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Old 10-21-2017, 09:32 PM
 
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Welcome to the Questions of the Day for Sunday, October 22, 2017. If your birthday is today, you were born under the sign of Libra. Some of the famous people born on this date are hunter and explorer Daniel Boone, Jerome “Curly” Howard of the Three Stooges; Mouseketeer and film star Annette Funicello, actresses Catherine Deneuve and Joan Fontaine; authors Doris Lessing and Ann Rule; psychologist, author and psychedelic advocate Timothy Leary; celebrated war photographer Robert Capa; artist Robert Rauschenberg; physician and author Deepak Chopra, Arsenal football club manager Arsene Wenger; Belgian singer Helmut Lotti; actors Christopher Lloyd, Jeff Goldblum and Spike Jonze; comedian-actor Carlos Mencia; DJ and songwriter Shaggy and Olympic figure skating champion Brian Boitano.

Today’s Questions:
Do you believe in ghosts? Why or why not?

Have you ever been in a cave?


Have you bought any Halloween candy yet? If so, what did you buy?


What is your favorite snack food?

Have you ever fired a gun?

Have you ever taken a trip in a motor home or RV (caravan if you’re British)?

Do you like having your picture taken?

What was the last movie you saw?

Where are you going for your next trip?

If you wear fragrance or aftershave, what is your favorite brand?


Today in History
1746 – The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter.
1790 – Warriors of the Miami people under Chief Little Turtle defeat United States troops at the site of present-day Fort Wayne, Indiana.
1797 – Andre-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump from a balloon in Paris.
1819 – First ship sails via Erie Canal (Rome, NY to Utica, NY).
1836 – Sam Houston inaugurated as first elected President of the Republic of Texas.
1844 – Millerite Adventists, followers of the Baptist preacher Willliam Miller, wait for appearance of Jesus. The following day became known as the Day of Disappointment.
1861 – First telegraph line linking U.S. West and East coasts completed.
1862 – Confederate troops reconquer Cumberland Gap, Tennessee.
1875 – First telegraphic connection in Argentina.
1877 – The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 200 miners.
1878 – The first rugby match under floodlights takes place in Salford, between Broughton and Swinton.
1879 – Thomas Edison perfects carbonized cotton filament light bulb.
1881 – Boston Symphony Orchestra gives its first concert.
1883 – First New York Horse Show held at Madison Square Garden.
1883 – Original Metropolitan Opera House holds its grand opening with a performance of Faust.
1884Sporting Life announces that both pennant winners will meet in a three game series Oct 23-25 at Polo Grounds, New York City, to determine baseball champion.
1884 – International Meridian Conference in Washington, D.C. adopts Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) worldwide, creating 24 international time zones with longitude zero at the Greenwich meridian.
1885 – John Montgomery Ward and several teammates secretly form Brotherhood of Professional Base Ball Players, the first baseball union.
1897 – World's first car dealer opens in London.
1906 – 3000 blacks demonstrate and riot in Philadelphia.
1906 – Henry Ford becomes president of Ford Motor Company.
1907 – Ringling Brothers Greatest Show on Earth buys Barnum & Bailey circus.
1907 – Panic of 1907: A run on Knickerbocker Trust Company stock leads to U.S.-wide run on banks.
1913 – Explosion at Dawson, NM coal mine kills 263 mine workers/
1924 – Toastmasters International is founded
1926 – J. Gordon Whitehead sucker-punches magician and escape artist Harry Houdini in the abdomen; he develops peritonitis and dies.
1927 –Nikola Tesla introduces six new inventions including the single-phase electric motor.
1928 – U.S. Presidential candidate Herbert Hoover speaks of “an American system of rugged individualism.”
1934 – In East Liverpool, Ohio, notorious bank robber Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd is shot and killed by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents.
1936 – First commercial flight from the U.S. mainland to Hawaii.
1938 – Chester Carlson demonstrates the first Xerox copying machine.
1939 – First TV NFL game (Eagles vs. Dodgers).
1942 – First ships of invasion fleet for Oran (Algeria) leave Scotland
1942 – U.S. generals Mark Clark and Lyman Lemnitzer and French general Charles Mast meet secretly in Algeria.
1951 – Earthquake hits Formosa, 100 killed.
1951 – U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
1953 – Laos gains full independence from France.
1954 – West Germany joins North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
1956 – Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga, Australia.
1956 – A concrete girder weighing 200 tons kills 48 in Karachi, Pakistan.
1957 – Konrad Adenauer re-elected Chancellor of West Germany.
1957 – First U.S. casualties in Vietnam.
1962 – U.S. President John F. Kennedy addresses the nation on the Cuban missile crisis.
1963 – 250,000 students boycott Chicago schools on Freedom Day protest.
1964 – EMI auditions and rejects a group called “High Numbers;” they go on to become The Who.
1964 – French philosopher Jean Paul Sartre refuses the Nobel Peace Prize.
1966 – The Supremes become the first all-female group to attain a number one selling album (The Supremes A’ Go Go).
1969 – Paul McCartney denies rumors of his death.
1975 – Soviet spacecraft Venera 9 soft-lands on Venus.
1976 – Red Dye No. 4 is banned by the FDA after it is discovered that it causes tumors in the bladders of dogs.
1978 – Papal inauguration of John Paul II.


