My Daily Banana
Photo of the
day:
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| The Mammut Leaf this week, it's getting big |
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| Detail of the growing parts |
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| The flowers getting whiskers |
Word of the day:
Pusillanimous
The state of
being timid, afraid, cowardice (I wonder if the meaning of “being pussy” comes
from pusillanimous? Gordon that’s a question for you)
German:
ängstlich, feige
Name of the day:
Frank
In English, the
name Frank means- Diminutive of Franklin: Free land-owner
Event of the
day:
14th May 1939
The youngest
mother in history:
In Ticrapo,
Huancavelica, Peru
Lina Medina gave birth, by caesarean section
to a healthy boy.
She was FIVE years
old. (I’m struck dumb!)
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| Five years old and pregnant |
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| Lina with her little boy |
Birthday of the
day:
14th May 1943
Jack Bruce
in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Bass player of
the legendary group The Cream.
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| Psychedelic Jack Bruce, we thought colours and squiggly patterns were groovy at the time. |
He played his
SIX string bass guitar as if it was a lead guitar, he was the lead singer of
the group.
Lead guitarist
Eric Clapton and drummer Ginger Backer. They played together in the sixties, with
monumental hits such as “White Room”, “Strange Brew” and “Spoonful”.
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| Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce and Eric Clapton (from the left) |
Here is “Strange
Brew” it’s from the sixties on a German TV-Pop program called “Beat Club”. Eric
Clapton acts as if he is singing the song (the video is full playback), in the
group Jack Bruce was the lead singer
Now they sing
live, the song “White Room” recorded at a gig in “The Royal Albert Hall”; a
reunion in 2005. Jack’s voice hasn’t lost much of its fullness
and another song
“Spoonful”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwxkdyjvyGg
I loved the
music and treasured their album Disraerli Gears. They couldn’t stay together
very long because they were three alpha animals. Each one a leader and three
leaders in one group; a no go! But at least we have their music.
Died on this
day:
14th May 1919
Henry J Heinz
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| Henry J Heinz, the friend of every ketchup lover |
Founder of the
Heinz Company. Baked beans, ketchup, soup (I remember as a child, I must have
been about five six years old, we lived in RAF Marham, Norfolkshire, England.
We sometimes went on the bus to the nearest big city, Kings Lynn.; it must be
about twenty kilometres from home. Well Kings Lynn had (or has, I wouldn’t
know. That was fifty-six years ago) a Heinz manufacture. On the grounds was a
great big tank, (I always imagined to store the soup) and it was painted like a
can of Heinz’s soup.
A mongrel dog is
often called a Heinz, because of the Heinz advertisement slogan “Heinz, 57
varieties”
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| Heinz Slogan |
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| another variety of the Heinz slogan |
A great singer
left us on this day in 1998
Mr Frank Sinatra
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| Ol' Blue Eyes |
Died: 14 th May 1998
In West
Hollywood, California, United States
Born 12 th
December 1915
In Hoboken, New
Jersey, United States
Is there anyone
else who can interpret the song “My Way” as authentically as him? Say what you
want about him, arrogant, gangster, it still won’t damage his music, Frank was
one of the best.
"My Way":
Non Cycle ride
of the day:
Today it’s back
on the bicycle. Heike’s out for the afternoon with a friend, time for her to
chatter and catch up with the Niebüller gossip. I’m not a very talkative
person, I prefer putting my thoughts down on screen/paper.
Well that was a
good thought, but I received an invitation from Heike, cappuccino and cake! How
could I refuse, I’m just a week man?
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| The Niebüller Water Tower is being revamp; it's going to be a public lavatory. A new tourist attraction, at least it'll get a good number of visitors:-) |
Bye, see you all
tomorrow. Have a good day :-)
