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RT
Master Cruncher USA - Texas - DFW Joined: Dec 22, 2004 Post Count: 2636 Status: Offline Project Badges: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I had meant to ask you what kind of a tree is that in Wine7 with the young fellow posing. Is it a cypress? I bought a Hollywood cypress some years ago and it is growing just fine in the same place where I planted it at the time. It is hard to imagine it getting to the size of the one in the picture. As for the picture of you in #45, I had missed you the first time around. Isn't that ypu in #46 walking up the road with the trees above you? That does give a to-scale size of you and the tree above you. And isn't that you in NorthernCalif1 14 / 57? You can see me better in #46...that is why I pointed out #45...I am more handsome in it. ![]() Yes, That is me also in NorthernCallifCoast10, SequoiaNationaPark11 and SequoiaNationaPark16. That tree in Wine7 is at the Berringer Winery just North of St. Helena, Calif. The winery is so picturesque and historic and if you look at it using Google earth or similar you can see that across the highway (128/29 aka "Main St.") you will see the real winery...looks like a refinery from overhead. ![]() |
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GeraldRube
Master Cruncher United States Joined: Nov 20, 2004 Post Count: 2153 Status: Offline Project Badges: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Table Cloth
----------------------------------------The brand new pastor and his wife, newly assigned to their first ministry, to reopen a church in suburban Brooklyn, arrived in early October excited about their opportunities. When they saw their church, it was very run down and needed much work. They set a goal to have everything done in time to have their first service on Christmas Eve. They worked hard, repairing pews, plastering walls, painting, etc. and on Dec 18 were ahead of schedule and just about finished. On Dec 19 a terrible tempest - a driving rainstorm - hit the area and lasted for two days. On the 21st, the pastor went over to the church. His heart sank when he saw that the roof had leaked, causing a large area of plaster about 20 feet by 8 feet to fall off the front wall of the sanctuary just behind the pulpit, beginning about head high. The pastor cleaned up the mess on the floor, and not knowing what else to do but postpone the Christmas Eve service, headed home. On the way he noticed that a local business was having a flea market type sale for charity so he stopped in. One of the items was a beautiful, handmade,ivory colored, crocheted tablecloth with exquisite work, fine colors and a Cross embroidered right in the center. It was just the right size to cover up the hole in the front wall. He bought it and headed back to the church. By this time it had started to snow. An older woman running from the opposite direction was trying to catch the bus. She missed it. The pastor invited her to wait in the warm church for the next bus 45 minutes later. She sat in a pew and paid no attention to the pastor while he got a ladder, hangers, etc., to put up the tablecloth as a wall tapestry. The pastor could hardly believe how beautiful it looked and it covered up the entire problem area. Then he noticed the woman walking down the center aisle. Her face was like a sheet. "Pastor," she asked, "where did you get that tablecloth?" The pastor explained. The woman asked him to check the lower right corner to see if the initials, EBG were crocheted into it there. They were. These were the initials of the woman, and she had made this tablecloth 35 years before, in Austria. The woman could hardly believe it as the pastor told how he had just gotten the tablecloth. The woman explained that before the war she and her husband were well-to-do people in Austria. When the Nazis came, she was forced to leave. Her husband was going to follow her the next week. She was captured, sent to prison and never saw her husband or her home again. The pastor wanted to give her the tablecloth; but she made the pastor keep it for the church. The pastor insisted on driving her home, that was the least he could do. She lived on the other side of Staten Island and was only in Brooklyn for the day for a house-cleaning job. What a wonderfu l service they had on Christmas Eve. The church was almost full. The music and the spirit were great. At the end of the service, the pastor and his wife greeted everyone at the door and many said that they would return. One older man, whom the pastor recognized from the neighborhood, continued to sit in one of the pews and stare, and the pastor wondered why he wasn't leaving. The man asked him where he got the tablecloth on the front wall because it was identical to one that his wife had made years ago when they lived in Austria before the war and how could there be two tablecloths so much alike? He told the pastor how the Nazis came, how he forced his wife to flee for her safety, and he was supposed to follow her, but he was arrested and put in a prison. He never saw his wife or his home again all the 35 years in between. The pastor asked him if he would allow him to take him for a little ride. They drove to Staten Island and to the same house where the pastor had taken the woman three days earlier. He helped the man climb the three flights of stairs to the woman's apartment, knocked on the door and there he saw the greatest Christmas reunion he could ever imagine and was blessed with the ultimate Christmas gift. ![]() |
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keithhenry
Ace Cruncher Senile old farts of the world ....uh.....uh..... nevermind Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 18665 Status: Offline Project Badges: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
