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On this day in history ..
1002 - After trailing 9-0, St Louis Cards beat Atlanta Braves 12-11
1092 - Lincoln Cathedral consecrated
1336 - Italian poet Francesco Petrarca climbs Mont Ventoux
1386 - Treaty of Windsor between Portugal-England
1460 - Court yard episcopal palace Atrecht has witch burnings
1502 - Columbus left Spain on his 4th & final trip to New World
1519 - Austrian adel/burgerij in uprising against central government
1573 - Polish Parliament selects duke of Anjou as king
1588 - Duke Henri de Guises troops occupy Paris
1671 - Col Thomas Blood attempts to steal Crown Jewels
1689 - English King Willem III declares war on France
1738 - England routes fleet in Mediterranean Sea & West-Indies
1753 - King Louis XV disbands French parliament
1754 - 1st newspaper cartoon in America-divided snake "Join or Die"
1766 - John Byron back in England after trip around the world
1785 - British inventor Joseph Bramah patents beer-pump handle
1788 - English parliament accepts abolishing of slave trade
1836 - HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin departs Port Louis, Mauritius
1837 - "Sherrod" burns in Mississippi River below Natchez Miss; 175 dies
1846 - Battle of Resaca de la Palma-US sends Mexico back to Rio Grande
1862 - Battle of Farmington, MS
1862 - Battle of Ft Pickens, FL (Pensacola), evacuated by CS
1862 - US Naval Academy relocated from Annapolis MD to Newport, RI
1864 - -20] Skirmish at Ware Bottom Church, Virginia
1864 - Battle of Cloyd's Mt, & Swift Creek, VA (Drewery's Bluff, Ft Darling)
1864 - Battle of Dalton, GA
1864 - Ship battle at Helgoland, Austria-Denmark
1868 - Anton Bruckner's 1st Symphony in C, premieres
1874 - Victoria Embankment, in London opens
1882 - Telegraph Hill RR Co organized
1889 - 15th Kentucky Derby: Thomas Kiley aboard Spokane wins in 2:34«
1896 - 1st horseless carriage show in London (featured 10 models)
1899 - Lawn mower patented

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1901 - Australia opens its 1st parliament in Melbourne
1901 - Cleve's Earl Moore no-hits Chic White Sox 9 inn but loses in 10th 4-2
1908 - Dirk Fock becomes governor of Suriname
1911 - Fire breaks out at Empire Theater in Edinburgh Scotland
1913 - 17th amendment provides for election of senators by popular vote
1914 - 40th Kentucky Derby: John McCabe aboard Old Rosebud wins in 2:03.4
1914 - Pres Wilson proclaims Mother's Day
1915 - German & French fight Battle of Artois
1916 - British-France Sykes-Picot meet over division of Turkey
1925 - Cornerstone for Hebrew University, Jerusalem laid
1926 - Richard Byrd & Floyd Bennett make 1st flight over North Pole
1927 - 53rd Preakness: Whitey Abel aboard Bostonian wins in 2:01.6
1927 - Canberra replaces Melbourne as the capital of Australia
1929 - NY Giant Carl Hubbell no-hits Pitts Pirates
1929 - WJW-AM in Cleveland Ohio begins radio transmissions
1930 - 56th Preakness: Earl Sande aboard Gallant Fox wins in 2:00.6
1931 - 57th Preakness: George Ellis aboard Mate wins in 1:59
1932 - 58th Preakness: Eugene James aboard Burgoo King wins in 1:59.8
1932 - Piccadilly Circus, 1st lit by electricity
1932 - WOC-AM in Davenport Iowa merges with WHO to become WHO-WOC
1933 - Spanish anarchists call for general strike
1934 - Bradman out for a Cricket duck against Cambridge University!
1936 - 1st KLM airplane to land on Bonaire
1936 - Italy takes Addis Abba, annexing Absynnia (Ethiopia)
1937 - Reds beat Phillies 21-10 (Ernie Lombardi goes 6 for 6)
1939 - Catholic church beatified the 1st Native American, Kateri Tekakwitha
1941 - English Army breaks German spy codes
1942 - 68th Preakness: Basil James aboard Alsab wins in 1:57
1943 - 5th German Pantser army surrenders in Tunisia
1943 - Rotschild-Haddassh University Hospital opens
1944 - 1st eye bank opens (NYC)
1944 - Country singer Jimmie Davis becomes governor of Louisiana
1944 - Dutch resistance fighter Gerard Musch arrested
1944 - Joe McCarthy returns as Yankee manager after an illness
1944 - Russians recapture Crimea by taking Sevastopol
1945 - Czechoslovakia liberated from Nazi occupation (Natl Day)
1945 - Jersey liberated from nazis
1945 - Nazi propagandist Max Blokzijl arrested
1945 - New balata ball used in baseball, 50% livilier

