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Wed, Nov 16th, 2011, 06:45 AM #24091
Hope you all have a wonderful day!
Good luck with the Song of the Day call!While walking the I to
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Wed, Nov 16th, 2011, 06:47 AM #24092
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well of to work, i am sure i will be loved today, chilli last night and for lunch today, but it came out really good, suppose to be cold from now on, mother out west said winter has really hit there, everyone have fun
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Wed, Nov 16th, 2011, 06:49 AM #24093
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Good morning everyone!! Happy hump day!!
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Wed, Nov 16th, 2011, 07:00 AM #24094
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Good morning everyone. Happy Hump Day!
"If you want it, you can get it, but to get it, you gotta want it. Anything you want to try, just let go, fly HIGH,...and make a wish." Harry Chapin
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Wed, Nov 16th, 2011, 07:15 AM #24095
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Have a great day and good luck to those calling in, Cheers!
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Wed, Nov 16th, 2011, 07:17 AM #24096
Good morning!
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Wed, Nov 16th, 2011, 07:18 AM #24097
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Good morning Q sters
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Wed, Nov 16th, 2011, 08:04 AM #24098
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Wed, Nov 16th, 2011, 08:19 AM #24099
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Lol I am still wearing sandals - still sadly quite balmy out there, but never fear temperatures are dropping tomorrow.....
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Wed, Nov 16th, 2011, 08:23 AM #24100
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Wed, Nov 16th, 2011, 08:40 AM #24101
morning Q sters,
looks like today will be the last day for + double digits, then it's suppose to go back down to single digits, hopefully on the + side. the white stuff can happen WAY UP NORTH, that's where it belongs, up on the ski hills.
for all those people who are torn between bacon & having sex, now you can have both.
i'm with you only once it gets below 20. 20 is good in the dead of winter, but not so good in the middle of summer.
HAPPY HUMP DAY!NASCAR SEASON is complete for 2021.
Kyle Larson wins his 1st Nascar Championship.
nascar:a way of life
everything else is just a game
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Wed, Nov 16th, 2011, 08:41 AM #24102
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The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperatureisn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be.
Here are some facts about the 1500s
Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May,and they still smelled pretty good by June. However, since they were starting to smell,
brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor.
Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.
Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water.The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water,then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children.Last of all the babies.By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it.Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the Bath water!"
Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath.It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals(mice, bugs) lived in the roof.When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof.
Hence the saying, "It's raining cats and dogs."
There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house.This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppingscould mess up your nice clean bed.Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection.That's how canopy beds came into existence.
The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt.Hence the saying, "Dirt poor." The wealthy had slate floors that would get slipperyin the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing.As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door,it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entrance-way.
Hence: a thresh hold.
In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire.Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetablesand did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftoversin the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day.Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while.Hence the rhyme:“Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old”.
Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special.When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off.It was a sign of wealth that a man could, "bring home the bacon."They would cut off a little to share with guestsand would all sit around and chew the fat.
Those with money had plates made of pewter.Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food,causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes,so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.
Bread was divided according to status.Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle,and guests got the top, or the upper crust.
Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky.The combination would sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days.Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial.They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather aroundand eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up.Hence the custom; “of holding a wake”.
England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people.So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave.When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch markson the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive.So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffinand up through the ground and tie it to a bell.
Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift.)to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be,“saved by the bell” or was “considered a dead ringer”.
And that's the truth.Now, whoever said History was boring!!!
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Wed, Nov 16th, 2011, 08:43 AM #24103
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Wed, Nov 16th, 2011, 08:52 AM #24104
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Good Morning!
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Wed, Nov 16th, 2011, 08:57 AM #24105
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arghhhh wrok getting in the way of play again - signing off for meetings!!!!!!
INJOY
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THINK SNOW
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