Posted: under "DID YOU KNOW".
Tags: age, captain, cold, direction, era, friends, history, ice, journey, lake, life, map, Mathematics, ocean, others, path, period, pond, pool, rivers, sea, smiles, snow, stream, time, tips, travel, trip, war, water, winter
EVERYTHING has a historical beginning …. here’s one, I bet’cha
didn’t know …….
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Cannon Balls It was necessary to keep a good supply of cannon balls near the
cannon on old war ships. But how to prevent them from rolling about
the deck was the problem. The best storage method devised was to
stack them as a square based pyramid, with one ball on top, resting
on four, resting on nine, which rested on sixteen Thus, a supply of
30 cannon balls could be stacked in a small area right next to the
cannon.
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Nov 29 2008
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", "DID YOU KNOW".
Tags: America, celebrity, election, family, first lady, joy, life, link, love, photos, president, transition, video, White House
Charles Ommanney/Getty Images
In Maria Pinto (again!)
On June 3, Obama celebrated her husband’s Democratic nomination in a Maria Pinto dress worn with a Carolee choker and an Azzedine Alaia belt. “Every designer wants to dress a celebrity,” Pinto has said, “But I’m proud that she is such a person of substance and accomplishment.”
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Nov 29 2008
Posted: under "Jamaica Labrish Korner", "SMILE" Jamaica ~ "Once You Go --- You Know", Jamaican Jokes.
Tags: age, alcohol, anger, anxiety, aroma, beer, boots, breakfast, car, Caribbean, cat, cemetery, champagne, children, Chinese, cold, cow, culture, custom, depression, dialect, dinner, era, eyes, family, fashion, food, fragrance, funny, ghost, gin, girl, glasses, highway, hilarious, history, home, horse, House, humor, ice, island, Jamaica, Jamaican, jokes, journey, language, laughter, lifestyle, light, liquor, man, mirror, Miss Lou, obituary, odor, others, path, patois, perfume, period, pumps, recipe, reflection, road, rum, scent, scotch, sex, smell, smiles, stress, style, sugar, Sunday, teeth, tequila, time, traffic, travel, treats, trip, vegetable, vegetables, veggie, veggies, vehicle, vernacular, vodka, whiskey, wine, wisdom, woman, words
Yu kno seh dem is a Jamaican wen dem…..
Express disgust by ’sucking’ or ‘kissing’ their teeth
Point with their mouth
‘Cut yeye’ when upset with someone
Wear a ‘frock’, not a dress
Refer to fancy shoes as ‘boot’
Stir the ice in their drinks to make it colder
Take the ice in their mouth and spit it back into the glass while drinking
Eat the ice loudly when the ‘drinks’ is finished
Refer to vegetables, yams, green bananas, etc as ‘hard food’ or just ‘food’
Strip sugar cane with their teeth
Refer to any traveling distance as ‘jus’ roun’ di car-nah!’
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Nov 29 2008
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", "DID YOU KNOW".
Tags: America, campaign, democrat, election, link, photos, politics, president, secretary of state, transition
Obama to name Clinton secretary of state on Monday
By BETH FOUHY, Associated Press Writer Beth Fouhy, Associated Press Writer – 1 min ago
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President-elect Barack Obama planned to nominate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as his secretary of state on Monday, transforming a once-bitter political rivalry into a high-level strategic and diplomatic partnership.
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Nov 29 2008
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", Funny and Hilarious Jokes.
Tags: celebration, day, dinner, food, forgiveness, funny, gratitude, hilarious, humor, jokes, laughter, life, man, meat, praise, smiles, thankfulness, Thanksgiving, turkey, vegetarian, veggie, woman
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The 12 Days Of Thanksgiving
On the First Day…..
We give thanks for the fresh turkey feast
And its hot trimmings.
. . .
On the Second Day…..
We bless the cold turkey sandwiches,
Sloshy cranberry sauce, and hard rolls.
. . .
On the Third Day…..
We praise the turkey pie
and vintage mixed veggies.
. . .
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Nov 29 2008
Posted: under "Life is precious handle with PRAYER!", Inspirational Poetry.
Tags: autumn, beauty, blessings, Christ, delight, father, God, goodness, gratitude, heart, inspiration, Jesus, land, life, Lord, love, prayer, season, thankfulness, wealth
Autumn Blessings
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See the goodness of our Father
in the Autumn season fair,
In the colors that delight us
When there’s beauty everywhere.
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In the gold and crimson hillsides,
In each maple tree ablaze,
In bright goldenrod and asters
Lining rustic country ways.
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