I went fishing one morning but after a short time I ran out of worms. Then I saw a cottonmouth with a frog in his mouth. Frogs are good bass bait. Knowing the snake couldn't bite me with the frog in his mouth I grabbed him right behind the head, took the frog, and put it in my bait bucket. Now the dilemma was how to release the snake without getting bit. So, I grabbed my bottle of Jack Daniels and poured a little whiskey in its mouth. His eyes rolled back, he went limp. I released him into the lake without incident and carried on fishing using the frog. A little later, I felt a nudge on my foot. It was that darned snake, with two more frogs.
Not mentioned in the Atlas Obscura article but included in a story in the Portland Press Herald:
During his research, Chan found that in the 1888 Signal Corps annual report there was a listing of several volunteer weather observers, including Mary C. Bennett, of Fairview, Fulton County, Illinois.
Yes, the guaranteed clean bathrooms are a huge selling point. I try to avoid wandering the aisles during Buc-ee's stops because, yes, I would want to spend money. Go in, use the bathroom, buy coffee, then leave. Another strong selling point: there are many full-staffed registers open. I've never had to wait in line longer than 30 seconds.
Stopping at a hotel is what you do when you're driving across the country and get tired. Staying at a hotel is what you do when you make reservations at your vacation destination.
I generally have friends from work who are at least 10 years older than me but I'm usually the oldest person in the dojo. It used to concern me, but I've learned to not be afraid of being the young guy or the old guy in the room. It's useful to have a range of perspectives. Now that I'm running out of middle age, I've noticed that a lot of men, when they hit about 30 or so, just stop doing anything social. It's necessary to be intentional about starting and maintaining friendships. But it's worth the effort.
How bats carry deadly diseases without dying. Ok. Some. Bats rarely get sick? Uhh.. No. No in a big way. There's this disease called White Nose Syndrome that over the past several years has wiped out close to 90% of the brown bat population in the Northeast. It can kill up to 100% of a colony in hibernation. I had a nice little colony in a small patch of woods next to my house. Summer nights at sunset was great to sit on the porch and watch them come out. They'd fly all around the house taking out mosquitoes. That ended a long time ago.
Knowing the snake couldn't bite me with the frog in his mouth I grabbed him right behind the head, took the frog, and put it in my bait bucket.
Now the dilemma was how to release the snake without getting bit. So, I grabbed my bottle of Jack Daniels and poured a little whiskey in its mouth. His eyes rolled back, he went limp. I released him into the lake without incident and carried on fishing using the frog.
A little later, I felt a nudge on my foot. It was that darned snake, with two more frogs.
Reminds me of the Safe Baby Handling Tips.
I try to avoid wandering the aisles during Buc-ee's stops because, yes, I would want to spend money. Go in, use the bathroom, buy coffee, then leave.
Another strong selling point: there are many full-staffed registers open. I've never had to wait in line longer than 30 seconds.
Time-Life - your source - says 1,500 gallons per hour, but those are recent sources. Publications from 1945 say things like "The machine can make 500 gallons of ice cream a day —with storage space for 1500 gallons more." and "a special unit which turns out 10 gallons of ice cream every seven minutes". There is even a picture of one of the 125 hp refrigeration engines .
Now that I'm running out of middle age, I've noticed that a lot of men, when they hit about 30 or so, just stop doing anything social. It's necessary to be intentional about starting and maintaining friendships. But it's worth the effort.