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mctag : django reinhardt = thumbs up ! i have an old lp - courtesy of ehbeth - with a dr and stephan grapelli session; still great music after all these years.
i came across a french 2-disc cd set at the library with great "accordian jazz" . i copied it(couldn't find it in a store; that's my excuse !) and have been enjoying it greatly. much of it is music recorded in the 30's and 40's. even the jean goldkette orchestra makes an appearance. take care ! hbg

Well, listeners, we have had a plethora of input today. Yes, the weather has been odd, but I suppose, like all natural things, it comes in cycles.

Possible fuel, folks?

Scientists Find Frozen Methane Gas Deposit By ALICIA CHANG, AP Science Writer
39 minutes ago



LOS ANGELES - Scientists have discovered an undersea deposit of frozen methane just off the Southern California coast, but whether it can be harnessed as a potential energy source is unknown.




In recent years, there has been a growing interest in tapping methane hydrates, ice-like crystals that form at low temperatures and high pressure in seabeds and in Arctic permafrost.

Scientists estimate that the methane trapped in previously known frozen reservoirs around the globe could power the world for centuries. But finding the technology to mine such deposits has proved elusive.

The newly discovered deposit, believed to be substantial in size, was found about 15 miles off the coast at a depth of about 2,600 feet, at the summit of an undersea mud volcano. Scientists were conducting an unrelated study when they came across the volcano, which sits on top of an active fault zone in the Santa Monica Basin.

Cartoon quiz time. What cartoon character show on TV makes his living selling propane?

edgar ought to get this one.

wa2k
letty : there seems to be plenty of...FROZEN GAS...in the canadian arctic also. it's all been mapped and many of the oil giants (shell and others)already have claims staked out. there is a report in today's "globe and mail" -canada's business newspaper -
dealing with it. right now the exploration costs are too high, so they are just going to sit tight and wait for costs of exploration/transportation to come down or energy costs to rise - either way, the oil giants can't loose.
some years ago we made a train trip up to hudson's bay(moose factory is the end of the line) by train and found that most of the land has already been staked by large corporations . what's the saying : they are not making any more land, better get your share now. hbg

Very interesting Letty

I was told by a friend of mine once that Methane is like one molecule off from ethanol... (I think it has an extra oxygen molecule)
If we could find a process to easily manipulate that molecule we could run our cars on the final product...


Here is one for ya all. (off the subject)

The Ugly Duckling

There once was an ugly duckling
With feathers all stubby and brown
And the other birds said in so many words
Get out of town
Get out, get out, get out of town
And he went with a quack and a waddle and a quack
In a flurry of eiderdown
That poor little ugly duckling
Went wandering far and near
But at every place they said to his face
Now get out, get out, get out of here
And he went with a quack and a waddle and a quack
And a very unhappy tear
All through the wintertime he hid himself away
Ashamed to show his face, afraid of what others might say
All through the winter in his lonely clump of wheat
Till a flock of swans spied him there and very soon agreed
You're a very fine swan indeed!
A swan? Me a swan? Ah, go on!
And he said yes, you're a swan
Take a look at yourself in the lake and you'll see
And he looked, and he saw, and he said
I am a swan! Wheeeeeeee!
I'm not such an ugly duckling
No feathers all stubby and brown
For in fact these birds in so many words said
The best in town, the best, the best
The best in town
Not a quack, not a quack, not a waddle or a quack
But a glide and a whistle and a snowy white back
And a head so noble and high
Say who's an ugly duckling?
Not I!
Not I!


From the Musical
Hans Christian Andersen (adapted from his works)

thanks for that info, hamburger. Yep, Rockefeller knew what he was doing when he let the other fellows get the oil out of the ground, cause that's the hardest part.

Is this a dejango song?

Exactly Like You
Dorothy Fields, Jimmy MacHugh

I know why I waited
Know why I've been blue
I've been waiting each day
For someone exactly like you

Why should I spend some money
On a show or two
When nobody sings these love songs
Exactly like you

You make me feel so grand
I wanna give this world to you
You make me understand
These foolish little dreams I'm dreaming
And schemes I'm scheming

Now I know why my mama
She taught me to be true
She knew just around the corner
Was somebody like you

You make me feel so grand
I wanna give this world to you
Baby you make me understand
These foolish little dreams I'm dreaming
And schemes I'm scheming

Now I know why my mama
She taught me to be true
She knew just around the corner
Yes she knew just around the corner
Was somebody like you

The problem with burning ethanol instead of petroleum is that the by-product of burnt ethanol contains great amounts of formaldehyde... which causes severe genetic birth defects...

So hydrogen is the fuel of the future...

Maybe we could use this methane in small quantities to help produce hydrogen...

oops, missed your observation and duck song, Rex. I always thought methane was swamp gas.

Speaking of Hans Christian Anderson. Has anyone, anywhere heard from hebba of Denmark?

