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Good morning from MN!!! Dark and dreary this morning but not sure if it'll rain again or not. We're gonna have to build an ark soon if it keeps up, but at least my flowers look beautiful!

Good morning, everyone! The week's half over already!

Good morning from God's country.

Good morning all!

Glad you made it home safely, UC!

Happy Hump Day!

Loving the thunder boomers, and we saw that cabin when we were there this month. Loved it then and love the picture, too. Five Mile Point would be a great place for a house :-)

Glad to hear that you made it safely, Uncle Chuck!
We had a thunder-boomer come thru this morning at 4:30.....with heavy rain. Right now I'm hoping for a drought!! :>

Hey all youPastyCammers Please send some of your rain out
here's to Colorado. It is burning up! So hot and so dry! We
hope for rain every day! Theresa

Theresa, if I thought it would help, I'd stand on my backporch and blow westward as hard as I can. :O

Did you Yoopers know this;

When Michigan was a young territory, deer were so common and hunting was such a part of life that deer skins or whole deer were used as money. A deer carcass was worth one dollar and that's how the dollar became known for what's it worth - "a buck".

Just a bit of trivia for you folks.

More rain coming to Ontonagon, I can hear the garden growing. :)

Actually, the term "buck" goes way back, long before Michigan was ever dreamed of becoming a territory or state.

From the Etymology Dictionary:

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Amer. Eng., perhaps an abbreviation of buckskin, a unit of trade among Indians and Europeans in frontier days, attested in this sense from 1748.

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So why do we call a dollar a buck?
It is said that the Indians taught the European settlers the value of a buck, because just like goat, gold or other livestock buckskin was used as a unit of trading, and from buckskin came the word buck, but that is not the reason why a dollar is called a buck. It became popular from the expression “the buck stops here” which was a well-known used line in the game of frontier poker, in which the back was a knife made of buckhorn and that was passed around the table to indicate the person who was dealing, each time a hand was finished the dealer passed the buck to the next player and this is where the word BUCK became popular and was used as dollar.

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Shucks ~ all I own is a Webster's Dictionary.:>

No worries Shirley.
Being adjunct faculty, I have the bad habit of teaching people no matter what the setting is about subjects I hold dear. ;-)

Gee, Paul. Thanks for the information. I didn't know any of that. Very interesting. I like that you know exactly what you're talking about when you refer to something here.

Captain Paul, since when did you become my teacher? School is out for the summer. I'll let you know what references I used in the fall.
:)

Capt. Paul was just trying to correct what YOU were trying to teach Yoopers, Joanie. He and Dr. Nat really do know what they're talking about. I think we're all grateful for the knowledge they share with us. And it doesn't matter the season. It's always good to learn something new.

Ah, now we have a teacher's assistant. :)

I am not trying to "teach" anything. I'm just saying that most of us enjoy what the Capt and the Dr have to say on here because they're so knowledgeable!

Knowledge is getting on the internet and searching? Dang, then we all must be smart. :)

If school is out, why am I sitting in my office grading lab reports and getting ready for class?

And, Deb, you're right. It's always time to learn something new. Socrates once said something along the lines of, "True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing." (Translation from Cole's Quotables) The wisest people are the ones who recognise the limits of their understanding, but never stop trying to expand them by learning and seeking knowledge. I hope to learn something new every day of my life.

Now I have to run to class!

Thanks for the info Capt. and Doc, I willl use it in my next reenactment. By the way, I will be at the Sault doing the reenactment there next month. Along with my apprentice Joseph Ozanich we will be doing the role of carpenters. The date is the 27th and 28th of July. Hope to see some of you there. Come up and visit.

Enjoy yourself Mikie. And nice that your grandson can follow in your footsteps :-)

Yes, MIkie. I wish I could make it there to see you and your
grandson. However, my daughter is running in her first half
marathon on Grand Island on the Saturday and I have agreed to
look after my grandchildren. On Sunday I'm assisting at church so
that day is out for me too. Send pictures to Pasty Cam.