Yet more keen links one might want to share

[Lamplighter]

Thank you, Bruce. I had not seen those before.

Many are now deceased. The Boones Ferry was replaced by the I-5 bridge a mile to the east.
But the Canby Ferry is still in year-around operation, and is a very important crossing, costing $4 / car

The Willamette river runs from the south (e.g., Salem) up north thru PDX into the Columbia River.
This part of the Willamette Valley developed on both sides of the river.
And without the Canby Ferry, it's a long, long, road trip to get from the East side of the Willamette to I-5.

[glatt]

I keep meaning to take a trip on White's Ferry across the Potomac. Maybe 45 minutes from here. It's not really on the way to anything, but it would be a fun experience. For the kids too. I feel like I've been on a river ferry before, but can't picture where that would have been.

[classicman]

Sounds like a cool thing to do... about 3 hours from me though. Kind of a long ride for that. Wonder if there are any closer to me.

[Zathris]

Ya'll might find the following site useful:

• http://www.dollartimes.com/

It's basically just an index of 29 different financial calculators.

[Gravdigr]

Congrats, Philly!! You made the list again. You came in 54th. But your redheaded stepchild, Chester, PA came in 2nd. KY didn't even make the list.

"What list?", you ask?

Well, The 100 Most Dangerous Cities In America, of course.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Wow, Oakland has knocked East St Louis off the top five. At least Camden and Chester are representing.

[glatt]

Virginia is not on the list.

[xoxoxoBruce]

I have Lapham's Quarterly bookmarked, but often forget about it, and I'm always happy to rediscover it. I'd describe it as a high rent readers digest, with lots of interesting stuff.
For instance where did "tar & feather" come from.

Richard, by the grace of God king of England, and duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, and count of Anjou, to all his subjects who are about to go by sea to Jerusalem, greeting.

Know that we, by the common counsel of upright men, have made the laws here given.
Whoever slays a man on shipboard shall be bound to the dead man and thrown into the sea. But if he shall slay him on land, he shall be bound to the dead man and buried in the earth.
If any one, moreover, shall be convicted through lawful witnesses of having drawn a knife to strike another, or of having struck him so as to draw blood, he shall lose his hand.
But if he shall strike him with his fist without drawing blood, he shall be dipped three times in the sea.
But if any one shall taunt or insult a comrade or charge him with hatred of God, as many times as he shall have insulted him so many ounces of silver shall he pay.

A robber convicted of theft, shall be shorn like a hired fighter, and boiling tar shall be poured over his head, and feathers from a cushion shall be shaken out over his head so that he may be publicly known—and at the first land where the ships put in, he shall be cast on shore.

Under my own witness at Chinon.

[xoxoxoBruce]

The British Library has made available over a million images, which are copyright free and downloadable. The images are from books in the library's collections, some hundreds of years old. Arranged in albums for easier searching.

[fargon]

Good find Bruce, when I have the rest of my life I'll sit down and go thru that.

[Gravdigr]

[Gravdigr]

The Man Who Has Made A Cameo In Almost Every James Bond Film For Over Fifty Years

[glatt]

So apparently this guy made the most AMAZING new winter coat, and I won't believe what it's made of. Should I click the link?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Watchu talkin bout, Willis?

[fargon]

Where is the link?