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For any old photo buffs out there (or history buffs, Cato)...I ran across this cool website. Shorpy is a community photo blog that specializes in found, archival, and historical photographs. Great care was put into transferring the images to high resolution digital images. There are even some daguerreotypes amongst the offerings.

Check it out. There are over 400 pages of photos, so you won't get through them all anytime soon.

Just nice.....TRAIN RIDE

turn sound up and click

Thanks Jazzy for getting us started on AT Blog Video Nite!! My selection is a Louis Jordan classic performed by Asleep At The Wheel. You have to put up with about 30-45 seconds of advertisement BS, but the wait is worth it, 'cause ---

"Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens!!!"

Since no one has mentioned Obama confidante and surrogate Ted Kennedy flatly ruling out a veep spot for Hillary I thought I'd bring it up. Click on the blue name for Kennedy's comments.

wow is all i can say hugh. the pics on that site are great. looking at the old civil war and sports pics is where i started and the care taken with the reproductions is amazing. i like how they give a big plug to the type of machinery and lots of tasters choice coffee. i am sending it to my son, his ad agency buddies will love it.

19 years ago I spent all day in hospital looking at crown of G'son's head trying to come out
of his mama....had to end in a c-section.
I drove you home in back seat of my car, days later, not going over 20 mph. You were, and
are, more precious to us than the Hope Diamond, all 6 foot 2 of you.
You changed our lives and plans and that is why I work so hard to get Dems elected in the
Fall,,,,for YOUR future and all 19 year olds like you.
We love you thiiiiiiiiis much, Christopher, even if you wrecked the best van in the world.
Nana et Papa

Jazzy, you beat me to the sharing of "train ride'... great song..

prouster perhaps you would be available for the veep spot next to obama. there is stil a chance for you to repent your childish ways and go to the light and become a democrat. surely you have become disenchanted with the dishonest ways of huck and the dark side and realize that our way is for the good of the country and peace, love and harmony throughout the world.

Thanks, Hugh. Got it booked marked.

Now, for some news on the home front, click on Cato

Eureka, isn't it a nice video??? and...the music is from, *Forrest Gump.*
Damn, makes me cry......but, I cry at McDonald's openings.

Thanks jazzy...that was a nice way to start the weekend! Goes well with the nice chardonnay I'm drinking. I'm still working on those pictures...ha...promise.

Ah, who cares what ole Ted thinks. I'm sure there'll be plenty of vultures circling Hillary...good thing she's a tough ole bird. It's going to take all of us Dems to keep McBush out of the White House, so as soon as they quit picking I hope they get to work. It's not going to be the shoe-in.

Oh wait.. At my name is the song I saved for Friday Open Mic.. "This Train"

Though you can count me in the Forrest Gump fan club..

Those interested in the preservation and security of history (as flawed and biased as history too often is) will find this video clip enlightening and reassuring. Blue name.

zonker, I'm glad to see you up and around here, and I'm glad you like the photo blog. (There's a fresh Ansel Adams portrait up, and I've seen a couple of Mathew Brady photos on there. Brady did that famous portrait of A. Lincoln.)

Great music videos. Keep 'em coming, ya'll.

At my name is a link not to a music video but to a site where you can go on a 3 Trillion dollar shopping spree. Try it! George Bush did it and so can you.

Hugh, that's wonderful. Gonna have fun with that one.

Jazzy, bet you're one great grandma. Eight weeks to go for my #1 son and 19. Oh lord!

Just because its so damn beautiful.................

clicky

Jazzy, Eureka........both those "train" videos were wonderful. A great way to end a hectic week. Thanks for sharing.

Yea, zonker, so glad you could check in with the gang. a friend sent a few Monkey-Boy-isms:

"You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on."

"The thing that's wrong with the French is that they don't have a word for entrepreneur"

"Most imports are from outside of the country"

"In my sentences I go where no man has gone before."

"I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace."

Jazzy
Makes me think about the Steely Dan song, "Hey Nineteen"
Got one that age myself.

I'm back in the '70's tonight............
anyone love Air Supply like I do ?

you know what to do

Old group (The Eagles) - new song..........When it starts I can't sit down. Love it.

One more and I won't bore you more....Bon Jovi - You Wanna Make a Memory

My answer - Yes, yes, yes.....lol

Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan, Styx and Clapton. But I must say that I liked Bloodrock.