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1945 - Norwegian nazi collaborators Vidkun Quisling arrested
1945 - Victory celebration at Red Square
1946 - 1st hour long entertainment TV show, "NBC's Hour Glass" premieres
1946 - 1st variety show on TV "NBC's Hour Glass," premieres
1946 - King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates, replaced by Umberto
1949 - Britain's 1st launderette opens in Queensway London
1949 - Prince Rainier III becomes leader of Monaco
1950 - French Foreign min Robert Schuman calls for European community EGKS
1950 - Norman Dello Joco's premieres in Bronxville
1951 - Air raid on Chinese positions at Yalu River
1955 - German Federal Republic joins NATO
1958 - Botvinnik recaptures world chess championship
1959 - Dorothy Rigney, husband John, & Hank Greenberg resign from White Sox
1960 - Nigeria becomes a member of British Commonwealth
1960 - US is 1st country to use the birth control pill legally
1960 - US send U-2 over USSR
1961 - Balt Oriole Jim Gentile hits 2 grand slams (9 RBIs) vs Minn Twins
1961 - FCC Chairman Newton N Minow criticizes TV as a "vast wasteland"
1961 - Jim Gentile is 4th to hit grand slams in consecutive innings
1962 - Beatles sign their 1st contract with EMI Pstlophone
1962 - Laser beam successfully bounced off Moon for 1st time
1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1963 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1964 - Khrushchev visits Egypt
1964 - Peter & Gordon release "World Without Love"
1965 - Beatles attend a Bob Dylan concert
1965 - Luna 5 launched (USSR) 1st attempt to soft land on Moon (fails)
1966 - 1st black member of Federal Reserve Board (A F Brimmer)
1966 - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1967 - 1st flight of Fokker F-28 Fellowship
1967 - Gijsbert van Hall resigns as mayor of Amsterdam
1969 - BPAA All-Star Bowling Tournament won by Billy Hardwick
1970 - 100,000s demonstrate against Vietnam War
1971 - 23rd Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Jack Klugman & Jean Stapleton
1971 - Elizabeth Bonner runs female world record marathon (3:01:42)
1971 - Friends of Earth return 1500 non-returnable bottles to Schweppes
1971 - Largest walk in crowd (31,626) in Balt Oriole history
1971 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA San Antonio Alamo Golf Open
1973 - For 2nd time, Johnny Bench hits 3 HRs in a game
1974 - House Judiciary Committee begin formal hearings on Nixon impeachment
1975 - Brian Oldfield shot puts 22.86 m (world record)
1975 - Flyers 1-Isles 5-Semifinals-Flyers hold 3-2 lead
1976 - "So Long 174th St" closes at Harkness Theater NYC after 16 perfs
1976 - Sally Little wins LPGA Ladies Masters at Moss Creek Golf Tournament
1977 - Hotel Poland in Amsterdam destroyed by fire, 33 killed
1977 - Mabel Murphy Smythe confirmed as ambassador to Rep of Cameroon
1977 - Patty Hearst let out of jail

