LongRider

16 October...is the 289th day of the year 2023. There are 76 days remaining until the end of this year. 1384 Jadwiga is crowned King of Poland, although she is a woman. 1793 Marie Antoinette, widow of Louis XVI, is guillotined at the height of the French Revolution. 1834 Much of the ancient structure of the Palace of Westminster in London burns to the ground. 1841 Queen’s University is founded in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. 1916 In Brooklyn, New York, Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States. 1946 Nuremberg Trials: Ten of the 12 defendants sentenced to death at the Nürnberg trials, including Joachim von Ribbentrop and Ernst Kaltenbrunner, were executed. 1978 Wanda Rutkiewicz is the first Pole and the first European woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

We all know the vows of the Night's Watch "Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death." If Jon is dead, he won't be revived, as the dead cannot be revived. So, no worries about him being alive again. However, if he is reanimated by magic, which is how all the dead are reanimated, then he will be a wight and continue to be dead. GRRM was asked if Beric was dead after Thoros reanimated him, and GRRM said he was. "According to George R. R. Martin, Beric is no longer a living being after his first death; his heart does not beat and blood does not flow through his veins. In Martin's own words, Beric is "a wight animated by fire instead of by ice" quote found on Beric's wiki page. If Jon becomes a wight, he's dead and as a dead man, he is no longer a member of the Night's Watch. He would be a wight animated by ice, more like Cold Hands, then Beric.

15 October...is the 288 h day of the year 2023. There are 77 days remaining until the end of this year. 1783 The Montgolfier brothers’ hot air balloon marks the first human ascent, by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, (tethered balloon). 1951 Mexican chemist Luis E. Miramontes conducts the very last step of the first synthesis of norethisterone, the progestin that would later be used in one of the first two oral contraceptives. 1956 Fortran, the first modern computer language, is shared with the coding community for the first time. 1996 Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California. 1997 The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn. 2003 China became the third country to launch a crewed spaceflight; Shenzhou 5, which was piloted by Yang Liwei, orbited Earth 14 times during the 21-hour flight. 1844 Friedrich Nietzsche, one of the most influential of all modern thinkers, was born in Prussia.

14 October....is the 287th day of the year 2023. There are 78 days remaining until the end of this year. 1322 Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland’s independence. 1586 Mary, Queen of Scots, goes on trial for conspiracy against Elizabeth I of England. 1656 Massachusetts enacts the first punitive legislation against the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). The marriage of church-and-state in Puritanism makes them regard the Quakers as spiritually apostate and politically subversive. 1888 Louis Le Prince films first motion picture: Roundhay Garden Scene in Roundhay, Leeds. 1926 The children’s book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published. 1947 American test pilot Chuck Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier. 1964 Baptist minister and social activist Martin Luther King, Jr., was named the winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace. 1894 E. E. Cummings, American poet born on this day.

13 October... is the 286th day of the year 2023. There are 79 days remaining until the end of this year. 1307 Hundreds of Knights Templar in France are simultaneously arrested by agents of Phillip the Fair, to be later tortured into a “confession” of heresy. 1773 The Whirlpool Galaxy is discovered by Charles Messier. 1845 A majority of voters in the Republic of Texas approve a proposed constitution, that if accepted by the U.S. Congress, will make Texas a U.S. state. 1884 Greenwich, in London, England, is established as Universal Time meridian of longitude. 1946 France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic. 1976 The first electron micrograph of an Ebola viral particle is obtained by Dr. F.A. Murphy.

