Gosh, I'm dumb -- put in the title and hit enter instead of tab. I'm probably not going to live long enough to learn how to properly use a computer.
Anyway, on the Little Rock thing -- my boss and I are going over there Thursday and Friday to visit the Jason Hydrotherapy bathtub factory. Hydrotherapy is a big word meaning that it has water jets.
Jason also makes air tubs and/or a combination of air jets and water jets with optional remote control and mood lights. Now days one can really make bathing an experience. Also, they manufacture tubs with all of the above that will accommodate two people. If any of you are interested, let me know.
Remo V. Jacuzzi, owner of Jason, is going to treat us to dinner at Loca Luna and Graffiti's -- if any of you are familiar with Little Rock and these two restaurants, I would like a little review. If they are bad maybe I can smuggle in a Big Mac.
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A Really Odd Bit of News
A Japanese bike rider rode for 1.2 miles after hitting a safety barrier and severing his leg. He said that he felt extreme pain upon hitting the barrier but did not notice his leg was missing. I suppose he peddled with one leg, but how on earth does one not miss a body part? A companion rider picked up the limb and took it to the hospital, but it was too badly crushed to re-attach.
This story is a little too weird, but it was reported by Rueters.
Chinese At It Again
Mattel, Inc. is recalling 7.5 million toys including Polly Pocket and Batman action figures plus and additional 1.5 million die-cast cars containing -- you guessed it -- too much lead in their paint. They apparently have failed to take my Sherwin-Williams advice posted earlier.
Here is the shocker. More than 80% of the toys sold worldwide are manufactured in China. It is to be expected that toys sellers are getting just a wee bit nervous over these Chinese problems.
Looks like Santa is going to be bringing just fruits and nuts this Christmas.
President Lincoln Had Facial Defect
A recent study that included laser scans of two life masks, made from plaster casts of Lincoln's face, revealed that the 16th president had an unusual degree of facial asymmetry.
We all knew that Old Abe was not a very handsome man, but the left side of his face was smaller than the right. For you medical people this is a condition known as cranial facial microsomia.
According to the report the ailment joined a long list of maladies that afflicted Lincoln including smallpox, heart disease and depression. However, nowhere in the study did it indicate that he suffered from "Clintonitis" -- a sexual appetite condition.
More news later.
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I just read an interesting book about Lincoln called "Team of Rivals". Ole Abe definitely had a lot of maladies, but, oddly enough, the author contends that depression wasn't one of them (she believes Lincoln was just a melacholy sort of spirit--I tend to agree with you that he struggled against depression) and she sort of implied that Lincoln would engage in rendevous with prairie-town prostitutes before he was married (Tricia did not like that version of Abe).
One my favorite parts of the story was after Lincoln's first very serious love died and he was forced to start dating again, even though he would still weep over the deceased's grave. He eventually settled on a girl and the whole town assumed they would marry. He asked her to marry him in a letter in which he basically told her "You can marry me, but my life will be miserable and I think you will hate it and I really don't like you much anyway." She chose not to accept, and then he found Mary Todd.
Anyway, that name of the book is Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln and is very good.
Thanks for the comment and all of the info. I remember a Raymond Massey film of around 1940 that depicted most of the stuff about Abe's Illinois experiences. I vaguely remember the part about the letter, but I'm not sure if it was in the film.
I did not know anything about implications of rendevous with prairie-town prostitutes, but it's certainly possible. A lot of politicians, past and present, have fallen into that ditch.
Thanks again.
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