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[pommystuart]

Good to read about an act of kindness.
We call it "Pay ahead" downunder.

[Michael]

Same here. Nice story, gives one hope for mankind.

[Randi]

We call it "Pay forward" in Pittsburgh.

And, I definitely will!

[ggordon]

The log keeper on the Shenandoah for most of 1873 tended to write with a lot of flourish, especially his Fs and Ms. However, he exceeded even his most extreme flourishness on November 5. Zoom in on the event page to get a real sense of just how extreme it is.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorag ... 26-198.JPG

[Randi]

[espross]

Wow! He aimed to impress, didn’t he?

I don’t know that much about how the logs were kept. Do you think it was the handwriting of R.S. Evans?

[Randi]

From what I have read, his job is to certify that this is a correct copy of the rough/deck log.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorag ... 26-005.JPG
In the second column it says: The Smooth Log Book is to be a correct certified copy of the Rough Log.

[Randi]

Happy Birthday
d0cent

[pommystuart]

And a Happy Birthday from me.

[arboggs]

Happy Birthday, dOcent!

[Michael]

Happy Birthday, dOcent!

[Morgan]

Happy Birthday- and the whole year, for that matter! With a cake like that, who couldn't help but smile.
Best regards,
Morgan

[espross]

Happy birthday from me, too, d0cent! May the coming year have as many delicious layers as that cake!

[pommystuart]

Pommystuart is going on holiday again.
If anybody wants to guess where I am or where I have been look at
Where is Pommystuart post.
It may be a week before the first post.

[Michael]

Have fun!!!

[arboggs]

Have fun, Pommystuart!

[espross]

Hi all,

ellenbaum pointed this out to me today: An NPR interview about a whaling logbook project at New Bedford/Woods Hole that is almost exactly what we're doing. No mention of Old Weather, though. Does somebody know UMass professor Dr. Timothy Walker?

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2023/05 ... ge-whaling

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[arboggs]

So, as the whaling logbook person I immediately listened to this.

I haven't heard of this, actually. It's entirely possible they came up with this idea independently (why not?) but I find it somewhat unlikely since he works with New Bedford that he doesn't know about us. I'll drop a line to Walker to let him know about our parallel work and have a chat. Maybe Woods Hole is interested in our data, too.

~April

[espross]

Thanks! Seems like we ought to collaborate.

[arboggs]

I AM awfully curious why we didn't get mentioned, though, since we are featured on the New Bedford Whaling Museum website and I have spoken to someone there in the last few months.