I don't think we've got the varnish thing yet, after all, Sam thought it was an invention that would take in the world, which sounds pretty momentous. It must have had some naval use, he presented it to the Board and they were well pleased. Varnishing charts seems like the obvious use, but take in the world?
Thanks, A.Hamilton 2009, I never thought to wonder where the word customer came from. Are the " "s around the word in the diary, or added by the editors later, and what do they indicate?
A quote attributed to Dirksen when asked about the "A billion here, a billion there..." quote: "Oh, I never said that. A newspaper fella misquoted me once, and I thought it sounded so good that I never bothered to deny it." From Wikiquote.
Perhaps Sam killed some time with Nan waiting for the tide to turn, since they had to shoot the bridge at night. Not that I know which would be more dangerous, shooting the bridge with or against the tide.
The "animated horse hair" would be one of the many species of horsehair worm, a fascinating parasite of insects, crickets in the case of my common local one.
I think this has come up before, C in B of ten years ago, but "Corinthian leather" was invented by an ad agency for Chrysler in the US in the 70s, it doesn't really exist. Unicorn binding might look good though, if the bindery has run out of tanned Corinthians.
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About Friday 7 September 1666
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the wiki tells me that it traditionally means not mechanically printed or reproduced, so hand written, typed, but the meaning has broadened now.
About Friday 7 September 1666
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MS = manuscript
About Wednesday 11 July 1666
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I don't think we've got the varnish thing yet, after all, Sam thought it was an invention that would take in the world, which sounds pretty momentous. It must have had some naval use, he presented it to the Board and they were well pleased. Varnishing charts seems like the obvious use, but take in the world?
About Monday 25 June 1666
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And don't forget the "orange girls", including Sam's "pretty, witty Nell".
About Tuesday 29 May 1666
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"small invitation"?
About Saturday 24 February 1665/66
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Thanks Ruben a decade in the past, a wonderful link.
About Wednesday 31 January 1665/66
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Thanks, A.Hamilton 2009, I never thought to wonder where the word customer came from. Are the " "s around the word in the diary, or added by the editors later, and what do they indicate?
About Monday 25 December 1665
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Merry Christmas to Phil, the ghosts of annotators past, and alla y'all, thanks everyone. rb
About Tuesday 3 October 1665
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Thanks, SDS, very informative.
About Tuesday 18 July 1665
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Some school districts in Maine still schedule breaks for the potato harvest, Sept 21 to Oct 10 in one district.
About Friday 14 July 1665
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A quote attributed to Dirksen when asked about the "A billion here, a billion there..." quote: "Oh, I never said that. A newspaper fella misquoted me once, and I thought it sounded so good that I never bothered to deny it." From Wikiquote.
About Thursday 13 July 1665
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How quickly we (I) forget, thanks.
About Thursday 13 July 1665
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Did some or all the servants relocate with Bess? That might account for Sam having to scrounge his meals this week.
About Wednesday 12 July 1665
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Perhaps Sam killed some time with Nan waiting for the tide to turn, since they had to shoot the bridge at night. Not that I know which would be more dangerous, shooting the bridge with or against the tide.
About Friday 7 July 1665
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" a kind of wine with a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain", thank you Wiktionary.
About Wednesday 3 May 1665
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The internet tells me I'm wrong, but "Suffumigation" sounds to me like it could have been made up by Homer Simpson, much like saxamaphone.
About Wednesday 26 April 1665
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The "animated horse hair" would be one of the many species of horsehair worm, a fascinating parasite of insects, crickets in the case of my common local one.
About Tuesday 28 February 1664/65
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JWB of 2008: There was a small 4.4 earthquake near Swansea Feb 17 this year. Similar ones every 2-3 years says the BGS.
About Thursday 12 January 1664/65
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To echo SDS, why would the Dutch release the shipment of masts??
About Thursday 29 December 1664
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I think this has come up before, C in B of ten years ago, but "Corinthian leather" was invented by an ad agency for Chrysler in the US in the 70s, it doesn't really exist. Unicorn binding might look good though, if the bindery has run out of tanned Corinthians.