Oh, hell,,,,we gotta find a man for CiCi, she wants to make more memories.
Guys....she's a little blonde dish......
not Durango.....he's MINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
have your phone # Babe,,,,1-800-I'm on fire
be calling soon.

i don't have a video on them but dylan and the band together were the absolute best. we saw them in 74' in memphis when my wife was pregnant with our son. finest concert i have ever seen. the only time we saw them together but it was an unforgettable night. since then we have seen dylan at least 15 times and he has ranged from good to wonderful but that night when the band was backing him up and doing a couple of sets of their own music was very special.

my son took me to see clapton in memphis also a few years ago on mud island for my birthday. beautiful night and the impressions were doing the backup singing replacing billy preston. it was another memorable night, although he put on just as good a show here at altell. i love live music and when we have a chance to see someone who is among the best there is we try to go. it is not as fun as going to a bar and hearing our son play in kansas city.

just remembering here but another very fun night was clintons second election night when they had the concert at the riverfront. kathy mattea, stephen stills and headlined by tony bennett. we had never seen him before and again it was a night not to be missed. my mother taught me if you have a chance to see someone who is the best at what they do don't pass it up and tony bennett is probably the best male vocalist working today. i have seen palmer and nicklaus in golf, secretariat race, davis cup tennis, great music of all kinds, rock, pop, jazz, classical,ect. i watched ben hogan hit practice balls when i was a kid, heard an environmental lecture by bobby kennedy and seen nathan lane on broadway. i have seen paintings and sculptures you usually only see in books. i have been lucky and i hope to keep adding to my personal life list of seeing or hearing the best. teach your kids to do the same.

Some days....all I need is the air that I breathe.

(And the AT Blog!)

Obama's North Carolina speech.

Jake, speaking of "the air that I breathe", have you heard KD Lang's version?

Strange but very pretty....

Jazz - who wouldn't be interested in a few memories with Bon Jovi?????

"If they had all been girls, she'd have sired a golf course."

"Actually...2 golf courses. You have the front nine, and the back nine."

Zonker, are you by chance from Fort Worth if you have seen Ben Hogan hitting practice balls?

I lied.........I will bore you some more. Here's my choice for those who occasionally like something a little off the wall strange........

Click of course......

Went to college in Fort Worth. We had peacocks on campus and all during class we could hear them squawking "HELP".

Hilarious memories.

For the photography buffs - some neat pics......

I'm laughing. Did they walk up the street to TCU!

So I'm reading the paper a day late and what do I turn up? John McCain will work to protect religious freedom, fight human trafficking and eliminate chid porn. OK, fine aims, I suppose, as far as they go, but these are his overriding thoughts while seeking the presidency?
I gripe about the lack of substance I see in the Democratic race. I worry that Obama is all flash and incapable of leading this country. I've even questioned -- for a very short time -- whether or not John McCain might make a better president than Obama. McCain! The man has to be more out of touch now than Ronald Reagan was at the end of his presidency.
We are in so much trouble.

"John McCain will work to protect religious freedom..."

Does he mean he'll protect Christians in their freedom to practice religion or does he extend the courtesy to all flavors?

I wonder.

Thanks durangokid for the Iron Mountain video clip. Fascinating.

He means he will bomb Iran for Hagee and Liebermans religious freedom (and MIC profiteers). I really have to wonder if McCain, like lil Bush, wants to outperform his Admiral father, which would mean he fels the needs to blow a lot of **it up.

Btw, Lieberman checked McCain's bearings today.. and claimed they were alright.. Somebody tell Chasv these GOPers are so damn Gay, their just hypocrites too.

Anyone read about GOPers voting against Mothers Day today?

GOPers hate everyone.. children, religious diversity, Mothers, healthy people, any foreigner who is not a target or torture victim. They even hate sex unless there is a lot of self loathing involved.

Just, FYI. Harry Reid will be on FDL taking questions and discussing his book tomorrow. I suspect we will see some very good questions pop up. Will be interesting to see if and how he responds. Wes Clark handled it pretty well, until the questions hit about 5.5 on the difficulty scale.

If they were at TCU, they prolly did.....

You're mighty welcome, Never Vote Republican. I just posted the following on another thread, but what th' hell, I'll put it here, too: The NY Times is reporting tonight (11:20 p.m.) that for the first time Obama is leading Clinton in superdelegates, 266 to 264: "Democratic officials said what had been a trickle of superdelegates declaring for Mr. Obama was turning into a steady stream in the wake of Tuesday's primaries, when Mrs. Clinton lost by 14 percentage points in North Carolina and narrowly won Indiana. Mr. Obama is just 166 delegates away from the 2,025 delegates needed to secure the nomination."

