Good morning! Here’s the temperature in Chicago—in degrees Fahrenheit! For those of you who use Celsius, it’s -19°C. That’s COLD! I better put gloves on.
It is Martin Luther King Day in the U.S., and the government—as well as many businesses—is not operating. Neither is my school, but there is work to do. . . . On this day in 1882, A. A. Milne, author of Winnie the Pooh, was born (tiddley pum), the first uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto took place in 1943, and Kraków was liberated by the Red Army in 1945. Curly Howard of the Three Stooges died on this day in 1952 (peace be upon him), and, last year, Dallas Taylor, drummer for Crosby, Stills & Nash, died at age 66. I didn’t know until this morning that he was no longer alive. Meanwhile in Dobrzyn, Hili is plumping for her very favorite of all foods, good kosher ham. I bet she got some!:
Hili: History is not forgiving.
A: What is history not forgiving?
Hili: Errors.
A: Like what?
Hili: The lack of access to the ham.
Hili: Historia nie wybacza.
Ja: Czego historia nie wybacza?
Hili: Błędów.
Ja: A co jest błędem?
Hili: Brak dostępu do szynki.
As a non-native English speaker I was wondering whether it should not read: and the government—as well as many businesses “are” not operating?
English has never comfortably settled with its loss of inflected endings. The Government is a collective singular here, & the many businesses is a sub-clause that you could put in brackets.
If you want to be inclusive & lay stress on all, a rephrase would be
“[Both] the government and many businesses are not operating.”
some government must clearly still go on I imagine – else doomsday is come! 😉
Again: doomsday is or has come?
Coincidentally nighttime temperatures here are also -2. That’s Celsius, though.
COOL!
-6 F this morning in Milwaukee.
erf… check box.
Ahh, the elusive kosher ham!
They said 8 below here in southwest Iowa but I could not see it on any of my cheap measuring tools. Minus 5 on one and zero on the other. The better question – does it matter?
The larger question raised about, government and some businesses taking the day off, is why? We see this with some other federal Holidays such as: president’s day and Columbus day. The private and public are seldom on the same page.
That is even worse in Bavaria: With all those Catholic “holidays” state officials enjoy the morning off giving them the opportunity to attend mass.
Yes – too bad the Germans did not put a little separation between church and state. Possibly after Trump finally looses out here he can come over and build a wall to separate those two.
I would love to drink a Licher on that but unfortunately I have none.
Thanks, we don’t like walls anymore like the one I saw in Israel last year: http://mhoefert.blogspot.de/2015/12/bethlehem.html
On the other hand it was Thomas Jefferson who wrote about the wall you mention: http://mhoefert.blogspot.de/2016/01/on-freedom-of-christian.html
I agree, we in Germany are not well developed even paying church tax that is levied by the tax office.
And as far as beer is concerned: I drunk excellent craft-beers in the States.
Nice of you to say so on the beer but we know where the best is made. It’s just too bad we have to be there to get it…does not travel well.
“The larger question raised about, government and some businesses taking the day off, is why?”
My guess is to distract from the otherwise paltry vacation allowance most Americans get. Because, hey, who doesn’t appreciate a long week-end?
I’ll bet Hili’s stodgy frame that she [was] hammed!
And the dog and cat show cracked me up. They liked the game, so it was LOLs all around.
Poor cat. He’ll need serious therapy to get over that. (I’m talking about the one who thinks he is a d*g…)
Nah, the kitteh is just stealing the big d*g’s patch in front of the sofa.
Does that make it feel better? 😉
cr
23 ° F in NY.