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Welcome to Pancakes on Wednesdays.

Wednesday, February 4, 2004

Here is an amalgamation of trivial facts and seemingly useless data.

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From the Radixionary

DACTYLONOMY

The art of counting on the fingers.

To describe it so is to severely underestimate the skill of those who employed this technique. For it was not just a matter of using the whole finger, as some of us still do when we suffer temporary numerical embarrassment. After all, every finger has a knuckle, two joints and three bones (one joint and two bones for the thumb) and all of them, on both hands, were used to count up to 9,999. There are descriptions of the method from the Middle East, Asia and other places, and by the Venerable Bede from the north-east of England in the eighth century AD. Paintings exist from more than four thousand years ago showing Egyptians counting in this way, and we know it was common in classical Greece and Rome. Related methods were used in some civilizations to negotiate prices between buyer and seller, with the hands hidden under a cloth, in a serious exchange reminiscent of paper-scissors-stone, or that ancient finger game called morra in Italy. The word is from Greek daktulos, finger, plus –nomia, related to nomos, law, that we use to mark some specified area of knowledge.

Happy Birthday

Fernand Léger 1881

He painted objects in space without perspective or support: `the real subject is the object.' Later in life he began to free himself from his fear of the machine, and he painted, in brilliant colors, humans and animals attempting to struggle clear of the geometry of the mechanized world

Happy Birthday 

Charles Lindbergh 1902

Early in the morning on May 20, 1927 Charles A. Lindbergh took off in The Spirit of St. Louis from Roosevelt Field near New York City. Flying northeast along the coast, he was sighted later in the day flying over Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. From St. Johns, Newfoundland, he headed out over the Atlantic, using only a magnetic compass, his airspeed indicator, and luck to navigate toward Ireland. The flight had captured the imagination of the American public like few events in history. Citizens waited nervously by their radios, listening for news of the flight. When Lindbergh was seen crossing the Irish coast, the world cheered and eagerly anticipated his arrival in Paris. A frenzied crowd of more than 100,000 people gathered at Le Bourget Field to greet him. When he landed, less than 34 hours after his departure from New York, Lindbergh became the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

Happy Birthday

Byron Nelson 1912

I am an excellent driver.

Born Texas, USA, Nelson is remembered as one of the most consistent golfers of all time.

Nelson's is a remarkable story. He grew up close to Ben Hogan and both men caddied at the same golf club. Although Nelson turned professional in 1932.

Happy Birthday

Rosa Parks 1913

In the long struggle against segregation, there was only one "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement." In 1955, a 42-year-old African-American seamstress engaged in a simple act of civil disobedience that launched a pivotal event in the civil rights movement.

Happy Birthday

Dick Seaman 1913

I am an excellent driver.

The 1934 ex Dick Seaman 1935 Mille Miglia team car entered by Dean Butler

As a yuppie opened the door of his BMW, a car suddenly raced by, smashed the door and tore it off. When police arrived, the yuppie cried: "Look what they've done to my precious Beemer!"
"You yuppies are so materialistic, you make me sick!" the officer replied. "You're so worried about your darned BMW, you haven't even noticed that your left arm has been ripped off!"
"Ohmygod!" cried the yuppie, staring at his bloody shoulder.
"Where's my Rolex?!"

Happy Birthday

Ida Lupino 1918

Happy Birthday

Today's Wednesday field trip takes us to Mad Ludwig's Castle...

Happy Birthday

Betty Friedan 1921

The housewives Betty Friedan interviewed in the '60s expressed an existential emptiness at the core. They stayed at home and defined themselves by what their husbands did and what their families needed. Within that decade, though, a new women's movement would convince half of all Americans that it wasn't they themselves who had the problem. It was the patriarchy: a male-dominated system that confined women to a support role they didn't even realize they were playing.

Happy Birthday

Conrad Bain 1923

Roses are red
Violets are blue
a to the n plus b to the n does not equal
c to the n for all n greater than two

Happy Birthday

Gary Conway 1936

Japanese Ice cream

Chicken Wing Ice Cream (Nagoya Tebasaki) 

Nagoya is famous for its poultry, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that the taste of this ice cream is best described as foul. It actually tastes like a fried chicken wing, which is fine if that's what you're eating, but not if you're tucking into some ice cream. 

