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May 18 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/may-18?cmpid=email-hist-tdih-2026-0518-05182026&om_rid=&~campaign=hist-tdih-2026-0518

This one is obscure, but one of those movies I saw on TV in my early teens. One of my favorite scenes...

Blazing Saddles....One of the lines I find myself saying a lot

May 17 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/may-17?cmpid=email-hist-tdih-2026-0517-05172026&om_rid=&~campaign=hist-tdih-2026-0517

May 16 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/may-16

Not surprising unfortunately. Meanwhile I’m heading out to watch a program reliving the 1776 Virginia Congress decide to declare independence from the tyrannical government. Wish we could do the same in 2026

There was a good article in The Athletic today that explains why their optimistic about Skubal's recovery. The new scope is smaller than what was the traditional scope, less stress on the muscles https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7274811/2026/05/13/tigers-tarik-skubal-elbow-surgery-explained/?source=user_shared_article&unlocked_article_code=1.ilA.uPLz._XuW6w8U-lvI I guess you can come close to comparing it to say knee replacement surgery today vs a few years ago. My wife had a knee replaced in early November 2024. They used robotic surgery. Had her up and walking within a an hour or so after the operation, climbed a set of stairs and sent her home. She still used a walker for 6 weeks, but could get around without much pain..

That was the company that owned the station. From about 1929 to the mid ‘50s or so. The company also included WGAR in Cleveland and KMPC in Los Angeles. They just incorporated the company name in their slogans. For example KDKA, Pittsburgh, a Group W Station

Yet Jimmy Carter had to give up control of his farm and Billy had to stop selling beer

Nice to have an adult in charge

And just like that, it disappeared