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The ***OFFICIAL*** Weekend Singles' Thread -- New Year's Weekend (December 29th-31st)
December 29, 2006
| ilovew, darkangel82
Posted on 12/29/2006 4:06:55 PM PST by 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.
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: dating; geraldford; newyear; singles
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To: ilovew
I'm toasting with the last of the eggnog here, will make more tomorrow.
To: All
Anyone want some champagne?
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posted on
12/29/2006 7:50:37 PM PST
by
ilovew
("Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens." --J. R. R. Tolkien)
To: darkangel82
I don't have any eggnog but I did find a nice bottle of Smirnoff Ice. Might as well celebrate.
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posted on
12/29/2006 7:53:23 PM PST
by
ilovew
("Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens." --J. R. R. Tolkien)
To: ken5050
Lemme see...
Johnny Depp
I could spend a weekend with him.
George Clooney if he agrees to convert!
Let it rain men, please!
Wait, I am married. Shhh, don't tell anyone...
To: ilovew
Never cared for Smirnoff, of course I'm not supposed to drink anyway. New Year's Eve I can have my one for the year.
To: darkangel82
I tend to like girly drinks. But if I feel like drinking, I'll drink almost anything. I almost never drink though. It's been a couple months since the last time I had *a* drink.
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posted on
12/29/2006 8:02:08 PM PST
by
ilovew
("Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens." --J. R. R. Tolkien)
To: ilovew
Same here. Alcohol can make me very unpredictable though, so I tend to avoid it.
To: darkangel82
Good plan. I have a rule about not drinking more than one drink if I'm by myself. More than that, it just seems alcoholic-ish.
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posted on
12/29/2006 8:11:41 PM PST
by
ilovew
("Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens." --J. R. R. Tolkien)
To: ilovew
Hubby managed to get some pinkish bubblie stuff, but it works!
To: Kate of Spice Island
My Smirnoff Ice is warm but my ankle hurts so I don't want to go downstairs to get ice. It's good anyway.
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posted on
12/29/2006 8:18:20 PM PST
by
ilovew
("Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens." --J. R. R. Tolkien)
To: ilovew; darkangel82; All
One thing missing...
Ford was the only President who was also an Eagle Scout...
To: rzeznikj at stout
To: darkangel82
Can't forget that one...8^)
To: rzeznikj at stout
Nope...(and I used to be a Scout too, back when my life was actually normal, but I won't threadjack here.)
To: rzeznikj at stout; darkangel82; ilovew
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posted on
12/29/2006 8:38:16 PM PST
by
La Enchiladita
(People get ready . . .)
To: darkangel82; All
I almost put that in there, actually. But I didn't even put that his original name wasn't Gerald Ford.
President has now made a statement about Saddam's execution.
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posted on
12/29/2006 8:38:44 PM PST
by
ilovew
("Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens." --J. R. R. Tolkien)
To: darkangel82
Fair enough, my FRiend...
Looks like I'm about to kill the thread...
...again 8^)
To: rzeznikj at stout
you mean I didn't kill it this time? lol
To: darkangel82
I thought I always did :P
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posted on
12/29/2006 8:51:15 PM PST
by
ilovew
("Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens." --J. R. R. Tolkien)
To: darkangel82
You got it...
I'm the undisputed King of Killing Threads...
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