The Electric Speakeasy

1065 - Westminster Abbey was consecrated under Edward the Confessor. 1612 - First observation of Neptune - Galileo observes and records a "fixed star" without realizing it is a planet. 1694 - Queen Mary II of England died after five years of joint rule with her husband, King William III. 1732 - "The...

1900 - Carrie Nation staged her first raid on a saloon at the Carey Hotel in Wichita, KS. She broke each and every one of the liquor bottles that could be seen. Thus winning the judgmental pain award with sanctimonious clusters in perpetuity. Virtue through nagging? :shock: If only she had stuck wi...

1512 - Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regards to native Indians in the New World. The laws were intended to look after the physical and spiritual welfare of the Indians particularly those around the Caribbean. The effects were at best mixed. 1657 - Fl...

1492 - First Spanish settlement La Navidad (modern Mole-Saint-Nicolas) in the New World is founded by Christopher Columbus. 1776 - The British suffered a major defeat in the Battle of Trenton during the American Revolutionary War. 1865 - The coffee percolator was patented by James H. Mason. Thousand...

N11Pilot nailed it! :) (Aerodillo, it might not have made an impressive spectacle; it was a pretty small spill.) :) In the interest of full disclosure, having been the proud owner of many crappy, short lived cars in my youth I have accidentally created just such abstract "Masterpieces". Many in the...

1565 - Compromise of the Nobles in Habsburg Netherlands closes against inquisition. 1814 - The War of 1812 between the U.S. and Britain was ended with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent in Belgium. 1818 - Franz Gruber of Oberndorf, Germany composed the music for "Silent Night" to words written by Jo...

Interesting! Oil droplets on a driveway?

962 - Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed city of Aleppo, recovering the tattered tunic of John the Baptist. 1688 - King James II, the last Roman Catholic British monarch flees to France from William of Orange. 1783 - George Washington returned h...

1715 - James Stuart, the "Old Pretender", landed at Petershead after his exile in France. 1775 - A Continental naval fleet was organized in the rebellious American colonies under the command of Ezek Hopkins. 1790 - Supposedly impenetrable Turkish fortress of Izmail stormed and captured by Suvorov an...

Cousi wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 22, 2018 2:31 am

I expect nothing but the best and you deliver every time.

My best is none too good.