Posted By: gymcandy1
Hump Day's - 07/09/14 02:42 AM
Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962)
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Cool, strange and interesting facts page 1
Fact 1. Uranus has 27 moons.
Fact 2. Uranus is the only planet that rotates on its side.
Fact 3. Uranus? winter and summer seasons last the equivalent of 21 Earth years.
Fact 4. Urine from men?s public urinals was sold as a commodity in Ancient Rome. It was used as a dye and for making clothes hard.
Fact 5. Urophobia is the fear of urine or urinating.
Fact 6. Used in art the word “sfumato” refers to the subtle blending of an outline by gradually blending one tone into another.
Fact 7. Using recycled aluminum cans and making new cans out of them saves 75% energy compared to making it from new material.
Fact 8. Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to enter space. She spent three days in space and completed forty-eight orbits of Earth.
Fact 9. Vampire bat saliva has been responsible for many advances in research into stroke recovery.
Fact 10. Vasaloppet, which is located in Sweden is the oldest, longest, and the biggest cross-country ski race in the world. Every year, 14,000 people compete in the race.
Fact 11. Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, with a population of 1000 and a size 108.7 acres.
Fact 12. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
Fact 14. Vikings, after killing their enemies, used their skulls as drinking vessels.
Fact 15. Walmart-mart sells more apparel a year than all the other competing department stores combined.
Fact 16. Walt Disney had a fear of mice.
Fact 17. Walt Disney had originally suggested using the name Mortimer Mouse instead of Mickey Mouse.
Fact 18. Walt Disney holds the record for the most Oscar nominations with sixty-four.
Fact 20. Walter Hunt patented the safety pin in 1849. He later sold the patent rights for only $400.
Fact 21. Warner Brothers Corset Company created the bra cup sizing system, which is now used universally used by manufacturers.
Fact 22. Washing machines use anywhere from 40 to 200 litres of water per load.
Fact 23. Wasps that feed on ferment occasionally get drunk and pass out.
Fact 24. Water expands 9% when it is frozen.
Fact 25. Water that is safe to drink is referred to as POTABLE.
Fact 26. Watermelon is considered a good gift to give a host in Japan and China.
Fact 27. Watermelons are a popular gift to bring to a host in China or Japan.
Fact 28. Weatherman Willard Scott was the first Ronald McDonald.
Fact 29. Wendel Clark holds the record for the longest span between NHL All-Star appearances, with 13 years (1986-1999).
Fact 30. Whale eyes are the size of a grapefruit.
Fact 31. Whale oil was used in some car transmissions until 1973.
Fact 32. Wham-O manufactured twenty-thousand hula-hoops a day at the peak of hula-hoop popularity in 1958.
Fact 33. Wheel of Fortune star Vanna White holds the record for putting her hands together approximately 140,000 times to clap.
Fact 34. When a polar bear cub is born, it can not see or hear. It takes approximately a month for the cub to start to see and hear.
Fact 35. When a porcupine is born, its quills are soft and mostly white, but harden within hours.
Fact 36. When a predator is chasing an impala, a type of antelope, it runs in a zig zag formation jumping as high as three metres.
Fact 37. When a women is pregnant, her senses are all heightened.
Fact 38. When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone back in 1876, only six phones were sold in the first month.
Fact 39. When an orange is shown in any of the “Godfather” movies, this means that someone is about to die or a close call is to occur.
Fact 40. When baby sharks are born, they swim away from their mothers right away and are on there own. In fact, their mothers might see them as prey.
Fact 41. When Black Jack Ketchum was hung back in 1901 in Clayton New Mexico, the noose actually ended up taking his head off. The head had to be sewn back on so Black Jack could be buried properly.
Fact 42. When blue whales are first born, they gain as much as 200 pounds a day while they are calves.
Fact 43. When Burger King introduced the Whopper Sandwich in 1957, it cost only thirty-seven cents.
Fact 44. When Coca-Cola began to be sold in China, they used characters that would sound like “Coca-Cola” when spoken. Unfortunately, what they turned out to mean was “Bite the wax tadpole”. It did not sell well.
Fact 45. When Coca-Cola was invented, American tourists that visited Spain were surprised to see that Coke was three times as expensive as a glass of brandy.
Fact 46. When explorers first arrived in Venezuela, they were reminded of Venice. They named the country “Little Venice”, which translated into Spanish is Venezuela.
Fact 47. When former Texas Governor James Hogg was on his deathbed he made a special request that a pecan tree be planted at the head of his grave instead of a tombstone. The governor passed away on March 2, 1906, which is Texas Independence Day. The pecan tree is now the state tree of Texas.
Fact 48. When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles
per year.
Fact 49. When Kleenex was first introduced to the market in 1924, it was marketed as a make up or cold cream remover.
Fact 50. When Nylons first went on sale in the United States in 1940, four million pairs were sold in only a few days.
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Good morning everyboomie.
Today is the last day of the first half of my life.
I think I don't want to live past 126 years of age.
I seriously doubt by then I'll even be able to change my own diaper.
I don't know though. If I can get a pretty nurse to do it I just may want to keep going.
It's more likely to be some great big hairy ape of a guy giving me an enema.
How about that for a visual to go with your morning coffee?
Keep cool everybody.
joe
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962)
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Cool, strange and interesting facts page 1
Fact 1. Uranus has 27 moons.
Fact 2. Uranus is the only planet that rotates on its side.
