John Webber (1751- 1793), British artist who traveled with Captain Cook on his 3rd journey, who was the European to paint Hawaii, its land, people and culture.
Highly recommend.
Around the world with James Cook – Swiss National Museum - Swiss history blog https://share.google/043JMMbwKbervkcfR
Andy, You're forgetting about Epstein. I guess we hear more about him here because he was an American.
I said Andrew should be in prison before any of us knew he would be arrested. I still believe he should be in prison.
I wouldn't want to be employed in the tourism industry these days. Yikes.
Interesting that, Joe.
Walmart was the reason. I don't remember the details but it was basically they canceled an order and I remade it. I don't remember why it was canceled or why I didn't think I'd be charged twice.
Does anyone do this anymore?
I have a checking account and I don't write checks.
My bank gives me monthly statements online.
I don't try to balance it because with purchases technically being held funds and refunds to the account for actual refunds and refunds for correcting held amounts after the fact it wouldn't be possible to actually balance it.
I check the balance daily and even if I expect it to be the same as the day before the time lag built into the system surprises me sometimes.
I'm no accountant. That's certain.
My account was credited with one or more credits totalling an additional $130 yesterday.
Yay!
I should know why this happened but yeah, no.
My late grandfather (born 1919) always balanced his checkbook to the penny. I'm not exaggerating.
I never could come close to his exactitude back in the day and I didn't enjoy doing it.
I am much more conservative about money now. I plan to use all the lessons learned when I look back and think I should have done this or I shouldn't have done that in the future.
I'm actually planning to keep track of my finances on paper as well as I can do it.
I don't plan to write checks though. I can't see a good reason for it.
It is impossible to understand how the sublime heights of humanity and the depths of its depravity exist in the same universe.
I had an IWC Cal. 89.
Mechanical wound and a speed of 18,000 bph. In other words the speed of a pocket watch or "railroad watch."
My conclusion? Well, it's no wonder trains crashed because of time keeping errors.
My first Mickey Mouse watch was probably a better time keeper.
Mandelson was arrested? I guess that was inevitable.
@AdagioM said in Weather where you are thread:
Can’t believe that snowstorm! It’s 40 and rainy at home in Portland. I’m in Madrid, and it’s sunny and 67. Lucked out!
You're in Madrid? How exciting!
My sister-in-law had an easier time than the last storm. She ran out of propane last time and had to spend a night without heat. This time she was ready for it. She tried to buy a snowblower but they were sold out and she had to shovel snow last time. This time there was so much snow that her neighbors did it for her.
It was about 50 today and tonight it's about 40. I was bothered by the cold for a few hours after the sun set. Then I just decided not to let it bother me. It will be another 50/ 40 day tomorrow and then mercifully the temperatures will rise again.
@RealPlayer said in Free bike:
Riding a tandem bicycle with a blind companion is one of the most beautiful things about bicycling.
Trivia: the rider up front is called the Captain; the rider behind is the Stoker.
Your trivia seems like arcane knowledge to me. How interesting. I didn't know anything about this until now.
Wow!
I wonder if I'll have one of those again. I'll check. I hope so.
@wtg said in A new Grindr ad just dropped:
He probably got up close and personal with a few too many toilet seats.
And syringes filled with heroin.
I'm not against "drugs." The pharmaceutical industry certainly isn't against "drugs." It's your body. I believe you can do what you want with it.
But after witnessing certain drugs shatter what was once a beautiful mind like a pane of glass being thrown on concrete, I know it can go wrong and when it does go wrong, it goes very wrong. It's truly disturbing to witness.
Success for Thursday. 72° and not much wind. Less stress.
Took a cold shower at 50°. It actually wasn't bad because the water was about the same temp as the air.
How does a Kennedy become a cabinet member and abide what is happening today?
The man is deranged.
