The ***OFFICIAL*** Weekend Singles' Thread -- New Year's Weekend (December 29th-31st)

December 29, 2006 | ilovew, darkangel82

[ilovew]

On Tuesday, former president Gerald R. Ford, Jr. died at the age of 93. He led a full life beginning on July 14, 1913 in Omaha, Nebraska.

The future president was a star athlete and the captain of the Grand Rapids South High School football team. He was offered contracts with the Detroit Lions and the Green Bay Packers but declined so that he could attend Yale Law School. Shortly after his graduation, an outside event changed his plans. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Gerald Ford enlisted in the Navy.



Shortly after returning from the war, Ford decided to run for a seat in the House of Representatives. His 24-year tenure included his rise to the House Minority Leader. After Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned, President Nixon chose Ford to beceome the new vice president. When Nixon himself later resigned, Gerald Ford became the first (and only) person to ever rise to the presidency without ever being elected as president or vice president.


His presidency was notable for not only his pardon of Nixon but, according to many, his restoration of trust in the presidency. President Ford worked hard to ensure that his tenure in the office was open and honest. Later in life, Gerald and Betty Ford moved to their Rancho Mirage home in California. It was there that President Bush visited the couple in April of this year.



On December 26, 2006, Gerald Ford died at his home in Rancho Mirage. Ford will have services in Washington, DC and will be buried at his Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

[Dmitry Vukicevich]

Good Night everyone, I will check in tomorrow.

[darkangel82]

Good night.

[ilovew]

Awww...good night, Dmitry.

[JRios1968]

[ilovew]

You have the weirdest pictures...

[rzeznikj at stout]

[JRios1968]

[bannie]

My best date: My granddaughters.

We've spent the last four New Year's Eves as a "date." (They're 7 and 10.) They spend the night; we open up the fold-out couch in the living room; and we pop poppers, watch old Disney movies and eat awful-for-you stuff until we all fall asleep.

I've never had a better date in my life.

[rzeznikj at stout]

...and for the YA RLY crowd:

[rzeznikj at stout]

[rzeznikj at stout]

Got on that one after getting off this one...

[darkangel82]

LOL!! Sounds like someone we know, doesn't it.

[ken5050]

And no doubt they can stay awake later than you can...LOL

[JRios1968]

That's just gold!

[bannie]

And no doubt they can stay awake later than you can...LOL

More so each year!!!

:-o

[rzeznikj at stout]

Yep.

[rzeznikj at stout]

LOL--goes with...

[rzeznikj at stout]

so?

[martin_fierro]

[JRios1968]

WHAT YOU SAY!