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1978 - "Ain't Misbehavin'" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 1604 perfs
1978 - Corpse of kidnapped ex-premier Aldo Moro found
1978 - Fee Waybill of Tubes breaks a leg falling off stage
1978 - Musical "Ain't Misbehavin'," premieres in NYC
1978 - PSV beats Bastica, 3-0, to win UEFA Cup in Eindhoven Neth
1979 - US & USSR sign Salt 2 treaty, limiting nuclear weapons
1980 - 35 motorists die as a Liberian freighter rams a Tampa Bay Bridge
1981 - Kazimiroff Blvd in Bronx named for a Bronx historian
1982 - "9" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 739 performances
1982 - Arthur Kopit's musical "Nine," premieres in NYC
1982 - Sally Little wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
1983 - 18th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama & Willie Nelson
1984 - Alexander Calder's "Big Crinkly" sells for $852,000
1984 - Chicago White Sox beat Milw Brewers, 7-6, in 25 inn (started 5/8)
1984 - White Sox & Brewers play 8:06, game, longest timed baseball game
1987 - 183 die aboard a Polish jetliner that crashes in Warsaw
1987 - Actor Tom Cruise (27) & actress Mimi Rogers (33), marry
1987 - Oriole Eddie Murray is 1st to switch hit HRs in 2 consecutive games
1988 - A's winning streak hits 14, ends tommorow
1988 - Australia's new parliament house is opened by Queen Elizabeth
1988 - Belgium: 8th govt of Martens forms
1989 - "Saratina!" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 597 performances
1989 - Journalist petition Chinese govt for freedom of press
1989 - NY Mets Kevin Elster, errors after 88 errorless games at shortstop

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1989 - VP Quayle say in United Negro College Fund speech: "What a waste it is to lose one's mind" instead of "a mind is terrible thing to waste"
1990 - NY Newsday reporter Jimmy Breslin suspended for a racial slur
1990 - Sampdoria wins 30th Europe Cup II
1991 - Italian actress Laura Antonelli found guilty of cocaine possession
1991 - Michael Landon appears on Tonight Show to talk about his cancer
1992 - America Cup finals begin in San Diego
1992 - Final episode of "Golden Girls" airs on NBC-TV
1992 - Michelle McLean, 19, of Namibia, crowned 41st Miss Universe
1993 - "Ain't Broadway Grand" closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 25 perfs
1993 - "Song of Jacob Zulu" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 53 perfs
1993 - Landslide in Nambija Ecuador, kills 300
1993 - Meg Mallon wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
1993 - Mustapha Matura's "Playboy of West Indies," premieres in NYC
1993 - Paraguay holds its 1st pres & parliamentary elections in 50 years
1994 - "Passion" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 280 performances
1994 - Mass murderer Joel Rifkind found guilty in NY
1995 - Cleveland Indians tie record of scoring 8 runs before making an out, they beat Twins 10-0
1995 - Kinshasa, Zaire under quarantine after an outbreak of Ebola virus
1997 - 1st US ambassador since Saigon fell arrives in Vietnam
1997 - San Diego Padres retire #35 worn by pitcher Randy Jones
1998 - ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by

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Famous birthdays for this day ..

