Tree was invited!!!
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Yes, I think you were there...They needed someone to clean up afterwards?
I cant read the headstone writing.
It's not easy to find a good photo - this one's better:
It's the family grave ('lair' is the Scots term) of his parents and his widow as well as James himself.
As you see, it's well cared-for now, but (in line with austere Presbyterian practice) says nothing
of his achievements, just name and dates, on a plain marble stone.
Fine scottish understatement (or typical economizing).
I've shifted the exchange about James Clerk Maxwell over here as he was neither bare-naked nor a lady, 
and there are huge, dense, dark plantations of conifers - but a lot of open moorland, mixed woodland etc. too,
and the plantations are being clear-felled pretty intensively now, because of larch die-back.
It's 'forest' in the medieval sense, rough hunting country, but it all belongs to the Forestry Commission Scotland,
and there are huge, dense, dark plantations of conifers - but a lot of open moorland, mixed woodland etc. too,
and the plantations are being clear-felled pretty intensively now, because of larch die-back.
Tuesday night the St. Louis Blues won their division and will play for hockey's Stanley Cup. The last time they played for the cup was in 1970. Tree was in eighth grade! On January 2, 2019 the Blues had the worst record in the NHL, had fired their head coach and started playing a rookie goaltender.
Impossible dreams happen...
Impossible dreams happen...
Praefectus Praetorio
R.I.P. Brother of the Quill
And the Blues and Flyers (my team) only started in 1967.
Years before we got a hockey table game with rotating sliding men. With the 6 classic teams, one of whom will face the Blues.
Praefectus Praetorio
R.I.P. Brother of the Quill
The six classic teams:
Boston Bruins
Montreal Canadiens
Toronto Maple Leafs
Chicago Blackhawks
Detroit Red Wings
New York Rangers
If the Leafs ever win anything, I think that's when the world ends, probably.
Praefectus Praetorio
R.I.P. Brother of the Quill
What if they "turn over a new leaf" and go to the finals against the "Dead Wings?"If the Leafs ever win anything, I think that's when the world ends, probably.
Praefectus Praetorio
R.I.P. Brother of the Quill
Hey, they won four time in the sixties, just because that's 52 years (three longer than the Blues) is no reason to pick on the boys. Wait until next year.Pigs fly?
Anyway I'd think you'd root for the dead things out of D.
1 1/4" rain in a couple hours last night. Tree stayed dry.
Praefectus Praetorio
R.I.P. Brother of the Quill
Has prohibition come back to your state? Or did essential survival supplies run low?
Praefectus Praetorio
R.I.P. Brother of the Quill
For those who love obscure political/historical arcana:
2011 Polish Parliamentary election superimposed on borders of German empire pre-1914
Orange is pro Euro, Blue is Eurosceptic. Make of it what you will.
An interesting aside is that the populations of these regions shifted significantly post-1945
2011 Polish Parliamentary election superimposed on borders of German empire pre-1914
Orange is pro Euro, Blue is Eurosceptic. Make of it what you will.
An interesting aside is that the populations of these regions shifted significantly post-1945
connoisseurs
Senator
Frank Petrexa
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This used to be a much-loved Canadian sport, dominated by teams from Canada. Then teams started to move out of small markets in Canada. LA got a team. The "Phoenix Roadrunners" played for a while: now there is a team called the "Arizona Coyotes". Maybe the can freeze the Mississippi near New Orleans. We have the "Florida Panthers". Apparently the NHL would try to freeze hell over to make a buck. Money triumphs tradition, nostalgia, and common sense--and of course fan loyalty--every time. Canadians almost have to winter in Florida to watch NHL teams play.