Eureka, I heard today on some tv show that conservatives are happier than liberals. I laughed at first and then I thought that's probably right. Nobody gets off on hate more than conservatives and today they've got so much to hate. They are plumb giddy with happiness......

I'm so damned pissed.......power just came back on after more than an hour........
what are we Baghdad west???????????? second time today. I've never lived in a place where
power goes off so often,,,I've learned to carry a flashlight like gunslingers in Texas carry
their guns.
Now I have to reset, again, all those things we can't live without.........VCR, microwave,
coffeemaker, etc.
Whine, bitch, moan.......................
talk about dark.........man its dark here on the lake when all the lights go off, like being a
mile underground.
G-D entergy.............are they union???????????

I'm so damned pissed.......power just came back on after more than an hour........
what are we Baghdad west???????????? second time today. I've never lived in a place where
power goes off so often,,,I've learned to carry a flashlight like gunslingers in Texas carry
their guns.
Now I have to reset, again, all those things we can't live without.........VCR, microwave,
coffeemaker, etc.
Whine, bitch, moan.......................
talk about dark.........man its dark here on the lake when all the lights go off, like being a
mile underground.
G-D entergy.............are they union???????????

I'm so damned pissed.......power just came back on after more than an hour........
what are we Baghdad west???????????? second time today. I've never lived in a place where
power goes off so often,,,I've learned to carry a flashlight like gunslingers in Texas carry
their guns.
Now I have to reset, again, all those things we can't live without.........VCR, microwave,
coffeemaker, etc.
Whine, bitch, moan.......................
talk about dark.........man its dark here on the lake when all the lights go off, like being a
mile underground.
G-D entergy.............are they union???????????

I'm so damned pissed.......power just came back on after more than an hour........
what are we Baghdad west???????????? second time today. I've never lived in a place where
power goes off so often,,,I've learned to carry a flashlight like gunslingers in Texas carry
their guns.
Now I have to reset, again, all those things we can't live without.........VCR, microwave,
coffeemaker, etc.
Whine, bitch, moan.......................
talk about dark.........man its dark here on the lake when all the lights go off, like being a
mile underground.
G-D entergy.............are they union???????????

I heard today on some tv show that conservatives are happier than liberals. I laughed at first and then I thought that's probably right.<<

They should be. They've taken all the creme from the puff. They have 70% of the pie and this time around they are going for another 4-5%. Gotta leave a tad for the hired help you know. They love war, well let's say they love profitable war and got them a bunch of that. They have privatized just about everything in gubbermint (save for Social Security) and out-sourced it to their own kind. The entire federal bureaucracy is packed with Fundies, down to mail clerks and cleaning crews. Those horrible wage-loving unions have been destroyed and if McBush has his way those commie, child labor laws can be done away with. There's just so many messicuns who can be kept here before Boss Womack deports so using the children of out-of-work & disabled people only makes sense. WalMart is saving door greetin jobs for the elderPoor and god knows there will be plenty of those. I applied for a job as armed floor walker. They didn't understand. I said wait about 6 months.

Hell yes they're happy. If the odds were all in my favor with poor minorities working to make me comfy and rich I would be happy as hell too. If I could totally wreck a once viable company and bail out with a $100 million bonus and low taxes I would be happy too. If I could draw a Congressional pension, complete health care off the struggling taxpayers I would be happy and my girlfriends too.

I got a fund-raising email from the Clinton camp last week asking for any amount you could give. I fwd it to several on my list with the comment "anybody want to give $25-$100 to a couple of multi-millionaires?" I was HAPPY to be of service.

Eureka, I heard today on some tv show that conservatives are happier than liberals. I laughed at first and then I thought that's probably right. Nobody gets off on hate more than conservatives and today they've got so much to hate. They are plumb giddy with happiness......

<<<<<<<<

Reminds me of what a friends barber said this week.. if you want to live like a republican, vote democrat!

Jazzy, become a customer of SWEPCO and you won't have that problem....

And when you get the wrinkles out of your belly you become a Republican. Democrats make it possible for one to become a Republican.

HughMann what a wonderful site. thank you for sharing.

