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Hmm. . .I though it was the British accent which did the trick, because it passes for being

I hasten to agree with you on that one, and I was reading through the replies to see if Aurelian was put up as a possibility. I

The highest accident rate at construction sites occurs on Fridays, when the most

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We always wonder about how or why a tool is lost. Is it dropped? Or stashed somewhere and never retrieved? Was its loss the scene of violence during which the treasured object no longer seemed of any importance? The

Near here an attempt was made a few years back to build a 1/5th scale replica of the Great Pyramid of Giza. The only announced purpose was as a tourist attraction, and it did have some appeal to the locals. In this case they had plenty of stone available to be harvested from the huge piles of unused stone blocks each about 20 tons each. They weren

Thanks Klingan, I believe the grinder mentioned was the "mortar" part of the two part "grinder system". This piece of granite in my images is quite heavy, and I imagine that sometimes the tool kit could be very heavy from the accumulation of the components. Imagine, then a grinder made up of the granite pestle and a hip bone with its concave surface to press the grain into to pulverize it. That might be preferable to a clay pot which might be inferior in several ways. The best I can do on that is that when looking for images of comparable pestles I recall seeing the mention of bone as the mortar component. Wouldn't that have been some bony part of a bison? The bread most likely would be more like a "taco" shell than the leavened bread we're used to. Not being very well informed about the native American's diet, it might be similar to that of some of the poor indians of Northern Mexico today, or you can click HERE for an informed viewpoint. I too gave some thought to the problem of the time involved in grinding flour. It does appear that corn (even native american corn) would lend itself to dealing with the problem of mass/quantity better than most other grains. It's been many years, but I remember reading a novel (Spirit Lake/McKinley Kantor-1961) which went into a lot of detail about the cultivation and production of corn by Indians in what is now Iowa/Minnesota. One of the character's names happened to be "Corn Sucker"; an English translation of course.

A Walk In The Woods ~ CARTER, SADAT & BEGIN did it in 1978 (Remembering Carter, Sadat, and Begin; the subtitle to their talks was

Like Primus, my thoughts first went to Cincinnatus whom I personally admire most, but even in Cincinnatti, Ohio a citizen can't likely go into just any restaurant and order up a "Cincinattus Salad", although probably every school child there knows who he was (and the motto "Juncta Juvant"). Faustus

Caesar, because he is the one figure which captures the imagination of the whole public Besides his life, we know so much about his death, and the events leading up to it, and little of his dreams:

I have just finished reading Robert Harris

Likewise, I'm not sure your comments aren't tongue in cheek, but, let

Perception is reality. That is the mantra. Dole had more than age working against him. He also had the fact that he seemed to accept defeat from the beginning and really never did campaign during the race. The nomination was more of an

'Fraid so. Texans and friends of Bush (IMHO) are both verboten. Both he and Barbour are probably too smart to take the second slot. This is a measure of the power of the "sound machine". I do feel it has to be a governor. What that would impart, and better conservative credentials, are both things McCain needs most, especially considering his age; we have to consider the possibility there would probably be only one term for him. But on the age score, I'm impressed! He may be a little stiff, but he is definitely not brittle.

Given the truth in that, and that McCain needs chief executive experience in a running mate, would Romney be a good choice for the VP slot? I for one, a personal choice, lean toward Gov. Barbour of Mississippi. His efficacy is supported by the Ds attempting to destroy him, as they always do with talent:

You nailed it. But it can still be turned around if a way can be found to blame the Rs (to find the proper enemy to blame) for the mess the Dems have created for themselves. That has begun in Fla, where there is a history of election "difficulties" in D precincts. There Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz, after first blaming Howard Dean and party honchos, came around to adamantly blaming the Rs on a recent Fox News Sunday. Some of the volatility in the Dem party can be seen in the way candidate Howard Dean was 'ditched' after he made his famous 'scream' on winning the Iowa Caucus in '04. That too was soon blamed on the Republicans and Dean was given the Party Chair a year later. It is the stuff of hope for HRC, and this promises to be the most interesting convention year since 68. Played well, they might even get the Rs to pay for another (watch for that) D primary, at least in Florida, and even if they don't it appropriately focuses attention on the proper "culprits". And you are right on point with the problem Republicans have with McCain. This shows the flaw in a popular media pumping up their own nominee.

As things stand now neither Hillary R. Clinton nor Barack Obama will go to the convention with the 50% of the delegate votes to get the nomination. Neither will be able to attain the 2,024 delegates needed to secure it without the delegates from Florida and Michigan. If Michigan and Florida are allowed to have a

We see lots of conjecture here about an alternate history, Of course, when we make those leaps, all sorts of variables come into play and those factored against each other can, and do, result in too many imponderables. Another alternative is to look at what

Latin is common in many corporate company business names or products: Sony (sound) Magnavox (a great voice) Pablum (a baby food of the past

OUR HOME TOWN Bloomington Indiana Court House Square 1918 at the end of WW-I Bloomington, Monroe County at one of Our Stone Quarries About 1950 Steam driven equipment Diver at an Abandoned Stone Quarry About 1955 edit A SIGN OF THE TIMES This may be slightly off topic, and just "water under the bridge" but indeed it is historic. The reason this picture was taken was the confluence of events, and when it appeared in the local paper it was noted only for that reason. In it Gary Atwood turns around to look back at Angela DeAngelis on the I.U. campus in late 1969. The couple later married and Angela became a founding member of the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA, re; kidnapping of heiress Patty Hearst) DeAngelis died in a confrontation with police in 1974. (CLICK and read her words:

Live long and prosper Capt'n! Faustus

I have a feeling, that before too long we

Are we in danger of being overindulged with clich