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I thought I would wear my glasses and my retainer. This is pretty much what I looked like when I was in high school. Lol
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Daegu, Korea
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Most of 'Old Retainer' is still standing. This winter hasn't been much of a challenge yet but the summer drought and autumn wet we had might be.
-HEADED PUNCH RETAINERS
-PUNCH RETAINERS
-BALL LOCK RETAINERS
-CHANGE RETAINERS
-BACKING PLATES
-SPECIAL RETAINERS
Yehwa Engineering Inc.
#1755-7, Bi San Doung, Seo Gu
Daegu, Korea
Tel: 82.53.354.0084-5
Cell:82.010.3543.5407(Steven)
Fax: 82.53.345.8137
Email 1: ye-hwa.com@hanmail.net
Email 2: yehwakorea@gmail.com
Web: www.yehwaKorea.com
Managed to get a simple eyeglass retainer strap onto the Google Glass. Rubber loop clasp was just flexible enough to stretch around the rear housing. This makes Glass roller-coaster and headbang ready.
First Appearance - Detective Comics #536 (March 1984)
Doctor Fang was a theatrically trained master thespian. He was also an expert hand-to-hand combatant, specializing in boxing and Kung Fu.In order to promulgate a more theatrical effect, Doctor Fang wore a pair of plastic fangs to give him the appearance of a vampire. To compliment the effect, he also wore a large, black cape with a high collar.
Doctor Fang emerged in Gotham City's underworld as a numbers racketeer and criminal mastermind. His ventures commonly involved sending his hired thugs to local businesses to extort proprietors for protection money. These actions soon earned him the attention of Batman's teen sidekick, Robin. Fang quickly grew enchanted with petty crimes however, and embarked to push himself into the big leagues. Believing Gotham City police detective Harvey Bullock to be a corrupt cop on the take, Doctor Fang placed him on retainer. He told Bullock of his plan to make a grab for the Wayne Foundation's holdings. Bullock immediately alerted Bruce Wayne, who in turn, investigated the matter as Batman. Along with Robin, the two managed to foil Fang's scheme and he was arrested. Through the efforts of corrupt mayor Hamilton Hill, Doctor Fang was soon free from prison. While attempting to revive his underworld ties, he ran afoul of the Batman who was in the midst of a fight with the Night-Slayer. During the melee, the Night-Slayer withdrew his revolver and fired a fatal shot into Doctor Fang's chest.
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Another picture of the braces without the retainer bar in place allowing the legs to be placed one in front of the other. I have all kinds of size 5 and 6 high heeled sandals (that belong to my model) that are for sale. I also make made to measure leg and body braces as well as any metal and/or leather bondage device or restraint that you can dream up. Contact me at my1970junk@msn.com for more information.
16th century Orders to Elizabeth Castle and Mont Orgueil stating the numbers of soldiers to defend the main gates and canons, the payments of the soldiers, the re-establishment of the Governors guard, which was disbanded by Sir Waltre Raughley (Sir Walter Raleigh), and that the main gates and cannon of both castles are manned
Elizabeth Castle was built on a tidal island off the coast of Saint Helier in the 16th and 17th centuries when the power of cannons meant that the existing stronghold at Mont Orgueil was insufficient to defend the Island and the port of St Helier was vulnerable to attack by ships.
Elizabeth Castle. About half a mile out to sea from St Helier lies an islet 60 yards broad and about 500 yards long, which can be reached at low tide by a causeway of shingle across the sands. For 400 years this contained a priory, and for the last 350 years a castle.
The island called L'Islet at the eastern end of St Aubin's Bay became the site of the Abbey (later Priory) of Saint Helier. The monastic buildings were finally taken over by the Crown at the Reformation. Surviving buildings were used for military purposes.
Construction of the castle began in 1594, and continued in the first years of the 17th century under the then governor of Jersey, Sir Walter Raleigh, who named it "Fort Isabella Bellissima" (the most beautiful Elizabeth) after Elizabeth I.
