Posted on 08/27/2015 4:56:35 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
lol...
You had to see that coming.
Well, actually I didn’t. I’m not much of a movie or television buff. Hardly watch ‘em.
OK, this is way off topic, but as you can see the workload today is less than usual, so...
I live in central Florida. Towns here are named after people, or are descriptions of the area and/or the climate. Haines City, Plant City, Kathleen, Babson Park, Sebring, Bartow, and Fort Meade are named after people. Winter Haven and Frostproof are named for the climate. Lakeland, Mulberry, Green Pond, Lake Wales, Zephyrhills, and Groveland are all descriptions of the area. There are also two types of names that are somewhat unique to America: Indian names such as Kissimmee, Wauchula, Narcoossee, and Thonotosassa, and names brought from Europe such as Dundee.
There is one other town in the area whose name makes no sense, and I cannot find out how it was named: Medulla. When it was named that in the 1880s the medulla oblongata was still called "the bulb," and in any case "medulla" means "bone marrow," which is an odd name for a town. Incidentally, before it was called Medulla it was called Spring Hill, because it was--you guessed it--on a hill with a spring. That doesn't mean there isn't a Spring Hill in FL, of course; there is one, about 50 miles north of Tampa, except that it isn't on a hill, and doesn't have a spring.
So, I’m dying to know, what does “chajin” mean?
Our longest street, Colfax, was named for U.S. Grant's first Vice President who was kicked off the ticket because of the Credit Mobilier scandal. Somewhat appropriately, Colfax was once called the "wickedest street in America" but it has cleaned up considerably since then.
I however, live on a beautiful street unfortunately named for a number. But, people can find me.
” It appears very few place names in the United States are descriptive of the place.”
IMO, mostly true for cities and towns. Out in the rural areas a lot of places are named for descriptions.
茶人, literally "tea person," a Japanese term referring to someone who is involved in the study and practice of the Japanese tea ceremony.
I studied and later taught in the Omotesenke school of Japanese tea ceremony for over 30 years, though in the last few years a combination of personal and family situations has kept me from getting any deeper into it.
“the medulla oblongata?”
The medulla oblongata...is where anger, jealousy
and aggression come from.
Now, is there anybody here can tell me where happiness comes from?
- Anyone?
All right, let’s hear what Mama has to say on the subject.
Mama say that happiness is from magic rays of sunshine that come down when you feelin’ blue.
Well, folks, Mama’s wrong again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfC4u5GCy3I
Thank you for your contributions to these threads. Always very informative.
I hope you find time to help keep this group together. I know the daily posts will cease, but if you run across something that you think will be of interest, you will continue to ping us.
I won’t be deleting the class roster.
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