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Happy July 4th weekend! Although today is technically still in June, with July 4th on Tuesday, many people are taking off from work on Monday to make a nice long holiday weekend of it, and I think we can all rally around that idea. Or, as we used to say in the old days, let's run that up the flag pole and see who salutes. Of course, that's an expression that's lost on young people nowadays, as is so much from the olden times, like silent movies, 8-track tapes, and the milkman delivering milk in bottles with the cream on top. Mm'mm! Speaking of the olden days, Bill was surprised recently to find an old pop-top from a soda can in our front yard by the porch steps, that just appeared seemingly out of nowhere from about 1965, back when you were supposed to pull the pop-tops off the can, instead of how they have them now where they stay attached to the can lid. You would think after all this time, it would have been buried in the garden, or hidden in the crawl space, and working its way ever deeper into the sediments, but there it was instead, right out in the open for all the world to see. Of course, I said to Bill that we should hold onto that, because it's bound to be worth something someday.
And for anyone who wondered, after my note about the inflatable church, if there was anything else they should know about in the wonderful world of portable and/or inflatable structures, wonder no more. We have our friends at Airquee (visit them at www.airquee.co.uk) to thank for the world's first inflatable pub, and a dandy looking piece of inflatable architecture it is, too. Actually, inflatable bars and taverns seem to be all the rage in the inflatable industry, according to BIHA, which keeps track of these things, and you don't have to take my word for it, but can see for yourself at www.biha.org.uk and get the latest. Of course, our friends at Xtreme Innovations also have inflatable pubs and bars, but I would have to say that my personal favorite of their products is the 2-man ski xtreme machine, which is not only inflatable and portable, but also snows on you, and I don't see how anyone can top that for being way cool. There is also the Official Home of the Church on Wheels and their Mobile Church Solutions at www.churchonwheels.com, although I have to agree with Bill who despairs of their acronym COW, which like Richard Nixon's re-election committee that found itself being referred to as CREEP, needed to go back to the drawing board for further review. Unfortunately, unlike the inflatable structures, the Church on Wheels is nothing more than a very large, plain and frankly homely-looking tractor-trailer that you could pull around with a truck. I suppose it has its advantages in many situations, but I prefer my portable religious edifices to offer more in the way of decorative architecture than this over-sized eyesore. After all, we "holy rollers" have our standards, you know.
Everyone knows that I'm nothing if not helpful, so here's a suggestion for people who can't get enough of books with interesting, obscure or arcane words from off the beaten track here and abroad --
==========================
The Meaning of Tingo:
And Other Extraordinary Words
from Around the World
by Adam Jacot de Boinod
~ tingo (Pascuense, Easter Island) to borrow things
from a friend's house, one by one, until there's nothing left
~ uitwaaien (Dutch) to walk in windy weather for fun
~ achaplinarse (Spanish, Central America) to hesitate
and then run away in the manner of Charlie Chaplin
~ neko-neko (Indonesian) to have a creative idea
which only makes things worse
==========================
Ya gotta love that last one, although perhaps that only makes sense to people who are working at the same place I do!
Meanwhile, Bill has this to share from his junk mail collection --
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I got on some Reiki forwarding list and got a note this morning from "Anastasia Bogomolova, Ph.D., Reiki Jin Kei Do Master/Teacher" which has GOT to make for an uncomfortable visit to the printer for business cards (maybe she sends them to people psychically!) The other two are just junk mail:
From: Ahtahkakoop Peterkin Re: 309 tapste
Ah, Ahtahkakoop! Yet another long day at the printers'!
And finally:
From: Jesus Subj: yo
And I didn't even know he was still speaking to me!
============================
In other news, I was recently enjoying a bottle of Snapple Kiwi Strawberry juice, and found this intriguing item inside the lid. Of course, they're much too small to read, but I went to all the trouble to go get my magnifying glass to make sure I saw this correctly. [ Real Fact #184: The most used letters in the English language are E, T, A, O, I and N. ] (They also invite you to check out all of their Real Facts at snapple.com and you're welcome to it, I'm sure.) Now, far be it from me to argue with the fine upstanding folks at Snapple, but I have to say that I reject that out of hand. I mean, I like N as much as the next fellow, and heaven knows where our nattering nabobs of negativism would be without it, but it seems to me that in terms of usage, S would be right up there in the top of the pack, and way before N. Heck, where would these folks be without it, because after all, who in their right mind would buy Napple Kiwi Trawberry juice? Come to think of it, where would the good old United Tate of America be without S? Or any of our Founding Fatherz, like George Wahington, Thoma Jefferon, John Adam, or even the poor woman who gave us the emblem of our nation, and would go down in history as Bety Ro instead of the fabled Betsy Ross. Not to mention, the current occupant of the White Houe, George W. Buh, and his cohortz in the Enate, Houe of Repreentative and Upreme Court. I tell you, it jut inupportable, and I for one, abolutely will not tand for it.
And here's a little something that needs no introduction, because it's for our psychic friends out there, who could see this coming a mile away. I happened to be checking out the events among the Connecticut tourism information web pages, and found myself at the City of Norwalk Events Schedule, which you are welcome to visit at www.norwalkct.org and see for yourself. I couldn't help but notice that on August 23, they are planning to have a 50's concert and car show, featuring Sharky & The Unknowns at Calf Pasture Beach, with a rain date of July 24. So for everyone who already knows that it will be raining on August 23 in Norwalk, please be sure to attend the make-up version of this event 31 days earlier than it is originally scheduled, and if I'm planning to be there, kindly save me a seat. Thanking you in advance, but of course, you already knew that.
