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Here in the Ozarks, fall is in the air. It got down to the low 40's last night, but the forecast for the day is all sunshine and a high of around 72. It don't get much better then that!
We'll be headed out in a bit to go to our grandson's football game. He plays with the Branson team and this is his first year. From there we'll probably hit a couple of flea markets and/or yard sales and then back home to do a bit of yard work before winter sets in. This could be the last time to mow this year, but probably at least one or two more times, if only to mulch up the leaves.
This is my wife and I's 38th wedding anniversary, so we'll more then likely go out for supper and maybe take in a show in Branson. We really like the "Lost in the 50's" show and the Diner themed setting is a lot of fun.
If I'm lucky, the flea markets and yard sales could lead to a few philatelic finds and hopefully add a little to my collection, we'll see.
Well, have a great day and hope ya'll check in from time to time and let us all know what you're day has in store.
'til later,
WB
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I am having my Saturday morning coffee! 
Today is the monthly meeting of my model car club. It's a two hr ride back to New Jersey so I have to get up from my chair soon! It's a good afternoon, catching up with friends and looking at their latest acquisitions and models they've been working on. Every month of the year there is work to be done on our annual show. This month's highlights are approval of our artwork concept from the artist, and announcing that we have a new host hotel. That deal was a lot of work over the past few years!
The club has a few dollars, so we have food at our meetings. There's a local place for pizza and fried chicken. The chicken is the best we've ever tasted so nobody ever gets tired of it! And I bring the big cooler full of soda.
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Hey WB,
Congrats on 38th wedding anniversary! Great job.
Tom,
Drive safely enjoy the car club meeting.
Off to fix my mother in law's fence.
-Ernie
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Sounds like a great time Tom! Have fun and stay safe!
Ernie, I've often had to mend fences with my mother in law, too.
WB
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Trying to work out the time zones here. It's twenty-to-five in the afternoon, which may or may not be reflected in the time indicated in the 'Author' bar on the left. That being so, WB posted only about five minutes ago, since I think we have a six-hour time difference.
Anyway, morning coffee for you is afternoon tea for us in England, and I'll always remember James Garner's response to Donald Pleasence's invitation in 'The Great Escape' ("I only drank tea once, in a hospital").
This morning I received in the post the rather unimpressive postage due stamp that completed my wartime San Marino collection; posted off the "gift" that I mentioned on another thread to its claimant; and although it has been a better day weatherwise than yesterday (dull, cloudy, but mild) haven't been out anywhere interesting at all!
(Ah, I see the SOR time difference is five hours.)
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This diner's open all day, so time zones don't really matter. In fact it might be kind of interesting.
When I lived in the city, friends, family and coworkers would meet at the local coffee shop every morning to discuss the day and to tell each other all those "mostly true" stories we just knew everybody believed.
So check in whenever, it's probably morning somewhere,
WB
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Well apart from experiencing the same weather as Guthrum (I'm about 10 minutes drive away), I decided to look at that Hipstamp site.
Of course I had to search on my particular collecting interest and went through 12,658 listings. Yep, that ain't no typo. All of them!
Now that must say something about a stamp website that can engross me for, well I don't know how long. All I know is that I had about three mugs of tea.
Some considerable thought has been put into the design of this website. There are a couple of minor niggles but overall, it was smooth and pain free. I bought some stuff too and learned a couple of things along the way.
So apart from the above I 'dunn nuffink', apart from getting bed sores (if you can get bed sores from sitting).
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As long as it's 5 o'clock somewhere, I'll have a shot of Baileys with my coffee!
The day was bright and sunny, did some stampin', took down the shutters, went to the Halloween store and had lunch at Red Robin.
Life can't get any better than this. 
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@ purrfin2
Well, maybe a second coffee might make it look even better.
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Made a "guest" appearance at the flea market today after a four month absence. Going back tomorrow too. They couldn't give me the space back that I had been using for the past two years as someone else has that now. Ironically, they gave me the space that I first had when I started selling at that flea market.
I'll go again next weekend, and then go on hiatus again. Model railroading will occupy most of my spare time for the next few weeks. Then I'll go back to the market one or two times in November to sell holiday stuff. I said "holiday", because I have stuff from different holidays for the end of the year. Things one gets out of storage lockers.
Luree, heck with Bailey's. Nothing better than Cactus Whiskey!
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Time zones are the curse of my professional life! I set up meetings with people around the world and there is no good time.
Most of our facilities are on the east coast and Puerto Rico.. add in European sites, that's a five -six hour time difference. We could meet early morning no problem.
Then we added Asia to our meetings, Japan is 13 hrs ahead, China is 12 hrs ahead. They are good sports and will stay up late to attend our 9am and 10am team meetings. And there are times we appease them by calling them at 8pm or later.
Then we added a location on the west coast of the USA so suddenly there is no good time for a global meeting!
As soon as Daylight Savings Time kicks in the fun starts! Puerto Rico doesn't participate so we will now be an hour off from them.
That's why I keep my World Clock on my iPhone!
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Good Sunday Morning!
I'm starting the week off by prepping to go to work. There is a new store opening and they have asked for my help. I have no choice, I was volen-told to go! So two days at my store and 4 days at the new one helping. Overtime here I come! And they know I'll be into OT. Very rare when it comes to retail.
No Baileys or Whiskey this morning for me. But I did bring some donuts and bagels and cream cheese. They're over by the buffet by the urn of coffee and tub of hot water for the tea drinkers. 
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Good Sunday morning. It is Thanksgiving weekend in Canada.... of with the Family for Thanksgiving turkey this evening, though Thanksgiving is officially Monday.
Sunny and 6 C this morning... a perfect autumn morning. A good morning for a walk.
David
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Ahhh...other early risers, good morning! Coffee's tasting real good this a.m. I'm a straight up black Folgers man myself.
It looks like ya'll had some fine plans and activities goin' on yesterday. Hope they all worked out as you'd hoped and those traveling made it back home safe and sound.
Our grandson's football game was a lot of fun, they WON by 6 points, YEA!!!
Stopped in at a couple of garage/yard sales, no stamps, but I did find a half dozen new 1-1/2", 3 ring binders for a quarter apiece. I can always use those. They even had the clear view covers, so that was a bonus.
We topped off the day with a fine supper, a show and a couple of "adult beverages" in the hot tub. Life is good!
Well, with the warm days and cool nights, the lake effect fog is rolling in this morning. Since I blew off the yard work yesterday, it's back on the schedule today. Hopefully by this afternoon or evening, I'll squeeze in a little time to get back to stumping all these early to mid-century U.S. and/or GB definitives. They are mind boggling and after a couple of hours, my eyes feel like they're bulging out of my head, but I've put it off too long!
Have a great day folks and see you in the DB,
WB
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What time is it ? I will either have the western omelet or the souvlaki wrap with french fries...and the endless cups of coffee ! We had the usual long day in fun city yesterday when you take the train. I found a great Zachery Taylor cover at the show..probably my best U.S. cover and we found a very nice Vietnamese restaurant on West 53rd street .
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Phil,
I only wish we had a Vietnamese restaurant here....!
I grew up next door to a 17 member Vietnamese family and delighted in the samplings from their kitchen (and back yard!) for many years.
They had their own rice paddy in the back of their back yard and also kept ducks for the eggs to use in various recipes.
....I'm hungry now....
....gee thanks, Phil....
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Hey WB...sounds like an AWESOME day! Phil, go with the western omelet. I have to Google souvlaki. DavidG and all other Canadian members: Happy Thanksgiving!
Just finished up in the gym. I love weekend workouts because I'm not rushed. BEAST MODE IS FULLY ENGAGED!
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I've been worrying for about three days now. I have a daughter in Orlando, a sister in coastal North Carolina and another sister in coastal Virginia. Hurricane Matthew has now passed them all and is moving back out to sea. I've been told they are all safe and sound. That makes this morning's cup of coffee particularly tasty.
I am, however, saddened by all the loss of life caused by this storm.
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On my second large cup of tea this morning. We had 4-5 ins of rain on Fri. & Sat. from the most outer bands of Matthew and some wind gusts up to around 30 mph. No damage that I can see but the trees have lost about all their non-green colored leaves so they look about 1/2 bare now. Will be out on the riding mower by mid week or so, running over what is on the ground and mulching it down for cheap fertilizer.
Mike / meostamps
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Musicman you should go to Ottawa sometime...loaded with Vietnamese food...i did not know what a Shawarma was until we went to Ottawa...we do not have Lebanese around here. Its better than going to Wendys ! Oh when the Vietnamese in Ottawa ask you if you want your poh spicy...they mean HOT spicy !
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Phil,
Oh yeah - they certainly do!
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Good morning all,
Today I had to use public transport to get to work because the mrs. needed the car. It was quite some time ago but fortunately it all went ok, no delays. It is just annoying that you have to get up one hour earlier and the journey takes twice as long as normal. In any case, I have had my exercise (first on the bike to the train station, then at the end of the trip a short walk from the bus stop to the office). Now let's see if it all goes as well on the way back this afternoon...
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Good morning! Coffee's brewed and first cup on the hotplate.
I've never had Vietnamese food, I'll have to see if there's a place over at Branson, they do have excellent Chinese and Japanese restaurants over there.
Jansimon, you make me even happier that my place of business is just outside my back door, a bike ride first thing in the morning would kill me.
Busy day today, material trucks coming in with supplies for our next jobs, propane truck coming to top off the tank, a cord of firewood to get split and stacked and sometime today a buddy wants me to go out on the lake and follow him around while he tests his boat out. He's been having trouble with it, but THINKS they got it fixed. If I schedule it out just right, I might squeeze in a little fishing right before sundown.
Have a great day everyone!
WB
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Siem, i thought the trains were pretty good in the Netherlands...got us everywhere we needed to go...the morning rush hour car traffic looks scarey..of course only one person in each car !
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Had a "Pecan Snail" for breakfast. And some orange juice. I tell myself the sweet roll is "somewhat healthy: because it has lots of pecans, which of course are good for you.
We are starting to get cooler weather up our way (Minnesota). It always comes as a surprise how much that cool weather can dehydrate you. Some people miss the four seasons when they move to the tropics, and I can't imagine why. I haven't gotten used to the 4 seasons after . . . 18 years. Wow time goes by fast.
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Tea drunk, Weetabix eaten, face shaved, emails checked, now do I go and lift the last of the carrots before it rains/snows or do I put up the snow fence first.
Decisions, decisions and she who must be obeyed isn't up yet to tell me.
Think I'll have another cup of tea, feed the animals and then do the carrots.
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I know what you mean smauggie, we've lived in the middle of the country all our lives and see just about all the weather extremes. But, the worst years are when it's 90 degrees one afternoon and you wake up the next morning with frost on the ground. It's a real shock to the system.
I haven't checked for myself, but they're saying there are spoons in the persimmon seeds and hornets are building their nests low in the trees, both are supposed to mean a long hard winter. UGH!!!!!
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Lemonade and a cinnamon roll. The grandsons are visiting today and tomorrow as they have two days off from school. I have my bottle of cactus whiskey at the ready for my use tomorrow night after they return home!
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I'm a bit bored, so I thought I'd show you what arrived in the post this morning. My latest ceramic clown modelled by artist Elizabeth Haslem. I think I now have about fifteen of these; all different styles and sizes. This one is 10" high.
Elizabeth, who moved to Cornwall in the UK, to accompany her artist husband is no longer with us sadly. She taught herself clay modelling, painting and glazing.
I have a thing for the circus clowns that I used to see as a kid. I don't care for any of the other so called 'doll like' clowns that abound, as they rarely capture that image I have in my head.
Perhaps this will brighten up a dull (here in Englandistan) day:
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Sweet collection! Are they all ceramic? Are any of them tobacco humidors?
Ernie
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All the Liz Haslam ones are ceramic but they are purely for display. Curiously I do have a very old shop's cigar humidor cabinet, that I bought in a junk shop. Got it home to find that it had the most superb hand painted 'faux' oak finish.
I hadn't realised until I noticed a scorched patch on the side. It had been used in someone's shed but had obviously been stored next to a paraffin heater.
Faux oak graining was very popular in Victorian times, particularly in churches in poor parishes where they couldn't afford oak for the pulpit and panelling.
Are you a baccy humidor collector Ernie?
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My dad who passed away in March had a lovely collection of figural tobacco humidors. That one kind of reminded me of one of his pieces.
Here's an example of something similar and a link to a page about them. They're highly collectible.
click here
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That's an interesting site. It would seem that you are more likely to find tobacco jars here in the UK, rather than humidors. Perhaps that's something to do with difference in weather conditions.
I have an old French jar very similar to this one, except mine doesn't have the 'armorial' decoration seen on the front. The rest is the same.
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am I missing something? Are tobacco jars and ceramic tobacco humidors the same? My dad loved them. I always thought they looked like cookie jars. My dad smoked a pipe off and on for many years. He collected all sorts of tobacciana. I sure would like to have one more conversation with him.
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Oh I thought a humidor had a small vented compartment in the lid to store a small dampened sponge. Perhaps that is just a variation on a theme.
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Couldn't resist this petrol lighter (that's what we call them) when I saw it in a junk shop. Works too:
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I think you're right... I googled "tobacco humidor" and a bunch of the storage units with glass lids and fans etc. came up. By the way, I love the clown motiff. Not sure if you've seen on the news over there but we have an epidemic of people trying to scare folks wearing clown suits..its sweeping the country and its leading to some violent confrontations! I would say "only in America" but I don't think that would be true hahahha..
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I think it may be happening over here too. I saw a small headline on BBC online news.
Edit:
Yep. Here it is: Creepy clowns warning
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In my early 20's I was a professional clown. It takes a lot of energy to be a good clown.
Never understood why people made evil clowns.
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Michael, that lemonade and cinnamon roll doesn't sound like one of those Texas breakfast's I've always heard so much about.
Didn't the whole evil clown thing start back in the 80's with that movie? I think it was called Killer Clowns From Outer Space or something like that. Not exactly a Hollywood blockbuster, but it wouldn't surprise me if it's become a "cult classic".
I used to collect tobacco tins, still have a few, but don't pursue them anymore. Several years ago, I contracted to make cigar boxes for a local tobacco/cigar shop. They were just basic boxes made out of Spanish Cedar. They usually wood burned their own logo in the top. They closed down with the anti-tobacco/smoking movement.
Getting kind of a late start today, ragweed is in full bloom and the allergies are in full force. I feel like my entire sinus system has been stuffed full of cotton balls and my headed is pounding. But, I took a sinus pill and it should get a little better.
I really enjoy reading about you folks other hobbies, very fascinating to see the diversity. For me, it's pocket knives, buffalo(mostly white) figurines and shaving devices.(straight razors to modern contraptions) I dabble in a few others, but those are the main ones.
Well, time to get the trash out before the truck shows up.
Have a great day and see ya'll in the DB.
WB
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Just checking in.
Had an old high school classmate call up out of the blue with the idea of asking for a loan. They were politely turned down.
It upset me a bit though. Hence I was up at 4 in the morning talking about clowns.
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Good morning!
smauggie, I've been in that position a time or two myself. It's hard to say no when they're talking about not having utilities or food for their kids. Rather then handing them the cash, we made arrangements to cover the utility bill personally and gave them a couple of boxes of food. No loan, with no return expected. They've always made good by helping out around the place and I can still consider them friends.
Well, storms moving in from the west and another round by early afternoon. Slight chance of severe weather in the second round, but doesn't sound too bad. We need a good rain, early fall has been fairly dry.
Picked the last few tomatoes off the vines yesterday and the garden's done for the year. If the ground dries out by the weekend, I'll till it under and get it prepped for next spring. Although we've been talking about trying the hay bail garden method for the past couple of years and may go that route. They say it works pretty good, but my old school mind has a hard time wrapping itself around the idea.
Got a little computer work to do today, printing out parts lists and inventory spread sheets, along with a few online orders to place.
Have a great day,
WB
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It's Yom Kippur here and all is quiet, save for the kids riding up and down the road on their bikes. It's the only day of the year they can do it without a parents watchful eye !
The main roads are so quiet one can lie down for 40 winks on it and survive. 
I cleaned the dust in the main rooms today and gave my Stamp area a good tidy. I don't fast so had a good lunch of the remainder of my Homemade Chicken and pepper quiche.
Collections ? I have a small collection of Pigs which I brought with me from England when I came here to live. They sit proudly on the wall, most of them fitting into a printer's drawer which is now used as a display shelf. A few others are dotted around the house but the collection is no longer added to.
I also collect and am rather fond of small wooden boxes and have a number around the house, most of them old or antique-style. Includes a couple of Cigar Boxes which I picked up for a song. Some of them have stamps in awaiting their trip to an album !
I am relaxing on the computer whilst waiting for my Table Tennis hour at 5pm with my Grandson.
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I'd really like to visit Israel someday, It's in our top 3 places to go after we retire. I've accumulated their stamps for several years, but just started over the past year, to actually put them into an album.
Good luck on the table tennis match, if your grandson is anything like mine, they'll show no mercy!
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I too would like to visit Israel as well. As one of my professors used to say, "You never know what might pop up with the next handful of sand in the Holy Land."
I remember seeing a show on TV where a family had excavated under their house to find a major road with colonnade underground.
And of course there was the mind-blowing discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in Qumran.
In my Bibilical Archaeology class our teacher talked about some colleagues creating ancient artifacts to sell to tourists for beer money.
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Just finished getting my daily dose of Bob Ross. I love to watch that guy paint, he makes it look so easy. I've spent most of my life crafting things from wood, metal, plastics and even textiles, but I have no artistic talent what-so-ever. I leave those things to my wife. My mom was also a very gifted artist, but bless her heart, she just can't do it anymore.
On my second cup o' jo and looking forward to a beautiful, cool and sunny day here.
Hope ya'll have a stellar day,
WB
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Changed my Avatar just for fun. I got this cover recently and cannot put it away! It's sitting here on my computer table because it gives me a chuckle.
As you cross the Pennsylvania border into New Jersey on Route 80, this is your first exit, Welcome to NJ, You've entered Buttzville! The only memorable thing there is Hot Dog Johnny's, a somewhat famous drive in restaurant. You can't pass by without having one!
But as far as the town, I don't think I could bring myself to buy a house there! Wouldn't want that mailing address! 
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"Just finished getting my daily dose of Bob Ross. I love to watch that guy paint, he makes it look so easy. "
Did you see the meme of Bob Ross that said, "Maybe Bob Ross is a serial killer and he's painting pictures of where the bodies are buried?"
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Well if that be true, Tom, I'm sure they were all just "happy little accidents".
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Nice thread you started whitebuffalo,
I wish I had time to post in the morning but that's not going to happen anytime soon so I am posting in the evening. I've been pretty busy with the DJ job recently, takes up a lot of time to put together a three hour show. Some weeks I fill in for one or more other DJs and that really takes up the time because I have to put the music together for those shows too.
I'm glad all our Florida members did well during the Matthew hurricane. North Carolina didn't make out so well.
I am still buying for my collection but no time to mount the new stuff right now. I scanned a few new items that I will post later tonight, nothing spectacular but stuff I just needed.
Doing a lot of baby sitting,(a four and six year old girls)these days even though the girls are back in school. Putting bunk beds together for the girls tonight because they stay over night quite often.
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Thanks Vince, it sounds like you've got your hands pretty full these days, so check in anytime. Like I said, the diner's always open.
It's been a busy week and ended with my oldest grandson's last football game yesterday. They won 18-0, but only placed 3rd on the season. Still pretty good for their first year as a team. He had a nice little run in the last 15 seconds of the game, but caught a cleat at the end of the run and had to come out for the last couple of plays. He's fine, but grandma doesn't take too well to her "babies" getting hurt and I had to restrain her from running down on the field and embarrassing him.
Beautiful day forecast, but unseasonably warm. Gonna get outside later and take advantage of it, while it lasts.
Have a wonderful Sunday,
WB
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Seminole game last night in Tally; Phish concert tonight..epic weekend!
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Too chilly to sit on the deck and enjoy my coffee, but the wife made sure I had Bacon, Eggs and Hash Browns to go with the coffee. Later today it's birthday party for my 8 year old granddaughter, then maybe an alternate route home by using the winding road along the top of the mountains to check out fall colors.
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Time to get ready for another long week at work. In charge of putting on a "symposium" for suppliers this week. Will be a challenge. Of course it's going to rain, making the plant tour awfully fun. Well, on the bright side, lots of good things to talk about with my Tribe. Not such good things to talk about with my Browns. Oh well, another day in Cleveland!
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Good Monday Morning!
Today I'm off and will be working in Colombia or is that Columbia? 
OH, some good Columbian coffee sounds very good about now. Had a small shot of real Cuban coffee the other day at work, the afternoon went by and I wasn't tired at quitting time. Wonder why?
So I'll be sorting, soaking and ID'ing today. Between laundry and cleaning the house.
It's a great day! Better week as I'm working Tuesday and having the rest of the week as vacation time.
Have a good one....
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Good morning everyone.
We couldn't do much at the weekend as it was raining most of the time.
There is a stamp auction in Edinburgh a week today.
I am going to go to the viewing on Friday. Instead of the car, I am going to go by bus.
I get free travel on the bus (beause I'm 63 years old) so I will save $30 in fuel.
Who says the Scots are mean?? (We are just "careful" with the bawbees).
If there is anything of interest I'll leave a few bids and hope for the best.
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I Owe, I Owe so off to work I Go!
It's gonna be a great work week AND I'll get to meet and hang out with fellow SoR member BenFranklin1902 (Tom Geiger) Tuesday night. Have a great day everyone.
Ernie
Ps..Luree, ENJOY your time off this week. Ian, let us know what's neat at the auction
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Good Morning and yep, it's another Monday.
Time to gather up the black walnuts off the property, I can't stand them myself, but they're bringing record prices this year. We always leave a few for the critters, but there is an over abundance of acorns and hickory nuts this year, so they won't starve.
We got our years firewood in and stacked, propane tank's filled and vents covered, we're as ready for winter as we'll ever be.
Ready for another cup and hope ya'll have a great day.
Stay safe,
WB
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"Time to get ready for another long week at work. In charge of putting on a "symposium" for suppliers this week. Will be a challenge. Of course it's going to rain, making the plant tour awfully fun. Well, on the bright side, lots of good things to talk about with my Tribe. Not such good things to talk about with my Browns. Oh well, another day in Cleveland!"
I'm also running an event this week. I brought 50 people from my company to an industry event in Jacksonville, Florida and will play mother hen all week. It's good to meet the people I work with via Skype and email every day face to face.
As Ernie said above, I am breaking away on Tuesday evening to have some dinner with him! We'll take a selfie for the board!
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Good morning,
It has been unseasonably warm the past few days (highs around 70 degrees). I am ready for cooler weather 40's and 50's). Got the winter blankets out and plugged in the heated mattress pad (never have to get into a cold bed ever again).
Breakfast was the usual. On my way out of the house I was greeting by a nice sunrise. Soon I will be getting up too early for the sunrise as the days grow shorter.
Hope everyone has a great day.
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Just a couple of cups of coffee this morning. Bananas looked like they were on their last leg yesterday, so I'll pass on them. Bobbie sleeping in this morning. Now she's up and going to take the motherinlaw to the grocery store. Hopefully for fresh bananas.
I'm having a hard time finding a job. At 58 most places are looking at me wide eyed, and seem to be moving on. " Moving in a different direction " is the buzz word for ~ only going to hire kids. And they want a BA for a mid level manager. Seriously ?
Still playing with the Japanese selections. Mostly stuff thru the 1940's. Sure would love to get the numbers of the 1889 - 1907 printings. Seems as if there are few rarities in the used lineup. Also found a few pricey commems that I forgot I had. Might just keep one for me and sell the others. Or not.
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"I'm having a hard time finding a job. At 58 most places are looking at me wide eyed, and seem to be moving on. " Moving in a different direction " is the buzz word for
only going to hire kids. "
I am also 58 and have found that "senior manager" means someone around 35. I learned that the way to find a new role is to work your contacts. Build up your Linked In group of people you know. When you see something you'd like to apply for, always check to see who you know there, or who your contacts may know there. That's how doors are opened today.
I'd say just about every job I've ever held was found through my contacts rather than cold contact to a company. The last two jobs were found through Linked In. I've worked for three companies in my field. I'm currently working for my boss from company number two back at company number one. It's that small a world in business!
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Ernie and Tom, have a wonderful dinner and yes we want some pictures! I just know good laughs will be in order for the evening. Enjoy!
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Cock-a-doodle-do, coffee is brewed, havin' my first cup, how 'bout you?!
Don'tcha just hate morning people?
When jobs got hard to find in the mid 80's and the company I worked for went out of business, I said to heck with it and started my own business. We dang near starved to death those first couple of years, but it all worked out and we've never looked back. But, don't let anyone fool you, even if you're self-employed, you're always working for somebody...the customer!
Hope ya'll are able to make the most of whatever the day brings,
WB
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Life is a gift and every day is a gift and opportunity.
The other day I had to take an Uber trip and the driver tried to convert me to Islam. It was hilarious. He wasn't prepared for someone with a theology degree. At the end he took my silence for interest and started trying to provide me some references for more information. I told him, "Why don't we agree to disagree and just be brothers of the book?"
We left on amicable terms.
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First delivery of stamps for over a week this morning (I binge-bought off Delcampe at the end of last month, about thirty separate purchases). For the first week or so there were colourful envelopes every day as eighty percent of the orders came in. Then it tailed off, and by the weekend only four sellers had not fulfilled. Cue pointed 'contact' messages on Delcampe.
One guy said sorry you didn't get my message but that stamp was sold last year and Delcampe didn't take it down. (Long explanation about how that could possibly be.)
One guy said sorry but I don't have one of your stamps, what shall I do? (Reply: send the rest, fella. Reply: OK I'll do that Thursday)
One guy said he'd tracked my order right to the UK and I'll get it maybe tomorrow. (I'd better do, it was a big order.)
And the lady whose stamp arrived today said please alter your feedback to 100% as you've got the stamp and I really really sent it the moment I got your order, honest. (I'd given her 75% for tardiness!) I altered, but left in the "after 17 days" rider.
All this mostly for 'Deutsche Besetzung Zara' overprints which I'm having to get one by one in order to avoid stamps that cost £100+ each.
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Good Morning, Afternoon, Evening!
I'm off for a few days and it feels wonderful. Today is the celebration of my husband's Birthday! A landmark for him. I have no idea what he wants to do today. The shirt I ordered for him won't arrive for another few days so we get to celebrate again! I love week long celebrations!
A cake just might be in order. He wanted a 7 layer, one for each decade. Wont happen. I'm not THAT talented. If I did, it might be the leaning tower of cake.
Have a super day everybody. Enjoy the present, a wonderful gift of today. (smauggie, love the positive thinking!)
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Good morning!
Happy B-day to your hubby purrfin2!
Well, as of yesterday, I've been a member of SOR for one year and it's been a great one!! Thank you all for your kindness, support and help over the past year, it's been very much appreciated!
In that time, I've soaked, sorted and/or mounted well over 5000 stamps. I've started country specific collections for 5 different countries, as well as, 3 different topical collections and with your help, I've learned countless lessons on how to research and organize it all. While my collections will never be considered valuable, my time here has been priceless. You're a great group and I count myself lucky to be a part of it!
Have a wonderful day one and all,
WB
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My wife and I had a wonderful time with benfranklin1902 (Tom) last night. What a fun guy. We laughed and had a great dinner on the Landing last night. Tom had us cracking up last night. I'm so thankful for SoR. I've met some great people here and have started some real friendships. 
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Thanks Ernie! We did have a lot of fun. It was great meeting you and Bonnie in person, fantastic to put a person to the posts!
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That order tracked to the UK which I should get tomorrow (yesterday)? (see my post on the 18th)
The seller gave me its tracking code. I tracked it. It arrived safely in Beirut International Airport last Monday.
Is this sort of thing usual? Did someone misread Lebanon for London? Or key in the wrong 3-letter code?
(Tell me, which International Airport is WTF?)
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I'm not sure if this was a serious question, as WTF has other connotations. But in case it was, there is no such listed IATA code.
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Oh dear, this is what happens when you don't use emoticons.
To recast the question in a slightly less informal way: does anyone know if it is usual for registered mail from Eastern Europe to travel via Beirut?
