SPECIAL ENON BIRTHDAY: HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEVERLY SMITH!!!
Today is Newspaper Carrier Day, commemorating the birthday of the first newsboy in the U.S., Barney Flaherty (1833).
BIRTHDAYS: Anton Bruckner, 1824; architect Daniel Burnham, 1846; Lewis H. Latimer (co-developer of the electric light bulb), 1848; Syd Hoff (children's author), 1912; Alexander Liberman, 1912; Paul Harvey, 1918; Craig Clairborne, 1920; Dick York, 1928; Mitzi Gaynor, 1931; Dawn Fraser, 1937; Tom Watson, 1949.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
On this date in 1780 the British captured Henry Laurens of Charleston, South Carolina, as he sailed to Holland to negotiate a treaty and financial aid for the patriot cause. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London on suspicion of high treason and forced to pay for his room, board, and guard. After more than a year he was released in exchange for General Charles Cornwallis and helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris, officially ending the Revolution.
On this date in 1781 the "village" of Los Angeles was founded. Actually, it's name back then was: El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora de la Reina de los Angeles de Porcincula. I can see why they shortened it...
On this date in 1807 Robert Fulton began operating his first steamboat on the Hudson River.
On this date in 1883 the first self-serve restaurant opened in New York City.
On this date in 1888 George Eastman received a patent for the Kodak Camera.
On this date in 1893 Beatrix Potter sent a get-well letter about a rabbit family to 5-year-old Noel Moore. The letter began, "I shall tell you a story about four little rabbits whose names were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and Peter..."
On this date in 1909 eleven thousand Boy Scouts held their first national parade at London's Crystal Palace.
On this date in 1929 the Graf Zeppelin completed the only round-the-world trip by an airship.
On this date in 1951 the first transcontinental live television broadcast was aired. From San Francisco, CA President Harry S. Truman's speech at the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference was beamed coast-to-coast.
On this date in 1972 swimmer Mark Spitz won a record 7th gold medal in the 400-meter relay at the Olympic Games in Munich, Germany.
On this date in 1981 NBC announced that David Brinkley had retired. It didn't take ABC long to snatch him up!
MEANINGLESS FACTS: Fulvie, Countess de la Rochefoucauld (1540-1625), widowed at the age of 22, mourned her husband for 63 years. According to her tombstone she suffered from a broken heart for threescore and three years till she died of it at the age of 85... Seen on a tombstone in Middlebury, VT -- "I put my wife beneath this stone for her repose and for my own"... Grandson, Bill, Grabs, Apples, Gets, Misery, By, and Bumm -- each word is the name of a town in Switzerland. Believe it, or not.
TRIVIA: To whom did God give a formula for compounding an oil for furniture?
"I quote others only the better to express myself" (Michel de Montaigne). I like the way he said that...
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Thanks to GB: I KNOW
I know He is the Beginning, so why
do I worry about the end?
I know He is the Creator, so why
do I wonder who will destroy?
I know He has forgiven me, so why
can't I forgive myself?
I know He can do all things, so
why do I say I can't?
I know He will protect me, so why
do I fear?
I know He will supply all my needs,
so why can't I wait?
I know He is my strength and my
salvation, so why do I feel weak?
I know that everything and everyone
has a season, so why when someone's season is over do I weep instead of
rejoice?
I know He is the right way, so
why do I go the wrong way?
I know He is the light, so why
do I choose to walk in darkness?
I know tomorrow is not promised,
so why do I put off for tomorrow what I can do today?
I know that the truth shall make
me free, so why do I continue to lie?
I know He gives us revelation,
knowledge and understanding, so why do I lean on my own understanding?
I know that when praises go up,
blessings come down, so why do I refuse to praise Him?
I know I am saved, so why do I
refuse the Word He has given me?
"The shortest distance between
a problem and a solution is the distance between your knees and the floor.
The one who kneels to the Lord can stand up to anything."