Word of the Day:
apotheosis /əˌpäTHēˈōsəs/
noun
1. the highest point in the development of something; culmination or climax. "His appearance as Hamlet was the apotheosis of his career"
2. the elevation of someone to divine status; deification.
Origin
late 16th century: via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek apotheōsis, from apotheoun ‘make a god of,’ from apo ‘from’ + theos ‘god.’

Quote of the Day:
“Nyuk nyuk nyuk nyuk nyuk.”
- Curly Howard

Today is:
INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY
International Stuttering Awareness Day
Mother-in-Law Day
National Color Day
National Nut Day
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Old 10-21-2017, 10:04 PM
 
Location: Looking over your shoulder
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Today’s Questions:
Do you believe in ghosts? Why or why not? yes, but I'd rather call them spirits. There have been a number of little things in life that could only have occurred because of spirits.

Have you ever been in a cave? Oh yeah, I enjoy visiting caves. Mammoth Cave, Carlsbad Caverns, Meramec Caverns, Crystal Caverns, Wind Cave, Kartchner Caverns
Have you bought any Halloween candy yet? If so, what did you buy? Yes, packaged cookies

What is your favorite snack food? Nuts

Have you ever fired a gun? Yes

Have you ever taken a trip in a motor home or RV (caravan if you’re British)? yes

Do you like having your picture taken? No

What was the last movie you saw? Big Sick (just finished watching the DVD rental)

Where are you going for your next trip? Alaska is in the making right now.

If you wear fragrance or aftershave, what is your favorite brand? None.