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Probably not. If it is 'moving', at least there is some hope you will receive it. Unlike my Delcampe purchase from France on the 14th of September. It is now 20th October and that piece of mail is in....... France. More precisely, tracking information shows it at the Barby Bureau de Poste.
After a short exchange of translated messages using Giggle, err Google, the seller refunded me without any fuss. Today I received a form to complete from La Poste, so hopefully the seller will get his money back too.
What is so disappointing about this episode, is that the item was quite a significant piece of Hong Kong postal history that I had spotted on the Delcampe site.
I had even prepared a small article about it to submit to the HK Study Circle. All I have now are two images of the envelope that I copied from the listing.
My emoticon:
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"I even had even prepared a small article about it to submit to the HK Study Circle."
Geez, Clive what's the matter? The Rambler ain't good enough for ya?
Just kidding, I guess I understand.
Ernie
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Listening to the Bangladesh Test match this morning.
Stamps referred to above remain at Beirut International. Emailed the seller for an explanation. Situation looks bad. Need a cup of coffee.
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Good Morning all,
Fun Friday, Fan Friday, Finally Friday! I have two more days of total bliss before it's back to yuck work.
WB, congrats on your one year anniversary! I also find tons of information from all the wonderful knowledgeable collectors here that are willing to share.
Ernie, thanks for sharing the picture, you and Miss Bonnie are looking good and to have a face to go along with Tom is perfect. Tom, we will meet at one of the Fl. shows one of these days.
Clive, maybe you could submit that article for the Rambler after all? I wish I were knowledgeable enough to help Ernie out, but this little one just rolls along with the tides.
Have a super day! and keep the coffee flowing...
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Good morning!
Guthrum, as long as your package is still on the radar, I would think that there's still a chance. Hope it works out.
My what a handsome and happy looking group in that shot! I think the pic says it all. Ernie and Tom, glad ya'll had a good time.
Ernie, I watched Antiques Roadshow/Jacksonville FL the other night on PBS and wondered if you and your family attended.(?)
Well, with a temperature of 39 degrees, this morning could be best described as "crisp". Fall is in the air and it's one of my favorite times of the year. Pumpkin carving and costume making with the grandkids this weekend. Robots, superheros and ice princess.
Hope you folks have a great day and even better weekend,
WB
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Yo WB, yeah, we watched that episode last night! I texted my daughter down in Orlando to tune in; she loves that show. The neatest thing that I saw was the black doll. It was reversible into a bear. The concert contracts were neat too. Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis signed contracts to perform at the Florida Theater. It's a classic music venue we've seen some great live music there. I didn't think Jacksonville was big enough to warrant a visit from the Roadshow. Maybe we've arrived!
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Yeah and a Steiff bear at that. Too bad the Elvis signature wasn't authentic, but still worth pretty decent money. I watch the show every week and keep hoping they'll show up somewhere close by. They seem to go to a few smaller venues then they used to.
WB
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Didn't go to the Stamp Auction preview today.
But I am going to the Auction itself on Monday. WHOOOOPPPEEEE!!!!!
It will probably be the last auction for me this year. (She who must be obeyed will have me working from 1st November to Christmas Eve).
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I am only in Jacksonville this week on business, running a conference for my client company. Ernie and I were talking about our meeting for months! He gave me good restaurant recommendations where I took my herd of 50!
I live in Pennsylvania near Philadelphia.
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Well the next time I'm in Philly, I'll holler at ya! Mind you, I've never been to PA!
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Time to take my son to go take his ACT this morning. It's times like this that I am happy I'm through that whole thing. He's only just begun!
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My week in Jacksonville is complete and I'm headed home this afternoon after I package up and mail all the boxes of conference remainders. As I pack my things, I notice that I didn't wear my flip flops or bathing suit even once, but that's okay. I got through a week of conference coordination with a hard to manage group... aka "herding cats".
It did go rather well. Many thanks to Ernie for giving me the lay of the land and restaurant recommendations. It's good to have a friend in an area where I'm coordinating an event. And it was fun meeting you and Bonnie, we will meet again, hopefully on my turf!
Off to pack and hit the friendly skies! I could sleep a week!
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Hey Tom
We had such a nice time the other night. Next time you gotta show us around Philly. Keep that bathing suit handy because Bonnie will definitely want to hit the pool! Travel safely my friend.
Ernie
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For sure, have a safe trip, Tom!
I absolutely HATE flying!! My only 2 experiences with commercial flights, were both under extreme weather conditions and that last time, I swore never again. But since we do want to travel at least a little after retirement, I'll have to get over it. I ain't gonna like it, but...
Happy Saturday, hope it's a fun one,
WB
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"I absolutely HATE flying!! "
I never minded air travel but I HATE all the garbage we are subjected to these days! Get there at least 2 hrs early. Wait on a long line to be scanned, take off your shoes, then try to get all your stuff back together quickly. On my way to Jacksonville, TSA in Philly decided to wipe down my laptop computer for chemical residue. I told the guy to just open it up and it was on, to prove it was a laptop and not a bomb. He said he couldn't do that because if it was a bomb, either opening it up or hitting a key would blow us up. Amazing fricken drama!
And so easy to get around. I was flying out of Newark a few years ago. After all the damn searches, we stopped in a restaurant near the gate. They gave me a steak knife! Okay! Enuf said!
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Cup of coffee solved the problem - delivery from Belgrade (via Beirut) arrived this morning. Joy. Had cup of coffee to celebrate. (See 'Recent acquisitions' for a look at what the fuss was all about.)
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This very much depends on habit. For me, it's coffee at 11am and tea at 4pm. However, I have lived under circumstances in which making tea before rising in the morning was a pleasing duty. Living alone, not so much.
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Good Sunday morning!
Having a cup or two while waiting for the news to come on. Probably check out "Meet The Press" later.
It's another crisp morning here in the Ozarks. Fog started to move in off the lake, but looks like it's going to recede as the sun comes up. Beautiful fall morning!!
The grandkids finished getting the walnuts picked up yesterday and we'll be taking them to the husker later today. They'll split the profits, keep a little out for play money and the rest goes into their collage funds. It's not huge money every year, but by the time they're out of high school, it'll add up nicely.
Welp, breakfast is on the table, have a great day and see ya'll in the DB,
WB
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"Having a cup or two while waiting for the news to come on. Probably check out "Meet The Press" later."
Sitting here doing the same! That's our Sunday routine as well, and this week "Meet The Press" should be a circus!
I'm back from Jacksonville, safe and sound! I got in the door at 6:45pm and was asleep in my chair by 9:00pm! Literally exhausted from a week of very busy work from the time I got up to the time I fell asleep! I slept to 9:00am this morning, a full 12 hrs and I feel a bit better now. I'm just very pleased that everything went perfectly according to plan and mostly that it's over!
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Glad you're home safe, Tom. Sounds like you had a grueling week and if you're like me, you probably slept better sitting upright in your chair, then you did in a strange bed.
Chuck Todd does a pretty fair job on "Meet The Press", but I still miss Tim Russert. He was always a little more apt to drag his guests through the dirt, if that's what it took, to get the answers to tough questions. Chuck Todd will ask tough questions, but tends to let them off the hook, if they side step the question long enough. Still a good show and pretty much an icon in Sunday news programing.
WB
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Good Tuesday morning!
Sittin' in my office, listening to the Bob and Tom show and taking a coffee break.
Well between the pumpkin carvin' and costume makin' over the weekend, I managed to make a few stamp purchases.
Just for kicks, I decided to try a 1000 lot of WW stamps off of Ebay. I'm really hoping it's not chock full of modern wallpaper issues and there will be at least a fair percentage of pre-1970 material in it.
I also purchased several stamps through the SOR approvals. I've been concentrating my efforts lately on Hungary and it also looks like our family "Christmas Stamp" time will be spent primarily on Australia this year. I need to see about getting some pages designed and printed off for those, but will wait until the stamps arrive before trying.
Hope ya'll are having a great week so far,
WB
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I donned my maintenance engineer hat today. The washing machine started screeching again. I've been nursing the beast for the last few years, as the pump is really close to the end. Yet it still keeps going.
Why don't I buy a new one? Well, I know I will never find one with the build and reliability of this one. Next year it will be 30 years old. Sadly the company that made it has not had a presence in the UK for a very long time; in fact it may not make washing machines at all any more.
It's very strange, I have never spoken to anyone who has even heard of the Swedish manufacturer; ASEA.
They build marine turbines, which does explain the longevity of our machine. Superb engineering, very high quality components and simplicity of design. Better than the best German products (although that's not too difficult these days).
I have had an eBay 'watch' for a second hand machine for about 10 years and not one single machine has appeared.
My sister-in-law has had six other big brand name washing machines in the same time frame.
My wife keeps willing the beast to die. She wants a nice shiney new one.
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When we married in 66 my parents gave us their first refrigerator a 1937 Frigidaire...i mean its not like today when the newlyweds have everything already when they marry. We had a sears clothes dryer that lasted 30 years...i doubt if any of the modern creations will last that long.
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When my wife's family bought their house in 1961 it came with an old refrigerator as a spare, in the corner of the playroom.
When they sold the house in 2014 it was still there, humming along!
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Good morning!
Never heard of the ASEA brand. Are those the initials for something, or the actual name?
We still use an old 1950's fridge, made by International Harvester(IH), for an adult beverage cooler. The only alterations are a child proof safety latch and a grounded cord.
Something I've said many times and still believe today, is that ever since the Bic lighter, it's become an increasingly disposable world. The days of the TV repairman and shade tree mechanic are all but gone. I still try to do as much of that kind of stuff as I can, but they've loaded all these things up with so many bells and whistles, that it's almost impossible for the average consumer to keep up with the so called "modern technology", or do anything else but throw it out, or recycle it and go buy a new one. Some things are better for the technology, but most are not.
I'm a firm believer in KISS and whenever I'm faced with buying electronics, electric appliances, or machinery, I try to stay away from as much of the "fluff" as possible.
Okay, there was my rant for the day, hope ya'll have a good one,
WB
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ASEA: Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget. Say that with a mouthful of cornflakes.
I was reading somewhere that most manufacturers are maximising profits on household electricals by consciously 'degrading' components to reduce their lifespan.
The only way around this is to by top end appliances. I recently looked into a suitable replacement for the ASEA and the closest in quality is a top end MIELE. That was priced at around £1300 but that was before the fall in Sterling.
Where's my granny's washboard and wringer?
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Nothing special planned for today, so still pondering a feature of last night's Short Story Writing course I am taking, in which a submission from another chap baffled the tutor and left her shaking her head in dismay. It wouldn't have raised an eyebrow to anyone familiar with (say) Hubert Selby jr's Last Exit to Brooklyn or even Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting. But I suspect our tutor is better acquainted with more genteel fare.
Another wicked thought occurs: how many US contributors hereabouts don't actually collect US stamps?
Spent thirty minutes just now trying to access my emails. After several attempts got through to find "Your Inbox is Empty, Here Are Some Videos For You to Watch". And that just after the postman delivered not my very final Deutsche Besetzung Zara purchase but instead a sole envelope from Sky touting for an upgrade! Things will get better after a cup of coffee, I'm sure.
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Good morning, getting a bit of a late start today. I hate to admit it, but I stayed up too late binge watching "The Walking Dead" on Netflix. I don't usually get into that sort of show, but after a couple of episode's, I was was kinda 
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There was a time, 30 years ago, when I wanted to try writing. I even took a couple of night classes at the local community college where we lived. I just never could seem to get the hang of putting thoughts to paper and have it flow into a coherent story line. But, I always was better at working with my hands, then I was with my brain. I know, I'm stating the obvious, right?
I know it's not a steadfast rule, but I've always figured that collecting stamps from your home country was a case of guilt by association. It just seems natural to do so.
Well, it's time to get crackin', got orders to fill.
Have a great day folks,
WB
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Re. Asea washing mashines - The brand name for the household appliances has changed to Asko in 1988, when Asea merged with Brown Boveri to form ABB and they sold the laundry business unit to the Finnish company Asko. Recently (2010), Asko has been bought by Slovenian Gorenje company. That is probably why you do not find any on eBay or elsewhere. It is still known as premium quality and is not cheap, but you can get one for 800 or 900 euros, which is still considerably less than 1300 GBP. Nicknamed the Volvo of washing mashines...
Looking a bit further into this at asko.com, I now see that you probably need to import one if you really want one, because they are not active on the UK market.
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Friday before Halloween. Some of you might know I'm a freaky Halloween Druid. Rich just finished Abby and Nermal in the garage and they will be going out today. If the wind could die down just a few MPH's we'd be really happy campers! Blow ups and wind are not a very good mixture. Doing the rain, rain, stay away dance, too. Seems electric and water really don't mix.
So between the decorations doings I'll be finishing up the listings for Colombia. I have about 300 Colombia going into the store, lots of work; been at it about two weeks now. Had a day I just didn't want to look at another Colombian stamp, but played with 10 that turned into 20, etc. Almost at the end now. Next will be Ecuador. Then I think I'll be done for a bit.
I'm also expecting a big shipment of Christmas Island. I became absolutely fascinated with their stamps and bought some from Elizabeth and she's turning it around and selling me her whole collection! Can you believe that? I'll be working like a crazy woman on a new album for CI.
Just love stampin' and learning about different areas.
Have a super duper day and (quote from Jimmy Buffett) Vampires, Mummies and the Holy Ghost, those are the things that scare me the most.
Time for more coffee...and maybe some Bailey's or Kahlua...or both!
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Jansimon,
Thanks for the additional information. I did know about the Asko connection, as my eBay searches always find their spare parts (but never for my model).
I didn't know about the 2010 takeover.
Had a look at the Asko site and I was pleased to see they have retained some of the engineering features of my 1987 model.
By the way, in all those years I have never needed to replace a single part.
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Well, Good Morning from Greenville, MI;
it's 9AM here and I only see 3 members signed in this morning counting myself -
where is everyone?
Anyway, enjoying my third cup o' joe, seeing the latest posts/discussions, then on to the P.O. to send some mail out to Canada.....I hate filling out those forms!
Was hoping to get some windows washed outside and clean gutters and reake leaves, but not sure the weather is going to allow yet; we shall see soon enough!
Randy
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Hoping for a somewhat productive day. COPD greatly limits my abilities and I must do my tasks slowly with an oxygen bottle near by.
First order of business was this tasty cup of coffee.
Next to the basement to disassemble the washer. I believe its problem is the Door Switch, so I'll wire a temporary bypass to it. If that fixes it, I'll order a new one. At least laundry can get done until that happens.
After that (at some point before 4), I'll get the trunk loaded up with the recyclables and haul them down to the center.
The wife and I will cap the day off by joining our neighbors for a great dinner at a authentic Bavarian restaurant that is a few miles from here.
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Mike,
Authentic Bavarian sounds great.
We have an an authentic one here as well, but its about 75 miles away. You're fortunate to have one close.
http://www.bavarianinn.com/
Take a look at the website - Frankenmuth is a great place to visit!
And, Ohhhhh the chicken livers! I can almost taste 'em!
Randy
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It's nearly half-past two on a dull Saturday afternoon here. Not going anywhere today after getting up at stupid o'clock to watch England playing cricket not especially well this morning.
A nice little Yugoslavian set from 1940 arrived in the post, regrettably not including the stamp I wanted, which is a perforation variety. I could swear I counted the perfs in the accompanying photo on Delcampe, but attempting to gauge perfs on-screen is a dubious process. The set will go into a folder containing nice little sets I either didn't want, or from which I have extracted the stamp I did want.
When listening to a radio programme or tiring of watching TV I sometimes continue my project to scan, straighten and border every single mint stamp I have in a bona fide collection. This massive and arguably ridiculous quest started when attaching illustrations of individual stamps to posts and articles sent to SOR (and before that to The Antipodean Website). It's grown a bit since then (and I have looked up the meaning of "OCD"), but it's relaxing in small doses and I've done 4719 of them, representing, at a wild guess, about a quarter of what is out there.
It's the turn of the Channel Islands next, and by then I'll need a cup of tea.
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Good morning folks!
My wife's sister is in for the weekend, so I'm a little late to the diner.
Thinking about heading out to a few yard sales and flea markets, but haven't decided which direction to go. I'm not sure if there are any yard sales locally this weekend, so I may have to head towards one of the out lying small towns.
I'll probably head out on the lake with a buddy this evening to try for a few Walleye, they should be feeding on the flats this time of year.
The 1000 lot of WW stamps that I bought off Ebay came in yesterday. My first impression is favorable, although I think the term, "light duplication" may have been overstated to some extent, but I think overall, it won't be too bad. It does look like there's some decent material to work with in the lot.
Have a great weekend, see ya'll in the DB,
WB
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Saturdays I am with my ECT (Elder Care Target).
Radio Lab (on NPR) had a great piece on Allen Funt. I never knew that television's Candid Camera had originally been radio's The Candid Microphone, which only means that my knowledge was sub-Wiki, eg, less than I would have known had I read the relevant article in the Wikipedia.
http://www.RadioLab.org/
This Saturday marks exactly fifty years since the passing of my father (the ECT's first husband).
Gosh, that's a long time, and it feels like last week.
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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I wasn't home this morning!
Today I got up at 5am and was out the door by 5:30 because I promised a small club that I'd be in NJ by 7:30 to help them set up for their model car show. They needed to borrow my club's table leg extenders (2' lengths of plastic pipe that go over table legs like sleeves to make the tables taller, better for adults viewing model cars on tables. They save a lot of back pain for attendees!
Had a good day at the show, saw a bunch of folks I knew and spent most of the day chatting. Just got back home a bit ago, tired and will not last too long this evening. At least I can sleep in tomorrow.
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The family finally got our voter registration cards in the mail yesterday. Finally.
Been waiting for weeks, as the state of Texas is reknown for idiots running the voting
system. Regardless of the party in charge, the idiots of the party get put in charge of
the non-partisan office. Allegedly.
Trixie and her mom Ruth want to get up and get to the local polling place early. The
local county library that we are all quite familiar with. The alarm goes off at six AM,
and Trixie bounces out of bed. I am a little slower to move. Ruthie has been up for a
couple of hours appearently. But she went back to bed fully dressed and ready to roll
her walker out the door. My wife crawled back into bed. I got up about 9ish and had
a cup or two of coffee before a shower. Finally around 11 everyone was ready and we
went to vote. Early voting which is a habit, I like to get these things out of the way,
and this year is a truly outrageous year for voter turnout. I was amazed. Must have been
three or four hundred folks. Parking lot was packed full. But things were moving along
quite smoothly and swiftly. All 3 of us had voted and we were on our way in 30 minutes or
so. Now I can ignore all the election stuff for the next few weeks and only carp and cripe
at the outcome, regardless of the winners.
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Did someone mention Bavarian Food ?
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Hey Michael...food looks amazing. By the way, great stamp tshirt!
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"Had a good day at the show, saw a bunch of folks I knew and spent most of the day chatting. Just got back home a bit ago, tired and will not last too long this evening. At least I can sleep in tomorrow."
Yup, I was asleep in my chair by 8:30. Woke up and slinked off to bed by 9:30. Did get up by 8:00 this morning. That was a lot of sleep but I am still catching up from the past few weeks of heavy work activity!
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Well it is Sunday morning, and I am up and have had two cups of coffee. I can't get going without my coffee. I have already been looking at stamps and thinking about values to sell my stamps for. Forty years of collecting makes for a huge collection. I have really enjoyed reading on StampoRama Discussions.
All of you seem to be very friendly and I thank you for that.
Best Wishes to everyone today.
Karen
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Michael,
Wow - what a big plateful of deliciousness!
Randy
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Is that a Bavarian breakfast?!
A whole bunch of great posts and pics coming in. Thanks for sharing!!
We managed to snag a few Walleye last evening, none earned bragging rights and it was all catch and release, but still a lot of fun!! The fish are there and it's just a matter of finding the biggun's, we'll probably give it another go around sundown this evening.
Got a few chores around the house this morning, gonna try to get them out of the way early. Then hopefully start sorting through the WW lot this afternoon, to see what's in there.
It's a beautiful Sunday morning and time for another cup.
Take care, be well and have a great day,
WB
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"Is that a Bavarian breakfast ?!"
No. A Bavarian Dinner.
Schweinhaxn (Big chunk of Pork leg on the bone])
Sauerkraut
Kartoffelknodel
Yummy, and in my favourite restaurant in the Bavarian Capital. Heaven !
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Happy is an understatement ! I am planning on popping over next year to sample the culinary delights once again.
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In a hurry this morning - I live 20 minutes away from the train line, and if I arrive at midday there is easy parking. Later than that, not so much. Off to London today, then, for (a) the film I, Daniel Blake and (b) my Pathways through Poetry class in the evening, at which I shall read a poem I wrote forty years ago - we'll see if they can spot that! (I've failed to do my homework again...)
This morning an email through from a dealer on Hipstamp from whom I had ordered up a Gilbert and Ellice Islands set (following a post elsewhere on the forum when I realised to my dismay that I did not have it - I'd thought I was complete on used QE2 commonwealth sets). No, on sorting through his stock he realises he hasn't got it either despite the fact he has a pic of it on the website and here is my refund. Hm. That seems to be happening quite a lot recently.
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Good morning! Coffee's hot and goin' down fine!
I'm not sure what Kartoffelknodel is,(it looks like a big ol' dumplin') but it would be pretty hard not to smile while facein' down a beautiful chunk o' pork joint like that. I think me and Bavarian food would get along right nicely!
I got started sorting through the Ebay lot last night. I'm not totally disappointed, there's some decent material in it. The best so far, is a nice copy of the 1882 U.S., 5 cent Garfield. The centering is a bit low, but overall a fine example. An early assessment of the lot, looks to be about 70-75% pre-1970, with the remainder between '71-'85. Out of 1000 stamps, I think I'll be able to fill around 3-500 spaces in my WW album. For $10.00 and free shipping, I'm okay with that.
I have a meeting with the principal of our local K-7th grade school today, to discuss the possibility of their starting a stamp club. I'll offer to donate any duplicate material I come up with and stipulate that any unused material go to other school stamp programs or the Holocaust project. As far as I know, the school has never had a stamp club and I'm hoping that it can all be worked out.
Other then that, it's business as usual and it looks like we're in for another beautiful day.
Have a good'n!
WB
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Have to check the YMCA lost and found today for a pair of swim trunks,,,i don't mind forgetting a bottle of shampoo now and then..but the cost of swim trunks can add up. I guess its all in the game for us old geezers !
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".............. a dealer on Hipstamp ............. on sorting through his stock he realises he hasn't got it either despite the fact he has a pic of it on the website and here is my refund. Hm. That seems to be happening quite a lot recently."
Same thing happened to me last week. The item in question had been sold on Bidstart (?). It would seem there are quite a number of problems related to 'site migration'.
Hipstamp is, understandably I suppose, experiencing a lot of teething problems. I had a look through the extensive list of member queries and requests for site modifications. The site developers do seem to be working their way round them though.
There is one thing that irritates me more than any other, which occurs on every stamp selling platform that I use, is the 'items per page' setting. On Hipstamp it defaults to 48. Yes you can change it, but where is it? At the BOTTOM of the page.
One day a site developer will come up with a cunning plan and put the damned option at the TOP of the page.
End of rant.
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"Have to check the YMCA lost and found today for a pair of swim trunks,,,i don't mind forgetting a bottle of shampoo now and then..but the cost of swim trunks can add up."
and just what were you doing at the YMCA without your swim trunks on? (Someone was bound to ask!)
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Okay I'm off on a grand adventure! Told the wife we were leaving at 9am, and of course I'm still waiting for her. I have the day off.
I'm really excited and we will see just how successful this adventure will be.. it is stamp related. I'll report in this evening!
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".. it is stamp related."
Tom,
I'm sure the missus will LOVE this little adventure.
-Ernie
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The swim shorts are still missing...i have a spare...i was proud of my buddies today..there was no hot water in the showers...one or two of the guys went home to shower but most of us took brief but cool water showers !
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Who needs coffee to wake you up in the morning, when this arrives from Taiwan:
I haven't even opened it yet. I'm not even sure how to.
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What a beauty. Very fine.
Nice way to start your day.
Karen
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A spectacular Scott Visnjic cover! Is he the Feigenbaum of the Far East? (No. I suspect he is rather more upfront about his productions than was Feigenbaum, an out-and-out crook. Note the genuine Taiwanese stamps alongside those of 'Coldland'.)
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Wow, that's purty enough to put in a frame and hang on the wall! Very nice!
Taking a coffee break and need to call in a couple of material orders this morning.
The meeting with the local school principal went well and she seemed enthusiastic about starting a stamp club. She's going to check into the student and faculty interest, as well as establishing a budget to maintain it. I explained that we'd supply most of what they needed to get started, but there would undoubtedly be some costs in the future. She's suppose to call next week to let me know.
Have a great day,
WB
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"A spectacular Scott Visnjic cover! "
Yes indeed. I have bought a couple of his fantasy Hong Kong stamps. I missed out on a few others annoyingly. From the eBay images they look very well produced.
So when I pluck up courage to open the envelope, I'll see if they live up to my first impression.
On this same subject and with reference to WB's stamp club endeavour, I can't help but think that the cover I posted is the sort of thing that would draw kids in. The designer hasn't used those silly childish themes that the likes of GB, USA, HK and others seem to be obsessed with.
It has combined a number of contemporary and classic elements. I may be a bit soft in the head but I am actually delighted by it.
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Oh yes, I forgot to mention. Mr V states unambiguously in his item descriptions, that all his stuff is purely fantasy and the reverse of the stamps are marked 'replica'.
So he is not trying to go down the Feigenbaum route.
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I have just taken delivery of a Huion® A4S Light Box, which I mentioned on this thread: OTTLight Range. Does anyone use them?
This is better described as an A4 sized 'backlit tablet', powered by a USB cable. I've actually found that it conveniently plugs into my OTTlite desk organiser lamp (see first image on the above thread), which has a USB port at the rear.
It's incredibly thin and so light: about the same as a dinner plate. So I'll be road testing it over the next few days.
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Just got home from voting, the turnout was healthy so we waited about an hour and a half to vote. We got there 6:45 and the polls opened at 7am here. I have no issue with the wait since it means people are voting en masse and we talked to people on line which made the time seem less.
A few issues I have with voting in Pennyslvania... Electioneering near the polls. In New Jersey the law says you cannot campaign or even have a sign with in 100 feet of the polls. We voted in public school buildings, so they kept it off the property. In PA, the law is within ten feet of the polls, so campaign workers are all over the place and accosting people on the line. It's just wrong.
Second, we vote in a church building here, and the facility is way too small for the function. That resulted in pure chaos both in the voting area and parking lot.
Third... paper ballots? In the 21st century? Really? We had voting machines in NJ from my first election in the 1970s. Why are they so behind? Easier to manipulate?
What I don't get is the local and state involvement and laws governing federal elections. From the way primaries are held or not held, all the way through the process. If the system is supposed to be fair and just it should be under federal law and administered the same everywhere.
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Left my travel mug at work yesterday so didn't have coffee until I got here this morning. Dang it tastes good.
Did stop on my way in to vote. Polls opened at 6 AM. I got there at 5:45 and there were already over 200 in line. Things moved efficiently for a change so it only took about 45 minutes to complete the task. That still made it a long time to endure the lack of coffee.
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Yep, the circus has begun here too. We live in a very small community, so voting at the school is pretty lax. No long lines, but still lots of voters from the rural areas. We don't get the polling and electioneering that many places do and that's fine with me. We're a pretty tight knit community, so there is virtual no conflict at the voting booth.
However, I do REALLY look forward to the late night phone calls from candidates ending, we had one at 11 o'clock last night. It was from one of the Senate candidates in our state. We've been bombarded with these calls for the last 2-3 weeks and I'm sick of 'em!! At one point they had the entire answering machine filled and that's BS!! Potential customers couldn't leave a message and that hurts business. Glad it all comes to an end today!
Hope all are well.
Stay safe and hope your vote goes your way,
WB
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Pennsylvania is a swing state so we are being bombarded by political commercials. My daughter is in the New York City TV market and said they haven't had the fraction of what she saw here.
Last night and today there were commercial breaks of ALL political ads. I'm working from home and turned the TV off.
My "gee whiz" moment is that the Hillary ads focus on "Trump is a potty mouth and we must protect our kids from hearing this." But Trump said these things ONCE in a political rally, but her team has rebroadcast them literally 1000s of times, during times kids would be watching TV, in the interest of protecting our kids! Go Figger.
