Around The Bend
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Steamboat Round The Bend and the Great Steamboat Race
Steamboat Round the Bend - The Boats (MORE PICTURES)
Steamboat Round the Bend - The Boats (MORE PICTURES)
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Great photo, Nancy. I was there in the early sixty's and saw the curve filled with new automobiles....and didn't have a camera.
"During the 1954 celebration of the centennial of the opening of Horseshoe Curve, a night photo was arranged by Sylvania Electric Products using 6,000 flashbulbs and 31 miles (50 km) of wiring to illuminate the area.[28] The event also commemorated the 75th anniversary of the incandescent light bulb".
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Around a bend on part of I-285 in Atlanta, with a trace of SNOW, NO ACCIDENTS, and just ONE ambulance....so far.
Here's the LINK for the Steamboat pictures again, and the audio of a CD I have called Riverboat Shuffle. 18 songs on the Mississippi River.
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Around the bend, in Southern Sweden......
Ingvar Kamprad of Elmtaryd, Agunnaryd, Sweden died at the age of 91.
"In a statement on Sunday, Ikea said that Mr Kamprad had "peacefully passed away at his home".
"He worked until the very end of his life, staying true to his own motto that most things remain to be done," it added. Mr Kamprad eventually stepped down from the company's board in 2013, at the age of 87".
"Ingvar Kamprad was a great entrepreneur of the typical southern Swedish kind - hardworking and stubborn, with a lot of warmth and a playful twinkle in his eye," the company said".
"His company's designs became popular in part because of their simplicity and value".
"Mr Kamprad is reported to have come up with the idea of flat-pack furniture after watching an employee remove the legs from a table in order to fit it into a customer's car".
Ingvar Kamprad of Elmtaryd, Agunnaryd, Sweden died at the age of 91.
"In a statement on Sunday, Ikea said that Mr Kamprad had "peacefully passed away at his home".
"He worked until the very end of his life, staying true to his own motto that most things remain to be done," it added. Mr Kamprad eventually stepped down from the company's board in 2013, at the age of 87".
"Ingvar Kamprad was a great entrepreneur of the typical southern Swedish kind - hardworking and stubborn, with a lot of warmth and a playful twinkle in his eye," the company said".
"His company's designs became popular in part because of their simplicity and value".
"Mr Kamprad is reported to have come up with the idea of flat-pack furniture after watching an employee remove the legs from a table in order to fit it into a customer's car".
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Pappy
Living the Dream
In the "Horse Drawn Vehichle" thread, Nancy posted a video LINK showing Ice Harvesting, in Monroe County, at Pocono Manor, Pennsylvania in 1919. Included was information on Ice:
ICE...
"Ice is water frozen into a solid state. It can appear transparent or opaque bluish-white color..."
"Ice appears naturally in forms of snowflakes, hail, icicles, ice spikes and candles, glaciers, pack ice, frost, and polar ice caps...
"The molecules in solid ice may be arranged in numerous different ways, called phases, depending on the temperature and pressure. Typically, ice is the phase known as ice Ih, which is the most abundant of the varying solid phases on Earth's surface The most common phase transition to ice Ih occurs when liquid water is cooled below 0°C (273.15K, 32°F) at standard atmospheric pressure. It can also deposit from vapour with no intervening liquid phase, such as in the formation of frost...
"Ice has long been valued as a means of cooling. In 400 BC Iran, Persian engineers had already mastered the technique of storing ice in the middle of summer in the desert. The ice was brought in during the winters from nearby mountains in bulk amounts, and stored in specially designed, naturally cooled refrigerators, called yakhchal (meaning ice storage). This was a large underground space (up to 5000 m³) that had thick walls (at least two meters at the base) made of a special mortar called sārooj, composed of sand, clay, egg whites, lime, goat hair, and ash in specific proportions, and which was known to be resistant to heat transfer. This mixture was thought to be completely water impenetrable. The space often had access to a qanat, and often contained a system of windcatchers which could easily bring temperatures inside the space down to frigid levels on summer days. The ice was used to chill treats for royalty.
