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7 hours ago, peacheslatour said:

Washington state better be apple pie. We produce most of the apples that are sold in this country.🍎

I was disappointed that California didn't feature a boysenberry pie.

I was pie inspired today and went to the Central Market to the Sari Sari Store for their Tortang Talong rice bowl and Buko coconut cream pie. Heavenly!

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This advertisement from Vermont granite company Rock of Ages, featuring views of their majestic quarry accompanied by soaring opera, is way better than any commercial for a local quarry has any right to be.

 

The Quarryman’s Symphony, an all-time favorite video about the hand signals used by a quarry boss guiding his marble harvesting crews. When I tell you that this short film about the hand gestures used by a quarry boss guiding massive excavators harvesting marble is well worth watching, you’re gonna go ahead and watch it, right? Because this is a beautiful little film.

I was so taken by the chief, watching him work. How he can move gigantic marble blocks using enormous excavators, but his own movements are light, precise and determined. Notice the tips of two fingers are missing. That’s how you get to be the boss

 

 

More hand gestures: 

Chicago has closed many open outcry trading pits in favor of digital trading, this oral history preserves the unofficial sign language traders developed to communicate their orders in the noisy chaos of the Merc.

 

HAND SIGNALS AT THE STORK CLUB -- A Continuous Lean found some great Life magazine photos of Sherman Billingsley, the owner of a famous NYC nightclub called The Stork Club, which club was frequented by celebrities, artists, and the well-to-do from 1929 to 1965. In the photos, Billingsley is pictured at his club giving secret hand signals to his assistant while sitting with guests. Billingsley’s signals cleverly allowed the club to provide seamless good service to his favored patrons while also letting him be the bad guy with less favorable customers without them knowing it. Billingsley went on to be the third base coach for the Yankees in the late 60s. (Untrue.)

 

Schott Sign Dining -- Article on Life Magazine photo essay by Alfred Eisenstaedt

 

Church usher hand signals -- Article from the Baltimore Sun

 

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Just now, OhioSongbird said:

I want leftovers!

I invented what I think is a new mini quiche yesterday. This is for people who like Hollandaise over shell fish and/or asparagus. You take ready made pie crust, cut in small circles (I used a wine glass) place them in a 24 count mini muffin pan. Place tiny shrimp (or even better, if you can get it, crab) some steamed asparagus and some lemon zest. Pour your egg/cream/milk mixture over them and sprinkle with nutmeg.  Bake at 375F for twenty five to 30 min. Serve warm or at room temp.They make yummy appetizers but they're very rich.

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11 minutes ago, OhioSongbird said:

I want leftovers!

Leftovers?  What is this "leftovers" of which you speak?  Tell me more....

I live with ravenous hordes, they sweep clean like locusts.

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5 minutes ago, boes said:

Leftovers?  What is this "leftovers" of which you speak?  Tell me more....

I live with ravenous hordes, they sweep clean like locusts.

You were lucky to get any at all. A fella could lose a hand around here when there's fresh blueberry pie!

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3 minutes ago, peacheslatour said:

You were lucky to get any at all. A fella could lose a hand around here when there's fresh blueberry pie!

I distract them with leftover crust, baked with sugar and cinnamon.

Also, they know I'm armed.

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I once saw Martha Stewart make something called Atlantic Beach Pie.  It was just a lemon pie, but it had a crust made of saltine crackers, and it was topped with lightly salted whipped cream instead of meringue.  I was intrigued, so I made it for the 4th.  Dang, it was good!  Apparently, it's a classic in North Carolina, but I'd never heard of it before.  

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22 minutes ago, Snaporaz said:

I once saw Martha Stewart make something called Atlantic Beach Pie.  It was just a lemon pie, but it had a crust made of saltine crackers, and it was topped with lightly salted whipped cream instead of meringue.  I was intrigued, so I made it for the 4th.  Dang, it was good!  Apparently, it's a classic in North Carolina, but I'd never heard of it before.  

That's a new one on me!  It sounds so good.

