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@CBGanimal 225076 wrote:
3/6/2023 donut
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The HOLE!! (Die 2xs as fast! ❤️)
3/5/23 Squares and Bulldogs with Pants
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TAPATALK wouldn’t let me upload two photos at once unless I “join”, but the first photo, which was in before midnight, has both squares (see glass in door with soft focus) and a bulldog with pants. The photo on the wall is one of their track athletes. I’ll add more photos with “Bulldogs” on my ride, plus one from here of a Marine (also Bulldog with pants) who was lecturing me (he said me didn’t mind if I took his picture). I also saw one of the longest salutes in history. Poor guys.
@Indiana 225001 wrote:
Ha ha, figured some people might not like a silly happy Pollyanna-ish song but others might find it nostalgic.
The origin of this theme was actually a kid (mine) trying to figure out how to find an excuse to ride to eat donuts
We were trying to come up with a way to make a week theme that included donuts without just doing a daily pastry. And I remembered that last year’s photo scavenger hunt made me see the world I biked by a little differently when I was looking for some basic things like a specific shape or color. Hence, lines and squares, which sound pretty boring but can potentially change an outlook.
Anyway, glass half empty / glass half full… Watching the donut, not Sathe hole… Just different ways to look at the world, admittedly a little saccharine.
Exactly! I’d rather see the holes because the donuts would probably put my A1C through the roof. 100% Saccharine! 😂 🍩 The holes are full of LIFE for me ⚕️🩺
@Boomer2U 224986 wrote:
3/04/22 – Lines
Some lines are not meant to be crossed, though when it comes to sharing the road, I prefer physical barriers rather than paint [emoji439]Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
At least there’s an extra line. On Twitter yesterday I saw a guy get doored and thrown under a large Mercedes truck! Statistically, getting doored happens a lot, but even with protected lanes there are a cornucopia of obstacles. It’s sad.
3/4/23 Georgetown Branch Rail Line
Had to stop in RCP to upload in time. Not home yet. 1030 crapped out. Navigation tricky with watch.
The Capital Crescent Trail, connecting from Georgetown D.C. to west Silver Spring in Montgomery County, MD, is a hiker-biker trail running for 11 miles along the right-of-way formerly used by the Georgetown Branch rail line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The transformation from a disused single-track rail line to a first-class trail has been an impressive example of cooperation between civic groups and governments.
Construction began on the Georgetown Branch rail line before the turn of the century and the line was put into use in 1910. It was exclusively a freight line and carried primarily coal and building materials to Chevy Chase, Bethesda, and Georgetown. Trains stopped running in June 1985. See our History page for more history of the Georgetown Branch rail line before trains stopped running.
The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA), passed in 1991, provided for substantial funding of transportation enhancements, including rail-trails; as a result Federal funds became available to construct the substantial paved portion of the Trail from Georgetown to Bethesda and the bridge over River Road.
A major gap remained in the Trail midway between Bethesda and Silver Spring, with the Rock Creek Trestle closed as unsafe. In 2000 the Montgomery County Council voted to fund the rehabilitation of the Rock Creek Trestle, after the Coalition, together with civic groups, sponsored two rallies and a petition drive to demonstrate the wide popular support for opening the trestle. The Coalition then led a successful effort to have observation “bump-outs” included in the trestle design, and contributed $75,000 toward their cost. The trestle opened for trail use in May 2003.
History – Coalition for the Capital Crescent Trail
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3/3/23 “There is no place like home…” Show us something that says “home” to you, that is NOT your actual home.
When I return from visiting family in Pennsylvania this is what tells me I’m nearing home. The only other thing I can think of that says “home” to me is the noticeably warmer air as I cross the Maryland or Virginia border into DC during Freezing Saddles. I know rest, food and a hot shower is right around the corner in both cases.
August 5, 2022 Hamil R. Harris
(ANALYSIS) KENSINGTON, Maryland — The seven-story temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints looms high above the Interstate 495 Beltway in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C. — and someone spray-painted on an adjoining wall “Free Dorothy,” inspired by “The Wizard of Oz.”
The six gold-tipped spires of the temple, originally dedicated in 1974, stoke intrigue like Emerald City in the 1939 movie starring Judy Garland. Part of the attraction is that the Latter-day Saints temple is off-limits to the public — except for an open house, which has not taken place in nearly 50 years, since 1974.
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3/2/23 Cowardly Lion, William Jennings Brian
Quite an adventure tonight. After looking at a few different theories I felt best about, I think it was Littleton’s. One theory said the Cowardly Lion was the Spanish American War, but how can a war be personified? Maybe. Bryan sounds most likely for a number of reasons, except that Baum really liked Bryan. Maybe, like most politicians, he had some critiques. Personally, it looks like he did some good things, except that whole Darwin thing that killed him in his sleep.
I couldn’t find any statues (they moved it from Congress to Nebraska in 2018 and other places with portraits were closed, like, I think the state department where he was SOS). Library of Congress too.
So, I went to my local library, signed up for a card, and so I wouldn’t be flounder near closing, asked the library for help.
He had me get into the library of Congress since he couldn’t find any books in Watha T. Daniel and we found a photo of the Lion himself. I lost some mileage when I forgot to turn the Garmins back on. Here’s some relevant info. There’s even a short film of his cross if gold speech:
William Jennings Bryan, (born March 19, 1860, Salem, Illinois, U.S.—died July 26, 1925, Dayton, Tennessee), Democratic and Populist leader and a magnetic orator who ran unsuccessfully three times for the U.S. presidency (1896, 1900, and 1908). His enemies regarded him as an ambitious demagogue, but his supporters viewed him as a champion of liberal causes. He was influential in the eventual adoption of such reforms as popular election of senators, income tax, creation of the Department of Labor, Prohibition, and women’s suffrage. Throughout his career, his Midwestern roots clearly identified him with agrarian interests, in opposition to those of the urban East.
Bryan was reared in Illinois. He practiced law in Jacksonville (1883–87) before moving to Lincoln, Nebraska, where he was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1890. Renowned as a gifted debater, he opposed high tariffs and came to be considered the national leader of the Free Silver Movement (bimetallism) as opposed to the “hard money” policy of the Eastern bankers and industrialists, who favoured the gold standard.
“If they dare to come out in the open field and defend the gold standard as a good thing, we shall fight them to the uttermost, having behind us the producing masses of the nation and the world. Having behind us the commercial interests and the laboring interests and all the toiling masses, we shall answer their demands for a gold standard by saying to them, you shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns. You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.”
In recognition of his role in securing the Democratic nomination for Woodrow Wilson in 1912, Bryan was appointed secretary of state the following year. Despite his diplomatic inexperience, he made a distinctive contribution to world law by espousing arbitration to prevent war. Bryan convinced 31 nations to agree in principle to his proposal of new treaties that would provide a “cooling-off” period of one year during which a question in dispute could be studied by an international commission. In the meantime, World War I broke out. An avowed pacifist, Bryan finally resigned over Wilson’s second note to Germany (June 8, 1915) protesting the sinking of the Lusitania. Nonetheless, he urged loyal support of the war when it was finally declared.
William Jennings Bryan | Biography, Cross of Gold, Scopes Trial, Populist, & Accomplishments | Britannica
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@cvcalhoun 224909 wrote:
3/1/2023 Tin Man
In British English, a “tin” is a can. So this guy is clearly a tin man.
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It could be a prototype, self-balancing, electric bicycle running over a carrot on stage.
