[W04Man]

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[tomkow6]

 

SALUTE!

 

[tomkow6]

Good morning, MR. RADIX! Good morning, Canteen Crew! Good morning, EVERYBODY!

GOOD  

MORNING

TROOPS!

 

[tomkow6]

 

Today's FEEBLE attempt at humor:

A Baptist preacher and his wife decided they needed a dog.
Ever mindful of the congregation, they knew the dog must
also be Baptist.

They visited an expensive kennel and explained their needs
to the manager, who assured them he had just the dog for
them. The dog was produced and the manager said, "Fetch
the Bible."

The dog bounded to the bookshelf, scrutinized the books,
located the Bible, and brought it to the manager. The manager
then said "Find Psalms 23". The dog, showing marvelous
dexterity with his paws, leafed thru the Bible, found the correct
passage, and pointed to it with his paw. Duly impressed, the
couple purchased the dog.

That evening a group of parishioners came to visit. The preacher
and his wife began to show off the dog, having him locate
several Bible verses. The visitors were amazed. Finally, one
man asked, "Can he do normal dog tricks too?"

"Let's see" said the preacher. Pointing his finger at the dog, he
commanded "Heel!" The dog immediately jumped up on a chair,
placed one paw on the preacher's forehead and began to howl.

The preacher turned to his wife and exclaimed "Good grief,
we've bought a Pentecostal dog!"

[tomkow6]

 

Chicagoland Weather

 

February 04, 2004
Chicago, IL
Sunrise	7:00 AM (CST)
Sunset	5:06 PM (CST)
Hrs. of Daylight	10 Hrs., 6 Mins

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	Lo: 2

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[MoJo2001]

Good morning, Radix!!

WooHoo! It's Pancakes On Wednesday!!

Yummy!

[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.

[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)

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

[StarCMC]

Today's Medal of Honor Recipients

BOLTON, CECIL H.

Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Company E, 413th Infantry, 104th Infantry Division. 

Place and date: Mark River, Holland, 2 November 1944. 

Entered service at: Huntsville, Ala. 

Birth: Crawfordsville, Fla. 

G.O. No.: 74, 1 September 1945. 

Citation: As leader of the weapons platoon of Company E, 413th Infantry, on the night of 2 November 1944, he fought gallantly in a pitched battle which followed the crossing of the Mark River in Holland. 

When 2 machineguns pinned down his company, he tried to eliminate, with mortar fire, their grazing fire which was inflicting serious casualties and preventing the company's advance from an area rocked by artillery shelling. In the moonlight it was impossible for him to locate accurately the enemy's camouflaged positions; but he continued to direct fire until wounded severely in the legs and rendered unconscious by a German shell. When he recovered consciousness he instructed his unit and then crawled to the forward rifle platoon positions. Taking a two-man bazooka team on his voluntary mission, he advanced chest deep in chilling water along a canal toward 1 enemy machinegun. While the bazooka team covered him, he approached alone to within 15 yards of the hostile emplacement in a house. He charged the remaining distance and killed the 2 gunners with hand grenades. Returning to his men he led them through intense fire over open ground to assault the second German machinegun. An enemy sniper who tried to block the way was dispatched, and the trio pressed on. When discovered by the machinegun crew and subjected to direct fire, 1st Lt. Bolton killed 1 of the 3 gunners with carbine fire, and his 2 comrades shot the others. Continuing to disregard his wounds, he led the bazooka team toward an 88-mm. artillery piece which was having telling effect on the American ranks, and approached once more through icy canal water until he could dimly make out the gun's silhouette. Under his fire direction, the two soldiers knocked out the enemy weapon with rockets. On the way back to his own lines he was again wounded. To prevent his men being longer subjected to deadly fire, he refused aid and ordered them back to safety, painfully crawling after them until he reached his lines, where he collapsed. 1st Lt. Bolton's heroic assaults in the face of vicious fire, his inspiring leadership, and continued aggressiveness even through suffering from serious wounds, contributed in large measure to overcoming strong enemy resistance and made it possible for his battalion to reach its objective.

BONG, RICHARD 1. (Air Mission)

Rank and organization: Major, U.S. Army Air Corps. 

Place and date: Over Borneo and Leyte, 10 October to 15 November 1944. 

Entered service at: Poplar, Wis. 

Birth: Poplar, Wis. 

G.O. No.: 90, 8 December 1944. 

Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action above and beyond the call of duty in the Southwest Pacific area from 10 October to 15 November 1944. 

Though assigned to duty as gunnery instructor and neither required nor expected to perform combat duty, Maj. Bong voluntarily and at his own urgent request engaged in repeated combat missions, including unusually hazardous sorties over Balikpapan, Borneo, and in the Leyte area of the Philippines. His aggressiveness and daring resulted in his shooting down 8 enemy airplanes during this period.

"If there be any glory in war, let it rest on the shoulders of men like these." -- Audie Murphy

Thank you to every soldier, sailor, airman, marine and coast guardsman who has given me the freedoms I have today.  You will not be forgotten.

[RaceBannon]

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.

Easy.

26/3=8.667. Each man thereore paid $8.667 for the room before the rebate was handed out.

Each man received back a dollar, so...

8.667 + $1.00 = 9.667

Now Multiply the amount each man actually paid for the room.. $9.667 * 3 = 29

Plus the dollar tip to the maid

29 + 1 = 30