Today in History
1746 – The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter.
1790 – Warriors of the Miami people under Chief Little Turtle defeat United States troops at the site of present-day Fort Wayne, Indiana.
1797 – Andre-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump from a balloon in Paris.
1819 – First ship sails via Erie Canal (Rome, NY to Utica, NY).
1836 – Sam Houston inaugurated as first elected President of the Republic of Texas.
1844 – Millerite Adventists, followers of the Baptist preacher Willliam Miller, wait for appearance of Jesus. The following day became known as the Day of Disappointment.
1861 – First telegraph line linking U.S. West and East coasts completed.
1862 – Confederate troops reconquer Cumberland Gap, Tennessee.
1875 – First telegraphic connection in Argentina.
1877 – The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 200 miners.
1878 – The first rugby match under floodlights takes place in Salford, between Broughton and Swinton.
1879 – Thomas Edison perfects carbonized cotton filament light bulb.
1881 – Boston Symphony Orchestra gives its first concert.
1883 – First New York Horse Show held at Madison Square Garden.
1883 – Original Metropolitan Opera House holds its grand opening with a performance of Faust.
1884Sporting Life announces that both pennant winners will meet in a three game series Oct 23-25 at Polo Grounds, New York City, to determine baseball champion.
1884 – International Meridian Conference in Washington, D.C. adopts Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) worldwide, creating 24 international time zones with longitude zero at the Greenwich meridian.
1885 – John Montgomery Ward and several teammates secretly form Brotherhood of Professional Base Ball Players, the first baseball union.
1897 – World's first car dealer opens in London.
1906 – 3000 blacks demonstrate and riot in Philadelphia.
1906 – Henry Ford becomes president of Ford Motor Company.
1907 – Ringling Brothers Greatest Show on Earth buys Barnum & Bailey circus.
1907 – Panic of 1907: A run on Knickerbocker Trust Company stock leads to U.S.-wide run on banks.
1913 – Explosion at Dawson, NM coal mine kills 263 mine workers/
1924 – Toastmasters International is founded
1926 – J. Gordon Whitehead sucker-punches magician and escape artist Harry Houdini in the abdomen; he develops peritonitis and dies.
1927 –Nikola Tesla introduces six new inventions including the single-phase electric motor.
1928 – U.S. Presidential candidate Herbert Hoover speaks of “an American system of rugged individualism.”
1934 – In East Liverpool, Ohio, notorious bank robber Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd is shot and killed by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents.
1936 – First commercial flight from the U.S. mainland to Hawaii.
1938 – Chester Carlson demonstrates the first Xerox copying machine.
1939 – First TV NFL game (Eagles vs. Dodgers).
1942 – First ships of invasion fleet for Oran (Algeria) leave Scotland
1942 – U.S. generals Mark Clark and Lyman Lemnitzer and French general Charles Mast meet secretly in Algeria.
1951 – Earthquake hits Formosa, 100 killed.
1951 – U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
1953 – Laos gains full independence from France.
1954 – West Germany joins North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
1956 – Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga, Australia.
1956 – A concrete girder weighing 200 tons kills 48 in Karachi, Pakistan.
1957 – Konrad Adenauer re-elected Chancellor of West Germany.
1957 – First U.S. casualties in Vietnam.
1962 – U.S. President John F. Kennedy addresses the nation on the Cuban missile crisis.
1963 – 250,000 students boycott Chicago schools on Freedom Day protest.
1964 – EMI auditions and rejects a group called “High Numbers;” they go on to become The Who.
1964 – French philosopher Jean Paul Sartre refuses the Nobel Peace Prize.
1966 – The Supremes become the first all-female group to attain a number one selling album (The Supremes A’ Go Go).
1969 – Paul McCartney denies rumors of his death.
1975 – Soviet spacecraft Venera 9 soft-lands on Venus.
1976 – Red Dye No. 4 is banned by the FDA after it is discovered that it causes tumors in the bladders of dogs.
1978 – Papal inauguration of John Paul II.


Word of the Day:
apotheosis /əˌpäTHēˈōsəs/
noun
1. the highest point in the development of something; culmination or climax. "His appearance as Hamlet was the apotheosis of his career"
2. the elevation of someone to divine status; deification.
Origin
late 16th century: via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek apotheōsis, from apotheoun ‘make a god of,’ from apo ‘from’ + theos ‘god.’

Quote of the Day:
“Nyuk nyuk nyuk nyuk nyuk.”
- Curly Howard

Today is:
INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY
International Stuttering Awareness Day
Mother-in-Law Day
National Color Day
National Nut Day

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Old 10-21-2017, 10:11 PM
 
Location: In the Pearl of the Purchase, Ky
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Do you believe in ghosts? Why or why not? Kind of. My wife tells of her grandmother coming back and scaring off her (at that time) step daughter that was causing all kinds of trouble

Have you ever been in a cave? Yup


Have you bought any Halloween candy yet? If so, what did you buy? Yup. We bought two bags of around 500 pieces each. We live on a very busy trick or treat street and all this will be gone by 8 PM


What is your favorite snack food? Popcorn. And popped on the stove. I won't touch the microwave junk!

Have you ever fired a gun? Yup

Have you ever taken a trip in a motor home or RV (caravan if you’re British)? Nope. Don't want to either

Do you like having your picture taken? Doesn't bother me

What was the last movie you saw? Blame It On Rio

Where are you going for your next trip? Have no idea

If you wear fragrance or aftershave, what is your favorite brand? Axe Phoenix
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Old 10-21-2017, 10:23 PM
 
Location: South Central Texas
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Welcome to the Questions of the Day for Sunday, October 22, 2017. If your birthday is today, you were born under the sign of Libra. Some of the famous people born on this date are hunter and explorer Daniel Boone, Jerome “Curly” Howard of the Three Stooges; Mouseketeer and film star Annette Funicello, actresses Catherine Deneuve and Joan Fontaine; authors Doris Lessing and Ann Rule; psychologist, author and psychedelic advocate Timothy Leary; celebrated war photographer Robert Capa; artist Robert Rauschenberg; physician and author Deepak Chopra, Arsenal football club manager Arsene Wenger; Belgian singer Helmut Lotti; actors Christopher Lloyd, Jeff Goldblum and Spike Jonze; comedian-actor Carlos Mencia; DJ and songwriter Shaggy and Olympic figure skating champion Brian Boitano.

