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Clare Briggs
Clare Briggs is a famous cartoonist who lived from 1875 to 1930. Poems by Wilbur Nesbitt.
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on Paper: Inflation and the 2024 US Presidential ElectionEvery developed country in the world experienced inflation In Switzerland and several East Asian eco…
on Weekend Plans Post: On a Plane to IcelandHrm. I always felt like the experience was an epiphenomenon of the deeper quest for a dinner jacket…
on Weekend Plans Post: On a Plane to IcelandIt's more of an 'experience'. The old way was a sales-guy talking about the fabric/color/style and t…
on Paper: Inflation and the 2024 US Presidential ElectionEdward Bennett Williams, probably the greatest trial lawyer of the generation before mine, said that…
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This is why everyone in the North east converted from coal to fuel oil (and/or natural gas) as soon as possible, (though gas was a bit later) – for the convenience. Being better for the environment (relatively speaking) was a good benefit, but one not mandated for another generation or two.Report
My small town Iowa grandparents still had a coal-fired furnace when I was small. I could hardly wait until I was deemed old enough to go to the basement and shovel coal when we went to visit at Christmas. That lasted just until I was so deemed, and found out how much work it is, and how hot.Report
I only knew the song from Spike Jones. I had no idea it went back that far.
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And even Louis Prima’s version is roughly like someone doing a cover of The Macarena today.Report