Old Guys Rule: September 2013

Monday, September 9, 2013

Today's History lesson

DO you know what happened

163 years ago this summer?

September 9, 1850

California became a state!

The people had no electricity.

The state had no money.

Almost everyone spoke Spanish.

There were gunfights in the streets.

So basically NOTHING has changed except,

then the women had real boobs

and the men didn't hold hands.

That, my friends,

is the history lesson for today.

Thanx to stories etc.

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Morning Pic Dump

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Birthdays on September 9th

1828 - Leo Tolstoy
1966 - Adam Sandler
1941 - Dennis Ritchie
1928 - Sol LeWitt
1960 - Hugh Grant

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Todays pic Dump

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Blast from the Past

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Afternoon Funnies

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Today in History

Lead Story: President's child born in White House, 1893
American Revolution: Congress renames the nation "United States of America", 1776
Automotive: President Johnson signs the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, 1966
Civil War: Yankees capture Chattanooga, 1863
Cold War: Mao Zedong Dies, 1976
Crime: The Boston police department goes on strike, 1919
Disaster: Powerful earthquake rocks Algeria, 1954
General Interest: Riot at Attica prison, 1971; Chairman Mao dies, 1976
Hollywood: Audiences are treated to surprise preview of Gone with the Wind, 1939
Literary: Alice B. Toklas moves in permanently with Gertrude Stein, 1910
Old West: California becomes the 31st state in record time, 1850
Presidential: Cleveland baby born in White House, 1893
Sports: Sandy Koufax pitches perfect game, 1965
Vietnam War: Hackney receives Medal of Honor, 1967; Ho Chi Minh buried in Hanoi, 1969; DeBellevue becomes leading American Ace, 1972
World War I: U.S. Secretary of State Lansing demands recall of Austro-Hungarian ambassador, 1914
World War II: Japanese bomb U.S. mainland, 1942; Allies land at Salerno and Taranto, 1943; ************************************************************

Thursday, September 5, 2013

A SHORT, POINTED SENTENCE THAT EXPRESSES
A WISE OR CLEVER OBSERVATION OR A GENERAL TRUTH

1. The nicest thing about the future is . . .
that it always starts tomorrow.

2. Money will buy a fine dog .. . ..
but only kindness will make him wag his tail.

3. If you don't have a sense of humor . . .
you probably don't have any sense at all.

4. Seat belts are not as confining . . .
as wheelchairs.

5. A good time to keep your mouth shut is . . .
when you're in deep water.

6. How come it takes so little time for a child who is afraid of
the dark . . to become a teenager who wants to stay out all night?

7. Business conventions are important . . .
because they demonstrate how many people a company can
operate without.

8. Why is it that at class reunions . . .
you feel younger than everyone else looks?

9. Scratch a cat (or dog) . . ..
and you will have a permanent job.

10. No one has more driving ambition than the teenage boy
(or girl) . . .. who wants to buy a car.

11. There are no new sins . . ..
the old ones just get more publicity.

12. There are worse things than getting a call for a wrong
number at 4 a.m. . .. like, it could be the right number.

13. No one ever says "It's only a game" . . .
when their team is winning.

14. I've reached the age where . . ..
'happy hour' is a nap.

15. Be careful about reading the fine print . . .
there's no way you're going to like it.

16. The trouble with bucket seats is that . . .
not everybody has the same size bucket.

17. Do you realize that, in about 40 years . . .
we'll have thousands of old ladies running around with tattoos?
(And rap music will be the Golden Oldies!)

18. Money can't buy happiness .. . ..
but somehow it's more comfortable to cry in a Cadillac than
in a Yugo.

19. After 60, if you don't wake up aching in every joint . . .
you're probably dead.

20. Always be yourself because the people that matter don't mind . . .. and the ones that mind don't matter.

21. Life isn't tied with a bow .. . ..
but it's still a gift.

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Morning Pic Dump

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Birthdays on Sept. 5th
1946 - Freddie Mercury
1950 - Cathy Guisewite
1929 - Bob Newhart
1936 - Jonathan Kozol
1969 - Dweezil Zappa

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Todays Pic Dump

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Blast from the Past

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Afternoon Funnies