Wednesday… Stuff before it hit the fan!

 Picture of the day:

How was this material made and lifted in 432 BC?

DS2 Malanowski at the Parthenon (1970) Ski became a priest in the Orthodox Church after leaving the USN 

                            The above picture of the Parthenon in 1957

Today’s stuff:

The other day 'MA' commented on a ‘home place’, remembering a ‘swinging Bridge’. There is a swinging bridge in our past also. Kat and Dick (Sis & BIL) had a place in the NC mountains. An Old cabin that the extended family used and enjoyed. There was a swinging bridge across the mountain stream. It was actually installed & maintained by NC State DOT for years. It was a walking bridge.

All the kids loved it. One day Jack Jr. was on the bridge and screamed loudly after being stung by a hornet. Sherry (a young lady then) went bounding across the bridge, unknowingly stirring a huge hornet’s nest underneath. That was long before she wore pants. Hornets swarmed under her dress mixed in the slips and dress (modesty went to the wind, imma tell you). At least 14 made it to her legs and she suffered some terrible stings.

However, we still used the bridge and enjoyed it for many more years (with the nest gone, of course) The State finally took the bridge down.

more..

Do you ever want more? I love Butter-pecan Ice Cream. MOST of the time, when it is finished no matter how BIG the bowl was, I want just a little more.

I misplaced a lot of things in my childhood. My daddy used to tell me, “You would lose your head it it wasn’t screwed on to your neck!”

Filled the car Monday, gas cost: $3.57 per gallon.

I was over at ‘Spare Parts and Pics’. Peter went out to the Carlyle mine. Even crazy enough to walk down into one of the shafts. ‘BUT’ he mentioned all the **concrete used to make the mine workable in such a rough area. That was in the early 1900s, The mine peaked in my birth year 1939.

So I started down a rabbit trail. In my mind going back to the Pyramids. How did they do that in 2600 BC. I walked the Parthenon in Athens in 1957 & 1970, How did they do that in 432 BC?

So now I am looking in on the Aztecs on this side of the world. How did they do that in 1050 AD?

(The Pueblos actually did this but it is called Aztec)

Sorry, when I get on a rabbit trail, I get lost..

 And click-bait did not sent me this time. LOL

Take care...

Nite Shipslog

** Concrete: I learned that the Carlyle concrete was probably some of the first ‘Gunite’ or ‘Shotcrete’ used. Gunite is still used today but not the same methods. It was probably hauled out in bags as powder and forced into water by pressure.

Where there is a will there is a way, THEY SAY!