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Offline NHSparky

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Sunday, Wherefore Art Thou?
« on: October 25, 2009, 06:36:33 AM »
Why did I get up at 4:30?  Oh yeah--work.  Day off tomorrow.

Rain moving out, drying up, high of 55 today, low of 35 tonight.  Maybe I can get some yard work done along with housecleaning and laundry tomorrow.

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On this date:

1415  Battle of Agincourt, Welsh longbow defeat armored knight 

1492  Columbus' ship Santa Maria lands at Dominican Republic

1621  Governor Bradford of U.S. colony Plymouth disallows sport on Christmas Day

1760  George III ascends British throne

1825  Erie Canal opens, linking Great Lakes and Atlantic Ocean

1854  Charge of Light Brigade (Battle of Balaklava, Crimean War), 409 die

1881  Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday and Clanton engage in "Shootout at OK Corral"

1917  In Russia, Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin seizes power

1944  Battle of Leyte Gulf

1946  1st trial against nazi war criminals in Neurenberg

1964  Viking Jim Marshall runs 66 yards in wrong direction for a safety 

1986  Trailing 5-3 with 2 out and no one on in bottom of 10th, New York rallies to win Game 6 of the World Series, 6-5, Bill Buckner misplays a ball 

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Re: Sunday, Wherefore Art Thou?
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2009, 06:40:09 AM »
Sunday...up earlier than I would like becasue neighbor's dog (who we are pup sitting) is a wimp and was whining.  :hammer:

Football banquet tonight.
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Re: Sunday, Wherefore Art Thou?
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2009, 06:53:19 AM »
Woke up at 3:30 *sigh*.  But I finished my housework and I'm almost done with the laundry! 
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Offline RobJohnson

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Re: Sunday, Wherefore Art Thou?
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2009, 07:24:33 AM »
I had to get up early to lock the door after she left.

We should have a nice day today, before it cools off a little next week.

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Re: Sunday, Wherefore Art Thou?
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2009, 07:45:21 AM »

Getting down to the wire on our move to the Eastern Shore Peninsula of Virginia....moving day is in exactly one week, and still craploads to do. Missing my kids, who have been living with my mom and step-dad down there for the past month (they live 5 minutes from where we are moving to). Red and I are driving the 3-hour trip down there tomorrow to spend the day with my daughter who turns a BIG 9...good lord where does the time go. Then back here on Tuesday to finish packing. Weeeee, so much fun!

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Re: Sunday, Wherefore Art Thou?
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2009, 08:11:47 AM »
Good luck, scoob.

Today in History :-)
Oct 25 1854
During the Crimean War's Battle of Balaclava, Lord Ragland orders the British cavalry corps on a suicide mission to capture artillery guns protected by 19,000 Russian troops. Hundreds are needlessly killed in what is later known as the Charge of the Light Brigade.

Oct 25 1913
Birthday of Klaus Barbie, infamous Nazi War Criminal. After World War II, US Intelligence helped the "Butcher of Lyons" enter Bolivia, where he lived openly for many years in the capital, La Paz. Barbie was finally deported to France in 1987.

Oct 25 1938
The Archbishop of Dubuque, the Most Reverend Francis J.L. Beckman, denounces the newfangled Swing music -- the latest craze -- as nothing more than "a degenerated musical system... turned loose to gnaw away the moral fiber of young people." Its cannibalistic rhythms are said to lead one down the "primrose path to Hell."

Oct 25 1957
In chair number four of the barber shop at the Park Sheraton hotel in Manhattan, Mafia don Albert Anastasia is shot five times by the Gallo Brothers, under orders from Carlo Gambino.

Oct 25 1983
In order to maintain an uninterrupted supply of nutmeg to satisfy global demand, the United States of America invades the Caribbean island of Grenada. The invasion is rationalized as a rescue mission for American medical school rejects stuck in a sleazy offshore diploma mill.

Oct 25 1991
On the way back from a Huey Lewis concert, rock promoter Bill Graham is killed when his helicopter hits high-voltage power lines in Vallejo, California.

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Not much happening here today.  Work and more work.
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Re: Sunday, Wherefore Art Thou?
« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2009, 10:10:39 AM »
Sunday morning laziness.  Laid in bed till darn near 8:30 this morning. Holding hands and talking 'bout silliness. Happiness is.  Omelets and Tater pancakes this morning and then probably more organizing and cleaning.

My daughter has been sidelined all weekend with flu and we are just starting to get REALLY concerned. She usually powers through anything.  She spent a SATURDAY in bed sleeping. :(
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Re: Sunday, Wherefore Art Thou?
« Reply #7 on: October 25, 2009, 10:37:02 AM »
Quote from: asdf2231 on October 25, 2009, 10:10:39 AM
Sunday morning laziness.  Laid in bed till darn near 8:30 this morning. Holding hands and talking 'bout silliness. Happiness is.  Omelets and Tater pancakes this morning and then probably more organizing and cleaning.

My daughter has been sidelined all weekend with flu and we are just starting to get REALLY concerned. She usually powers through anything.  She spent a SATURDAY in bed sleeping. :(

Poor little girl :-(  Hope she recovers soon :-( 
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Re: Sunday, Wherefore Art Thou?
« Reply #8 on: October 25, 2009, 07:32:54 PM »
Quote from: RobJohnson on October 25, 2009, 07:24:33 AM
I had to get up early to lock the door after she left.

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Re: Sunday, Wherefore Art Thou?
« Reply #9 on: October 25, 2009, 07:48:49 PM »
Quote from: Chris on October 25, 2009, 08:11:47 AM

Oct 25 1983
In order to maintain an uninterrupted supply of nutmeg to satisfy global demand, the United States of America invades the Caribbean island of Grenada. The invasion is rationalized as a rescue mission for American medical school rejects stuck in a sleazy offshore diploma mill.

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Hey, I had a cousin stuck in that diploma mill in '83.....and his sister was visiting him there too. They were both very, very happy to see the US military arrive.

Don't worry, he became a shrink.
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