I was today years old when I found out that some people knit scarves while they run marathons. "Oh, really?" Any reasonable person would say, "Pics or it didn't happen!" It happened! A Running Record Falls: Longest Scarf Knitted in a Marathon - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

I looked up the passages of Jamie's dream for where he was and also a description of the stump. While it's not outright said it's a WW stump, it's heavily inferred. "By evenfall they had left the lake to follow a rutted track through a wood of oak and elm. Jaime's stump was throbbing dully when Steelshanks decided to make camp. Qyburn had brought a skin of dreamwine, thankfully. While Walton set the watches, Jaime stretched out near the fire and propped a rolled-up bearskin against a stump as a pillow for his head. .... The moonlight glimmered pale upon the stump where Jaime had rested his head. The moss covered it so thickly he had not noticed before, but now he saw that the wood was white. It made him think of Winterfell, and Ned Stark's heart tree." A Storm of Swords - Jaime VI The passage does not mention them going a hill, so it's doubtful that it is High Heart.

12 October....is the 285th day of the year 2023. There are 80 days remaining until the end of this year. 1216 King John of England loses his crown jewels in The Wash, probably near Fosdyke, perhaps near Sutton Bridge. 1692 The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from Massachusetts Governor William Phips. 1823 Charles Macintosh of Scotland sells the first raincoat. 1964 The Soviet Union launches the Voskhod 1 into Earth orbit as the first spacecraft with a multi-person crew and the first flight without space suits. 1979 The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the first of five books in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy comedy science fiction series by Douglas Adams is published. 1999 The Day of Six Billion: The proclaimed 6 billionth living human in the world is born. 2005 The second Chinese human spaceflight Shenzhou 6 launched carrying Fèi Jùnlóng and Niè Hǎishèng for five days in orbit.

She's in Texas and the answer in 'Yes'. Factiod quote from Bing "Expanding Medicaid would provide coverage to an estimated 1.4 to 1.5 million Texans, most of whom are workers in jobs below the poverty line." Red states, what abominations they are.

11 October.....is the 284th day of the year 2023. There are 81 days remaining until the end of this year. 1634 The Burchardi flood – “the second Grote Mandrenke” killed around 15,000 men in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany. 1767 Surveying for the Mason–Dixon Line separating Maryland from Pennsylvania is completed. 1852 The University of Sydney, Australia’s oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney. 1865 Paul Bogle led hundreds of black men and women in a march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion. 1899 Second Boer War begins: In South Africa, a war between the United Kingdom and the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State erupts. 1975 Saturday Night Live debuted on NBC and became a landmark in American television. 1984 American astronaut Kathryn Sullivan became the first woman to walk in space. 2000 The International Women of the Year Association awarded the title Greatest Woman Achiever of the Century to Russian cosmonaut Valentina V. Tereshkova, the first woman in space.

Seriously? Whom at this board does not this? We all know this. You may not know this but cutting and pasting the OP is lazy and boring. Good grief, write something of you own.

About the mouse catching, he apparently let his sister Lady Wiskers steal one from him. So, not only is Ser Pounce PURE GOOD! But he shows his gallantry by treating his sister kindly by letting her keep the mouse she took from him. What a great kitten.

This is the type of dance that seems most likely. Indeed, the attack on Jon was choreographed somewhat, not much, but it looked like two stabs upfront and possibly two stabs at the back. I don't think Jon is dead and if not, it remains to be seen who else will dance with Jon anon.

10 October.... is the 283rd day of the year 2023. There are 82 days remaining until the end of this year. 1780 The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000-30,000 in the Caribbean. 1846 English astronomer William Lassell discovered Triton, the largest satellite of the planet Neptune. 1911 The Kowloon-Canton Railway (split into MTR East Rail Line and Guangshen Railway now) commences service between Kowloon and Canton. 1911 The Wuchang Uprising leads to the demise of Qing Dynasty, the last Imperial court in China, and the founding of the Republic of China. 1928 Chiang Kai-Shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China. 1944 Holocaust: 800 Gypsy children are murdered at Auschwitz concentration camp. 1946 Charles Dance, English actor born this day.

Could this thread be it perchance? When in doubt, google.

