Saturday, April 28, 2012

WILL BE BACK

 

please stand by

Despite having anti-virus, my computer “contracted” a virus and is seeking medical attention. Will be back as soon as medication has taken effect.

Some items had been scheduled and these will continue to appear.

Thanks

 

Graham

THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WORK

 

  • A meeting is an event at which the minutes are kept and hours are lost.
  • If you tell your boss you were late for work because you had a flat tyre, the very next morning you will have a flat tyre.
  • The probability of meeting someone you know increases when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with.
  • When you try to prove to someone that something won't work, it will.
  • As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold.
  • Anything is possible if you don't know what you're talking about.
  • Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong conclusion with confidence.
  • Technology is dominated by those who manage what they do not understand.
  • The opulence of the front office decor varies inversely with the fundamental solvency of the firm.
  • The attention span of a computer is only as long as its power cord.

COOL IMAGES 28 APRIL

 

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NEW STACHMO ALBUM AVAILABLE

 

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A live recording of Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong playing his trumpet near the end of his career is being released to the public for the first time.

On January 29, 1971, Armstrong was a featured performer at the National Press Club in Washington, celebrating the inauguration of fellow Louisiana native Vernon Louviere as the club's president. On Friday, Armstrong's performance was played back in the same place for musicians, historians and some who were there for the original performance.

It was the last recording made of him performing live that was meant to be played back some day. His only later performances on trumpet were quick TV snippets with Dick Cavett and Johnny Carson.

A limited release of 300 LPs on vinyl were copied from the press club for those in attendance. Over 40 years, they were largely forgotten.

The new album is called Red Beans and Rice-ly Yours: Satchmo at the National Press Club

TRIVIA BITS 28 APRIL

 

  • The US President's Cabinet is composed of: the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Treasury, the Secretary of Defence, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Interior, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Health/Human Services, the Secretary of Housing/Urban Development, the Secretary of Labour, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Secretary of Education.
  • The US state Maryland was named after Queen Henrietta Maria.
  • The US state of Florida first saw the cultivation of oranges in 1539.
  • The 'v' in the name of a court case does not stand for 'versus', but for 'and' (in civil proceedings) or 'against' (in criminal proceedings).
  • The vaccine for smallpox was developed in 1798.
  • The Vatican's Swiss Guard still wears a uniform designed by Michelangelo in the early 16th century.
  • The vegetarian composer Richard Wagner, once published a diatribe against 'the abominable practice of flesh eating'.
  • The venom of a female black widow spider is more potent than that of a rattlesnake.
  • The verb "cleave" is the only English word with two synonyms which are antonyms of each other: adhere and separate.
  • The vintage date on a bottle of wine indicates the year the grapes were picked, not the year of bottling.

APRIL 28, 1945

 

QUOTABLES 28 APRIL

 

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Friday, April 27, 2012

JUST FOR FUN 27 APRIL

 

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A GYPSY ROSE LEE MOMENT

 

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Gypsy Rose Lee AND friend 1937

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HOW OLD ARE YOU?

 

Can your age be estimated by your memories of past event? Do the following criteria apply?

 

  • No idea what a skeleton key is, unless you have seen the movie "Skeleton Key".
  • No meaningful recollection of the Reagan Era and probably did not know he had ever been shot.
  • Prepubescent when the first Persian Gulf War was waged.
  • Black Monday 1987 is as significant  as the Great Depression.
  • Never feared a nuclear war.
  • Too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.
  • Tiananmen Square means nothing .
  • Your lifetime has always included AIDS.
  • Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.
  • Atari predates , as do vinyl albums. The expression you sound like a broken record means nothing to them.

FAMOUS PEOPLE WHO WERE EXPELLED FROM SCHOOL

 

JEAN-CLAUDE KILLY (1943- ) SKI CHAMPION

JEAN-CLAUDE KILLY

Killy began skiing at the age of three, and by the time he was a teenager he often cut school to attend ski competitions. 'Once you start racing in France,' he said, 'your schooling is finished.'He was expelled at 15 because of chronic truancy.

BENITO MUSSOLINI (1883-1945), DICTATOR

BENITO MUSSOLINI

At the age of nine, Mussolini was sent 20 miles from home to a boarding school in Faenza, Italy, run by Salesian priests. The recalcitrant youth was nearly expelled for throwing an inkpot at a teacher who had struck him with a ruler. Finally he went too far - he stabbed a fellow student in the buttocks with a knife. The future dictator was permanently dismissed.

EDGAR ALLAN POE (1809-49), AUTHOR

EDGAR ALLAN POE

In 1831 American author and poet Edgar Allan Poe was expelled from West Point when he refused to attend drills and classes for several weeks.

COOL IMAGES 27 APRIL

 

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TRIVIA BITS 27 APRIL

 

  • The Turk's consider it considered unlucky to step on a piece of bread.
  • The two highest IQ's ever recorded (on a standard test) both belong to women.
  • The two lines that connect your top lip to the bottom of your nose are known as the philtrum.
  • The two longest one-syllable words in the English language are "screeched" and "strengths."
  • The typewriter was invented in 1829, and the automatic dishwasher in 1889.
  • The typical housefly cruises at 8 km/hr.
  • The uncut version of the movie 'The Longest Day' was 179 minutes long.
  • The United States consumes 25% of all the worlds energy.
  • The United States government keeps its supply of silver at the US Military Academy at West Point, NY.
  • The United States, which accounts for six per cent of the population of the world, consumes nearly sixty per cent of the world's resources.

APRIL 27, 4977 BC

 

QUOTABLES 27 APRIL

 

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Thursday, April 26, 2012

WATERCRAFTS

 

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JUST FOR FUN 26 APRIL

 

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ESPECIALLY FOR HORSE LOVERS

 

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REED FLUTE CAVE, CHINA

 

Reed Flute Cave

Reed Flute Cave in Guangxi autonomous region in China is a famous landmark, also known as the Palace of Natural Art. Natural limestone caves filled with wonderful and bizarre formations like icicles and rock formations with the additional effect of coloured light.

This geological object was named in honour of the cane, which is found outside the cave and used for making musical flutes. Its length is about 240 m and a vast territory, which is an impressive landscape. The object is ancient, since its walls are preserved inscriptions from the reign of the Tang dynasty, dated 792 BC

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STEPS TO KNOWLEDGE

 

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