USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Ancient Greek Military:Mercenaries ~ December 16, 2003

I be fine! :O)

WHAT??? Got sumpthin' stuck in your throat???

RanDUMB Thoughts of My "Voices"

The shortest distance between two points is under construction.

I don't mind the rat race, but I could do with a little more cheese.

Few women admit their age.........Few men act it.

How can soap make you clean AND leave scum?

The fact that no one understands you doesn't necessarily mean you're an artist.

Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.

If someone has a mid-life crisis while playing hide and seek, does he automatically lose because he can't find himself?

No, It's you still trying to sell burkas to newcomers, LOL!

#50
It was mine and you ripped it off!
You should be ashamed of yourself!
I'm just the Little Blonde FReeper.
Furthermore, Tomkow, that was a lousy Blonde joke!

Gotta try & make a livin' anyway ya can!

Could be worse.....could be a democrat!

A democrat!

EWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!

RANDOM Blonde Ponderings

Only about 1.6 percent of the water on Earth is fresh. Most of it is locked unusable for living things in snow and the ice at the poles and on the peaks of the highest mountains.

Good morning Auntie Fawnn. You have a nice rest and dream sweet dreams. I was kind of restless last night myself! But, I can't go back to sleep yet, unless someone gives me the secret to how to work with my eyes closed! LOL

LOL!

Ancient Greek Military:Mercenaries ~ Bump!

Nice Hummer, LaDivaLoca ~ ya go girl ~ SUV's forever! :):)

Coffee Time ~ Bump!

Mornin', Blackie!

On This Day In History

Birthdates which occurred on December 16:
1485 Catherine of Aragon, the first wife of England's King Henry the Eighth
1770 Ludwig van Beethoven Bonn Germany, composer (Ode to Joy)
1775 Jane Austen (author: Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Sense and Sensibility)
1825 Henry Heth Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1899
1863 George Santayana (philosopher/poet: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.")
1882 Walther Meissner, German physicist (Meissner effect)
1890 Harlan Sanders, founder/CEO (Kentucky Fried Chicken)
1899 Sir Noel Coward (actor, director, composer, playwright: Private Lives)
1900 V.S. Pritchett, literary critic
1901 Margaret Mead Philadelphia PA, anthropologist (Coming of Age in Samoa)
1906 Leonid Brezhnev (Russian leader of the Communist Party)
1917 Arthur C[harles] Clarke, sci-fi author (2001: A Space Odyssey, 2010, Childhood's End)
1920 George Schaefer (director)
1928 Philip K[indred] Dick US, sci-fi author (Hugo-1963, Blade Runner)
Tom Brookshier (football: Philadelphia Eagles; sportscaster: CBS Sports)
1939 Liv Ullman, in Tokyo Japan (Cries and Whispers)
1941 Lesley Stahl (Shameless shill: White House correspondent; reporter: CBS News, Face the Nation, 60 Minutes)
1943 Steven Bochco, prod (Hill St Blues, LA Law, St Elsewhere, NYPD Blue)
1945 Anthony Hicks (musician: lead guitar: group: The Hollies)
1947 Ben Cross England, actor (Chariots of Fire, Far Pavillions)
1952 Elayne Boosler, Comedian
1962 William Perry, Chicago Bears (The Refrigerator)

Deaths which occurred on December 16:
0714 Pippin II of Héristal, Duke/prince of France, dies
0875 Ado of Vienne French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75
0882 John VIII Italian Pope (872-82), dies
0999 Adelheid the Saint German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68
1404 Albrecht of Bavaria duke of Bavaria, dies at about 74
1672 John II Casimir Vasa cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63
1852 Andries H Potgieter South African/Transvaal explorer, dies at 59
1920 Ma Mua-Ming-Hsin the Benovelent, Chinese muslim rebel (holy war), dies
1976 George a goose that lived to 49 years 8 months, dies
1980 Harland "Colonel" Sanders founder Kentucky Fried Chicken, dies at 90
1989 Lee Van Cleef US actor (Good, Bad & Ugly), dies at 64

Reported: MISSING in ACTION
1965 WICKHAMM DAVID W. II---WHEELING WV.
1967 HILL HOWARD J.---RANTOUL IL.
[03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE IN 98]
1967 LOW JAMES FREDERICK---SAUSILITO CA.
[08/04/68 RELEASED HANOI]
1969 BUCKLEY VICTOR P.---FALLS CHURCH VA.

