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[Randi]

Wow!!!

[arboggs]

Gorgeous colors, Stuart!

[Morgan]

Did you actually see it like this? That is amazing. family in the center of North America have seen a little. We have too many lights and it's been overcast.

[pommystuart]

Unfortunately I live a bit further north (33°05'33.7"S 151°26'56.0"E) and did not see this display, but have seen them elsewhere.

Looks like they had a better display on the following night.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-24/ ... /102258806


Another great bit of info from our ABC.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-26/ ... /102263940

[Randi]

I just got back from the grocery store.
The machine refused my credit card (I called the bank and they didn't know of any problems).
I had $40 of groceries and only $20 cash so I started handing back items.
The guy behind me, whom I had never seen before, gave the cashier $20!!!!!!!!!!

[studentforever]

The kindness of strangers. All is not lost in modern society.

[espross]

Maybe he worked for the bank!

[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!