This proud fellow with the cocky grin, posing for a picture to send the folks back home, is my father. It was taken in a stateside Army camp in 1941 or ’42. It could be Louisiana. Or California. Or Pennsylvania. Daddy had conquered much of North America before departing for England and, eventually, northern France. He was still proud when he was discharged at the end of World War II, but the cocky grin was long gone.
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The farther N* you go, the later those DST sundowns get, making for safer driving going home. *Away from the equator, actually.
Peace,
Here are the local times for SLC and Tulsa today:
SLC
Sunrise: 07:14
Sunset: 17:11
Tulsa
Sunrise: 07:00
Sunset: 17:17
Well, those are almost identical, meaning that perception of light levels matter more than actual times. Mine are skewed a bit by having a mountain range running N/S just to the east of town while Mark is in one of the flatter areas of the country (the tallest peak in the area is 1,360 ft). And I am a bit closer to the Arctic than Mark; I live a few miles north of the 40th parallel while Tulsa is just a few miles north of the 36th.
TruckerRon: here are the sunrise/sunset times for my hometown of Tuscaloosa, AL for today. You can see there is about an hour’s difference between them and those for Tulsa:
6:20 AM
Monday, November 13, 2017 (CST)
Sunrise in Tuscaloosa, AL
4:49 PM
Monday, November 13, 2017 (CST)
Sunset in Tuscaloosa, AL
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Mark, sorry, but you’ve confused me by living in two TTowns!
He could change it to living in Tulsa Time.
Lying here in hospital with my hair falling out. Ghost said they will have to rake the floor when I go home.
All the white and blonde hair is falling out but only about a dozen of the dark hairs have fallen out. I did not know co!or made a difference.
My sca!p has become very painful, like it is covered in sores, I hope it doesn’t continue, it will hurt too much to wear wigs,
TruckerRon, I found that TTown is also a nickname for Tulsa so I just left my screen name as it was.
Sorry to hear you scalp is painful now Jackie. I knew that hair loss was one of the common side effects of chemo or radiation therapy, but I hadn’t realized about pain in the scalp. I would have thought it would be localized to the area affected by the disease.
At least when the treatment stops your hair will grow back, I hope. And you will get to try short hair styles for a while.
Thanksgiving is almost upon us. Is anyone else getti g ready for feasting? Ghost and I actually have FOUR consecutive days with no medical appointments and no trip to Tulsa.
We are staying home alone to cook and rest and just hang out. I am looking forward to that. Our big trips got messed up with the cancer so all were cancelled.
What will you do next week?
Impala. Striping on the backside is similar to, but distinct from, Grant’s gazelles’.
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Next week? Getting ready for TG; have a treasured invite. Peace,
Somebody should count bleeps in this video.
http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/news/4358894-watch-college-party-was-so-massive-it-crashed-straight-through-apartment-floor
Hope there were no injuries, especially downstairs. Some will use this, unfortunately, to deride value of college ed. Glad not to have been involved much in admin. Classroom and lab were fun, despite some enrollees who’d rather have watched paint dry.
Peace,
http://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2017/11/14
A nice instrumental. I need to listen to more of these folks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5buCpH81ICQ