We use cell phones (with a NJ area code) so we haven't been subject to the phone calls. I do have a phone here I use for long conference calls, but it doesn't have a ringer on it so it may have been ringing off the hook!
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Missouri will never be a swing state, but there is a lot of contention with the down ballot races. Our incumbent senator has been in office for 20 years. His main pitfall is that his wife and three kids are(or were) lobbyists for tobacco and large corporations for the better part of his career. It's been that way for a long time, but it seems to be having a much bigger impact this time around.
I think he'll probably pull it off, but it's the most heavily contested race he's ever had to run.
WB
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Only an-hour-and-a-half line to vote?
We can't afford to do better?
I have heard it said that every wait to vote is yet another form of disenfranchisement.
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Well, good morning all you Americans.
There will be many gazing that bit more thoughtfully at their stamps today, I'd suggest.
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Not much stamps today.
Its "She who thinks she must be obeyed's" birthday tommorrow.
Had to go to Dundee to get her pressie yesterday, now got to get the card and cake.
I've also got to make a small table to be part of the shop window display. No rest for the wicked!!
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Prescriptions for Xanax just went up ten fold!
I for one, can't even imagine what's about to happen next!
WB
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Its 16.30 here in Bonnie Scotland.
Had a glorious afternoon reading and then listening/watching CNN and other "News" channels.
Where do these folks come from? What a load of drivel these "pundits" spout. This could happen, that could happen and Yes I could become the King of the United Kingdom (If everybody else in the country dies or their brains are sucked out by aliens).
Wait and see what happens over the next few weeks.
There are more important things in life......Scotland plays England tonight at Soccer!!!!
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"There are more important things in life....."
Yea, I have covers to sort and place in my albums!
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"....Scotland plays England tonight at Soccer!!!!"
Hey Ian, Crikes Moab! (is that even close?) I thought yall called it football over there?
Working half a day today and I'm just about ready to split out of here... headed to Tallahassee to watch my 'Noles put a hurtin' on Boston College.
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Ernie:- I translated Football to Soccer so there would be no confusion for you guys acrosss "the Pond", who call "American Football", Football. (Its nice to see the Raiders doing well, so far.)
Enjoy yourself at the game.
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Good Morning, time for a coffee break!
As a lifelong Chiefs fan, the Raiders are a tough sell. My brother-in-law is a hardcore Raiders fan and it's led to some pretty interesting Sunday afternoon's!
Fall has finally come to the Ozarks, geese are headed south and stopping over on the lake. Leaves are turning and the squirrel's are gathering nuts at a breakneck pace. No frost yet, but we've flirted with it a couple of mornings.
Youth deer season has wound down and the regular season started this last weekend. It's only a matter of time before me and that big ol' eight point I spotted a couple of weeks ago, "get introduced". I do love me some deer backstrap, the rest will be made into summer sausage.
About time to head back to the shop, have a great day folks,
WB
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Well I have had my second cup of coffee. It is time to get ready for my first yoga class. I have heard such great things about yoga and one of my friends is teaching it.
So have a HAPPY HAPPY DAY!
Karen
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As it has been a while since I have visited I find myself admiring that Coldland cover. Looks like the tiger has scale-mail with a leather collar and rosettes and epaulettes mailed with Splint mail and tiger motifs. Yet in the background I see a wolf. On the front are a pair of what look like rampant foxes, though it is hard to tell. Quite a mélange of animals!
Speaking of cold, we are starting to get lows in the 30's and 40's and highs in the 50's and 60's. We did have some beautiful colors in the neighborhood, but most trees have lost their leaves by now.
Preparing to lose my job due to a business merger early next year. It is my first experience of being "displaced". It will be an adventure for sure. I am ready for a bit of a break, to tell the truth. Might be nice to "hibernate" this winter.
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I watched the Raiders a couple of weeks ago, cant remember against who, but they looked GOOD. Glad to see our old coach Del Rio having some good success. His son is still terrible for the Gators though.
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My husband has to get his car serviced today, so we will be making a trip out of town early this morning. His is taking me out for breakfast and then to a WWII movie. He is a WWII history buff.
I hope you all have a great day.
Karen
PS I did get my buzz today.
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I had an interesting experience. Ever order something in Italian off an Italian website? I had to obtain a couple six foot tall banners for a work event in Italy the week after Thanksgiving. I found that Vista Print has an Italian subsidiary and managed to go there, create the banner and order them! Paid in Euros with my credit card, shipped directly to my colleague in Anagni! Now I can do anything!
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Good morning!
Tom, you're braver then I am! I just don't feel comfortable ordering from sites if I don't speak (or read) the language.
It looks like we're gonna dodge the winter bullet streaming along the northern tier these past few days, but it's just a matter of time before that crap pushes south.
I spent part of the day, yesterday, winterizing boats and vehicles. I'll keep the fishing boat up and running for a while longer, but skiing and pleasure cruising is pretty much over for the year.
Looking forward to the Thanksgiving holiday with family, it's been a few years since we were ALL able to get together at one time. It looks like this year is going to work out for everyone. (if the weather holds out, anyway)
Enjoying a mid-morning cup, have a very nice day folks,
WB
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Note to Tim, Smauggie and all other Minnesotans;
Looks like winter is heading your way - take care, you guys.
Randy
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Last year we were unable to attend ChicagoPex because we got 11 inches of snow the night before. It is sleeting now and supposed to turn to snow later but not expecting significant accumulation. Should be able to get there tomorrow.
This morning it was 65 degrees and sunny! What a change.
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Last I had heard, they were predicting a blizzard in parts of Minn.
Sally, have fun at C-pex!
....still in the low 60's here in Mich....got rain, though.
Randy
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Minus 8c here in Manitoba, no snow though. Stay safe and warm everyone.
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Randy: Yeah, we had winds of 30+ miles per hour and blowing snow when I got off work yesterday. Winter has come for sure.
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Sorry to hear you might be getting a storm. I do love snow, but not when it really storms. We have had such a beautiful fall here in Kentucky, but we are having a drought. Last night I did hear the rain finally. Maybe we won't have the fires now.
Taking a road trip today, so hope I get to see more colorful trees.
Enjoy you coffee everyone.
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Couldn't get to the flea market today. One of my dogs got sick. Nothing major, but the dog needed taking care of this morning. It's a real pretty day today, but it is quite chilly.
I'll head up to the flea market tomorrow. It'll still be just as nice, but chilly.
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Happiness is watching my leaf blower addicted neighbor running around his property blowing leaves while we are having 30 mph wind gusts outside. Makes for an entertaining comedy show not found on my cable TV.
Mike in NC / meostamps
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"Happiness is watching my leaf blower addicted neighbor running around his property blowing leaves while we are having 30 mph wind gusts outside."
I think we all have that neighbor! I have the guy behind me who has this huge push leaf blower that makes a horrible rotary sound. He's got his ear muffs on, but it's downright deafening to everyone else. We are on acre properties and he can be 200-300 feet away and I cannot do conference calls in my kitchen with all the windows closed. And during leaf season he'll use it every friggin day. I can hear it right now!
He runs this sucker all summer too. Nothing like being in our pool and not being able to hear each other speak. This thing is so loud that the pool water vibrates! And you can't say anything to him without it becoming a fight.
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Tom, maybe they are related??? Mine runs a lawn care business so he has plenty of things to play with on his property. Our lots are about 1 1/3 acre in size and my back 1/3 is natural woods which I am leaving as is for the wildlife. One good thing is that the wind today is blowing north to south and he is south of me, so he is getting a good dose of my falling leaves, hehe. When the wind dies down Sun or Mon, I will just hop on the riding mower for 30-45 mins and run around mulching down what is on the ground. Helps to break up the clay soil we have around here. Will probably only have to do that 1, maybe 2, times more this year as the trees are getting pretty bare after today's winds.
Mike in NC / meostamps
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Since the snowstorm it hasn't gotten much above freezing (32F/0C). Welcome to the new normal. There will come a time in early spring when that temperature will seem warm and balmy.
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A rather foolish morning this morning, as I am one year older and want everyone in the world to show how much they care about that by celebrating (acknowledging will do) the fact on social media, or even in old-fashioned ways such as via Royal Mail!
So, rather than stamps, and as well as routine schoolwork-from-home, I've been counting up my emails (2), facebook posts (11), facebook messages (1) and birthday cards delivered (2) and refusing to check whether this enormous amount matches last year's, just in case it doesn't.
First up, in the race to see who loves me best by getting their good wishes in the earliest, at 12.03 am last night, and pipping automated faux-bonhomie from Delcampe and Google by seconds... my ex-wife. (...I have no idea.)
Well, this is not a plea for all you readers of this thread to actually pitch in yourselves - I'll risk assuming all SOR members have joined Charlie Jensen 
and me in spirit, and raised a metaphorical glass (magnifying or otherwise, no matter) to our continued well-being and stamp-collecting for many years to come! (Meanwhile, my son and his family still have 12 hours in which to add to my totals, or else I shall have points to make at Christmas! 
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Absolutely..a VERY Happy Birthday to you!! May all your milestones roll downhill with the wind at their backs!!
Good morning to all and have a great day,
WB
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Happy Birthday Ian! Hope you have a great day today.
Ernie
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Here's a handmade card for you Ian. Happy Birthday.
A rare image of a white rainbow, or 'fogbow'.
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Happy Birthday Hope you have a memorable one
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Goodness - you don't see many of those in the London Borough of Havering...
Many thanks for that excellent e-card, Clive!
(Son and family entirely exonerated with charming video of the grandchildren singing Happy Birthday, (although apparently reading off a cue-card!)
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Happy Birthday, Ian! and many more years in good health! I'll drink to that at my 4.00 PM'Happy Hour'-- how healthy do you want to be, one drink or..??
Jopie and Phil
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Happy Birthday! Hope it was a good one
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Before time runs out -
Happy Birthday, Ian!
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Tom, hope you had a good Thanksgiving. Was thinking of your neighbor as I write this.
Spent the last 2 days watching TV in my den and looking at my leaf blower addicted neighbor running around again outside. He was out there today about 2 hours ago for the 3rd time today. After that, he decided to give his new black pickup truck a good washing. He probably should have waited awhile before doing that. I just finished riding the mower out back, mulching up the leaves that have fallen so far. Created large clouds of dried leaf dust and red Carolina clay which just happen to drift in the right direction. Will see which appears first, the leaf blower or the garden hose to give the truck another rinse.
Mike in NC / meostamps
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Morning all. Coffee, read the forums, and will check ebay soon but got distracted trying to get a network printer working.
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Hey Mike! Thanks for thinking of me. Me thinks my leaf fiend must've gone to visit his daughter in Colorado for the holiday because it's been silent, and there is no activity at their house.
Of course I was out for a bit yesterday, leaves so deep that it's like rounding up cats. I will be out there for a few hours today. By a stroke of luck I got out of a business trip to Italy, but my boss went. I put in all day Wednesday - 4 hours on Thanksgiving and at least 8 hours on Friday and Saturday, and will finish up sometime today with materials they need for the Italy program.
With her in Europe, I'll have afternoons to get some chores done. I'll hit the leaves a few hours a day. I can do it a few hours with no bad results. If I try to do a full day out here, I cannot move the next morning. The curses of getting old.
I am with my morning coffee and found a small monthly stamp and coin bourse about a half hour away. It opens at 10am and I'll give it a looksee.
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Meomike, i can relate..the English Squire behind me brings his illegal leafblowers in on weekends...i guess they are busy during the week...the noise, it sounds like multiple chain saws cutting down a forrest..of course they get paid by the day..so no rush !
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Hi Phil, The noise is really not much of a problem as our place is being well insulated. I am just amazed (amused?) with his addiction to his leaf blower. Come on, if the Good Lord did not want leaves to fall onto the grass He would have made them to go upwards instead, right??? I landed up taking a nap yesterday after my post so I do not know if he re-washed his truck, only noticed that it was moved to the other side of his property farthest from mine today.
Back in 2014, while I was taking in some sun on my back deck after having a chemo treatment for my lung cancer, this same guy walked over to ask how I was doing and then started a sales pitch for keeping up our yard. After 5 mins. I faked the need to go inside to end the conversation. 2 days later, a young couple who also live up the road from us in our subdivision stopped by. The husband also has a yard service business and they both proceeded to mow, rake, trim and spray our entire place. The wife and I had gone for a radiation treatment that day and returned just as they finished. They had seen a post I had made about my medical situation on Facebook and had decided to come over and help out, free of charge. We have used him every since to get to the things I no longer can. And there is a card and a check inside on the kitchen table right now for them so they can give their new 6 month old daughter a great first Christmas.
The rains we are expecting this upcoming week (Thank God, it has been dry for over 6 weeks) should bring down the last of the leaves so that should end this saga for this year.
Mike in NC / meostamps
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Mike, I am in Hillsborough and it has been dry here but not nearly as bad as the mountains.
Al
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Hi Al,
I can not recall any measurable rainfall around here since hurricane Matthew back in the 1st week of Oct. We are out in the county, about 8-10 miles N-NE of Salisbury. Agree, the mountain areas out west of us need it more than we do right now with all the fires. We did have a couple of 'red flag' (no burning) days recently so a bit of rain to clear the air and water the ground would be most welcome.
Mike in NC / meostamps
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Got back from Atlanta (or as the natives call it, Atlanna) yesterday. Spent Thanksgiving with family. Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving.
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Good morning!
We took an extra day for travel and got back yesterday afternoon. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and didn't eat too much turkey and dressin'. If that's even possible. LOL!
I hit a few flea markets while away and came across a couple of packets of stamps. Looks like mostly the usual suspects, but I think there's a few I can use. Only spent $2, so it's all good.
Back to the ol' grind today, got quite a bit to do before the next holiday break.
Have a great day, ya'll and see ya in the DB,
WB
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We have rain too.
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Rainy day in Pa!
I put in a lot of hours the past few weeks and at least three full days over the Thanksgiving weekend with preparations for an event in Italy. With my bosses there, and me working from home, I'm taking it easy this week.
I thought I'd put in a few hours every morning and work on my yard (leaf herding) in the afternoons. I did so yesterday but today I got to fiddle with stamps instead!
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It's lunch time at the diner!
I'm thinkin' Rueben sandwich with ff's and malted vinegar. Maybe wash it down with a cold beer!
YUM!! YUM!!
WB
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Gee, all I had were a few frozen burritos from the microwave! 
Which reminds me... the other evening the wife came home with a nice steak from the supermarket. I go to cut open the package to prepare it for the grill. I flip the package over and there's a warning sticker, "DO NOT MICROWAVE IN THIS PACKAGE". What kind of idiots are we raising???
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Good morning all from a beautiful North Carolina. The rains over the past 2 days were well needed. Just about all our leaves are now down and a mowing next week should the final one for this season.
After having to deal with constant political commercials on TV for the 6 months leading up to the election, I thought it was finally safe to enjoy watching some shows. And then I saw this commercial the other night. At first I thought it was a satire of sorts but after checking Google, it appears to be a real product. I can think of at least 1 person who may get a can for Christmas, hehe. VI Poo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L37-3v7DyYs
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"... I thought it was finally safe to enjoy watching some shows ..."
What is jumping out at me are all of the magazines in doctor's waiting rooms with articles written in the last days before the election, eg, "what will the world be like when you read this", "however it turns-out I think that", etc.
They make their own interesting little time capsule.
No aide today, so I'll be looking out at all that sunshine, and looking down into that backed-up pile of mail, filing, etc.
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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Hunkering down for the winter...its that time of year..most of my friends at the Y go South for a week or a month...one fellow and his wife are going to Hawaii for a month. I guess we just take the seasons as they come...IF my wife said lets go someplace i would go..if not its ok with me !
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Doughnut shaped turds, now there's a neat trick! She must be the life of the party!
Brisk morning here, got our first light frost last night. It didn't kill the palm tree, but if it had, my wife would've killed ME! Best get it brought in today, according to the weatherman, winter is closing in over the next week or so.
Been sorting stamps I picked up over the holiday, nothing to brag too loud about, but a few nice ones to add to the ww collection and a few others to add to the specialized areas. Overall, not bad for a couple of bucks.
Coffee's tastin' real good and I'm ready for the day!
Have a good one,
WB
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Just thought I'd make a 200th post before they shut down the diner. It's been fun, thanks for coming by and sharing your time.
WB
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OMG not the diner too. Not even a place to visit with our fellow stamp collectors. Blah
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The Diner survives. Here it is moved to a new home.
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12:40:18am
The Diner is not going anywhere. No worries, friends. The Diner is Open! â¤â¤
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There came in the post this morning the 569th list of a well-known new issue dealer, a Yorkshireman whose business dealings are as tight as traditional views of that provenance might suggest.* This fellow has every new issue you could want, at prices suggestive of the fact that he has few competitors in this country. You have to spend £10 every time you order, and when your stamps come, you inevitably find that a few are marked "out of stock" or "to follow". As you might expect, some do follow, and some do not.
You can either pester, or shrug shoulders. I've tried both.
* "Ayup, lad. If it's free I'll 'ave two," is a typical smear on honest Yorkshire folk.
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SHAZAM!!! The wrecking ball has retreated, the lights are back on and the coffee's brewin'!! I can even smell the bacon and eggs cookin' in the kitchen. It's a wonderful day in the neighborhood!
My thanks to the MT for finding a way!!
Ian, I know your pain. We've placed about a dozen orders online for Christmas presents for the kids and grandkids this year. So far, three of the orders have sent messages saying the item is "out of stock". Then with no specific date, they want to know if we want to wait for "new stock" to arrive, or cancel the order. One of them even sent part of an order and had the invoice marked "back ordered" on a couple of items, again with no specific date for the other items to arrive. Ordering online usually works, but there are times when it can leave ya hangin'.
Have a great day folks, hope the sun is shining where you are,
WB
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So glad to see the diner stay. I haven't participated much on the DB. I have a lot going on. But I enjoyed coming her just to read what everyone was doing. One of my good friends was in a bad car accident that mangled up both her legs and feet. After her 3rd surgery in a week and half blood clots from her legs traveled to her lungs and she coded. They revived her but now she is in a coma in ICU. Then 2 nights ago my daughter called me and my son-in-law and grandson were in a car accident. They are ok now but no vehicle to get home in.
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Dogonit Carabop, sounds like you're going through a bit of a rough patch. Sorry to hear that, will keep you and yours in our thoughts and prayers. Hope it all gets better!!
With the holiday season, I'm feeling a little sentimental today. I'd like to say how grateful I am for this club and how much it's helped me over this past year. You're a fine group and I count myself lucky to be, however small, a part of it. Thank you all!!
This is also the time of year to leave any bitterness behind. To find it in ourselves to be kind and helpful to those less fortunate, or of a different social structure. It's not always easy, but I honestly believe the ability to do so, is inside of us all, if we'll just try. So try to make a positive difference in someone's life and it will make a positive difference in yours.
Have a great day folks and as the saying goes, "smile and the whole world will smile back at you".
WB
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First cup of coffee on a rainy morning in Missouri- but that's a positive thing. I can't put up the Xmas decorations, split more wood, or get to the last of the leaves. Guess I'll just have to work on stamps. There are three small lots I picked up recently that are just sitting there, lonely in their glassine prisons. I hear them calling. But maybe they'll wait until after a second coffee.
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Yep cold and rainy down here in the sw corner of the state too, dollhaus.
It is indeed, a perfect day to stay inside with a hot cup of coffee, a warm fire and a few packets of stamps. Although, my wife does make a wicked cappuccino, so I may eventually switch over to that after breakfast.
Time for "Meet the Press", enjoy your Sunday everyone,
WB
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Got the leaves all done yesterday, so to day I admire the clean lawn as I sit back and ache. Still exhausted from performing Handel's Messiah last night too. The piece is not difficult, but even my little violin gets really heavy after nearly three hours of playing. One good thing today is that since it's a bye week, I don't have to watch my Brownies lose!
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Just watched Meet the Press so it's time to get moving.
Last night I invested three hours in my annual watching of "It's a Wonderful Life" and was still amazed that every scene in that movie is classic! A local old tyme theater shows it on the big screen every year but we are otherwise busy on the show dates this year. It's just grand on a big screen in a 1930s theater!
My neighbor who owns most of the trees in the front hadn't done her leaves yet so I waited since any wind sends them downhill to my front yard. She has her lawn service clear them ONCE a season and I woke up to the sound of blowers yesterday morning. I watched them intently from an upstairs window because last year I caught one of their idiots blowing the side yard leaves (where two big trees are) down the hill onto my property. I confronted the guy who gave me grief back, but then removed the leaves. I let the owner of the lawn service (who is also my lawn service) know. This year they cleared out everything on that side of my driveway. And blew my driveway clean too.
I waited for them to finish before I attacked mine. I spent the afternoon out there and got it down to a big pile down near the street. I have to go out and attack that now. I blow the leaves in the backyard into the woods, but this is too far so I bag the front yard and put the bags at the curb for collection, which is Tuesday. I still haven't gotten to the pool area. Maybe I can this afternoon. Those just get carted into the woods. I want to get it all done today since it's supposed to snow overnight. Wish me luck.
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My favorite and the greatest movie of all time. A cultural treasure for all human kind. I always mist up a bit at the end when Harry Bailey raises his glass and says "to my big brother George, the richest man in town!"
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Not that long ago, I would rake-up the leaves, wash a load in the tub to shake-off the worst of the insect eggs etc, and use the leaves to completely re-bed my composting worms.
Now I am back in NYC, live next to a coupla-hundred acre park, see thousands of pounds of freshly-fallen leaves, but can't keep worms.
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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Thank you WB. My friend in ICU is not doing well as of yesterday afternoon she has stopped responding. Before that she would blink her eyes and try move her hand if you squeezed it.
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Another of those bright, chill mornings when the ice on your windscreen doesn't go before ten and the sky is blue clear across the bungalow tops and the dead leaves are frosted on the lawn. An email arrives in my inbox refunding me ten euros with an apology that the stamp had been 'muddled up' - another blank, then, in my extremely patchy 'Deutsche Besetzung Zara' page which I am trying to load up as much as possible, even in the suspicion that few of the 58 stamps thus or similarly overprinted saw genuine postal use. Zara, a large town on the Croatian coast, had a pretty unhappy war, the story of which I ought to write up for a post elsewhere.
Confined to barracks for the past week with a heavy cold, I'll be venturing out gloved and scarfed later in the day to the poetry group, where today we are bringing in 'a favourite poem' for discussion. Since this was my bright idea I ought to come up with something good, but cannot decide what to offer; I seem to have a lot of favourite poems. Coffee time now, when a decision will be made!
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First cuppa down the hatch, toast on and checking weather forecast. Think I might stay in and play stamps today and tomorrow, here is the forecast.
"Significant snow and blowing snow for southwestern Manitoba beginning Monday morning lasting through mid-week.
A low pressure system moving eastward along the international border in Saskatchewan will rapidly intensify as it tracks into Manitoba Monday morning. Snow, heavy at times, will develop and continue through Wednesday. Total amounts of 15 to 30 cm is expected over the warned area, with the highest amounts most likely over Southwestern Manitoba. Meanwhile, northerly winds gusting to 50 or 60 km/h will develop Monday night or Tuesday over most areas. Visibilities will be significantly reduced at times in snow and blowing snow for most of Tuesday and into Wednesday as well. While some uncertainty remains in the exact timing of the heaviest snow and strongest winds, there is potential for sustained blizzard conditions over parts of the warned area.
The snow and wind will gradually ease Wednesday night. Bitterly cold arctic air sweeps in behind this system, with lows below -20 degrees Celsius expected by the end of the week accompanied by wind chill values in the -30 to -35 range."
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I am celebrating a small victory this morning. I have been hired on a temporary job with my same employer.
Best wishes for a good week everyone.
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Oh Lord sheepshanks, am I glad that we don't get weather like that down here...or at least, not very often!!!
That same arctic blast is supposed to deliver a glancing blow, but it's usually moderated considerably by the time it gets here.
Congrats on the job opportunity smauggie, hope it works out well for you! Very good news, indeed!
Ian, I'd go with Milton's "Paradise Lost". You'll be able to tell the real enthusiasts from the slackers by whoever is still awake at the end.
carabop, stay strong and keep believing. I hope your friend comes through.
I think I'll sort through a few stamps this morning, before heading into the studio. We've got a few things to finish up on before Christmas, but a little sunshine would go a long way to bringing out the inspiration to do them. I'll have to check in on the folks in the main shop later, but until then, I'm in hiding.
Have an excellent day,
WB
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WB, not that bad yet, just been out to feed the critters, chilly and wind picking up but no snow yet, think Carabop has seen more of it than us, well so far at least.
Hope your friend pulls through ok Carabop. Our thoughts are with you.
Ian, with our weather maybe "When the frost is on the Punkin" would be appropriate.
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"Full of sentiment and traditional in form, his work features rustic subjects who speak in a homely, countrified dialect." Well, Victor, as you might expect the Hoosier Poet has not made it into many anthologies on this side of the pond, but many thanks for directing me towards him, obviously very popular in his day! My eventual choice was a poem called 'Gifts and Courtesy' by Ivor Gurney.
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Yes we have seen much snow in the Dakota's. Probably only about 5 inches or so where I am at. South about 4 hours got hit hard with about 18 inches. We have the same weather forecast as Manitoba for this week. I am on a little lunch break but have to go back to work this afternoon. I think the rest of the week I may stay in as I don't have to work.
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Just started snowing here in Franklin, Manitoba, about 100K north of the border.
Ian, Have not been able to find an online copy of the poem, maybe if you have a chance you could email me one or put it up on here.
Have been through a number of my books but found none of Ivor Gurney's poems. Seems he had a trying life.
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Franklin - the gateway to Minnedosa, or the suburbs of Neepawa.
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Yep stuck in the middle Doomboy, at one time it had a bigger population than Neepawa or Minnedosa. Now we are down to about 11 houses, no shops but a one room Post Office open mornings only. Coffee pot is usually hot and a dollar a mug.
The yard got a bit of snow and more on the way, Guess time to get the snowblower out!
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We dodged the bullet here in Eastern Pennsylvania! Weather reports were all kinds of weather advisories... freezing rain overnight Sunday, icy roads for the Monday rush hour. Well, I heard it drizzling overnight, but woke up to 40 degrees F and the rain had stopped! My boss is away so I decided to work from home anyway. I haven't seen the office in two weeks, but I do have to go in tomorrow! I am kinda sick of being in the house.
Thankfully no snow, but those threats did get me to finish my leaf removal in the front yard!
That's 33 bags of leaves and 4 garbage pails full of sticks and twigs! Back breaking! I'm still sore!
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Sheepshanks:
I've actually been through/past Franklin twice - once taking the 'scenic route' to Gilbert Plains, and once travelling with my father-in-law (a prairie boy from Pilot Mound) on a circle tour to visit his myriad cousins (I think one lived in Minnedosa - that trip was a blur of place names!)
Darryl
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It's another beautiful (gloomy, cold, windy) day in Minnesota. I had my usual Pecan roll for breakfast along with some orange juice. Started the day at 31F and the low will be 13F. Then we progress down into the single digits next week. Wishing everyone a good day.
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Good morning!
Well, my wife headed out on a business trip yesterday, so I'm bachin' it for a while. She called about 5:15 this morning to check in, all's well. She should be back by weeks end and the coffee will get back to tasting like it should.
Still got a few projects to finish up before Christmas, but should get done in plenty of time. Although, spraying finishes can be tricky in these cold temperatures. Thankfully, we have a solar drying room that helps, that is, as long as the sun shines.
It didn't get near as cold as they were predicting earlier on, stayed in the upper 30's over night and now we're down to just one really cold day and then the temps go back up to around average. Snow prediction looks like it's down to a dusting at worst.
Time for a warm up, where is that waitress?
Live long and prosper, NahNu, NahNu,
WB
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I am not sure how Manitoba is doing up there but I think we got hit with this yesterday afternoon. "A low pressure system moving eastward along the international border in Saskatchewan". We are about 90 miles SW of Estevan Saskatchewan. No travel is advised for just about all of ND since about 5:30 last evening. I94 is closed from Dickinson ND to Fargo ND. I did get all my work done yesterday so not going out for a couple of days until this passes. A good time to work on stamps and catch up with other little things around the house.
