Happy Columbus Day
- Walden
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Happy Columbus Day
513 years ago, or so, Cristóbal Colón, with financial backing from Italian investors and the crown of Spain, set out to find a sea route to the Orient. Columbus Day is October 12. Some like him, and some don't, but there is little denying that the Niña, the Pinta, and the Sta. Maria's voyage to the West Indies was a pivotal point in history.
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No arguing with that Walden.His voyage would be right up there at the top of any list of Pivotal events.
I hope you are not referring to Bob Dylan and the Chiff Board in that statement
Slan,
D.
Now Cran,Cranberry wrote:It was a pivotal point, indeed.
I don't care much for him, but I especially don't like all the events that happened after he "discovered" the Americas.
I hope you are not referring to Bob Dylan and the Chiff Board in that statement
Slan,
D.
And many a poor man that has roved,
Loved and thought himself beloved,
From a glad kindness cannot take his eyes.
W.B.Yeats
Loved and thought himself beloved,
From a glad kindness cannot take his eyes.
W.B.Yeats
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Oct. 10th is the observed holiday....Lorenzo wrote:Did Columbus see land on Oct 12, 1492, according to the Julian Calender?
on every calender I have, it is indeed marked as the 12th.
I have a sneaking suspission that the US observes it on the 10th so that we can celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving
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Well yes maybe, a Happy Columbus Day to you all in the States, in Canada we know that the Norse (Vikings) got to North America a lot earlier than Chris, who came farly late to the New World.
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'Twas the Paddies that found the place!!!!
SAINT BRENDAN'S VOYAGE
(Christy Moore)
A boat sailed out of Brandon, in the year of nine-o-one
'Twas a damp and dirty morning, Brendan's voyage had begun
Tired of tinnin' turnips and cuttin' curly-kale
When he got back from the creamery, he hoisted up his sail
He made the lonely furlong, to the north, south, east and west
Of all the navigators, St. Brendan was the best
When he got low on candles, he was forced to make a stop
He tied up in Long Island, put America on the map
Did you know that Honolulu was found be a Kerry man
Who went on to find Australia, then China and Japan
When he was reaching seventy he began to miss the crack
And turnin' to his albatross, sez he, "I'm headin' back."
Chorus:
Is it right or left to Gibraltar, what tack do I take for Mizen Head
I'd loved to settle down be Ventry Harbor, St. Brendan to his albatross he said
To make it fast, he bent the mast and built up mighty steam
Round Terra del Fuego and up the warm gulf stream
He crossed the last horizon, Mt. Brandon was in sight
When he cleared the customs, into Dingle for the night
When he got to Cordon Bleu, he went to douse the draught
He headin' West to Kruger's to murder pints of stout
Around be Ballyferriter and up the Conor Pass
He free wheeled into Brandon, the Saint was home at last
The entire population came the place was chocker block
Oh, love nor money couldn't get your nose inside the shop
The fishermen hauled up their nets, the farmers left their hay
For the Kerry people know that Saints don't turn up every day
Everything was goin' grand till Brendan did announce
His reason for returning, was to try and set up house
The girl were flabbergasted at St. Brendan's neck
To seek a wife so late in life and him a total wreck
Wore down by rejection, this pierced his humble pride
By God, sez Brendan, "if I run, I'll surely catch the tide."
Turn's in his sandals, he made straight for the dock
And haulin' up the anchor he cast off from the rocks
As he sailed passed Innishvickallaune there stood the albatross
"I knew you'd never stick it out, 'tis great to see you boss."
"I'm bailin' out," sez Brendan, "I badly need a break,"
A fortnight is about as much as any aul' Saint could take."
Slan,
D.
SAINT BRENDAN'S VOYAGE
(Christy Moore)
A boat sailed out of Brandon, in the year of nine-o-one
'Twas a damp and dirty morning, Brendan's voyage had begun
Tired of tinnin' turnips and cuttin' curly-kale
When he got back from the creamery, he hoisted up his sail
He made the lonely furlong, to the north, south, east and west
Of all the navigators, St. Brendan was the best
When he got low on candles, he was forced to make a stop
He tied up in Long Island, put America on the map
Did you know that Honolulu was found be a Kerry man
Who went on to find Australia, then China and Japan
When he was reaching seventy he began to miss the crack
And turnin' to his albatross, sez he, "I'm headin' back."
