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Post by Rob Allen on Jun 20, 2024 13:26:00 GMT -5
Korean
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Post by Rob Allen on Jun 20, 2024 11:00:14 GMT -5
Today in History
50 years ago - June 20, 1974, between 6pm and 8pm Eastern, I walked across a stage in Plainfield NJ and received my high school diploma.
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Post by Rob Allen on Jun 20, 2024 10:58:14 GMT -5
Show
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Post by Rob Allen on Jun 20, 2024 9:06:48 GMT -5
Capitol
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Post by Rob Allen on Jun 19, 2024 21:00:59 GMT -5
Goggles
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Post by Rob Allen on Jun 19, 2024 13:15:49 GMT -5
I went to school at a time when the public school population in my home town was two-thirds black. We had plenty of black teachers, and my high school's principal was black. We got a remarkably racially balanced education compared to what I've heard from others my age. But I never heard about Juneteenth until about ten years ago. Was it more of a regional holiday before?
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Post by Rob Allen on Jun 19, 2024 13:08:36 GMT -5
Derek
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Post by Rob Allen on Jun 19, 2024 13:05:22 GMT -5
I got seriously into baseball in 1965. That year, Willie Mays led the league with 52 home runs. At the end of the year he had hit 505 in his career. By contrast, Hank Aaron had hit 398 at that point. If you'd asked most baseball fans back then who was most likely to break Babe Ruth's record of 714, they would have confidently answered, "Willie Mays". But that was the peak; injuries and illness slowed him down after that. He hit 37 homers in 1966, then never reached 30 again. Aaron averaged almost 40 a year for the next eight years and got the record. If Willie hadn't been drafted to serve in the Army during the Korean War, missing two seasons, things would probably have ended differently.
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Post by Rob Allen on Jun 17, 2024 20:47:13 GMT -5
Streetcar
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Post by Rob Allen on Jun 17, 2024 18:43:20 GMT -5
For those who read books on a screen: These two sites both offer a wide range of books for free download. There's plenty of Burroughs, Howard, etc., as well as non-fiction and other books of every conceivable variety. This site says their books are all public domain: www.globalgreyebooks.com/index.htmlThis one says they have copyrighted stuff but says that the law "provides for making 'fair use' copies of copyrighted materials under certain conditions, including that that the reproduction is not to be used commercially or 'for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research.' By accessing files linked to this site you are agreeing to abide by these restrictions. If you do not agree, do not download." www.luminist.org/archives/* cross-posted to the Bargain Hunters thread on the Classics board *
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Post by Rob Allen on Jun 17, 2024 18:41:24 GMT -5
Here's the ultimate bargain - free stuff! These two sites both offer a wide range of books for free download. There's plenty of Burroughs, Howard, etc., as well as non-fiction and other books of every conceivable variety. This site says their books are all public domain: www.globalgreyebooks.com/index.htmlThis one says they have copyrighted stuff but says that the law "provides for making 'fair use' copies of copyrighted materials under certain conditions, including that that the reproduction is not to be used commercially or 'for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research.' By accessing files linked to this site you are agreeing to abide by these restrictions. If you do not agree, do not download." www.luminist.org/archives/* cross-posted to the Books thread on the Community board *
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Post by Rob Allen on Jun 17, 2024 11:41:12 GMT -5
Clay
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Post by Rob Allen on Jun 17, 2024 10:30:25 GMT -5
Frankenstein
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Post by Rob Allen on Jun 17, 2024 10:08:21 GMT -5
Sea
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Post by Rob Allen on Jun 17, 2024 0:14:28 GMT -5
Set
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