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Jeff Wrangler:
Thank you, both. My mother once told me that every time she tried to put me down I would cry. She said she thinks I had colic.
While I read that article I kept thinking of Mrs. Merriwether telling Capt. Butler to put quinine on Bonnie Blue's thumb to stop her from sucking it. ;D
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--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on July 08, 2021, 11:48:31 pm ---Thank you, both. My mother once told me that every time she tried to put me down I would cry. She said she thinks I had colic.
While I read that article I kept thinking of Mrs. Merriwether telling Capt. Butler to put quinine on Bonnie Blue's thumb to stop her from sucking it. ;D
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I think -- don't know for sure -- that colicky babies cry even when they're being held.
And it worked, she stopped sucking it! Oh wait, it wasn't just the quinine. (Sorry, bad taste -- no pun intended.)
Front-Ranger:
I got an apologetic email from TNY today saying that my subscription wasn't being automatically renewed and thus I wasn't getting my issues. What terrible timing. Lately I rely on it to keep me sane. I now feel like I'm missing out and may have to go to a newsstand (if they still have them) and buy a copy.
Jeff Wrangler:
I've read the July 5 article about Kyle Rittenhouse, the knucklehead who murdered two men in Kenosha.
One thing about that episode has intrigued me: Where did his family come from?
Rittenhouse is an old and honored Philadelphia name. Rittenhouse Square is the nicest park in Center City. In the 18th century, David Rittenhouse (1732-1796) was an amazing individual: astronomer, inventor, mathematician, member of the American Philosophical Society, member of the Royal Society, first superintendent of the U.S. Mint, treasurer of Pennsylvania, and on, and on.
He surveyed the boundary between Pennsylvania and Delaware and did such a good job of it that it was incorporated into the work of Mason and Dixon.
So where did Kyle Rittenhouse's family come from?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rittenhouse
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--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on July 12, 2021, 06:02:10 pm ---I got an apologetic email from TNY today saying that my subscription wasn't being automatically renewed and thus I wasn't getting my issues. What terrible timing. Lately I rely on it to keep me sane. I now feel like I'm missing out and may have to go to a newsstand (if they still have them) and buy a copy.
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I haven?t received any since I moved ? my subscription didn?t auto renew, either. I called them, reinstated it, and at least two weeks later still haven?t seen one. I think I can access a lot online, though.
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