chaikwa

Morning all.

Pathetic showing of people here yesterday. Everyone is turning into a buncha Democrats, thinking that someone will come in here and post FOR them!

THURSDAY, APRIL 19th:

1689 - Residents of Boston ousted their governor, Edmond Andros.

1775 - The American Revolution began as fighting broke out at Lexington, MA.

1861 - The Baltimore riots resulted in four Union soldiers and nine civilians killed.

1861 - U.S. President Lincoln ordered a blockade of Confederate ports.

1892 - The Duryea gasoline buggy was introduced in the U.S. by Charles and Frank Duryea.

1897 - The first annual Boston Marathon was held. It was the first of its type in the U.S.

1917 - The Michigan State Police was founded.

1939 - Connecticut approved the Bill of Rights for the U.S. Constitution after 148 years.

1943 - The Warsaw Ghetto uprising against **** rule began. The Jews were able to fight off the Germans for 28 days.

1951 - General Douglas MacArthur gave his "Old Soldiers" speech before the U.S. Congress. In the address General MacArthur said that "Old soldiers never die, they just fade away."

1982 - NASA named Sally Ride to be first woman astronaut.

1982 - NASA named Guion S. Bluford Jr. as the first African-American astronaut.

1989 - A gun turret exploded aboard the USS Iowa. 47 sailors were killed.

1993 - The Branch-Davidian’s compound in Waco, TX, burned to the ground. It was the end of a 51-day standoff between the cult and U.S. federal agents. 86 people were killed including 17 children. Nine of the Branch Davidians escaped the fire.

1995 - The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, OK, was destroyed by a bomb. It was the worst bombing on U.S. territory. 168 people were killed including 19 children, and 500 were injured. Timothy McVeigh was found guilty of the bombing on June 2, 1997.

2000 - The Oklahoma City National Memorial was dedicated on the fifth anniversary of the bombing in Oklahoma that killed 168 people.

2002 - The USS Cole was relaunched. In Yemen, 17 sailors were killed when the ship was attacked by terrorists on October 12, 2000. The attack was blamed on Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network.


THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
What if Dick Clark's Death is a sign there won't be a new year?

Cffee is ready.

ofcmarc

12-21-12 is it right?

chaikwa

Could be!

chaikwa

Wow, 3 whole posts for yesterday. Might as well just close this thread down.

Tallguy67

Wow - what a quiet week. It is bee-u-tee-ful here in the shadow of the Rockies. 17C right now, 21 on Sunday and 23 on Monday. Tomorrow will be the first outside day of the year. Time to start getting the gardens ready to go and hopefully I get some good 'seat time' on the lawn tractors and the real tractor. All sorts of small engines - root tillers, pumps etc - to start up for the season. Wahoo!!!

Anyone else here tonight? I am making chicken wings in an hour or so, I am willing to share.

Hvytrkmech

I would say get up and at it but it's Saturday so sleep in people. Getting ready for another 24hr shift of fun and excitement.

I put my Kurig on the counter with a variety of coffee and phoo, donuts are fresh so y'all can have a good start to your weekend.

Cya later

Shorts

Hey dudes, just a quick check in. We have good internet access here. I didn't expect that for a nice tropical island

Having a good time out here. Food and drink is good. The hot tub in our room is awesome. So far we took a couple boat rides, went swimming on the gorgeous beach with crystal blue water and white sand, had some cold beers. Thursday night was karaoke - we kicked butt. That was an acquired skill from our time in Japan. Yesterday we got caught in some heavy rain as we were driving our golf cart round town. Then we took a wrong turn and had to go the slow way to the hotel. We laughed our rears off as our piece of junk (it back fires and doesn't go right away when you stomp on the gas - gotta double tap) with mud tires whirred through neighborhoods . I swear those golf carts are an accident waiting to happen Last night entertainment was a Michael Jackson impersonation group (Just one Michael and his back up dancers). They did a pretty good show. After dinner we hung out on the beach with our margaritas and listened to the ocean and palm trees.

Getting in a daily workout has kept us honest. I'm heading that way in a few minutes. Between my karaoke and my workouts I get a lot of "are you the girl...?".

Today I think we're taking our carrito de golf back to town to do some shopping. Get the obligatory Tshirts, knock-off sunglasses and necklaces. Probably grab lunch. Tonight we have our lobster dinner on the beach. Tomorrow is our massages. Still need to schedule our snorkeling trip and get to the sea shore park. K, I better run.

Yall be good

hotdram

This place still serve the worst ever? If so, I'll take a double, no ph00

~StrangerRob

Lary Ellis (Top)

Hey Rob, nice to see you

Better hit that coffee with a fire ax before you try to chew it......not quite sure if it is dead yet

twichit

mornin to all heathenins ....

madhat

Mornin.

Shorts, have fun!

Rob, good to see ya.

Hope everyone is having a good weekend so far. Went out at 7 this morning, already 90. So much for going out in the desert with the kids.

JB is here with me, we detailed Angie's truck last night, and it looks good! Gonna go do some man stuff, probably drink some more beer.

Hope everyone has a good day

madhat

Boy, it is getting toasty out there... I was sweating up a storm doing some PVC work.

Has anyone heard from JWBM (Heidi) lately? I sent her an e-mail the other day, have not heard back from her.