"There were thriving industries in 16/17th century England whereby low lying areas along the Thames estuary were flooded during the winter, and ice harvested in carts and stored inter-seasonally in insulated wooden houses as a provision to an icehouse often located in large country houses, and widely used to keep fish fresh when caught in distant waters. This was allegedly copied by an Englishman who had seen the same activity in China. Ice was imported into England from Norway on a considerable scale as early as 1823.
"In the United States, the first cargo of ice was sent from New York City to Charleston, South Carolina in 1799, and by the first half of the 19th century, ice harvesting had become big business. Frederic Tudor, who became known as the "Ice King," worked on developing better insulation products for the long distance shipment of ice, especially to the tropics; this became known as the ice trade.
"Trieste sent ice to Egypt, Corfu, and Zante; Switzerland sent it to France; and Germany sometimes was supplied from Bavarian lakes. Until recently, the Hungarian Parliament building used ice harvested in the winter from Lake Balaton for air conditioning.
"Icehouses were used to store ice formed in the winter, to make ice available all year long, and early refrigerators were known as iceboxes, because they had a block of ice in them. In many cities, it was not unusual to have a regular ice delivery service during the summer. The advent of artificial refrigeration technology has since made delivery of ice obsolete.
"Ice is still harvested for ice and snow sculpture events. A swing saw is used to get ice for the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival each year from the frozen surface of the Songhua River. Many ice sculptures are made from the ice.
Commercial production
"Ice is now produced on an industrial scale, for uses including food storage and processing, chemical manufacturing, concrete mixing and curing, and consumer or packaged ice. Most commercial ice makers produce three basic types of fragmentary ice: flake, tubular and plate, using a variety of techniques. Large batch ice makers can produce up to 75 tons of ice per day.
"Ice production is a large business; in 2002, there were 426 commercial ice-making companies in the United States, with a combined value of shipments of $595,487,000...
"Pocono Manor Historic District is a national historic district located in Pocono Township and Tobyhanna Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It encompasses 75 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, 4 contributing structures, and 4 contributing objects on the historic resort of Pocono Manor. The resort community was established in 1902, and includes an Inn, recreational complex, and dependent cottage community. The cottage community was originally developed by Quakers and the cottages reflect popular early-20th century architectural styles including Stick/eastlake, Shingle Style, and Bungalow / American Craftsman...."
ICE...
"Ice is water frozen into a solid state. It can appear transparent or opaque bluish-white color..."
"Ice appears naturally in forms of snowflakes, hail, icicles, ice spikes and candles, glaciers, pack ice, frost, and polar ice caps...
"The molecules in solid ice may be arranged in numerous different ways, called phases, depending on the temperature and pressure. Typically, ice is the phase known as ice Ih, which is the most abundant of the varying solid phases on Earth's surface The most common phase transition to ice Ih occurs when liquid water is cooled below 0°C (273.15K, 32°F) at standard atmospheric pressure. It can also deposit from vapour with no intervening liquid phase, such as in the formation of frost...
"Ice has long been valued as a means of cooling. In 400 BC Iran, Persian engineers had already mastered the technique of storing ice in the middle of summer in the desert. The ice was brought in during the winters from nearby mountains in bulk amounts, and stored in specially designed, naturally cooled refrigerators, called yakhchal (meaning ice storage). This was a large underground space (up to 5000 m³) that had thick walls (at least two meters at the base) made of a special mortar called sārooj, composed of sand, clay, egg whites, lime, goat hair, and ash in specific proportions, and which was known to be resistant to heat transfer. This mixture was thought to be completely water impenetrable. The space often had access to a qanat, and often contained a system of windcatchers which could easily bring temperatures inside the space down to frigid levels on summer days. The ice was used to chill treats for royalty.
"There were thriving industries in 16/17th century England whereby low lying areas along the Thames estuary were flooded during the winter, and ice harvested in carts and stored inter-seasonally in insulated wooden houses as a provision to an icehouse often located in large country houses, and widely used to keep fish fresh when caught in distant waters. This was allegedly copied by an Englishman who had seen the same activity in China. Ice was imported into England from Norway on a considerable scale as early as 1823.