Governors of Jersey moved their official residence from Mont Orgueil to Elizabeth Castle, which was first used in a military context during the English Civil War in the 17th century. Charles II visited the castle in 1646 and 1649, staying in the Governor's House, and was proclaimed King on the death of his father, Charles I, by governor Sir George de Carteret despite the abolition of the monarchy in England.
In 1651, Parliamentary forces landed in Jersey and bombarded the castle with mortars. The destruction of the mediaeval Abbey church in the heart of the castle complex which had been used as the storehouse for ammunition and provisions forced Carteret to surrender, and Jersey was held by Parliamentarians for nine years. The parade ground and surrounding buildings were constructed on the site of the destroyed Abbey church.
The castle was next involved in conflict in the late 18th century, this time it was with the French. Troops under Baron Phillipe de Rullecourt landed in St Helier on 6 January 1781, and the castle garrison was marooned. The governor, Moise Corbet, was tricked into surrendering to the French, but the castle garrison under Captain Mulcaster refused to surrender. The French were eventually defeated by troops under Major Francis Peirson at the Battle of Jersey. Both Peirson and de Rullecourt were killed during the battle.
The perceived vulnerability of the Island led to the construction of Fort Regent on Le Mont de la Ville, overlooking the Town. Fort Regent became the site of the main British garrison.
An ambitious harbour project which would have linked the castle to the mainland was abandoned in the 19th century. A breakwater linking L'Islet to the Hermitage Rock on which the Hermitage of Saint Helier is built remains, and is used by anglers.
The British government withdrew the garrison and relinquished the castle in 1923 to the States of Jersey which opened it to the public as a museum. During the Second World War the Germans modernised the castle with guns, bunkers and battlements. After the Liberation, the castle was repaired and was eventually reopened to the public.
Today, the castle is administered by the Jersey Heritage Trust as a museum site: among the historical displays are the Jersey Royal Militia Museum holding several centuries of military memorabilia. Every Sunday through the season when the castle is open, a team of historical interpreters recreate the garrison of 1781, at the time of the battle of Jersey. Displays are given of musket firing, cannon firing and civilian life.
The Normans were great church-builders, and at some date, probably a little before 1150, Guillaume Fitzhamon, a knight who held land at St Maurice, near Carteret, decided to found an abbey for canons of the Augustinian Order. He had evidently been reading the sensational Passion of St Helier, for he chose as his site the islet near the rock on which the hermit was said to have lived, and dedicated his new foundation "to the honour of the Blessed Elerius".
He built a fine Romanesquc church (of which pictures survive) and the usual monastic buildings, and then began to collect endowments from his friends. He had been for years a close companion of Prince Henry, the future Henry II, and, when the latter became King, he conferred on the abbey the town mill and the marsh, the rich meadowland on which the town was beginning to spring up. Later he added 21 acres from the crown estates at Crapedoit, the name of one of the three fiscal areas into which the Island was divided at that time; Crapedoit probably comprised the four western parishes. Other benefactors followed suit and a prosperous future seemed assured.
But soon after Fitzhamon had settled his monks in their new home, the Empress Matilda, the King's mother, was caught in a storm in the Channel, and vowed to found a monastery if she came safe to land. She kept her promise by building the Abbey of Our Lady of the Vow at Cherbourg, and she too gave this to the Augustinian Order and appointed the Abbot Robert of St Helier to superintend the building operations.
At first Cherbourg seems to have been considered a daughter abbey of St Helier; but after Robert's death trouble arose. The jealousy was partly financial. A document at the time complains that it was unseemly for a knight's foundation to be three times as rich as that of the Queen Mother. There were also difficulties of discipline. The Augustinians at this time were split into two factions. Saint Helier sided with the Party of Artois, and Cherbourg with the Party of Paris. This led to such ungodly bickering that in 1179 the Archbishop of Rouen amalgamated the two abbeys, "that they may be one flock under one shepherd", and reduced St Helier to the rank of a priory, in which Cherbourg pledged itself to keep five canons in residence. Its life as an abbey had lasted only about 30 years.