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SW Manitoba got a fair snowfall of around 6 inches, I have some 2 foot drifts in the yard. Wind still NW 40-60K so will leave the clearing until tomorrow. We are expecting a few snow showers today but nothing heavy.
Our big problem is visibility in the blowing snow, so yes an indoors day now that I have fed animals and checked for damage. GB Machin time, I soaked a few hundred regionals at the weekend so will sort them today.
Stay safe everyone.
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This morning there comes in the post a curious missive from Cluj, Romania - a cover I had ordered up at Delcampe back in May, wrapped tightly in folded layers of heavy blue paper and stapled many times at the sides, rendering it almost unopenable except by unpicking each staple (there are nine on each side).
A note in English reads, "Sorry for delay I am never on site".
Hopefully there is no shortage of envelopes in Cluj, and I can only assume that this particular seller is not a prominent Romanian stamp dealer, but a private individual whose arrangements are a bit chaotic! Never mind, the cover itself is in good condition and it has arrived.
Meanwhile a T-shirt vendor from whom I buy quite a lot of politically-themed T-shirts offers one with a famous quotation from the English Civil War. Only it gets the famous quotation wrong.
‘The poorest he that is in England hath a right to live as the greatest he’ dates from 1647 and can be seen today proudly blazoned on the walls of the church at Putney where it was first spoken. The t-shirt people have left out the word 'he' both times. Oh dear. I think I need a cup of coffee right now.
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I am sitting in a cloudy downtown Bellefonte, Pennsylvania having my coffee waiting for breakfast to be served at the http://www.reynoldsmansion.com/
I plan to visit the APS headquarters tomorrow or Saturday. Today will be spent antiquing and looking for more stuff to add to my collections, today I will be looking for old records and CDs.
Vince
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Gooooood Morrrrrrrning StampoRama! Sorry, I watched a Robin Williams movie last night.
Ian, the use of the word "he", in such context, would be politically incorrect by today's standards. Especially on a politically motivated t-shirt.
Vince, I wish you'd quit sending that dreary old weather down my way. I need sunshine!! Good luck on your ventures!
Just another day here in the Ozarks. Coffee, work, more coffee, more work, supper, then maybe a couple of hours with my stamps at the end of the day.
Hope ya'll have a wonderful day!
WB
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I haven't been doing much with stamps lately except add to the pile buy buying some things on the SOR auction.
Does anyone else think what they will do when they win the Super Mega Power Lottery?
Of course one of the things I would do is get a bigger place to live so that I can have a stamp room (or two).
I would still probably be more of a bargain hunter for stamps. To me that is part of the fun (getting a $1000 cat stamp for $50 and so forth).
Of course I would not need to work at a job any more, so I could devote more time to stamps.
It is usually at this point that I stop thinking about stamps and start thinking about other things. How to make the world a better place. Of course that can start in the here and now.
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"Ian, the use of the word "he", in such context, would be politically incorrect by today's standards. Especially on a politically motivated t-shirt."
WB, I'd originally thought that the designer had omitted 'he' because he feared that today's customers would not understand the slightly unusual 17th century formulation, with 'he' as a noun.
Then I had my cup of coffee (see post) and it dawned on me, frighteningly, that you are absolutely right - Sir Thomas Rainsborough was indeed guilty of historical gender-bias which today's right-on, PC, sandal-wearing, muesli-eating t-shirt purchaser could not possibly countenance!
The very thought of which makes me urgently put the kettle on for a restorative cup of tea.
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Funny, Guthram. I was just looking at that very same T-shirt, as I also (very occasionally) purchase t-shirts from said company. It's been years since I studied the Levellers at university.
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I envy you, Vince!
Have fun!
Randy
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The Dakotas, i always wonder how the Indians ponys survived the winter...or how much buffalo flops or firewood the indians set aside..i doubt they had the apple or maple wood we have to stay warm.
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It's sunny but cold, 28 degree going up to 45 in downtown Bellefonte, PA. Waiting for breakfast and I'm off to the APS. I want to see the new library and check out the sales area.
Did some shopping and antiquing yesterday and added to some of my collections LPs, CDs, cigar box labels and my philatelic library. I will post some scans next week.
Vince
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Phil, we have a log fire in one room of the house and when we were using that room of a winter, would get through 2-3 cords of Poplar between start of December and end of February. Cost of a cord was around C$150, Oak was half as much again.
Bit chilly here today and here is our forecast,
"Today Cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries this morning and early this afternoon then a mix of sun and cloud. Wind northwest 20 km/h. Temperature falling to minus 20 this afternoon. Wind chill minus 30.
Tonight Partly cloudy. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 28. Wind chill minus 36."
Temps are in Centigrade.
Breakfast in a while and then out to push some snow around in order we can get out to do some shopping.
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Vinman, when we go to APS Hq.its usually a day and a half(exactly 300 miles door to door.) The time goes like a whirlwind...you know what i mean or will see what i mean...do i spend the time in the sales division or the library ?...either way it goes in a flash !
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Well good morning!
Dang it's cold, frost everywhere!! I hate winter!!
Headed over after bit to help a buddy get his log spliter runnin'. Sounds like it needs the carb adjusted. I love this guy, his wife is the head of cardiology for one of the major hospitals in the area and he plays golf and fishes. That's it, golf and fishing! Virtually every minor and major coarse in the world, including the pro coarses and I don't think there's a body of water he hasn't successfully fished. Some people have all the luck! Oh well, he's a good friend and I'm not saying anything here that I don't say to his face, so...
Have a great day folks,
WB
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Vince - Here 200+ miles south and we are a balmy -19C. Wish I had a house with a fireplace. My sister does and it is sweet.
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A glum damp wet sheep of a day here, but much lightened by another couple of Zara stamps in the post - that's Zara the Croatian enclave rather than the fashion retail chain. One included a delightful free 'gift for friend' - half a dozen pleasant Yugoslavia stamps. I've commented on this sort of gesture before: it never fails to work for me.
Speaking of kind gestures, yesterday's meet-up of UK Stamporama members featured another such when londonbus1 presented the other three with an issue of Stanley Gibbons' Monthly Journal from 1925. It makes fascinating reading: my issue has a grumbling criticism from an 'old-style' collector (i.e. pre-WW1) of the flooding of the market with 'new European' stamps in which 'nobody of consequence in British philatelic circles seems in the least interested'. And so he harrumphs on for a page or so! Today's equivalent, the Gibbons Stamp Monthly (which also arrived this morning) is bulkier and more colourful, but rather more polite, and dull.
The appearance of a spectacular Belgian Congo stamp elsewhere on these boards the other day prompted me to make the rash observation, during our SOR luncheon, that colonial stamps were gorgeous in direct proportion to the ugliness of the regime they concealed - a form of soft propaganda at which the British, as well as the Belgians, were adept. This was met with a silence I struggled to place as bored, stunned or outraged, before we resumed our meal. Nevertheless, I determined, as soon as coffers allow, to assemble a 'Heart of Darkness' collection of King Leopold's Belgian Congo stamps to prove my point! 
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It's a chilly 26 degrees in Bellefonte today. Drinking coffee by the fireplace in our room waiting for breakfast. I had a good day at the APS and checking out their library. There is a sales area for the library separate from their other sales area where there are books for sale. There also US and worldwide stamps and collections for sale in the library. I was like a kid in a candy shop. I added some new titles to my philatelic library and Cinderellas for my show labels collection. I will post scans when I get home next week. I recommend visiting the APS Philatelic Center if the opportunity presents itself.
Busy day today, Christkndle market in Mifflinburg, craft show in town, visit a craftsman who carves Santa figures and cut down my Christmas tree. I also plan on taking a tour of the homes in Bellefonte today that are decorated for the holidays.
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Tea drunk, toast on. It is minus 30c here this morning with wind chill of minus 38. Guess time to put the thermals on. This will be our weather for the next week according to the forecasters, but at least sunny days but no sunbathing.
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Happy Hump Day!!
Too bad we don't have a multi-page feature within each thread. I hadn't considered what would happen as this thread got longer and took awhile to load. I guess at some point I'll have to open up a second Diner. It's unfortunate, though. I think a lot of great threads get left behind because folks get tired of waiting for a single page to load, especially when there's lots of scans and pics. Just a thought.
Had a couple of cloudy, but fairly warm days this week. Back to cold, cloudy weather for the next couple. Still no snow or frozen precip.
I've been having a lot of fun sorting through a couple of 1000 lots of WW stamps the past few days. I had been on a single country kick for a while and forgot how fun covering several countries in a row could be. The roots of my collecting were based on buying, sorting and mounting these modest sized lots. My WW albums only go to about 1970, so I try to find lots that have a fair amount of that material to work with. Not always easy.
Well, time to go fill the wood box, stoke the fire and get to work.
Have a great day,
WB
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Well, smauggie, when I win the Super Mega Power Lottery I will buy truckloads of covers et al and hire a curator to do the sorting, characterizing, mounting ... after which I will change the rules, and have a good laugh as the poor sod has to start yet another pass thru the whole mountain.
An 11-y/o grandhild arrived today for a three week visit, so I've already hit the lottery.
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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No stamps in the post today (following a recent binge on the new and very disappointing Delcampe website). Yesterday took a plunge and ordered up the last Poland set I've been missing: the September 1944 'National Heroes', a trio of crudely produced though rather expensive stamps, issued (so far as I can make out) by the pro-Soviet Lublin Government even before the Germans abandoned the GG. Indeed six weeks later a further stamp marking '5th Anniversary of the German Occupation' was issued (the one showing Krakow Castle), which nicely illustrates the time-lapse between commissioning and issuing a stamp. How much of 'Poland' was occupied by the Germans by 26th October 1944? (Help needed here - can anyone tell me?)
I've been looking at stamp issues in Europe following Liberation - it's remarkable how prolific some of these are. Between August 1944 and May 1945 France issued no fewer than 83 definitive stamps! Belgium issued the long 'V' set twice over (once for Belgique-Belgie and again for the reverse); not content with that they followed it up with four 'V' overprints and then seven more Leopold definitives with a little 'V' in the corner. A point was being made, but at unnecessary length, you might think.
What's going on here? A frenzy of letter-writing (that would be understandable)? A frenzy of national-identity-establishing propaganda following four years of occupation (that, too)?
Points to ponder over this morning's cup of coffee.
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@ Guthrum/Ian: this is what Wikipedia has to say about the subject. I suppose the Soviet Union halted their push just before Warsaw and concentrated on the Southeast and the Baltics before breaking through the German lines in January 1945... There are undoubtedly more detailed accounts, but finding those takes more effort.
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I went on an eBay binge last Friday. I bought a mess of New Jersey postmark covers, and even raised my per cover personal limit. I found a seller with several 19th century DPOs for $5-10 each and bought them! Since eBay has sellers trained like dancing poodles to ship immediately, it all showed up in one pile in Monday's mail. I guess that was my Christmas!
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The cold has set in in Philadelphia for the next few days, going down to the mid teens tonight. I feel like I need a vacation after my week long vacation last week in center Pennsylvania. Picked up some goodies for my collections, stamps and other. I cut my tree down and now need to decorate it. I had auction material I won waiting for me when I returned Monday so I have some scanning and posting to do. That won't happen until later tonight after I get back from the radio station and put some decorations on the tree.
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Christmas Party 2016 at the Hurley Mountain Inn for the IBM Kingston Information Systems and Customer Engineer folk. Small world i travelled in...i knew one girl since 1965 shes a Great Grandmother now,and a young man who trainned me in a new department in 1972 and went past me like a shot. I was a product of the nepotism system and Big Blue really did not care for my attitude...i guess i can not blame them too much. i noticed most of us in my age group were drinking non alcoholic beverages !
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Saturday will be 77 degrees (25C)
Sunday will be 37 degrees (3C) with windchills in the 20s (-5C) (I ain't going to the flea market on Sunday!)
Monday will start out at 23 degrees (-5C)
What's my point? I don't know. I got a brain freeze just thinking about this!!!
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If it will unfreeze your brain, here is our forecast for tonight, temperatures in degrees C.
"Clear. Becoming partly cloudy near midnight. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 33. Extreme wind chill minus 43."
Guess you are quite warm really.
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A silent, little cat feet morning, the trees behind the bungalow opposite only a faint shadow. Not a good day for Christmas shopping, everywhere will be crowded, so I'm staying in, wrapping presents. Today in the post three Christmas cards, my union card (Membership Type: Retired), my political party desk calendar bought out of sympathy rather than necessity, but NO STAMPS!
Time for a cup of coffee, then.
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No stamps again today? Ian, you're slipping!
Well, we're in that weather twilight zone that we see a lot here in the midwest. Went to bed at 11pm, it was 27F, got up this morning at 5am and it was 59F. As if that wasn't weird enough, rain this afternoon and temps by tomorrow morning in the single digits. It continues by the forecast being back in the mid 50's toward the end of the week.
Oh well, we figure the good Lord provides days like this, so we can clean the ashes out of the stove before the next round.
Finishing up on the last of the first 1000 lot of stamps. Only ended up with about 200 spaces filled, but did find a couple of modestly valued stamps in the bunch, so it was a pretty decent deal in the end.
Wife's in the hot tub and it's about time to go refill her coffee cup.(and mine )
Have a great day, see ya'll in the DB,
WB
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Sent the VG (Visiting Grandchild) out to play in the snow, which will be gone in a few hours.
Good thing we hiked thru the woods down by the railway yesterday (out of service more than fifty years) as it will be muddy next week.
First round is almost always decaf, so I can go back for a snooze.
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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I did one better than that, Ikey -
I went out WITH the visiting grandchild and we BOTH played in the snow!
It was fun!
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About six hours ago it was a beautiful 77 degrees. Right now it is 37 degrees, and going down to around 25 by the morning... Now my brain has really froze.
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-19F this morning. Time for some hot chocolate.
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I'm with Antonio on the hot chocolate. We are showing -21F here this morning with the temp still dropping. It is meant to get to -26F over the next hour.
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Don't think I've ever experienced cold like that. Stay safe guys. It's supposed to be 83 here today. Christmas shopping in shorts and sandals. I miss seeing snow on the ground at Christmas.
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Franklin, Manitoba currently at -32c and wind chill -42, tea and toast then out to feed the critters. Should warm up to -20 later and into single digits by Wednesday.
Good day for making mince pies and some Christmas goodies.
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Temp -8 this am and supposed to be -18 tonight (don't even want to know the windchill). Daughter hoping for a school delay tomorrow. Going to see "Rogue One" this afternoon because it is too cold to do stuff outside. Glad to find Stamporama back up and running today - missed it yesterday.
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It was zero degrees F on Friday and now it's windy and in the 60s. It's my daughters birthday weekend so we stayed over in New Jersey last night and went to an old favorite restaurant in Red Bank (I have the cancel). Today we are all going to my sisters house for early Christmas because my niece is home from Texas for a few days. Yesterday morning I was creating the pages for the 1954 Liberty Series definitives. I never noticed the wet and dry plate varieties as well as a few color variations. Some of the stamps that lasted into the 60s got tagging too. So I'm sitting here Jonesing that I want to get back on it. It's a disease!
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I must admit it was a relief to find it was 5 degrees this morning versus the -20 of the night before. Was laid low this weekend with a bug. Happy to say I am recovering nicely.
Have a great Monday.
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This Christmas shopping does get a bit much, doesn't it? I don't make an annual list of exactly what I have bought for whom, even though such a document would be infinitely more useful than the several lists (most, but not all, stamp-related) which I do make. So, for example, the DVD* I bought for Linda this morning was all very well (Richard Linklater's Boyhood) until I got home and was seized with the impression that I had actually bought that very film for her last year. Or at least for her birthday back in June. No idea. Can't ask her. Will have to buy another, more recent film by Wednesday when we meet.
* For younger readers, if there are any, a DVD was a flat circular object which you had to insert into your television set and operate various buttons to make it play your film or programme. It's not like streaming at all. It's why I can buy them for Linda but not my son. He streams. You can't buy him anything but a t-shirt.**
** I was going to put a 'sigh' emoticon here, but it turns out that it is an 'invalid command' and won't show up. Sigh.
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It is still really cold here in Kentucky. It was spitting snow when I went out to attend my yoga class.
We had our Christmas with all the family yesterday. The highlight was the food and watching the grandchildren open their gifts. The boys both got a bike, so we had to go outside in the cold for them to unwrap them. I think they were both pretty happy with them and our granddaughter had picked lots of art and craft things, so she will be busy during school vacation.
It is such a busy time of the year. We are working on some remodeling in the house, so I have not posted any approval books this month. (I think most people are to busy to even look.) In January I will try to post more books when I have time.
Happy Holidays every one.
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I remember when Sony Betamax was the best thing since sliced bread. My mother still owns one, as well as a collection of tapes dating back to the early 1980's.
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"... It's not like streaming at all ..."
Perhaps you could explain it as streamus interruptus ...
... the factory streams to the thingie, and you stream from the thingie.
Q/ What means "factory"?
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/s/ ikeyPikey
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The weather finally took it's toll, been fighting a sinus infection the past few days. Antibiotics and nasal spray are helping, but it'll take a few more days to get back to normal. Kinda hard to work on stamps with post nasal drip. (now try to get that visual out of your head! you're welcome! )
I did manage to get several pages printed off for my Christmas stamp collection, though. The kids will be here Thursday morning and we'll work on them at least a few hours, here and there, over the next few days. A couple of my grandkids are budding artists, I think I'm gonna set them up with colored pens and pencils and let them do a little Christmas themed doodling around the borders of the pages. I printed off a couple of extras to let them practice on. I think they'll like that (I know I will!) and it'll add a nice personal touch to the collection.
Hope ya'll are having great day,
WB
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Sorry to hear you are under the weather. Get well soon.
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Thanks smauggie, feeling better everyday.
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For all my complaining about cold temperatures I would take it all back not to have a rainy Christmas day.
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Sorry to hear about those of you with ailments. Having recently spent 6 days in the hospital with Double Pneumonia, I know what you're going through.
This morning I'm at work. Wednesdays they serve (almost) fresh fruit, croissants, and muffins along with juice and coffee. I enjoyed it thoroughly, and wish they'd do it every day.
Breakfast break is now over and it's back to work for me.
Merry ( insert holiday here ) to everyone.
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My next-door neighbour posted through a Christmas card last night, following a tradition begun after I moved in back in 2004 (exchanging cards with neighbours left and right). This year, however, rather than the usual 'Paul and Evelyn', it is signed just 'Evelyn', and I am racking my brains as to when exactly I last saw Paul. Being English, we do not intrude on each others' lives much beyond a polite nod and hello if we happen to emerge from our houses simultaneously, and the more I think of it, the less I remember seeing Paul's taxi in the last few weeks. I'll knock on the door this year and frame some discreet form of words as I deliver my card. It might be an awkward moment, though.
I asked the neighbour the other side first; Paul had died suddenly a few months ago. Just as well I didn't deliver my cards yesterday. Her car's not there today so I guess she's spending the weekend with relatives; I addressed the card to Evelyn only and posted it through her letter-box.
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"I am racking my brains as to when exactly I last saw Paul."
We had a similar situation a few years ago. I hadn't missed the guy next door and one day we met up with the lady as she walked her dog. Asked an innocent "What's new?" and, as Americans can be very expressive, she told us the whole nasty string of events that led to their breakup.
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and this Christmas don't forget your hard working postal delivery person! Get them a gift they can really use!
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"... I am racking my brains as to when exactly I last saw Paul ..."
I stepped right into it, just shy of thirty years ago, when I saw an elderly neighbor raking her leaves and asked, "Where's Sarge?" (a long-retired cop).
I was prepared for "not feeling well" or "my turn this time", but not "we lost him two years ago". Oy.
Meanwhile, back in this time zone (so to speak), the aide is off for a 3-day holiday weekend, so my son is coming to entertain my visiting grandson (eg, walk to the movies every day).
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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My father in law was in his mid eighties and his memory wasn't the best. He'd ask me, "How's your father doing?" The first time I reminded him that my father was dead for a couple of years. That was a bit uncomfortable for both of us.
He did ask the same question a couple more times so I'd just reply, "Oh he's the same."
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Alone in the diner on Christmas Eve - well! My Polish National Heroes set arrived this morning, a long-standing gap in my album. It was the first set issued after the Red Army had moved into eastern Poland, and its rather crude design, ragged perforations and lack of gum seemed appropriate for a country torn completely apart. I presume not many were issued (given its current catalogue value) and the Soviets clearly felt something a bit more classy was required - within a week the next Polish stamps were produced by their own people at Goznak in Moscow.
Back to Italy went the bogus occupation stamps (see another thread) and on the blacklist went the dealer, whose explanation that in wartime, hey, lots of different and unknown varieties appeared was not convincing.
That glittery stuff on Christmas wrapping gets everywhere! Have a good couple of days, everyone!
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I had been fighting a cold over the past week. Yesterday was the first day I actually felt like doing things. Too bad. We had the grandchildren for the week, and I didn't do very much of what I had planned with them.
Today we're sitting at almost 80F (27C). Some clouds in the sky, but a very nice day. My grandsons will be back this evening. It seems like Santa stopped by here for them too!
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Glad you're feeling better, Michael! Enjoy them young'ns, they sure do grow up fast!
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Hi Everyone,
This thread is getting very long and someone with a slow internet connection would find it difficult. I proposal we start a new SOR Diner thread on Jan 1st 2017, just to start the year off right. Thoughts?
Regards ... Tim.
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Rise and shine all.
I am visiting the father in law and his DSL connection speed is around 6Mbps. It took 4 to 5 seconds for it to load. (It is supposed to be 10 MB). Back on the road today to get home.
I had picked up a few weeks ago the actual Saturday Evening Post with this cover. I plan to frame it.
Al
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Hi Everyone,
This thread is getting very long and someone with a slow internet connection would find it difficult. I proposal we start a new SOR Diner thread on Jan 1st 2017, just to start the year off right. Thoughts?
Regards ... Tim."
Good idea Tim. How about closing in on Dec 31, and opening a SOR Diner 2017?
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making turkey pot pies with left overs; drinking a nice Belgian ale with my daughter's god father, who's great company; and not much else. I did receive a Christmas card from Perry Moore with a perfectly applied Christmas seal properly tied (a Christmas card wraped in a Christmas Present, I wrote back) and something from the North Pole, by way of P'kpsie.
back to my friend and ale
Merry Christmas to all, Happy Channakuh to a choice few, and Happy Boxing day to those up north
David
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It's only the 3rd Day of Christmas. So far so good. I got a nice package of goodies from my sister.
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Well, we made it through another Christmas and everyone made it home safe and sound.
We managed to get the Christmas collection all caught up. This years focus was on Great Britain, because I had let it accumulate far too long, and Australia thanks to SteveO's approval book of Australian Christmas stamps. We also sorted and mounted a fair collection of Anguilla Christmas stamps, along with a few other odds and ends.
I did balk at letting the kids do artwork on the pages though, things were just a little to hectic for them to stay focused enough. Maybe next year.
Sounds like we're gonna need to open a new diner starting off the new year. Look forward to seeing you all there.
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Back to some sort of normality, with the post arriving this morning - a single stamp to add to my set, one of those you never seem to get offered entire, and have to accumulate stamp by stamp. (Italian Occupation of Slovenia, another of the many issues from the Balkans to have overprints on pre-war Yugoslavian definitives.)
And, oh yes, here it comes, an apologetic email from a different Delcampe trader. This fellow has moved premises lately, and would you believe it, of the 250-odd volumes of stock he has, the one with the two stamps he offered for sale that I bought... has disappeared! Tsk!
Well, at least he has refunded my money immediately, but I can't help feeling that a frank confession that he had not updated his bit of the website by the time I got to it would have been more convincing than the familiar 'lost while moving house' narrative.
No stamp-related Christmas presents; once, many years ago, I gave my partner the SG numbers of a set I wanted, and she obtained it, presumably off Ebay, but I'm not sure that really counts.
Happy New Year to one and all, and see you on the 2017 diner!
It look as if this thread has been closed already (not appearing on 'last 30'). Maybe the above message, vitally important as it is, will appear on January 1st. Maybe not. You didn't miss much!
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I think there may be a glitch, I'm not showing any unread posts at all.
Maybe the Wiz hasn't had his coffee yet.
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"... a frank confession that he had not updated his bit of the website by the time I got to it would have been more convincing than the familiar 'lost while moving house' narrative ..."
Richard Nixon speaking, from a routine by Rich Little: "I accept full responsibility (for the break-in) ... but not the blame. Let me explain the difference. People who are to blame lose their jobs. People who are responsible do not."
In the current case:
"I can't be bothered to update my inventory" is a reason to never bid again.
"I lost this one item, this one time" is not.
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
(Posted in memory of my friend Bill, who loved Rich Little's Watergate LP as much as I did.)
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My week off is going swimmingly! I've been sleeping until 8am every day and then doing nothing productive, just fiddling on the Internet and in my hobbies.
Yesterday I scanned 11 covers I received for my NJ collection, and did the write up for my long running New Jersey thread on this board. This morning I placed those covers into the albums. NJ is up to four albums now and when rummaging through the office I found a decent candidate for album five so I'm prepared.
Last weekend I pulled out my long lost George Washington Bicentennial cover collection from my youth. I put it all in order and into an album. I had collected all the different event covers that had been issued across the country in the 1932 year and I have over 100 different covers.
Yesterday's mail brought me the 24 George Washington Bicentennial covers I had won for the $9.99 starting bid at the 'bay. The seller was clueless and had one photo of them all index style so you only saw the face of the first two. It was a potluck lot but at that price I figured I'd gamble.
I spent some time updating the model car show's website yesterday. I have two more pages to create then I can upload it all.
To my surprise I added 7 of those to the collection. As a bonus one recipient used a NYC General Delivery address so those covers are all back stamped with a nice cancel. Score! So now GWB covers will be another of my eBay searches. Yea, I'm expanding my collecting, yikes!
Now I'm off to meet my aunt and uncle for lunch. My Auntie Ann is my father's youngest sister and at 75 she's the last of that generation. When she goes I will be the oldest descendant. I'm not looking forward to that.
The funny thing is they never act old. The highlight of this visit will be seeing their brand new Tesla, a replacement for another Tesla that was totaled a few months ago when they got t-boned. True to that make the million air bags went off and they walked away without a scratch! And my uncle's other car? A bright yellow Mini Cooper convertible with a 6 speed. So we'll have a nice time!
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Sounds like a great week Tom...Question:
Do you arrange those NJ covers alphabetically or some other way? maybe by county? Maybe it would be neat to have a Jersey Shores section with all the great towns there by themselves with right ups and ancillary ephemera to compliment the covers.
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Good Friday morning, everyone ready to ring in the new year?
Weather's been pretty decent, a little cool overnight, but nothing that a crackling fire and cup of warm cider won't take care of. Kind of unusual not to have seen at least a few snowflakes by this time of year, but so far...nothing. I can live with that.
Well, last night, I pulled out a crammed full stockbook of early definitives from all the major countries. Time to do a little flyspeckin'. I'd probably be better off if I went through these as I acquire them, but for whatever reason, I tend to stockpile them and then spend days or weeks sorting them all out. I seriously doubt that I'll find any of the rare and unusual varieties, but hey, you never know, right?
We'll be having our annual new years party this weekend, usually have a crowd of 50-75 people, but every year, as we all get older, it gets a little harder to make it until the ball drops, let alone the hour later before it's midnight here. Anymore, it's ching-ching at the 12th stroke, a few hugs and well wishes and everyone's gone by a quarter after. It's still fun, but at our age, we aren't near as enthusiastic as we used to be.
Hope ya'll have a fun and prosperous new year, be happy, but stay safe!!
WB
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Nominations are open for who gets the honor of making the closing post to the 2016 SOR Diner thread.
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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Some may not be in any condition to do so, but it would be kinda cool to have posts from across the different time zones, shortly before their respective stroke of midnight. Not very practical, but a fun way to close out the Diner for the year.
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Still 13 hours or so before midnight here on the West Coast.
Although Alaska, Hawaii, French Polynesia and a smattering of other islands are behind us, the Pacific time zone contains pretty much the last major population centers on the planet to celebrate something global.
It's always a little odd to get up and start planning Christmas Day or New Year's Eve and see on tv that it's practically come and gone elsewhere while we're just getting started!
