tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109157903763444447.post8839975311159264294..comments2023-10-18T12:55:50.552+00:00Comments on At Flores in the Azores: In days of old ...Neil Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15567487892239196569noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109157903763444447.post-89015186871457274182010-10-08T16:59:26.203+00:002010-10-08T16:59:26.203+00:00Are you battening down the hatches as Hurricane Ot...Are you battening down the hatches as Hurricane Otto approaches? Isn't it pretty rare for a storm to head NE from the Caribbean this way?<br /><br />http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at2.shtml?5-daynl?large#contentsKathiehttp://www.mycalifornianfriends.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109157903763444447.post-48559443505442814282010-10-05T15:10:06.441+00:002010-10-05T15:10:06.441+00:00Coincidentally, National Public Radio had a story ...Coincidentally, National Public Radio had a story this morning about the impending demise of the residential White Pages (being replaced increasing by Internet listings), going the way of rotary-dial phones and telephone booths. In relevant part:<br />= = = = = = = = = =<br /><br />"The White Pages, Where Anybody Could Be Somebody":<br />http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130332956<br /><br />...Take, for instance, Steve Martin's character in the 1979 film "The Jerk." For him, getting listed in the White Pages promised a rise to fortune and fame.<br /><br />In one famous scene, Martin's character interrupts his work at a gas station to yell with excitement, "The new phone book's here! The new phone book's here!"<br /><br />His boss at the gas station, played by Jackie Mason, is dubious. "I wish I could get that excited about nothing," he says.<br /><br />"Nothing?! Are you kidding?" Martin yells as he flips through the pages of listings. "Page 73. Johnson, Navin R. I'm somebody now!"<br /><br />...After all, as Steve Martin's character says: "Millions of people look at this book every day. This is the kind of spontaneous publicity -- your name in print -- that makes people!"Kathiehttp://www.mycalifornianfriends.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109157903763444447.post-38313007994453425632010-10-02T13:30:55.663+00:002010-10-02T13:30:55.663+00:00Oh I say, Miss Moffat or Mrs King please.Oh I say, Miss Moffat or Mrs King please.Dan Maskellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109157903763444447.post-70528593177558631442010-09-30T20:44:16.653+00:002010-09-30T20:44:16.653+00:00Marisa, I'd say roldana = "pulley" i...Marisa, I'd say roldana = "pulley" in English.<br /><br />I like to think of a clothesline as a solar dryer :-)Kathiehttp://www.mycalifornianfriends.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109157903763444447.post-28182222467734116422010-09-30T09:49:51.065+00:002010-09-30T09:49:51.065+00:00Roldana: Sheave, roller, pulley, trolley wheel.......Roldana: Sheave, roller, pulley, trolley wheel.....<br />Choose one of them.Marisanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4109157903763444447.post-20160479230826517012010-09-30T09:47:22.108+00:002010-09-30T09:47:22.108+00:00ehehhehe, that's roldana, not "nha"....ehehhehe, that's roldana, not "nha". I have one of those in Fajã-Grande, it used to be attached to the Espírito Santo Flag post,in Casa de Cima, but it was not nice, then we place it in a tube just for the purpose.Marisanoreply@blogger.com