iBrattleboro.com | tomaidh | Activity https://www.ibrattleboro.com/members/tomaidh/activity/ Activity feed for tomaidh. Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:59:06 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=9.1.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 3678412782a3f01937ce4491fda4cf41 tomaidh wrote a new post, Good Old Saint Nick https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=69041 Sun, 18 Dec 2022 14:35:54 +0000 Saint Nicholas of Myra was a Christian bishop from Myra in Asia Minor (modern-day Demre, Turkey) around 300 AD.

Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is known as Nicholas the […]

]]> f8ff9f9d4f8e772ad45293cd166b0b52 tomaidh wrote a new post, Assassinations of Leaders https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=68623 Tue, 25 Oct 2022 18:55:25 +0000 I just finished watching a long 4-part documentary entitled “Bobby Kennedy for President” (Worth watching). Bobby was murdered. His brother JFK was murdered. Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King was also murd […]

]]> f3e9e424dca7b4b9cccadde84e5c8015 tomaidh wrote a new post, Wild Animals Disappearing https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=68561 Tue, 18 Oct 2022 14:01:38 +0000 “A vast new study finds there are 70 percent fewer wild animals sharing the earth with us than there were in 1970. Read that again. And again.”

Courtesy: Bill McKibben via Tim Stevenson

]]> e74a6c1e1464c5f6ac7b05dd835439ed tomaidh wrote a new post, Juneteenth https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=67566 Sat, 18 Jun 2022 14:27:39 +0000 Juneteenth is a federal holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. It marks the anniversary of an announcement by the Union Army on June 19, 1865, proclaiming freedom for enslaved people […]

]]> e855be53017866309506fbae04d9688f tomaidh wrote a new post, The Bilbao Song https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=67524 Tue, 14 Jun 2022 12:34:04 +0000 I’m watching a film on Netflix that takes place in Bilbao, a city in northern Spain.

I can’t stop remembering when, many years ago, I visited Bilbao, courtesy of the US Navy.

Our ship docked in San Seb […]

]]> bc135d33a09c75777545ab630079d564 tomaidh wrote a new post, Dollar Stores https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=67424 Sat, 04 Jun 2022 23:07:28 +0000 Dollar stores popped up a few years ago based on the premise that everything would be the same price, and that price would be One Dollar ($1.00).

Three such stores popped up in Brattleboro:
Family Dollar on […]

]]> fe8c95b50e422e2cf995c104b0280770 tomaidh wrote a new post, Diesel Fuel Prices -Sat May 20 (About $6.50 avg ) https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=67266 Sun, 22 May 2022 13:33:46 +0000 Gas Stations & Diesel Prices per gallon in Brattleboro, VT

Shell 429 Canal St $6.49
Mobil 469 Canal St $6.49
Irving 564 Canal St $6.54
Citgo 1102 Putney Rd $6.39
Mobil 1114 Putney Rd $6.19
Achille Agway […]

]]> 65eabc1e774cd4d489baa305bc5cbdc6 tomaidh wrote a new post, Small World https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=66742 Fri, 01 Apr 2022 20:27:59 +0000 It was a year like this one: very little snow in New England. All the local ski areas were hurting.

The Laurentians to our north, however, had plenty of snow.

Mt. Tremblant, 90 miles northwest of Montreal, […]

]]> 367d3393cd4d9345a4d1c1d7084cbc66 tomaidh wrote a new post, Happy Georgr Birthington's Washday ! https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=66278 Tue, 22 Feb 2022 13:54:23 +0000 Many happy returns !

]]> 80e98f5fdd3198315d1180560c8b93ba tomaidh wrote a new post, Happy Groundhog Day https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=66041 Wed, 02 Feb 2022 14:36:26 +0000 Good Weather Assured
by Winifred Sackville Stoner, Jr.

“When the second of February rolls around,
Out of his hole in the cold, dark ground
Comes Mr. Groundhog to look at the sky
And see if the season of […]

]]> 34ff3642dd9fae675bb7b56881d1aa47 tomaidh wrote a new post, IFOs - Identified Flying Objects https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=66027 Tue, 01 Feb 2022 13:57:48 +0000 Identified Flying Objects

I spent much of yesterday devouring UFO stuff. In this morning’s reverie, it all came together.

Why have governments devoted enormous resources to denying their existence?

• The […]

]]> 3617c0b80e8614c33bf9fa290098f279 tomaidh wrote a new post, Mirror Image? https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=65925 Sun, 23 Jan 2022 16:31:28 +0000 Ever notice how Vermont is it’s own mirror image?

]]> d6345475073216cfd5b9e21b308d3289 tomaidh wrote a new post, Snottingham https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=65352 Tue, 30 Nov 2021 14:21:17 +0000 Useless Trivia Dept.