MyOnlineTeam Daily Statistics for 05/17 - All Members:
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Points milestones report ======================== Coingames reached 76,000,000 points ![]() Runtime milestones report ========================= RT reached 183 years of runtime ![]() judson Somerville MD reached 85 years of runtime ![]() Results returned milestones report ================================== newtod reached 3,200 results ![]() New members report ================== No new members found. ![]() Retired members report ====================== No new retired members found. ![]() For the week as a team: Statistics Total Run Time Points Results Team Records: Results Returned: 04/05/2012 8,248 Points: 03/07/2012 2,312,643 Runtime: 04/05/2012 1:197:18:06:42 Good crunching folks!!!!! |
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keithhenry
Ace Cruncher Senile old farts of the world ....uh.....uh..... nevermind Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 18665 Status: Offline Project Badges: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
MyOnlineTeam Daily Statistics for 05/17 - Active Members
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Note: Active members are those who earned points in the prior 30 days. Top Twenty active members returning points today: 01: RT - 274,760 points 02: GeraldRube - 159,677 points 03: David Autumns - 90,245 points 04: Coingames - 80,701 points 05: xroule - 79,666 points 06: judson Somerville MD - 77,770 points 07: parmesian - 39,614 points 08: dkt - 38,220 points 09: Daeloan - 31,357 points 10: brown chris - 23,425 points 11: keithhenry - 20,723 points 12: Jonathon Wright - 20,470 points 13: finman - 19,467 points 14: lawrencehardin - 18,983 points 15: darth_vader - 16,495 points 16: pramodp - 16,272 points 17: Blueprint - 15,787 points 18: smcclarigan - 14,853 points 19: dubhain - 13,302 points 20: Vuj - 12,369 points Total points returned today: 1,115,922 Active members returning points today: 36 Average points per member active today: 30,997.8333 |
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keithhenry
Ace Cruncher Senile old farts of the world ....uh.....uh..... nevermind Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 18665 Status: Offline Project Badges: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
..........................CONGRATULATIONS Coingames ON REACHING 76,000,000 MOT POINTS !!!.......................... |
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RT
Master Cruncher USA - Texas - DFW Joined: Dec 22, 2004 Post Count: 2636 Status: Offline Project Badges: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Congratulations Coingames! ![]() Things chunking along as per normal around here. Hope everyone else is doing well. Everyone take time today to hug someone you love; it will do you both good. |
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keithhenry
Ace Cruncher Senile old farts of the world ....uh.....uh..... nevermind Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 18665 Status: Offline Project Badges: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
MyOnlineTeam Daily Statistics for 05/18 - All Members:
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Points milestones report ======================== parmesian reached 39,000,000 points ![]() Runtime milestones report ========================= No runtime milestones found. ![]() Results returned milestones report ================================== No results returned milestones found. ![]() New members report ================== No new members found. ![]() Retired members report ====================== No new retired members found. ![]() For the week as a team: Statistics Total Run Time Points Results Team Records: Results Returned: 04/05/2012 8,248 Points: 03/07/2012 2,312,643 Runtime: 04/05/2012 1:197:18:06:42 Good crunching folks!!!!! |
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keithhenry
Ace Cruncher Senile old farts of the world ....uh.....uh..... nevermind Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 18665 Status: Offline Project Badges: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
MyOnlineTeam Daily Statistics for 05/18 - Active Members
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Note: Active members are those who earned points in the prior 30 days. Top Twenty active members returning points today: 01: RT - 285,200 points 02: judson Somerville MD - 152,273 points 03: GeraldRube - 111,816 points 04: David Autumns - 98,375 points 05: Coingames - 75,838 points 06: xroule - 71,394 points 07: brown chris - 39,239 points 08: parmesian - 38,280 points 09: Daeloan - 36,827 points 10: dkt - 34,913 points 11: darth_vader - 22,057 points 12: Jonathon Wright - 21,579 points 13: Blueprint - 18,941 points 14: finman - 17,418 points 15: smcclarigan - 15,478 points 16: Fanie - 15,008 points 17: pramodp - 14,424 points 18: lawrencehardin - 12,829 points 19: Vuj - 12,497 points 20: dubhain - 10,735 points Total points returned today: 1,167,706 Active members returning points today: 38 Average points per member active today: 30,729.1053 |
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keithhenry
Ace Cruncher Senile old farts of the world ....uh.....uh..... nevermind Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 18665 Status: Offline Project Badges: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
...........................CONGRATULATIONS parmesian ON REACHING 39,000,000 MOT POINTS !!!........................... |
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keithhenry
Ace Cruncher Senile old farts of the world ....uh.....uh..... nevermind Joined: Nov 18, 2004 Post Count: 18665 Status: Offline Project Badges: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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