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  1. DNO

    Today in History

    December 8th, 1941. This is the date that one usually sees in history books for the Japanese attacks on Malaya, Hong Kong, Thailand and the Philippines but it was actually the same time as the attack on Pearl Harbour. We can thank the international date line for the confusion, I believe.
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    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Fargo. Penultimate episode of season 2. I usually don't appreciate the split screen approach but it works in this show quite well. One of the best series I've seen in years. I'm going to miss it but at least it's been renewed for a third season.
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    What Are You Reading

    Wildwood Boys by James Carlos Blake.
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    Ascots

    I found this one the other day. I've never seen one that wasn't 'bunched' in the middle. I quite like it. Here's the label. I'm not familiar with the company. Although it is acetate it's much more comfortable than Sammie's Tricel fabric...although not as comfortable as old rayon or silk.
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    Show us your scarves ...

    I just realized that I haven't been looking at this thread lately. Seeing Eddie's terrific striped Tootal reminded me that the thrift stores have been kind to me in the last while and I should post a few pics. So here's some new ones... No label on this one, but it's quite wide: This one...
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    Today in History

    Halifax...December 6, 1917: S.S. Mont Banc, heavily laden with explosives, collided with S. S. Imo in the 'Narrows' in Halifax harbour resulting in the largest man-made explosion prior to the atomic bomb. Around 1,950 people were killed and 9,000 injured. In memory of the medical aid sent...
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    What Are You Reading

    I finally have a nice backlog of books waiting to be read. Presently reading Alex Grecian's The Black Country. I enjoyed his first novel, The Yard. Both are fictionalized accounts of Scotland Yard's murder squad after the Ripper killings.
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    What was the last TV show you watched?

    re Fargo: With the Coen Brothers involved, it seems that they are making references to their own films. Two episodes ago, most of the music was from The Big Lebowski, albeit by different performers. This week's episode had that tense scene between Hanzee and the gas station fellow...very...
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    What Are You Reading

    At a thrift shop today, I found a spectacular copy of Steven Leacock's Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, illustrated by the Canadian artist, Seth. I may have to revisit the quirky folk that inhabit Mariposa.
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    Today in History

    It was this day, in 1955, that Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus.
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    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Fargo. Just keeps getting better.
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    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    Some interesting finds from a church rummage sale yesterday. The Erle Gardners are both from 1955 while the Queen is from 1965. The MacDonalds are 1966 and 1969. It's interesting that the cover price on the Gardners was 25 cents ... and that's exactly what I paid for them!
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    Edgar Rice Burroughs

    Nice to know someone else enjoyed the film. I get strange looks when I mention that I quite liked the John Carter movie. It inspired me to read the first of the John Carter books but I never went beyond that first novel.
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    Children's Books of the Golden Era

    The one I remember most from my childhood was Uncle Wiggily. Later, it was the Hardy Boys.
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    Today in History

    Sometimes it's good to remember that that the 'golden era' wasn't always so golden. November 9th, 1938: Kristallnacht. We forget at our peril.
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    Today in History

    Moving to a more modern period, today in 1917 the Canadian Corps, lead by the 1st and 2nd Divisions, finally captured what was left of the village of Passchendaele finally bringing to an end (well, almost) one of the nastiest actions of the modern age.
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    Today in History

    In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 2, containing the first animal in space: the dog named Laika.
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    Your signature cocktail.

    Finally made myself a Vesper...vodka, gin and lillet blanc. Now that's good.
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    "Vintage" foods that are still with us today.

    Mmmmm...vintage foods that I still enjoy. Corned beef hash, liver and onions, Melton Mowbray pie with a good sour dill, a good chicken pot pie, tourtiere...can't be beat.
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    Today in History

    Much to the delight, I'm sure, of Canadian distillers and rumrunners!

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