Post by: CigarBanter on April 12, 2020, 12:00:04 AM
Post by: FloridaDean on April 12, 2020, 08:06:54 AM
Happy Easter.
Post by: Travellin Dave on April 12, 2020, 08:09:49 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on April 12, 2020, 08:10:30 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on April 12, 2020, 08:17:58 AM
Today’s Highlight in History:
On April 12, 1861, the Civil War began as Confederate forces opened fire on Fort Sumter in South Carolina.
On this date:
In 1776, North Carolina’s Fourth Provincial Congress authorized the colony’s delegates to the Continental Congress to support independence from Britain.
In 1912, Clara Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross, died in Glen Echo, Maryland, at age 90.
In 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia, at age 63; he was succeeded by Vice President Harry S. Truman.
In 1954, the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission opened a hearing on whether Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, scientific director of the Manhattan Project, should have his security clearance reinstated amid questions about his loyalty (it wasn’t). Bill Haley and His Comets recorded “Rock Around the Clock” in New York for Decca Records.
In 1955, the Salk vaccine against polio was declared safe and effective.
In 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to fly in space, orbiting the earth once before making a safe landing.
In 1963, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested and jailed in Birmingham, Alabama, charged with contempt of court and parading without a permit. (During his time behind bars, King wrote his “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”)
In 1981, the space shuttle Columbia blasted off from Cape Canaveral on its first test flight. Former world heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis, 66, died in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In 1988, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a patent to Harvard University for a genetically engineered mouse, the first time a patent was granted for an animal life form.
In 1990, in its first meeting, East Germany’s first democratically elected parliament acknowledged responsibility for the Nazi Holocaust, and asked the forgiveness of Jews and others who had suffered.
In 2006, jurors in the Zacarias Moussaoui (zak-uh-REE’-uhs moo-SOW’-ee) trial listened to a recording of shouts and cries in the cockpit as desperate passengers twice charged hijackers during the final half hour of doomed United Flight 93 on 9/11.
In 2009, American cargo ship captain Richard Phillips was rescued from Somali pirates by U.S. Navy snipers who shot and killed three of the hostage-takers. Angel Cabrera became the first Argentine to win the Masters.
Post by: Travellin Dave on April 12, 2020, 08:19:16 AM
Five years ago: Hillary Rodham Clinton jumped back into presidential politics, announcing in a video her much-awaited second campaign for the White House. Pope Francis marked the 100th anniversary of the slaughter of Armenians by Ottoman Turks, calling it “the first genocide of the 20th century,” a politically explosive declaration that provoked a furious reaction from Turkey. Jordan Spieth (speeth) romped to his first major championship with a record-tying performance at the Masters, shooting an 18-under 270 to become the first wire-to-wire winner of the green jacket since 1976.
One year ago: A 5-year-old boy was seriously injured when he was thrown from a third-story balcony at the Mall of America in Minnesota by a stranger who had randomly grabbed the child. (Emmanuel Aranda pleaded guilty to attempted murder and was sentenced to 19 years in prison; the injured child was hospitalized for months.) A former Florida prep school administrator, Mark Riddell, pleaded guilty to taking college entrance exams for students in exchange for cash to help wealthy parents get their kids into elite universities. (Riddell later cooperated with investigators.) Former NFL player and coach Forrest Gregg died in Colorado Springs from complications of Parkinson’s disease; he was 85. Actress Georgia Engel, best known as Georgette on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” died in New Jersey at the age of 70.
Post by: Travellin Dave on April 12, 2020, 08:22:51 AM
Children’s author Beverly Cleary is 104.
Actress Jane Withers is 94.
Playwright Alan Ayckbourn (AYK’-bohrn) is 81.
Jazz musician Herbie Hancock is 80.
Rock singer John Kay (Steppenwolf) is 76.
Actor Ed O’Neill is 74.
Actor Dan Lauria is 73.
Talk show host David Letterman is 73. Author Scott Turow is 71.
Actor-playwright Tom Noonan is 69.
Rhythm-and-blues singer JD Nicholas (The Commodores) is 68.
Singer Pat Travers is 66. Actor Andy Garcia is 64.
Movie director Walter Salles (SAL’-ihs) is 64.
Country singer Vince Gill is 63.
Actress Suzzanne (cq) Douglas is 63.
Model/TV personality J Alexander is 62.
Rock musician Will Sergeant (Echo & the Bunnymen) is 62.
Rock singer Art Alexakis (al-ex-AH’-kihs) (Everclear) is 58.
Country singer Deryl Dodd is 56.
Folk-pop singer Amy Ray (Indigo Girls) is 56.
Actress Alicia Coppola is 52.
Rock singer Nicholas Hexum (311) is 50.
Actress Retta is 50.
Actor Nicholas Brendon is 49.
Actress Shannen Doherty is 49.
Actress Marley Shelton is 46.
Actress Sarah Jane Morris is 43.
Actress Jordana Spiro is 43.
Rock musician Guy Berryman (Coldplay) is 42.
Actor Riley Smith is 42.
Actress Claire Danes is 41.
