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Foldable electric car

bikesafe — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:52:48 +0000

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St Louis thanks Iraq veterans for their service

bikesafe — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:41:07 +0000

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“First It Was the Catholics”

bikesafe — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:03:58 +0000

Thanks to Sharon K for the link to the article (top):

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FETE DE GLACE

bikesafe — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:29:23 +0000

Right now the weather looks good for the event. A few images from my 2010 visit are below:

Saturday, January 28, 2012
Historic St. Charles Downtown District
9:30 am – 3:30 pm
Fete de Glace (The Festival of Ice) is an outdoor ice-carving competition where skilled carvers from around the region turn blocks of ice into amazing creations while spectators watch the ice chips fly. Coffee, hot chocolate, and fire pits are available to keep everybody warm.
Free
For more information call 636-946-1898

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Haunting Portraits of the Homeless

bikesafe — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:07:45 +0000

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Tree Rat Attacks Bird Feeder

bikesafe — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:15:46 +0000

This little guy gave it a valiant effort but did not reach the feeding rail. Had he reached the feeding rail much to his chagrin the doors to the feeding ports would have closed. The feeding rails are designed to only support the weight of several birds and anything heavier will close the metal doors to the feeding portals. So far it has worked flawlessly but you never know when a wily squirrel will show up with a tree hook to hang onto while he devours the seeds.

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Movie of Civil War soldiers reunited – priceless

bikesafe — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:30:50 +0000

Thanks to Dennis V for the below link:

In the movie you will see the below rock wall and barn shown in the photo I took at Gettysburg during my visit in 2001. The wall you see is the wall Union soldiers were crouching behind for protection from Confederate fire (to better see the wall double-click image). Robert E Lee sent over 12,000 soldiers across the huge open field with no cover from the Union rifle and cannon fire. I have seen estimates stating 10,000 of those 12,000 men were slaughtered in the unbelievable carnage of Pickett’s Charge. To me it was a very bad decision to attack dug in troops in such a manner and some historians have blamed it on a strange illness Lee suffered several weeks before the battle. Some believe his illness was actually a stroke and Lee’s cognitive function was impaired. Whatever the cause it was certainly a costly decision for the Confederacy and Gettysburg was the beginning of the end of the Confederacy.

My photo

Photo from the below movie

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