Don't know about Wi-Fi, but TWAIN came about back in the 90's (when I was working on computers.) It is not an acronym, but came from Kipling, "never the twain shall meet." Back in that day it was difficult (almost impossible) to get different devices to talk to each other.

Someone came up with the idea that it stood for Technology Without An Important/Interesting Name and that kind went "viral", before there really was such a thing.

Thanks, T_Span. I searched through all the beetle images I could find, but I didn't see any that matched. But, then I only spent about ten minutes doing that, so there were probably a thousand more images I could have looked at. I wonder why they don't seem to be around here.

I'd like to know what those beetles are. I've got all kinds of pests to do battle with in my apples, but I've never seen a beetle that looks like that.

I'm certain Brian is right. When I was a kid (way back in the 40's) they moved into northern Illinois. I spent a lot of time exploring wild flowers, birds and nests, mushrooms, etc along the railroad that ran through our property. One spring they showed up and each year after that I could see that they expanded a few more miles East. It wasn't until many years later that I recognized their similarity to the salsify (vegetable oyster) that I grew in my garden and figured out what they were. The salsify flowers are purple.

A friend sent this to me. True or not? -- I don't know, but I got a good chuckle from it.

John Cassis is one of our nation's finest motivational speakers. He told a story recently about a time when he was serving as one of the Chaplin's for the Chicago Bears during their glory years of the 80's.

As John tells it, Mike Ditka was about to deliver a locker room pep talk one day. He looked up and saw defensive tackle William "Refrigerator" Perry. How could he not see him? At 338 pounds the Fridge stood out even in a crowd of pro football players. Ditka gestured to the Fridge. "When I get finished," he said, "I'd like you to close with the Lord's Prayer." Then the coach began his talk.

Meanwhile, Jim McMahon, the brash and outspoken quarterback, punched John Cassis. "Look at Perry," McMahon whispered, "he doesn't know the Lord's Prayer."

Sure enough, Perry sat with a look of panic on his face, his head in his hands. He was sweating profusely. "Everybody knows the Lord's Prayer," said Cassis to McMahon in disbelief. After a few minutes of watching the Refrigerator leaking several gallons of sweat, McMahon nudged Cassis again. "I'll bet you 50 bucks Fridge doesn't know the Lord's Prayer."

As Cassis tells the story, he stops to reflect on the absurdity of it all: "Here we were sitting in chapel and betting 50 bucks on the Lord's Prayer."

When Coach Ditka finished his pep talk, he asked all the men to remove their caps. Then he nodded at Perry and bowed his head. It was quiet for a few moments before the Fridge spoke in a shaky voice, "Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord, my soul to keep…"

Cassis felt the tap on his shoulder. It was Jim McMahon. "Here's the 50 dollars," he whispered. "I had no idea Perry knew the Lord's Prayer."

Thanks, Admin.

That has to be the difference.

Earlier today I was in the Main Photo Discussion and the Photo gallery and didn't have any of the info on any post. Just now I went back into them and the info was showing up.

No, I don't have that checked. I went down everything in my profile to see if there was anything that would do that. That one was the only thing I saw and it was not checked.

The weird thing is that about 25 or 30 percent of the time the extra user info shows up.

Can anyone explain why the extra user info following a poster's ID doesn't show up on most posts when I view them. It does about one-fourth of the time, but all the rest of the time there is nothing following the poster's ID.

I think why I like it is that he seems to be saying "Peasant, quit staring at royalty."

Great shot. We have many great shots of eagles on this forum, but I think this is my favorite.

I just don't understand some people. Unless she was known as an outspoken supporter of one of the also-rans, I don't know why they would put that in. Even then, I don't think it was appropriate.

From the Richmond Times-Dispatch obituaries:

Faced with the prospect of v****g for either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, Mary Anne Noland chose instead to pass into the eternal love of God.

This year my iris are just gorgeous so just HAD to get out and take some pictures. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

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Newspaper errors

A newspaper is a daily marvel, even a miracle. Limitless possibilities exist for error, human and mechanical. Add the crushing pressure of deadlines, and it's surprising there aren't more mistakes.
When goofs do occur, editors scurry to print corrections, even though we often prefer the misprint to the corrected version. Here are just a few samples:

1. IMPORTANT NOTICE: If you are one of hundreds of parachuting enthusiasts who bought our "Easy Sky Diving" book, please make the following correction: On page 8, line 7, the words "state zip code" should have read "pull rip cord."

2. There was a mistake in an item sent in two weeks ago which stated that Ed Burnham entertained a party at crap shooting. It should have been trap shooting.

3. It was incorrectly reported last Friday that today is T-shirt Appreciation Day. In fact, it is actually Teacher Appreciation Day.

4. From a California bar association's newsletter: Correction — the following typo appeared in our last bulletin: "Lunch will be gin at 12:15 p.m." Please correct to read "12 noon."

5. In Frank Washburn’s March column, Rebecca Varney was erroneously identified as a bookmaker. She is a typesetter.

6. In the City Beat section of Friday’s paper, firefighter Dwight Brady was misidentified. His nick name in the department is “Dewey.” Another firefighter is nicknamed “Weirdo.” We apologize for our mistake.

7. Our newspaper carried the notice last week that Mr. Hoffnagle is a defective on the police force. This was a typographical error. Mr. Hoffnagle is, of course, a detective on the police farce.

8. Yesterday, we mistakenly reported that a talk was given by a bottle-scared hero. We apologize for the error. We obviously meant that the talk was given by a battle-scarred hero.

9. Apology: I originally wrote, "Woodrow Wilson's wife grazed sheep on the front lawn of the White House." I'm sorry that typesetting inadvertently left out the word "sheep."

10. In one edition of today's Food Section, an inaccurate number of jalapeno peppers was given for Jeanette Crowley's Southwestern chicken salad recipe. The recipe should call for two, not 21, jalapeno peppers.

11. The marriage of Miss Freda van Amburg and Willie Branton, which was announced in this paper a few weeks ago, was a mistake which we wish to correct.