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1940 World War II: France surrenders to NAZI Germany, German troops occupy Paris

1775 George Washington appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, the day after Congress establishes the force.

I love the story of Onion, a no name horse who beat Secretariat. After all this time, still one of the biggest upsets in sports history.

I've got a couple of the raised beds finished. Could not find my old skil saw, so picked up a new Craftsman for sixty bucks last week. Not too bad.

About that. . . . . . I said I had 4 or 5 Blueberry Blues in my spring crop, one of which was much stonier than the others. This past week I was adding soil to holes and found the label of the plant that died in the C&C patch. It was Blueberry Blues, so I had been smoking the afore mentioned...

I have some Jack Herer X Shit/skunk that is pretty dank. I call it Jack Shunk.

I used to post on a early retirement board. I was the oddball as I loved my work and didn't want to stop. None of them want to hear the stats on early retirement either. (on average) for every year you retire early, you will die one month early.

Hatch. Mini Sweet

I ate my first cooked okra today. I've been munching on the pods as I cut them. The plants are looking a little hungry. I added very little soil to what was already in the cow trough, so I might need to add some ferts.

Peppers on the deck are doing great. Tomatoes are not as happy with all the rain.

I've been working on some raised beds at the river house. I've got spaghetti squash, arm cukes and acorn squash in this one at the end of the back deck. Still have to put some string for them to run on. Got this one built yesterday and this morning, on the river side of my end of the house...

Everyone's garden is looking great. Mine looks a little worse for wear. After a dry start, we've had lots of rain, and I've done very little hoeing and plowing. Corn Melons Armenian cucumber Peppers

According to to a book I read years ago by a ballistics expert named Lane (I think) . . . . . . The two Secret Service Officers in the follow car sat down hard on the back seat when LHO started shooting and they gassed it. The SS had the prototypes of the M16 before they had ever got to the...

1979 Derek Trucks, American guitarist and founder of Grammy Award-winning The Derek Trucks Band (Tedeschi Truck Band), born in Jacksonville, Florida

1951 Tony Rice, American acoustic guitarist

1944 Boz Scaggs [William Royce], American rocker (Steve Miller Band), born in Dallas, Texas

1941 Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins, American pop singer (Funkadelic-Knee Deep), born in Elkins, West Virginia

Thanks. But other than the pay, I was liking the lockdown. I'm getting a lot of work done at home.

Yikes. I'm a 1961 baby, so I hope they fix it before next year rolls around.

I didn't get to listen to the whole show. Just getting back to work on a part time basis, and lots to catch up on.