OK OK - I didn't actually plant any annuals!
In other lessons learned - when on a plane do not joke about lighting your shoes on fire when you are sneaking a smoke in the bathroom. Some might not find as much humor in it as you do!
And speaking of smoking - seems the Navy has now made a rule that you can no longer smoke in a submarine!! WHAT NEXT!!!! RULES RULES RULES!! They are taking all the best smoking places away. I guess the problem with submarines was that the sailors would keep opening the portholes to toss on the butts! Then the butts would float to the top of the water and reveal where the sub was.
MORONS!
At least that is my best guess on the latest reason for the new restrictions. Remember July 5th is the last day for smoking in bars so you better buy your brooms because smokers will be angry and just litter the streets with used butts! In Madison every bar has a pile of cig butts littering the street and sidewalks in front of their bar.
They should make edible cigarettes so when they get down to the roach, just pop it in your mouth. Make the filters out of vitamin enriched oat bran. No No - I suppose Jamie Oliver would have a fit about people gaining weight AND smoking.
Nevermind.
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On to the police! I see the Madison Police are so bored with nothing to do (no crime in Madison) that their job is now to go around looking into cars to see if there is anything someone could rip off. If there is they give a little FAIL ticket. If there is nothing they can steal they give a PASS ticket.
What a colossal waste of time. They already stole MY cell phone. Yea - they recover my stolen phone, keep it for evidence and then, mysteriously, lose it a month later. I'm still ticked about that!
Stolen from the parking lot of the Dept of Justice, the perp is caught, the phone is found and kept for evidence and then "geez we can't find it". grrrrrrrr
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Water water - did you know it takes 2,900 gallons of water to produce one pair of blue jeans? 766 gallons for a t-shirt? One glass of milk uses 53 gallons. One glass of beer is 20 gallons! The water totals include water needed to grow the plants that create the item and for cleaning and diluting waste water and so forth.
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In 1881 Billy the Kid was found guilty of murder. The weird thing was that the person he murdered was a corrupt sheriff who had murdered Billys boss!
In 1898 Curly Lambeau Born was born in Green Bay. He founded the Packers in 1919 and served as the team's only coach through the 1949 season.
In 1942 Baatan Fell and Janesville's Tank Company A and Headquarters Company-192nd Tank battalion were captured. Many of the ninty nine Janesville men who became prisoners of war suffered during the infamous Bataan Death March.
Proviso East High School from Maywood, Illinois interviewed and collected documents on the 192nd and won an award. Check out the Bataan Commemorative Research Project - pretty nice.
As you can see I have nothing to report of any interest!
It's almost THE WEEKEND!!!!
Did yo know that the concept of the weekend has its roots in labor union attempts to accommodate Jewish workers who took Saturday instead of Sunday as their Sabbath. The first five-day work week was instituted by a New England cotton mill for this reason.
In 1926 John Henery started to shut down how factorys on Saturday and Sunday. In 1929 the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America was the first union to demand a five-day work week and receive it. After that, the rest of the United States slowly followed suit, but it wasn't until 1940 that the two-day weekend began nationwide.
ONE last thing. Did you know that Columbus had a car factory? The Badger Motor Car Company started in 1909 (and ended in 1912).
The Frey Carriage Company has developed a commemorative logo that they are using on T shirts and other clothing items for sale.
More on this when I find out more on this.
Rod
Great Blog!
ReplyDeleteAt least for nothing to think and write about.
Interesting at most.
I am glad you did not plant.
Way to early!
Hope all enjoy the weekend!