Furlough

Happy Saturday Morning – Here, after a couple of days, I can still taste the dinner I made; it was a SUCCESS!

Trying hard not to get into a dinner eat pattern and loop, in my new role I try and spread out and vary our dinner fare. The way I view it, the actuality of these dinners of mine are mostly ‘singles’ with a few ‘doubles’ tossed in. Last Thursday evening’s dinner was a Home Run!

Using our gifted last Christmas Air Fryer (Ninja from Costco) became the base. The final product was a Spicy Black Bean & Cheese Nachos – topped with Salsa and a healthy dollop of Sour Cream dinner. It was a Success!

This morning over my mug of freshly brewed coffee, I am still happily ‘licking my chops’ (yesterday’s lunch was leftover nachos).

Here schools have just begun Summer Break. On my walk last evening I spotted the very first kids after dinner yard party.

Furlough – Finally a Friday (yesterday) where I managed to get some exercise in. In the morning it was our regular 45 minutes of Cross training on Zoom with my brothers. That session was intense enough with weights, bands, and movement to have me finish up with some sweat.

Then, last evening after dinner Adrianne swung by for a visit. With her here it gave me a half hour to get a walk in – 13.6 furloughs; and it felt really good. Thanks Adrianne!

A Historical ‘hood? – People are amazing. For almost two years I’ve attended a number of meetings as well as listening to the updates given at neighborhood association meetings. I’ve listened to details explained and opportunities given to raise questions. All of this was to plan for a possible neighborhood classification change to Historical District status.

Finally, it’s at a point where the city council is ready to vote on the matter.

Now, watching a newscast there they found a person who was perturbed that this (two yearlong) event was sprung on him without notice. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised.

Our Chanel 9 TV won’t allow the video they made on the subject to be replayed other than on YouTube. Here is the link, well made with drone footage: WCPO Chanel 9

Air Hub – devastation to a city. Cincinnati’s airport, CVG had steady growth. Then in the 1990s a local entrepreneur came up with an idea – a network of connections to a large hub and so the birth of the commuter airlines came about – Comair. Comair was the first offering of what started the nationwide commuter airlines network. Early on prop planes and then quickly Comair regional jets filled the skies.

Next, Comair was purchased by Delta Airlines. Quickly, CVG was grown into the largest Delta hub next to Atlanta. Delta was on a roll – a roll into Chapter 11 that is. Misery loves company and so Delta and Northwest Airlines merged. Northwest with a brand spanking revamped airport in Detroit easily won the cost savings battle, hence Delta vacated CVG as a hub and with it ‘flew’ the 670 daily departures per day away from CVG.

Probably, had it not been because of the now former CVG CEO, Candace McGraw, we’d still be stuck in the muck.

Under her tenure with Delta’s grip loosened she brought in several low-cost airlines. Quickly we dropped from being the highest cost fare airport in the nation to one of the most affordable. Next, she tapped into the Cargo boom. This landed CVG to become the global Amazon Air hub as well as a major landing spot for Germany’s DHL and their bright yellow and red freighters.

I’ll fill out this little history lesson with this well-made video by Plane Curious. Enjoy:

This week’s Interlude – I guess I am a true ‘generalist’, especially when it comes to the various styles of music I enjoy listening to. This week’s “Interlude” features a Folk singer and songwriter. As a hint to help you zero into this person, here are three facts: he was the only performer to be invited on the Johnny Carson Show – twice in a row. He was also a participant in the creation of the Presidential Commission on World Hunger in 1977 and his debut album made a huge impact selling over a million copies.

He would have been a few months younger than me; passing away at the young age of 38.

I hope you guess who the singer is. Check below if you’re correct, the singer’s name and song title are found below. Complete songs can be found on Spotify and others.

Enjoy!
Life is AMAZING!

Dirk

BONUS POINTS:

The Great Depression of the 1930s translated into tough times for a large portion of people in the nation. Mealtime was an area where types of food, preparation of food, saving leftovers, etc. all were handled differently. Looking at that family favorite, Meatloaf: how, if any, changes were made to this classic mealtime staple?

1. No change whatsoever.
2. Began to use ‘poor man’ vegetables, i.e. onion etc
3. It quickly was made with 25% add-on food products
4. It quickly was made with 35% add-on food products
5. It quickly was made with 15% add-on food products
6. 75% Oats & Breadcrumbs
7. More than half of weight was veggies and grains.

Last week Bonus Points answer – # 4, 5, 9
Answer this week’s Interlude: Taxi · Harry Chapin