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Wednesday -
August 20, 2008
Crowella
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"Caw!
Caw! Careful...that ain't a Tootsie Roll floating in Georges Pond! Graaack!"
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Happy
Birthday
Bill Belatty, Jr.
Mya Miller |
Happy Anniversary
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| Tomorrow..... |
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Megan
Lynn Walker
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Today's
Favorite Tugwassah
Tattlah Vendor
MoXie
Man!
Small Tractor Work
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August
20,
1940 |
"The only good commie is a dead
commie."
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Sergeant Rock of Easy Company, Chosin Reservoir, 1950
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| Yep, Sgt Rock hit it right on the head.
That is one very dead (and very famous) commie and he was hit on the
head...with an ice
pick (ow!)....on this day along our happy Tugwassah Time Line.
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- There's
a new art gallery over in Hancock that showcases Maine made works by a
number of local artists. Well, it was new in July and we, as usual, are
late in reporting it. It's called Artful
Treasures and it's located on Route 1, next to the
Hancock Post Office. The lady who owns it is Carolyn Bucklin and
the gallery includes treasures made by our friends, John Mullins and Linda Walton. The
hours are 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM, Monday through Saturday. If you visit,
which we sincerely recommend, you'll have a chance to buy one or more
of John's original paintings or Linda's decoratively painted plates,
candy dishes, hat boxes, etc. Here are some pictures to whet your
artistic appetite....
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Linda's
Artwork
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John's Paintings
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John and Linda
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- Recently,
we took another trip to Reggi's Way in the Middle of Nowhere, USA. We
journeyed in the company of John
and Sandy Mullins and Sandy has been good enough to take
the pressure off us by chronicling the trip on her blog. You can read
all about it and see pictures by clicking
here. You'll have to scroll down when you get there.
- There
was a spy at the Eastbrook Grange Breakfast this past Sunday. Carefully
investigating the biscuits, baked beans, eggs, sausage, bacon, and
pancakes was none other than Franklin Fire Chief Bob Grindle. Why? It
could only have been intelligence gathering in advance of the FVFD's
own breakfast this coming Sunday.....
- There's
an odiferous rumor emanating from the shore of Georges Pond. Seems
that Franklin's favorite summer spot is now being patrolled by self
appointed waterborne septic system vigilantes. Armed with binoculars,
nets, and buckets, they set forth aboard their vessel, THE FECAL
WARRIOR, in hopes of discovering evidence of septic effluent
being delivered to the formerly pristine waters of the pond. One must
wonder if the next step will be citizen's arrests of swimmers suspected
of underwater peeing. In an effort to mollify the vigilantes, the same
mysterious benevolent benefactor who installed the diving
board has once again contributed to everyone's overall enjoyment of the
pond....
- This
past weekend, Merle
Cousins and his longtime friend, Gardner Mitchell,
took a trip up to Wiscasset to see the races. No sooner was Merle gone
than Bruce Carter
had his fingers in Merle's new gloves.
- Been to Hellsworth lately? What do you think of all
that great landscaping and new road design at the Maine Coast
Mall? One picture is worth.......
- Some
Franklin residents are in a tizzy about an electricity enterprise in
the works by Bangor Hydro. It's called the Down East Reliability
Project and will involve a new 115KV transmission line from Ellsworth
to Harrington. The power poles will be 70 feet tall and will go right
through Franklin along the railroad tracks. Hydro representatives have
been contacting Franklin property owners to discuss purchasing
easements for the line installation. Considering the traditional
resistance of Franklin residents to anything new, like answering
machines and web sites for instance, we predict that BHE is about to
find out what happens when you hit a nest of hornets up close with a
baseball bat. Isn't it interesting how this just happens to coincide
with the idiotic Sunrise Rails to Trails project? Stay tuned, there
will be a lot more analysis forthcoming.
- Bobbing in the Wake
-It
just doesn't happen like this in real life. Yet it did. The Sunday
before last, as we were getting ready to leave Franklin for another
week at Camp Tugwassah, catastrophe struck. We turned on the
main computer of franklinmaine.net and got.....THE BLACK SCREEN OF
DEATH!!! Panic set in instantly. Followed by anger, frustration, and
fear. The damn computer was less than two years old and this was the
second time it happened to us with a relatively new PC. I had to cool
my heels and delay our departure until I could talk to the service
department at Circuit City, where we bought the computer.
Finally,
after negotiating the usual exasperating series of phone menus, I was
able to speak to someone at the Bangor store. Convinced in advance that
this was going to be a wasted effort, I asked him what he would do if
it was his computer. I was astonished when he said....."Do this, do
that, check this, check that. Then if that doesn't work, .......your
motherboard is fried". I had actually received free helpful advice from
a
store geek for a PC that was out of warranty! That made me feel a whole
lot better about Circuit City, I must say.
Well, there was no time to
frig around with it further. We had to get to camp. And so, I agonized
all week. Was my PC really beyond hope? If it was, that would mean I
would have to spend money (a repulsive thought) to buy a new Windows
Vista machine (an even more repulsive thought).
Upon our return to Franklin, while Mrs. Webmaster was canning her third
batch of green beans, I pulled out my ET tweaker and got to work. I did
what the tech suggested. I killed all power to the machine, opened it
up, and pulled out the modem. Then I extracted the battery, checked
that its voltage was ok, and reset the CMOS. Then I powered it back up
and....no change. Dead motherboard. Doom. Despair.
And then, I got to thinking about one of my favorite lines from
TV.....BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE! Well, in this case, there was one more
thing I could try. I shut 'er back down and pulled one of the two
sticks of RAM. Turning it back on, IT WORKED! I couldn't believe it! We
were back in business, albeit at a much slower speed.
The next step was to confirm the diagnosis. I replaced the RAM card and
the black screen returned. Taking it out got the PC to run. Whew! What
a relief. Then I got to looking at the stick of RAM. It was the one
that I had bought on line shortly after I bought the computer in
October of 2006. The company I got it from is called 4AllMemory and I
had all my sales receipts. So I gave them a call on their toll free
number.
Being the congenital pessimist that I am, I figured that I was wasting
my time. The RAM had cost me $125, but I was so happy that the PC was
working that I was ready to buy some more, regardless. I spoke
with a very nice young lady who said......"Oh no, sir. That memory
stick has a lifetime warranty. All you have to do is send it back to us
and we'll send you a new one right away." Holy Megabucks, Batman! As we
said, it doesn't happen like this in real life. By the way, if you're
looking to buy additional RAM for your PC, we HIGHLY recommend 4All
Memory, now the official memory supplier of franklinmaine.net. |