For the next 200 years the tiny band of monks on their lonely islet must have led uneventful lives. They sang their daily Offices in the great abbey church. They collected the rents due to Cherbourg from local tenants. But in the 15th century things began to happen. One evening in 1406 raiders landed on the islet, 1,000 men-at-arms with a number of light armed troops and archers, under Hector de Pontbriand, a Breton knight, and Pero Nino, a Castilian corsair.
Next morning, as the tide fell, they advanced across the sands, where 3,000 Jerseymen under the King's Receiver had mustered to repel them. "Then you could see", wrote Nino's standard-bearer, "helm severed from breastplate, and arm-plates and greaves hacked off. Some grappled with daggers drawn. Blood flowed in torrents. Such steadfast courage did both sides show that all would have been slain had not Nino observed a white flag with St George's Cross, which, though many a standard had been battered down, still remained upright.
"So he called to Pontbriand: 'While yon flag flies, they will never own themselves beaten. Let us go and capture it.' with 50 men-at-arms they wheeled out of the melée to where the banner stood. The colour-party were doughty knights and the fight was hard; but in the first assault the Receiver was slain. I saw him lying at my feet. Then the Jerseymen began to fly; but the French were so fatigued that they could not pursue."
The defenders then withdrew with their families and cattle inside the great earthwork at Trinity known as Chastel Sedement. When Nino's captains reconnoitred this they realised that its capture would be costly. They heard, too, of Gorey and Grosnez Castles, and they knew that the English fleet was at sea. They may have made a final stand at the top of Grouville Hill, at the spot known as La Croix de la Bataille, now owned by the National Trust for Jersey. So they agreed to withdraw on payment of a ransom of 10,000 golden crowns, and, loading their ships with booty, they sailed away.
Soon after this the empty buildings of the priory were filled to overflowing. The Abbey of the Vow was burnt to the ground, and the monks migrated to their daughter house on the islet, bringing with them the Abbot and some of the monks of St Sauveur le Vicomte, whose abbey had also been destroyed. But they had hardly settled in when a new blow fell. Under Henry V the Hundred Years' War flared up into new vigour, and the King's first step was to stop English money passing into enemy hands through the dues which alien priories were sending to parent houses in France. In 1413 Parliament ordered all the property of foreign ecclesiastics to be handed to the Crown.
This meant the suppression of the other Jersey priories; but Governors hesitated what to do about the priory on the islet, which was no longer sending money abroad as its parent house was destroyed. "The Kings of England", wrote the Abbot later, "sent Lords who wished to expel us. To obtain permission to stay, we agreed to make an annual payment of 40 livres. The Isles were then given to the Duke of Bedford, who remitted these 40 livres; but the Duke of Gloucester, who succeeded him, took away a great part of our income and forced us to pay 84 1ivres. When the Isles were given to the Earl of Warwick, he did us divers wrongs, but notwithstanding we remained in our Priory; but King Henry VI restored our revenue to us."
The names of these Govcrnors show that the Cherbourg monks must have occupied the priory for more than 50 years. When the French captured Jersey in 1461, the monks were again in trouble. They complained to the French King that those who governed the Island in his name had seized their property and forced them to beg for a living.
By 1464, however, the Abbey of the Vow was rebuilt, and the islet was left once more with only its five monks. As the Reformation drew nearer, the priory began to go downhill rapidly. Its endowments were used to provide incomes for people who never came near Jersey. John Carvanell, chaplain to the Scottish Queen, who was Henry VIII's sister, was made prior of the islet in 1517, though he continued to live in Scotland; and in 1536 the unspeakable Thomas Cromwell, Henry's most disreputable agent in the destruction of the monasteries, obtained a written promise from the King that he should succeed Carvanell.
But by 1540 the last English abbey had been suppressed, and before this St Helicr's priory had ceased to exist. The great church, however, remained standing for another hundred years, and is shown in two of Wenceslaus Hollar's etchings in 1651.
A new use was now found for the islet. By Henry VIII's reign the invention of cannon had revolutionised the art of siege craft, and Mont Orgueil had become vulnerable. Moreover, the town of St Helier, which was the most important place in the Island, was entirely at the mercy of raiders. So in 1550 the Privy Council ordered the States to "make a bulwark" on the islet, and authorised the Governor to provide the necessary funds by selling the bells of the parish churches, leaving only one for each church.
