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- “I Can’t Believe You Made It” !
If you lived as a child in the 40’s, 50’s, 60’s or 70’s. Looking back, it’s hard to believe that we have lived as long as we have…
As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. Riding in the back of a pickup truck on a warm day was always […]
- Points to ponder
If we could shrink the earth’s population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the
existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like
the following There would be:
57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 from the Western Hemisphere, both north and south
8 Africans
52 would be female
48 would be male
70 would be non-white
30 would be white
70 would […]
- The way it was
Thought you might enjoy this.
The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the
water temperature isn’t just how you like it, think about how things used to
be. Here are some facts from the 1500s:
Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May and were still smelling pretty good […]
- Itzhak Pearlman
On Nov. 18, 1995, Itzhak Perlman, the violinist, came on stage to give a
concert at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City. If you
have ever been to a Perlman concert, you know that getting on stage is no
small achievement for him. He was stricken with polio as a child, and so he
has […]
- Thank You Megan !
This is a Thank You to Megan Bradner for all her work and understanding in making it possible for me to have this website that I have been wishing and dreaming about for years. Megan as found a way for the less website intelligent to post information, pictures, etc. With her continuing help and skill […]
- Iraq today.
Hard questions, four years later.By Christopher Hitchens
Posted Monday, March 19, 2007, at 1:53 PM ET
A Marine drapes a flag over a statue of Saddam Hussein
Four years after the first coalition soldiers crossed the Iraqi border, one can attract pitying looks (at best) if one does not take the view that the whole engagement could have […]
- Illegal Immigration Boycott Coalition
The National Illegal Immigration Boycott Coalition (NIIBC) is a collective effort of over 100 organizations that are fighting against illegal immigration in America. Each group must be qualified as being nonviolent and nonracist in their approach to America’s Illegal Immigration Crisis.
The groups represented in the NIIBC reflect the diverse range of Americans that make up […]
- Interesting perspectives on a Billion
Here’s some interesting numbers to get things in perspective!
The next time you hear a politician use the word “billion” in this
manner,
think about whether you want the “politicians” spending your tax money.
A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one
advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into some
perspective.
In one of […]
- Little Known facts
Looking for ways to cut your calorie intake? Eat celery and apples. The net calories of these whole foods is actually negative because celery and apples deliver fewer calories than the calories you burn by eating them.That’s just one of several interesting factoids on a list titled “Things to make you smarter” that a friend […]
- Bounce This Along
Bounce This Along
(One never knows when this could come in handy)
My mail carrier told me that the US Postal service sent out a
message To all letter carriers to put a sheet of Bounce in their
uniform
pockets To keep yellow-jackets away.
Use them all the time when playing baseball and soccer. I use it
when I am working outside. […]