"In the United States, the first cargo of ice was sent from New York City to Charleston, South Carolina in 1799, and by the first half of the 19th century, ice harvesting had become big business. Frederic Tudor, who became known as the "Ice King," worked on developing better insulation products for the long distance shipment of ice, especially to the tropics; this became known as the ice trade.
"Trieste sent ice to Egypt, Corfu, and Zante; Switzerland sent it to France; and Germany sometimes was supplied from Bavarian lakes. Until recently, the Hungarian Parliament building used ice harvested in the winter from Lake Balaton for air conditioning.
"Icehouses were used to store ice formed in the winter, to make ice available all year long, and early refrigerators were known as iceboxes, because they had a block of ice in them. In many cities, it was not unusual to have a regular ice delivery service during the summer. The advent of artificial refrigeration technology has since made delivery of ice obsolete.
"Ice is still harvested for ice and snow sculpture events. A swing saw is used to get ice for the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival each year from the frozen surface of the Songhua River. Many ice sculptures are made from the ice.
Commercial production
"Ice is now produced on an industrial scale, for uses including food storage and processing, chemical manufacturing, concrete mixing and curing, and consumer or packaged ice. Most commercial ice makers produce three basic types of fragmentary ice: flake, tubular and plate, using a variety of techniques. Large batch ice makers can produce up to 75 tons of ice per day.
"Ice production is a large business; in 2002, there were 426 commercial ice-making companies in the United States, with a combined value of shipments of $595,487,000...
"Pocono Manor Historic District is a national historic district located in Pocono Township and Tobyhanna Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It encompasses 75 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, 4 contributing structures, and 4 contributing objects on the historic resort of Pocono Manor. The resort community was established in 1902, and includes an Inn, recreational complex, and dependent cottage community. The cottage community was originally developed by Quakers and the cottages reflect popular early-20th century architectural styles including Stick/eastlake, Shingle Style, and Bungalow / American Craftsman...."
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Pappy
Living the Dream
Pappy
Living the Dream
Walden Kindle Quotes
I have been enjoying my Kindle fire 7, a Christmas gift from my daughter. I have been learning from scratch, how to use it, and am reading only free books for now. I am currently using bookgorilla.com, to choose from their daily email. I have been enjoying westerns, mostly. Right now I am reading Walden, by Henry Thoreau.
I decided to share a few quotes from his book, as I wander around the next bend:
1. "One generation abandons the enterprises of another like stranded vessels".
2. "Hippocrates has even left directions how we should cut our nails; that is, even with the ends of the fingers, neither shorter nor longer".
I have been enjoying my Kindle fire 7, a Christmas gift from my daughter. I have been learning from scratch, how to use it, and am reading only free books for now. I am currently using bookgorilla.com, to choose from their daily email. I have been enjoying westerns, mostly. Right now I am reading Walden, by Henry Thoreau.
I decided to share a few quotes from his book, as I wander around the next bend:
1. "One generation abandons the enterprises of another like stranded vessels".
2. "Hippocrates has even left directions how we should cut our nails; that is, even with the ends of the fingers, neither shorter nor longer".
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"Bob Dylan recorded this English folk song over six times for Columbia in 1970. This track would not be released until 2013 on the Bootleg Series, Vol. 10, "Another Self Portrait." Watch the official music video for "Pretty Saro" now".
Bob Dylan - Pretty Saro
Bob Dylan - Pretty Saro
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Pappy
Living the Dream
More Hank Thoreau quotes:
# 3 But I would say to my fellows, once for all, as long as possible live free and uncommitted. It makes but little difference whether you are committed to a farm or the county jail.
#4 The morning wind forever blows, the poem of Creation is uninterrupted; but few are the ears that hear it. Olympus is but the outside of the earth everywhere.
#5 All memorable events, I should say, transpire in morning time and in a morning atmosphere.
# 3 But I would say to my fellows, once for all, as long as possible live free and uncommitted. It makes but little difference whether you are committed to a farm or the county jail.
#4 The morning wind forever blows, the poem of Creation is uninterrupted; but few are the ears that hear it. Olympus is but the outside of the earth everywhere.
#5 All memorable events, I should say, transpire in morning time and in a morning atmosphere.
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