January 21. 2007


Our favourite holding period is forever.
Warren Buffett



If hugging
On highways
Is your sport
Trade in your car
For a davenport
Burma Shave
1942


When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.
- Henny Youngman




BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 
  1729      Becomes sole owner and publisher of the Pennsylvania Gazette
  1730      Marries Deborah Read Rogers
  1731      Birth of Ben's son William; Founds the first Circulating Library
  1732      Birth of Ben's son Francis 
  1732-     Annually, publishes Poor Richard: An Almanack
   1758    
  1736      Death of Ben's young son Francis; Founds the Union Fire Company 
              in Philadelphia
The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin


The interesting thing is always to see if you can find a fact that will change your mind about something, to test and see if you can.
Diane Sawyer



PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA
Richard Nixon Nixon was a second cousin twice removed of Jessamyn West, a seventh cousin twice removed of William Howard Taft, and an eighth cousin once removed of Herbert Hoover.
Richard Nixon 1969-1974



Never resting, never still.
Moving silently from hill to hill.
It does not walk, run or trot,
All is cool where it is not.

What is it?




A bank manager without anyone around may find themself a-loan.



Creditors have better memories than debtors.
1736


Luck is not chance, it's toil; fortune's expensive smile is earned.
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