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What up what up what up!?! And a cold GOOD MORNING! to you all. Cold and clear-ish anyway! Today’s bit o trivia: SS Edmund Fitzgerald. So, this morning at about 4am, this song by Gordon Lightfoot came into my head. No reason other than it just did. The Great Lakes are just that “GREAT.” TheseContinue reading “Ed-vise Episode 63”

What up what up what up!?!?! And GOOOD MORNING! to you all! Today’s bit o trivia: P.B.S. Pinchback. That is such a cool name. Besides having a cool name, he also has a, shall we say, unique family. See, his mom was a slave (literally) to his father Mr. Pinchback. Mr. Pinchback was a whiteContinue reading “Ed-vise Episode 62”

Another Seaside Oregon GOOOODD MORNING! in the tone of Adrian Cronauer in “Good Morning Vietnam” Today’s bit o trivia: Gotta give props to Chuck Yeager. Mr. “Right Stuff” himself. He passed away last night at 97. Coming out of West Virginia to fight the “Big War” he started out as an aircraft mechanic. Why? BecauseContinue reading “Ed-vise Episode 61”

Well a fine and cold GOOD MORNING! to you all! Time for another episode of Ed-vise!!! Today’s bit o trivia: Meyer London. This was a congressman out of New York. Now, in the early 1900s we decided to go to war against Germany and against Austria-Hungary. It is the house of representatives that introduce theContinue reading “Ed-vise Episode 60”

Another cooolld in the garage GOOD MORNING to you all! Morning walk with Hershey was beautiful with a 3/4 moon and stars. It was a Ver Nice! Today’s bit o trivia: Bhopal India. Capital city in the state of Madhya Pradesh and home of the Bhopal Badshahs hockey team! Yeah, that’s right, India plays hockey!Continue reading “Ed-vise Episode 59”

It’s a windy GOOD MORNING to you all my faithful seekers of Truth, Justice, and the ‘Merican Way…as George Reeves aka Superman, liked to say back in the early days of TV! Today’s bit o trivia: The War on Cancer. I came up with this one as a bit of conspiracy while thinking about theContinue reading “Ed-vise Episode 58”

A coooolllldddd GOOD MORNING to you all! Holy cats! this mornings walk was cold…BRRRRRRR! Today’s bit o trivia: Gas Rationing. Back in 1942, we (the US) was engaged in what we call WW-deuce (WW2). Well, the military needed rubber in a big way. Why? Because Japan had done a good job of cutting off rubberContinue reading “Ed-vise Episode 57”

What up what up what up and a wonderful GOOD MORNING to you all! Started off the morning with a dog walk and one “poop bag.” Needed two. Not good and a bit of a challenge to do clean up but I made it happen! Today’s bit o trivia: MS Achille Lauro. This was TomContinue reading “Ed-vise Episode 56”

An “I Can’t Drive 55” GOOD MORNING to you all from Seaside! Apologies for not posting yesterday. I was caught up in seeing family I hadn’t seen in a bit. Today’s bit o trivia: Black Friday. It’s called Black Friday because it relates to the bookkeeping a business does at the end of the year.Continue reading “Ed-vise Episode 55”

A rainy GOOD MORNING to you all from a beautiful rainy morning in Seaside!!! Thought it was snowing but turns out it was just big rain drops! Today’s bit o trivia: The Hyphen War. Yup. Hyphen. Like the line you put between words and not warring families. See, back in 1900s there was this countryContinue reading “Ed-vise Episode 54”