Volume 14 , Issue 22

Duchess of Weaselskin

Four days ago, with a lunch hour break and an airing out for our tomato plants, it took David and NW Okie (mostly David) working together from 9:45a.m. to a little after 5:00p.m., 24 May 2012, to assembled this polycarbonate, 6x8 greenhouse that we found on ebay for half the price it was selling at a local hardware store in Southwest Colorado.

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100 Years Ago Today - 28 May 1912

One hundred years ago today and over a month after the Titanic sank, we found this headlines in The Evening World, dated 28 May 1912, out of New York: Blame Californian For Titanic Deaths and 1,500 Titanic Victims Perished by Neglect of the Californian.

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NW Okie's Corner

We Remember and Honor All Veterans of All wars! The photo on the left is a few photos of my Uncle Robert Lee McGill, who fought overseas during World War II. The photo in the upper-right of that same image may be a photo of my Grand Uncle Robert Lee Warwick, who enlisted in the British forces overseas and fought in World War I (1919).

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Highland County Virginia - The Highlander Abroad

In chapter XXII, History of Highland County, we come upon the Highlander abroad and their call of the West; their extent of emigration from Highland and the prominent emigrants and letters by Highland Emigrants.

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History of Filibuster Dates Back To 1850's

According to the United States Senate archives & history, the delay or blocking legislative action using the filibuster has a long history. The term "Filibuster" is from a Dutch word meaning "Pirate." It became popular in the 1850s, when it was applied to efforts to hold the Senate floor in order to prevent a vote on a bill. It seems today the present Congress has moved away from the debating part of the filibuster.

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Rock n Roll Classic of 1950-1960's

This should jog some of those "baby boomers" memory cells and get you rocking and rolling once again, if only with your walking cane or tapping of your feet or hands. This 1950's and 1960's video mix, "America Never Stops Dancing," was edited by Ivan Hernandez as a 2010 tribute to all Rock and Roll singers and performers whom made the 50's and 60's unforgettable decade.

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After World War II

After World War II, the 1950's saw a very industrious decade with great inventions, the suburbs and baby boomers. But that was not all that happened. The 1950's was not a perfect decade, though. There was the fight for desegregation.

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1950's Car Culture Video

We found this short video about the automobile culture in America in the 1950's, how it impacted the country in many ways. See if this jogs some of those memory cells of the 1950's for you. It seems in the mid-1950's the McGill family had a Plymouth station wagon they hooked a tear-drop trailer, taking in an adventure to Yellowstone and Alaska.

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History of the Graf Zeppelin

It was in 1929, the first time in history a Graf Zeppelin circumnavigated the globe. It was a 21-day voyage, among them the young journalist Lady Grace Drummond-Hay, reporting for the Hearst media empire. The BBC Four website has a documentary about this "Around the World by Zeppelin" that documents the Graf Zeppelin airship.

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The Virtual Wall - Vietnam Veterans Memorial

The Virtual Wall - Vietnam Veterans Memorial -- Vietnam War casualties are listed by "Home of Record" on these index pages linked here. You may click "Find a Name" in the drop down window at the top-left.

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SpaceX Dragon Capsule Launch

Latest breaking news on SpaceX Dragon capsule launch - breakingnews.com -- Did you get to see the astronauts and cosmonauts grabbing a Dragon spacecraft sent to them with food, clothes and supplies? It was a fantastic watch as the astronauts and cosmonauts living aboard the International Space Station hooked the SpaceX Dragon.

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