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Fire from the Bootleg Fire glows in the distance on Tuesday morning, July, 13, 2021 near Bly, Ore. An army of firefighters is working in hot, dry and windy weather to contain fires chewing through wilderness and burning homes across drought-stricken Western states. A high-pressure system that created the second intense heat wave of the year is weakening Tuesday, but temperatures are forecast to remain above normal on the lines of more than 60 active large fires. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

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STEVE EARLE - Ellis Unit One

 

Jason Isbell - Cover Me Up

 

The Zydepunks - Dear Molly

 

The Weepies - Gotta Have You

 

 

Rachael Yamagata - Keep Going

 

Fuzz - HazeMaze

 

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GHOST LION - Shot the Sun Down

 

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Life By the Drop

 

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Reuters journalist killed covering clash between Afghan forces, Taliban

Danish Siddiqui, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist for Reuters, was killed on Friday while covering a skirmish between Afghan security forces and the Taliban, the media outlet confirmed.

Both Siddiqui and a senior Afghan officer were killed in what an Afghan commander described as Taliban crossfire, according to Reuters, amid efforts by Afghan forces to retake the main market area of Spin Boldak — a border town in the southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan near the Pakistan border.

Siddiqui, who this week began work embedded with Afghan forces based in Kandahar, had told Reuters earlier Friday that he had been wounded in the arm by shrapnel during the fighting. He was reportedly recovering from the injury as Taliban fighters retreated from Spin Boldak.

But the Taliban launched a new attack as Siddiqui was talking to shopkeepers in the area, the Afghan commander told Reuters. The media outlet could not independently verify the details of the second clash that resulted in Siddiqui’s death.

In a tweet on Friday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki expressed “our condolences to @dansiddiqui’s family, loved ones, and colleagues at @Reuters.”

“Journalists should be able to do their vital work safely and free from repression or fear of persecution,” she wrote. “The senseless violence in Afghanistan must stop.”

Earlier this week, Siddiqui posted a harrowing Twitter thread documenting his time with Afghan forces as they embarked on a rescue mission in Kandahar, with the goal of extracting a wounded policeman trapped by Taliban fighters.

Among the photos Siddiqui included in his messages was a brief video capturing the moment a Taliban-fired rocket made contact with the Humvee in which he and Afghan forces were traveling to the extraction point. Their mission was ultimately successful.

One of Siddiqui’s final photos showed him laying on a patch of green grass with his eyes closed, as two Afghan soldiers sat cross-legged nearby. “Got a 15 minute break during almost 15 hours of back to back missions,” he wrote in the accompanying tweet.

Siddiqui joined Retuers in 2010 and was part of its team of photojournalists that won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for their work documenting Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar.

In a statement, Reuters President Michael Friedenberg and Editor-in-Chief Alessandra Galloni said they were “urgently seeking more information” about Siddiqui’s death and “working with authorities in the region.”

“Danish was an outstanding journalist, a devoted husband and father, and a much-loved colleague,” Friedenberg and Galloni said. “Our thoughts are with his family at this terrible time.”

On Wednesday, the Taliban said it had seized the strategic border crossing where Siddiqui was killed, after already claiming last Friday that it had gained control of 85 percent of Afghanistan’s territory.

In the last week alone, the Islamic fundamentalist group has taken over nearly 10 percent of Afghanistan, according to the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and it now controls 195 of the country’s 407 districts — while contesting another 129.

The United States in the final stages of a full military withdrawal from Afghanistan, with Gen. Scott Miller — the top American commander there — departing the country on Monday. President Joe Biden announced last Thursday that the U.S. mission in Afghanistan would conclude on Aug. 31, ahead of his self-imposed drawdown deadline of Sept. 11.

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In this photo taken with a drone provided by the Bootleg Fire Incident Command, a pyrocumulus cloud, also known as a fire cloud, is seen over the Bootleg Fire in southern Oregon on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. Smoke and heat from a massive wildfire in southeastern Oregon are creating "fire clouds" over the blaze — dangerous columns of smoke and ash that can reach up to 30,000 feet (9,144 meters) and are visible for more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) away. Authorities have put these clouds at the top of the list of the extreme fire behavior they are seeing on the Bootleg Fire, the largest wildfire burning in the U.S. (Bootleg Fire Incident Command via AP)

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Don Davis - The Matrix Symphony

 

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Dio - God Hates Heavy Metal

 

Dirty Knobs - Feelin High

 

Dos - Justamente Tres

 

Fun Lovin' Criminals - Scooby Snacks

 

Future - Ain't No Time

 

Rory Gallagher - Cleveland Calling - radio acoustic session and interview side 1 sample

 

Dr. John, The Night Tripper - The Sun, Moon & Herbs/Craney Crow

 

Bob Dylan - Jokerman (Rehearsals, Los Angeles, 1984)

 

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Fear - The Record

 

Fleet Foxes - Can I Believe You

 

JOHN FOGERTY & THE BLUE RIDGE RANGERS - You're The Reason

 

Dee Gees (FOO FIGHTERS) - SHADOW DANCING

 

Aretha Franklin - Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby) Live in Philly 1972

 

From First To Last - Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has A Body Count

 

 

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Biz Markie, known for classic rap song ‘Just a Friend,’ dies

Biz Markie, a hip-hop staple known for his beatboxing prowess, turntable mastery and the 1989 classic “Just a Friend,” has died. He was 57.