Nevertheless, Happy New Year everyone!
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Welcome to the "SOR First Cup Diner"! A place to come each morning to hang out with friends, shoot the breeze and talk about the days events while having that first cup.
Here in the Ozarks, fall is in the air. It got down to the low 40's last night, but the forecast for the day is all sunshine and a high of around 72. It don't get much better then that!
We'll be headed out in a bit to go to our grandson's football game. He plays with the Branson team and this is his first year. From there we'll probably hit a couple of flea markets and/or yard sales and then back home to do a bit of yard work before winter sets in. This could be the last time to mow this year, but probably at least one or two more times, if only to mulch up the leaves.
This is my wife and I's 38th wedding anniversary, so we'll more then likely go out for supper and maybe take in a show in Branson. We really like the "Lost in the 50's" show and the Diner themed setting is a lot of fun.
If I'm lucky, the flea markets and yard sales could lead to a few philatelic finds and hopefully add a little to my collection, we'll see.
Well, have a great day and hope ya'll check in from time to time and let us all know what you're day has in store.
'til later,
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I am having my Saturday morning coffee!
Today is the monthly meeting of my model car club. It's a two hr ride back to New Jersey so I have to get up from my chair soon! It's a good afternoon, catching up with friends and looking at their latest acquisitions and models they've been working on. Every month of the year there is work to be done on our annual show. This month's highlights are approval of our artwork concept from the artist, and announcing that we have a new host hotel. That deal was a lot of work over the past few years!
The club has a few dollars, so we have food at our meetings. There's a local place for pizza and fried chicken. The chicken is the best we've ever tasted so nobody ever gets tired of it! And I bring the big cooler full of soda.
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Hey WB,
Congrats on 38th wedding anniversary! Great job.
Tom,
Drive safely enjoy the car club meeting.
Off to fix my mother in law's fence.
-Ernie
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Sounds like a great time Tom! Have fun and stay safe!
Ernie, I've often had to mend fences with my mother in law, too.
WB
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Trying to work out the time zones here. It's twenty-to-five in the afternoon, which may or may not be reflected in the time indicated in the 'Author' bar on the left. That being so, WB posted only about five minutes ago, since I think we have a six-hour time difference.
Anyway, morning coffee for you is afternoon tea for us in England, and I'll always remember James Garner's response to Donald Pleasence's invitation in 'The Great Escape' ("I only drank tea once, in a hospital").
This morning I received in the post the rather unimpressive postage due stamp that completed my wartime San Marino collection; posted off the "gift" that I mentioned on another thread to its claimant; and although it has been a better day weatherwise than yesterday (dull, cloudy, but mild) haven't been out anywhere interesting at all!
(Ah, I see the SOR time difference is five hours.)
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This diner's open all day, so time zones don't really matter. In fact it might be kind of interesting.
When I lived in the city, friends, family and coworkers would meet at the local coffee shop every morning to discuss the day and to tell each other all those "mostly true" stories we just knew everybody believed.
So check in whenever, it's probably morning somewhere,
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Well apart from experiencing the same weather as Guthrum (I'm about 10 minutes drive away), I decided to look at that Hipstamp site.
Of course I had to search on my particular collecting interest and went through 12,658 listings. Yep, that ain't no typo. All of them!
Now that must say something about a stamp website that can engross me for, well I don't know how long. All I know is that I had about three mugs of tea.
Some considerable thought has been put into the design of this website. There are a couple of minor niggles but overall, it was smooth and pain free. I bought some stuff too and learned a couple of things along the way.
So apart from the above I 'dunn nuffink', apart from getting bed sores (if you can get bed sores from sitting).
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As long as it's 5 o'clock somewhere, I'll have a shot of Baileys with my coffee!
The day was bright and sunny, did some stampin', took down the shutters, went to the Halloween store and had lunch at Red Robin.
Life can't get any better than this.
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Well, maybe a second coffee might make it look even better.
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Made a "guest" appearance at the flea market today after a four month absence. Going back tomorrow too. They couldn't give me the space back that I had been using for the past two years as someone else has that now. Ironically, they gave me the space that I first had when I started selling at that flea market.
I'll go again next weekend, and then go on hiatus again. Model railroading will occupy most of my spare time for the next few weeks. Then I'll go back to the market one or two times in November to sell holiday stuff. I said "holiday", because I have stuff from different holidays for the end of the year. Things one gets out of storage lockers.
Luree, heck with Bailey's. Nothing better than Cactus Whiskey!
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Time zones are the curse of my professional life! I set up meetings with people around the world and there is no good time.
Most of our facilities are on the east coast and Puerto Rico.. add in European sites, that's a five -six hour time difference. We could meet early morning no problem.
Then we added Asia to our meetings, Japan is 13 hrs ahead, China is 12 hrs ahead. They are good sports and will stay up late to attend our 9am and 10am team meetings. And there are times we appease them by calling them at 8pm or later.
Then we added a location on the west coast of the USA so suddenly there is no good time for a global meeting!
As soon as Daylight Savings Time kicks in the fun starts! Puerto Rico doesn't participate so we will now be an hour off from them.
That's why I keep my World Clock on my iPhone!
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Good Sunday Morning!
I'm starting the week off by prepping to go to work. There is a new store opening and they have asked for my help. I have no choice, I was volen-told to go! So two days at my store and 4 days at the new one helping. Overtime here I come! And they know I'll be into OT. Very rare when it comes to retail.
No Baileys or Whiskey this morning for me. But I did bring some donuts and bagels and cream cheese. They're over by the buffet by the urn of coffee and tub of hot water for the tea drinkers.
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Good Sunday morning. It is Thanksgiving weekend in Canada.... of with the Family for Thanksgiving turkey this evening, though Thanksgiving is officially Monday.
Sunny and 6 C this morning... a perfect autumn morning. A good morning for a walk.
David
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Ahhh...other early risers, good morning! Coffee's tasting real good this a.m. I'm a straight up black Folgers man myself.
It looks like ya'll had some fine plans and activities goin' on yesterday. Hope they all worked out as you'd hoped and those traveling made it back home safe and sound.
Our grandson's football game was a lot of fun, they WON by 6 points, YEA!!!
Stopped in at a couple of garage/yard sales, no stamps, but I did find a half dozen new 1-1/2", 3 ring binders for a quarter apiece. I can always use those. They even had the clear view covers, so that was a bonus.
We topped off the day with a fine supper, a show and a couple of "adult beverages" in the hot tub. Life is good!
Well, with the warm days and cool nights, the lake effect fog is rolling in this morning. Since I blew off the yard work yesterday, it's back on the schedule today. Hopefully by this afternoon or evening, I'll squeeze in a little time to get back to stumping all these early to mid-century U.S. and/or GB definitives. They are mind boggling and after a couple of hours, my eyes feel like they're bulging out of my head, but I've put it off too long!
Have a great day folks and see you in the DB,
WB
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What time is it ? I will either have the western omelet or the souvlaki wrap with french fries...and the endless cups of coffee ! We had the usual long day in fun city yesterday when you take the train. I found a great Zachery Taylor cover at the show..probably my best U.S. cover and we found a very nice Vietnamese restaurant on West 53rd street .
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Phil,
I only wish we had a Vietnamese restaurant here....!
I grew up next door to a 17 member Vietnamese family and delighted in the samplings from their kitchen (and back yard!) for many years.
They had their own rice paddy in the back of their back yard and also kept ducks for the eggs to use in various recipes.
....I'm hungry now....
....gee thanks, Phil....
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Hey WB...sounds like an AWESOME day! Phil, go with the western omelet. I have to Google souvlaki. DavidG and all other Canadian members: Happy Thanksgiving!
Just finished up in the gym. I love weekend workouts because I'm not rushed. BEAST MODE IS FULLY ENGAGED!
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I've been worrying for about three days now. I have a daughter in Orlando, a sister in coastal North Carolina and another sister in coastal Virginia. Hurricane Matthew has now passed them all and is moving back out to sea. I've been told they are all safe and sound. That makes this morning's cup of coffee particularly tasty.
I am, however, saddened by all the loss of life caused by this storm.
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On my second large cup of tea this morning. We had 4-5 ins of rain on Fri. & Sat. from the most outer bands of Matthew and some wind gusts up to around 30 mph. No damage that I can see but the trees have lost about all their non-green colored leaves so they look about 1/2 bare now. Will be out on the riding mower by mid week or so, running over what is on the ground and mulching it down for cheap fertilizer.
Mike / meostamps
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Musicman you should go to Ottawa sometime...loaded with Vietnamese food...i did not know what a Shawarma was until we went to Ottawa...we do not have Lebanese around here. Its better than going to Wendys ! Oh when the Vietnamese in Ottawa ask you if you want your poh spicy...they mean HOT spicy !
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Phil,
Oh yeah - they certainly do!
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Good morning all,
Today I had to use public transport to get to work because the mrs. needed the car. It was quite some time ago but fortunately it all went ok, no delays. It is just annoying that you have to get up one hour earlier and the journey takes twice as long as normal. In any case, I have had my exercise (first on the bike to the train station, then at the end of the trip a short walk from the bus stop to the office). Now let's see if it all goes as well on the way back this afternoon...
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Good morning! Coffee's brewed and first cup on the hotplate.
I've never had Vietnamese food, I'll have to see if there's a place over at Branson, they do have excellent Chinese and Japanese restaurants over there.
Jansimon, you make me even happier that my place of business is just outside my back door, a bike ride first thing in the morning would kill me.
Busy day today, material trucks coming in with supplies for our next jobs, propane truck coming to top off the tank, a cord of firewood to get split and stacked and sometime today a buddy wants me to go out on the lake and follow him around while he tests his boat out. He's been having trouble with it, but THINKS they got it fixed. If I schedule it out just right, I might squeeze in a little fishing right before sundown.
Have a great day everyone!
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Siem, i thought the trains were pretty good in the Netherlands...got us everywhere we needed to go...the morning rush hour car traffic looks scarey..of course only one person in each car !
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Had a "Pecan Snail" for breakfast. And some orange juice. I tell myself the sweet roll is "somewhat healthy: because it has lots of pecans, which of course are good for you.
We are starting to get cooler weather up our way (Minnesota). It always comes as a surprise how much that cool weather can dehydrate you. Some people miss the four seasons when they move to the tropics, and I can't imagine why. I haven't gotten used to the 4 seasons after . . . 18 years. Wow time goes by fast.
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Tea drunk, Weetabix eaten, face shaved, emails checked, now do I go and lift the last of the carrots before it rains/snows or do I put up the snow fence first.
Decisions, decisions and she who must be obeyed isn't up yet to tell me.
Think I'll have another cup of tea, feed the animals and then do the carrots.
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I know what you mean smauggie, we've lived in the middle of the country all our lives and see just about all the weather extremes. But, the worst years are when it's 90 degrees one afternoon and you wake up the next morning with frost on the ground. It's a real shock to the system.
I haven't checked for myself, but they're saying there are spoons in the persimmon seeds and hornets are building their nests low in the trees, both are supposed to mean a long hard winter. UGH!!!!!
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Lemonade and a cinnamon roll. The grandsons are visiting today and tomorrow as they have two days off from school. I have my bottle of cactus whiskey at the ready for my use tomorrow night after they return home!
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I'm a bit bored, so I thought I'd show you what arrived in the post this morning. My latest ceramic clown modelled by artist Elizabeth Haslem. I think I now have about fifteen of these; all different styles and sizes. This one is 10" high.
Elizabeth, who moved to Cornwall in the UK, to accompany her artist husband is no longer with us sadly. She taught herself clay modelling, painting and glazing.
I have a thing for the circus clowns that I used to see as a kid. I don't care for any of the other so called 'doll like' clowns that abound, as they rarely capture that image I have in my head.
Perhaps this will brighten up a dull (here in Englandistan) day:
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Sweet collection! Are they all ceramic? Are any of them tobacco humidors?
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All the Liz Haslam ones are ceramic but they are purely for display. Curiously I do have a very old shop's cigar humidor cabinet, that I bought in a junk shop. Got it home to find that it had the most superb hand painted 'faux' oak finish.
I hadn't realised until I noticed a scorched patch on the side. It had been used in someone's shed but had obviously been stored next to a paraffin heater.
Faux oak graining was very popular in Victorian times, particularly in churches in poor parishes where they couldn't afford oak for the pulpit and panelling.
Are you a baccy humidor collector Ernie?
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My dad who passed away in March had a lovely collection of figural tobacco humidors. That one kind of reminded me of one of his pieces.
Here's an example of something similar and a link to a page about them. They're highly collectible.
click here
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That's an interesting site. It would seem that you are more likely to find tobacco jars here in the UK, rather than humidors. Perhaps that's something to do with difference in weather conditions.
I have an old French jar very similar to this one, except mine doesn't have the 'armorial' decoration seen on the front. The rest is the same.
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am I missing something? Are tobacco jars and ceramic tobacco humidors the same? My dad loved them. I always thought they looked like cookie jars. My dad smoked a pipe off and on for many years. He collected all sorts of tobacciana. I sure would like to have one more conversation with him.
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Oh I thought a humidor had a small vented compartment in the lid to store a small dampened sponge. Perhaps that is just a variation on a theme.
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Couldn't resist this petrol lighter (that's what we call them) when I saw it in a junk shop. Works too:
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I think you're right... I googled "tobacco humidor" and a bunch of the storage units with glass lids and fans etc. came up. By the way, I love the clown motiff. Not sure if you've seen on the news over there but we have an epidemic of people trying to scare folks wearing clown suits..its sweeping the country and its leading to some violent confrontations! I would say "only in America" but I don't think that would be true hahahha..
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I think it may be happening over here too. I saw a small headline on BBC online news.
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Yep. Here it is: Creepy clowns warning
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In my early 20's I was a professional clown. It takes a lot of energy to be a good clown.
Never understood why people made evil clowns.
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Michael, that lemonade and cinnamon roll doesn't sound like one of those Texas breakfast's I've always heard so much about.
Didn't the whole evil clown thing start back in the 80's with that movie? I think it was called Killer Clowns From Outer Space or something like that. Not exactly a Hollywood blockbuster, but it wouldn't surprise me if it's become a "cult classic".
I used to collect tobacco tins, still have a few, but don't pursue them anymore. Several years ago, I contracted to make cigar boxes for a local tobacco/cigar shop. They were just basic boxes made out of Spanish Cedar. They usually wood burned their own logo in the top. They closed down with the anti-tobacco/smoking movement.
Getting kind of a late start today, ragweed is in full bloom and the allergies are in full force. I feel like my entire sinus system has been stuffed full of cotton balls and my headed is pounding. But, I took a sinus pill and it should get a little better.
I really enjoy reading about you folks other hobbies, very fascinating to see the diversity. For me, it's pocket knives, buffalo(mostly white) figurines and shaving devices.(straight razors to modern contraptions) I dabble in a few others, but those are the main ones.
Well, time to get the trash out before the truck shows up.
Have a great day and see ya'll in the DB.
WB
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Just checking in.
Had an old high school classmate call up out of the blue with the idea of asking for a loan. They were politely turned down.
It upset me a bit though. Hence I was up at 4 in the morning talking about clowns.
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smauggie, I've been in that position a time or two myself. It's hard to say no when they're talking about not having utilities or food for their kids. Rather then handing them the cash, we made arrangements to cover the utility bill personally and gave them a couple of boxes of food. No loan, with no return expected. They've always made good by helping out around the place and I can still consider them friends.
Well, storms moving in from the west and another round by early afternoon. Slight chance of severe weather in the second round, but doesn't sound too bad. We need a good rain, early fall has been fairly dry.
Picked the last few tomatoes off the vines yesterday and the garden's done for the year. If the ground dries out by the weekend, I'll till it under and get it prepped for next spring. Although we've been talking about trying the hay bail garden method for the past couple of years and may go that route. They say it works pretty good, but my old school mind has a hard time wrapping itself around the idea.
Got a little computer work to do today, printing out parts lists and inventory spread sheets, along with a few online orders to place.
Have a great day,
WB
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It's Yom Kippur here and all is quiet, save for the kids riding up and down the road on their bikes. It's the only day of the year they can do it without a parents watchful eye !
The main roads are so quiet one can lie down for 40 winks on it and survive.
I cleaned the dust in the main rooms today and gave my Stamp area a good tidy. I don't fast so had a good lunch of the remainder of my Homemade Chicken and pepper quiche.
Collections ? I have a small collection of Pigs which I brought with me from England when I came here to live. They sit proudly on the wall, most of them fitting into a printer's drawer which is now used as a display shelf. A few others are dotted around the house but the collection is no longer added to.
I also collect and am rather fond of small wooden boxes and have a number around the house, most of them old or antique-style. Includes a couple of Cigar Boxes which I picked up for a song. Some of them have stamps in awaiting their trip to an album !
I am relaxing on the computer whilst waiting for my Table Tennis hour at 5pm with my Grandson.
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I'd really like to visit Israel someday, It's in our top 3 places to go after we retire. I've accumulated their stamps for several years, but just started over the past year, to actually put them into an album.
Good luck on the table tennis match, if your grandson is anything like mine, they'll show no mercy!
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I too would like to visit Israel as well. As one of my professors used to say, "You never know what might pop up with the next handful of sand in the Holy Land."
I remember seeing a show on TV where a family had excavated under their house to find a major road with colonnade underground.
And of course there was the mind-blowing discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in Qumran.
In my Bibilical Archaeology class our teacher talked about some colleagues creating ancient artifacts to sell to tourists for beer money.
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Just finished getting my daily dose of Bob Ross. I love to watch that guy paint, he makes it look so easy. I've spent most of my life crafting things from wood, metal, plastics and even textiles, but I have no artistic talent what-so-ever. I leave those things to my wife. My mom was also a very gifted artist, but bless her heart, she just can't do it anymore.
On my second cup o' jo and looking forward to a beautiful, cool and sunny day here.
Hope ya'll have a stellar day,
WB
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Changed my Avatar just for fun. I got this cover recently and cannot put it away! It's sitting here on my computer table because it gives me a chuckle.
As you cross the Pennsylvania border into New Jersey on Route 80, this is your first exit, Welcome to NJ, You've entered Buttzville! The only memorable thing there is Hot Dog Johnny's, a somewhat famous drive in restaurant. You can't pass by without having one!
But as far as the town, I don't think I could bring myself to buy a house there! Wouldn't want that mailing address!
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"Just finished getting my daily dose of Bob Ross. I love to watch that guy paint, he makes it look so easy. "
Did you see the meme of Bob Ross that said, "Maybe Bob Ross is a serial killer and he's painting pictures of where the bodies are buried?"
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Well if that be true, Tom, I'm sure they were all just "happy little accidents".
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Nice thread you started whitebuffalo,
I wish I had time to post in the morning but that's not going to happen anytime soon so I am posting in the evening. I've been pretty busy with the DJ job recently, takes up a lot of time to put together a three hour show. Some weeks I fill in for one or more other DJs and that really takes up the time because I have to put the music together for those shows too.
I'm glad all our Florida members did well during the Matthew hurricane. North Carolina didn't make out so well.
I am still buying for my collection but no time to mount the new stuff right now. I scanned a few new items that I will post later tonight, nothing spectacular but stuff I just needed.
Doing a lot of baby sitting,(a four and six year old girls)these days even though the girls are back in school. Putting bunk beds together for the girls tonight because they stay over night quite often.
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Thanks Vince, it sounds like you've got your hands pretty full these days, so check in anytime. Like I said, the diner's always open.
It's been a busy week and ended with my oldest grandson's last football game yesterday. They won 18-0, but only placed 3rd on the season. Still pretty good for their first year as a team. He had a nice little run in the last 15 seconds of the game, but caught a cleat at the end of the run and had to come out for the last couple of plays. He's fine, but grandma doesn't take too well to her "babies" getting hurt and I had to restrain her from running down on the field and embarrassing him.
Beautiful day forecast, but unseasonably warm. Gonna get outside later and take advantage of it, while it lasts.
Have a wonderful Sunday,
WB
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Seminole game last night in Tally; Phish concert tonight..epic weekend!
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Too chilly to sit on the deck and enjoy my coffee, but the wife made sure I had Bacon, Eggs and Hash Browns to go with the coffee. Later today it's birthday party for my 8 year old granddaughter, then maybe an alternate route home by using the winding road along the top of the mountains to check out fall colors.
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Time to get ready for another long week at work. In charge of putting on a "symposium" for suppliers this week. Will be a challenge. Of course it's going to rain, making the plant tour awfully fun. Well, on the bright side, lots of good things to talk about with my Tribe. Not such good things to talk about with my Browns. Oh well, another day in Cleveland!
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Good Monday Morning!
Today I'm off and will be working in Colombia or is that Columbia? OH, some good Columbian coffee sounds very good about now. Had a small shot of real Cuban coffee the other day at work, the afternoon went by and I wasn't tired at quitting time. Wonder why?
So I'll be sorting, soaking and ID'ing today. Between laundry and cleaning the house.
It's a great day! Better week as I'm working Tuesday and having the rest of the week as vacation time.
Have a good one....
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Good morning everyone.
We couldn't do much at the weekend as it was raining most of the time.
There is a stamp auction in Edinburgh a week today.
I am going to go to the viewing on Friday. Instead of the car, I am going to go by bus.
I get free travel on the bus (beause I'm 63 years old) so I will save $30 in fuel.
Who says the Scots are mean?? (We are just "careful" with the bawbees).
If there is anything of interest I'll leave a few bids and hope for the best.
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I Owe, I Owe so off to work I Go!
It's gonna be a great work week AND I'll get to meet and hang out with fellow SoR member BenFranklin1902 (Tom Geiger) Tuesday night. Have a great day everyone.
Ernie
Ps..Luree, ENJOY your time off this week. Ian, let us know what's neat at the auction
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Good Morning and yep, it's another Monday.
Time to gather up the black walnuts off the property, I can't stand them myself, but they're bringing record prices this year. We always leave a few for the critters, but there is an over abundance of acorns and hickory nuts this year, so they won't starve.
We got our years firewood in and stacked, propane tank's filled and vents covered, we're as ready for winter as we'll ever be.
Ready for another cup and hope ya'll have a great day.
Stay safe,
WB
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"Time to get ready for another long week at work. In charge of putting on a "symposium" for suppliers this week. Will be a challenge. Of course it's going to rain, making the plant tour awfully fun. Well, on the bright side, lots of good things to talk about with my Tribe. Not such good things to talk about with my Browns. Oh well, another day in Cleveland!"
I'm also running an event this week. I brought 50 people from my company to an industry event in Jacksonville, Florida and will play mother hen all week. It's good to meet the people I work with via Skype and email every day face to face.
As Ernie said above, I am breaking away on Tuesday evening to have some dinner with him! We'll take a selfie for the board!
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Good morning,
It has been unseasonably warm the past few days (highs around 70 degrees). I am ready for cooler weather 40's and 50's). Got the winter blankets out and plugged in the heated mattress pad (never have to get into a cold bed ever again).
Breakfast was the usual. On my way out of the house I was greeting by a nice sunrise. Soon I will be getting up too early for the sunrise as the days grow shorter.
Hope everyone has a great day.
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Just a couple of cups of coffee this morning. Bananas looked like they were on their last leg yesterday, so I'll pass on them. Bobbie sleeping in this morning. Now she's up and going to take the motherinlaw to the grocery store. Hopefully for fresh bananas.
I'm having a hard time finding a job. At 58 most places are looking at me wide eyed, and seem to be moving on. " Moving in a different direction " is the buzz word for ~ only going to hire kids. And they want a BA for a mid level manager. Seriously ?
Still playing with the Japanese selections. Mostly stuff thru the 1940's. Sure would love to get the numbers of the 1889 - 1907 printings. Seems as if there are few rarities in the used lineup. Also found a few pricey commems that I forgot I had. Might just keep one for me and sell the others. Or not.
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"I'm having a hard time finding a job. At 58 most places are looking at me wide eyed, and seem to be moving on. " Moving in a different direction " is the buzz word for
only going to hire kids. "
I am also 58 and have found that "senior manager" means someone around 35. I learned that the way to find a new role is to work your contacts. Build up your Linked In group of people you know. When you see something you'd like to apply for, always check to see who you know there, or who your contacts may know there. That's how doors are opened today.
I'd say just about every job I've ever held was found through my contacts rather than cold contact to a company. The last two jobs were found through Linked In. I've worked for three companies in my field. I'm currently working for my boss from company number two back at company number one. It's that small a world in business!
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Ernie and Tom, have a wonderful dinner and yes we want some pictures! I just know good laughs will be in order for the evening. Enjoy!
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Cock-a-doodle-do, coffee is brewed, havin' my first cup, how 'bout you?!
Don'tcha just hate morning people?
When jobs got hard to find in the mid 80's and the company I worked for went out of business, I said to heck with it and started my own business. We dang near starved to death those first couple of years, but it all worked out and we've never looked back. But, don't let anyone fool you, even if you're self-employed, you're always working for somebody...the customer!
Hope ya'll are able to make the most of whatever the day brings,
WB
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Life is a gift and every day is a gift and opportunity.
The other day I had to take an Uber trip and the driver tried to convert me to Islam. It was hilarious. He wasn't prepared for someone with a theology degree. At the end he took my silence for interest and started trying to provide me some references for more information. I told him, "Why don't we agree to disagree and just be brothers of the book?"
We left on amicable terms.
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First delivery of stamps for over a week this morning (I binge-bought off Delcampe at the end of last month, about thirty separate purchases). For the first week or so there were colourful envelopes every day as eighty percent of the orders came in. Then it tailed off, and by the weekend only four sellers had not fulfilled. Cue pointed 'contact' messages on Delcampe.
One guy said sorry you didn't get my message but that stamp was sold last year and Delcampe didn't take it down. (Long explanation about how that could possibly be.)
One guy said sorry but I don't have one of your stamps, what shall I do? (Reply: send the rest, fella. Reply: OK I'll do that Thursday)
One guy said he'd tracked my order right to the UK and I'll get it maybe tomorrow. (I'd better do, it was a big order.)
And the lady whose stamp arrived today said please alter your feedback to 100% as you've got the stamp and I really really sent it the moment I got your order, honest. (I'd given her 75% for tardiness!) I altered, but left in the "after 17 days" rider.
All this mostly for 'Deutsche Besetzung Zara' overprints which I'm having to get one by one in order to avoid stamps that cost £100+ each.
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Good Morning, Afternoon, Evening!
I'm off for a few days and it feels wonderful. Today is the celebration of my husband's Birthday! A landmark for him. I have no idea what he wants to do today. The shirt I ordered for him won't arrive for another few days so we get to celebrate again! I love week long celebrations!
A cake just might be in order. He wanted a 7 layer, one for each decade. Wont happen. I'm not THAT talented. If I did, it might be the leaning tower of cake.
Have a super day everybody. Enjoy the present, a wonderful gift of today. (smauggie, love the positive thinking!)
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Good morning!
Happy B-day to your hubby purrfin2!
Well, as of yesterday, I've been a member of SOR for one year and it's been a great one!! Thank you all for your kindness, support and help over the past year, it's been very much appreciated!
In that time, I've soaked, sorted and/or mounted well over 5000 stamps. I've started country specific collections for 5 different countries, as well as, 3 different topical collections and with your help, I've learned countless lessons on how to research and organize it all. While my collections will never be considered valuable, my time here has been priceless. You're a great group and I count myself lucky to be a part of it!
Have a wonderful day one and all,
WB
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My wife and I had a wonderful time with benfranklin1902 (Tom) last night. What a fun guy. We laughed and had a great dinner on the Landing last night. Tom had us cracking up last night. I'm so thankful for SoR. I've met some great people here and have started some real friendships.
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Thanks Ernie! We did have a lot of fun. It was great meeting you and Bonnie in person, fantastic to put a person to the posts!
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That order tracked to the UK which I should get tomorrow (yesterday)? (see my post on the 18th)
The seller gave me its tracking code. I tracked it. It arrived safely in Beirut International Airport last Monday.
Is this sort of thing usual? Did someone misread Lebanon for London? Or key in the wrong 3-letter code?
(Tell me, which International Airport is WTF?)
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I'm not sure if this was a serious question, as WTF has other connotations. But in case it was, there is no such listed IATA code.
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Oh dear, this is what happens when you don't use emoticons.
To recast the question in a slightly less informal way: does anyone know if it is usual for registered mail from Eastern Europe to travel via Beirut?
