"Its great strength enabled it to bear heavy loads, while its flexibility made it relatively easy to bend into the circle of a wheel rim and also gave it the capacity to absorb shock without cracking or splitting. Those properties, added to the wood's ability to resist the effects of soil and moisture, made for high-mileage wheel rims."
  ~~By Dave Wayman (March/April 1985)

"I  love everything that's old,
old friends,
old times,
old manners,
old books, 
old wine."
  ~~Oliver  Goldsmith

"There  is one day that is ours.
Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely  American."
~~O.  Henry

"I'm  really a scientist.
I follow recipes exactly - until I decide not to.
And then  I'll follow something else exactly.
I may decide I could turn this peach tart  into a plum tart,
but if I'm following a recipe,
I follow it  exactly."
~~Ina  Garten

"A University springing up in the grove as if Mother Earth had given it birth...
Chautauqua has become the school for the masses..."
  ~~Rev. H. H. Moore from "Retrospect"

    "The Chautauqua Auditorium, built in 1903, is a large historic icosagonal
(20-sided) wooden chautauqua meeting hall located at Forest Park
and North East 9th Street, Shelbyville, Illinois, United States. On January 30, 1978, it was added
to the National Register of Historic Places.
    It is the largest building of its kind anywhere in the world. The building
was constructed by a local bridge builder and designed with a unique system of
structural support. Because of this, there are no interior pillars to block the
view of the stage.
    The large stage features three female Grecian statues representing Art, Music
and Drama. These statues were works from renowned Illinois artist and
Shelbyville native Robert Root."
~~Wikipedia

"All human wisdom is summed up in  two words; wait and hope."
  ~~Alexandre Dumas