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« Reply #1946 on: June 02, 2023, 09:08:50 AM »
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« Reply #1947 on: June 02, 2023, 09:14:32 AM »

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« Reply #1948 on: June 02, 2023, 12:00:58 PM »
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« Reply #1949 on: June 03, 2023, 08:04:46 AM »
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 
Edward White Becomes First American to Conduct a Spacewalk (1965)
The first spacewalk by an American astronaut was conducted by Edward White during NASA's Gemini IV mission, which was itself the first multi-day space flight undertaken by the US. Assisted and photographed by fellow astronaut James McDivitt and tethered to the spacecraft for safety, White floated in space for 22 minutes. His spacewalk occurred just months after Russian cosmonaut Alexey Leonov executed the first ever extravehicular activity.
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« Reply #1950 on: June 04, 2023, 07:56:24 AM »
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 

First Pulitzer Prizes Awarded (1917)
The Pulitzer Prizes—prestigious awards presented annually by Columbia University for achievements in American journalism, literature, and music—were created by journalist and publisher Joseph Pulitzer, whose will funded the establishment of Columbia's school of journalism as well as the prizes. Ironically, Columbia had rejected donation offers from Pulitzer during his lifetime because, as one of the originators of yellow journalism, he was regarded as unscrupulous.
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« Reply #1951 on: June 04, 2023, 08:34:19 AM »

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« Reply #1952 on: June 04, 2023, 10:19:26 AM »


Back in 1970 I was a construction laborer for the Summer, I was 17 years old, and got hired to work for this Carpenter-Foreman named Harry Ford building a foundation for a giant hillside Teepee and wood deck under The Hollywood Sign, owned by Jack Poet of Jack Poet VW. Harry was the coolest guy, and 7 years later when I saw Star  Wars I thought Han Solo looked familiar, so I stayed in the theatre to read the screen credits, and when I saw HARRISON FORD come on the screen, it hit me that he was Harry Ford, the Carpenter. The Film Business gained a Star, and the world of Construction lost a great Carpenter. He was a real good Carpenter.

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« Reply #1953 on: June 04, 2023, 10:22:28 AM »
so, was he a great Carpenter. or just a real good Carpenter?
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« Reply #1954 on: June 04, 2023, 10:52:57 AM »
He was proficient.

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« Reply #1955 on: June 05, 2023, 07:23:19 AM »


Everything is bigger today, mostly.  This is 1949.  Might be a newish concept at the time.

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« Reply #1956 on: June 05, 2023, 07:57:35 AM »
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 

Six-Day War Begins (1967)
After a period of relative calm, border incidents between Israel and Syria, Egypt, and Jordan increased during the early 1960s. Palestinian guerrilla attacks on Israel from bases in Syria led to increased hostility between the two countries. After Egypt signed a defense treaty with Jordan, Israel launched a preemptive air strike against the three Arab states, capturing the Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip, West Bank, Old City of Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights.
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« Reply #1957 on: June 05, 2023, 10:04:49 AM »
A London bus trailing a wood gas generator. During and after WWII the supply of oil was restricted in half the world. The wood gas generators allowed to feed the petrol engines with a mix of hydrogen, carbon monoxide and methane obtained by burning wood with limited air, allowing the engines to work at less than a half of its nominal power.  15 millions of wood gas generators were sold in Europe in the nineteen forties.

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« Reply #1958 on: June 05, 2023, 12:15:29 PM »


Back in 1970 I was a construction laborer for the Summer, I was 17 years old, and got hired to work for this Carpenter-Foreman named Harry Ford building a foundation for a giant hillside Teepee and wood deck under The Hollywood Sign, owned by Jack Poet of Jack Poet VW. Harry was the coolest guy, and 7 years later when I saw Star  Wars I thought Han Solo looked familiar, so I stayed in the theatre to read the screen credits, and when I saw HARRISON FORD come on the screen, it hit me that he was Harry Ford, the Carpenter. The Film Business gained a Star, and the world of Construction lost a great Carpenter. He was a real good Carpenter.
Are you serious? You personally worked carpentry with Harrison Ford,

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« Reply #1959 on: June 05, 2023, 12:35:47 PM »
No, I just copied that from FB, it's another's post.

 

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