Jazzy, call in and complain every time the lights go out. Every time. If you see a repair crew apparently working on your outage, stop and talk to them. Sometimes they know what's causing the problem but they are only authorized to get the power back on, not fix the root problem. That takes orders from somewhere in Louisiana I believe. If you can get this choice bit of information, put the outage number on speed dial and call again and again, every time the lights flicker. Enlist your neighbors to do the same.
Find out who heads your local office and accost them in the grocery store or on the golf course, anywhere you run into them.
In our case, it was a switch on a pole tripping every time a cloud came within a 100 miles. Literally. Benton had a storm? No lights here. Little Rock? Hot Springs? No lights here.
After about a year of resetting every appliance clock in this house a minimum of once a day, and sometimes a lot more often, Entergy finally got around to fixing the real problem.

Jazzy, call in and complain every time the lights go out. Every time. If you see a repair crew apparently working on your outage, stop and talk to them. Sometimes they know what's causing the problem but they are only authorized to get the power back on, not fix the root problem. That takes orders from somewhere in Louisiana I believe. If you can get this choice bit of information, put the outage number on speed dial and call again and again, every time the lights flicker. Enlist your neighbors to do the same.
Find out who heads your local office and accost them in the grocery store or on the golf course, anywhere you run into them.
In our case, it was a switch on a pole tripping every time a cloud came within a 100 miles. Literally. Benton had a storm? No lights here. Little Rock? Hot Springs? No lights here.
After about a year of resetting every appliance clock in this house a minimum of once a day, and sometimes a lot more often, Entergy finally got around to fixing the real problem.

Sorry about all that mess above, didn't think anything had posted. Everytime I clicked
on POST I got the message that page couldn't be opened, after several tries gave up and
went to bed.
More bad weather on the way so dive for cover, here we go agin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

goof i am from ft smith but i was in dallas as a teenager playing golf and a friends father said he would take us over to i think it was colonial ,the next afternoon to watch from a distance the great hogan hit balls. i was 14 or 15 and it was awesome. all pros are machines but to think that it was ben hogan made it an awe inspiring experience. in golf spectator events i would rank it up with the pga at southern hills where palmer finished second to dave stocton. he tried as hard as a man can to win that tournament but came up a little short. it was the last major he really had a chance to win on the last day. the atmosphere was electric.

Zonker - my Dad and I followed him one year at Colonial and he was just awesome. For the life of me, I could not understand how a guy that little could hit the ball so far.

Hogan's home course was Shady Oaks and there were times in High School that my buddies and I would go into the men's grill to get a coke and he would be sitting at his table with a bourbon and water and smokes watching the TCU golf team practice on the putting green and driving range.

Heady stuff for a teenager!

"I've never lived in a place where power goes off so often,,,"

jazzy, no kidding! Every friggin' time we walk in the front door over there, every clock, TV, and appliance is blinking green. It's been going on for years. Calls to Entergy do no good. As much as I love the lake and spa city, I'd go mad if we lived there full time.

I have many complaints about Conway's government, but every community should have it's own electric/cable/water corporation. Conway Corporation is a god send...the service is great, the prices cheap and the jobs are local/well-paid. Hats off to Conway Corporation! My prayers to you and your fellow Hot Springs' citizens, jazzy. I bet the racetrack doesn't lose power!

"For the life of me, I could not understand how a guy that little could hit the ball so far."

Goof, many years ago at the fabled and long-gone Riverdale Country Club in LR, there was a little old woman (I'd guess around 80) who was on the course almost every day. Couldn't have weighed more than 85 pounds, I kid you not. With what appeared to be a minimum effort and with the smoothest of motion, she could knock a ball 200 yards down the fairway with nary a hook or slice. Never saw anything like it, before or since.

Like Jazzy, I have to apologize for my mess. It looked like nothing was being posted. Coulda been worse . . . I might have had all morning to post . . . to post . . . to post . . . to post . . .
Oh yeah, I had to reset clocks, not Entergy, in spite of what it says in my original posts. It's an idea though. I wish I could have called 'em out to reset all the darned things.
I still say be a pest.

Been going on for...ever!!!!!!!!!!!!! One time, in heat of summer, it went off and off and off....
we had a neighbor with only one lung, I drove over, loaded her up in my cool van and we
just rode it out...............
I say its the crapinpiss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bet the shit goes off tonight.............

Guess I'd better talk fast before power goes off or a big wind blows us over the rainbow,
getting dark in the Spa.
If we survive the night I will be dining with ALiJB, CiCi, 1 Hunky Hubby, 1 Frenchie and 2
handsome young men tomorrow. If your ears are burning you will know why.
Hope we all stay safe tonight.