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I’ll Be Home For Christmas

Posted on December 8, 2021September 18, 2024 By Carl
I’ll Be Home For Christmas
Interesting stuff you should know!, Life

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Christmas in World War II In 1943, “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” joined “White Christmas” to become one of America’s most popular homegrown holiday songs. Recorded in a rich baritone by Bing Crosby, “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” shot to the top ten of the record charts (as “White Christmas” had for Crosby the previous … Delve Deeper “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” »

What do Quaker Oats and Satellite Reception have to do with each other?

Posted on March 25, 2021November 4, 2024 By Carl 1 Comment on What do Quaker Oats and Satellite Reception have to do with each other?
Hardware, Life, Satellites

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What do Quaker Oats and Satellite Reception have to do with each other? Well, I have always said where there’s a will, there’s a way. Over on saveitforparts youtube channel, savitforparts has used his good old American ingenuity to build a GOES receiver with a free DirecTV dish, some cardboard and (a lot of) foil … Delve Deeper “What do Quaker Oats and Satellite Reception have to do with each other?” »

Landing Perseverance on Mars

Posted on February 19, 2021September 30, 2024 By Carl
Life, Science, Uncategorized

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Perseverance on Mars So, yes, my name and my wife’s name are on this rover. And yes, I spent 3 and 1/2 hours watching the NASA feed of mission control as this Mission did the the incredible, not the impossible, but the possible! Makes me so proud to be an American, and for the AMAZING … Delve Deeper “Landing Perseverance on Mars” »

Attack Squirrels

Posted on November 25, 2020September 18, 2024 By Carl
Humor, Interesting stuff you should know!, Life

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My Wife’s war with the Sciurus carolinesis (Eastern Gray squirrel) has been elevated from a simple ground assault, with the squirrels pillaging and looting the gardens and planters around Headquarters. to upping the ante’ to an aerial assault, sending in trained paratrooper squirrels to leap from poles and trees into hanging plants and raised garden … Delve Deeper “Attack Squirrels” »

Time Travel

Posted on October 23, 2020November 4, 2024 By Carl
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Ok, Here’s the question – Is time travel possible? Here’s my thoughts: Yes. I am sitting here writing this little piece of nonsense, the ramblings coming out of my brain. I am writing this today in 2020. Yet you, the reader are reading this in the future! Okay, okay. So maybe it’s not time travel, … Delve Deeper “Time Travel” »

How I got from there, to here.

Posted on September 3, 2020July 10, 2024 By Carl
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Life is funny. Growing up in rural area, I felt like being young was going to last forever. When would I get ‘older’? What would I be when I got ‘older’? Then I got older. Sounds strange to say it out loud, but it happens. Now that I am ‘older’ I still wonder what I’ll … Delve Deeper “How I got from there, to here.” »

I like fixing stuff

Posted on August 31, 2020July 10, 2024 By Carl
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I like fixing stuff, doesn’t really matter what it is, if its broke, I fix it. Sometimes it’s not broke, but I still fix it and make it better. For instance, other folks have developed some really cool open source software. Works great, does it’s job. But I can’t resist figuring it out and making … Delve Deeper “I like fixing stuff” »

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