Subdeacon Joe

Older than we think? Also: https://balkaninsight.com/2022/05/05/lost-world-prehistoric-houses-found-in-lake-ohrid-thrill-archeologists/ https://mediarelations.unibe.ch/media_releases/2021/media_releases_2021/the_first_farmers_of_europe/index_eng.html https://exploproject.org/news/underwater-investigations-at-lin-3-lake-ohrid-albania/

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Sacramento.

Climate change! ≈=============== I saw the news about this on FB yesterday. I remember fishing from that pier back in the '60s.

"Carrot Pudding With Hard Sauce - Some Of My Favorite Good Things To Eat, By Martha Lee Anderson, Church & Dwight Co. Inc., 1940"

Don't laugh. That meme is based on a bill that was introduced in the California Legislature a few years ago that was so broad in the definition of "ghost gun" that any chunk of aluminum big enough to be machined into an AR lower, or piece of sheet metal big enough to be stamped into an AK receiver could be considered a functional firearm. The quote is from the then president of the CA State Senate Kevin "Ghost Gun" de Leon at a press conference talking about the evils of 80% guns.

Prediction: The Court will rule 6-3 in favor of our civil rights, California and New York will double down with laws that make every screw, spring, and pin a "firearm. "

This is interesting. "Highland Pot Roast - 57 Prize-Winning Recipes, H. J. Heinz Company, 1957" Look at the portion sizes. Four ouces of beef, a small potato, maybe about a half cup of vegetables and mushrooms. A far cry from our modern serving sizes of 8 to 12 ounces of meat, if not more than a pound, two cups of potatoes, and the same of mixed vegetables.

Battleships USS Texas, USS Maryland, USS Arizona, and USS Nevada cruising under the incomplete Golden Gate Bridge in 1936. https://navalhistoria.com/uss-nevada/

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