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1 minute ago, Kzoo said:

What are you talking about?

 

The gentlewoman list (the complement to Jsharr's gentleman list).

You were gonna be nestled in there between Petite and Dirtyhip, but then you had to nominate that awful & mean post of his!  Now you're either off the list altogether or down near the bottom with folks like Dora.

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4 minutes ago, Allen said:

Speaking of finds, these are the gems from today’s library reorganization. 

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COOL!

Fred A. Birchmore (1911–2012)[1] was a renowned adventurer from Athens, Georgia, best known for his 1935 travels around the world on a bicycle.[2] His Reinhardt bicycle, which he named 'Bucephalus', is in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.[3] Fred was also notable in Athens for being the head of Athens Realty Company for thirty years and for hand-building a massive stone wall, over 2 meters tall in places, when he was in his 70s, and walking down the steps of the Washington Monument on his hands.[4] Fred had many pursuits and careers including layer, college professor, International Exchange Scholar, author, lecturer, free lance writer for National Geographic, Atlanta Journal, Ripley's "Believe-It-Or-Not", boxer, acrobat, deck hand, seaman, ship fitter, selective service advisor, Naval Gunnery officer WWII, boxing coach, aviator, archaeologist, ornithologist, Boy and Girl Scout Leader, singer, President of Athens Kiwanis Club, tennis coach, organic farmer, and youth camp director.

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17 minutes ago, Razors Edge said:

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Fred A. Birchmore (1911–2012)[1] was a renowned adventurer from Athens, Georgia, best known for his 1935 travels around the world on a bicycle.[2] His Reinhardt bicycle, which he named 'Bucephalus', is in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.[3] Fred was also notable in Athens for being the head of Athens Realty Company for thirty years and for hand-building a massive stone wall, over 2 meters tall in places, when he was in his 70s, and walking down the steps of the Washington Monument on his hands.[4] Fred had many pursuits and careers including layer, college professor, International Exchange Scholar, author, lecturer, free lance writer for National Geographic, Atlanta Journal, Ripley's "Believe-It-Or-Not", boxer, acrobat, deck hand, seaman, ship fitter, selective service advisor, Naval Gunnery officer WWII, boxing coach, aviator, archaeologist, ornithologist, Boy and Girl Scout Leader, singer, President of Athens Kiwanis Club, tennis coach, organic farmer, and youth camp director.

My father and Fred became friends through Kiwanis. 

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8 hours ago, jsharr said:

Found his knife
Found the key
Found the book
Found and gifted the mug
Got a new mower that you can sit on
Got a new pup, but lost an old friend
I hope this good luck continues. 
He is one of the true gentlemen on this forum.

So true. I cannot wait to dine with him. 

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