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buzzsawmonkey
12/31/2019 1:01:21 PM
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...AND we're back! THANK YOU, Kosh!
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Kosh's Shadow
12/31/2019 1:08:50 PM
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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 1:
you're welcome! Had problems deploying, then found now I have to manually edit the config file, then I changed the database and it didn't want to do automatic migration to the new version, Had to have it generate a script, edit the script, and run it. I added user time zone and number of items per page, but they aren't used yet. Database changes are tricky.
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Kosh's Shadow
12/31/2019 1:44:43 PM
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Note we have a new url: http://rudebridge.net/ You should use this as the new bookmark, BUT if you have your browser remember the password, and don't remember it yourself, you will have to get it from the browser and save for the new URL
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Kosh's Shadow
12/31/2019 1:45:45 PM
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Any comments on the slight change to the home page? I wanted to be clear about the rude bridge being referred to.
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JCM
12/31/2019 2:07:22 PM
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Rude Bridge
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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 4:
Maybe the first stanza of the poem? By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the world.
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Alice in Dairyland
12/31/2019 2:50:23 PM
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Good job and thanks Kosh! Just want to wish all a Happy New Year. Getting ready to head out to our son's house for some celebrating. I'll either be dancing with the lamp shade on my head at midnight or sound asleep at home in my own bed. Either way, I won't be here when the new year rings in...so once again, Happy New Year!
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Kosh's Shadow
12/31/2019 3:07:30 PM
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Reply to Alice in Dairyland in 6: Happy new year!
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Syrah
12/31/2019 3:42:47 PM
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Embassies and attacks by angry mobs. Funny how differently things turn out when you send in the marines.
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JCM
12/31/2019 3:47:47 PM
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Reply to Syrah in 8: And scramble C-17s out of Bragg with either the 82nd Airborne or Delta aboard. Also when you make it clear there will be a cost.
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Kosh's Shadow
12/31/2019 3:57:36 PM
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In #8 Syrah said: Funny how differently things turn out when you send in the marines. Jukebox
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revobob
12/31/2019 4:21:45 PM
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Kosh- Thanks once again for your efforts to upgrade this. To me, this looks and feels like a more finished product. (Although that may be subjective.)
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revobob
12/31/2019 4:31:09 PM
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So- We spent a week driving to daughter's place in western Maryland, staying with (all 7 of) them for Christmas and through Friday. Drove the 500 miles back on Saturday. Blessed with beautiful weather the whole time, over ate, got an embarassment of riches present-wise, had some good conversations with all of the grandkids- they are all turning out to be very worthwhile human beans. Only downside is that SIL developed some sort of upper respiratory bug which he was 'kind' enough to share and send home with us. Mrs revo and I are not quite ill enough for actual doctorin, but pretty close. Then I read through some of the older threads and got thoroughly cornfused! Our self-avowed atheist is reciting gospels for L'il OR, our Jewish members are talking more about Christmas than Chanukha, and all y'all are apparently well into the best spirits of the holidays. (That last doesn't confuse me.)
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revobob
12/31/2019 4:52:55 PM
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And as I work to learn more about my own faith, I have been doing some reading in addition to some Bible study. Are any of you familiar with Josephus Flavius? I am starting on reading his 'The Jewish War' (in an English translation). I would also appreciate any info about early transcripts of the Gospels as recorded closer to the life of Yeshua, especially in either Hebrew or Aramaic. This is all because the church that we have found here is very fundamentalist, which I like, but they use several different translations of the Bible. My issue is that these are pretty much all based on Greek, and to a lesser extent Aramaic transcriptions that were only set down 300 to 500 years after the events. They are also the result of intense theological infighting and show signs of some pretty serious editing. It seems that some much older manuscripts in Hebrew have been found in northern Italy (I think) that were hidden away to preserve them from destruction by the early Roman church. As a very amateur historian I have already found some interesting things. For example, that the western part of the early Christian world had a very different sense of punctuality- paying serious attention to the clock, from the eastern parts which reflect an attitude more like Latinos or the 'inshallah' approach of the arabs- sequence of events is more important than intervals. This is reflected in variations in the Creation story in Genesis.
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Kosh's Shadow
12/31/2019 4:55:01 PM
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Reply to revobob in 11: Not much visible changes really.
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revobob
12/31/2019 5:07:16 PM
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One grandson is a sophomore at Shepherd U in W.VA. He wants to be a historian focusing on the early medieval period in Europe. One of the required courses is African History (I was skeptical). He recently wrote a paper about the trade in slaves for horses in northwest Africa. It seems that horses in the area have an average life span of 6 to 12 months due to tsetse flies, sleeping sickness and perhaps rinderpest. (Horses are not native to the area). One of the potentates had a mounted force of about 50,000 troops, each requiring a horse and a remount. He traded captured slaves to Arab slavers at a rate of 25 to 50 slaves per horse. In addition, since horses eat quite a bit and also require laborers to care for them, there was trade (probably primarily in slaves) for those elements. Bearing in mind the mortality rates of the horses the number of slaves involved in this business is several times the magnitude of the Triangle trade that brought slaves to North America. This was all brand new to me, and fascinating.
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revobob
12/31/2019 5:08:25 PM
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In #14 Kosh's Shadow said: Not much visible changes really. True, but SOMETHING set my spidey senses a tingling!
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lucius septimius
12/31/2019 5:10:06 PM
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In honor of Impeachmas, I made Chicken Kiev. Brought back memories of innumerable banquets from the 1970s.
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revobob
12/31/2019 5:19:12 PM
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Reply to lucius septimius in 17: Clearly you have been subjected to undue Ukrainian influence! Why, oh why did you not do Cordon Bleu instead?
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lucius septimius
12/31/2019 5:20:28 PM
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Reply to revobob in 18: Mom doesn't eat ham.
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revobob
12/31/2019 5:35:30 PM
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In #19 lucius septimius said: Mom doesn't eat ham.
Oh. Well OK then. Out for now- time to start the wild celebration so we can be in bed by 9 or so. (one thing we miss from Kali- we could watch 'The Ball' countdown and still get to bed!)
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Kosh's Shadow
12/31/2019 5:58:00 PM
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Reply to revobob in 20: Celebration is in the pub!
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