But the States were busy building St Aubin's Fort, and for 40 years nothing was done. In 1590, however, the work began in earnest. Paul Ivy, a military engineer who had just completed the forts at Falmouth and two castles in Ireland, was put in charge. The Queen contributed £500, and every house had to provide four days' labour, and two Jurats were appointed to see that everyone worked from six to six.
The work was finished about 1600, when Sir Walter Raleigh became Governor, and he was the first to live in the new Governor's House. Life-size waxworks have now made the Castle look inhabited. In one room Ivy is showing his plans to Ralegh, and in another Charles II is seen giving the first grant of lands to be called New Jersey, to Sir George Carteret. Ralegh, with the fulsome flattery of the period wrote that he had presumed to christen the Castle Fort Isabella Bellissima, Elizabeth the Most Beautiful. This pretentious Latin name never came into general use; but an Act of the States in 1603 calls it le chateau Elizabeth. It was not yet, however, the size that it is today. Ivy only fortified the high rock on the south-west corner of the islet, leaving all the rest to the abbey ruins and the rabbits.
The first big extension was in Charles I's reign, when Sir Philippe de Carteret trebled its size by enclosing the ground that contained the monastic buildings. This work took ten years (1626-36).
"The slothfulness of the workmen," he wrote, "doth impose on me intolerable trouble."
Nevertheless, it was well done, and when the Civil War broke out in 1643, it stood the test. Some Jerseymen supported Parliament, but Sir Philippe remained loyal to the King and withdrew behind the Castle walls, which were besieged by the Parliamentary Lieutenant-Governor Major Lydcott. The walls, however, proved impregnable and, as the Castle could be revictualled from the sea, the garrison could not be starved out. The militiamen lost heart and drifted away to their farms, and Captain George Carteret, Sir Philippe's nephew, recovered the Island for the King.
Meanwhile, in England the royal cause was losing ground. The 15-year-old Prince of Wales, the future Charles II, retreated from Cornwall to the Scillies, and in April 1646 he took refuge in Eliza¬beth Castle, Jersey being the only place in his father's domain where he could feel secure. His arrival caused tremendous enthusiasm locally.
Chevalier, our local diarist, gives a picture of the boy at dinner in the Governor's House:
"As he took his seat, a kneeling Squire presented a silver dish in which he washed his hands. On his right stood a Doctor of Divinity ready to recite the grace. The dishes with which the board was loaded, were placed before him one by one, and, when he had chosen, the Gentleman-Carver tasted a portion and laid it on the Prince's plate. His drink was broug~t by a page about his own age, who tasted the goblet, and offered It kneeling on one knee, holding another cup under his chin lest a drop should be spilt on his clothes."
Fortunately for Carteret's purse the visit lasted only ten weeks. Then the Prince and his 300 retainers left to join his mother in Paris.
Carteret now began to strengthen the Castle by building a fort at the opposite, the northern, end of the islet. This was finished in 1647 and named Fort Charles. In 1649 Charles returned, no longer as Prince but as King. Parliament had now abolished monarchy as "unnecessary, burdensome, and dangerous", and Jcrsey was almost the only corner of his kingdom that he could visit safely. This time he remained for 20 weeks, most of which were spent by his Council angrily debating whether he should try to regain his throne via Ireland or via Scotland.
But Elizabeth Castle now saw a strange ceremony. It was widely believed that a King's touch could cure scrofula, a skin complaint, and Charles was persuaded to prove his kingship by showing that he had this power. Eleven persons, certified as scrofulous, were brought to the abbey church, a corner of which had been fitted up as an Anglican chapel. Thc King touched them on the breast saying, "May God heal thee" - "and", says Chevalier, "all were cured".