Happy July 4th weekend! Although today is technically still in June, with July 4th on Tuesday, many people are taking off from work on Monday to make a nice long holiday weekend of it, and I think we can all rally around that idea. Or, as we used to say in the old days, let's run that up the flag pole and see who salutes. Of course, that's an expression that's lost on young people nowadays, as is so much from the olden times, like silent movies, 8-track tapes, and the milkman delivering milk in bottles with the cream on top. Mm'mm! Speaking of the olden days, Bill was surprised recently to find an old pop-top from a soda can in our front yard by the porch steps, that just appeared seemingly out of nowhere from about 1965, back when you were supposed to pull the pop-tops off the can, instead of how they have them now where they stay attached to the can lid. You would think after all this time, it would have been buried in the garden, or hidden in the crawl space, and working its way ever deeper into the sediments, but there it was instead, right out in the open for all the world to see. Of course, I said to Bill that we should hold onto that, because it's bound to be worth something someday.
And for anyone who wondered, after my note about the inflatable church, if there was anything else they should know about in the wonderful world of portable and/or inflatable structures, wonder no more. We have our friends at Airquee (visit them at www.airquee.co.uk) to thank for the world's first inflatable pub, and a dandy looking piece of inflatable architecture it is, too. Actually, inflatable bars and taverns seem to be all the rage in the inflatable industry, according to BIHA, which keeps track of these things, and you don't have to take my word for it, but can see for yourself at www.biha.org.uk and get the latest. Of course, our friends at Xtreme Innovations also have inflatable pubs and bars, but I would have to say that my personal favorite of their products is the 2-man ski xtreme machine, which is not only inflatable and portable, but also snows on you, and I don't see how anyone can top that for being way cool. There is also the Official Home of the Church on Wheels and their Mobile Church Solutions at www.churchonwheels.com, although I have to agree with Bill who despairs of their acronym COW, which like Richard Nixon's re-election committee that found itself being referred to as CREEP, needed to go back to the drawing board for further review. Unfortunately, unlike the inflatable structures, the Church on Wheels is nothing more than a very large, plain and frankly homely-looking tractor-trailer that you could pull around with a truck. I suppose it has its advantages in many situations, but I prefer my portable religious edifices to offer more in the way of decorative architecture than this over-sized eyesore. After all, we "holy rollers" have our standards, you know.
Everyone knows that I'm nothing if not helpful, so here's a suggestion for people who can't get enough of books with interesting, obscure or arcane words from off the beaten track here and abroad --
==========================
The Meaning of Tingo:
And Other Extraordinary Words
from Around the World
by Adam Jacot de Boinod
~ tingo (Pascuense, Easter Island) to borrow things
from a friend's house, one by one, until there's nothing left
~ uitwaaien (Dutch) to walk in windy weather for fun
~ achaplinarse (Spanish, Central America) to hesitate
and then run away in the manner of Charlie Chaplin
~ neko-neko (Indonesian) to have a creative idea
which only makes things worse
==========================
Ya gotta love that last one, although perhaps that only makes sense to people who are working at the same place I do!
Meanwhile, Bill has this to share from his junk mail collection --
============================
I got on some Reiki forwarding list and got a note this morning from "Anastasia Bogomolova, Ph.D., Reiki Jin Kei Do Master/Teacher" which has GOT to make for an uncomfortable visit to the printer for business cards (maybe she sends them to people psychically!) The other two are just junk mail:
From: Ahtahkakoop Peterkin Re: 309 tapste
Ah, Ahtahkakoop! Yet another long day at the printers'!
And finally:
From: Jesus Subj: yo
And I didn't even know he was still speaking to me!
============================
In other news, I was recently enjoying a bottle of Snapple Kiwi Strawberry juice, and found this intriguing item inside the lid. Of course, they're much too small to read, but I went to all the trouble to go get my magnifying glass to make sure I saw this correctly. [ Real Fact #184: The most used letters in the English language are E, T, A, O, I and N. ] (They also invite you to check out all of their Real Facts at snapple.com and you're welcome to it, I'm sure.) Now, far be it from me to argue with the fine upstanding folks at Snapple, but I have to say that I reject that out of hand. I mean, I like N as much as the next fellow, and heaven knows where our nattering nabobs of negativism would be without it, but it seems to me that in terms of usage, S would be right up there in the top of the pack, and way before N. Heck, where would these folks be without it, because after all, who in their right mind would buy Napple Kiwi Trawberry juice? Come to think of it, where would the good old United Tate of America be without S? Or any of our Founding Fatherz, like George Wahington, Thoma Jefferon, John Adam, or even the poor woman who gave us the emblem of our nation, and would go down in history as Bety Ro instead of the fabled Betsy Ross. Not to mention, the current occupant of the White Houe, George W. Buh, and his cohortz in the Enate, Houe of Repreentative and Upreme Court. I tell you, it jut inupportable, and I for one, abolutely will not tand for it.
And here's a little something that needs no introduction, because it's for our psychic friends out there, who could see this coming a mile away. I happened to be checking out the events among the Connecticut tourism information web pages, and found myself at the City of Norwalk Events Schedule, which you are welcome to visit at www.norwalkct.org and see for yourself. I couldn't help but notice that on August 23, they are planning to have a 50's concert and car show, featuring Sharky & The Unknowns at Calf Pasture Beach, with a rain date of July 24. So for everyone who already knows that it will be raining on August 23 in Norwalk, please be sure to attend the make-up version of this event 31 days earlier than it is originally scheduled, and if I'm planning to be there, kindly save me a seat. Thanking you in advance, but of course, you already knew that.
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