Nottingham, England (pronounced “Nottingum”) was originally named “Snotingham” in honor of its founder, a Saxon chieftain named Snot. (You can’t make this stuff up).

]]> 0161016c83a845429a29738c5cc3563a tomaidh wrote a new post, Halloween Trivia https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=64995 Sun, 31 Oct 2021 21:07:38 +0000 A Vampire is a person who is not permitted to properly die (usually because of an evil life). A Vampire still has a soul. A Zombie is a soulless but undead being. (Vampires usually make more money.)

I had a […]

]]> b7d71a933c613c1dc14534c95cca2752 tomaidh wrote a new post, Don’t Forget The Flu! https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=64985 Sun, 31 Oct 2021 17:27:10 +0000 “Influenza (flu) is a contagious viral infection that can cause mild to severe symptoms and life-threatening complications, including death, even in healthy children and adults.

There was an epidemic of H1N1 […]

]]> 37ea9a0f2bd0221d39ef54b94d77e425 tomaidh wrote a new post, 9/11 https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=64451 Sat, 11 Sep 2021 13:33:14 +0000 Today is September 11th, AKA 9/11, the 20th anniversary,
Let us take a few moments to reflect on this day of tragedy and the many innocent people who gave their lives.
I don’t pretend to know what really […]

]]> 9600df512574199db666020bc4d63b63 tomaidh commented on the post, Looking For An FM Radio https://www.ibrattleboro.com/news-information/other/2021/09/looking-for-an-fm-radio/#comment-21095 Sat, 11 Sep 2021 05:50:10 +0000 I spent most of my career in the Power end of the industry, which is very different from electronics.
When I was in High School, I used to make tiny transistor AM radios. They, too, needed to be connected to […]

]]> 7c63920d785ffe081a5a6f91de7216f9 tomaidh commented on the post, Looking For An FM Radio https://www.ibrattleboro.com/news-information/other/2021/09/looking-for-an-fm-radio/#comment-21094 Sat, 11 Sep 2021 05:27:34 +0000 I’m doing that now, but I want a device that works when the computer is off.

]]> 1ffc5f42049353c379613a002cec6c19 tomaidh wrote a new post, Looking For An FM Radio https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=64413 Tue, 07 Sep 2021 17:22:50 +0000 I like to listen to Vt Public Radio. I live downtown in a brick building, and I can’t get good reception.

Does anybody have an old FM radio that uses an external antenna?

Price is negotiable.

Call me at 802-257-1829

]]> c4d1cecfb7322a705d04a8a7e74cd1d1 tomaidh commented on the post, Batten Down the Hatches https://www.ibrattleboro.com/living/nature/2021/08/batten-down-the-hatches/#comment-21057 Sun, 22 Aug 2021 21:30:39 +0000 Very light rain and NO wind.

]]> 5dda34cd19529ee8e87edbf84b790c3a tomaidh commented on the post, Batten Down the Hatches https://www.ibrattleboro.com/living/nature/2021/08/batten-down-the-hatches/#comment-21052 Sun, 22 Aug 2021 03:05:11 +0000 As of 11 PM Sat, it looks like the storm will head East after it hits Mass. We’ll get a little rain, but not too much wind.

]]> 335c08d849002887f4363ffe161d6853 tomaidh wrote a new post, Batten Down the Hatches https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=64178 Sat, 21 Aug 2021 15:15:12 +0000 Early Friday, the National Hurricane Center issued a hurricane watch for parts of New England. Tropical Storm Henri will likely develop into a hurricane before making landfall on the northeastern U.S. coast this […]

]]> 868c822f74d9da1a51352f5f748a94a5 tomaidh commented on the post, Big Bucks - A Trillion https://www.ibrattleboro.com/opinion/economics/2021/07/big-bucks-a-trillion/#comment-21014 Fri, 30 Jul 2021 22:43:23 +0000 The entire US economy (GDP) is presently 21 trillion dollars.
By 2015, the DOD was unable to account for $21 trillion cumulatively for the years between 1998 and 2015. Just the DOD!
It’s a coincidence that i […]

]]> 4832b2f2f3301752e855cb334cf914fe tomaidh wrote a new post, Big Bucks - A Trillion https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=63875 Wed, 28 Jul 2021 13:20:20 +0000 A trillion is a million million.1,000,000,000,000. That’s a 1 followed by 12 zeros. The entire US economy (GDP) is 21 trillion dollars.