Charles eventually chose Scotland; but his invasion of England with the Scots was overwhelmingly crushed at the Battle of Worcester, and Cromwell then had time to attend to Jersey. In 1651 a Parliamentary army, under the command of Admiral Blake, exhausted the local forces by decoys, and eventually landed in St Ouen's Bay, and Carteret withdrew behind his Castle walls. He boasted that he was provisioned for three years; but a bomb from one of the big mortars, which the invaders installed at the foot of the Town Hill, landed on the abbey, crashed through the roof and floor into the crypt below, where Carteret's powder was stored, and caused an explosion which wrecked the church and all the adjoining buildings and destroyed two-thirds of Carteret's provisions.
A granite cross now shows where the abbey stood. The soldiers clamoured for surrender, and even the brave Carteret recognised that he must give in. Thc garrison marched out with the honours of war, receiving generous terms and for the next nine years Cromwell's nominees lived in the Governor's House.
The Castle then had a quiet time for more than a century. It did not assume its present form till after the Restoration, when the whole islet was enclosed with walls and Fort Charles and the older buildings were linked together. Twice during the 18th century unpopular Lieut-Bailiffs and Jurats had to take refuge behind those walls to escape the wrath of the people; but the guns were not fired again in anger till de Rullecourt's raid in 1781.
When the French caught Corbet, the Lieut-Governor, in bed, and bluffed him into signing an order to all his troops to surrender, Captain Mulcaster, who was in command at the Castle, kept his guns firing to give the alarm, and, when de Rullecourt rode out with Corbet to insist on the order being obeyed, a cannon-ball took off the leg of one of the French officers and forced them to retire. Within a few hours the Battle of Jersey had decided their fate.
The modern history of the Castle can be briefly summarised. The breakwater, which today joins the islet to the Hermitage and runs out 660 yards to sea, was part of a new harbour scheme of 1872. Another arm should have come out to meet it from La Collette; but three years running this was smashed to pieces by south-westerly gales, and the project had to be abandoned.
In 1922 the War Office handed over the Castle to the States as a historical monument no longer of any military value. The Governor's House, which had seen such stirring events, was in a poor state of repair, and had for some time been used as a garrison chapel. It was excellently restored. Nothing has survived of La Maison du Chancelier, the house in which Clarendon lived, and in which he wrote part at least of his Great Rebellion.
But when the Germans came, they had other views. With large gangs of Russian slave labour, they made a modern fortress, fitted it up with guns and searchlights and all the latest appliances, and placed in it a garrison of 100 men. After the Liberation it was again handed back to the States.
The most bizarre thing I have unearthed so far as I'm cleaning out 20+ years of paperwork from my filing cabinet is the retainer I used to wear on my bottom teeth after I got my braces off.
Instead of a removeable one, they left the bands around my eye teeth (aka vampire teeth) on the bottom and attached a metal wire between them. This was supposed to keep my bottom teeth aligned. I finally had it taken out years and years later when I was at the dentist and I got annoyed for the umpteenth time at them having to thread behind it to floss my teeth. They actually tried to convince me to keep it on, can you believe it?
The garden of the New Otani Hotel in Tokyo stands on the property that was once the primary yashiki (estate) of the great Sengoku period feudal lord, Katō Kiyomasa (1562-1611). Kiyomasa was a trusted retainer and general of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the warlord who unified Japan in the wake of Oda Nobunaga’s assassination in 1582. Kiyomasa rose to fame during the battle of Shizugatake and soon found himself at the vanguard of many of Hideyoshi’s campaigns, including the invasion of Korea in 1592, in which Kiyomasa’s reputation as a master tactician, fierce fighter, castle builder and as a cruel man grew. To this day, the mere mention of Kiyomasa’s name in Korea is sure to bring a frown. Although loyal to the Toyotomi, if there was one thing that Kiyomasa hated more than Christianity and poor martial spirit among the samurai, it was Ishida Mitsunari, leader of the Western coalition of daimyo that opposed the rise of Tokugawa Ieyasu. It was this hatred of Mitsunari that drove Kiyomasa into the Tokugawa camp where he played a pivotal role in the Kyushu theatre of the Sekigahara campaign in 1600. As a result of his service, Kiyomasa was rewarded by becoming one of the elite daimyo who were allowed to build his Edo estate near the shogun’s castle in the upscale area that became known as Kioi-cho, named after the elite Kii Tokugawa, Owari Tokugawa and Ii daimyo families that kept their residences in this area.