Today’s Questions:
Do you believe in ghosts? Why or why not?
No. There is no reason to.
Have you ever been in a cave?

Have you bought any Halloween candy yet? If so, what did you buy?


What is your favorite snack food?
Not really any particular favorites these days.
Have you ever fired a gun?
Many, many, many times.
Have you ever taken a trip in a motor home or RV (caravan if you’re British)?

Do you like having your picture taken?
Though I do like to be included in some.
What was the last movie you saw?
Magnum Force
Where are you going for your next trip?
Not a clue in the world.
If you wear fragrance or aftershave, what is your favorite brand?

Not needed. I'm a super sweet guy.

Today in History
1746 – The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter.
1790 – Warriors of the Miami people under Chief Little Turtle defeat United States troops at the site of present-day Fort Wayne, Indiana.
1797 – Andre-Jacques Garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump from a balloon in Paris.
1819 – First ship sails via Erie Canal (Rome, NY to Utica, NY).
1836 – Sam Houston inaugurated as first elected President of the Republic of Texas.
1844 – Millerite Adventists, followers of the Baptist preacher Willliam Miller, wait for appearance of Jesus. The following day became known as the Day of Disappointment. No one will know.
1861 – First telegraph line linking U.S. West and East coasts completed.
1862 – Confederate troops reconquer Cumberland Gap, Tennessee.
1875 – First telegraphic connection in Argentina.
1877 – The Blantyre mining disaster in Scotland kills 200 miners.
1878 – The first rugby match under floodlights takes place in Salford, between Broughton and Swinton.
1879 – Thomas Edison perfects carbonized cotton filament light bulb.
1881 – Boston Symphony Orchestra gives its first concert.
1883 – First New York Horse Show held at Madison Square Garden.
1883 – Original Metropolitan Opera House holds its grand opening with a performance of Faust.
1884Sporting Life announces that both pennant winners will meet in a three game series Oct 23-25 at Polo Grounds, New York City, to determine baseball champion.
1884 – International Meridian Conference in Washington, D.C. adopts Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) worldwide, creating 24 international time zones with longitude zero at the Greenwich meridian.
1885 – John Montgomery Ward and several teammates secretly form Brotherhood of Professional Base Ball Players, the first baseball union.
1897 – World's first car dealer opens in London.
1906 – 3000 blacks demonstrate and riot in Philadelphia.
1906 – Henry Ford becomes president of Ford Motor Company.
1907 – Ringling Brothers Greatest Show on Earth buys Barnum & Bailey circus.
1907 – Panic of 1907: A run on Knickerbocker Trust Company stock leads to U.S.-wide run on banks.
1913 – Explosion at Dawson, NM coal mine kills 263 mine workers/
1924 – Toastmasters International is founded
1926 – J. Gordon Whitehead sucker-punches magician and escape artist Harry Houdini in the abdomen; he develops peritonitis and dies.
1927 –Nikola Tesla introduces six new inventions including the single-phase electric motor.
1928 – U.S. Presidential candidate Herbert Hoover speaks of “an American system of rugged individualism.”
1934 – In East Liverpool, Ohio, notorious bank robber Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd is shot and killed by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents.
1936 – First commercial flight from the U.S. mainland to Hawaii.
1938 – Chester Carlson demonstrates the first Xerox copying machine.
1939 – First TV NFL game (Eagles vs. Dodgers).
1942 – First ships of invasion fleet for Oran (Algeria) leave Scotland
1942 – U.S. generals Mark Clark and Lyman Lemnitzer and French general Charles Mast meet secretly in Algeria.
1951 – Earthquake hits Formosa, 100 killed.
1951 – U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
1953 – Laos gains full independence from France.
1954 – West Germany joins North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
1956 – Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga, Australia.
1956 – A concrete girder weighing 200 tons kills 48 in Karachi, Pakistan.
1957 – Konrad Adenauer re-elected Chancellor of West Germany.
1957 – First U.S. casualties in Vietnam.
1962 – U.S. President John F. Kennedy addresses the nation on the Cuban missile crisis.
1963 – 250,000 students boycott Chicago schools on Freedom Day protest.
1964 – EMI auditions and rejects a group called “High Numbers;” they go on to become The Who.
1964 – French philosopher Jean Paul Sartre refuses the Nobel Peace Prize.
1966 – The Supremes become the first all-female group to attain a number one selling album (The Supremes A’ Go Go).
1969 – Paul McCartney denies rumors of his death.
1975 – Soviet spacecraft Venera 9 soft-lands on Venus.
1976 – Red Dye No. 4 is banned by the FDA after it is discovered that it causes tumors in the bladders of dogs.
1978 – Papal inauguration of John Paul II.