1265 - Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (Divina Commedia)
1596 - Abraham van Diepenbeeck, painter
1738 - John Pindar, [Peter], physician/poet
1740 - Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Barber of Seville)
1783 - Alexander Ross, Canada, pioneer/fur trader
1785 - James Pollard Espy, Penns, meteorologist (Philosphy of Storms)
1793 - Johannes C de Jonge, Dutch historian/archivist
1796 - August Pauly, German classicus (Real Encyclopedia)
1800 - John Brown, abolitionist; led attack on Harpers Ferry
1801 - Samuel Cousins, mezzotint engraver
1810 - Louis Gallait, historical painter
1810 - WFLC Marianne, princess of Orange-Nassau/daughter of king Willem I
1814 - Adolph von Henselt, composer
1824 - William Edmonson "Grumble" Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1829 - Ciro Pinsuti, pianist/composer
1833 - Boleslaw Dembinski, composer
1837 - Adam Opel, German manufacturer (cycling, motorcars)
1843 - Belle Boyd, spy (Confederate)/actress/lecturer
1844 - [Maria] Catharina Beersmans, Belgian actress (Bad Herders)
1846 - Nikolay Feopemptovich Solov'yov, composer
1855 - Julius Rontgen, composer
1860 - James Matthew Barrie, Scotland, novelist (Margaret Ogilvy, Peter Pan)
1865 - August de Boeck, composer
1873 - Howard Carter, British archaeologist (found King Tutankhamen's tomb)
1873 - Lilian Mary Baylis, manager (Old Vic & Sadler's Wells Theater)
1882 - Henry J Kaiser, builder (Liberty Ships, Jeeps, Boulder Dam)
1887 - Jules Van de Leene, Belgian writer
1892 - Eric Westberg, composer
1892 - Zita, empress (Austria)/Queen (Hungary)
1895 - Lucian Blaga, Romaniams philosopher/poet (Dogmatic Aeon)
1895 - Richard Barthelmess, NYC, actor (Broken Blossoms, Noose)
1899 - Edward Pollock, saxophone/clarinet

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1901 - Fuzzy Knight, Fairmont WV, actor (Oklahoma Annie, Cowby & the Lady)
1901 - George Duckworth, cricket wicket-keeper (England late 20's early 30's)
1903 - Walter Dehmel, writer
1906 - Eleanor Estes, author (Ginger Pye, Moffats)
1907 - Baldur von Schirach, German writer/nazi politician (Frame)
1910 - Barbara Woodhouse, dog training expert
1910 - P E Palia, cricketer (appeared in India's 1st Test-Lord's 1932)
1911 - Harry Simeone, Newark NJ, choral director (Kate Smith Show)
1912 - Pedro Armendariz, Mexico, actor (From Russia With Love)
1913 - John Hayes, Admiral
1913 - Victor Smith, Admiral (Australian Chiefs of Staff)
1914 - Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
1914 - Frank Chacksfield, arranger/orch leader
1914 - Hank Snow, Nova Scotia Canada, country singer (I Went to Your Wedding)
1914 - Josef Muller-Brockmann, graphic designer/writer
1914 - Theodore Kheel, labor negotiator (Fair Employment Practices)
1915 - Richard Janvrin, British vice admiral
1916 - Bernard William George Rose, composer/organist
1916 - Cyril Bowles, bishop of Derby
1916 - Douglas Guest, organist
1917 - George Fleming, cyclist
1917 - John Arnatt, actor (Circumstantial Evidence)
1918 - Mike Wallace, Brookline Mass, newscaster (Biography, 60 Minutes)
1918 - Orville Freeman, Minneapolis, (Sen-D-Mn)/Sec of Agriculture (1961-69)
1919 - Arthur English, comedian/actor (Malachi's Cove)
1920 - Richard Adams, author (Day Gone By)
1922 - Sheila Burrell, actress (Black Orchid, Paranoiac, Laughter in Dark)
1924 - Bulat S Okudzjava, Russian author (Student!)
1924 - Connie Russell, NYC, singer (Club Embassy, Garroway at Large)
1924 - Gerard Wernars, Dutch graphic designer (Library stamps 1991)
1924 - Jean J A Girault, French director/screenwriter (l'Amour)
1925 - Peter Leng, Master General of the Ordnance
1926 - Alistair MacFarlane, principal (Heriot-Watt University England)
1926 - Francis Kennedy, British diplomat
1926 - Joshua Hassan, chief minister (Gibralter)
1926 - Robin Cooke, pres (NZ Court of Appeal)
1927 - John McDermott, Lord Justice of Appeal (Northern Ireland)
1927 - Manfred Eigen, German physicist/chemist (Nobel 1967)
1927 - Ray Katt, baseball player