Would you like some Octopus or Eel with your Ice Cream?

Happy Birthday

Florence LaRue (The Fifth Dimension) 1944

Mixin' pancakes,
Stirrin' pancakes,
Pop 'em in the pan;
Fryin' pancakes,
Flippin' pancakes,
Catch 'em if you can!

Happy Birthday

Alice Cooper 1948

Happy Birthday

Pamela Franklin 1950

Although now (unfortunately) a mere footnote in film history, Pamela Franklin had at one time both the ability and the momentum to have gone all the way to the top of her profession. Born in Tokyo, Japan on February 4, 1950 to British parents, Pamela Franklin spent her childhood living in Hong Kong, Australia, and Ceylon.

About a Hundred Dollars!

Recently, THE UNCOVEROR sent three staff members to Horse Branch, Arkansas. They were to investigate a rash of bizarre livestock birth defects, including a two-headed calf, and Siamese triplet piglets. The Horse Branch Inn, the only motel in town, had only one room available.  The three men had to share it. They were initially told that the room would cost thirty dollars. Each man gave the clerk ten. After a while, the clerk realized that he had overcharged them. The actual price of the room was twenty six dollars. He instructed the cleaning lady to take our investigative team their money back, totaling four dollars. She realized that she could not divide four dollars evenly among three men. They decided to let her keep one as a tip. Each man got back one dollar.

At first nothing seemed strange, but the more staff writer, Randolph Carter Smith thought about it, he was sure something did not add up. Initially, each man had paid ten dollars for the room, 10+10+10=30

After they had their refunds, each man had paid nine dollars for the room. 9+9+9=27.

They tipped the cleaning lady one dollar. 27+1=28!

There were supposed to be thirty. Two dollars were missing. We have racked our brains trying to figure this out. Smith thinks this is a curious mathematical conundrum that a mathematician could probably explain. His partners, Investigator, Randall Johnson, and photographer, William Power are sure this is some kind of new scam being run by motel owners. They want an explanation of where the two dollars went. The team was so dismayed, and confused that they forgot to investigate the mutant livestock!

One of the pivotal events that helped bring about the American Revolution took place on March 5, 1770. This event was the Boston Massacre. The patriots would use this incident to further their cause of fighting against British tyranny.

Happy Birthday

Lawrence Taylor 1959

We are counting cards.

Happy Birthday

Gabrielle Anwar 1970

Don't forget the Maple Syrup

  Photosynthate is largely composed of large molecules (sucrose) that are expensive to transport and is moved by a process called TRANSLOCATION from sites of synthesis (source) to sites of use or storage (sink) via the PHLOEM

A. The evidence: Aphid experiments and maple syrup and C14 labeled CO2 studies. The flow rate is about 1 meter per hour which is too fast for diffusion.

B. Girdling blocks translocation

 

On this day:

 1783 - Britain declared a formal cessation of hostilities with its former colonies, the United States of America.

On this day

Treaty of Paris

Cornwallis surrenders to Washington at Yorktown.

The real cessation of hostilities

On this day

1789 - Electors unanimously chose George Washington to be the first president of the United States.

 

On this day

1847 - In Maryland, the first U.S. Telegraph Company was established.

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Pancakes on Wednesdays

On this day:

1901 - "Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines" opened in New York City.

 Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines

I'm Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines
I feed my horse on corn and beans,
And sport young ladies in their teens
Tho' a Captain in the Army.
  I teach the ladies how to dance
  How to dance, how to dance
  I teach the ladies how to dance
  For I'm the pet of the Army

cho: I'm Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines
     I feed my horse on corn and beans,
     And often live beyond my means
     Tho' a Captain in the Army.

I joined the Corps when twenty-one
Of course I thought it capital fun
When the enemy comes, of course I run
For I'm not cut out for the Army.
  When I left home, mamma she cried
  Mamma she cried, mamma she cried,
  When I left home, mamma she cried,
  "He's not cut out for the Army."

The first time I went out for drill
The bugler sounding made me ill
Of the battlefield I'd had my fill
For I'm not cut out for the Army,
  The officers, they all did shout
  They all did shout, they all did shout,
  The officers, they all did shout,
  "Why, kick him out of the Army!"

