And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The inventor (or at least the patent holder) of the aglet made a fortune. If you visit Redlands, California, there are Victorian mansions sprinkled around from the town's days as a wintering spot for the wealthy. The 1894 golf course there is the second oldest on the west coast. One of the mansions, I forget which one, was built by the aglet heir.
I can recall in the late 60's early,or early 70's mexican crevasse bottles had a similar bottom that had teeth in it which server to remove the cap of your next one
Those could be worth money on Jeopardy!
ReplyDeletePunt is to give extra strength to the bottle particularly necessary for sparkling wines.
ReplyDeleteThe raised mark you see on the bottom is the mold emblem of the glass manufacturer.
DeleteYou hold the bottle by the punt when you saber it
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I always thought the bump on the wine bottle was called the kick or kick-up?
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Taint - the area between your genitals and anus.
ReplyDeleteThe inventor (or at least the patent holder) of the aglet made a fortune. If you visit Redlands, California, there are Victorian mansions sprinkled around from the town's days as a wintering spot for the wealthy. The 1894 golf course there is the second oldest on the west coast. One of the mansions, I forget which one, was built by the aglet heir.
ReplyDeleteI thought an aglet was a kid getting ready to enroll in Texas A&M Aggie school......
ReplyDeleteI can recall in the late 60's early,or early 70's mexican crevasse bottles had a similar bottom that had teeth in it which server to remove the cap of your next one
ReplyDeleteYou surprised me. I thought there was going to be a third word involved, one starting with a "C" and ending with a "T".
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