Word of the Day:
apotheosis /əˌpäTHēˈōsəs/
noun
1. the highest point in the development of something; culmination or climax. "His appearance as Hamlet was the apotheosis of his career"
2. the elevation of someone to divine status; deification.
Origin
late 16th century: via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek apotheōsis, from apotheoun ‘make a god of,’ from apo ‘from’ + theos ‘god.’

Quote of the Day:
“Nyuk nyuk nyuk nyuk nyuk.”
- Curly Howard

Today is:
INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY
International Stuttering Awareness Day
Mother-in-Law Day
National Color Day
National Nut Day
Thanks BA4! Excellent Q's!

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Old 10-21-2017, 10:51 PM
 
Location: The Wild Wild West
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Today’s Questions:

Do you believe in ghosts? BOO! Why or why not? They're here, somewhere...

Have you ever been in a cave? Been spelunking many a time.


Have you bought any Halloween candy yet? If so, what did you buy? No, no kids around here.


What is your favorite snack food? Mixed nuts.

Have you ever fired a gun? Many times, hit the target too.

Have you ever taken a trip in a motor home or RV (caravan if you’re British)? No.

Do you like having your picture taken? Depends on occasion.

What was the last movie you saw? Fargo.

Where are you going for your next trip? Back home.

If you wear fragrance or aftershave, what is your favorite brand? No fragrances here, au natural.

Bay
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Old 10-21-2017, 10:57 PM
 
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Hello! I'm a new user in this forum and I found this thread while surfing on the main page. It looks entertaining.

Do you believe in ghosts? Why or why not?

Quote:
No, I couldn't find any realistic proof to prove it.
Have you ever been in a cave?

Quote:
Yes, a small one.
Have you bought any Halloween candy yet? If so, what did you buy?

Quote:
In my country Halloween is not that important, but some Milka chocolate praline counts?
What is your favorite snack food?

Quote:
Salt & Vinegar Lay's.
Have you ever fired a gun?

Quote:
No, unluckily. Only air ones.
Have you ever taken a trip in a motor home or RV (caravan if you’re British)?

Quote:
No.
Do you like having your picture taken?

Quote:
Indifferent.
What was the last movie you saw?

Quote:
Death Sentence starring Kevin Bacon.
Where are you going for your next trip?

Quote:
I would like to visit Copenhague.
If you wear fragrance or aftershave, what is your favorite brand?

Quote:
Playboy fragances.
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Old 10-21-2017, 11:02 PM
 
Location: Greenville, SC
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welcome to the questions of the day for sunday, october 22, 2017. If your birthday is today, you were born under the sign of libra. some of the famous people born on this date are hunter and explorer daniel boone, jerome “curly” howard of the three stooges; mouseketeer and film star annette funicello, actresses catherine deneuve and joan fontaine; authors doris lessing and ann rule; psychologist, author and psychedelic advocate timothy leary; celebrated war photographer robert capa; artist robert rauschenberg; physician and author deepak chopra, arsenal football club manager arsene wenger; belgian singer helmut lotti; actors christopher lloyd, jeff goldblum and spike jonze; comedian-actor carlos mencia; dj and songwriter shaggy and olympic figure skating champion brian boitano.

today’s questions:
do you believe in ghosts? Why or why not? no. I believe in evil though and i think they come from that.

have you ever been in a cave?
yes

have you bought any halloween candy yet? If so, what did you buy?
i bought a mix of chocolate-reeses, snickers, twix, etc and other candy such as nerds, jolly ranchers, starburst, etc.

