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Thank you for today's posting. Loved the bell research. Merry Christmas to everyone.

ps. sounds like your next year will be very positive.......that's a good thing.

God be with you both and blessings.

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Yeah. The bells piece sent shivers up my spine.

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The "electricity bill" is so true. My usage is minimal...except for A/C in the summer. I try very hard to keep my bill down. I look at what constitutes my bill and am amazed at the number of taxes and levies which substantially increase the amount. Unbelievable.

The video on the bells is 100% correct imo. The frequency and tone of the bells had an ameliorating effect and affect on humans. Made them more human. The sounds we hear today are unquestionably higher in pitch and tone and extremely "electronically" abrasive. They're the kind of sounds I picture insects enjoying.

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Love that photo of the old guy helping with the young guy's tie.

Absolutely heartwarming.

Thank you.

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36 of the cities...

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I've been to all 50!, yeah me. I did cheat though, I had a travel job for over a decade. I'm from New Orleans, but liked St Louis, Cleveland and Boston the most. The worst where Tulsa and OKC, not because of the people, but the Godforsakeness of the terrain in December. Also, Buffalo is a hoot.

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LOL you win! I figure the guy at 49 on Gab had a travel job too. You can’t beat 50 on this list!

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37. I gladly don’t get out much anymore, so your link to Carol of the Bells took me to the first Christmas music I’ve heard this season. Super sweet. Ironically, it was written by a Ukrainian composer (Mykola Leontovych,1916). Surely among the most hauntingly beautiful songs ever written. Wherever Christmas finds you, may the day be merry and bright, and here’s to a Happy New Year for you back in the States. God bless us, every one.

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36.

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I was surprised Anchorage wasn't on the US cities list. I have never been to Alaska but the Last Frontier is on my bucket list!

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I'm a little surprised Bangkok and KL weren't, in some of the hotels there, seems you see nothing but Americans. ;-)

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Some weeks ago I met two born and raised Americans including one who told me he was from Alaska. I made a poor impression on him. After I told the couple that I was living in Las Vegas we chit chatted and I told him I’d love to visit Alaska but definitely not in the winter months. He proceeds to tell me that Alaska can get unsufferably hot in the summertime. “Actually of all 50 states Alaska and Hawaii are the only two that have never had a temperature of 100 or above.” I shared with him. That went over about as well as a loud fart during group meditation and they both excused themselves quickly. The first born and raised Americans I’ve run into in months and months and I somehow ruined it with my factoid. I felt like I was getting outcast in grade school all over again…

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Actually Amy, Alaska temperatures; "- All-time highest temperature: 100° F (Fort Yukon on June 27, 1915)- All-time lowest temperature: -80° F (Prospect Creek on Jan. 23, 1971)" Na, na, nah na na! GRIN.

Anyway the guy you met may well have been from Anchorage, many of us say Anchorage is a large city only twenty minuets away from Alaska. BIGGER GRIN.

I will allow he is right, some parts of Alaska do get rather warm in the summer (I've experienced sweltering +90s° on occasion). On the other hand this is a big state, some parts don't. Down on the Aleutian chain for example, Dutch Harbor with the warmest water is August, with an average temperature of 49°F. The time of year with cooler water lasts for 4.6 months, from December 27 to May 15, with an average temperature below 41°F.

Hum, though Amy, based on what I assume about your personality from here on the net, I rather doubt that you were the slightest bit bothered when those two ran off.

None the less, All-time highest temperature: 100° F.! Na, na, nah na NA! BIGGEST GRIN.

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LOL thanks for clarifying! I still found the lecture on how hot Alaska gets rather amusing considering I’d already told the couple that I was living in Las Vegas. We definitely got them beat there! Then there is the whole dry heat argument…

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