As Kiyomasa was loyal to the house of Toyotomi and as a final showdown between the Tokugawa and Toyotomi grew, the Tokugawa began to have their doubts about where Kiyomasa’s ultimate loyalty rested. Fearful of having to face this fierce and influential warlord on the opposing side of the battlefield when the fighting would inevitably erupt in 1615, it has been suggested that the Tokugawa had him poisoned. Shortly after the fall of the Toyotomi, Kiyomasa’s son was accused of disloyalty (most likely a trumped up charge) and the family’s fief in Kumamoto, Kyushu was seized by the shogunate and the clan was abolished. Soon after this, the grounds of the Katō estate in Tokyo were given to the Ii family.
When the New Otani Hotel was constructed, it was decided to keep the traditional Japanese garden intact. Today the garden covers more than 10 acres and has over 800 trees, 10,000 flowering plants, ponds, a waterfall, and 42 stone lanterns, many of which date back from the Edo (1603-1868) and the Kamakura (1192-1333) periods.
Found this lagre Cicade (5cm long) belly up on a bike ridden street on this hot sunny morning in Shanghai. He must have flewn into a car or scooter and suffered sever head injury as he was just kicking his feet in the air and didn't have the strenght to flip himself over. So, I moved him out of the street and onto this concrete retainer block so he could spend his last moments in peace. To honor this little guy, I thought I would take his photo to show my friends his amazing glass wings. He possed graciously, holding in his pain as I snapped several photos. I even called over the parking attended to let him have a look. I said I think he is dying, in Chinese, and he laughed. ;"He's fine" the man said. I said no he's not.... and at that moment, Mr Cicade shook his wings twice, and took flight. Super happy he was okay. Then I giggled as it reminded me of that Monty Python movie.where they go around town saying "bring out our dead, bring out our dead" and then one of the "dead people" in the wheelbarrow says, "im not quite dead yet"
Funny morning and great turn of events. Hope you like the photo of this beautiful Cicade.
Halibrand knockoffs and Goodyear Blue Streaks add an air of authenticity. The aircraft wire retainers are a nice touch.
Ted Cassidy as Lurch the Butler and Jackie Coogan as Uncle Fester Addams Family Card Game by Milton Bradley from 1965 Vintage Halloween the 1960s - Charles Chas Addams cartoon cartoonist Eccentric holiday Evil creature monster Frankenstein like mask costume creatures vamp undead patchwork man monsters toy toys valet servant retainer manservant nanny domestic rubber alligator crocodile portrait mace doll Marie Antoinette blue egg birds nest
Standard Curb
Reclaimed standard curb from road improvement projects throughout New England. We always try to keep a good supply of first and second generation curb in stock.
Appearance:
First generation Curb. Late 1800’s – early 1900’s. All sides are split faced. Tops were dimpled or pointed for a more decorative look
Second Generation Curb. Tops were typically sawn. Undersides were still split faced. Typically more dimensional and better quality step material.
Size:
First Generation. The older style typically measures 7”-8” in thickness, 18” – 24” in depth and various lengths.
Second Generation. Usually has smaller measurements. Typically 6” in thickness and 16”-18” radius curb generally kept in stock.
Use:
Curbing/edging/retainers for driveways, patios, raised gardens, courtyards and parks.
• Semi formal step and cheek stone material (fillers)
• Paving material for driveways, aprons, walkways, patios and courtyards
• Building and wall veneer
• Stackable building material for walls and low retainers
• Bench material
• Foot bridges (radius pieces)
• Archway ensembles – straight post with one radius piece for archway
• Fire pit and surround material
Sold:
By the linear foot.
D&RGW 315 eastward on the mainline, arrives at Cumbres Pass, Colorado 10-3-16, to set up retainers for the 4% down grade into Chama.