Markie’s representative, Jenni Izumi, said the rapper-DJ died peacefully Friday evening with his wife by his side. The cause of death has not been released.

“We are grateful for the many calls and prayers of support that we have received during this difficult time,” Izumi said in a statement. “Biz created a legacy of artistry that will forever be celebrated by his industry peers and his beloved fans whose lives he was able to touch through music, spanning over 35 years. He leaves behind a wife, many family members and close friends who will miss his vibrant personality, constant jokes and frequent banter.”

Markie, who birth name was Marcel Theo Hall, became known within the rap genre realm as the self-proclaimed “Clown Prince of Hip-Hop” for his lighthearted lyrics and humorous nature. He made music with the Beastie Boys, opened for Chris Rock’s comedy tour and was a sought-after DJ for countless star-studded events.

The New York-native’s music career began in 1985 as a beat boxer of the Juice Crew, a rap collective he helped Big Daddy Kane join. Three years later, he released his debut album “Goin’ Off,” which featured underground hits “Vapors” and “Pickin’ Boogers.”

Markie broke into mainstream music with his platinum-selling song “Just a Friend,” the lead single on his sophomore album “The Biz Never Sleeps.” The friend-zone anthem cracked Rolling Stone’s top 100 pop songs and made VH1’s list of 100 greatest hip-hop songs of all time.

“This one hurts baad ... RIP to my Aries bro…” Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest said on Twitter, where an outpouring of mourning for Markie was growing, “ahhh man @BizMarkie damn im gonna miss u so so many memories.”

Questlove said he learned from Markie early in his career.

“Biz built me man,” Questlove posted on Instagram along with a picture of him and Markie. “In my early early stages it was Biz who taught me the REAL places to cop records….Biz taught me what cities had good digging…..Biz taught me where to collect 45s……Biz taught me where to collect 8TRACK TAPES!!”

After two successful albums, Markie was served with a copyright infringement lawsuit for a song on his third studio album “I Need a Haircut” in 1991. He and his label, Warner Bros Records, were sued by Irish singer Gilbert O’Sullivan who claimed that elements from his 1972 hit “Alone Again (Naturally)” were illegally sampled in Markie’s “Alone Again”

The judge ruled to halt further distribution of the album, which was reissued without the illegal track. The judgment also changed the landscape of music sampling by dictating they were preapproved by the original owner.

Despite the setback, Markie released his fourth album “All Samples Cleared!” in 1993 that was an apparent reference to the court battle. He released his final album “Weekend Warrior” a decade later.

Markie kept his name relevant as he consistently booked more than 175 shows a year, according to the rapper’s website. He’s appeared on television shows including “In Living Color,” “Empire” along with “black-ish” and the 2002 movie “Men in Black II,” in which he played an alien parody of himself in the film starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones.

Markie also taught the method of beatboxing in an episode of the children’s show “Yo Gabba Gabba!”

“We lost another Rap legend Mr. Biz Markie,” Parliament-Funkadelic bassist Bootsy Collins tweeted. “To a lot of us he was more than Just a Friend.”

 

Go with God, Marcel.

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On 7/15/2021 at 1:02 PM, OhioSongbird said:

Please...no.  Not Stitch.

I can't stand that guy.  You know he kidnapped Mariah for the baby.

I hope she's not tied up in Neil's old boathouse.

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2 hours ago, Snaporaz said:

Am I the only person with absolutely zero interest in going into space?  Nothing at all about it looks appealing to me.

If the suits were more slimming, I'd consider it.

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10 hours ago, Snaporaz said:

Am I the only person with absolutely zero interest in going into space?  Nothing at all about it looks appealing to me.

After the Space Shuttle Columbia/Space Shuttle Challenger disasters, I lost interest in Space entertainment  enterprises.