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Thanks to GB: The Pumpkin
A lady recently baptized was asked by a co-worker what it was like to be a Christian. She replied, 'It's like being a pumpkin: God saves you from the patch, brings you in, and washes all the dirt off you may have gotten from the other pumpkins. Then he cuts the top off and scoops out all the yucky stuff. He removes the seeds of doubt, hate, greed, etc., then He carves you a new smiling face and puts His light inside of you to shine for all the world to see. Passed on to me from another pumpkin.
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Thanks to LBS: "THINGS TO REMEMBER....EVERYDAY"
If you want your dreams to come
true, don't oversleep.
The smallest good deed is better
than the grandest intention.
Of all the things you wear, your
expression is the most important.
The best vitamin for making friends....B1.
The commandments of God are not
multiple choice.
The happiness of your life depends
on the quality of your thoughts.
Minds are like parachutes...they
function only when open.
Ideas won't work unless YOU do.
One thing you can't recycle is
wasted time.
One who lacks the courage to start
has already finished.
The heaviest thing to carry is
a grudge.
Don't learn safety rules by accident.
We lie the loudest when we lie
to ourselves.
Jumping to conclusions can be bad
exercise.
A turtle makes progress when it
sticks it's head out.
One thing you can give and still
keep...is your word.
A friend walks in when everyone
else walks out.
AND FINALLY...
The pursuit of happiness is the
chase of a lifetime!!!
If you're too open-minded... your
brains will fall out.
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ANSWER: God gave Moses (Exodus 30:22-28) a formula for compounding an oil for furniture -- "Moreover the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels, And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin: And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil. And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony, And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense, And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot."
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Good Morning: It's Wednesday September 5, 2001!
BIRTHDAYS: Johann Christian Bach, (German composer and youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach) 1735; Jesse James (outlaw of the American West), 1847; Arthur C. Nielsen (market researcher and developer of the Nielson system of rating TV shows), 1897; Florence Eldridge, 1901; Darryl F. Zanuck, 1902; Arthur Koestler, 1905; Bob (one of my favorites) Newhart, 1929; Carol Lawrence, 1935; John Danforth, 1936; William Devane, 1939; Raquel Welch, 1942; Cathy Lee Guisewite, 1950; Willie Gault, 1960.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
On this date in 1698 Russian men had a close shave with higher taxes as the government (led by Czar Peter the Great) placed a levy (tax) on beards.
On this date in 1774 the first Continental Congress convened. We are more familiar with the second C.C., out of which grew the Declaration of Independence; but, everything must start somewhere...
On this date in 1836 Sam Houston was elected president of the Republic of Texas.
On this date in 1882 the nation's first Labor Day parade was held in New York City - featuring some 10,000 marchers.
On this date in 1882 also, 3 years after he invented the light bulb, Thomas Edison opened the nation's first central electric-light power plant in New York City, with one generator serving 85 customers. Within 14 months the plant served 508 customers. Edison boasted: "We will make electric light so cheap that only the rich will be able to burn candles."
On this date in 1885 the first gas pump was delivered to a gasoline dealer.
On this date in 1939 the U.S. declared its neutrality in WW II. It wouldn't last...
On this date in 1980 Switzerland's 10-mile St. Gotthard Tunnel, the world's largest automobile tunnel, opened.
On this date in 1983 THICKE OF THE NIGHT, a late-night talk show starring Canadian Alan Thicke (also of Growing Pains fame) premiered. It didn't last either...
On this date in 1984 Michael Jackson's personal manager Frank DiLoe announced "once and for all" that his client was not "gay".
On this date in 1988 Tammy Faye Bakker was evicted from her PTL mansion by Jerry Falwell and company. She described it, tears and running make-up and all, so as to elicit sympathy; but it is hard to feel sorry for someone who lived in a mansion on other people's money...
MEANINGLESS FACTS: The tribal doctor of the Banvanqis, Africa is the woman who can sniff pepper the longest without sneezing. Mbokka -- the last winner -- held our for 11 hours... Mrs. Violet Peek of Denver, Colorado is the mother of 7 children -- each born on a different day of the week... If a hair be laid on a bar of steel and run through a cold rolling mill, the imprint will be visible on the steel, leading us to the possible conclusion that under certain circumstances, a human hair is harder than steel. Believe it, or not.