On this day:

1904 - The Russo-Japanese War began after Japan laid siege to Port Arthur.

The Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05, which began with the Japanese naval attack on Port Arthur, had its roots in the simultaneous determination of both Japan and Russia to develop 'spheres of influence' in the Far East, mainly at the expense of China.

On this day:

1936 - Radium E. became the first radioactive substance to be produced synthetically.

 

 

On this day:

1941 - The Snited Oervice Urganizations (SOU) was created.

 

The letters of this Organizations name were deliberately jumbled up in order that no one gets tee'd off

 

Happy Birthday

United Service Organization

On this day:

1945 - During World War II, U.S. President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin began a conference at Yalta to outline plans for Germany's defeat. 

On this day

1952 - Jackie Robinson was named Director of Communication for NBC. He was the first black executive of a major radio-TV network.

We are counting cards.

On this day

 

1957 - Smith-Corona Manufacturing Inc., of New York, began selling portable electric typewriters. The first machine weighed 19 pounds.

 

1968 - The world's largest hovercraft was launched at Cowes, Isle of Wight.

 

On this day:

1974 - Patty Hearst was kidnapped in Berkeley, CA., by the Symbionese Liberation Army.

On this day:

1997 - A civil jury in California found O.J. Simpson liable in the death of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. Goldman's parents were awarded $8.5 million in compensatory damages.

 

Pancakes Wednesdays

Definitely

[tomkow6]

A "blonde" moment perhaps? Did you use your car keys to start the toaster gain thisa morning????

[HiJinx]

Hi! Looks like you missed it!

No snowman this week, unfortunately. As usual, that fierce winter storm that was bearing down on us was funneled to the North, and all we got left with was...well...see for yourself!

Maybe next time, huh?

[MoJo2001]

I don't have "blonde" moments. I have never been nor will I ever be "blonde". Thus I am not having a "blonde" moment. Are ya hearing me??

Anyhoo, I still can't find my keys and Timmy has now lost his shoes. Hello??

Should I go back to bed? I think so! Hehe!!

I'll just start the day over!

[E.G.C.]

(LOL)!!!!!!:-D

[Valin]

On this Day In History


Birthdates which occurred on February 04:
1646 Hans A Freiherr von Abschatz Silesian poet
1688 Pierre De Marivaux Paris France, writer (Marianne)
1747 - Tadeusz Kosciusko, Poland, patriot, American Revolution hero (built West Point)
1778 Augustin P de Candolle Swiss botanist (Théorie élémentaire)
1819 Joshua Norton San Francisco CA, Norton I, emperor of USA
1826 Halbert Eleazer Paine Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1905
1841 Clément Ader French inventor (1st to fly a heavier-than-air craft)
1875 Ludwig Prandtl German Federal Republic, physicist (father of aerodynamics)
1881 Fernand Léger France, painter/ceramist/cubist (The City)
1888 Paul Althaus German theologist (The Christian Truth)
1893 Raymond Dart Australian paleoanthropologist (Australopithecus)
1902 Charles A Lindbergh Detroit MI, pilot (1st fly solo across Atlantic)
1904 MacKinlay Kantor Webster City IA, novelist (Andersonville)
1905 Eddie Foy Jr New Rochelle NY, actor (Eddie-Fair Exchange)
1906 Clyde William Tombaugh US, astronomer (discovered Pluto)