POW / MIA Data & Bios supplied by
the P.O.W. NETWORK. Skidmore, MO. USA.

On this day...
0882 John VIII ends his reign as Catholic Pope
0882 Marinus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1431 King Henry VI of England crowned king of France
1538 King François I orders renewed pursuit of Protestants
1577 Danzig surrenders to troops of Polish king István Báthory
1617 Spanish viceroy Hernando Arias de Saavedra founds provinces Río de la Plata (Argentina)/Guaira (Paraguay)
1631 Mount Vesuvius, Italy erupts, destroys 6 villages & kills 4,000
1653 Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England, Scotland & Ireland
1659 General Monck demands free parliamentary election in Scotland
1689 English Parliament adopts Bill of Rights after Glorious Revolution
1761 Russian army occupies Kolberg
1773 Big tea party in Boston harbor-Indians welcome (Boston Tea Party)
1809 Napoleon Bonaparte divorces Empress Josephine by the French Senate
1811 Most violent & prolonged quakes in US begins in Midwest region; 8.0 earthquake shakes New Madrid MO
1835 Fire consumes over 600 buildings in New York NY
1838 Boers beat Zulu chieftain Dingaan in South Africa
1857 Earthquake in Naples, Italy
1862 Kingdom of Nepal accepts its constitution
1864 Battle of Nashville ends after 4400 casualities
1880 Republic of South-Africa forms
1884 Great Britain recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State
1886 Rift at Dutch Reformed Church over "Doleantie"
1890 Negro Methodist Episcopal Church founded in Jackson TN
1893 Anton Dvorak's "New World Symphony" premieres
1897 1st submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated
1900 Boer army under General Kritzinger take Cape colony
1903 Majestic Theater, New York NY, becomes 1st in US to employ women ushers
1905 "Variety", covering all phases of show business, 1st published
1907 Great White Fleet sails from Hampton Downs on its World Cruise
1907 Eugene H Farrar is 1st to sing on radio (Brooklyn Navy Yard NY)
1908 1st credit union in US forms (Manchester NH)
1909 US pressure forces Nicaraguan President José Santos Zelaya from office
1912 1st US postage stamp picturing an airplane, 20¢ parcel post, issued
1912 Austria-Hungary engage in conflict with Serbia
1913 Charlie Chaplin began his film career at Keystone for $150 a week
1914 French offensive in Artois (Pétain)
1915 Albert Einstein publishes his "General Theory of Relativity"
1920 Over 180,000 die when 8.6 earthquake destroys 15,000² miles (Kansu China)
1922 Mutual Association of Eastern Colored Baseball Clubs formally organizes
1926 Kenesaw Mountain Landis renewed 7-years as baseball commissioner
1929 1st NHL game at Chicago Stadium; Chicago Blackhawks beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3-1
1930 Golfer Bobby Jones wins James E Sullivan Award
1931 German SPD begins Eiserne Front against fascism
1932 Heavy earthquake ravages Kansu China, 70,000 killed
1940 British air raid on Mannheim
1940 Joe Louis KOs Al McCoy in 6 for heavyweight boxing title in Chicago
1941 Sarawak occupied by the Japanese
1942 Hitler orders combat against partisans in Russia & Balkan
1943 "Tamiami Champion" trains collide, kills 73 & injures 200
1944 Battle of the Bulge begins in Belgium
1944 General Eisenhower's clerk Rickey marries corporal Pearlie
1944 German V-2 strikes Antwerp bioscope (638 kill)
1944 US 2nd Infantry division occupies "Heartbreak Crossroads" Wahlerscheid
1945 Cleveland Rams win NFL championship
1949 Sukarno becomes President of Indonesia, Mokammed Hatta premier
1950 Truman proclaims state of emergency against "Communist imperialism"
1953 1st White House Press Conference (President Eisenhower & 161 reporters)
1953 Charles E Yeager flies over 2,575 kph (1,650 mph) in Bell X-1A (first man to fly at nearly two and one-half times the speed of sound)
1959 Snow falling in Lowarai Pass West Pakistan kills 48
1960 134 die as United DC-8 & TWA Super Constellation collide over Staten Island, New York NY
1962 Constitutional Monarchical Hindu State of Nepál adopts new constitution
1962 New York Giant YA Tittle sets NFL season touchdown pass record at 33 with 6 touchdowns vs Dallas (41-31)
1962 David Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia" premieres
1964 US performs nuclear test at Pacific Ocean
1965 Gemini 6 returns to Earth
1965 Pioneer 6 launched into solar orbit
1966 Jimi Hendrix Experience releases its 1st single, "Hey Joe", in the UK
1967 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Philadelphia 76ers scores 68 points vs Chicago
1968 KFIZ TV channel 34 in Fond du Lac WI begins broadcasting
1969 British House of Commons votes 343-185 abolishing the death penalty
1970 1st successful landing on Venus (USSR)
1970 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1971 Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares independence from Pakistan
1971 Don McLean's 8+ minute version of "American Pie" released
1972 Miami Dolphins become 1st undefeated NFL team (14-0-0)
1973 O J Simpson becomes 1st NFLer to rush 2,000 yard in a season
1973 US kidnap victim Paul Getty III freed
1974 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1974 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
1975 1st broadcast of "One Day at a Time" on CBS TV
1975 Bill Veeck buys 80% of White Sox from John Allyn
1976 Government halts swine flu vaccination program following reports of paralysis
1976 Andrew Young named Ambassador & Chief US Delegate to UN
1976 Liberian tanker stranded at Nantucket, 180,000 barrels oil in sea
1978 Cleveland becomes the first U.S. city to default since the depression
1978 Ronald Reagan denounces President Jimmy Carter's recognition of China People's Republic
1979 QB Roger Staubach's last regular season game with the Dallas Cowboys
1980 President-elect Reagan announces Alexander Haig as Secretary of State
1983 Riverside CA judge denies cerebral palsy victim Elizabeth Bouviato request to starve herself to death in a county hospital
1983 Yogi Berra named Yankee manager for 2nd time
1983 Spokesperson for The Who announces the group is disbanding
1985 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-L mission
1987 Roh Tae Woo wins Presidential Election in South Korea
1988 Political cult leader Lyndon LaRouche convicted of tax, mail fraud
1990 Reverend Jean-Betrand Aristide elected President of Haiti
1991 UN reverses ruling that Zionism is racism by 111-25 (13 abstain) vote
1991 Florida Marlins sign their 1st player, 16 year old pitcher Clemente Nunez
1992 Israel orders deportation of 415 Palestinians after escalating terrorist activity
1997 President Clinton names his Labrador retriever, "Buddy"
1998 U.S. prosecutors indicted five more men in the August 1998 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Tanzania.
2001 Police in India said four suspects in custody had named Pakistan-based terrorist groups as being responsible for the Dec. 13 attack on the Indian Parliament building in New Delhi that left 14 dead.

Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

Bahrain : National Day
Bangladesh : Victory Day (1971)
México : Posadas Days/Lodgings
Namibia, South Africa : Day of the Covenant
Nepál : Constitution Day (1962)
Pretoria, South Africa : Foretrekkers' Day
South Africa : Dingaan's Day (1838)
World : Underdog Day (Friday)
US : Humans Will Never Fly Society Meeting
Made In America Month

Religious Observances
Old Roman Catholic : Feast of St Eusebius, bishop of Vercelli, martyr

Religious History
1786 Birth of Konrad Kocher, German chorister and composer of the hymn tune DIX ("For the Beauty of the Earth"). Kocher did much to popularize four_part singing in the churches.
1826 Birth of John Ellerton, Anglican clergyman and writer of children's hymns. Among his better_known compositions are "Savior, Again to Thy Dear Name We Raise" and "Welcome, Happy Morning."
1867 Birth of Amy Carmichael, Scotch_Irish missionary. She went to India in 1895 under the Zenana Missionary Society, remaining there without furlough until her death 56 years later. An invalid her last 20 years, she worked to rescue children from Hindu cult prostitution, and founded the Dohnavur Fellowship in 1925.
1870 The Colored Methodist Church of America was established at Jackson, TN. Its name was changed in 1954 to the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. The denomination today is comprised of approximately 3,000 congregations.
1935 Death of Walter S. Martin, 73, Disciples of Christ clergyman, teacher and evangelist. He is remembered best today as composer of the hymn tune GOD CARES ("Be Not Dismayed, Whate'er Betide" a.k.a. "God Will Take Care of You").

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.

Thought for the day :
"When forced to choose between two evils, try the new one."

Question of the day...
What's another word for thesaurus?

Murphys Law of the day...
Never stand between a fire hydrant and a dog

WOW!! did you know...
The Statue of Liberty's tablet is two feet thick.

Good morning, Diva, great thread, and you look really sharp in your hummer.