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Rosie
Member

11-12-2003

Friday, June 24, 2005 - 10:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
<looks high and low for Whomum>

Ginger1218
Member

08-31-2001

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 - 2:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
JULY 18TH I MOVE BACK HOME, OMG, I AM SOOOO EXCITED

Jhonise
Member

07-10-2003

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 - 3:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Woo Hoo Ginger!

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 - 4:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ginger, that is such good news after so long of a wait. You are the third person that I knew who lost everything in a fire, so I know how much of a low blow it is. I pray that now your life can settle back into a nice comfortable rut.

Twiggyish
Member

08-14-2000

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 - 4:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ginger that's wonderful!!!! I hope to be back in my home soon, too.

Tess
Member

04-13-2001

Wednesday, June 29, 2005 - 4:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yay, Ginger!!!!! Keeping my fingers crossed for your family, Twigs!

Escapee
Member

06-15-2004

Monday, July 11, 2005 - 10:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Bob Hope

May 29, 1903 - July 27, 2003



ON TURNING 70 "You still chase women, but only downhill".

ON TURNING 80 "That's the time of your life when even your birthday suit needs pressing."

ON TURNING 90 "You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake."

ON TURNING 100 " I don't feel old. In fact I don't feel anything until noon. Then it's time for my nap."

ON GIVING UP HIS EARLY CAREER, BOXING "I ruined my hands in the ring . the referee kept stepping on them."

ON SAILORS "They spend the first six days of each week sowing their wild oats, then they go to church on Sunday and pray for crop failure."

ON NEVER WINNING AN OSCAR "Welcome to the Academy Awards or, as it's called at my home, 'Passover'."

ON GOLF "Golf is my profession. Show business is just to pay the green fees."

ON PRESIDENTS " I have performed for 12 presidents and entertained only six."

ON WHY HE CHOSE SHOWBIZ FOR HIS CAREER " When I was born, the doctor said to my mother, 'Congratulations.You have an
eight-pound ham'."

ON RECEIVING THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL "I feel very humble, but I think I have the strength of character to fight it."

ON HIS FAMILY'S EARLY POVERTY "Four of us slept in the one bed. When it got cold, mother threw on another brother."

ON HIS SIX BROTHERS "That's how I learned to dance. Waiting for the bathroom."

ON HIS EARLY FAILURES " I would not have had anything to eat if it wasn't for the stuff the audience threw at me."

ON GOING TO HEAVEN "I've done benefits for ALL religions. I'd hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality."


The most destructive habit........................................Worry
The greatest Joy........................................................Giving
The greatest loss.......................................................Loss of self-respect

The most satisfying work...........................................Helping others
The ugliest personality trait.......................................Selfishness
The most endangered species................................Dedicated leaders

Our greatest natural resource..................................Our youth
The greatest "shot in the arm".................................Encouragement
The greatest problem to overcome.........................Fear

The most effective sleeping pill................................Peace of mind
The most crippling failure disease...........................Excuses
The most powerful force in life..................................Love

The most dangerous pariah......................................A gossiper
The world's most incredible computer......................The brain
The worst thing to be without.... ..................... .........Hope

The deadliest weapon...............................................The tongue
The two most power-filled words.............................."I Can"
The greatest asset.....................................................Faith

The most worthless emotion.....................................Self-pity
The most beautiful attire............................................SMILE!
The most prized possession........................... Integrity

The most powerful channel of communication........Prayer
The most contagious spirit........................................Enthusiasm

Native_texan
Member

08-24-2004

Monday, July 11, 2005 - 2:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
This is more "just had to share it" than "just had to say it."

Cattle married in Thailand
07:49 AM CDT on Monday, July 11, 2005
Associated Press

BANGKOK, Thailand - Farmer Amphol Wangboon was hesitant to give up his beloved Thong Khaow for marriage until he found her the perfect match and a dowry he couldn't refuse: truckloads of fresh grass, hay, maize and $2,400.

So Thong Khaow and her new mate, Thong Kham -- a pair of rare dwarf Brahman cattle -- were married Sunday morning in a traditional Thai ceremony featuring a banquet for more than 2,000 human guests in central Sa Kaew province.

The animals wore silk outfits and jasmine garlands. Other beasts, including goats, also attended the wedding.

Amphol said Thong Kham's owner, Krachang Kanokprasert, offered him the cash and the feed dowry as part of the wedding festivities.

"I wasn't going to sell her -- she's a special find -- but Krachang said he would take care of her and wanted the couple for a display in front of his restaurant," Amphol said. "If he takes good care of her, I don't mind giving her to him."



Escapee
Member

06-15-2004

Monday, July 11, 2005 - 3:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
With all the hunger and devistation over there and the pleas for help from the US, it's good to know that local citizens with money are spending it on necessary things instead of taking care of their own.



Ginger1218
Member

08-31-2001

Friday, July 15, 2005 - 4:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Just wanted that say that 4 more days to move date. Apartment is painted, all I need to do in the apartment is done, floors are done, still have the wrong refrigerator, but landlord will have to replace that soon. Monday morning is move in time. I still have packing to do. I am soooo tired. And it is only beginning. But, I am happy and will be so happy Monday night to sleep in MY HOUSE.

