A quote attributed to Dirksen when asked about the "A billion here, a billion there..." quote: "Oh, I never said that. A newspaper fella misquoted me once, and I thought it sounded so good that I never bothered to deny it." From Wikiquote.
Perhaps Sam killed some time with Nan waiting for the tide to turn, since they had to shoot the bridge at night. Not that I know which would be more dangerous, shooting the bridge with or against the tide.
The "animated horse hair" would be one of the many species of horsehair worm, a fascinating parasite of insects, crickets in the case of my common local one.
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About Tuesday 3 October 1665
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Thanks, SDS, very informative.
About Tuesday 18 July 1665
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Some school districts in Maine still schedule breaks for the potato harvest, Sept 21 to Oct 10 in one district.
About Friday 14 July 1665
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A quote attributed to Dirksen when asked about the "A billion here, a billion there..." quote: "Oh, I never said that. A newspaper fella misquoted me once, and I thought it sounded so good that I never bothered to deny it." From Wikiquote.
About Thursday 13 July 1665
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How quickly we (I) forget, thanks.
About Thursday 13 July 1665
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Did some or all the servants relocate with Bess? That might account for Sam having to scrounge his meals this week.
About Wednesday 12 July 1665
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Perhaps Sam killed some time with Nan waiting for the tide to turn, since they had to shoot the bridge at night. Not that I know which would be more dangerous, shooting the bridge with or against the tide.
About Friday 7 July 1665
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" a kind of wine with a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain", thank you Wiktionary.
About Wednesday 3 May 1665
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The internet tells me I'm wrong, but "Suffumigation" sounds to me like it could have been made up by Homer Simpson, much like saxamaphone.
About Wednesday 26 April 1665
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The "animated horse hair" would be one of the many species of horsehair worm, a fascinating parasite of insects, crickets in the case of my common local one.
About Tuesday 28 February 1664/65
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JWB of 2008: There was a small 4.4 earthquake near Swansea Feb 17 this year. Similar ones every 2-3 years says the BGS.