1906 Dietrich Bonhoeffer German theologist (Confessing Church)

1909 Robert Coote London, actor (Timmy-Rogues, Theodore-Nero Wolfe)
1912 Byron Nelson Fort Worth TX, PGA golfer (won 19 tournaments in 1945)
1913 Rosa Lee Parks civil rights activist (bus protester)
1913 Woody Hayes [Wayne], college football coach (Ohio, 1968 coach of year)
1914 Ida Lupino London England, actress (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Jennifer)
1915 William Talman Detroit MI, actor (Crashout, Hamilton-Perry Mason)
1917 Aga Yahya Khan Pakistan military/politician
1921 Betty Friedan Peoria IL, feminist writer (Feminine Mystique)
1923 Conrad Bain Alberta Canada, actor (Maude, Diff'rent Strokes)
1925 Russell Hoban US children's book author (Riddley Walker/Pilgermann)
1936 Gary Conway Boston MA, actor (Burke's Law, Land of the Giants)
1938 Donald W Riegle Jr (Senator-D-MI, 1976- )
1939 Jane Bryant Quinn newspaper & television reporter
1940 George A Romero actor/director (Creepshow, Martin, 2 Evil Eyes)
1944 Florence LaRue Gordon Pennsylvania, rocker (5th Dimension-One Less Bell)
1945 David Brenner Philadelphia PA, comedian/TV talk show host (Nightlife)
1947 Dan Quayle (Senator-R-IN)/(44th Vice-President-R 1989-93)
1948 Alice Cooper [Vincent Furnier], Detroit MI, rocker (School's Out)
1948 Rod Grams (Representative-R-MN)
1950 Pamela Franklin Tokyo Japan, actress (Satan's School for Girls)
1959 Lawrence Taylor [LT], NFL's greatest linebacker (New York Giants)
1959 Zenani Mandela daughter of Nelson & Winnie Mandela
1962 Clint Black Long Branch NJ, country vocalist (A Better Man)
1966 Marissa Laakso Boston MA, Miss Massachusetts-America (1990)
1969 Chastity Bono Los Angeles CA, daughter/actress (Sonny & Cher Show)
1973 Oscar De La Hoya Los Angeles CA, boxer (Olympics-gold-92)

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Deaths which occurred on February 04:
0211 Lucius Septimus Severus emperor of Rome (193-211), dies at 64
0708 Sisinnius Greek-Syrian pope (708, 20 days), dies
1505 Joan of Valois Queen of France/saint, dies at 40
1746 Robert Blair Scottish poet (Grave), dies at 46
1815 Geert Reinders Dutch cattle breeder/inoculation proponent, dies at 77
1911 Peter A "Piet" Cronje South Africa Boer General, dies at about 75
1957 Joseph Hardaway creator of Bugs Bunny, dies at 66
1966 Gilbert H Grosvenor president National Geographic Society, dies at 90
1969 Thelma Ritter actress (All About Eve, Pillow Talk), dies at 63
1983 Karen Carpenter singer/drummer (Carpenters), dies of anorexia at 32
1987 Liberace pianist (Liberace Show, Evil Chandell-Batman), dies at 67
1989 Kenneth "Jethro" Burns country singer (Homer & Jethro), dies at 69
1992 John Dehner actor (Apache, Cowboy, Boys from Brazil), dies at 76

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Reported: MISSING in ACTION

1967 BOMAR JACK W.---FORT MADISON IA.
[03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE AND WELL 98]
1967 COLLAMORE ALLAN P. JR.---WORCHESTER MA.
1967 DAVIES JOHN O.---READING PA.
[02/18/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE IN 98]
1967 DOBY HERB---OREGON CITY OR.
[09/30/77 REMAINS RETURNED BY SRV]
1967 FER JOHN---HELMUT CA.
[03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE IN 98]
1967 POOR RUSSELL A.---WARSAW IN.
1967 THOMPSON DONALD E.---WELLSVILLE NY.
1967 WILBURN WOODROW H.---CORPUS CHRISTI TX.
[REMAINS RETURNED ID 01/03/90]
1968 BROOKENS NORMAN J.---FAYETTEVILLE PA.
[02/12/73 RELEASED BY PRG INJURED]
1968 O'CONNER MICHAEL F.---WARREN MI.
[03/05/73 RELEASED BY PRG, ALIVE AND WELL 98]
1968 TALLAFERNO WILLIAM P.
[02/13/68 ESCAPED]
1968 UTECHT RICHARD W.---FAYETTEVILLE NC.
[02/12/73 RELEASED BY PRG]
1970 WALTON WILBERT---FAYETTEVILLE NC.
[REMAINS IDENTIFIED 24 SEPT 92]
1972 COOPER DANIEL D.---MEDFORD OR.