The fourth meaning seems for important to me. What is coming and who will dance? Perhaps the key word in the passage "A snowflake danced upon the air. Then another. Dance with me, Jon Snow, he thought. You'll dance with me anon." is dance, not anon. In the Game of Thrones prologue, we read; The Other slid forward on silent feet. In its hand was a longsword like none that Will had ever seen. No human metal had gone into the forging of that blade. It was alive with moonlight, translucent, a shard of crystal so thin that it seemed almost to vanish when seen edge-on. There was a faint blue shimmer to the thing, a ghost-light that played around its edges, and somehow Will knew it was sharper than any razor. Ser Waymar met him bravely. "Dance with me then." He lifted his sword high over his head, defiant. His hands trembled from the weight of it, or perhaps from the cold. Yet in that moment, Will thought, he was a boy no longer, but a man of the Night's Watch. It's good to know that anon means soon but also coming in reply to a call. Ummmm, that's delicious. Down below, the lordling called out suddenly, "Who goes there?" Will heard uncertainty in the challenge. He stopped climbing; he listened; he watched. The woods gave answer: the rustle of leaves, the icy rush of the stream, a distant hoot of a snow owl. The Others made no sound. The Others replied to Waymar's call and joined him in his offer to dance. Be careful what one asks for north of the Wall.

If one screws up on this thread, there is always someone out there to note it and make a correction. That is part of the fun of this thread.

Oh, we know as you keep reminding us. Also, who cares?

9 October 1701 The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. 1776 Father Francisco Palou founds Mission San Francisco de Asis in what is now San Francisco, California. 1824 Slavery is abolished in Costa Rica. 1834 Opening of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the first public railway on the island of Ireland. 1979 Canadian hockey player Wayne Gretzky made his NHL debut, with the Edmonton Oilers. 1917 Thelonious Monk, among the first creators of modern jazz, was born. 1940 John Lennon, British musician and songwriter was born. 1944 John Entwistle, British musician of The Who was born. 1948 Jackson Browne, American musician was born.

8 October 1860 Telegraph line between Los Angeles and San Francisco opens. 1952 USAF 2nd Lt Nurse Abbie Sweetwine uses military triage in a civilian disaster, the Harrow and Wealdstone train crash in London. She saves lives and paves the way for the UK’s use of paramedics. The British press dub her "the angel of platform 6". 1967 Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia. Guevara, who was wounded in the attack, was captured and shot. 1978 Australia’s Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 317.60mph at Blowering Dam, Australia. 1982 Poland bans Solidarity and all trade unions. 1991 Croatia votes to sever constitutional relations with Yugoslavia, making the country fully independent.

7 October 3761 BC The epoch reference date epoch (origin) of the modern Hebrew calendar (Proleptic Julian calendar). 1862 Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH) opens as the first hospital in the Canadian province of British Columbia 1870 Franco-Prussian War – Siege of Paris: Leon Gambetta flees Paris in a balloon. 1959 U.S.S.R. probe Luna 3 transmits the first ever photographs of the far side of the Moon. 1996 Fox News Channel, a satellite and cable news network created by Roger Ailes for Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, was launched in the United States. 2006 Russian journalist Anna Politkovskava is assassinated in her Moscow apartment block. She had been doggedly reporting on human rights abuses by Russian forces in Chechnya. 1931 Desmond Tutu born in Klerksdorp, South Africa this day. 1952 Russian politician Vladimir Putin president of Russia, was born.

How did you know that? Amazing.

Want to know how to find out if folks are reading your posts? Misspell something, works like a charm. Thanks, will edit. Where is @Tywin et al. when you need him?

I've seen those when I worked at an online used bookstore. They were small, unabridged, and easy to carry. Go see them Zorral, you'll love them!

6 October 1927 The Jazz Singer, starring Al Jolson, premiered in New York City, introducing the sound era of motion pictures. 1995 51 Pegasi is discovered to be the first major star apart from the Sun to have a planet (and extrasolar planet) orbiting around it. 1973 The Yom Kippur War begins. 2009 Hilary Mantel wins the Booker prize for the first time with her historical novel 'Wolf Hall'. edt: late entry 1998 Matthew Shepard was beaten and left for dead — tied to a fence in Wyoming. He died 10/12