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1928 - Barbara Ann Scott, Ottawa Ontario, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1948)
1928 - Pall Pampichier Palsson, composer
1928 - Richard A "Pancho" Gonzalez, LA Calif, tennis star (US 1948-49)
1929 - Anthony Lloyd, Lord Justice of Appeal
1930 - Joan Sims, actress (Carry on Behind, Carry on Cleo)
1931 - Vance DeVoe Brand, Longmont Co, astro (Apollo 18, STS-5, 41B, 35)
1932 - Conrad Hunte, cricketer (great West Indian opener 1958-66)
1932 - David Plastow, CEO (Medical Research Council)
1932 - Gavin Lyall, author (Conduct of Major Maxim)
1932 - Geraldine McEwan, actress (Henry V)
1932 - J Alex McMillan, (Rep-R-NC, 1985- )
1933 - Johnny Grant, unofficial mayor of Hollywood
1934 - Alan Bennett, Engld, playwright/actor (Secret Policeman's Other Ball)
1934 - John Robertson, deputy chairman (Barclays de Zoete Wedd)
1934 - Roy Massey, Master of Choristers (Hereford Cathedral)
1936 - Albert Finney, Salford UK, actor (Dresser, Under the Volcano)
1936 - Floyd Robinson, baseball player (White Sox, Reds, A's)
1936 - Glenda Jackson, Cheshire England, actress (Women in Love)
1936 - Terry Downes, middleweight boxing champ (1961-62)
1936 - Terry Drinkwater, TV newsman (CBS)
1937 - Dave Prater, Ocilla Ga, rock vocalist (Sam & Dave)
1937 - Sonny Curtis, Texas, guitarist (Crickets)
1938 - Geoffrey Holland, civil servant
1938 - Nokie Edwards, rocker (Ventures)
1939 - Bruce Mather, composer
1939 - Herbert Hippauf, baseball player
1939 - Jim Dent, Augusta GA, PGA golfer (1989 MONY Syracuse Senior)
1939 - Kenneth Warby, fastest man on water at 300 knots (345 mph)
1939 - Nokle Edwards, rocker
1939 - Ralph Boston, Laurel Miss, long jumper (Oly-gold/sil/brz-60, 64, 68)
1940 - Dick Morrissey, saxophonist
1940 - James L Brooks, producer/director (Broadcast News, Taxi, Critic)
1941 - Dorothy Hyman, England, sprinter (Oly-silver-60)
1941 - Jan Dibbets, sculptor/artist (Dutch Mountains)
1941 - Pete Birrell, rock bassist (Freddie & The Dreamers)
1942 - John D Ashcroft, (Gov-MO)
1942 - Mike Millward, rocker
1942 - Tommy Roe, Atlanta, rocker (Hooray for Hazel)
1942 - William Olner, MP
1943 - Bruce Milner, rocker (Every Mother's Son)
1943 - Maurice Foster, cricketer (West Indies batsman of 70's)
1943 - Tommy Roe, rocker
1944 - Don Dannemann, rocker (Cyrkle)