Schoolmarm
Member

02-18-2001

Friday, July 15, 2005 - 7:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Big WHOO HOOO for Ginger! I am so happy that you will be moving into your home, even if it isn't perfect! I will be thinking of you on Monday with all the moving crates!

Twiggyish
Member

08-14-2000

Friday, July 15, 2005 - 2:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yeah Ginger!!!

Ginger1218
Member

08-31-2001

Monday, July 25, 2005 - 5:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, I am here in work today, yuck. I have moved in, and am so happy to be home. It is not perfect, there are a lot of things wrong, terrible job done by the contractors. I still have so much to do, but I don't care, I am home and don't have a roommate lol
It is incredible how, after losing everything and moving into that apartment with Amy with virtually nothing - that I have accumulated so much stuff in a year and a half.
The move was exhausting, I thought I lost my cat Spanky, he was hiding in the radiator. I almost lost my mind, I was hysterical. He is traumatized, but calming down now. I miss all my friends here. I don't have a phone, because the contractors screwed up and never contacted the phone company to hook up the lines from the building - so it will take about another week for us all to get phone service. Hopefully my computer will be fixed this week. I feel very isolated. But - I am home LOL
Love you all

Cindori
Member

07-25-2003

Monday, July 25, 2005 - 7:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Congratulations, Ginger! I'm sure it feels good to be home . . and give Spanky extra love from me, poor kitty.

Escapee
Member

06-15-2004

Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 8:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
THINGS THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW BUT DON'T:
1. Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton.
2. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.
3. The dot over the letter i is called a "tittle".
4. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and
down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
5. Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller.
6. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
7. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
8. The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor, who had red eyes. He was an albino.
9. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents, daily.
10. Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.
11. Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces will kill a small sized dog.
12. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
13. Most lipstick contains fish scales (eeww).
14. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
15. Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine.
16. Upper and lower case letters are named 'upper' and 'lower' because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters,
the 'upper case' letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the smaller, 'lower case' letters.
17. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time ... hence, multi-tasking was invented.
18. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
19. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
20. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan; there was never a recorded Wendy before!
21. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and silver!
22. Leonardo da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.
23. A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
24. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was a Captain Kirk's mask painted white.
25. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar (good to know.)
26. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand (and you thought this list was completely useless.)
27. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
28. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player
for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was the Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.
29. Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece
of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. It's the same with apples!
30. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!
31. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
32. Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 2:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Um Escapee, Susan Lucci is not Phyllis Diller's daughter... so now I don't think I can believe the rest of these "facts."

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 2:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The inventor of 7Up, Charles Grigg, was not an albino. The red dot did not show up in the logo til the 70s.

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 3:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
28. is close, but no cigar:

Suddenly Bill Lear appeared on the scene, newly world famous for his spectacularly-successful Learjet business plane, and announced in 1965 that he had developed a cartridge with eight tracks that promised to lower the price of recorded tapes without any sacrifice in music quality. In 1963,he became a distributor for Muntz Electronics, mainly in order to install 4-track units aboard his Learjets. Dissatisfied with the Muntz technology, he contacted two of the leading suppliers of original equipment tape heads, the Nortronics Company and Michigan Magnetics. He specified a head with much thinner "pole-pieces" and a new spacing that would allow two tracks (or one stereo program) to be picked off a quarter-inch tape that held a total of 8-tracks. Although a departure from the Muntz player, the technology of the closely-stacked multitrack head was by the early 1960s well established in fields like data recording. Lear in 1963 developed a new version of the Fidelipac cartridge with somewhat fewer parts and an integral pressure roller. During 1964, Lear's aircraft company constructed 100 "Stereo-8" players for distribution to executives at the auto companies and RCA.
The earliest Ford 8-track players were designed for a minimum of controls and extreme simplicity of operation--the point was the keep the driver's eyes on the road, not on the dashboard.

Just how Bill Lear managed to convince the auto executives to cram those players under the dashboards of Ford Mustangs and Fairlanes is a little unclear. Certainly Lear brought his reputation as the successful leader of a business, and had many personal contacts in industry. In a roundabout kind of way, he already had ties to Ford. In the 1930s Lear and Paul Galvin had together built Motorola into a leading manufacturer of car radios, and Motorola was now affiliated with Ford.

Whatever the details of Lear's selling job, the keys to the Stereo-8's spectacular success seems to have been linked to getting the backing of both Ford and the recording industry. After getting RCA Victor to commit to the mass-production of its catalog on Learjet Stereo-8 cartridges, Ford agreed to offer the players as optional equipment on 1966 models. The response, in one Ford spokesman's words, "was more than anyone expected." 65,000 of the players were installed that year alone. The machines were initially manufactured Ford's electronics supplier and the firm that had pioneered the "motor victrola" --Motorola.



Escapee
Member

06-15-2004

Wednesday, July 27, 2005 - 10:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It was just something that was sent to me in my email. Sheesh. I thought it was interesting, but no, I didn't check my facts before posting, I had better things to do.

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Wednesday, July 27, 2005 - 10:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL

Rosie
Member

11-12-2003

Wednesday, August 03, 2005 - 10:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Anyone know where Jed is?