Name a well-known person from the 20th century who held an important position. Take the first and last letters of this person's last name, change each of them to the next letter of the alphabet, and you'll get the last name of another famous person who held the same position sometime after the first one. Who is it?Vice presidents on parade! Gerald Ford, who has by far the more interesting geographical history (see his Wiki page) was Nixon's veep, and Al "The Shortest Name in Politics" Gore was Clinton's veep. The only real argument is whether vice president is "an important position."
Sunday's photos are all about Gerald Ford. (I'll be honest; I liked his wife, Betty, more than I liked him.) The first three are of Grand Rapids, MI, then one of Oak Park, IL, and the bottom two are Omaha, NE.
By contrast, Al Gore would have been Tennessee and Harvard. Boring. (I like him better than his wife, although I daresay she's a perfectly lovely person despite being called "Tipper.")
You can click on any of the photos in Sunday's post for more information.
Time for
Here are this week's picks:
Fewer than 50 51 - 100 101 - 150 151 - 200 201 - 250 251 - 300 301 - 350 351 - 400 401 - 450 451 - 500 501 - 550 551 - 600 -- Maggie Strasser 601 - 650 651 - 700 701 - 750 751 - 800 801 - 850 -- zeke creek 851 - 900 -- Ross 901 - 950 951 - 1,000 -- Word Woman | 1,001 - 1,050 -- David 1,051 - 1,100 -- Henry BW 1,101 - 1,150 1,151 - 1,200 1,201 - 1,250 -- Magdalen 1,251 - 1,300 1,301 - 1,350 1,351 - 1,400 -- Curtis 1,401 - 1,450 1,451 - 1,500 1,501 - 1,550 1,551 - 1,600 1,601 - 1,650 1,651 - 1,700 1,701 - 1,750 1,751 - 1,800 1,801 - 1,850 1,851 - 1,900 1,901 - 1,950 1,951 - 2,000 -- Marie | 2,001 - 2,050 -- Joe Kupe 2,051 - 2,100 2,101 - 2,150 2,151 - 2,200 2,201 - 2,250 2,251 - 2,300 2,301 - 2,350 -- skydiveboy 2,351 - 2,400 2,401 - 2,450 2,451 - 2,500 2,501 - 2,750 -- Mendo Jim 2,751 - 3,000 3,001 - 3,250 3,251 - 3,500 3,501 - 4,000 4,001 - 4,500 4,501 - 5,000 > 5,000 > 5,000 + new record |
4 comments:
Gerry played football but Betty knew the score. I admired Betty Ford as well, Magdalen.
The Fords also spent a lot of time in our beautiful state of Colorado. The Betty Ford Alpine Gardens in Vail are breathtaking.
Gore may not have invented the internet, but I think he gets credit for coining the phrase 'information superhighway', which no one uses anymore.
Joe Kupe's comment reminded me of a commercial, PSA, blurb, something-or-other, back in the day, featuring a young boy (maybe in Magellanesque costume) saying something about a highway that "will not go from here to there. There will be no more 'there'. It will all be 'here'".
Anybody remember anything like that?
Please prove I'm not a madman.
Look for an Anna Paquin commercial from 1994: "No More There." It's on Youtube.
So it was a girl under that hat! My mistake. Thanks, Mendo Jim.
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