what is your favorite snack food? hmm...some type of dip and salty crisp chips

have you ever fired a gun? no

have you ever taken a trip in a motor home or rv (caravan if you’re british)? yes. My parents have owned a motor home and a fifth wheel.

do you like having your picture taken?
no!
what was the last movie you saw?
i think it was hidden figures.
where are you going for your next trip?
atlanta
if you wear fragrance or aftershave, what is your favorite brand? chanel mademoiselle


today in history
1746 – the college of new jersey (later renamed princeton university) receives its charter.
1790 – warriors of the miami people under chief little turtle defeat united states troops at the site of present-day fort wayne, indiana.
1797 – andre-jacques garnerin makes the first recorded parachute jump from a balloon in paris.
1819 – first ship sails via erie canal (rome, ny to utica, ny).
1836 – sam houston inaugurated as first elected president of the republic of texas.
1844 – millerite adventists, followers of the baptist preacher willliam miller, wait for appearance of jesus. The following day became known as the day of disappointment.
1861 – first telegraph line linking u.s. West and east coasts completed.
1862 – confederate troops reconquer cumberland gap, tennessee.
1875 – first telegraphic connection in argentina.
1877 – the blantyre mining disaster in scotland kills 200 miners.
1878 – the first rugby match under floodlights takes place in salford, between broughton and swinton.
1879 – thomas edison perfects carbonized cotton filament light bulb.
1881 – boston symphony orchestra gives its first concert.
1883 – first new york horse show held at madison square garden.
1883 – original metropolitan opera house holds its grand opening with a performance of faust.
1884sporting life announces that both pennant winners will meet in a three game series oct 23-25 at polo grounds, new york city, to determine baseball champion.
1884 – international meridian conference in washington, d.c. Adopts greenwich mean time (gmt) worldwide, creating 24 international time zones with longitude zero at the greenwich meridian.
1885 – john montgomery ward and several teammates secretly form brotherhood of professional base ball players, the first baseball union.
1897 – world's first car dealer opens in london.
1906 – 3000 blacks demonstrate and riot in philadelphia.
1906 – henry ford becomes president of ford motor company.
1907 – ringling brothers greatest show on earth buys barnum & bailey circus.
1907 – panic of 1907: A run on knickerbocker trust company stock leads to u.s.-wide run on banks.
1913 – explosion at dawson, nm coal mine kills 263 mine workers/
1924 – toastmasters international is founded
1926 – j. Gordon whitehead sucker-punches magician and escape artist harry houdini in the abdomen; he develops peritonitis and dies.
1927 –nikola tesla introduces six new inventions including the single-phase electric motor.
1928 – u.s. Presidential candidate herbert hoover speaks of “an american system of rugged individualism.”
1934 – in east liverpool, ohio, notorious bank robber charles arthur “pretty boy” floyd is shot and killed by federal bureau of investigation agents.
1936 – first commercial flight from the u.s. Mainland to hawaii.
1938 – chester carlson demonstrates the first xerox copying machine.
1939 – first tv nfl game (eagles vs. Dodgers).
1942 – first ships of invasion fleet for oran (algeria) leave scotland
1942 – u.s. Generals mark clark and lyman lemnitzer and french general charles mast meet secretly in algeria.
1951 – earthquake hits formosa, 100 killed.
1951 – u.s. Performs nuclear test at nevada test site.
1953 – laos gains full independence from france.
1954 – west germany joins north atlantic treaty organization.
1956 – great britain performs nuclear test at maralinga, australia.
1956 – a concrete girder weighing 200 tons kills 48 in karachi, pakistan.
1957 – konrad adenauer re-elected chancellor of west germany.
1957 – first u.s. Casualties in vietnam.
1962 – u.s. President john f. Kennedy addresses the nation on the cuban missile crisis.
1963 – 250,000 students boycott chicago schools on freedom day protest.
1964 – emi auditions and rejects a group called “high numbers;” they go on to become the who.
1964 – french philosopher jean paul sartre refuses the nobel peace prize.
1966 – the supremes become the first all-female group to attain a number one selling album (the supremes a’ go go).
1969 – paul mccartney denies rumors of his death.
1975 – soviet spacecraft venera 9 soft-lands on venus.
1976 – red dye no. 4 is banned by the fda after it is discovered that it causes tumors in the bladders of dogs.
1978 – papal inauguration of john paul ii.


