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EDITION #1305 This issue 5ยข
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Did You Know

  • Another name for a Microsoft Windows 98 tutorial was Crash Course!

  • A one ounce milk chocolate bar has 6 mg of caffeine.

  • Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar were both epileptic.

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  • Canada is an Indian word meaning Big Village.

  • A one ounce milk chocolate bar has 6 mg of caffeine.

  • Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.

Quips

The Senior Choir invites any member of the congregation who enjoys sinning, to join the Choir.

Filed Under: Church Notices


The Vicar is on vacation. Massages can be given to the Church Secretary.

Filed Under: Church Notices


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

Filed Under: Church Notices


Fun Book Titles

  • Falling from a Window
    - by Eileen Dowt

  • How to Feed Elephants
    - by P. Nutts

  • All Aboard!
    - by Abel Seamann

  • Neck Exercises
    - by G. Rarff

  • Apologizing Made Simple
    - by Thayer Thorry

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Good Question

  • Does killing time damage eternity?

  • If fire fighters fight fire and crime fighters fight crime, what do freedom fighters fight?

  • What will fall on the lawn first? An autumn leaf or a Christmas catalogue?

Filed Under: Good Question

World Firsts

  • Jean-Bertrand Aristide is sworn in as Haiti's 1st elected President.

    Thursday February 7, 1991

  • Filed Under: → Politics


  • Aurora Ski Club of Red Wing, Minnesota became the 1st United States Ski Club.

    Tuesday February 8, 1887

  • Filed Under: → Sports


  • The 1st wireless message sent from a moving train to a station is received.

    Sunday February 7, 1915

  • Filed Under: → Travel Section


Events

  • 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


  • 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


  • 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


  • When you have given nothing, ask for nothing.
    - Albanian Proverb

  • Where there is no shame, there is no honor.
    - African Proverb

  • If you refuse to be made straight when you are wet, you will not be made straight when you are dry.
    - African Proverb

World Firsts

  • The Beatles land at New York's JFK airport, for their 1st United States tour.

    Friday February 7, 1964

  • Filed Under: → Entertainment


  • Edward of Caernarion, later Edward II, becomes the 1st Prince of Wales.

    Monday February 7, 1301

  • Filed Under: → Miscellaneous


  • The 1st wireless message sent from a moving train to a station is received.

    Sunday February 7, 1915

  • Filed Under: → Travel Section


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Wise Words

  • When the mouth stumbles, it is worse than the foot.
    - African Proverb

  • If you refuse to be made straight when you are wet, you will not be made straight when you are dry.
    - African Proverb

  • Until lions have their own historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter.
    - African Proverb

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Good Question

  • If a fly has no wings would you call him a walk?

  • Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo. How come nobody will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down?

  • If fire fighters fight fire and crime fighters fight crime, what do freedom fighters fight?

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