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Travellin Dave

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Re: 2/11/2019
« Reply #30 on: February 11, 2019, 07:17:40 AM »

Thought for Today: “Life does not count by years. Some suffer a lifetime in a day, and so grow old between the rising and the setting of the sun.” — Augusta Jane Evans, American novelist (1835-1909).
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Re: 2/11/2019
« Reply #31 on: February 11, 2019, 07:22:09 AM »

Thought for Today: “Life does not count by years. Some suffer a lifetime in a day, and so grow old between the rising and the setting of the sun.” — Augusta Jane Evans, American novelist (1835-1909).

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Re: 2/11/2019
« Reply #32 on: February 11, 2019, 07:34:22 AM »

We have a winter weather advisory here. Should be a fun commute day.
Never mind, the advisory is for tomorrow. Today, it's just sub freezing temps.
Careful, your overwhelming ignorance is showing.
GFY Asshole
You sound like one of those people that flips off the guy who honked at you for not going when the light turns green.
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Re: 2/11/2019
« Reply #33 on: February 11, 2019, 07:37:21 AM »

We have a winter weather advisory here. Should be a fun commute day.
Never mind, the advisory is for tomorrow. Today, it's just sub freezing temps.
Should be today too, roads are going to be slick.
We got about an inch last night, but whatever stuck should be gone tomorrow when we're in the mid-40s.
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Re: 2/11/2019
« Reply #34 on: February 11, 2019, 07:38:02 AM »

1573        Feb 11, Sir Francis Drake 1st saw the Pacific Ocean from Panama.
   
1752        Feb 11, Pennsylvania Hospital, the 1st hospital in the US, opened.

1766        Feb 11, The Stamp Act was declared unconstitutional in Virginia.

1768        Feb 11, A Samuel Adams letter, opposing Townshend Act taxes, was circulated among the American colonies.

1794        Feb 11, A session of US Senate was 1st opened to the public.

1800        Feb 11, William Henry Fox Talbot (d.1877), British inventor and pioneer in instantaneous photography, was born.

1808        Feb 11, Anthracite coal was 1st burned as fuel, experimentally, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

1809        Feb 11, Robert Fulton patented the steamboat.

1811        Feb 11, Pres. Madison prohibited trade with Britain for 3rd time in 4 years.

1812        Feb 11, Massachusetts Gov. Elbridge Gerry signed a re-districting law  that favored his party, giving rise to the term "gerrymandering." His district was shaped like a salamander.

1847        Feb 11, American inventor Thomas Alva Edison was born in Milan, Ohio. He was the inventor of the first electric light bulb and pioneer of the motion picture industry. He also Invented at least 1,300 other items.

1852        Feb 11, The 1st British public female toilet opened at Bedford Street in London.
 
1854        Feb 11, Major streets were lit by coal gas for 1st time.
   
1854        Feb 11, Commodore Matthew Perry pulled into Edo Bay, Japan, 12 months early with 9 warships to begin talks for a treaty.

1916        Feb 11, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra presented its 1st concert.
 
1916        Feb 11, Emma Goldman was arrested for lecturing on birth control.

1922        Feb 11, "April Showers" by Al Jolson hit #1.

1933        Feb 11, Pres. Hoover declared Death Valley a national monument.

1934        Feb 11, Mary Quant, fashion designer (Chelsea Look, Mod Look), was born in Kent, England.

1936        Feb 11, Burt Reynolds, actor (Evening Shade, Strip Tease, Cannonball Run), was born in Michigan.

1936        Feb 11, Pumping began for the creation of Treasure Island in SF Bay.

1953        Feb 11, Walt Disney’s “Peter Pan" premiered.

1964        Feb 11, The Beatles 1st live appearance in US was in the Washington,  DC Coliseum. It was filmed by CBS.

1965        Feb 11, Pres. Lyndon Johnson ordered air strikes against targets in North Vietnam, in retaliation for guerrilla attacks on the American military in South Vietnam. The American "Rolling Thunder" bombing campaign intensified. In 2006 Rick Newman and Don Shepperd authored “Bury Us Upside Down: The Misty Pilots and the Secret Battle for the Ho Chi Minh Trail," an account of the pilots who flew low scouting for targets that threatened US bombers.