Fact 3. Uranus? winter and summer seasons last the equivalent of 21 Earth years.
Fact 4. Urine from men?s public urinals was sold as a commodity in Ancient Rome. It was used as a dye and for making clothes hard.
Fact 5. Urophobia is the fear of urine or urinating.
Fact 6. Used in art the word “sfumato” refers to the subtle blending of an outline by gradually blending one tone into another.
Fact 7. Using recycled aluminum cans and making new cans out of them saves 75% energy compared to making it from new material.
Fact 8. Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to enter space. She spent three days in space and completed forty-eight orbits of Earth.
Fact 9. Vampire bat saliva has been responsible for many advances in research into stroke recovery.
Fact 10. Vasaloppet, which is located in Sweden is the oldest, longest, and the biggest cross-country ski race in the world. Every year, 14,000 people compete in the race.
Fact 11. Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, with a population of 1000 and a size 108.7 acres.
Fact 12. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
Fact 14. Vikings, after killing their enemies, used their skulls as drinking vessels.
Fact 15. Walmart-mart sells more apparel a year than all the other competing department stores combined.
Fact 16. Walt Disney had a fear of mice.
Fact 17. Walt Disney had originally suggested using the name Mortimer Mouse instead of Mickey Mouse.
Fact 18. Walt Disney holds the record for the most Oscar nominations with sixty-four.
Fact 20. Walter Hunt patented the safety pin in 1849. He later sold the patent rights for only $400.
Fact 21. Warner Brothers Corset Company created the bra cup sizing system, which is now used universally used by manufacturers.
Fact 22. Washing machines use anywhere from 40 to 200 litres of water per load.
Fact 23. Wasps that feed on ferment occasionally get drunk and pass out.
Fact 24. Water expands 9% when it is frozen.
Fact 25. Water that is safe to drink is referred to as POTABLE.
Fact 26. Watermelon is considered a good gift to give a host in Japan and China.
Fact 27. Watermelons are a popular gift to bring to a host in China or Japan.
Fact 28. Weatherman Willard Scott was the first Ronald McDonald.
Fact 29. Wendel Clark holds the record for the longest span between NHL All-Star appearances, with 13 years (1986-1999).
Fact 30. Whale eyes are the size of a grapefruit.
Fact 31. Whale oil was used in some car transmissions until 1973.
Fact 32. Wham-O manufactured twenty-thousand hula-hoops a day at the peak of hula-hoop popularity in 1958.
Fact 33. Wheel of Fortune star Vanna White holds the record for putting her hands together approximately 140,000 times to clap.
Fact 34. When a polar bear cub is born, it can not see or hear. It takes approximately a month for the cub to start to see and hear.
Fact 35. When a porcupine is born, its quills are soft and mostly white, but harden within hours.
Fact 36. When a predator is chasing an impala, a type of antelope, it runs in a zig zag formation jumping as high as three metres.
Fact 37. When a women is pregnant, her senses are all heightened.
Fact 38. When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone back in 1876, only six phones were sold in the first month.
Fact 39. When an orange is shown in any of the “Godfather” movies, this means that someone is about to die or a close call is to occur.
Fact 40. When baby sharks are born, they swim away from their mothers right away and are on there own. In fact, their mothers might see them as prey.
Fact 41. When Black Jack Ketchum was hung back in 1901 in Clayton New Mexico, the noose actually ended up taking his head off. The head had to be sewn back on so Black Jack could be buried properly.
Fact 42. When blue whales are first born, they gain as much as 200 pounds a day while they are calves.
Fact 43. When Burger King introduced the Whopper Sandwich in 1957, it cost only thirty-seven cents.
Fact 44. When Coca-Cola began to be sold in China, they used characters that would sound like “Coca-Cola” when spoken. Unfortunately, what they turned out to mean was “Bite the wax tadpole”. It did not sell well.
Fact 45. When Coca-Cola was invented, American tourists that visited Spain were surprised to see that Coke was three times as expensive as a glass of brandy.
Fact 46. When explorers first arrived in Venezuela, they were reminded of Venice. They named the country “Little Venice”, which translated into Spanish is Venezuela.
Fact 47. When former Texas Governor James Hogg was on his deathbed he made a special request that a pecan tree be planted at the head of his grave instead of a tombstone. The governor passed away on March 2, 1906, which is Texas Independence Day. The pecan tree is now the state tree of Texas.
Fact 48. When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles
per year.
Fact 49. When Kleenex was first introduced to the market in 1924, it was marketed as a make up or cold cream remover.
Fact 50. When Nylons first went on sale in the United States in 1940, four million pairs were sold in only a few days.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Good morning everyboomie.
Today is the last day of the first half of my life.
I think I don't want to live past 126 years of age.
I seriously doubt by then I'll even be able to change my own diaper.
I don't know though. If I can get a pretty nurse to do it I just may want to keep going.
It's more likely to be some great big hairy ape of a guy giving me an enema.
How about that for a visual to go with your morning coffee?
Keep cool everybody.
joe
Happy hump day everyone! Time just keeps on ticking and I have so much to do. Today is a run the dogs and major corner day. Send snacks. 
Good Morning Joe, Ana and Haroula. Joe you are to funny! Ana at least you get to play with the pups! Snack will be coming! Haroula you have a great day. Coffee is ready Sue. Wishing everyone a nice day! 
Danish, Muffins, and French Toast in the NC. 
Joe!! May work go well and time fly! Thanks for the laughs and have a lovely day!