 

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We're still avid space fans.  Watched Neil Armstrong walk on the moon live and with both he and John Glenn being from Ohio all launches were must see TV in our house.   Hubs and I still watch everything.

We would go in a heartbeat.....

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14 hours ago, Snaporaz said:

Am I the only person with absolutely zero interest in going into space?  Nothing at all about it looks appealing to me.

No, you're not.  I'm so claustrophobic that I passed out looking at one of the first space capsules at the Smithsonian.  And just a personal opinion note-isn't there a better way to spend millions right here on earth than finding a way to leave when it's totally fcuked?

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38 minutes ago, MollyB said:

No, you're not.  I'm so claustrophobic that I passed out looking at one of the first space capsules at the Smithsonian.  And just a personal opinion note-isn't there a better way to spend millions right here on earth than finding a way to leave when it's totally fcuked?

You'd think so, wouldn't you?

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I stopped being interested in the space race when Gus Grissom, Roger Chaffee and Ed White burned and suffocated to death in an electrical fire inside the Apollo 1 command module at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in 1967.  That was about the same time that I learned that Laika the Russian Space Dog was left to starve and suffocate to death (they showed videos of frolicking Laika after the mission, implying that she had a nice trip, but those were all taken before she left Earth to die in space).  I never watched any launches after that and waited to read in the newspaper if they were successful or not. Especially when I had a premonition that after all the hoopla, Christa McAuliffe and the rest of the Challenger crew would explode into smithereens.

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1 minute ago, boes said:

Peacheslatour, rumor has it you have  a new kitten?

Care to share any details on your new companion, would love to hear!

I do! She's another Tortie like Peaches and she has all the tortitude you would expect. She's about ten weeks old and she is a maniac. I might be too old for this. Nah, she's a total sweetheart. Play, play, play, purr, purr purr, sleep, sleep sleep. Our boy cat, Nathan and she have come to an understanding: She does whatever she wants and he lets her. I wish I knew how to post pics from my phone on here.

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Inna Deriglazova of the Russian Olympic Committee, right, and Lee Kiefer of the United States compete in the women's individual Foil final competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 25, 2021, in Chiba, Japan. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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Lil Nas X ft Jack Harlow - INDUSTRY BABY

 

Ella Fitzgerald - Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)

 

Benny Goodman Orchestra ft. Gene Krupa - Sing, Sing, Sing, from "Hollywood Hotel" film (1937)

 

Benny Goodman Orchestra ft. Peggy Lee -  Why Don’t You Do Right

 

Louis Prima and Keely Smith - Black Magic

 

Cab Calloway and The Nicholas Brothers - Stormy Weather

 

Sparks, Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard - So May We Start

 

Patti LuPone - Ladies Who Lunch

 

The Rocky Horror Picture Show "Sweet Transvestite"

 

Wildfires blasting through West draw states to lend support

 

Chicago - Cell Block Tango

 

Chita Rivera - Kiss of the Spiderwoman

 

Carol Channing and Miss Piggy - Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend

 

Barbra Streisand - I'd Rather Be Blue

 

Carmen Miranda and Don Ameche - Chica Chica Boom Chic/That Night In Rio (1941)

 

Donald O'Connor - Make ´Em Laugh/Singin´ in the Rain

 

Patti Lupone - Anything Goes/Tony Awards 1988

 

Bernadette Peters - Last Midnight/Into the Woods

 

Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton - Epiphany/Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

 

Alan Cumming - Willkommen/Cabaret Broadway Revival

 

Robby Steinhardt, Violinist and Co-Lead Vocalist of Kansas, Dead at 71

 

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14 hours ago, peacheslatour said:

Oh, done deal. I'm but putty in her paws. 🥰

She sounds like a pretty wonderful addition to your home.  She doesn't realize how lucky she is to have landed with you!

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6 minutes ago, boes said:

She sounds like a pretty wonderful addition to your home.  She doesn't realize how lucky she is to have landed with you!

Thank you. It's kind of a funny story. I was scrolling through the front page on Reddit and I saw her pic with this headline "This little angel just waltzed into our house this morning". Just this little, tiny thing. I went into the thread to congratulate them on getting a tortie and I see they can't keep her. On a whim I asked where they live and is it anywhere near Seattle. They're in Portland! And it just so happened that my DH was going to be in Battleground to visit his sister. We started talking and exchanged phone numbers and before I knew it there was a plan for them to meet him with the kitten the next morning. The nicest people in the world, they drove forty miles just so a stray kitten could have a good home.

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