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Probably not. If it is 'moving', at least there is some hope you will receive it. Unlike my Delcampe purchase from France on the 14th of September. It is now 20th October and that piece of mail is in....... France. More precisely, tracking information shows it at the Barby Bureau de Poste.
After a short exchange of translated messages using Giggle, err Google, the seller refunded me without any fuss. Today I received a form to complete from La Poste, so hopefully the seller will get his money back too.
What is so disappointing about this episode, is that the item was quite a significant piece of Hong Kong postal history that I had spotted on the Delcampe site.
I had even prepared a small article about it to submit to the HK Study Circle. All I have now are two images of the envelope that I copied from the listing.
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"I even had even prepared a small article about it to submit to the HK Study Circle."
Geez, Clive what's the matter? The Rambler ain't good enough for ya?
Just kidding, I guess I understand.
Ernie
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Listening to the Bangladesh Test match this morning.
Stamps referred to above remain at Beirut International. Emailed the seller for an explanation. Situation looks bad. Need a cup of coffee.
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Good Morning all,
Fun Friday, Fan Friday, Finally Friday! I have two more days of total bliss before it's back to yuck work.
WB, congrats on your one year anniversary! I also find tons of information from all the wonderful knowledgeable collectors here that are willing to share.
Ernie, thanks for sharing the picture, you and Miss Bonnie are looking good and to have a face to go along with Tom is perfect. Tom, we will meet at one of the Fl. shows one of these days.
Clive, maybe you could submit that article for the Rambler after all? I wish I were knowledgeable enough to help Ernie out, but this little one just rolls along with the tides.
Have a super day! and keep the coffee flowing...
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Good morning!
Guthrum, as long as your package is still on the radar, I would think that there's still a chance. Hope it works out.
My what a handsome and happy looking group in that shot! I think the pic says it all. Ernie and Tom, glad ya'll had a good time.
Ernie, I watched Antiques Roadshow/Jacksonville FL the other night on PBS and wondered if you and your family attended.(?)
Well, with a temperature of 39 degrees, this morning could be best described as "crisp". Fall is in the air and it's one of my favorite times of the year. Pumpkin carving and costume making with the grandkids this weekend. Robots, superheros and ice princess.
Hope you folks have a great day and even better weekend,
WB
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Yo WB, yeah, we watched that episode last night! I texted my daughter down in Orlando to tune in; she loves that show. The neatest thing that I saw was the black doll. It was reversible into a bear. The concert contracts were neat too. Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis signed contracts to perform at the Florida Theater. It's a classic music venue we've seen some great live music there. I didn't think Jacksonville was big enough to warrant a visit from the Roadshow. Maybe we've arrived!
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Yeah and a Steiff bear at that. Too bad the Elvis signature wasn't authentic, but still worth pretty decent money. I watch the show every week and keep hoping they'll show up somewhere close by. They seem to go to a few smaller venues then they used to.
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Didn't go to the Stamp Auction preview today.
But I am going to the Auction itself on Monday. WHOOOOPPPEEEE!!!!!
It will probably be the last auction for me this year. (She who must be obeyed will have me working from 1st November to Christmas Eve).
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I am only in Jacksonville this week on business, running a conference for my client company. Ernie and I were talking about our meeting for months! He gave me good restaurant recommendations where I took my herd of 50!
I live in Pennsylvania near Philadelphia.
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Well the next time I'm in Philly, I'll holler at ya! Mind you, I've never been to PA!
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Time to take my son to go take his ACT this morning. It's times like this that I am happy I'm through that whole thing. He's only just begun!
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My week in Jacksonville is complete and I'm headed home this afternoon after I package up and mail all the boxes of conference remainders. As I pack my things, I notice that I didn't wear my flip flops or bathing suit even once, but that's okay. I got through a week of conference coordination with a hard to manage group... aka "herding cats".
It did go rather well. Many thanks to Ernie for giving me the lay of the land and restaurant recommendations. It's good to have a friend in an area where I'm coordinating an event. And it was fun meeting you and Bonnie, we will meet again, hopefully on my turf!
Off to pack and hit the friendly skies! I could sleep a week!
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We had such a nice time the other night. Next time you gotta show us around Philly. Keep that bathing suit handy because Bonnie will definitely want to hit the pool! Travel safely my friend.
Ernie
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For sure, have a safe trip, Tom!
I absolutely HATE flying!! My only 2 experiences with commercial flights, were both under extreme weather conditions and that last time, I swore never again. But since we do want to travel at least a little after retirement, I'll have to get over it. I ain't gonna like it, but...
Happy Saturday, hope it's a fun one,
WB
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"I absolutely HATE flying!! "
I never minded air travel but I HATE all the garbage we are subjected to these days! Get there at least 2 hrs early. Wait on a long line to be scanned, take off your shoes, then try to get all your stuff back together quickly. On my way to Jacksonville, TSA in Philly decided to wipe down my laptop computer for chemical residue. I told the guy to just open it up and it was on, to prove it was a laptop and not a bomb. He said he couldn't do that because if it was a bomb, either opening it up or hitting a key would blow us up. Amazing fricken drama!
And so easy to get around. I was flying out of Newark a few years ago. After all the damn searches, we stopped in a restaurant near the gate. They gave me a steak knife! Okay! Enuf said!
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Cup of coffee solved the problem - delivery from Belgrade (via Beirut) arrived this morning. Joy. Had cup of coffee to celebrate. (See 'Recent acquisitions' for a look at what the fuss was all about.)
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This very much depends on habit. For me, it's coffee at 11am and tea at 4pm. However, I have lived under circumstances in which making tea before rising in the morning was a pleasing duty. Living alone, not so much.
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Good Sunday morning!
Having a cup or two while waiting for the news to come on. Probably check out "Meet The Press" later.
It's another crisp morning here in the Ozarks. Fog started to move in off the lake, but looks like it's going to recede as the sun comes up. Beautiful fall morning!!
The grandkids finished getting the walnuts picked up yesterday and we'll be taking them to the husker later today. They'll split the profits, keep a little out for play money and the rest goes into their collage funds. It's not huge money every year, but by the time they're out of high school, it'll add up nicely.
Welp, breakfast is on the table, have a great day and see ya'll in the DB,
WB
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"Having a cup or two while waiting for the news to come on. Probably check out "Meet The Press" later."
Sitting here doing the same! That's our Sunday routine as well, and this week "Meet The Press" should be a circus!
I'm back from Jacksonville, safe and sound! I got in the door at 6:45pm and was asleep in my chair by 9:00pm! Literally exhausted from a week of very busy work from the time I got up to the time I fell asleep! I slept to 9:00am this morning, a full 12 hrs and I feel a bit better now. I'm just very pleased that everything went perfectly according to plan and mostly that it's over!
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Glad you're home safe, Tom. Sounds like you had a grueling week and if you're like me, you probably slept better sitting upright in your chair, then you did in a strange bed.
Chuck Todd does a pretty fair job on "Meet The Press", but I still miss Tim Russert. He was always a little more apt to drag his guests through the dirt, if that's what it took, to get the answers to tough questions. Chuck Todd will ask tough questions, but tends to let them off the hook, if they side step the question long enough. Still a good show and pretty much an icon in Sunday news programing.
WB
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Good Tuesday morning!
Sittin' in my office, listening to the Bob and Tom show and taking a coffee break.
Well between the pumpkin carvin' and costume makin' over the weekend, I managed to make a few stamp purchases.
Just for kicks, I decided to try a 1000 lot of WW stamps off of Ebay. I'm really hoping it's not chock full of modern wallpaper issues and there will be at least a fair percentage of pre-1970 material in it.
I also purchased several stamps through the SOR approvals. I've been concentrating my efforts lately on Hungary and it also looks like our family "Christmas Stamp" time will be spent primarily on Australia this year. I need to see about getting some pages designed and printed off for those, but will wait until the stamps arrive before trying.
Hope ya'll are having a great week so far,
WB
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I donned my maintenance engineer hat today. The washing machine started screeching again. I've been nursing the beast for the last few years, as the pump is really close to the end. Yet it still keeps going.
Why don't I buy a new one? Well, I know I will never find one with the build and reliability of this one. Next year it will be 30 years old. Sadly the company that made it has not had a presence in the UK for a very long time; in fact it may not make washing machines at all any more.
It's very strange, I have never spoken to anyone who has even heard of the Swedish manufacturer; ASEA.
They build marine turbines, which does explain the longevity of our machine. Superb engineering, very high quality components and simplicity of design. Better than the best German products (although that's not too difficult these days).
I have had an eBay 'watch' for a second hand machine for about 10 years and not one single machine has appeared.
My sister-in-law has had six other big brand name washing machines in the same time frame.
My wife keeps willing the beast to die. She wants a nice shiney new one.
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When we married in 66 my parents gave us their first refrigerator a 1937 Frigidaire...i mean its not like today when the newlyweds have everything already when they marry. We had a sears clothes dryer that lasted 30 years...i doubt if any of the modern creations will last that long.
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When my wife's family bought their house in 1961 it came with an old refrigerator as a spare, in the corner of the playroom.
When they sold the house in 2014 it was still there, humming along!
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Good morning!
Never heard of the ASEA brand. Are those the initials for something, or the actual name?
We still use an old 1950's fridge, made by International Harvester(IH), for an adult beverage cooler. The only alterations are a child proof safety latch and a grounded cord.
Something I've said many times and still believe today, is that ever since the Bic lighter, it's become an increasingly disposable world. The days of the TV repairman and shade tree mechanic are all but gone. I still try to do as much of that kind of stuff as I can, but they've loaded all these things up with so many bells and whistles, that it's almost impossible for the average consumer to keep up with the so called "modern technology", or do anything else but throw it out, or recycle it and go buy a new one. Some things are better for the technology, but most are not.
I'm a firm believer in KISS and whenever I'm faced with buying electronics, electric appliances, or machinery, I try to stay away from as much of the "fluff" as possible.
Okay, there was my rant for the day, hope ya'll have a good one,
WB
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ASEA: Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget. Say that with a mouthful of cornflakes.
I was reading somewhere that most manufacturers are maximising profits on household electricals by consciously 'degrading' components to reduce their lifespan.
The only way around this is to by top end appliances. I recently looked into a suitable replacement for the ASEA and the closest in quality is a top end MIELE. That was priced at around £1300 but that was before the fall in Sterling.
Where's my granny's washboard and wringer?
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Nothing special planned for today, so still pondering a feature of last night's Short Story Writing course I am taking, in which a submission from another chap baffled the tutor and left her shaking her head in dismay. It wouldn't have raised an eyebrow to anyone familiar with (say) Hubert Selby jr's Last Exit to Brooklyn or even Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting. But I suspect our tutor is better acquainted with more genteel fare.
Another wicked thought occurs: how many US contributors hereabouts don't actually collect US stamps?
Spent thirty minutes just now trying to access my emails. After several attempts got through to find "Your Inbox is Empty, Here Are Some Videos For You to Watch". And that just after the postman delivered not my very final Deutsche Besetzung Zara purchase but instead a sole envelope from Sky touting for an upgrade! Things will get better after a cup of coffee, I'm sure.
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Good morning, getting a bit of a late start today. I hate to admit it, but I stayed up too late binge watching "The Walking Dead" on Netflix. I don't usually get into that sort of show, but after a couple of episode's, I was was kinda ...
There was a time, 30 years ago, when I wanted to try writing. I even took a couple of night classes at the local community college where we lived. I just never could seem to get the hang of putting thoughts to paper and have it flow into a coherent story line. But, I always was better at working with my hands, then I was with my brain. I know, I'm stating the obvious, right?
I know it's not a steadfast rule, but I've always figured that collecting stamps from your home country was a case of guilt by association. It just seems natural to do so.
Well, it's time to get crackin', got orders to fill.
Have a great day folks,
WB
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Re. Asea washing mashines - The brand name for the household appliances has changed to Asko in 1988, when Asea merged with Brown Boveri to form ABB and they sold the laundry business unit to the Finnish company Asko. Recently (2010), Asko has been bought by Slovenian Gorenje company. That is probably why you do not find any on eBay or elsewhere. It is still known as premium quality and is not cheap, but you can get one for 800 or 900 euros, which is still considerably less than 1300 GBP. Nicknamed the Volvo of washing mashines...
Looking a bit further into this at asko.com, I now see that you probably need to import one if you really want one, because they are not active on the UK market.
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Friday before Halloween. Some of you might know I'm a freaky Halloween Druid. Rich just finished Abby and Nermal in the garage and they will be going out today. If the wind could die down just a few MPH's we'd be really happy campers! Blow ups and wind are not a very good mixture. Doing the rain, rain, stay away dance, too. Seems electric and water really don't mix.
So between the decorations doings I'll be finishing up the listings for Colombia. I have about 300 Colombia going into the store, lots of work; been at it about two weeks now. Had a day I just didn't want to look at another Colombian stamp, but played with 10 that turned into 20, etc. Almost at the end now. Next will be Ecuador. Then I think I'll be done for a bit.
I'm also expecting a big shipment of Christmas Island. I became absolutely fascinated with their stamps and bought some from Elizabeth and she's turning it around and selling me her whole collection! Can you believe that? I'll be working like a crazy woman on a new album for CI.
Just love stampin' and learning about different areas.
Have a super duper day and (quote from Jimmy Buffett) Vampires, Mummies and the Holy Ghost, those are the things that scare me the most.
Time for more coffee...and maybe some Bailey's or Kahlua...or both!
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Jansimon,
Thanks for the additional information. I did know about the Asko connection, as my eBay searches always find their spare parts (but never for my model).
I didn't know about the 2010 takeover.
Had a look at the Asko site and I was pleased to see they have retained some of the engineering features of my 1987 model.
By the way, in all those years I have never needed to replace a single part.
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Well, Good Morning from Greenville, MI;
it's 9AM here and I only see 3 members signed in this morning counting myself -
where is everyone?
Anyway, enjoying my third cup o' joe, seeing the latest posts/discussions, then on to the P.O. to send some mail out to Canada.....I hate filling out those forms!
Was hoping to get some windows washed outside and clean gutters and reake leaves, but not sure the weather is going to allow yet; we shall see soon enough!
Randy
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Hoping for a somewhat productive day. COPD greatly limits my abilities and I must do my tasks slowly with an oxygen bottle near by.
First order of business was this tasty cup of coffee.
Next to the basement to disassemble the washer. I believe its problem is the Door Switch, so I'll wire a temporary bypass to it. If that fixes it, I'll order a new one. At least laundry can get done until that happens.
After that (at some point before 4), I'll get the trunk loaded up with the recyclables and haul them down to the center.
The wife and I will cap the day off by joining our neighbors for a great dinner at a authentic Bavarian restaurant that is a few miles from here.
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Mike,
Authentic Bavarian sounds great.
We have an an authentic one here as well, but its about 75 miles away. You're fortunate to have one close.
http://www.bavarianinn.com/
Take a look at the website - Frankenmuth is a great place to visit!
And, Ohhhhh the chicken livers! I can almost taste 'em!
Randy
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It's nearly half-past two on a dull Saturday afternoon here. Not going anywhere today after getting up at stupid o'clock to watch England playing cricket not especially well this morning.
A nice little Yugoslavian set from 1940 arrived in the post, regrettably not including the stamp I wanted, which is a perforation variety. I could swear I counted the perfs in the accompanying photo on Delcampe, but attempting to gauge perfs on-screen is a dubious process. The set will go into a folder containing nice little sets I either didn't want, or from which I have extracted the stamp I did want.
When listening to a radio programme or tiring of watching TV I sometimes continue my project to scan, straighten and border every single mint stamp I have in a bona fide collection. This massive and arguably ridiculous quest started when attaching illustrations of individual stamps to posts and articles sent to SOR (and before that to The Antipodean Website). It's grown a bit since then (and I have looked up the meaning of "OCD"), but it's relaxing in small doses and I've done 4719 of them, representing, at a wild guess, about a quarter of what is out there.
It's the turn of the Channel Islands next, and by then I'll need a cup of tea.
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Good morning folks!
My wife's sister is in for the weekend, so I'm a little late to the diner.
Thinking about heading out to a few yard sales and flea markets, but haven't decided which direction to go. I'm not sure if there are any yard sales locally this weekend, so I may have to head towards one of the out lying small towns.
I'll probably head out on the lake with a buddy this evening to try for a few Walleye, they should be feeding on the flats this time of year.
The 1000 lot of WW stamps that I bought off Ebay came in yesterday. My first impression is favorable, although I think the term, "light duplication" may have been overstated to some extent, but I think overall, it won't be too bad. It does look like there's some decent material to work with in the lot.
Have a great weekend, see ya'll in the DB,
WB
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Saturdays I am with my ECT (Elder Care Target).
Radio Lab (on NPR) had a great piece on Allen Funt. I never knew that television's Candid Camera had originally been radio's The Candid Microphone, which only means that my knowledge was sub-Wiki, eg, less than I would have known had I read the relevant article in the Wikipedia.
http://www.RadioLab.org/
This Saturday marks exactly fifty years since the passing of my father (the ECT's first husband).
Gosh, that's a long time, and it feels like last week.
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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I wasn't home this morning!
Today I got up at 5am and was out the door by 5:30 because I promised a small club that I'd be in NJ by 7:30 to help them set up for their model car show. They needed to borrow my club's table leg extenders (2' lengths of plastic pipe that go over table legs like sleeves to make the tables taller, better for adults viewing model cars on tables. They save a lot of back pain for attendees!
Had a good day at the show, saw a bunch of folks I knew and spent most of the day chatting. Just got back home a bit ago, tired and will not last too long this evening. At least I can sleep in tomorrow.
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The family finally got our voter registration cards in the mail yesterday. Finally.
Been waiting for weeks, as the state of Texas is reknown for idiots running the voting
system. Regardless of the party in charge, the idiots of the party get put in charge of
the non-partisan office. Allegedly.
Trixie and her mom Ruth want to get up and get to the local polling place early. The
local county library that we are all quite familiar with. The alarm goes off at six AM,
and Trixie bounces out of bed. I am a little slower to move. Ruthie has been up for a
couple of hours appearently. But she went back to bed fully dressed and ready to roll
her walker out the door. My wife crawled back into bed. I got up about 9ish and had
a cup or two of coffee before a shower. Finally around 11 everyone was ready and we
went to vote. Early voting which is a habit, I like to get these things out of the way,
and this year is a truly outrageous year for voter turnout. I was amazed. Must have been
three or four hundred folks. Parking lot was packed full. But things were moving along
quite smoothly and swiftly. All 3 of us had voted and we were on our way in 30 minutes or
so. Now I can ignore all the election stuff for the next few weeks and only carp and cripe
at the outcome, regardless of the winners.
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Did someone mention Bavarian Food ?
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Hey Michael...food looks amazing. By the way, great stamp tshirt!
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"Had a good day at the show, saw a bunch of folks I knew and spent most of the day chatting. Just got back home a bit ago, tired and will not last too long this evening. At least I can sleep in tomorrow."
Yup, I was asleep in my chair by 8:30. Woke up and slinked off to bed by 9:30. Did get up by 8:00 this morning. That was a lot of sleep but I am still catching up from the past few weeks of heavy work activity!
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Well it is Sunday morning, and I am up and have had two cups of coffee. I can't get going without my coffee. I have already been looking at stamps and thinking about values to sell my stamps for. Forty years of collecting makes for a huge collection. I have really enjoyed reading on StampoRama Discussions.
All of you seem to be very friendly and I thank you for that.
Best Wishes to everyone today.
Karen
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Michael,
Wow - what a big plateful of deliciousness!
Randy
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Is that a Bavarian breakfast?!
A whole bunch of great posts and pics coming in. Thanks for sharing!!
We managed to snag a few Walleye last evening, none earned bragging rights and it was all catch and release, but still a lot of fun!! The fish are there and it's just a matter of finding the biggun's, we'll probably give it another go around sundown this evening.
Got a few chores around the house this morning, gonna try to get them out of the way early. Then hopefully start sorting through the WW lot this afternoon, to see what's in there.
It's a beautiful Sunday morning and time for another cup.
Take care, be well and have a great day,
WB
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"Is that a Bavarian breakfast ?!"
No. A Bavarian Dinner.
Schweinhaxn (Big chunk of Pork leg on the bone])
Sauerkraut
Kartoffelknodel
Yummy, and in my favourite restaurant in the Bavarian Capital. Heaven !
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Happy is an understatement ! I am planning on popping over next year to sample the culinary delights once again.
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In a hurry this morning - I live 20 minutes away from the train line, and if I arrive at midday there is easy parking. Later than that, not so much. Off to London today, then, for (a) the film I, Daniel Blake and (b) my Pathways through Poetry class in the evening, at which I shall read a poem I wrote forty years ago - we'll see if they can spot that! (I've failed to do my homework again...)
This morning an email through from a dealer on Hipstamp from whom I had ordered up a Gilbert and Ellice Islands set (following a post elsewhere on the forum when I realised to my dismay that I did not have it - I'd thought I was complete on used QE2 commonwealth sets). No, on sorting through his stock he realises he hasn't got it either despite the fact he has a pic of it on the website and here is my refund. Hm. That seems to be happening quite a lot recently.
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Good morning! Coffee's hot and goin' down fine!
I'm not sure what Kartoffelknodel is,(it looks like a big ol' dumplin') but it would be pretty hard not to smile while facein' down a beautiful chunk o' pork joint like that. I think me and Bavarian food would get along right nicely!
I got started sorting through the Ebay lot last night. I'm not totally disappointed, there's some decent material in it. The best so far, is a nice copy of the 1882 U.S., 5 cent Garfield. The centering is a bit low, but overall a fine example. An early assessment of the lot, looks to be about 70-75% pre-1970, with the remainder between '71-'85. Out of 1000 stamps, I think I'll be able to fill around 3-500 spaces in my WW album. For $10.00 and free shipping, I'm okay with that.
I have a meeting with the principal of our local K-7th grade school today, to discuss the possibility of their starting a stamp club. I'll offer to donate any duplicate material I come up with and stipulate that any unused material go to other school stamp programs or the Holocaust project. As far as I know, the school has never had a stamp club and I'm hoping that it can all be worked out.
Other then that, it's business as usual and it looks like we're in for another beautiful day.
Have a good'n!
WB
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Have to check the YMCA lost and found today for a pair of swim trunks,,,i don't mind forgetting a bottle of shampoo now and then..but the cost of swim trunks can add up. I guess its all in the game for us old geezers !
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".............. a dealer on Hipstamp ............. on sorting through his stock he realises he hasn't got it either despite the fact he has a pic of it on the website and here is my refund. Hm. That seems to be happening quite a lot recently."
Same thing happened to me last week. The item in question had been sold on Bidstart (?). It would seem there are quite a number of problems related to 'site migration'.
Hipstamp is, understandably I suppose, experiencing a lot of teething problems. I had a look through the extensive list of member queries and requests for site modifications. The site developers do seem to be working their way round them though.
There is one thing that irritates me more than any other, which occurs on every stamp selling platform that I use, is the 'items per page' setting. On Hipstamp it defaults to 48. Yes you can change it, but where is it? At the BOTTOM of the page.
One day a site developer will come up with a cunning plan and put the damned option at the TOP of the page.
End of rant.
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"Have to check the YMCA lost and found today for a pair of swim trunks,,,i don't mind forgetting a bottle of shampoo now and then..but the cost of swim trunks can add up."
and just what were you doing at the YMCA without your swim trunks on? (Someone was bound to ask!)
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Okay I'm off on a grand adventure! Told the wife we were leaving at 9am, and of course I'm still waiting for her. I have the day off.
I'm really excited and we will see just how successful this adventure will be.. it is stamp related. I'll report in this evening!
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".. it is stamp related."
Tom,
I'm sure the missus will LOVE this little adventure.
-Ernie
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The swim shorts are still missing...i have a spare...i was proud of my buddies today..there was no hot water in the showers...one or two of the guys went home to shower but most of us took brief but cool water showers !
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Who needs coffee to wake you up in the morning, when this arrives from Taiwan:
I haven't even opened it yet. I'm not even sure how to.
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What a beauty. Very fine.
Nice way to start your day.
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A spectacular Scott Visnjic cover! Is he the Feigenbaum of the Far East? (No. I suspect he is rather more upfront about his productions than was Feigenbaum, an out-and-out crook. Note the genuine Taiwanese stamps alongside those of 'Coldland'.)
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Wow, that's purty enough to put in a frame and hang on the wall! Very nice!
Taking a coffee break and need to call in a couple of material orders this morning.
The meeting with the local school principal went well and she seemed enthusiastic about starting a stamp club. She's going to check into the student and faculty interest, as well as establishing a budget to maintain it. I explained that we'd supply most of what they needed to get started, but there would undoubtedly be some costs in the future. She's suppose to call next week to let me know.
Have a great day,
WB
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"A spectacular Scott Visnjic cover! "
Yes indeed. I have bought a couple of his fantasy Hong Kong stamps. I missed out on a few others annoyingly. From the eBay images they look very well produced.
So when I pluck up courage to open the envelope, I'll see if they live up to my first impression.
On this same subject and with reference to WB's stamp club endeavour, I can't help but think that the cover I posted is the sort of thing that would draw kids in. The designer hasn't used those silly childish themes that the likes of GB, USA, HK and others seem to be obsessed with.
It has combined a number of contemporary and classic elements. I may be a bit soft in the head but I am actually delighted by it.
EDIT
Oh yes, I forgot to mention. Mr V states unambiguously in his item descriptions, that all his stuff is purely fantasy and the reverse of the stamps are marked 'replica'.
So he is not trying to go down the Feigenbaum route.
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I have just taken delivery of a Huion® A4S Light Box, which I mentioned on this thread: OTTLight Range. Does anyone use them?
This is better described as an A4 sized 'backlit tablet', powered by a USB cable. I've actually found that it conveniently plugs into my OTTlite desk organiser lamp (see first image on the above thread), which has a USB port at the rear.
It's incredibly thin and so light: about the same as a dinner plate. So I'll be road testing it over the next few days.
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Just got home from voting, the turnout was healthy so we waited about an hour and a half to vote. We got there 6:45 and the polls opened at 7am here. I have no issue with the wait since it means people are voting en masse and we talked to people on line which made the time seem less.
A few issues I have with voting in Pennyslvania... Electioneering near the polls. In New Jersey the law says you cannot campaign or even have a sign with in 100 feet of the polls. We voted in public school buildings, so they kept it off the property. In PA, the law is within ten feet of the polls, so campaign workers are all over the place and accosting people on the line. It's just wrong.
Second, we vote in a church building here, and the facility is way too small for the function. That resulted in pure chaos both in the voting area and parking lot.
Third... paper ballots? In the 21st century? Really? We had voting machines in NJ from my first election in the 1970s. Why are they so behind? Easier to manipulate?
What I don't get is the local and state involvement and laws governing federal elections. From the way primaries are held or not held, all the way through the process. If the system is supposed to be fair and just it should be under federal law and administered the same everywhere.
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Left my travel mug at work yesterday so didn't have coffee until I got here this morning. Dang it tastes good.
Did stop on my way in to vote. Polls opened at 6 AM. I got there at 5:45 and there were already over 200 in line. Things moved efficiently for a change so it only took about 45 minutes to complete the task. That still made it a long time to endure the lack of coffee.
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Yep, the circus has begun here too. We live in a very small community, so voting at the school is pretty lax. No long lines, but still lots of voters from the rural areas. We don't get the polling and electioneering that many places do and that's fine with me. We're a pretty tight knit community, so there is virtual no conflict at the voting booth.
However, I do REALLY look forward to the late night phone calls from candidates ending, we had one at 11 o'clock last night. It was from one of the Senate candidates in our state. We've been bombarded with these calls for the last 2-3 weeks and I'm sick of 'em!! At one point they had the entire answering machine filled and that's BS!! Potential customers couldn't leave a message and that hurts business. Glad it all comes to an end today!
Hope all are well.
Stay safe and hope your vote goes your way,
WB
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Pennsylvania is a swing state so we are being bombarded by political commercials. My daughter is in the New York City TV market and said they haven't had the fraction of what she saw here.
Last night and today there were commercial breaks of ALL political ads. I'm working from home and turned the TV off.