Chorus:
Is it right or left to Gibraltar, what tack do I take for Mizen Head
I'd loved to settle down be Ventry Harbor, St. Brendan to his albatross he said
To make it fast, he bent the mast and built up mighty steam
Round Terra del Fuego and up the warm gulf stream
He crossed the last horizon, Mt. Brandon was in sight
When he cleared the customs, into Dingle for the night
When he got to Cordon Bleu, he went to douse the draught
He headin' West to Kruger's to murder pints of stout
Around be Ballyferriter and up the Conor Pass
He free wheeled into Brandon, the Saint was home at last
The entire population came the place was chocker block
Oh, love nor money couldn't get your nose inside the shop
The fishermen hauled up their nets, the farmers left their hay
For the Kerry people know that Saints don't turn up every day
Everything was goin' grand till Brendan did announce
His reason for returning, was to try and set up house
The girl were flabbergasted at St. Brendan's neck
To seek a wife so late in life and him a total wreck
Wore down by rejection, this pierced his humble pride
By God, sez Brendan, "if I run, I'll surely catch the tide."
Turn's in his sandals, he made straight for the dock
And haulin' up the anchor he cast off from the rocks
As he sailed passed Innishvickallaune there stood the albatross
"I knew you'd never stick it out, 'tis great to see you boss."
"I'm bailin' out," sez Brendan, "I badly need a break,"
A fortnight is about as much as any aul' Saint could take."
Slan,
D.
And many a poor man that has roved,
Loved and thought himself beloved,
From a glad kindness cannot take his eyes.
W.B.Yeats
Loved and thought himself beloved,
From a glad kindness cannot take his eyes.
W.B.Yeats
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Some folks apparently aren't too happy with Columbus Day, they want it to be called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous ... Indigenous Peoples Day</a>.
Either way I still gotta work.
Either way I still gotta work.
Eddie
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Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. -Groucho Marx
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we used to get today off, now we get Martin Luther King day off. Now, I think MLK was a great person, and have no problem with a day in his honor.
But -
I'd much rather have a day in October off (even though today's weather isn't too great) than another day off in January (I remember having 2 feet of snow on a MLK day in the past).
But -
I'd much rather have a day in October off (even though today's weather isn't too great) than another day off in January (I remember having 2 feet of snow on a MLK day in the past).
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In fourteen-hundred and ninety-two
He came from old Itallee
A-walkin' through the streets o' Spain
Peddlin' hot tomalé
He knew the world was round-o
His beard hung to the ground-o
Could navigate and calculate
That son of a gun Columbo
(remaining verses too profane to reproduce here )
djm
He came from old Itallee
A-walkin' through the streets o' Spain
Peddlin' hot tomalé
He knew the world was round-o
His beard hung to the ground-o
Could navigate and calculate
That son of a gun Columbo
(remaining verses too profane to reproduce here )
djm
I'd rather be atop the foothills than beneath them.
Christopher Columbus was a seaman second class
When I told him that the Indes could be found
By sailing to the west instead of sailing to the East.
I advised him that I thought the world was round.
Then I sent him down to ask good queen Isabella
To pawn her jewels for all their worth.
Next day he sat sail, and as everyone knows....
He fell off the edge of the Earth.
-- Allan Sherman, "Good Advice"
When I told him that the Indes could be found
By sailing to the west instead of sailing to the East.
I advised him that I thought the world was round.
Then I sent him down to ask good queen Isabella
To pawn her jewels for all their worth.
Next day he sat sail, and as everyone knows....
He fell off the edge of the Earth.
-- Allan Sherman, "Good Advice"
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What? I missed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Erikson_Day">Leif Erikson Day</a>? Why don't people tell me these things!
Eddie
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. -Groucho Marx
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. -Groucho Marx
We get both of them off.missy wrote:we used to get today off, now we get Martin Luther King day off. Now, I think MLK was a great person, and have no problem with a day in his honor.
But -
I'd much rather have a day in October off (even though today's weather isn't too great) than another day off in January (I remember having 2 feet of snow on a MLK day in the past).
(YTDAW!)
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Sure, plenty of different folk sailed to the Americas before Cristobal, but the rest of the world wasn't ready to acknowledge it or whatever.
So I celebrate his discovery. He was a decent businessman on the European model but he kinda fell apart in the end.
So I celebrate his discovery. He was a decent businessman on the European model but he kinda fell apart in the end.
How do you prepare for the end of the world?