On this date July 26 In 1979, Tropical Storm Claudette dropped 43 inches of rain on Alvin, Texas to establish the 24-hour rainfall record for the U.S. We could certainly use a good rain like that at this point. Things are drying and shriveling up like crazy due to this heat wave. Not going to be a good year for gardening, I’m afraid.
Apparently there are several preachers who are letting their mouths get away with them. While I was looking up the previous Preacher’s Blooper, there were several more to choose from, so I decided to check a few of them out. This one is seriously a “Blooper” I mean what was this guy thinking anyway?
Googling gives us all tremendous power to obtain so much information on the Internet in today’s high tech world. I have a cousin who moved to Australia, back in the 90′s. I have always been fascinated with and wanted to go to “The Land Down Under” I thought that having a relative living there would have given me a good excuse to go there, but it hasn’t happened as of yet. I do however, from time to time, go online and visit some of the websites of places and businesses in Australia and have learned a good amount from my time spent googling different things there.
The other day I googled “caravan accessories perth” and “caravan accessories melbourne” to see what type of products are available over there for recreational vehicles and the like. My cousin owns and is into RVs, he does a lot of traveling, camping and hiking, which I’d like to join him in one of these days. It would be a blast to travel around the country side of Australia, it’s a big place with a lot to offer people. When I googled caravan accessories melbourne and caravan accessories perth they both lead me to the web site for Mycaravanparts.com.au, which seems to have a good amount of caravan accessories, so in my last email to him I sent him the link. Who knows he may see something there of interest and that he might find useful.
For some reason I heard a little tune by a piano player and composer named David Lanzand I liked it so much I did a search on Google about it. The song is titled Cristofori’s Dream.According to a short article on David Lanz that I read, Cristofori was the Italian inventor of the piano. Before the piano the instrument was a harpsichord, which had a different sound and many limitations to the range of notes and sounds it could produce. Cristofori made and repaired harpsichords and dreamed of a more sophisticated and elegant instrument, so he invented the piano in his repair shop. Lanz wrote this song to honor Cristofori and I think it is a great story and a wonderful, beautiful song.
Our friends down under in Australia also have the option, much as we do here in the United States, to receive broadband satellite service for a reasonable cost. At Harboursat.com.au they have all the information needed to learn about their broadband satellite company, which I found very interesting and educational. They have a great website that offers a great insight to what they have to offer our friends down under, with price guides, and a 7 days a week help desk available to their customers. And don’t require any contracts, with the capability to apply right online, with just two easy steps. And are 100% Australian owned for all their fellow countrymen and women alike, even out in the wide country area that Australia is known for.
I love how the Internet brings the entire world and all things that are available and out there for other countries. The easiest sites to browse through and read are from the U.K. and Australia, due to the languages that we share that is so very similar. Even though there are a few variables in their languages, I can pretty much muddle through them without a struggle. With countries that speak a totally different dialect, the Google translator certainly comes in handy, but can be time consuming and not 100% accurate unfortunately.