My "gee whiz" moment is that the Hillary ads focus on "Trump is a potty mouth and we must protect our kids from hearing this." But Trump said these things ONCE in a political rally, but her team has rebroadcast them literally 1000s of times, during times kids would be watching TV, in the interest of protecting our kids! Go Figger.
We use cell phones (with a NJ area code) so we haven't been subject to the phone calls. I do have a phone here I use for long conference calls, but it doesn't have a ringer on it so it may have been ringing off the hook!
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Missouri will never be a swing state, but there is a lot of contention with the down ballot races. Our incumbent senator has been in office for 20 years. His main pitfall is that his wife and three kids are(or were) lobbyists for tobacco and large corporations for the better part of his career. It's been that way for a long time, but it seems to be having a much bigger impact this time around.
I think he'll probably pull it off, but it's the most heavily contested race he's ever had to run.
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Only an-hour-and-a-half line to vote?
We can't afford to do better?
I have heard it said that every wait to vote is yet another form of disenfranchisement.
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Well, good morning all you Americans.
There will be many gazing that bit more thoughtfully at their stamps today, I'd suggest.
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Not much stamps today.
Its "She who thinks she must be obeyed's" birthday tommorrow.
Had to go to Dundee to get her pressie yesterday, now got to get the card and cake.
I've also got to make a small table to be part of the shop window display. No rest for the wicked!!
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Prescriptions for Xanax just went up ten fold!
I for one, can't even imagine what's about to happen next!
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Its 16.30 here in Bonnie Scotland.
Had a glorious afternoon reading and then listening/watching CNN and other "News" channels.
Where do these folks come from? What a load of drivel these "pundits" spout. This could happen, that could happen and Yes I could become the King of the United Kingdom (If everybody else in the country dies or their brains are sucked out by aliens).
Wait and see what happens over the next few weeks.
There are more important things in life......Scotland plays England tonight at Soccer!!!!
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"There are more important things in life....."
Yea, I have covers to sort and place in my albums!
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"....Scotland plays England tonight at Soccer!!!!"
Hey Ian, Crikes Moab! (is that even close?) I thought yall called it football over there?
Working half a day today and I'm just about ready to split out of here... headed to Tallahassee to watch my 'Noles put a hurtin' on Boston College.
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Ernie:- I translated Football to Soccer so there would be no confusion for you guys acrosss "the Pond", who call "American Football", Football. (Its nice to see the Raiders doing well, so far.)
Enjoy yourself at the game.
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Good Morning, time for a coffee break!
As a lifelong Chiefs fan, the Raiders are a tough sell. My brother-in-law is a hardcore Raiders fan and it's led to some pretty interesting Sunday afternoon's!
Fall has finally come to the Ozarks, geese are headed south and stopping over on the lake. Leaves are turning and the squirrel's are gathering nuts at a breakneck pace. No frost yet, but we've flirted with it a couple of mornings.
Youth deer season has wound down and the regular season started this last weekend. It's only a matter of time before me and that big ol' eight point I spotted a couple of weeks ago, "get introduced". I do love me some deer backstrap, the rest will be made into summer sausage.
About time to head back to the shop, have a great day folks,
WB
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Well I have had my second cup of coffee. It is time to get ready for my first yoga class. I have heard such great things about yoga and one of my friends is teaching it.
So have a HAPPY HAPPY DAY!
Karen
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As it has been a while since I have visited I find myself admiring that Coldland cover. Looks like the tiger has scale-mail with a leather collar and rosettes and epaulettes mailed with Splint mail and tiger motifs. Yet in the background I see a wolf. On the front are a pair of what look like rampant foxes, though it is hard to tell. Quite a mélange of animals!
Speaking of cold, we are starting to get lows in the 30's and 40's and highs in the 50's and 60's. We did have some beautiful colors in the neighborhood, but most trees have lost their leaves by now.
Preparing to lose my job due to a business merger early next year. It is my first experience of being "displaced". It will be an adventure for sure. I am ready for a bit of a break, to tell the truth. Might be nice to "hibernate" this winter.
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I watched the Raiders a couple of weeks ago, cant remember against who, but they looked GOOD. Glad to see our old coach Del Rio having some good success. His son is still terrible for the Gators though.
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My husband has to get his car serviced today, so we will be making a trip out of town early this morning. His is taking me out for breakfast and then to a WWII movie. He is a WWII history buff.
I hope you all have a great day.
Karen
PS I did get my buzz today.
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I had an interesting experience. Ever order something in Italian off an Italian website? I had to obtain a couple six foot tall banners for a work event in Italy the week after Thanksgiving. I found that Vista Print has an Italian subsidiary and managed to go there, create the banner and order them! Paid in Euros with my credit card, shipped directly to my colleague in Anagni! Now I can do anything!
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Good morning!
Tom, you're braver then I am! I just don't feel comfortable ordering from sites if I don't speak (or read) the language.
It looks like we're gonna dodge the winter bullet streaming along the northern tier these past few days, but it's just a matter of time before that crap pushes south.
I spent part of the day, yesterday, winterizing boats and vehicles. I'll keep the fishing boat up and running for a while longer, but skiing and pleasure cruising is pretty much over for the year.
Looking forward to the Thanksgiving holiday with family, it's been a few years since we were ALL able to get together at one time. It looks like this year is going to work out for everyone. (if the weather holds out, anyway)
Enjoying a mid-morning cup, have a very nice day folks,
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Note to Tim, Smauggie and all other Minnesotans;
Looks like winter is heading your way - take care, you guys.
Randy
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Last year we were unable to attend ChicagoPex because we got 11 inches of snow the night before. It is sleeting now and supposed to turn to snow later but not expecting significant accumulation. Should be able to get there tomorrow.
This morning it was 65 degrees and sunny! What a change.
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Last I had heard, they were predicting a blizzard in parts of Minn.
Sally, have fun at C-pex!
....still in the low 60's here in Mich....got rain, though.
Randy
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Minus 8c here in Manitoba, no snow though. Stay safe and warm everyone.
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Randy: Yeah, we had winds of 30+ miles per hour and blowing snow when I got off work yesterday. Winter has come for sure.
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Sorry to hear you might be getting a storm. I do love snow, but not when it really storms. We have had such a beautiful fall here in Kentucky, but we are having a drought. Last night I did hear the rain finally. Maybe we won't have the fires now.
Taking a road trip today, so hope I get to see more colorful trees.
Enjoy you coffee everyone.
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Couldn't get to the flea market today. One of my dogs got sick. Nothing major, but the dog needed taking care of this morning. It's a real pretty day today, but it is quite chilly.
I'll head up to the flea market tomorrow. It'll still be just as nice, but chilly.
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Happiness is watching my leaf blower addicted neighbor running around his property blowing leaves while we are having 30 mph wind gusts outside. Makes for an entertaining comedy show not found on my cable TV.
Mike in NC / meostamps
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"Happiness is watching my leaf blower addicted neighbor running around his property blowing leaves while we are having 30 mph wind gusts outside."
I think we all have that neighbor! I have the guy behind me who has this huge push leaf blower that makes a horrible rotary sound. He's got his ear muffs on, but it's downright deafening to everyone else. We are on acre properties and he can be 200-300 feet away and I cannot do conference calls in my kitchen with all the windows closed. And during leaf season he'll use it every friggin day. I can hear it right now!
He runs this sucker all summer too. Nothing like being in our pool and not being able to hear each other speak. This thing is so loud that the pool water vibrates! And you can't say anything to him without it becoming a fight.
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Tom, maybe they are related??? Mine runs a lawn care business so he has plenty of things to play with on his property. Our lots are about 1 1/3 acre in size and my back 1/3 is natural woods which I am leaving as is for the wildlife. One good thing is that the wind today is blowing north to south and he is south of me, so he is getting a good dose of my falling leaves, hehe. When the wind dies down Sun or Mon, I will just hop on the riding mower for 30-45 mins and run around mulching down what is on the ground. Helps to break up the clay soil we have around here. Will probably only have to do that 1, maybe 2, times more this year as the trees are getting pretty bare after today's winds.
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Since the snowstorm it hasn't gotten much above freezing (32F/0C). Welcome to the new normal. There will come a time in early spring when that temperature will seem warm and balmy.
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A rather foolish morning this morning, as I am one year older and want everyone in the world to show how much they care about that by celebrating (acknowledging will do) the fact on social media, or even in old-fashioned ways such as via Royal Mail!
So, rather than stamps, and as well as routine schoolwork-from-home, I've been counting up my emails (2), facebook posts (11), facebook messages (1) and birthday cards delivered (2) and refusing to check whether this enormous amount matches last year's, just in case it doesn't.
First up, in the race to see who loves me best by getting their good wishes in the earliest, at 12.03 am last night, and pipping automated faux-bonhomie from Delcampe and Google by seconds... my ex-wife. (...I have no idea.)
Well, this is not a plea for all you readers of this thread to actually pitch in yourselves - I'll risk assuming all SOR members have joined Charlie Jensen and me in spirit, and raised a metaphorical glass (magnifying or otherwise, no matter) to our continued well-being and stamp-collecting for many years to come! (Meanwhile, my son and his family still have 12 hours in which to add to my totals, or else I shall have points to make at Christmas! )
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Absolutely..a VERY Happy Birthday to you!! May all your milestones roll downhill with the wind at their backs!!
Good morning to all and have a great day,
WB
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Happy Birthday Ian! Hope you have a great day today.
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Here's a handmade card for you Ian. Happy Birthday.
A rare image of a white rainbow, or 'fogbow'.
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Happy Birthday Hope you have a memorable one
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Goodness - you don't see many of those in the London Borough of Havering...
Many thanks for that excellent e-card, Clive!
(Son and family entirely exonerated with charming video of the grandchildren singing Happy Birthday, (although apparently reading off a cue-card!)
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Happy Birthday, Ian! and many more years in good health! I'll drink to that at my 4.00 PM'Happy Hour'-- how healthy do you want to be, one drink or..??
Jopie and Phil
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Happy Birthday! Hope it was a good one
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Before time runs out -
Happy Birthday, Ian!
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Tom, hope you had a good Thanksgiving. Was thinking of your neighbor as I write this.
Spent the last 2 days watching TV in my den and looking at my leaf blower addicted neighbor running around again outside. He was out there today about 2 hours ago for the 3rd time today. After that, he decided to give his new black pickup truck a good washing. He probably should have waited awhile before doing that. I just finished riding the mower out back, mulching up the leaves that have fallen so far. Created large clouds of dried leaf dust and red Carolina clay which just happen to drift in the right direction. Will see which appears first, the leaf blower or the garden hose to give the truck another rinse.
Mike in NC / meostamps
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Morning all. Coffee, read the forums, and will check ebay soon but got distracted trying to get a network printer working.
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Hey Mike! Thanks for thinking of me. Me thinks my leaf fiend must've gone to visit his daughter in Colorado for the holiday because it's been silent, and there is no activity at their house.
Of course I was out for a bit yesterday, leaves so deep that it's like rounding up cats. I will be out there for a few hours today. By a stroke of luck I got out of a business trip to Italy, but my boss went. I put in all day Wednesday - 4 hours on Thanksgiving and at least 8 hours on Friday and Saturday, and will finish up sometime today with materials they need for the Italy program.
With her in Europe, I'll have afternoons to get some chores done. I'll hit the leaves a few hours a day. I can do it a few hours with no bad results. If I try to do a full day out here, I cannot move the next morning. The curses of getting old.
I am with my morning coffee and found a small monthly stamp and coin bourse about a half hour away. It opens at 10am and I'll give it a looksee.
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Meomike, i can relate..the English Squire behind me brings his illegal leafblowers in on weekends...i guess they are busy during the week...the noise, it sounds like multiple chain saws cutting down a forrest..of course they get paid by the day..so no rush !
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Hi Phil, The noise is really not much of a problem as our place is being well insulated. I am just amazed (amused?) with his addiction to his leaf blower. Come on, if the Good Lord did not want leaves to fall onto the grass He would have made them to go upwards instead, right??? I landed up taking a nap yesterday after my post so I do not know if he re-washed his truck, only noticed that it was moved to the other side of his property farthest from mine today.
Back in 2014, while I was taking in some sun on my back deck after having a chemo treatment for my lung cancer, this same guy walked over to ask how I was doing and then started a sales pitch for keeping up our yard. After 5 mins. I faked the need to go inside to end the conversation. 2 days later, a young couple who also live up the road from us in our subdivision stopped by. The husband also has a yard service business and they both proceeded to mow, rake, trim and spray our entire place. The wife and I had gone for a radiation treatment that day and returned just as they finished. They had seen a post I had made about my medical situation on Facebook and had decided to come over and help out, free of charge. We have used him every since to get to the things I no longer can. And there is a card and a check inside on the kitchen table right now for them so they can give their new 6 month old daughter a great first Christmas.
The rains we are expecting this upcoming week (Thank God, it has been dry for over 6 weeks) should bring down the last of the leaves so that should end this saga for this year.
Mike in NC / meostamps
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Mike, I am in Hillsborough and it has been dry here but not nearly as bad as the mountains.
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Hi Al,
I can not recall any measurable rainfall around here since hurricane Matthew back in the 1st week of Oct. We are out in the county, about 8-10 miles N-NE of Salisbury. Agree, the mountain areas out west of us need it more than we do right now with all the fires. We did have a couple of 'red flag' (no burning) days recently so a bit of rain to clear the air and water the ground would be most welcome.
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Got back from Atlanta (or as the natives call it, Atlanna) yesterday. Spent Thanksgiving with family. Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving.
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Good morning!
We took an extra day for travel and got back yesterday afternoon. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and didn't eat too much turkey and dressin'. If that's even possible. LOL!
I hit a few flea markets while away and came across a couple of packets of stamps. Looks like mostly the usual suspects, but I think there's a few I can use. Only spent $2, so it's all good.
Back to the ol' grind today, got quite a bit to do before the next holiday break.
Have a great day, ya'll and see ya in the DB,
WB
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We have rain too.
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Rainy day in Pa!
I put in a lot of hours the past few weeks and at least three full days over the Thanksgiving weekend with preparations for an event in Italy. With my bosses there, and me working from home, I'm taking it easy this week.
I thought I'd put in a few hours every morning and work on my yard (leaf herding) in the afternoons. I did so yesterday but today I got to fiddle with stamps instead!
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It's lunch time at the diner!
I'm thinkin' Rueben sandwich with ff's and malted vinegar. Maybe wash it down with a cold beer!
YUM!! YUM!!
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Gee, all I had were a few frozen burritos from the microwave!
Which reminds me... the other evening the wife came home with a nice steak from the supermarket. I go to cut open the package to prepare it for the grill. I flip the package over and there's a warning sticker, "DO NOT MICROWAVE IN THIS PACKAGE". What kind of idiots are we raising???
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Good morning all from a beautiful North Carolina. The rains over the past 2 days were well needed. Just about all our leaves are now down and a mowing next week should the final one for this season.
After having to deal with constant political commercials on TV for the 6 months leading up to the election, I thought it was finally safe to enjoy watching some shows. And then I saw this commercial the other night. At first I thought it was a satire of sorts but after checking Google, it appears to be a real product. I can think of at least 1 person who may get a can for Christmas, hehe. VI Poo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L37-3v7DyYs
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"... I thought it was finally safe to enjoy watching some shows ..."
What is jumping out at me are all of the magazines in doctor's waiting rooms with articles written in the last days before the election, eg, "what will the world be like when you read this", "however it turns-out I think that", etc.
They make their own interesting little time capsule.
No aide today, so I'll be looking out at all that sunshine, and looking down into that backed-up pile of mail, filing, etc.
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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Hunkering down for the winter...its that time of year..most of my friends at the Y go South for a week or a month...one fellow and his wife are going to Hawaii for a month. I guess we just take the seasons as they come...IF my wife said lets go someplace i would go..if not its ok with me !
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Doughnut shaped turds, now there's a neat trick! She must be the life of the party!
Brisk morning here, got our first light frost last night. It didn't kill the palm tree, but if it had, my wife would've killed ME! Best get it brought in today, according to the weatherman, winter is closing in over the next week or so.
Been sorting stamps I picked up over the holiday, nothing to brag too loud about, but a few nice ones to add to the ww collection and a few others to add to the specialized areas. Overall, not bad for a couple of bucks.
Coffee's tastin' real good and I'm ready for the day!
Have a good one,
WB
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Just thought I'd make a 200th post before they shut down the diner. It's been fun, thanks for coming by and sharing your time.
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OMG not the diner too. Not even a place to visit with our fellow stamp collectors. Blah
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The Diner survives. Here it is moved to a new home.
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The Diner is not going anywhere. No worries, friends. The Diner is Open! â¤â¤
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There came in the post this morning the 569th list of a well-known new issue dealer, a Yorkshireman whose business dealings are as tight as traditional views of that provenance might suggest.* This fellow has every new issue you could want, at prices suggestive of the fact that he has few competitors in this country. You have to spend £10 every time you order, and when your stamps come, you inevitably find that a few are marked "out of stock" or "to follow". As you might expect, some do follow, and some do not.
You can either pester, or shrug shoulders. I've tried both.
* "Ayup, lad. If it's free I'll 'ave two," is a typical smear on honest Yorkshire folk.
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SHAZAM!!! The wrecking ball has retreated, the lights are back on and the coffee's brewin'!! I can even smell the bacon and eggs cookin' in the kitchen. It's a wonderful day in the neighborhood!
My thanks to the MT for finding a way!!
Ian, I know your pain. We've placed about a dozen orders online for Christmas presents for the kids and grandkids this year. So far, three of the orders have sent messages saying the item is "out of stock". Then with no specific date, they want to know if we want to wait for "new stock" to arrive, or cancel the order. One of them even sent part of an order and had the invoice marked "back ordered" on a couple of items, again with no specific date for the other items to arrive. Ordering online usually works, but there are times when it can leave ya hangin'.
Have a great day folks, hope the sun is shining where you are,
WB
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So glad to see the diner stay. I haven't participated much on the DB. I have a lot going on. But I enjoyed coming her just to read what everyone was doing. One of my good friends was in a bad car accident that mangled up both her legs and feet. After her 3rd surgery in a week and half blood clots from her legs traveled to her lungs and she coded. They revived her but now she is in a coma in ICU. Then 2 nights ago my daughter called me and my son-in-law and grandson were in a car accident. They are ok now but no vehicle to get home in.
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Dogonit Carabop, sounds like you're going through a bit of a rough patch. Sorry to hear that, will keep you and yours in our thoughts and prayers. Hope it all gets better!!
With the holiday season, I'm feeling a little sentimental today. I'd like to say how grateful I am for this club and how much it's helped me over this past year. You're a fine group and I count myself lucky to be, however small, a part of it. Thank you all!!
This is also the time of year to leave any bitterness behind. To find it in ourselves to be kind and helpful to those less fortunate, or of a different social structure. It's not always easy, but I honestly believe the ability to do so, is inside of us all, if we'll just try. So try to make a positive difference in someone's life and it will make a positive difference in yours.
Have a great day folks and as the saying goes, "smile and the whole world will smile back at you".
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First cup of coffee on a rainy morning in Missouri- but that's a positive thing. I can't put up the Xmas decorations, split more wood, or get to the last of the leaves. Guess I'll just have to work on stamps. There are three small lots I picked up recently that are just sitting there, lonely in their glassine prisons. I hear them calling. But maybe they'll wait until after a second coffee.
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Yep cold and rainy down here in the sw corner of the state too, dollhaus.
It is indeed, a perfect day to stay inside with a hot cup of coffee, a warm fire and a few packets of stamps. Although, my wife does make a wicked cappuccino, so I may eventually switch over to that after breakfast.
Time for "Meet the Press", enjoy your Sunday everyone,
WB
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Got the leaves all done yesterday, so to day I admire the clean lawn as I sit back and ache. Still exhausted from performing Handel's Messiah last night too. The piece is not difficult, but even my little violin gets really heavy after nearly three hours of playing. One good thing today is that since it's a bye week, I don't have to watch my Brownies lose!
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Just watched Meet the Press so it's time to get moving.
Last night I invested three hours in my annual watching of "It's a Wonderful Life" and was still amazed that every scene in that movie is classic! A local old tyme theater shows it on the big screen every year but we are otherwise busy on the show dates this year. It's just grand on a big screen in a 1930s theater!
My neighbor who owns most of the trees in the front hadn't done her leaves yet so I waited since any wind sends them downhill to my front yard. She has her lawn service clear them ONCE a season and I woke up to the sound of blowers yesterday morning. I watched them intently from an upstairs window because last year I caught one of their idiots blowing the side yard leaves (where two big trees are) down the hill onto my property. I confronted the guy who gave me grief back, but then removed the leaves. I let the owner of the lawn service (who is also my lawn service) know. This year they cleared out everything on that side of my driveway. And blew my driveway clean too.
I waited for them to finish before I attacked mine. I spent the afternoon out there and got it down to a big pile down near the street. I have to go out and attack that now. I blow the leaves in the backyard into the woods, but this is too far so I bag the front yard and put the bags at the curb for collection, which is Tuesday. I still haven't gotten to the pool area. Maybe I can this afternoon. Those just get carted into the woods. I want to get it all done today since it's supposed to snow overnight. Wish me luck.
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My favorite and the greatest movie of all time. A cultural treasure for all human kind. I always mist up a bit at the end when Harry Bailey raises his glass and says "to my big brother George, the richest man in town!"
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Not that long ago, I would rake-up the leaves, wash a load in the tub to shake-off the worst of the insect eggs etc, and use the leaves to completely re-bed my composting worms.
Now I am back in NYC, live next to a coupla-hundred acre park, see thousands of pounds of freshly-fallen leaves, but can't keep worms.
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Thank you WB. My friend in ICU is not doing well as of yesterday afternoon she has stopped responding. Before that she would blink her eyes and try move her hand if you squeezed it.
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Another of those bright, chill mornings when the ice on your windscreen doesn't go before ten and the sky is blue clear across the bungalow tops and the dead leaves are frosted on the lawn. An email arrives in my inbox refunding me ten euros with an apology that the stamp had been 'muddled up' - another blank, then, in my extremely patchy 'Deutsche Besetzung Zara' page which I am trying to load up as much as possible, even in the suspicion that few of the 58 stamps thus or similarly overprinted saw genuine postal use. Zara, a large town on the Croatian coast, had a pretty unhappy war, the story of which I ought to write up for a post elsewhere.
Confined to barracks for the past week with a heavy cold, I'll be venturing out gloved and scarfed later in the day to the poetry group, where today we are bringing in 'a favourite poem' for discussion. Since this was my bright idea I ought to come up with something good, but cannot decide what to offer; I seem to have a lot of favourite poems. Coffee time now, when a decision will be made!
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First cuppa down the hatch, toast on and checking weather forecast. Think I might stay in and play stamps today and tomorrow, here is the forecast.
"Significant snow and blowing snow for southwestern Manitoba beginning Monday morning lasting through mid-week.
A low pressure system moving eastward along the international border in Saskatchewan will rapidly intensify as it tracks into Manitoba Monday morning. Snow, heavy at times, will develop and continue through Wednesday. Total amounts of 15 to 30 cm is expected over the warned area, with the highest amounts most likely over Southwestern Manitoba. Meanwhile, northerly winds gusting to 50 or 60 km/h will develop Monday night or Tuesday over most areas. Visibilities will be significantly reduced at times in snow and blowing snow for most of Tuesday and into Wednesday as well. While some uncertainty remains in the exact timing of the heaviest snow and strongest winds, there is potential for sustained blizzard conditions over parts of the warned area.
The snow and wind will gradually ease Wednesday night. Bitterly cold arctic air sweeps in behind this system, with lows below -20 degrees Celsius expected by the end of the week accompanied by wind chill values in the -30 to -35 range."
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I am celebrating a small victory this morning. I have been hired on a temporary job with my same employer.
Best wishes for a good week everyone.
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Oh Lord sheepshanks, am I glad that we don't get weather like that down here...or at least, not very often!!!
That same arctic blast is supposed to deliver a glancing blow, but it's usually moderated considerably by the time it gets here.
Congrats on the job opportunity smauggie, hope it works out well for you! Very good news, indeed!
Ian, I'd go with Milton's "Paradise Lost". You'll be able to tell the real enthusiasts from the slackers by whoever is still awake at the end.
carabop, stay strong and keep believing. I hope your friend comes through.
I think I'll sort through a few stamps this morning, before heading into the studio. We've got a few things to finish up on before Christmas, but a little sunshine would go a long way to bringing out the inspiration to do them. I'll have to check in on the folks in the main shop later, but until then, I'm in hiding.
Have an excellent day,
WB
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WB, not that bad yet, just been out to feed the critters, chilly and wind picking up but no snow yet, think Carabop has seen more of it than us, well so far at least.
Hope your friend pulls through ok Carabop. Our thoughts are with you.
Ian, with our weather maybe "When the frost is on the Punkin" would be appropriate.
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"Full of sentiment and traditional in form, his work features rustic subjects who speak in a homely, countrified dialect." Well, Victor, as you might expect the Hoosier Poet has not made it into many anthologies on this side of the pond, but many thanks for directing me towards him, obviously very popular in his day! My eventual choice was a poem called 'Gifts and Courtesy' by Ivor Gurney.
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Yes we have seen much snow in the Dakota's. Probably only about 5 inches or so where I am at. South about 4 hours got hit hard with about 18 inches. We have the same weather forecast as Manitoba for this week. I am on a little lunch break but have to go back to work this afternoon. I think the rest of the week I may stay in as I don't have to work.
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Just started snowing here in Franklin, Manitoba, about 100K north of the border.
Ian, Have not been able to find an online copy of the poem, maybe if you have a chance you could email me one or put it up on here.
Have been through a number of my books but found none of Ivor Gurney's poems. Seems he had a trying life.
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Franklin - the gateway to Minnedosa, or the suburbs of Neepawa.
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Yep stuck in the middle Doomboy, at one time it had a bigger population than Neepawa or Minnedosa. Now we are down to about 11 houses, no shops but a one room Post Office open mornings only. Coffee pot is usually hot and a dollar a mug.
The yard got a bit of snow and more on the way, Guess time to get the snowblower out!
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We dodged the bullet here in Eastern Pennsylvania! Weather reports were all kinds of weather advisories... freezing rain overnight Sunday, icy roads for the Monday rush hour. Well, I heard it drizzling overnight, but woke up to 40 degrees F and the rain had stopped! My boss is away so I decided to work from home anyway. I haven't seen the office in two weeks, but I do have to go in tomorrow! I am kinda sick of being in the house.
Thankfully no snow, but those threats did get me to finish my leaf removal in the front yard!
That's 33 bags of leaves and 4 garbage pails full of sticks and twigs! Back breaking! I'm still sore!
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Sheepshanks:
I've actually been through/past Franklin twice - once taking the 'scenic route' to Gilbert Plains, and once travelling with my father-in-law (a prairie boy from Pilot Mound) on a circle tour to visit his myriad cousins (I think one lived in Minnedosa - that trip was a blur of place names!)
Darryl
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It's another beautiful (gloomy, cold, windy) day in Minnesota. I had my usual Pecan roll for breakfast along with some orange juice. Started the day at 31F and the low will be 13F. Then we progress down into the single digits next week. Wishing everyone a good day.
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Good morning!
Well, my wife headed out on a business trip yesterday, so I'm bachin' it for a while. She called about 5:15 this morning to check in, all's well. She should be back by weeks end and the coffee will get back to tasting like it should.
Still got a few projects to finish up before Christmas, but should get done in plenty of time. Although, spraying finishes can be tricky in these cold temperatures. Thankfully, we have a solar drying room that helps, that is, as long as the sun shines.
It didn't get near as cold as they were predicting earlier on, stayed in the upper 30's over night and now we're down to just one really cold day and then the temps go back up to around average. Snow prediction looks like it's down to a dusting at worst.
Time for a warm up, where is that waitress?
Live long and prosper, NahNu, NahNu,
WB
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I am not sure how Manitoba is doing up there but I think we got hit with this yesterday afternoon. "A low pressure system moving eastward along the international border in Saskatchewan". We are about 90 miles SW of Estevan Saskatchewan. No travel is advised for just about all of ND since about 5:30 last evening. I94 is closed from Dickinson ND to Fargo ND. I did get all my work done yesterday so not going out for a couple of days until this passes. A good time to work on stamps and catch up with other little things around the house.
