December 11, 2006


Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.
H. L. Mencken



Prickly pears
Are picked
For pickles
No peach picks
A face that prickles
Burma Shave
1940


The chief problem of low-income farmers is poverty.
Nelson Rockefeller





THE REVOLUTION
  • August 19, 1782 - Loyalist and Indian forces attack and defeat American settlers near Lexington, Kentucky.
  • August 25, 1782 - Mohawk Indian Chief Joseph Brant conducts raids on settlements in Pennsylvania and Kentucky.
  • August 27, 1782 - The last fighting of the Revolutionary War between Americans and British occurs with a skirmish in South Carolina along the Combahee River.
  • November 10, 1782 - The final battle of the Revolutionary War occurs as Americans retaliate against Loyalist and Indian forces by attacking a Shawnee Indian village in the Ohio territory.
  • THE HISTORY PLACE


    I cannot imagine any other country in the world where the opposition would seek, and the chief executive would allow, the dissemination of his most private and personal conversations with his staff, which, to be honest, do not exactly confer sainthood on anyone concerned.
    Gerald R. Ford



    PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
    Gerald FordGerald Ford had two attempts on his life in California during the month of September, 1975. Both attempts were by women.
    Gerald Ford 1974-1977



    If you have two hourglasses -- one four-minute timer and one seven-minute timer, how can you measure nine minutes?



    "Do you mean now?" -- When asked for the time.



    Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
    1735


    I've always been interested in people, but I've never liked them.
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