Today we honor George Washington and Abe Lincoln. Years ago we honored both presidents on their own days and not on one day. With the way it is done today you can lose site of what each one stands for. Personally I think we should go back to individual holidays.
What honks me off about it, it is a good excuse for retail. Big sales are to be had instead of honoring each president respectfully. Then again each one is on a bill.
Whitney was laid to rest yesterday. The had tents over the grave site to give the family their privacy and dignity. And wouldn't you know it, the media had telephoto lens on the cameras so it was a good thing they put up tents. Now let her rest in peace.
What the gov. in NJ did was wrong in a way. He ordered he flags to half staff for Whitney. OK what about our vets that have been killed in the mid east? He never lowered the flag for them and they gave theirs lives for this country.
There was a chance to see the northern lights last night. It was reported that as far south as Nebraska you could see them. But how far south in Nebraska? East Egg and Nebraska are about 41 degrees North latitude. But at the same token the lights are usually in an oval when looking down from outer space. So even though you might see them in Nebraska there would have been no guarantee that you would see them from East Egg. Plus it was overcast last night as well.
Every morning I look at the webcam outside of Sloppy Joe's and it looks like that it rained every night in the early hours. The sidewalk is wet as well as the gutter in the road. Every morning. The I decided to look at the archive footage and my question was answered. The rain was from a hose of a worker washing down the sidewalk.
Viewing the footage it looks like that there is almost non-stop foot traffic there. Reminds me of NYC.
Saw two cruise ships in Key West from the Mallory Square cam. One was tied up and one was docking. It is impressive how they maneuver those ships without tug boats. I bet they all have thrusters under water to help them dock.
One thing about the webcams is the images are not that great. The image is in what more of a thumbnail which is hard to see to begin with. You can right click and make it fill the screen but the resolution goes to hell real fast. Here is an idea for the webmasters page designers, make the images larger to begin with and you will not lose resolution. There is no harm in making the image say 800x600. It can help drive business there.
I'm off from work today, thankfully. But I have a lot to do around the house. So...
'till next time.
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