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SW Manitoba got a fair snowfall of around 6 inches, I have some 2 foot drifts in the yard. Wind still NW 40-60K so will leave the clearing until tomorrow. We are expecting a few snow showers today but nothing heavy.
Our big problem is visibility in the blowing snow, so yes an indoors day now that I have fed animals and checked for damage. GB Machin time, I soaked a few hundred regionals at the weekend so will sort them today.
Stay safe everyone.
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This morning there comes in the post a curious missive from Cluj, Romania - a cover I had ordered up at Delcampe back in May, wrapped tightly in folded layers of heavy blue paper and stapled many times at the sides, rendering it almost unopenable except by unpicking each staple (there are nine on each side).
A note in English reads, "Sorry for delay I am never on site".
Hopefully there is no shortage of envelopes in Cluj, and I can only assume that this particular seller is not a prominent Romanian stamp dealer, but a private individual whose arrangements are a bit chaotic! Never mind, the cover itself is in good condition and it has arrived.
Meanwhile a T-shirt vendor from whom I buy quite a lot of politically-themed T-shirts offers one with a famous quotation from the English Civil War. Only it gets the famous quotation wrong.
‘The poorest he that is in England hath a right to live as the greatest he’ dates from 1647 and can be seen today proudly blazoned on the walls of the church at Putney where it was first spoken. The t-shirt people have left out the word 'he' both times. Oh dear. I think I need a cup of coffee right now.
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I am sitting in a cloudy downtown Bellefonte, Pennsylvania having my coffee waiting for breakfast to be served at the http://www.reynoldsmansion.com/
I plan to visit the APS headquarters tomorrow or Saturday. Today will be spent antiquing and looking for more stuff to add to my collections, today I will be looking for old records and CDs.
Vince
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Gooooood Morrrrrrrning StampoRama! Sorry, I watched a Robin Williams movie last night.
Ian, the use of the word "he", in such context, would be politically incorrect by today's standards. Especially on a politically motivated t-shirt.
Vince, I wish you'd quit sending that dreary old weather down my way. I need sunshine!! Good luck on your ventures!
Just another day here in the Ozarks. Coffee, work, more coffee, more work, supper, then maybe a couple of hours with my stamps at the end of the day.
Hope ya'll have a wonderful day!
WB
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I haven't been doing much with stamps lately except add to the pile buy buying some things on the SOR auction.
Does anyone else think what they will do when they win the Super Mega Power Lottery?
Of course one of the things I would do is get a bigger place to live so that I can have a stamp room (or two).
I would still probably be more of a bargain hunter for stamps. To me that is part of the fun (getting a $1000 cat stamp for $50 and so forth).
Of course I would not need to work at a job any more, so I could devote more time to stamps.
It is usually at this point that I stop thinking about stamps and start thinking about other things. How to make the world a better place. Of course that can start in the here and now.
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"Ian, the use of the word "he", in such context, would be politically incorrect by today's standards. Especially on a politically motivated t-shirt."
WB, I'd originally thought that the designer had omitted 'he' because he feared that today's customers would not understand the slightly unusual 17th century formulation, with 'he' as a noun.
Then I had my cup of coffee (see post) and it dawned on me, frighteningly, that you are absolutely right - Sir Thomas Rainsborough was indeed guilty of historical gender-bias which today's right-on, PC, sandal-wearing, muesli-eating t-shirt purchaser could not possibly countenance!
The very thought of which makes me urgently put the kettle on for a restorative cup of tea.
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Funny, Guthram. I was just looking at that very same T-shirt, as I also (very occasionally) purchase t-shirts from said company. It's been years since I studied the Levellers at university.
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I envy you, Vince!
Have fun!
Randy
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The Dakotas, i always wonder how the Indians ponys survived the winter...or how much buffalo flops or firewood the indians set aside..i doubt they had the apple or maple wood we have to stay warm.
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It's sunny but cold, 28 degree going up to 45 in downtown Bellefonte, PA. Waiting for breakfast and I'm off to the APS. I want to see the new library and check out the sales area.
Did some shopping and antiquing yesterday and added to some of my collections LPs, CDs, cigar box labels and my philatelic library. I will post some scans next week.
Vince
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Phil, we have a log fire in one room of the house and when we were using that room of a winter, would get through 2-3 cords of Poplar between start of December and end of February. Cost of a cord was around C$150, Oak was half as much again.
Bit chilly here today and here is our forecast,
"Today Cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries this morning and early this afternoon then a mix of sun and cloud. Wind northwest 20 km/h. Temperature falling to minus 20 this afternoon. Wind chill minus 30.
Tonight Partly cloudy. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 28. Wind chill minus 36."
Temps are in Centigrade.
Breakfast in a while and then out to push some snow around in order we can get out to do some shopping.
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Vinman, when we go to APS Hq.its usually a day and a half(exactly 300 miles door to door.) The time goes like a whirlwind...you know what i mean or will see what i mean...do i spend the time in the sales division or the library ?...either way it goes in a flash !
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Well good morning!
Dang it's cold, frost everywhere!! I hate winter!!
Headed over after bit to help a buddy get his log spliter runnin'. Sounds like it needs the carb adjusted. I love this guy, his wife is the head of cardiology for one of the major hospitals in the area and he plays golf and fishes. That's it, golf and fishing! Virtually every minor and major coarse in the world, including the pro coarses and I don't think there's a body of water he hasn't successfully fished. Some people have all the luck! Oh well, he's a good friend and I'm not saying anything here that I don't say to his face, so...
Have a great day folks,
WB
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Vince - Here 200+ miles south and we are a balmy -19C. Wish I had a house with a fireplace. My sister does and it is sweet.
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A glum damp wet sheep of a day here, but much lightened by another couple of Zara stamps in the post - that's Zara the Croatian enclave rather than the fashion retail chain. One included a delightful free 'gift for friend' - half a dozen pleasant Yugoslavia stamps. I've commented on this sort of gesture before: it never fails to work for me.
Speaking of kind gestures, yesterday's meet-up of UK Stamporama members featured another such when londonbus1 presented the other three with an issue of Stanley Gibbons' Monthly Journal from 1925. It makes fascinating reading: my issue has a grumbling criticism from an 'old-style' collector (i.e. pre-WW1) of the flooding of the market with 'new European' stamps in which 'nobody of consequence in British philatelic circles seems in the least interested'. And so he harrumphs on for a page or so! Today's equivalent, the Gibbons Stamp Monthly (which also arrived this morning) is bulkier and more colourful, but rather more polite, and dull.
The appearance of a spectacular Belgian Congo stamp elsewhere on these boards the other day prompted me to make the rash observation, during our SOR luncheon, that colonial stamps were gorgeous in direct proportion to the ugliness of the regime they concealed - a form of soft propaganda at which the British, as well as the Belgians, were adept. This was met with a silence I struggled to place as bored, stunned or outraged, before we resumed our meal. Nevertheless, I determined, as soon as coffers allow, to assemble a 'Heart of Darkness' collection of King Leopold's Belgian Congo stamps to prove my point!
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It's a chilly 26 degrees in Bellefonte today. Drinking coffee by the fireplace in our room waiting for breakfast. I had a good day at the APS and checking out their library. There is a sales area for the library separate from their other sales area where there are books for sale. There also US and worldwide stamps and collections for sale in the library. I was like a kid in a candy shop. I added some new titles to my philatelic library and Cinderellas for my show labels collection. I will post scans when I get home next week. I recommend visiting the APS Philatelic Center if the opportunity presents itself.
Busy day today, Christkndle market in Mifflinburg, craft show in town, visit a craftsman who carves Santa figures and cut down my Christmas tree. I also plan on taking a tour of the homes in Bellefonte today that are decorated for the holidays.
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Tea drunk, toast on. It is minus 30c here this morning with wind chill of minus 38. Guess time to put the thermals on. This will be our weather for the next week according to the forecasters, but at least sunny days but no sunbathing.
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Happy Hump Day!!
Too bad we don't have a multi-page feature within each thread. I hadn't considered what would happen as this thread got longer and took awhile to load. I guess at some point I'll have to open up a second Diner. It's unfortunate, though. I think a lot of great threads get left behind because folks get tired of waiting for a single page to load, especially when there's lots of scans and pics. Just a thought.
Had a couple of cloudy, but fairly warm days this week. Back to cold, cloudy weather for the next couple. Still no snow or frozen precip.
I've been having a lot of fun sorting through a couple of 1000 lots of WW stamps the past few days. I had been on a single country kick for a while and forgot how fun covering several countries in a row could be. The roots of my collecting were based on buying, sorting and mounting these modest sized lots. My WW albums only go to about 1970, so I try to find lots that have a fair amount of that material to work with. Not always easy.
Well, time to go fill the wood box, stoke the fire and get to work.
Have a great day,
WB
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Well, smauggie, when I win the Super Mega Power Lottery I will buy truckloads of covers et al and hire a curator to do the sorting, characterizing, mounting ... after which I will change the rules, and have a good laugh as the poor sod has to start yet another pass thru the whole mountain.
An 11-y/o grandhild arrived today for a three week visit, so I've already hit the lottery.
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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No stamps in the post today (following a recent binge on the new and very disappointing Delcampe website). Yesterday took a plunge and ordered up the last Poland set I've been missing: the September 1944 'National Heroes', a trio of crudely produced though rather expensive stamps, issued (so far as I can make out) by the pro-Soviet Lublin Government even before the Germans abandoned the GG. Indeed six weeks later a further stamp marking '5th Anniversary of the German Occupation' was issued (the one showing Krakow Castle), which nicely illustrates the time-lapse between commissioning and issuing a stamp. How much of 'Poland' was occupied by the Germans by 26th October 1944? (Help needed here - can anyone tell me?)
I've been looking at stamp issues in Europe following Liberation - it's remarkable how prolific some of these are. Between August 1944 and May 1945 France issued no fewer than 83 definitive stamps! Belgium issued the long 'V' set twice over (once for Belgique-Belgie and again for the reverse); not content with that they followed it up with four 'V' overprints and then seven more Leopold definitives with a little 'V' in the corner. A point was being made, but at unnecessary length, you might think.
What's going on here? A frenzy of letter-writing (that would be understandable)? A frenzy of national-identity-establishing propaganda following four years of occupation (that, too)?
Points to ponder over this morning's cup of coffee.
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@ Guthrum/Ian: this is what Wikipedia has to say about the subject. I suppose the Soviet Union halted their push just before Warsaw and concentrated on the Southeast and the Baltics before breaking through the German lines in January 1945... There are undoubtedly more detailed accounts, but finding those takes more effort.
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I went on an eBay binge last Friday. I bought a mess of New Jersey postmark covers, and even raised my per cover personal limit. I found a seller with several 19th century DPOs for $5-10 each and bought them! Since eBay has sellers trained like dancing poodles to ship immediately, it all showed up in one pile in Monday's mail. I guess that was my Christmas!
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The cold has set in in Philadelphia for the next few days, going down to the mid teens tonight. I feel like I need a vacation after my week long vacation last week in center Pennsylvania. Picked up some goodies for my collections, stamps and other. I cut my tree down and now need to decorate it. I had auction material I won waiting for me when I returned Monday so I have some scanning and posting to do. That won't happen until later tonight after I get back from the radio station and put some decorations on the tree.
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Christmas Party 2016 at the Hurley Mountain Inn for the IBM Kingston Information Systems and Customer Engineer folk. Small world i travelled in...i knew one girl since 1965 shes a Great Grandmother now,and a young man who trainned me in a new department in 1972 and went past me like a shot. I was a product of the nepotism system and Big Blue really did not care for my attitude...i guess i can not blame them too much. i noticed most of us in my age group were drinking non alcoholic beverages !
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Saturday will be 77 degrees (25C)
Sunday will be 37 degrees (3C) with windchills in the 20s (-5C) (I ain't going to the flea market on Sunday!)
Monday will start out at 23 degrees (-5C)
What's my point? I don't know. I got a brain freeze just thinking about this!!!
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If it will unfreeze your brain, here is our forecast for tonight, temperatures in degrees C.
"Clear. Becoming partly cloudy near midnight. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 33. Extreme wind chill minus 43."
Guess you are quite warm really.
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A silent, little cat feet morning, the trees behind the bungalow opposite only a faint shadow. Not a good day for Christmas shopping, everywhere will be crowded, so I'm staying in, wrapping presents. Today in the post three Christmas cards, my union card (Membership Type: Retired), my political party desk calendar bought out of sympathy rather than necessity, but NO STAMPS!
Time for a cup of coffee, then.
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No stamps again today? Ian, you're slipping!
Well, we're in that weather twilight zone that we see a lot here in the midwest. Went to bed at 11pm, it was 27F, got up this morning at 5am and it was 59F. As if that wasn't weird enough, rain this afternoon and temps by tomorrow morning in the single digits. It continues by the forecast being back in the mid 50's toward the end of the week. Oh well, we figure the good Lord provides days like this, so we can clean the ashes out of the stove before the next round.
Finishing up on the last of the first 1000 lot of stamps. Only ended up with about 200 spaces filled, but did find a couple of modestly valued stamps in the bunch, so it was a pretty decent deal in the end.
Wife's in the hot tub and it's about time to go refill her coffee cup.(and mine )
Have a great day, see ya'll in the DB,
WB
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Sent the VG (Visiting Grandchild) out to play in the snow, which will be gone in a few hours.
Good thing we hiked thru the woods down by the railway yesterday (out of service more than fifty years) as it will be muddy next week.
First round is almost always decaf, so I can go back for a snooze.
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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I did one better than that, Ikey -
I went out WITH the visiting grandchild and we BOTH played in the snow!
It was fun!
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About six hours ago it was a beautiful 77 degrees. Right now it is 37 degrees, and going down to around 25 by the morning... Now my brain has really froze.
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-19F this morning. Time for some hot chocolate.
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I'm with Antonio on the hot chocolate. We are showing -21F here this morning with the temp still dropping. It is meant to get to -26F over the next hour.
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Don't think I've ever experienced cold like that. Stay safe guys. It's supposed to be 83 here today. Christmas shopping in shorts and sandals. I miss seeing snow on the ground at Christmas.
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Franklin, Manitoba currently at -32c and wind chill -42, tea and toast then out to feed the critters. Should warm up to -20 later and into single digits by Wednesday.
Good day for making mince pies and some Christmas goodies.
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Temp -8 this am and supposed to be -18 tonight (don't even want to know the windchill). Daughter hoping for a school delay tomorrow. Going to see "Rogue One" this afternoon because it is too cold to do stuff outside. Glad to find Stamporama back up and running today - missed it yesterday.
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It was zero degrees F on Friday and now it's windy and in the 60s. It's my daughters birthday weekend so we stayed over in New Jersey last night and went to an old favorite restaurant in Red Bank (I have the cancel). Today we are all going to my sisters house for early Christmas because my niece is home from Texas for a few days. Yesterday morning I was creating the pages for the 1954 Liberty Series definitives. I never noticed the wet and dry plate varieties as well as a few color variations. Some of the stamps that lasted into the 60s got tagging too. So I'm sitting here Jonesing that I want to get back on it. It's a disease!
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I must admit it was a relief to find it was 5 degrees this morning versus the -20 of the night before. Was laid low this weekend with a bug. Happy to say I am recovering nicely.
Have a great Monday.
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This Christmas shopping does get a bit much, doesn't it? I don't make an annual list of exactly what I have bought for whom, even though such a document would be infinitely more useful than the several lists (most, but not all, stamp-related) which I do make. So, for example, the DVD* I bought for Linda this morning was all very well (Richard Linklater's Boyhood) until I got home and was seized with the impression that I had actually bought that very film for her last year. Or at least for her birthday back in June. No idea. Can't ask her. Will have to buy another, more recent film by Wednesday when we meet.
* For younger readers, if there are any, a DVD was a flat circular object which you had to insert into your television set and operate various buttons to make it play your film or programme. It's not like streaming at all. It's why I can buy them for Linda but not my son. He streams. You can't buy him anything but a t-shirt.**
** I was going to put a 'sigh' emoticon here, but it turns out that it is an 'invalid command' and won't show up. Sigh.
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It is still really cold here in Kentucky. It was spitting snow when I went out to attend my yoga class.
We had our Christmas with all the family yesterday. The highlight was the food and watching the grandchildren open their gifts. The boys both got a bike, so we had to go outside in the cold for them to unwrap them. I think they were both pretty happy with them and our granddaughter had picked lots of art and craft things, so she will be busy during school vacation.
It is such a busy time of the year. We are working on some remodeling in the house, so I have not posted any approval books this month. (I think most people are to busy to even look.) In January I will try to post more books when I have time.
Happy Holidays every one.
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I remember when Sony Betamax was the best thing since sliced bread. My mother still owns one, as well as a collection of tapes dating back to the early 1980's.
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"... It's not like streaming at all ..."
Perhaps you could explain it as streamus interruptus ...
... the factory streams to the thingie, and you stream from the thingie.
Q/ What means "factory"?
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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The weather finally took it's toll, been fighting a sinus infection the past few days. Antibiotics and nasal spray are helping, but it'll take a few more days to get back to normal. Kinda hard to work on stamps with post nasal drip. (now try to get that visual out of your head! you're welcome! )
I did manage to get several pages printed off for my Christmas stamp collection, though. The kids will be here Thursday morning and we'll work on them at least a few hours, here and there, over the next few days. A couple of my grandkids are budding artists, I think I'm gonna set them up with colored pens and pencils and let them do a little Christmas themed doodling around the borders of the pages. I printed off a couple of extras to let them practice on. I think they'll like that (I know I will!) and it'll add a nice personal touch to the collection.
Hope ya'll are having great day,
WB
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Sorry to hear you are under the weather. Get well soon.
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Thanks smauggie, feeling better everyday.
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For all my complaining about cold temperatures I would take it all back not to have a rainy Christmas day.
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Sorry to hear about those of you with ailments. Having recently spent 6 days in the hospital with Double Pneumonia, I know what you're going through.
This morning I'm at work. Wednesdays they serve (almost) fresh fruit, croissants, and muffins along with juice and coffee. I enjoyed it thoroughly, and wish they'd do it every day.
Breakfast break is now over and it's back to work for me.
Merry ( insert holiday here ) to everyone.
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My next-door neighbour posted through a Christmas card last night, following a tradition begun after I moved in back in 2004 (exchanging cards with neighbours left and right). This year, however, rather than the usual 'Paul and Evelyn', it is signed just 'Evelyn', and I am racking my brains as to when exactly I last saw Paul. Being English, we do not intrude on each others' lives much beyond a polite nod and hello if we happen to emerge from our houses simultaneously, and the more I think of it, the less I remember seeing Paul's taxi in the last few weeks. I'll knock on the door this year and frame some discreet form of words as I deliver my card. It might be an awkward moment, though.
I asked the neighbour the other side first; Paul had died suddenly a few months ago. Just as well I didn't deliver my cards yesterday. Her car's not there today so I guess she's spending the weekend with relatives; I addressed the card to Evelyn only and posted it through her letter-box.
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"I am racking my brains as to when exactly I last saw Paul."
We had a similar situation a few years ago. I hadn't missed the guy next door and one day we met up with the lady as she walked her dog. Asked an innocent "What's new?" and, as Americans can be very expressive, she told us the whole nasty string of events that led to their breakup.
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and this Christmas don't forget your hard working postal delivery person! Get them a gift they can really use!
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"... I am racking my brains as to when exactly I last saw Paul ..."
I stepped right into it, just shy of thirty years ago, when I saw an elderly neighbor raking her leaves and asked, "Where's Sarge?" (a long-retired cop).
I was prepared for "not feeling well" or "my turn this time", but not "we lost him two years ago". Oy.
Meanwhile, back in this time zone (so to speak), the aide is off for a 3-day holiday weekend, so my son is coming to entertain my visiting grandson (eg, walk to the movies every day).
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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My father in law was in his mid eighties and his memory wasn't the best. He'd ask me, "How's your father doing?" The first time I reminded him that my father was dead for a couple of years. That was a bit uncomfortable for both of us.
He did ask the same question a couple more times so I'd just reply, "Oh he's the same."
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Alone in the diner on Christmas Eve - well! My Polish National Heroes set arrived this morning, a long-standing gap in my album. It was the first set issued after the Red Army had moved into eastern Poland, and its rather crude design, ragged perforations and lack of gum seemed appropriate for a country torn completely apart. I presume not many were issued (given its current catalogue value) and the Soviets clearly felt something a bit more classy was required - within a week the next Polish stamps were produced by their own people at Goznak in Moscow.
Back to Italy went the bogus occupation stamps (see another thread) and on the blacklist went the dealer, whose explanation that in wartime, hey, lots of different and unknown varieties appeared was not convincing.
That glittery stuff on Christmas wrapping gets everywhere! Have a good couple of days, everyone!
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I had been fighting a cold over the past week. Yesterday was the first day I actually felt like doing things. Too bad. We had the grandchildren for the week, and I didn't do very much of what I had planned with them.
Today we're sitting at almost 80F (27C). Some clouds in the sky, but a very nice day. My grandsons will be back this evening. It seems like Santa stopped by here for them too!
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Glad you're feeling better, Michael! Enjoy them young'ns, they sure do grow up fast!
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Hi Everyone,
This thread is getting very long and someone with a slow internet connection would find it difficult. I proposal we start a new SOR Diner thread on Jan 1st 2017, just to start the year off right. Thoughts?
Regards ... Tim.
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Rise and shine all.
I am visiting the father in law and his DSL connection speed is around 6Mbps. It took 4 to 5 seconds for it to load. (It is supposed to be 10 MB). Back on the road today to get home.
I had picked up a few weeks ago the actual Saturday Evening Post with this cover. I plan to frame it.
Al
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"re: The SOR diner
Hi Everyone,
This thread is getting very long and someone with a slow internet connection would find it difficult. I proposal we start a new SOR Diner thread on Jan 1st 2017, just to start the year off right. Thoughts?
Regards ... Tim."
Good idea Tim. How about closing in on Dec 31, and opening a SOR Diner 2017?
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Sounds good to me Ralph.
Tim.
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making turkey pot pies with left overs; drinking a nice Belgian ale with my daughter's god father, who's great company; and not much else. I did receive a Christmas card from Perry Moore with a perfectly applied Christmas seal properly tied (a Christmas card wraped in a Christmas Present, I wrote back) and something from the North Pole, by way of P'kpsie.
back to my friend and ale
Merry Christmas to all, Happy Channakuh to a choice few, and Happy Boxing day to those up north
David
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It's only the 3rd Day of Christmas. So far so good. I got a nice package of goodies from my sister.
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Well, we made it through another Christmas and everyone made it home safe and sound.
We managed to get the Christmas collection all caught up. This years focus was on Great Britain, because I had let it accumulate far too long, and Australia thanks to SteveO's approval book of Australian Christmas stamps. We also sorted and mounted a fair collection of Anguilla Christmas stamps, along with a few other odds and ends.
I did balk at letting the kids do artwork on the pages though, things were just a little to hectic for them to stay focused enough. Maybe next year.
Sounds like we're gonna need to open a new diner starting off the new year. Look forward to seeing you all there.
WB
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Back to some sort of normality, with the post arriving this morning - a single stamp to add to my set, one of those you never seem to get offered entire, and have to accumulate stamp by stamp. (Italian Occupation of Slovenia, another of the many issues from the Balkans to have overprints on pre-war Yugoslavian definitives.)
And, oh yes, here it comes, an apologetic email from a different Delcampe trader. This fellow has moved premises lately, and would you believe it, of the 250-odd volumes of stock he has, the one with the two stamps he offered for sale that I bought... has disappeared! Tsk!
Well, at least he has refunded my money immediately, but I can't help feeling that a frank confession that he had not updated his bit of the website by the time I got to it would have been more convincing than the familiar 'lost while moving house' narrative.
No stamp-related Christmas presents; once, many years ago, I gave my partner the SG numbers of a set I wanted, and she obtained it, presumably off Ebay, but I'm not sure that really counts.
Happy New Year to one and all, and see you on the 2017 diner!
It look as if this thread has been closed already (not appearing on 'last 30'). Maybe the above message, vitally important as it is, will appear on January 1st. Maybe not. You didn't miss much!
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I think there may be a glitch, I'm not showing any unread posts at all.
Maybe the Wiz hasn't had his coffee yet.
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"... a frank confession that he had not updated his bit of the website by the time I got to it would have been more convincing than the familiar 'lost while moving house' narrative ..."
Richard Nixon speaking, from a routine by Rich Little: "I accept full responsibility (for the break-in) ... but not the blame. Let me explain the difference. People who are to blame lose their jobs. People who are responsible do not."
In the current case:
"I can't be bothered to update my inventory" is a reason to never bid again.
"I lost this one item, this one time" is not.
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
(Posted in memory of my friend Bill, who loved Rich Little's Watergate LP as much as I did.)
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My week off is going swimmingly! I've been sleeping until 8am every day and then doing nothing productive, just fiddling on the Internet and in my hobbies.
Yesterday I scanned 11 covers I received for my NJ collection, and did the write up for my long running New Jersey thread on this board. This morning I placed those covers into the albums. NJ is up to four albums now and when rummaging through the office I found a decent candidate for album five so I'm prepared.
Last weekend I pulled out my long lost George Washington Bicentennial cover collection from my youth. I put it all in order and into an album. I had collected all the different event covers that had been issued across the country in the 1932 year and I have over 100 different covers.
Yesterday's mail brought me the 24 George Washington Bicentennial covers I had won for the $9.99 starting bid at the 'bay. The seller was clueless and had one photo of them all index style so you only saw the face of the first two. It was a potluck lot but at that price I figured I'd gamble.
I spent some time updating the model car show's website yesterday. I have two more pages to create then I can upload it all.
To my surprise I added 7 of those to the collection. As a bonus one recipient used a NYC General Delivery address so those covers are all back stamped with a nice cancel. Score! So now GWB covers will be another of my eBay searches. Yea, I'm expanding my collecting, yikes!
Now I'm off to meet my aunt and uncle for lunch. My Auntie Ann is my father's youngest sister and at 75 she's the last of that generation. When she goes I will be the oldest descendant. I'm not looking forward to that.
The funny thing is they never act old. The highlight of this visit will be seeing their brand new Tesla, a replacement for another Tesla that was totaled a few months ago when they got t-boned. True to that make the million air bags went off and they walked away without a scratch! And my uncle's other car? A bright yellow Mini Cooper convertible with a 6 speed. So we'll have a nice time!
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Sounds like a great week Tom...Question:
Do you arrange those NJ covers alphabetically or some other way? maybe by county? Maybe it would be neat to have a Jersey Shores section with all the great towns there by themselves with right ups and ancillary ephemera to compliment the covers.
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Good Friday morning, everyone ready to ring in the new year?
Weather's been pretty decent, a little cool overnight, but nothing that a crackling fire and cup of warm cider won't take care of. Kind of unusual not to have seen at least a few snowflakes by this time of year, but so far...nothing. I can live with that.
Well, last night, I pulled out a crammed full stockbook of early definitives from all the major countries. Time to do a little flyspeckin'. I'd probably be better off if I went through these as I acquire them, but for whatever reason, I tend to stockpile them and then spend days or weeks sorting them all out. I seriously doubt that I'll find any of the rare and unusual varieties, but hey, you never know, right?
We'll be having our annual new years party this weekend, usually have a crowd of 50-75 people, but every year, as we all get older, it gets a little harder to make it until the ball drops, let alone the hour later before it's midnight here. Anymore, it's ching-ching at the 12th stroke, a few hugs and well wishes and everyone's gone by a quarter after. It's still fun, but at our age, we aren't near as enthusiastic as we used to be.
Hope ya'll have a fun and prosperous new year, be happy, but stay safe!!
WB
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Nominations are open for who gets the honor of making the closing post to the 2016 SOR Diner thread.
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
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Some may not be in any condition to do so, but it would be kinda cool to have posts from across the different time zones, shortly before their respective stroke of midnight. Not very practical, but a fun way to close out the Diner for the year.
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Still 13 hours or so before midnight here on the West Coast.
Although Alaska, Hawaii, French Polynesia and a smattering of other islands are behind us, the Pacific time zone contains pretty much the last major population centers on the planet to celebrate something global.
It's always a little odd to get up and start planning Christmas Day or New Year's Eve and see on tv that it's practically come and gone elsewhere while we're just getting started!
Nevertheless, Happy New Year everyone!
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