word of the day:
apotheosis /əˌpäthēˈōsəs/
noun
1. The highest point in the development of something; culmination or climax. "his appearance as hamlet was the apotheosis of his career"
2. The elevation of someone to divine status; deification.
origin
late 16th century: Via ecclesiastical latin from greek apotheōsis, from apotheoun ‘make a god of,’ from apo ‘from’ + theos ‘god.’

quote of the day:
“nyuk nyuk nyuk nyuk nyuk.”
- curly howard

today is:
international caps lock day
international stuttering awareness day
mother-in-law day
national color day
national nut day
hello everyone!
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Old 10-21-2017, 11:20 PM
 
Location: Lexington, Kentucky
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Today’s Questions:
Do you believe in ghosts? Why or why not?
I do try to keep an open mind about a lot of things, but if I am honest...no, I don't believe in
ghosts at all. Strange things can happen, but if you delve into it and investigate there is always a perfectly logical explanation in the end.


Have you ever been in a cave?

Have you bought any Halloween candy yet? If so, what did you buy?
Yes, I bought four bags....Reeses Cups, Butterfingers, Junior Mints and Hershey bars.
I might buy a few more bags...I am just not sure how many kids we will get. If we have lots of
candy left over, I am afraid that I might eat it, lol.


What is your favorite snack food? Fruit or cheese and crackers

Have you ever fired a gun? Nope.

Have you ever taken a trip in a motor home or RV (caravan if you’re British)?
No, but I have spent the night several times in my Grandpa's camper with my cousin Angie in the backyard and we called it "camping" when we
were kids. Does that count, lol?

Do you like having your picture taken?
No, I avoid it like the plague!
What was the last movie you saw?
Several days ago I watched Hacksaw Ridge on HBO.

Where are you going for your next trip?
Probably to Louisville to visit my Mom at Christmas.
If you wear fragrance or aftershave, what is your favorite brand?
I wear it occasionally. Obsession, Chanel Number 5 or Red are my favorites.

Great Questions!
Happy Sunday everyone!
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Old 10-21-2017, 11:59 PM
 
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Good morning all from a windy England! Still pitch black here. I am waiting patiently for the dawn. On to the questions......

I don't believe in ghosts. I notice over the centuries, the type of ghost has changed. Centuries ago here in England, figures with their head under their arm was popular. This has gone out of fashion now, and is never seen. I believe with all the modern recording equipment, if ghosts existed, there would be real evidence of it by now.

I have been in a cave. There are some real interesting ones on the Spanish island of Majorca, which I went in a long time ago.

I, unlike most of the people of my country, have fired a gun. I was in the army back in the 70s.

I have spent time in caravans. Not mobile ones, but statics. Judy's parents owned their own various caravans for 40 years.

I love having my picture taken! The trick is, you need to be able to relax in front of a camera. Some people find this hard to do.

The last movie I saw in a cinema was 'Dunkirk.'

We are going to Benidorm in Spain on our next trip. We leave in just over four weeks from now.

I splash on 'Old Spice' aftershave. Yessssssss, they still make it........

Have a great Sunday all.......
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Old 10-22-2017, 01:04 AM
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Today’s Questions:
Do you believe in ghosts? Why or why not?
I believe people's imaginations run away with them and
ordinary explanations are tossed aside or never looked into.

Have you ever been in a cave?

Sure. Biggest one was mammoth.

Have you bought any Halloween candy yet? If so, what did you buy?
No.

What is your favorite snack food?
Stopped eating sweets so that leaves chips, nuts, pizza.
Had a party mix earlier today, only thing missing was peanuts.


Have you ever fired a gun?
Sure.

Have you ever taken a trip in a motor home or RV (caravan if you’re British)?
No. Got my fill of that type of thing in a semi sleeper.

Do you like having your picture taken?
Don't want to break anyone's camera.

What was the last movie you saw?
Flatliners, the original. Hadn't seen it when it came out in, guessing, the late 80s.

Where are you going for your next trip?
The bathroom or the kitchen.

If you wear fragrance or aftershave, what is your favorite brand?
Don't use. But do use soap, water and Mitchum unscented gel deodorant.

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