TRIVIA: Where is the only place grease is mentioned in the Bible?
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation" (Oscar Wilde). Whatever you are, wherever you are, however you are, and whoever you are -- be yourself.
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Mark Twain -- "In church last Sunday I listened to a charity sermon. My first impulse was to give three hundred and fifty dollars: I repented of that and reduced it to a hundred; repented of that and reduced it another hundred; repented of that and reduced the remaining fifty to twenty-five; repented of that and dropped to two dollars and a half; when the plate came around at last, I repented once more and contributed ten cents. Well, when I got home, I did wish to goodness I had that ten cents back."
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Thanks to LBS: 3 Little Pigs
Three little Pigs went out to dinner
one night.
The waiter comes and takes their
drink order.
"I would like a Sprite," said the
first little piggy.
"I would like a Coke," said the
second little piggy.
"I want water, lots and lots of
water," said the third little piggy.
The drinks are brought out and
the waiter takes their orders for dinner.
"I want a nice big steak," said
the first piggy.
"I would like the salad plate,"
said the second piggy.
"I want water, lots and lots of
water," said the third little piggy.
The meals were brought out and
a while later the waiter approached the table and asked if the piggys would
like any dessert.
"I want a banana split," said the
first piggy.
"I want a root beer float," said
the second piggy.
"I want water, lots and lots of
water," exclaimed the third little piggy.
"Pardon me for asking," said the
waiter, "but why have you only ordered water"?
(You're gonna hate me for this....
hold onto your seat ....... at the risk of never receiving e-mail ever
again) The third piggy says "Well, somebody has to go 'Wee, wee, wee, all
the way home!'"
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Thanks to LBS: FIREARMS REFRESHER COURSE
a. An armed man is a citizen. An
unarmed man is a subject.
b. A gun in the hand is better
than a cop on the phone.
c. Glock: The original point and
click interface.
d. Gun control is not about guns;
it's about control.
e. If guns are outlawed, can we
use swords?
f. If guns cause crime, then pencils
cause misspelled words.
g. Free men do not ask permission
to bear arms.
h. If you don't know your rights
you don't have any.
i. Those who trade liberty for
security have neither.
j. The United States Constitution
(c) 1791. All Rights reserved.
k. What part of "shall not be infringed"
do you not understand?
l. The Second Amendment is in place
in case they ignore the others.
m. 64,999,987 firearms owners killed
no one yesterday.
n. Guns only have two enemies:
rust and liberals.
o. Know guns, know peace and safety.
No guns, no peace nor safety.
p. You don't shoot to kill; you
shoot to stay alive.
q. 911 - government sponsored Dial-a-Prayer.
r. Assault is a behavior, not a
device.
s. Criminals love gun control -
it makes their jobs safer.
t. If guns cause crime, then matches
cause arson.
u. Only a government that is afraid
of its citizens tries to control them.
v. You only have the rights you
are willing to fight for.
w. Enforce the "gun control laws"
we have, don't make more.
x. When you remove the people's
right to bear arms, you create slaves.
y. The American Revolution would
never have happened with gun control.
z. "...a government of the people,
by the people, for the people..."
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From a friend: Inner Strength
If you can start the day without
caffeine or pep pills
If you can be cheerful, ignoring
aches and pains
If you can resist complaining and
boring people with your troubles
If you can eat the same food everyday
and be grateful for it
If you can understand when loved
ones are too busy to give you time
If you can overlook when people
take things out on you when, through no fault of yours, something goes
wrong
If you can take criticism and blame
without resentment
If you can face the world without
lies and deceit
If you can conquer tension without
medical help
If you can relax without liquor
If you can sleep without the aid
of drugs,
Then.....you are probably a cat
or a dog.
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ANSWER: Psalm 119:70 records the only mention of grease in the Bible -- "Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law."
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