In September of the year 685, Emperor Constantine IV died of dysentery at Constantinople. Should’ve played more Oregon Trail.
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Wanda Jean Allen #687
687th murderer executed in U.S. since 1976
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(I was a Silent Service II man, myself)
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And now for some political humor. For explanation, look up CY Leung 689.
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How about something cute?
1,000 Cute Things: #690 Newborn Meerkat Triplets
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They belong to that category of animals that is cute at any size!
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So we should have called GW Bush “5”?
Edit : Perhaps “El Cinco”
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The Dome of the Rock was completed in 691 CE.
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692 Squadron RAF
Everything about the Mosquito - from design, to production, to performance, was incredible, and makes my aeronautical funny bone tingle.
The original distributed manufacturing Maker Aircraft.
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Egmont (1709) says that the pyramids were called Djebel Pharoun: that the largest was built upon a rock, about sixty feet high, which had been hewn into the form of a camel’s back. He states, that the base of the Great Pyramid was found, by Greaves, to be six hundred and ninety three English feet:
From: Operations carried on at the pyramids of Gizeh in 1837: with an account of a voyage into Upper Egypt, and an appendix (1840)
Authors: Howard-Vyse, Richard William Howard, 1784-1853; Perring, J. S. (John Shae), 1813-1869
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(695 drove me to drink)
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You and me both, @catgrin It’s been that sort of a week. Time to break the decent grog out.
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I was asking Majestic Wines about Grange just the other day! Back in the day I fancied trying some, never had the money. Still don’t have the money, still would like to try some, to see if the hype is true!
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It really is very, very good. Over-priced IMO, but like Henschke Hill of Grace it’s an absolutely and deservedly iconic wine, so price is difficult as it’s driven by cachet and investment as much as taste.
If you can get hold of a decent Bin 389 or even one of the better St. Henri’s you’d be getting a wine that’s not quite as good, but definitely in the same ballpark for a lot less. Not as special as Grange, though.
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Yeah, I’m one of these “if I’m gonna do it, I’m not taking the bronze” people!
I drink very little one, but have had some incredibly excellent wines. One was an Australian Shiraz, when they were breaking into the UK market in the 90s, priced around £7, and I drank it with a french winemaker. We utterly agreed it was beyond any comparison either of us had ever experienced.
I’ll look forward to my Grange!
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I hope that lovely image shows - if not, here’s a link to the book itself (where a much larger version is). The picture is of a Bird Spider “Vogelspinne” the plate for page 698, and appears in vol. 9 of Allgemeine Kunde des Tierreichs by Brehms Tierleben. The other volumes of the collection can be found here.
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