1990        Feb 11, In a stunning upset, heavyweight champion Mike Tyson was knocked out in the 10th round of his fight with Buster Douglas in Tokyo.
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Re: 2/11/2019
« Reply #35 on: February 11, 2019, 07:38:52 AM »

We have a winter weather advisory here. Should be a fun commute day.
Never mind, the advisory is for tomorrow. Today, it's just sub freezing temps.
Should be today too, roads are going to be slick.
We got about an inch last night, but whatever stuck should be gone tomorrow when we're in the mid-40s.
TWSS...
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Re: 2/11/2019
« Reply #36 on: February 11, 2019, 07:44:21 AM »

We have a winter weather advisory here. Should be a fun commute day.
Never mind, the advisory is for tomorrow. Today, it's just sub freezing temps.
Should be today too, roads are going to be slick.
We got about an inch last night, but whatever stuck should be gone tomorrow when we're in the mid-40s.
TWSS...
Well, that's just a shame for her.
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Travellin Dave

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Re: 2/11/2019
« Reply #37 on: February 11, 2019, 07:48:32 AM »

Birthdays

1466 Elizabeth of York, Queen Consort of England and wife of King Henry VII, born in Westminster Palace, London (d. 1503)

1800 William Henry Fox Talbot, English photographic pioneer, born in Dorset, England (d. 1877)

1812 Alexander H. Stephens, US Confederate Vice President, born in Crawfordville, Georgia (d. 1883)

1847 Thomas Edison, American inventor (lightbulb, phonograph, motion picture camera), born in Milan, Ohio (d. 1931)

1909 Max Baer, American heavyweight boxing champion (1934-35), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 1959)

1917 Sidney Sheldon, American novelist and playwright (Master of the Game, Bloodline, The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2007)

1934 Manuel Noriega, Panamanian general and dictator (1983-89), born in a Panama City slum, Panama (d. 2017)

1936 Burt Reynolds, American actor (Deliverance, Evening Shade, Strip Tease, Cannonball), born in Lansing, Michigan (d. 2018)

1938 Bobby "Boris" Pickett, American singer-songwriter (Monster Mash), born in Somerville, Massachusetts (d. 2007)

1941 Sergio Mendes, jazz/pop musician (Brazil '66/'77/'88)

1953 [John Ellis] Jeb Bush, American politician (Governor of Florida (R) 1999-2007), born in Midland, Texas

1962 Sheryl Crow, American singer-songwriter (All I Want to Do-Grammy 1995), born in Kennett, Missouri

1964 Sarah Palin, American politician

1969 Jennifer Aniston, American actress (Rachel-Friends), born in Los Angeles, California

1980 Matthew Lawrence, US actor (Matthew-Gimme a Break), born in Albington Township, Pennsylvania

1981 Kelly Rowland, US singer, born in Atlanta, Georgia

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Re: 2/11/2019
« Reply #38 on: February 11, 2019, 07:58:07 AM »

We have a winter weather advisory here. Should be a fun commute day.
Never mind, the advisory is for tomorrow. Today, it's just sub freezing temps.
Careful, your overwhelming ignorance is showing.
GFY Asshole
You sound like one of those people that flips off the guy who honked at you for not going when the light turns green.
As always Snowflake you are wrong again!
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Re: 2/11/2019
« Reply #39 on: February 11, 2019, 08:04:02 AM »

We have a winter weather advisory here. Should be a fun commute day.
Never mind, the advisory is for tomorrow. Today, it's just sub freezing temps.
Careful, your overwhelming ignorance is showing.
GFY Asshole
You sound like one of those people that flips off the guy who honked at you for not going when the light turns green.
As always Snowflake you are wrong again!
Of the two of us, I don't think I'm the one who sounds like a snowflake today. Perhaps it's already time for your nap? You sound a little cranky.
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Re: 2/11/2019
« Reply #40 on: February 11, 2019, 08:06:34 AM »

good morning Tony, Rick, Dave, and Dave.
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Re: 2/11/2019
« Reply #41 on: February 11, 2019, 08:12:10 AM »

good morning Tony, Rick, Dave, and Dave.
Welcome back. Did you need a nap, too?
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Re: 2/11/2019
« Reply #42 on: February 11, 2019, 08:20:45 AM »

good morning Tony, Rick, Dave, and Dave.
Welcome back. Did you need a nap, too?
nope, neighbor lady brought donuts.
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Re: 2/11/2019
« Reply #43 on: February 11, 2019, 08:23:41 AM »

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Re: 2/11/2019
« Reply #44 on: February 11, 2019, 08:25:33 AM »

good morning Tony, Rick, Dave, and Dave.
Welcome back. Did you need a nap, too?
nope, neighbor lady brought donuts.
There's a ladyfinger joke in there somewhere, where's Bean when you need him?
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