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1944 - Richard Furay, Ohio, rock vocalist (Buffalo Springfield, Poco)
1945 - Steve Katz, NYC, rock guitarist/vocalist (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
1946 - Candice Bergen, Beverly Hills, actr (Carnal Knowledge, Murphy Brown)
1947 - Anthony Corlan, Cork City Ireland, actor (Something for Everyone)
1948 - John Drayton Mahaffey, Kerrville TX, PGA golfer (1978 PGA Champ)
1949 - Billy Joel, Bronx, rock vocalist (Pianoman, Capt Jack, Bridge)
1949 - Oleg Yuriyevich Atkov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz T-10)
1950 - James A Butts, LA Calif, triple jumper (Olympic-silver-1976)
1950 - Matthew Kelly, actor/TV host (Holding the Fort, Relative Strangers)
1950 - Tom Petersson, Rockford Il, rock bassist (Cheap Trick)
1951 - Alley Mills, Chicago Ill, actress (Norma Arnold-Wonder Years)
1952 - Patrick Ryecart, actor (Silas Mariner)
1953 - Daniel Talbot, Montreal Que, golfer (Quebec Open-1979, 81, 84)
1953 - Gregory Beecroft, Chorpus Christi TX, actor (Guiding Light)
1953 - Ron Jackson, baseball player
1953 - Scott McInnis, (Rep-R-Colorado)
1954 - Balazs Taroczy, Hungary, tennis star
1955 - Kevin Peter Hall, Pitts Pa, actor (Misfits of Science)
1955 - Myra Blackwelder, LPGA golfer
1957 - Fred Markham, 1st man to pedal a bike 65 mph
1957 - John Stuper, baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
1958 - Esko Rechardt, Finland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1980)
1959 - Andrew Jones, cricketer (highly consistent for NZ at 1st drop)
1959 - Asantha De Mel, cricketer (pioneering Sri Lankan Test opening bowler)
1960 - Iain Butchart, cricket all-rounder (Zimbabwe, Test v Pak 1995)
1960 - Jim Reilly, rocker (Red Rockers)
1960 - Tony Gwynn, LA CA, outfielder (San Diego Padres)
1961 - Rene Capo, Pinal del Rio Cuba, half-heavyweight judoka (Olympics-96)
1962 - Dave Gahan, Essex, rock vocalist (Depeche Mode-Dreaming of Me)
1962 - John Corbett, actor/singer (Chris-Northern Exposure)
1962 - Paul Heaton, rocker (Housemartins-Happy Hour, Over There)
1964 - Miloslav Mecir, Czechoslovakia, tennis player (Olympic-gold-1988)
1965 - Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot, rocker (Curiosity Killed Cat-Keep Distance)
1965 - Marc Logan, NFL running back (Washington Redskins)
1965 - Steve Yzerman, Cranbrook BC, NHL forward (Team Canada, Detroit)
1966 - Mark Tinordi, Red Deer, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals)
1968 - Bruce Pickens, NFL cornerback (Oakland Raiders)
1968 - David Benoit, NBA forward (Utah Jazz, NJ Nets)
1968 - Marie-Jos‚ P‚rec, Guadeloupe, French 200m/400m runner (Oly-2 gold-96)
1968 - Vince Workman, NFL running back (Packers, Panthers, Colts)
1969 - Carla Overbeck, Pasadena Calif, soccer defender (Olympics-96)
1969 - Renn Crichlow, Ottawa Ontario, canoeist (Olympics-8-92, 96)
1970 - Doug Christie, NBA guard/forward (Toronto Raptors)
1972 - Dan Hollander, Royal Oak Mich, figure skater (1996 Great Lakes champ)
1972 - Dave Barr, WLAF quarterback (Scotland Claymores)
1972 - Simon Hollingsworth, Australian 400m hurdler (Olympics-92, 96)
1974 - Pete Kelley, 218¬ lbs (99 kg) US weightlifter (Olympics-14th-1996)
1974 - Shin Yahata, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
1974 - Stephane Yelle, Ottawa, NHL center (Colorado Avalanche)
1976 - Faye Johnstone, Auckland NZ, archer (Olympics-96)
1980 - Angela Nikodinov, Spartanburg SC, figure skater (1997 Pacif Sr champ)
1980 - Tatewin Means, Miss South Dakota Teen USA (1996)

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Paintings
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An artist asked the gallery owner if there had been any interest in her
paintings that were on display.

"Well, I have good news and bad news," the owner responded. "The good news
is that a gentleman noticed your work and wondered if it would appreciate
in value after your death. I told him it would and he bought all 10 of
your paintings."

"That's wonderful," the artist exclaimed. "What's the bad news?"

"The gentleman was your doctor."

[FloridaDean]

a quick good morning, getting ready to launch the kayaks for sunrise on the gulf.

[LSUFAN]

a quick good morning, getting ready to launch the kayaks for sunrise on the gulf.

Good morning Dean and have fun. 

[LuvTooGolf]

Morning VacationChip, KayakDean.