The Hobbit Hole IV – The Road Goes Ever On…

[Wneighbor]

And to think I used to live in the top ten!

Tell ya what, I will give you half my posts and then we'll both still be in the top 10!

My treat.

[Prof Engineer]

The ole Castle float down the hill yet?

[Wneighbor]

A broken keyboard? Christmas.

THAT does not sound like the number 1 prize. I should get a new voice activated system so I don't even have to type anymore.

[msdrby]

Rosie, I have a great story starter that I never followed up with (I think I stopped writing at 200 or 300 words. It is only two enticing paragraphs. It could go in so many ways. You are more than welcome to it if you're inerested.

[Prof Engineer]

That would just let you post MORE. It sounded as if your intention was for LESS.

[msdrby]

Not yet, but I just about floated down the road on the way home from picking up Spiderboy.

[Prof Engineer]

Take a look at the TXDOT cameras.

High Five Project @ US 75 @ IH 635 SE1

My usual onramp
US 75 @ Walnut Hill

[msdrby]

UGH! My crown just cracked in half. I already know I'm sensitive to cold, cuz I tried to take a drink of water. Don't wanna try heat yet. I don't think I can chew anything solid tonight. So much for the stew.

I know we have mashed taties. I am gonna look for some cream of wheat or some grits. If all else fails, I will try to eat some broth.

I feel like I am walking under a stormcloud. Oh wait, I AM. The major highways are all flooded BTW. Be careful on the roads.

[Rose in RoseBear]

Corin, have you listed the enslaved in the will with Afrigeneas? If not, do! Afrigeneas is a website devoted to "black" genealogy; they maintain a list of enslaved data from wills and other papers.

Such a list is an enormous aid to black researchers who need that information; sometimes that's the only written record of an enslaved ancestor. The only way I was able to nail down my mother's ancestors was to contact the county they came from and ask the county clerk for all wills, testaments, bills of sale, and other filed papers that mentioned anyone enslaved. I found my mamma's people --- who later took the name BULLOCK(S) --- in a pre-Emancipation will of a RAGLAND widow.

They were from Virginia originally ...!

The link for sharing slave data is here. And thanks in advance ... it really does help!

[Argh]

Humourous remark at # 29 of a Christopher-Lee-got-cut-from-ROTK thread.

[NewCenturions]

Wow! I made The List!

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Yup, and now you will next week too!

[NewCenturions]

Thank you. This week won't be a total waste. Kind of cheers me up after a long day at work!

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

You're welcome, always glad to be of help!

[Overtaxed]

Yay!!! The desktop survived the trip!

[Corin Stormhands]

Am I still in contention for one of the big bowl threads?

[Corin Stormhands]

Corin, have you listed the enslaved in the will with Afrigeneas? If not, do! Afrigeneas is a website devoted to "black" genealogy; they maintain a list of enslaved data from wills and other papers.

I don't have any names (yet). All I have really is a vague reference in the will, and that's not even where I got the number (8). But I'll save the link and if I find anything I'll be sure to post.

There's some speculation that we have some African American blood in our line. We know there's some American Indian (that's the PC term for Virginia Indians) in there. I have the first name of one ancestor on a census with her husband (our family surname), but I have no "maiden" name for her, so I'm fairly sure that she's the American Indian.

I haven't really spent a lot of time on this since Luke was born (gee, wonder why). But when we get my m-i-l settled and the house back in some range of order, I want to get back to work on this.

[JenB]

Oh, Rosie, I hope that turned out ok... it's such a bummer to lose something you've sweated over!

My day wasn't too terrible. I had a test in Unix and I think I got about 100% on it.

[g'nad]

I'm sorry I haven't checked in... been busy...

For those of you who haven't heard, Col Mitchell Paige, USMC (Ret) Congressional Medal of Honor holder, died tis weekend... the news brought a tear to muh eye...

Here's the e-mail I forwarded with the news...

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We've lost another true American Hero... God rest his soul... Col Paige has earned it... I've heard him speak on several occasions, a more noble, modest, and patriotic citizen of the Republic would be hard to find... We were honored by his heroic service...

It is with great regret I note the passing of a Marine legend this weekend. Colonel Mitchell Paige, USMC (Ret) passed away early yesterday morning. One of the first things I remember my father telling me about Guadalcanal was how men like Colonel Paige secured Henderson Field so that the air element at Guadalcanal could come aboard. I was privileged to have had Colonel Paige on this distribution for the past three years. The following note was passed by his wife...

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Dear Friends:
My beloved husband, sweetheart, friend and hero passed away in my arms at 3:50 am this morning, November 15, 2003, of congestive heart failure. His long struggle with his heart is over and he is joyfully with the Lord where there is more peace and love than this earth knows.

Your friend,
Marilyn Paige

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Services tentatively are to he held at Riverside National Cemetery in Southern California on 24 November Monday. The date & time are not secured ... please check with their internet link. Riverside Cemetery, 22495 Van Buren Blvd. Riverside, CA 92518 / (909) 653-8417 http://www.interment.net/data/us/ca/riverside/rivnat/
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Epilogue: sent 26 October 2003

Guadalcanal: 26 October 1942 (Sixty-one Years ago today.)

Sergeant Mitch Paige and his machine gun platoon (36 Marines) were the only force standing between a Japanese Regiment and their plan to shove the First Marine Division from a fragile beachhead back into the sea. This 1500 man enemy regiment attacked all night. By the next morning Sergeant Paige was the only Leatherneck not killed or wounded. Nine Hundred and twenty enemy causalities were in front of his seven water cooled-thirty caliber machine guns. It had been one horrific night filled with hand to hand combat. The remaining attackers fled at sunrise back down the hill to their regimental command post as they were chased and shot by Sergeant Paige.

President Roosevelt awarded the Medal of Honor to Mitch and a battlefield promotion to Lieutenant. This critical action in America's first offensive pacific campaign of the war was a turning point. Our Marines went on to victory throughout the South Pacific.

Mitch always a humble man when recently asked by Colonel Bates and Major Prentice about his World War II action, he simply states, "I was just doing the job I was trained to do."

Today's Mitch Paige has the same humility, the same candor and the same love of America he has always had. Our country and Marines, past, present, and future, are lucky to have .... a Marine named Mitch.

Last August 31, Mitch Paige turned 85 and is still fighting a battle against heart disease in Southern California.

This is a special year to remember Colonel Mitch and his charming wife Marilyn.

Lest we forget....

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I have the events of Bloody Ridge in his own words... if anyone's interested...

Let us cross over the river, and rest on the other side... save me a spot Colonel... cain't wait to hear yer voice again...

[g'nad]

mmmmmmmm... geneology...