Encouraging words in that last song Letty

Thx

Serendipity, Rex.

Actually, Dys PM'd me. I think he's definitely weakening. I think there's a real friendship budding here. :wink:

Did anyone get the question Letty asked? Hank Hill from King of the Hill?

Hoorah for that Texan. That is the answer, edgar. Funny show. I was beginning to think my little pop quizzes were going the way of methane frozen in ice.<smile>

Time for a Frost poem:

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice

Okay, so long you're sure! :wink:

For my first effort to contribute something to this station, I will try to find light, amusing, or interesting news stories that I hope others will enjoy.

If for some reason you rather not have this, let me know.

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Thailand Couple With Creepy Passion to Wed

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - It was love at first sight for Thailand's Scorpion Queen and Centipede King. The couple with a soft spot for creepy crawlers - and publicity stunts - is planning a Valentine's Day's wedding at a haunted house, and to consummate their vows in a coffin.

Kanchana Ketkaew, 36, who set a world record in 2002 for spending 32 days in a glass cage with 3,400 scorpions, plans to wed 29-year-old Bunthawee Siengwong - who set a Thai record for enduring 28 days with 1,000 centipedes.

Kanchana's world record was beaten in 2004.

The couple met while performing their respective stunts at a snake farm on the resort island of Koh Samui, said Somporn Naksuetrong, the general manager of the Thailand's Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum, which is sponsoring the wedding.

The couple will tie the knot Feb. 14 in a group ceremony dubbed "Til Death Do Us Part" at Ripley's Haunted Adventure House, in the southern resort town of Pattaya, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Bangkok.

They will wear bloodstained wedding clothes and partake in a traditional Thai ceremony in which elders bless the couple with holy water, Somporn said. But instead of following Thai tradition and heading to a "wedding room" after exchanging vows, the pair plans to climb into a coffin to consummate their union.


Kanjana Ketkaew, 36, left, holds and is covered with scopions next to her 29-year-old fiance Bunthawee Sengwong during a news conference announcing their upcoming wedding on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2006 in Bangkok. Kanjana holds a world record for staying in a plastic cage with 3,400 scorpions for 32 days. Her husband-to-be holds a world record for staying in a cage with 1,000 centipedes for 29 days. The couple will get married on Valentine's Day.

rain that post of yours really bugs me.

Upon my word, Reyn. I am really amazed. Well, folks, different strokes for different folks.

I would think making love in a coffin would be somewhat inhibiting.

Anybody feeling itchy right about now?


Was that okay, by the way?

Well, of course that was ok, Reyn. We all love those odd occurences. It's what gives character to our radio.

Bessie Smith
Pigfoot and bottle of Beer


(spoken:
Twenty-five cents?
Ha! No! No!
I wouldn't pay twenty-five cents to go in nowhere 'cause listen here)

Up in Harlem ev'ry Saturday night when the high-browns git together it's just too tight,
they all congregates at an all night strut and what they do is tut-tut-tut
Old Hannah Brown from 'cross town gets full of corn and starts breakin' 'em down
Just at the break of day you can hear old Hannah say,
"Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer"
Send me gate

I don't care
I feel just like I wanna clown
Give the piano player a drink because he's bringin' me down
He's got rhythm, yeah!
When he stomps his feet, he sends me right off to sleep
Check all your razors and your guns
We gonna be rasslin' when the wagon comes
I wanna pigfoot and a bottle of beer
Send me 'cause I don't care
Slay me 'cause I don't care

Gimme a reefer and a gang o' gin
Slay me, 'cause I'm in my sin
Slay me 'cause I'm full of gin

Check all your razors and your guns
Do the shim-sham shimmy till the risin' sun

Love that, edgar. Tell me if I'm right.

First there was Bessie; then there was Billy; then there was Ella.

Whiskey bottles, and brand new cars
Oak tree you're in my way
There's too much coke and too much smoke
Look what's going on inside you
Ooooh that smell
Can't you smell that smell
Ooooh that smell
The smell of death surrounds you

Angel of darkness is upon you
Stuck a needle in your arm
So take another toke, have a blow for your nose
One more drink fool, will drown you
Ooooh that smell
Can't you smell that smell
Ooooh that smell
The smell of death surrounds you

Now they call you Prince Charming
Can't speak a word when you're full of 'ludes
Say you'll be all right come tomorrow
But tomorrow might not be here for you
Ooooh that smell
Can't you smell that smell
Ooooh that smell
The smell of death surrounds you

Hey, you're a fool you
Stick them needles in your arm
I know I been there before

One little problem that confronts you
Got a monkey on your back
Just one more fix, Lord might do the trick
One hell of a price for you to get your kicks
Ooooh that smell
Can't you smell that smell
Ooooh that smell
The smell of death surrounds you
Ooooh that smell
Can't you smell that smell
Ooooh that smell
The smell of death surrounds you