These grave markers represent the retainers of the Nabeshima Clan who killed themselves in Edo when the lord died in Edo. The practice of killing yourself and "following your lord into the after life" was eventually outlawed in the 1660's. That means 60 years into the Edo Period.
I was just going through my closet and found this lone thing.
I haven't worn it since 7th grade.
I had braces for 1.5 years.
I dont even have any gaps in my teeth. Whats the point?
This evening I found one of my plants that was doing so well is now declining. With plants anything can happen at any time with dozens or reason why but those reasons can be difficult to identify. The plant is a white wizard philodendron. - On another note, I found spider mites on a small Croton, so that was just as frustrating. Hoping they don’t spread.
Our cobblestones are American made and are salvaged from Olde New England streets and roadways. They come with beautifully smooth worn tops. They are 10”-12"L X 4”-6"W X 5”-6"D. These cobbles weigh approx 30 lbs. Use these cobblestones for driveways, paved walks, patios, low retainers or interior architectural applications.
Reclaimed granite slope curb, typically +/- 5” X 12” X variable length. Named for its primary use… slope retainers, along off-ramps and on-ramps. This material can be also used as vertical driveway curb, patio and garden edging, patio and driveway pavers. Also, great as wall building material, driveway aprons, and steps. Environmentally friendly/recycled. Better and longer lasting substitute than concrete or wood products
This was the residence of the chief retainer of the house of Doi that ruled the Koga domain. The Takami family held the hereditary position of chief retainer. The house dates back to 1633 and was built with extra wood that wasn’t used for the construction of Koga Castle’s 3rd floor. The most famous chief retainer of the Doi clan was Takami Senseki (1785-1758) who also served as respected advisor to the Tokugawa shogunate as an advisor on all things “western”. A student of Dutch studies, Senseki was instrumental in creating modern maps of Japan and engaging in the diplomatic negotiations with the western powers in the waning days of the Shogunate. Senseki was fond of corresponding in Dutch and even signed his letters under the pen name Jan Hendrik Daper. An extensive collection of his work is on display at the Koga City History Museum.
Koga City, in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, has a history that dates back to ancient Jomon times and was even mentioned in the Man’yōshu anthology of poems that was compiled in the AD 800s. During the Muromachi period, Koga became the base for the Kantō branch of Ashikaga under the leadership of Shigeuji, who led a rebellion against the Ashikaga shogunate.
During the Edo period (1603-1868), the fief of Koga was ruled by many hereditary daimyo whose families had pledged loyalty to Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara in 1600. The families that ruled Koga included the Ogasawara, various branches of the Matsudaira, Okudaira, Nagai, Honda and Doi. Perhaps Doi Toshikatsu, who became tairō (chief elder of the council of elders - rōjū) during the reign of Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, was the most famous ruler of Koga.
Another famous ruler of Koga was Doi Toshitsura (1789-1848), who is sometimes called the “The Snow Lord”. Apart from being a key advisor to the Tokugawa shogunate, he was the first person in Japan to seriously study the designs of snowflakes. He illustrated his findings in a book Sekka Zusetsu (Pictorial Illustrations of Snowflakes) and some of the patterns became popular for clothing and decorative purposes.
Today, there is nothing left of the Edo period Koga castle, but numerous old temples, shrines, samurai and farmer homes remain. Unfortunately, many of these buildings suffered damage during the magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011 and repairs were ongoing when I visited.
The bearing retainer goes on next. It presses easily into place. You'll feel it snap into the groove in the cup. Removal of this is a little tricky when disassembling. I used a pick to get the first one out, but had to use needle nose pliers to get the second out. If using needle nose pliers grab one side of the retainer right next to the split and pull toward the center of the bearing cup circumference. It should come out of the groove and then you can work the rest of the retainer out.
This M7 Grenade launching tube still has the retainer spring. It attaches to the M1 Rifle and locks on to the bayonet lug. Using a blank cartridge, it could launch smoke, fragmentation, or anti-tank grenades.
I've seen a few of these around and many look about like this one, but I have also seen some that are very pitted and rough looking. There is another model out there that I do not see as much, though it is a newer model, I believe.