Actress Jennifer Morrison is 41. Actor Matt McGorry is 34.
Actress Brooklyn Decker is 33.
Contemporary Christian musician Joe Rickard (Red) is 33.
Rock singer-musician Brendon Urie (Panic! at the Disco) is 33.
Actress Saoirse (SUR’-shuh) Ronan is 26.
Post by: Travellin Dave on April 12, 2020, 08:23:25 AM
Post by: Travellin Dave on April 12, 2020, 08:24:10 AM
Good morning, Dean and Dave. Did the COVID-19 bunny leave you anything?just a pile of pellets.
Post by: Travellin Dave on April 12, 2020, 08:24:24 AM
Post by: FloridaDean on April 12, 2020, 08:25:41 AM
Good morning, Dean and Dave. Did the COVID-19 bunny leave you anything?nada.
Post by: FloridaDean on April 12, 2020, 08:26:00 AM
Morning Peter CottonDean.morning Dave.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on April 12, 2020, 08:33:59 AM
Same here.Good morning, Dean and Dave. Did the COVID-19 bunny leave you anything?just a pile of pellets.
Post by: FloridaDean on April 12, 2020, 08:40:20 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on April 12, 2020, 08:45:06 AM
my rack of ribs are prepped and ready to go at 9am.Low and slow. Ours were delicious yesterday. Accompanied with mac n cheese.
Post by: bluecollar on April 12, 2020, 08:53:58 AM
Post by: FloridaDean on April 12, 2020, 09:07:55 AM
yep, 225° for about 5 hours or slow.my rack of ribs are prepped and ready to go at 9am.Low and slow. Ours were delicious yesterday. Accompanied with mac n cheese.
Post by: FloridaDean on April 12, 2020, 09:08:43 AM
Happy Easter Tony, Dave, and Dean. Coffee is set, Dogs are fed. May have to have a Connecticut.morning Rick. I'm ready for more coffee, a cigar, and the hottub.
Post by: bluecollar on April 12, 2020, 09:21:08 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on April 12, 2020, 09:25:25 AM
Warming up to 60 deg. Then the bottom drops out. High ass winds tomorrow then cold all next week.Yeah, I heard we're expecting close to hurricane force winds and about an inch of rain.
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on April 12, 2020, 09:26:30 AM
Post by: bluecollar on April 12, 2020, 09:43:05 AM
Good morning and happy Easter, Rick.Thank you, blessings to you and your family as well.
Post by: bluecollar on April 12, 2020, 10:59:15 AM
Post by: Threebean on April 12, 2020, 11:36:48 AM
Post by: A Friend of Charlie on April 12, 2020, 12:02:35 PM
Happy Easter, denizens of Banterland. Hope you were able to find the hidden colored eggs. And non-colored ones. And non-gender specific ones for that matter.Happy Easter to you too, Mark. The pellets near the eggs are probably not sprinkles (or jimmies, depending on where you're from).
Post by: Oyam18 on April 12, 2020, 01:06:37 PM
Post by: Oyam18 on April 12, 2020, 01:07:41 PM
Post by: Threebean on April 12, 2020, 01:13:33 PM
SnowingOof...
Post by: Travellin Dave on April 12, 2020, 05:42:20 PM
Coming.through here now. Good gullywashers. Bumper stuff due later this evening.Warming up to 60 deg. Then the bottom drops out. High ass winds tomorrow then cold all next week.Yeah, I heard we're expecting close to hurricane force winds and about an inch of rain.
Post by: Travellin Dave on April 12, 2020, 05:52:24 PM
Post by: bluecollar on April 12, 2020, 07:31:08 PM
Giving an Empress of Cuba a try. By AJF, but don't know anything else.WO looking I think it's a Thompson exclusive?
Post by: bluecollar on April 12, 2020, 07:36:45 PM
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Post by: Oyam18 on April 12, 2020, 07:39:13 PM
Snowingended up with six inches.....TWSS.
Post by: bluecollar on April 12, 2020, 08:05:43 PM
Ran the gas outta my blower.Snowingended up with six inches.....TWSS.
Post by: bluecollar on April 12, 2020, 08:06:13 PM
TWHSRan the gas outta my blower.Snowingended up with six inches.....TWSS.
Post by: Threebean on April 12, 2020, 08:15:18 PM
We got that here last night. Wasn't nearly what was forecasted, but what else is new.Coming.through here now. Good gullywashers. Bumper stuff due later this evening.Warming up to 60 deg. Then the bottom drops out. High ass winds tomorrow then cold all next week.Yeah, I heard we're expecting close to hurricane force winds and about an inch of rain.
Post by: Threebean on April 12, 2020, 08:16:21 PM
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Post by: Travellin Dave on April 12, 2020, 09:48:29 PM
Seems that way. Not expensive but solid AJF. Not to complex, but pleasantly creamy with coffee and some mild spices.Giving an Empress of Cuba a try. By AJF, but don't know anything else.WO looking I think it's a Thompson exclusive?
Post by: Travellin Dave on April 12, 2020, 09:49:40 PM