On September 10, 2001, then U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld d […]

]]> cf29ba9402457f7a4eda0ace963f4d53 tomaidh commented on the post, Smart Meters https://www.ibrattleboro.com/culture/sci-tech/2021/07/smart-meters/#comment-21001 Wed, 28 Jul 2021 02:41:46 +0000 The term electromagnetic radiation covers a great range from the radio frequencies used by submarines to communicate while submerged to Gamma Rays with trillions of cycles per second. It includes all the colors of […]

]]> cc42eefc8f2cb08ae7edeabb88ac8b5b tomaidh commented on the post, Smart Meters https://www.ibrattleboro.com/culture/sci-tech/2021/07/smart-meters/#comment-21000 Tue, 27 Jul 2021 22:52:33 +0000 A few years ago, a TV dish was donated to the Wardsboro Cable Club, and we stored it in a lot adjoining Rt 100.
A person living on the other side of the highway began getting headaches and threatened a […]

]]> 637cad3d05ad90cc84fbb08803f164bf tomaidh commented on the post, Smart Meters https://www.ibrattleboro.com/culture/sci-tech/2021/07/smart-meters/#comment-20993 Mon, 26 Jul 2021 03:43:54 +0000 The word is “nocebo”. (The opposite of “placebo”.
I was wrong about the “NEG”

]]> 55eae54e0d8bb5d7cf5445c1bb811679 tomaidh wrote a new post, Smart Meters https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=63812 Sun, 25 Jul 2021 14:05:59 +0000 A few years back, the power company announced that they would be installing meters that would broadcast usage date directly to the company, without the need for meter readers. Some customers complained that the […]

]]> c96947fe15d17f37ea3656d6e5fcc07e tomaidh wrote a new post, Laugh of the Day - Buddy Hackett's Duck Joke on Johnny Carson https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=63799 Fri, 23 Jul 2021 22:14:27 +0000 It IS silly, but it DOES make you laugh.

Buddy Hackett’s Duck Joke on Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show 08/27/1987

]]> 3c7a3d6a1d1dc011c3eb6321aefc052c tomaidh wrote a new post, Facial Hair https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=63400 Fri, 02 Jul 2021 20:40:50 +0000 I’m watching a movie that takes place over a matter of years. The actors’ appearance, especially the facial hair, never changes !

How do they do it ???

]]> 26c55655fa12ae4e1f62b63cd0789700 tomaidh wrote a new post, MGHTMRI https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=63276 Sat, 26 Jun 2021 15:35:24 +0000 The only thing we know for sure about CV-19 is that we don’t know ANYTHING for sure.

There are lots of conflicting stories about the ”Pandemic” floating around and no way to tell for sure which of them are a […]

]]> 1188ba1a2383b5685581a52107702689 tomaidh commented on the post, RoboCalls https://www.ibrattleboro.com/living/questions-answers/2021/06/robocalls/#comment-20905 Thu, 10 Jun 2021 19:12:00 +0000 It’s only 3PM and so far, I’ve received about 7 calls. One of them was in Spanish (A first).
I’ve read that one way to deal with these guys is to answer them and engage them in long conversations.
They can’t […]

]]> 30b1f4740df7603a821b7e93c100a0a0 tomaidh wrote a new post, RoboCalls https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=63018 Thu, 10 Jun 2021 01:01:49 +0000 I’ve come to expect RoboCalls. I usually get 3 or four per day. Some days I get none.
However, today I keep getting them. I estimate I’ve received at least twenty, so far.

¿Wassup?

]]> d4ebdf9aa83372d512787ac5c96d558f tomaidh wrote a new post, Essential Knowledge: Bela Lugosi https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=62613 Tue, 11 May 2021 19:47:28 +0000 Bela Lugosi, the Hungarian actor remembered for his role as Count Dracula in the classic 1931 movie, was actually born in the region of Romania known as Transylvania.

]]> 5fe158a478a7ff7c2b2a69739ad9e41b tomaidh wrote a new post, Austrian Terrorists https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=62404 Mon, 26 Apr 2021 22:42:39 +0000 A few years back, I was attending ski instructor training at Jay Peak and there was no snow, so we had to drive north 20 miles to Mt. Sutton (Quebec) where there was. There was no border patrol either way.

One […]

]]> 4850abd4b9a2c69f51c6fd2527c183e6 tomaidh wrote a new post, Corruption https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=62365 Sat, 24 Apr 2021 13:42:45 +0000 In 2010, the Supreme Court of the United States held that the free speech clause of the First Amendment prohibits the government from restricting independent expenditures for political communications by […]

]]> 98819aebe24cca37b9136788eb75dc57 tomaidh wrote a new post, New West Virginia Law https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=62186 Tue, 13 Apr 2021 12:41:10 +0000 It removes sales tax on guns.

If I buy a cap pistol, I must pay sales tax but if I buy a .357 magnum I don’t.

That’s absurd!

