Convicts and Briefs

Pear tree dripping in the RAIN this morning !

Not huge buckets of rain but that delicious drizzle that soaks into everything,cleaning the air and bringing the fresh smell of earth to life again.

I'll be outside doing the happy dance in the wet stuff for the rest of the day...

January 19...

Feast Day of Thor,Iceland.(You think you're thor,I'm tho thor I thimply can't thit down!)

Happy Birthday...

1942 oh Bett-eee! Michael Crawford's parcel arrived safely,tied with string.

1943 the ever brilliant but oh so brief flash of talent Janis Joplin

1946 the full-beamed Dolly Parton (yee-ha)

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1790 The second fleet set sail for Botany Bay,NSW,with 1,006 convicts(convicts were like junk mail of the 18th century...amusing to look at but lowered the tone of the neighbourhood)

1935 Cooper's Inc. sold the world's first briefs.(Briefs ! whatever is the world coming to ?! Thermal Long Johns will keep nether regions well protected from hussies and loose women!)

1975 Adelaide, Australia: House painter John Nash had predicted an earthquake and tidal waves to destroy the city on this day. The largest wave measured was 15 cm.(The Ripple Riders celebrated with a toe dipping contest).

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Firefighters told not to use ladders....standing on a rickety chair works for everyone else!

Woman returns after 18 years in jungle....it was that wrong turn at Albaquerky.

Sanitation voted greatest medical milestone since 1840......and here I thought patients surviving a doctors' visit was a medical milestone.