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Tidbits & Trivia Part 2

The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:
Spades - [...]

Tidbits & Trivia Part 1

Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was ruled "Gentlemen Only..Ladies Forbidden"…and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.
In the 1400’s a law was set forth that a man was not allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have "the rule [...]

Tidbits You Should Know Part 3

There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and silver!
A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was a Captain Kirk’s mask painted white.
If you have three quarters, four dimes, and [...]

Jeff Foxsworthy On Colorado

I am going to be posting. You are a Coloradoan If, from Jeff Foxsworth, just because I am from Colorado.  Enjoy.
 
You are a Coloradoan if …………

You switch from "Heat" to "A/C" in one day.
You know what the "Peoples Republic of Boulder" means.
Your sense of direction is: towards the mountains and away from the mountains.
You’re [...]

Tidbits You Should Know Part 2

1. Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.
2 Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark’s stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
3. Most lipstick contains fish scales (eeww).
4. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn’t wear pants.
5. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took [...]

Tidbits You Should Know

1 . Money isn’t made out of paper, it’s made out of cotton..
2. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.
3. The dot over the letter i is called a "tittle".
4. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to [...]

Who Are They?

So I haven’t been able to make the Picture Section yet, so I am posting this on the mainpage.
Click and drag between the < and the > to reveal the name.
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Ebay Weeklong Boycott Ending

 
All I can say is wow, eBay sure has fallen far from being a company that once took care of buyers and sellers. It seems that now a days all they care about is profits. I do believe if another auction service comes along that has a better interface and the same ease of use [...]

Fireworks Exploding Over Aspen

There are five pictures in this series. The last is an animated Image of the photos put together. The images are courtesy of Ultimatetaxi.com

How I feel on Mondays