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

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On this day...
0708 Sisinnius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1194 Richard I Lion Hearted pays Leopold O Fenrik VI's ransom of 100,000
1508 Maximilian I assumes imperial title without being crowned
1600 Tycho Brahe & Johannes Kepler meet for 1st time outside of Prague
1657 Oliver Cromwell grants residency to Luis Caravajal
1783 Worst quake in 8 years kills some 50,000 (Calabria, Italy)
1787 1st Anglican bishops of New York & Pennsylvania consecrated in London
1787 Shays' Rebellion (of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers) fails
1789 1st electoral college chooses Washington & Adams as President & Vice President
1794 French National Convention proclaims abolishment of slavery
1797 Earthquake in Quito, Ecuador kills 40,000
1822 Free American Blacks settle Liberia, West Africa
1824 J W Goodrich introduces rubber galoshes to the public
1846 Mormons leave Nauvoo MO for settlement in the west
1847 1st US telegraph company established in Maryland
1849 University of Wisconsin begins in 1 room with 20 students
1854 Alvan Bovay proposes the name "Republican Party", Ripon WI
1855 Soldiers shoot Jewish families in Coro, Venezuela
1861 Confederate constitutional convention meets for 1st time, Montgomery AL, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi & South Carolina elect Jefferson Davis President of Confederacy
1864 Skirmish at Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi
1866 Mary Baker Eddy cures her injuries by opening a bible
1887 Interstate Commerce Act authorizes federal regulation of railroads
1895 1st rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago
1899 Revolt against US occupation of Philippines
1904 John Millington Synges "Well of Saints" premieres in Dublin
1913 Louis Perlman patents demountable auto tire-carrying wheel rim
1914 US Congress approves Burnett-anti-immigration law
1930 1st tieless, soundless, shockless streetcar tracks, New Orleans
1933 German President Von Hindenburg limits freedom of the press
1936 1st radioactive substance produced synthetically (radium E)
1938 Hitler seizes control of German army & puts Nazi in key posts
1938 "Our Town", by Thornton Wilder opens on Broadway
1941 United Service Organization (USO) founded
1942 Clinton Pierce becomes 1st US General wounded in action in WWII
1944 US 7th Infantry Division captures Kwajalein
1945 FDR, Churchill & Stalin meet at Yalta
1948 Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1949 Failed assassination attempt on Shah of Persia
1952 1st black executive of a major TV station (Jackie Robinson-WNBC New York)
1956 AL plans to test automatic intentional walk during spring training
1957 1st electric portable typewriter placed on sale (Syracuse NY)
1958 Hall of Fame fails to elect anyone for 1st time since 1950
1959 Israel begins exporting copper ore
1962 Russian newspaper Izvestia reports baseball is an old Russian game
1964 24th Amendment abolishes Poll tax
1964 FAA begins 6 month test of reactions to sonic booms over Oklahoma City OK
1967 "Wild Thing" hits #20 on the pop singles chart by Senator Bobby
1968 Bowie Kuhn replaces William Eckert as 5th commissioner of baseball
1969 John Madden is named head coach of the NFL's Oakland Raiders
1969 Yassar Arafat takes over as chairman of PLO
1971 Apollo 14 lander Antares lands on Moon (Shepard & Mitchell)
1971 British car maker Rolls Royce declared itself bankrupt
1973 Reshef, Israel's missile boat, unveiled
1974 Patricia Hearst (19), daughter of publisher Randolph Hearst kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army
1974 Benzine rationing ends in Netherlands
1976 7.5 earthquake kills 22,778 in Guatemala & Honduras
1980 Bani Sadr sworn in as premier of Iran
1984 Frank Aquilera sets world frisbee distance record (168 meters) Las Vegas
1985 Naval exercises canceled when US refuses to tell New Zealand of nuclear weapons
1987 President Reagan's veto of Clean Water Act is overridden by Congress
1988 Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega indicted on drug charges
1990 10 Israeli tourists murdered near Cairo
1991 US postage raises from 25¢ to 29¢
1991 Hall of Fame's board of directors vote 12-0 to bar Pete Rose
1997 Secretary of State Margaret Albright announces she just discovered that her grandparents were Jewish
1998 Bill Gates gets a pie thrown in his face in Brussels Belgium

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Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Angola : Outbreak of Fighting Against Portuguese
Sri Lanka : Independence Day (1948)
US : Kosciuszko Day
US : Homemade Soup Day
US : Muffin Mania Week (Day 4)
Cat Health Month

