THAT'LL LARN `EM

80 years ago…
March 11, 1926 – The Hillsborough County Board of Public Instruction unanimously votes to exonerate the principal of George Washington Junior High for whipping a 15-year old boy with undue severity, criticizing only that he waited too long in administering the punishment.
Courtesy of the Tampa Bay History Center.

Found this on Tommy's Sticks Of Fire blog...thought it was pretty funny...

On the other hand...maybe we need to go back there...

DID YOU KNOW?

Today in 1781 Uranus was discovered by British
astronomer William Herschel.

No, not your anus, Uranus...geez,
get your mind outta the gutter will ya!!

See, I knew that would be the first thing you'd think of...

HOW TO FEEL REALLY OLD...

Remember back when you turned 30? Somewhere around there anyway is when

we start feeling old. My age was 31,actually. But if you want to really

feel old, go celebrate your daughter's birthday when she turns 30!!

Crystal did Saturday.

Now that'll make you feel old...

I THOUGHT THIS WAS FUNNY

After writing yesterday's post, and leaving work early to celebrate
our anniversary, Phyl & I went to lunch at a Chinese Restaurant.
After the meal, came the ubiquitous fortune cookies.
Mine read:

"Your love life will soon be happy and harmonious"

Pretty soon...any day now...after 32 years...hahahahahaha...

Well, maybe you had to be there...

THE BEST DAY OF THE YEAR

Yes, this would be it. And why? Because, once again, my wedding anniversary rolls around.
32 years of marital bliss...and I mean that. Sure, Phyl & I have had our highs and lows, but here
we still are, pretty much against the odds. Let me tell you a story...

Back in 1973, after having dropped out from the Univ.of Conn., I was living in the Y.M.C.A. in Norwalk CT (yes, you used to be able to rent rooms there). My best friend Larry & I used
to go to a bar/club in Westport (Fore N Aft - what a great place - live bands and alcohol). Well, when he went back to school (he was the smart one), I used to hitch-hike (back when that was relatively safe for both driver & hitcher) to the bar, since I had nothing else to do at night. Well,
one Saturday night (it was Sept.22,1973) I met a friend of Larry's at the bar & we sat and had a drink, then he wandered off, leaving his jacket on the barstool. A few minutes later this pretty
girl with long brown hair came over and asked if the seat was taken. I dropped the guy's jacket on the floor and told her "Not now", and bought her a drink. Well, we ended up finding a table
and spending the evening chatting & drinking. At the end of the night she kindly drove
me back to the 'Y'. I asked her out for the next Saturday, and she agreed. Well, I had bought
a used VW Beetle (the real one) which I was picking up that next weekend (back in the old days, the dealers used to take a week to 'prep' your car, you rarely got to drive one right off the lot).
So I was able to pick her up at her house, and we went for pizza, and then back to the Fore N
Aft. That night at the bar I said "So, will you marry me", and she said "Sure". I told her I
was serious, and she said she was also. So, I guess there really is such a thing as love at first
sight. At least for us. So we told her parents on Halloween, and got married on March 9,1974.
Larry was the best man, and he thought I was kidding when I called and told him, since I had
been going out with someone else when I met Phyllis. In fact, he thought I was marrying her
when I first called to tell him. And, of course, my Mom & Dad were quite shocked!

So, pretty much everyone was surprised we got married, and even more surprised as time
went on and we were still married.

Love at first sight?...yep!

THIS WAS A SUCKY DAY IN HISTORY

Working backwards:

1999: Baseball great Joe DiMaggio died at age 84.

1965: 4000 U.S.Marines landed in South Vietnam.

1917: Strikes & riots in St.Petersburg marked the start
of the Russian Bolshevik Revolution.

1913: The Internal Revenue Service began to levy & collect income tax.
(And that's the suckiest of all.)

WHY IS IT?

Why is it you can sign up for e-mail listings and be signed up in 5 seconds...

BUT...

when you try to unsubscribe to any e-mail list it takes
2-3 days up to 2-3 weeks?

What's up with that??

Shouldn't e-mail (spam or otherwise) listings be required to delete
you from the list as fast as they put you on it??

Go ahead, write your congressman (as if he really cares.)

SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT...

When dogfood or catfood has a new meatier taste, who checked that out?

Why do we put up yellow ribbons to support the troops when we call cowards 'yellow'?

Is the Constitution constitutional?

Can Democracy be created democratically?

If you are free to do anything; you are free to do anything stupid.

Alfred Nobel (of Peace Prize fame) made his fortune making dynamite.

If a vegetarian eats animal crackers...does that make him a hypocrite?

You don't have to kill a person for killing a person who killed a person to
teach them that killing people is wrong. (Or do you?)

Is a psychic a sidekick to a psycho?

It's OK to be a responsible member of society as long as you
know what you're going to be held responsible for.

And finally...

Are you thinking...or are you just thinking that you're thinking??

LAST 6 BOOKS READ

1) Trojan Odyssey by Clive Cussler: Morea adventures with Dirk Pitt & co on and beneath the high seas. This one tied to the Trojan War and Homer's Odyssey.

2) A Leap To Arms by Jack C Dierks: The story of the Spanish-American War of 1898. Which was mostly won, not by the charge of Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders up San Juan Hill, but by
the sea battle of Santiago, and some really incompetent use of Spanish troops by their commander.

3) The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly: Being a lawyer who uses his car as his office. What if the client you thought actually was innocent, told you he was guilty? This is the second book I've read by this guy, he writes interesting stuff, not all lawyers,but also detectives. Gonna read some more.

4) Meeting With Medusa by Arthur C Clarke: Short novel by the master. Space exploration of
Jupiter, and meeting the first alien life. Interesting and logically done (of course - that's why he's the master)

5) Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson: Mountain climbing the 27km high Olympus Mons on Mars.

6) A Sinful Safari by Michael Kilian: Something different. Murder in 1920s Kenya. Safaris, Britishers, natives, hunters, & the Prince Of Wales! With supporting roles by Karen Blixen (Isaak Dinesen) & Beryl Markham along with lesser known historical figures. One of a series of 'Jazz Age Mysteries'

So that's it `til next time...see ya later

EMERGENCY? DIAL 222...I KID YOU NOT

Okay, here's the scoop. Fire extinguisher training the other day at work. So the Dept. of Public Safety folks came by (Polk Cty Fire Dept.) to show us how to use them. Which was interesting and useful. However, the nice lady giving the talk stressed using 911 before trying to fight a fire - and indeed, in any emergency. Which makes sense, it's what we're always told (in the U.S. anyway. However, they handed out a pamphlet called Fire Safety On The Job with useful
info about what to do if there's a fire at work. However, one of the accompanying photos in the pamphlet clearly shows a man at his desk using a phone with an emergency sticker affixed
to it. What does the sticker say? And I quote..."Emergency Dial 222". What in the hell is
that supposed to mean? We dial 222 so that nothing happens (I've tried it) and all die in the fire
while trying to call the Fire Dept?

That's just not right...and very misleading. Check your N.F.P.A. pamphlets and start bitching to the N.F.P.A.
(But don't complain to the fire dept, you wouldn't want to piss them off!!)