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Post by barb43 on Aug 3, 2021 18:08:08 GMT
This man took a relatively poor-performing piece of equipment often found in households, restaurants, and other places and upgraded it to an invention in the early 20th century that many, if not most households, restaurants, and other places are still using today with frequency and little second thought.
Old photo & it's a little fuzzy, but good enough. It's the best I could find.
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Post by M. Hawbaker on Aug 4, 2021 15:09:54 GMT
Charles Strite who invented the pop up toaster?
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Post by barb43 on Aug 4, 2021 16:28:24 GMT
Yes! He made life easier for the average person with that invention.
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Post by M. Hawbaker on Aug 4, 2021 16:42:15 GMT
Yes! He made life easier for the average person with that invention. I remember when I was pretty little, my grandparents still had a gadget that was basically a long handle with two square metal plates at the end that you would clamp your bread between those plates and hold it in the fireplace. How times have changed.
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Post by barb43 on Aug 4, 2021 17:07:27 GMT
I remember when I was pretty little, my grandparents still had a gadget that was basically a long handle with two square metal plates at the end that you would clamp your bread between those plates and hold it in the fireplace. How times have changed. Wow! Those really do go way back! We had a 1960s-70s version of that when I was in Girl Scouts. We had fun making toast that way but we had to be pretty careful not to burn the bread.
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Post by M. Hawbaker on Aug 4, 2021 17:40:21 GMT
I remember when I was pretty little, my grandparents still had a gadget that was basically a long handle with two square metal plates at the end that you would clamp your bread between those plates and hold it in the fireplace. How times have changed. Wow! Those really do go way back! We had a 1960s-70s version of that when I was in Girl Scouts. We had fun making toast that way but we had to be pretty careful not to burn the bread. Your reference to burning the bread made me think of the last time my oldest great niece wanted to toast marshmallows. Her marshmallow got a little overdone:
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Post by M. Hawbaker on Aug 4, 2021 18:09:15 GMT
This late 19th and early 20th century British author produced many successful novels, poems, and plays; but he is most famous for a series of children's stories that were originally written to entertain his own son. In more modern times, those stories have been adapted in both animation and live action films.
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Post by barb43 on Aug 4, 2021 18:23:41 GMT
Your reference to burning the bread made me think of the last time my oldest great niece wanted to toast marshmallows. Her marshmallow got a little overdone: View Attachment Yeh, that happens pretty easily. I'll look for our new guy afterwhile ...
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Post by barb43 on Aug 8, 2021 0:13:25 GMT
A.A. Milne, author of Winnie the Pooh.
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Post by M. Hawbaker on Aug 8, 2021 0:27:08 GMT
Correct!
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Post by barb43 on Aug 8, 2021 3:12:08 GMT
This man graduated 3rd in his class at West Point. Adjectives like humble, modest, brave, resourceful, among many others, were used to describe him during his life and after his death. You'll find an interesting story about the final disposition of his remains, if you read up on him.
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Post by barb43 on Aug 25, 2021 23:54:56 GMT
In terms of casualties, he fought, and died, in the bloodiest battle of the war, tho it is not the battle most people would say was the bloodiest.
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Post by M. Hawbaker on Sept 20, 2021 17:44:43 GMT
This was a tough one, but I think that I finally found him.
Is this Joshua Woodrow Sill?
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Post by barb43 on Sept 20, 2021 18:40:57 GMT
Yes, the man Ft Sill is named for. I wanted to add a couple of things to this - I was so fascinated with the story of General Sill's life ... and the Stones River battle especially. I was at the office so couldn't get into this history then. Here' the history.net article on General Joshua Sill: ... I am saddened that his monument in Ohio is so deteriorated. I'm wondering if it has been renovated, or if this project has faded in the era of Covid. www.historynet.com/joshua-sill-hero-threatened-monument.htmThere's a great quote here by General Sheridan:
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Post by M. Hawbaker on Sept 25, 2021 13:16:48 GMT
This Chicago engineer's best known invention changed the way that we watch TV.
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