]]> 7d444ddc801070753736c8f2ddc90d17 tomaidh wrote a new post, Big Sticks https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=61740 Tue, 16 Mar 2021 19:15:10 +0000 Einstein theorized that Matter and Energy were just two forms of the same thing. However, the numerical value of energy was the equivalent of the numerical value of matter, multiplied by an enormous number […]

]]> f2f754ea099f31f5bd7748c5110ef65f tomaidh commented on the post, Gone, But Not Forgotten https://www.ibrattleboro.com/opinion/2021/01/gone-but-not-forgotten/#comment-20553 Sat, 30 Jan 2021 04:37:01 +0000 I can dream, can’t I?

]]> 0c6f35f1270eb206f890047c635ce363 tomaidh wrote a new post, Gone, But Not Forgotten https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=60737 Fri, 29 Jan 2021 17:57:22 +0000 He ain’t goin’ away, folks!

Trump has just established an official post-presidency office in Florida. “The Office of the Former President” will manage Trump’s correspondence, public statements, appearances and […]

]]> fd0141046a51437923228f414d6890e5 tomaidh commented on the post, Kaaba https://www.ibrattleboro.com/news-information/other/2021/01/kaaba/#comment-20535 Fri, 22 Jan 2021 05:47:00 +0000 There’s a couple of pictures that illustrate the point, but unfortunately, they weren’t published.

]]> 68eb9bf9648ea0705f10aa2871b39e3b tomaidh wrote a new post, Kaaba https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=60569 Thu, 21 Jan 2021 14:56:35 +0000 The Kaaba is an ancient structure In Mecca, Saudi Arabia, that is sacred to Moslems. On pilgrimage, people circumambulate it (walk around it) endlessly.

I am struck by the resemblance of the VT Yankee building […]

]]> 0de7f94b9b88eea45f83f2dcfa034687 tomaidh wrote a new post, Too Much and Never Enough https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=60201 Mon, 04 Jan 2021 19:32:03 +0000 Clinical psychologist Mary Trump, (Donald Trump’s niece) has publicly predicted Trump’s increasingly dangerous, aberrant and delusional behavior. Her bestselling book “Too Much and Never Enough” chronicles how her […]

]]> b77c49ab09754845873faa3dca010efe tomaidh wrote a new post, Times Change https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=60070 Tue, 29 Dec 2020 13:52:52 +0000 From the 1950’s film “White Christmas”
• What would be a novelty up here in Vermont? (Bing Crosby)
• Who knows? Maybe we could dig up a Democrat? (Danny Kaye)
• They’d stone him (Crosby)

]]> 83c786cbaff870d53d888b5b7e302cad tomaidh commented on the post, Life With Biden https://www.ibrattleboro.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/12/life-with-biden/#comment-20423 Thu, 10 Dec 2020 16:57:09 +0000 Biden is a breath of fresh air.
Much that I prefer the Trump family to jet off to a country without an extradition agreement; I fear that he’s not going away. He’ll still be around causing trouble for a long time.

]]> bfe0290f54bccfa326b8eddaea195e31 tomaidh wrote a new post, "I Keep My Promises" https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=59599 Mon, 07 Dec 2020 01:41:48 +0000 Trump Said. ‘I Keep My Promises.’  In 2016, he made more than 280 campaign promises. Let’s see how he did:

1. “I will build a great, great wall on our southern border …” (speech, June 16, 2015)
Trump […]

]]> d6965453abd9f81a68ee7dea635f471c tomaidh commented on the post, It’s Not Over til the Fat Lady Sings, Pt 2 https://www.ibrattleboro.com/opinion/politics/2020/11/its-not-over-til-the-fat-lady-sings-pt-2/#comment-20373 Fri, 20 Nov 2020 20:13:11 +0000 “The President has now resorted to overt pressure on state and local officials to subvert the will of the people and overturn the election. It is difficult to imagine a worse, more undemocratic action by a sitting […]

]]> 0a00431ff745be695981f3ad16273d52 tomaidh commented on the post, Medicare Disadvantage https://www.ibrattleboro.com/living/health/2020/11/medicare-disadvantage/#comment-20370 Fri, 20 Nov 2020 16:46:28 +0000 Thanks, Richard.
I believe that you are a medical professional, and knowledgeable about these things.
The Medicare Advantage solicitations I’m receiving are designed to look like official government mail. They a […]

]]> 1ed734a3f021a3e1b54bc51182c38e9f tomaidh wrote a new post, It’s Not Over til the Fat Lady Sings, Pt 2 https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=59188 Fri, 20 Nov 2020 14:10:37 +0000 The legendary “Fat Lady” was Kate Smith who had a wonderful contralto voice.

She sang “God Bless America” at the end of NY Yankee games for years.

Yankee catcher Yogi Berra changed the saying to “It’s n […]

]]> 49eda86ea0822758f4623ab7e9eff79c tomaidh wrote a new post, Fat Lady https://www.ibrattleboro.com/?p=58832 Sat, 07 Nov 2020 20:38:53 +0000 It’s not over until the fat lady sings!

I think she has.

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