of people missing dropped from 1000 to 388. And now the Gov thinks it might only be a hundred.
and that number might be reduced even further - down to double digits.
https://news.yahoo.com/hawaii-governor-gives-hopeful-search-195153918.html
Feb. 25 was my dear mother’s birthday.
I was just going with the date Spunky posted as I knew pax’s
BD wasn’t this month.
I was in typhoon Hester in 1971. Came out scary but unscathed.
Bank of America closed down several years ago here to.
I think they were bleeding customers badly.
Not sure how Wells Fargo stays open.
Here is an article from Aug 4th, 2023 on what has happened at Wells Fargo.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wells-fargo-customers-missing-deposits-technical-issues/
I didn’t realize Bubba passed away—soemhow I missed that.
My condolences to you, LG.
He sounds like a real Patriot.
That’s sad and concerning.
“I did not know this about saying rabbit, rabbit, rabbit.”
I have never heard of that either. I do know that a rabbits foot on a key chain is supposed to bring you good luck.
I’ll take birthday wishes and cake everyday of the year! 🙆♀️
Ha. Thanks!
Like I said. The birthday list that was given to me shows Feb 2nd.
Hopefully pax will let us know for sure when it is.
Emerald Robinson ✝️
@EmeraldRobinson
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They rigged the election — and now they’re rigging the courts to punish people who complained that they rigged the election!
It didn't to the rabbit.
“The phrase is supposed to bring good luck for the rest of the month”....I wish you’d told me that decades ago.
I’m waiting for Malik to blow Obummer out of the water.
Tucker is so refreshing.
He really is a good guy.
We had two BofA branches here but they both closed years ago. I do all my banking online so it’s ok with me.
Thanks.
An emergency alert, huh?
It’s going to be that bad of a storm?
Hope you keep your electricity.
It’s thundering here too but it’s not really close yet.
Temps have dropped and I have opened doors and windows.
James Woods
@RealJamesWoods
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McCulloch’s Leap
On this day in history, September 1, 1777, McCulloch’s Leap goes down as one of the greatest escapes of the American Revolution, when Major Samuel McCulloch jumps over a 300 foot cliff from attacking Indians to safety.

Fort Henry had guarded the small village of Wheeling from Indian attack in what was then part of Virginia since 1774. The Ohio Valley tribes, aligned with the British, began a new campaign against the frontier settlements in the summer of 1777. Fort Henry was fortified and prepared, having received intelligence that it would be a target. On August 31, a party of 200 Mingo, Wyandot and Shawnee attacked the village and the fort. Most of the 25 or so families from Wheeling got to the fort safely.
Several messengers were able to get away and inform other nearby forts that Fort Henry was under attack. Captain Van Swearingen soon arrived from nearby Cross Creek with forty men on horses. They successfully fought their way to the fort, swelling its number of defenders. Other reinforcements arrived from Fort Shepherd and Fort Holliday.
On September 1, Major Samuel McCulloch arrived from Fort Van Metre with another 40 men. As they raced to the gate of the fort, the Indians attacked in full force. As some of the men were forced into hand-to-hand combat, McCulloch waited till the last to make sure they were all inside the fort. With the Indians getting very near the open doors, the settlers inside were finally forced to close the gates, leaving McCulloch alone on the outside.
McCulloch took off in the direction of nearby Wheeling Hill being pursued by the Indians. He was not fired upon because the Indians wanted to take him alive. Every Indian knew McCulloch, who was a notorious and feared Indian fighter on the frontier.
As McCulloch galloped along the crest of the hill, a 300 foot precipice on one side and a band of Indians chasing him from behind, he was confronted with another group of Indians to his front, who were just arriving to help with the siege of the fort. Now surrounded and with no way of escape, McCulloch knew his capture would mean the most excruciating torture. He made an instant decision to go over the edge of the precipice. Dying on the way down would be easier than being tortured at the hands of the Indians.
McCulloch held the reigns with his left hand and his gun in his right hand and spurred his horse over the edge. It is said that they did not hit ground until half way down the hill, which is nearly vertical. The rest of the way, they slid down the almost 90 degree hill, being pummeled with branches and stones until they hit bottom, but McCulloch’s horse never lost his footing.
At the bottom of the hill lie Wheeling Creek. The stunned Indians watched McCulloch cross the creek and ride away in amazement. The Indians continued the siege of Fort Henry only for another day or so. With the reinforcements that had already arrived and those that McCulloch would likely bring back with him, continuing was futile and they gave up the mission. McCulloch’s Leap has gone down as one of the bravest escapes of the American Revolution and, indeed, in all of the history of warfare.
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Thank you to https://revolutionary-war-and-beyond.com/mccullochs-leap.html for this essay.
2:38 PM · Sep 1, 2023
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