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Handels Messiah Gets An X Rating

Used News → Entertainment

Wednesday February 19, 2003

Handel's world famous Messiah, recorded by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, has been given an X rating by an online music store. Apple Computer's online iTunes Music Store marked the baroque composer's masterpiece with the red warning that indicates the content might not be appropriate for young children or others with sensitive tastes. ...

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Did You Know

  • During World War II, Uncle Bens was the exclusive supplier of rice to the U.S. Armed Forces.
  • Another name for a Microsoft Windows 98 tutorial was Crash Course!
  • Buttermilk does not contain any butter.
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Perfect Answer To Shopping In Peace

Used News → Marriage

Tuesday October 7, 2003

A German bar has come up with the perfect answer for women who like to shop in peace without the stress of moaning partners - a kindergarten for men. For a mere $11.80 a woman can dump her husband at the Noxbar in downtown Hamburg, while she can get on with her shopping.

The woman can shop till she drops in the city's attractive boutiques, while her man is kept fully occupied and amused at the ...

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1st Recorded Race Meet
Stars And Stripes Weekly
1st Envelope Machine
1st United States Ski Club
1st Vice President Chosen By The Senate
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
1st Untethered Space Walk
Female Secretary Of Transportation
Beatles Land At New York JFK Airport
Autherine Lucy 1st Black Student
Joe DiMaggio Becomes The 1st
1st Indoor 15 Foot Pole Vault

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Britain Has A Millionaire Shoplifter

Used News → Crime Beat

Monday October 15, 2007

Britain has a Millionaire Shoplifter on their Most Wanted List. He dresses in expensive designer clothes and stays at the poshest hotels. But Kevin Castle who hides behind the face of a respectable businessman is a 'Millionaire Shoplifter' who makes £1,000 (over $2000) a day from his crimes.

British police, who are hunting the well-dressed crook with a taste for the good life, have declared hi ...

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Did You Know

  • Before toilet paper was invented, French royalty wiped their bottoms with fine linen.
  • About twenty-five percent of the population will sneeze when they are exposed to light.
  • Crayola is a French word that means Oily chalk.

Quips

Thursday night is Potluck Supper. Prayer and medication to follow.

Filed Under: Church Notices

The Minister unveiled the Church's new donations campaign on Sunday: "I upped my Pledge - Up Yours".

Filed Under: Church Notices

Don't let worry kill you. Let the Church help.

Filed Under: Church Notices

Fun Book Titles

  • Peek-a-Boo!
    - by I. C. Hugh
  • School Meals
    - by R. E. Volting
  • Falling from a Window
    - by Eileen Dowt
  • The Barber of Seville
    - by Aaron Floor
  • All Aboard!
    - by Abel Seamann

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Good Question

  • Why does an inspiring sight like a sunrise always have to take place at such an inconvenient time?
  • Why is it that when you transport something by car, it's called a shipment but when you transport something by ship it's called cargo?
  • Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?
Filed Under: Good Question

World Firsts

  • The 1st indoor 15' pole vault, completed by Cornelius Warmerdam, achieving 15 feet 3/8 inches.

    Saturday February 7, 1942

    • Filed Under: → Sports

  • "Monopoly" the board game goes on sale for the 1st time.

    Wednesday February 6, 1935

    • Filed Under: → Business & Industry

  • Bruce McCandless of the United States, makes the 1st untethered space walk.

    Tuesday February 7, 1984

    • Filed Under: → Travel Section

Events

  • Relatives of a 91-year-old Ohio woman who died this week are giving her the last word with a sassy, occasionally profane obituary that starts with the basics, "I was born. I lived. I died.", and instructs people to "Wait the appropriate amount of time" before trying to claim her stuff.

    They wrote it in Jean Oddi's perspective, recapping the people important to her, adventures she had and her favorite activities, including playing cards and teaching her granddaughter "dirty songs".

    Thursday February 23, 2017

    • Filed Under: → Deaths

  • A father and son in Alabama were killed when they crashed into each other in a head-on collision. Jeffrey Morris Brasher and his son Austin Blaine Brasher of Bankston, Alabama, died early Saturday morning.

    Jeffrey Brasher was driving a 2006 Ford pickup and his son was driving a 2004 Chevrolet truck when they collided on a highway head-on, said Alabama State Trooper Jonathon Appling.

    Saturday February 18, 2017

    • Filed Under: → Deaths

  • The man known as the 'Crocodile Hunter' died after his chest was punctured by a stingray barb while diving off Australia's northeast coast. The 44 year-old colourful personality was filming a documentary about the Great Barrier Reef when tragedy struck.

    According to friend and colleague, John Stainton, Steve Irwin swam too close to the ray while he was diving off his boat "Croc One" near Batt Reef, northeast of Port Douglas.

    Monday September 4, 2006

    • Filed Under: → Deaths

Wise Words

  • When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.
    - African Proverb
  • Not to know is bad, not to wish to know is worse.
    - African Proverb
  • It takes a village to raise a child.
    - African Proverb

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World Firsts

  • The United States swears in its 1st female Secretary of Transportation, namely Elizabeth Dole.

    Monday February 7, 1983

    • Filed Under: → Travel Section

  • Joe DiMaggio becomes the 1st $100,000 a year baseball player. He plays for the New York Yankees.

    Monday February 7, 1949

    • Filed Under: → Sports

  • The first storm warnings for ships was issued by English Admiral, Robert Ritzroy.

    Wednesday February 6, 1861

    • Filed Under: → Travel Section

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Wise Words

  • If you refuse to be made straight when you are wet, you will not be made straight when you are dry.
    - African Proverb
  • When elephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.
    - African Proverb
  • Where there is no shame, there is no honor.
    - African Proverb

Filed Under: Wise Words

Good Question

  • Why do you need a drivers license to buy liquor when you can't drink and drive?
  • Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?
  • Why are cigarettes sold at gas stations when smoking is prohibited there?

Filed Under: → Good Question