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Musings of an old man: October 2009

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Musings of an old man. Thoughts on life and living from down the road a ways. Friday, October 30, 2009. How Many of Me? Our librarian at work is always sending out links to interesting web sites. This is one she sent today. There are 2,626,763. People in the U.S. with the first name Richard. Statistically the 8th most popular first name. 9977 percent of people with the first name Richard are male. There are 141,834. People in the U.S. with the last name Lawrence. Famous people with the last name Lawrence:.

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Musings of an old man: January 2010

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Musings of an old man. Thoughts on life and living from down the road a ways. Saturday, January 30, 2010. The portrait artist was Charles Willson Peale. April 15, 1741 – February 22, 1827) an American. Soldier and naturalist. He is best known for his portraits of George Washington. In January 2005, his full length portrait of " Washington at Princeton. From 1779 sold for $21.3 million dollars, setting a record for the highest price paid for an American portrait, according to Wikipedia. Links to this post.

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Musings of an old man: February 2010

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Musings of an old man. Thoughts on life and living from down the road a ways. Monday, February 15, 2010. Things I hope you will teach my grandchildren. It is interesting that the style of writing is reminiscent of the Book of Mormon. The long complex sentences being one of the things that make it difficult to read. This was written in the mid to late 1700s not many years before Joseph Smith was born and the prevailing style of writing was probably very similar in Joseph Smiths day. Links to this post.

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Musings of an old man: ISWEEEP

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Musings of an old man. Thoughts on life and living from down the road a ways. Friday, May 7, 2010. Its been a while since I posted. For those, if any, who wonder what I have been up to and exactly what I do for a living these days, this is a part of it. They encourage kids to wear traditional costumes from their countries and have a flag show as part of the opening ceremony. One kid from each country brings the flag of his country to the stage. Afterward they had a country singer perform. Ah, I have been...

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Musings of an old man: Growth of the Church.

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Musings of an old man. Thoughts on life and living from down the road a ways. Sunday, August 28, 2011. Growth of the Church. I was browsing through a 2010 Church Almanac the other day and was amazed at the growth of the Church in the area of my Mission. For just one example, in my last area I was zone leader in Trujillo, Peru in 1968. Plaza de Armas, Trujillo. And our zone included Chiclayo also. Main Square, Chiclayo. If I remember correctly it was 6 missionaries and 2 branches. I went to Trujillo when ...

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Musings of an old man: June 2009

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Musings of an old man. Thoughts on life and living from down the road a ways. Sunday, June 28, 2009. Links to this post. Friday, June 26, 2009. And this is the pile of chunks that are bigger than the recycling center will accept (nothing over 6" in diameter). They will remain in our driveway unil it is our turn for brush and large item pick up again (sometime in Sept - Nov). The fine is something like $2000 a day if you leave stuff on the curb when it is not your turn. Links to this post.

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Musings of an old man: August 2009

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Musings of an old man. Thoughts on life and living from down the road a ways. Wednesday, August 26, 2009. For those who remember what the living room was like, this is the area were the half-wall was that we removed. (notice the open closet without a door). This one gives an idea what the ceiling looks like after we scraped the popcorn off and re-textured, thanks to Jenny's technique and Janet's help. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Brent and Laura Stringham.

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Musings of an old man: March 2010

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Musings of an old man. Thoughts on life and living from down the road a ways. Thursday, March 18, 2010. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). High School Chemistry Teacher, Father of 6. Grandfather of 12. View my complete profile. Brent and Laura Stringham. Cameron and Leslie Jackson. Dan and Jenny Rahr. Dave and Lynda Barron. Jared and Mary Lawrence. John and Danielle Barron. John and Kathy Lawrence. John and Megan Carter. Joseph and Joanna Bruner. Kyle and Desirae Young. Spencer and Lila Young.

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Musings of an old man: November 2009

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Musings of an old man. Thoughts on life and living from down the road a ways. Wednesday, November 18, 2009. Interesting information on the Hulets. I found some interesting information in a blog about the Hulets. This one shows the Native American ancestors which are disputed by others. It also has histories of many of the Hulet ancestors. This one has a video of the Charles Hulet farm area and the Sylvanus Hulet grave headstone in Ohio. (Click on the First LDS Member. Links to this post.