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Religious Observances
Anglican : Commemoration of Cornelius the Centurion
Feast of St Gilbert of Sempringham
Roman Catholic : Commemoration of St Andrew Corsini, bishop of Fiesole/confessor
Roman Catholic : Commemoration of St John of Britto, Portuguese Jesuit

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Religious History
1441 Pope Eugene IV published the encyclical "Cantante domino." It asserted that the biblical canon of the Roman Catholic Church contains both the 66 protocanonical books (i.e., the complete Protestant Bible) and 12 deuterocanonical (aka "apocryphal") books 78 writings in all.
1810 The Cumberland Presbyterian Church was organized in Tennessee as an outgrowth of the Great Revival of 1800. Standing between Calvinism and Arminianism, the denomination holds a "medium theology" which affirms unlimited atonement, universal grace, conditional election, eternal security of the believer and salvation of all children dying in infancy.
1873 Birth of George Bennard, American Methodist evangelist. He penned over 300 Gospel songs during his lifetime, but is primarily remembered today for one: "The Old Rugged Cross."
1874 English poet and devotional writer Frances Ridley Havergal, 37, penned the words to the popular hymn of commitment, "Take My Life and Let It Be [Consecrated, Lord, to Thee]."
1950 American missionary and martyr Jim Elliot resolved in his journal: 'I may no longer depend on pleasant impulses to bring me before the Lord. I must rather respond to principles I know to be right, whether I feel them to be enjoyable or not.'

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

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Thought for the day :
"Put your brain in gear before starting your mouth."

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Question of the day...
Who really did "let the dogs out"?

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Murphys Law of the day...(Dunn's Discovery)
The shortest measurable interval of time is the time between the moment one puts a little extra aside for a sudden emergency and the arrival of that emergency.

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Amazing fact #761...
The yo-yo was introduced in 1929 by Donald F. Duncan. The toy was based on a weapon used by 16th-century Filipino hunters.

[MoJo2001]

Good morning, Jinxie!!

Wow!!

The "snowstorm" left you with one of our heroes?? Wow! How cool is that??

[MoJo2001]

Whoa! Smokey and The Bandit is on TV right now. I'm gonna have to rethink this errands running thing. I love that movie!! WooHoo!!

Okay! I'll stop slacking and find the keys!! Maybe my dog ate them!

[tomkow6]

If you're my SISTER, & I'm a blonde.........hmmmm!

[tomkow6]

If you don't have "blonde" moments, that only leaves "senior" moments.......

YOUR CALL..............

[MoJo2001]

Hmmm...is right! Shall we just blame Ma as usual? WHy not? She was born for that job! Hehe!!

Anyhoo, whose your daddy?? Huh?? I wanna know who our father is?? He's AWOL to say the least. He needs to pay us some child support.

[tomkow6]

 

Hey, VALIN!

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

[MoJo2001]

"SENIOR" moments?? Please!! I'm young, hip, and fabulously tanned. So? No "senior" moment for me. I wouldn't even know there was such a thing.

Stop talking to me! I'm trying to find my keys. LOL!

Well, I'm not working too hard to find them at this moment. I'm listening to Jerry Reed singing right now. WooHoo!

[CTOCS]

Hey Tom, See #3. I think you took a hit there, buddy.....

[CTOCS]

Today in Virginia's Northern Neck - Mid 30's, Sunshine.

Don't know where you are, so I don't know if we are or not.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Goo Morning Radix! Cool thread. February is a great month for Birthdays. I read somewhere that February is the month with the highest number of birthdays. I don't know if it is true , but it sounds good to me. I am a February baby myself!

Good morning Canteen!

Good morning Wo4Man!

Good morning troops! Thank you for all your hard work, and for fighting for our freedom! God bless everyone of you!

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Good morning you two!

[tomkow6]

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Good morning Mr. Meekie- Hope you are having a great morning!

HAve you seen this one already?

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

040201-N-2541H-001 Aboard USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) Feb. 1, 2004 – Capt. Ronald H. Henderson, Commanding Officer, USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67), briefs the crew on a successful completion of carrier qualifications during Super Bowl Sunday events in the ship’s hangar bay. Members of the Miami dolphins cheerleading team were flown aboard to perform and sign autographs during the Sunday football event. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate Airman William R. Heimbuch III. (RELEASED)

[Valin]

Ahem! That would be an UNbirthday.