Good morning, Meekie.
I hope you are staying cool. It looks like it will be a very warm day in Texas. It's been high 90's hear and 100+ a couple of times.
Have a wonderful Wednesday.
Posted on 07/14/2004 2:58:04 AM PDT by JustAmy
...and chiggers too!
Chiggers leave me alone.
I wish they would leave me alone!
see post 31
Bob, that cranky old C.G. wanted you to read post 32 and 33.
HAHAHAHA!
They get Laura Earl too.
It used to take a person one hour to milk six cows by hand. Today a person can milk 100 cows in an hour with modern machines.
Cows are milked at least twice each day. Each time cows are milked, the dairy farmers wash the cows and the milking machines. They do this to keep the milk clean, making milk one of the safest foods you can eat.
Milk is taken from the farm to Arps Dairy in a tank truck. The tank is built like a giant Thermos© bottle to keep the milk cold. Machines at Arps keep your milk clean and safe. No hands touch the milk from the cow to your carton.
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I am impervious to chiggers and poison oak, ivy, sumac.
I know you'll miss your FRiends in the evening, but I look forward to getting to know you (I usually only post during the day).
I hope you don't drag Laura around with you through the poison ivy, oak, and sumac...
On July 14th the French celebrate Bastille Day. This day marks the end of monarchy and the beginning of the French Revolution.
Several factors led to the Revolution. France had the largest population in Europe and not nearly enough food to feed it. The wealthy and growing bourgeoisie (the middle-class, merchants and businessmen) were allowed no political input or power. The poor were in a bad situation and it was getting worse. The country was nearing bankruptcy. By the late 1780s the people of France were fed up and began speaking out. Assemblies were held and demands of a constitution were made. When King Louis XVI and his queen, Marie Antoinette, tried to quiet the unrest the people rebelled.
On July 14, 1789 the masses banded together and stormed the Bastille prison, a symbol of the corrupt political system. This began the Revolution. The following year on July 14th delegates from all regions of the France gathered in Paris to celebrate the Fête de la Fédération and proclaim their allegiance to one national community. This made France a paragon for the rest of Europe and established them a nation of liberty.
The First Republic was established in 1792. This period is known as the Reign of Terror. The leaders (like Maximilien Robespierre) rejected the idea of federalism and enforced their own ideas upon the people. They held mass executions by guillotine, closed churches, and repressed religious freedoms among other things. They claimed their acts were justified because of the European monarchy allegiances just outside of France and the growing number of uprisings within the borders. In the end, in an ironic twist of fate the leaders of The First Republic found themselves under the blade of the guillotine.
The Revolution lead to the tricolor flag of blue, red, and white. Blue and red are the colors of Paris and white is the color of royalty.
Bastille Day was proclaimed a national holiday in 1880 and in 1848 the motto "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" was reinstated. In France, most folks take Bastille Eve off and celebrate with festive balls and brilliant displays of fireworks. The day that follows is filled with parades, bands, dancing and general good times.
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Creosote? I having climbed telephone poles in over 20 years. I smoke but I know plenty of smokers the chigger tear up. As for LE I warn her away from the poison plants. I keep our yard and the hedgerow clear of posion plants as well.
Too late for breakfast. C'mon, I'll buy you lunch. : )
Main Entry: 1cre·o·sote
Pronunciation: 'krE-&-"sOt
Function: noun
Etymology: German Kreosot, from Greek kreas flesh + sOtEr preserver, from sOzein to preserve, from sOs safe (probably akin to Sanskrit tavIti he is strong); from its antiseptic properties -- more at RAW
1 : a clear or yellowish flammable oily liquid mixture of phenolic compounds obtained by the distillation of wood tar especially from beech wood
2 : a brownish oily liquid consisting chiefly of aromatic hydrocarbons obtained by distillation of coal tar and used especially as a wood preservative
3 : a dark brown or black flammable tar deposited from especially wood smoke on the walls of a chimney
My bad (language of the younger generation), my mistake. What is the stuff that gets on your hands after you fire a gun?
That is a wonderful poem. Thank you.
I love the picture of the seagull.
I hope you are having a beautiful Wednesday.
Great! I'm hungry!
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