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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: darkangel82
Thanks for the ping.
Late to the party. New to the list.
Sadly, single again.
BBL.
61
posted on
12/29/2006 9:00:22 PM PST
by
RandallFlagg
(You never forget that kind of pain.)
To: RandallFlagg
Nothing wrong with being single. I seem to have a talent for it.
62
posted on
12/29/2006 9:02:30 PM PST
by
ilovew
("Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens." --J. R. R. Tolkien)
ok, that's it...
Dead Thread Walking...8^)
To: rzeznikj at stout; RandallFlagg; ilovew; pcottraux; Maximus_Ridiculousness
To: darkangel82
It's always me...I killed my own thread.
65
posted on
12/29/2006 9:22:50 PM PST
by
ilovew
("Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens." --J. R. R. Tolkien)
To: darkangel82
Yep...
To: NCC-1701
Those fireworks are for the after when that murdering POS is dead.He's dead, Jim.
67
posted on
12/29/2006 9:27:22 PM PST
by
uglybiker
(A bunch of radical Unitarians left a flaming question mark on my lawn!)
To: uglybiker
To: rzeznikj at stout; ilovew; All
I guess we can set them off now.....
To: darkangel82
To: darkangel82
Ooh...aahhh...can we set em off again after we see the pictures?
71
posted on
12/29/2006 9:35:57 PM PST
by
ilovew
("Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens." --J. R. R. Tolkien)
To: ilovew
To: rzeznikj at stout
To: darkangel82
*claps* Yay! I love fireworks.
74
posted on
12/29/2006 9:41:36 PM PST
by
ilovew
("Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens." --J. R. R. Tolkien)
To: darkangel82
no, i just hate fireworks.
the whole concept is stupid--if i want to explode something, i can do it in chem lab...8^)
To: rzeznikj at stout
LOL good point. Just don't blow everything else up too.
To: darkangel82
But these have STARS:
77
posted on
12/29/2006 9:49:53 PM PST
by
ilovew
("Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens." --J. R. R. Tolkien)
To: darkangel82
no problemo...
personally, i prefer tossing Li, Na, K, Rb, or Cs into water...8^)
To: rzeznikj at stout
In no particular order we have:
Lithium
Sodium
Potassium
Rubiduim (sp??)
Cesium
and then ther is
H2O
How'd I do?
To: Kate of Spice Island
Not bad...
2 * Li + 2 * H20 ---> 2 * LiOH + H2
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