The "Spring has Sprung" breakroom..wipe your feet when entering 4/15/2012-4/22/2012
There is no G. There is no G. Repeat after me, THERE IS NO G!
Joined: Jan 2006
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From: Texas
Morning.
Got a bit of 'getting ready' stuff to do today. DH pops out of work early and we're taking the dog to his cousin's as that will be his vacation stay.
Getting close!
Got a bit of 'getting ready' stuff to do today. DH pops out of work early and we're taking the dog to his cousin's as that will be his vacation stay.
Getting close!
I grad-u-ated frum Claudes skool of tpying....
Joined: Jan 2009
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From: white trash junction
mornin ...cranking some acdc couseing trouble here and plotting how to get a better job.......got to make a call this morning to see if i can grab an old worn out w-400 for a buddy ... look out nh dot here i come.....bwwaaahahahaha
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From: Kalamazoo, Michigan
Morninall.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18th:
1676 - Sudbury, Massachusetts, was attacked by Indians.
1775 - American revolutionaries Paul Revere, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott rode though the towns of Massachusetts giving the warning that "the Regulars are coming out." Later, the phrase "the British are coming" was attributed to Revere.
1818 - A regiment of Indians and blacks were defeated at the Battle of Suwann, in Florida, ending the first Seminole War.
1847 - U.S. troops defeated almost 17,000 Mexican soldiers commanded by Santa Anna at Cerro Gordo. (Mexican-American War)
1861 - Colonel Robert E. Lee turned down an offer to command the Union armies during the U.S. Civil War.
1877 - Charles Cros wrote a paper that described the process of recording and reproducing sound. In France, Cros is regarded as the inventor of the phonograph. In the U.S., Thomas Edison gets the credit.
1906 - San Francisco, CA, was hit with an earthquake. The orginal death toll was cited at about 700. Later information indicated that the death toll may have been 3 to 4 times the original estimate.
1923 - Yankee Stadium opened in the Bronx, NY. The Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 4-1. John Phillip Sousa's band played the National Anthem.
1942 - James H. Doolittle and his squadron, from the USS Hornet, raided Tokyo and other Japanese cities.
1942 - The Vichy government capitulated to Adolf Hitler and invited Pierre Laval to form a new government in France.
1943 - Traveling in a bomber, Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, was shot down by American P-38 fighters.
1945 - American war correspondent Ernie Pyle was killed by Japanese gunfire on the Pacific island of Ie Shima, off Okinawa. He was 44 years old.
1955 - Albert Einstein died.
1983 - The U.S. Embassy in Beirut was blown up by a suicide car-bomber. 63 people were killed including 17 Americans.
2000 - The Nasdaq had the biggest one-day point gain in its history.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
The best time to start thinking about your retirement is before the boss does.
History has been posted, the thought is put up and the coffee isready. Now get to work!
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18th:
1676 - Sudbury, Massachusetts, was attacked by Indians.
1775 - American revolutionaries Paul Revere, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott rode though the towns of Massachusetts giving the warning that "the Regulars are coming out." Later, the phrase "the British are coming" was attributed to Revere.
1818 - A regiment of Indians and blacks were defeated at the Battle of Suwann, in Florida, ending the first Seminole War.
1847 - U.S. troops defeated almost 17,000 Mexican soldiers commanded by Santa Anna at Cerro Gordo. (Mexican-American War)
1861 - Colonel Robert E. Lee turned down an offer to command the Union armies during the U.S. Civil War.
1877 - Charles Cros wrote a paper that described the process of recording and reproducing sound. In France, Cros is regarded as the inventor of the phonograph. In the U.S., Thomas Edison gets the credit.
1906 - San Francisco, CA, was hit with an earthquake. The orginal death toll was cited at about 700. Later information indicated that the death toll may have been 3 to 4 times the original estimate.
1923 - Yankee Stadium opened in the Bronx, NY. The Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 4-1. John Phillip Sousa's band played the National Anthem.
1942 - James H. Doolittle and his squadron, from the USS Hornet, raided Tokyo and other Japanese cities.
1942 - The Vichy government capitulated to Adolf Hitler and invited Pierre Laval to form a new government in France.
1943 - Traveling in a bomber, Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, was shot down by American P-38 fighters.
1945 - American war correspondent Ernie Pyle was killed by Japanese gunfire on the Pacific island of Ie Shima, off Okinawa. He was 44 years old.
1955 - Albert Einstein died.
1983 - The U.S. Embassy in Beirut was blown up by a suicide car-bomber. 63 people were killed including 17 Americans.
2000 - The Nasdaq had the biggest one-day point gain in its history.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
The best time to start thinking about your retirement is before the boss does.
History has been posted, the thought is put up and the coffee isready. Now get to work!
DTR's "Cooler than ice cubes 14 miles North of North Pole" member
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From: 14mi North of North Pole
Evenin' All!
Summer must be almost here. Had to kill my first mosquito of the season.
One down 4.5 trillion or so to go.......
My friday too! 9.5 hours to go.
Summer must be almost here. Had to kill my first mosquito of the season.
One down 4.5 trillion or so to go.......My friday too! 9.5 hours to go.