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"Byte me!" turned out to be an inappropriate thing for Paul Allen to say to Bill Gates in 1980 after they got into a heated argument about which operating system was better, Unix or MS-DOS.
You all might enjoy reading about their early computer, the Traf-O-Data, which tabulated traffic data from those roadside machines which use a small hose and count the number of cars that drive across the hose: http://startup.nmnaturalhistory.org/gallery/story.php?ii=45
You all might enjoy reading about their early computer, the Traf-O-Data, which tabulated traffic data from those roadside machines which use a small hose and count the number of cars that drive across the hose: http://startup.nmnaturalhistory.org/gallery/story.php?ii=45
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Changing clocks will take the owner of the second-hand store several minutes because his store has nearly a hundred clocks, and some of them are not electric or battery-operated so he will wind up winding them up.
The first people to attempt to measure the passage of time were the Sumerians around 2000 BC. They used water-filled pots with small holes and counted time by how long it took the water to flow out. The first mechanical alarm clock was invented in 1787 by Levi Hutchins of Concord, New Hampshire. A bell would ring at 4 AM. Only at 4 AM. That was fine for anyone who wanted to get up at that ungodly hour but otherwise the alarm clock was useless. It was 99 years later when Seth Thomas patented a wind-up alarm clock that could be set to any time desired.
The first people to attempt to measure the passage of time were the Sumerians around 2000 BC. They used water-filled pots with small holes and counted time by how long it took the water to flow out. The first mechanical alarm clock was invented in 1787 by Levi Hutchins of Concord, New Hampshire. A bell would ring at 4 AM. Only at 4 AM. That was fine for anyone who wanted to get up at that ungodly hour but otherwise the alarm clock was useless. It was 99 years later when Seth Thomas patented a wind-up alarm clock that could be set to any time desired.
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Another birthday surprise was presented to me by my cousin, and I opened the box to find the goldfish bowl which accompanied the first gift he gave me, which was a box full of water and fish.
He said he didn't want to put the water and the fish in the bowl because he was afraid some of the water would spill out. Makes sense to me!
He said he didn't want to put the water and the fish in the bowl because he was afraid some of the water would spill out. Makes sense to me!
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As far as we know, no one named Noah has ever performed in the Japanese musical drama style of Noh and no one named Noah has ever recorded a version of Rex Allen Jr.'s 1979 country hit No No No and I am confident that I have hit this trivia right on the nose.
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"Of course this course is too coarse," I explained to my golfing buddies, the four members of the Irish pop band the Corrs.
What is a seven-course dinner in Ireland? A six-pack and a potato.
What is a seven-course dinner in Ireland? A six-pack and a potato.
The Irish pop band The Corrs, choosing the above seven-course dinner, chose their potato croquetted and a six-pack of Coors.
And I hope that's the last we see of that joke. With St. Patrick's Day coming up soon, no doubt we'll be seeing jokes about Irish Spring soap, Irish coffee, Irish setters, and possibly even (the late) Irish McCalla...
And I hope that's the last we see of that joke. With St. Patrick's Day coming up soon, no doubt we'll be seeing jokes about Irish Spring soap, Irish coffee, Irish setters, and possibly even (the late) Irish McCalla...
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Thomps2525
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A six-pack of Coors was brought by the Moores to a party at which one of the big lures was music by the Doors, and each of the two Moores drank three Coors while listening to the Doors and then passed out and fell to the floors while the Coors seeped through their pores.
Wow, someone remembers Irish McCalla! Sheena, Queen Of The Jungle, first appeared in a 1937 British comic book as an orphan who grew up in the jungle and learned how to survive and how to communicate with animals. Yes, the character was a Tarzan ripoff. Sheena has been featured in several movies and comic-book series. Irish McCalla, whose real first name was Nellie, starred as Sheena in a 1955-56 tv series.
Wow, someone remembers Irish McCalla! Sheena, Queen Of The Jungle, first appeared in a 1937 British comic book as an orphan who grew up in the jungle and learned how to survive and how to communicate with animals. Yes, the character was a Tarzan ripoff. Sheena has been featured in several movies and comic-book series. Irish McCalla, whose real first name was Nellie, starred as Sheena in a 1955-56 tv series.
Pores are yet another body part that seems to require a commercial for yet another medication to be applied to rid teens of their dirty faces over a couple of weeks, which tells me that our interns with their beautiful skin are on the cutting edge of modernity as they use a simple astringent called witch hazel on a cotton ball.
It prevents the grunge in the first place, frankly
It prevents the grunge in the first place, frankly
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Thomps2525
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A cotton ball was held in 1941 at the Hollywood mansion of actor Joseph Cotten to celebrate his memorable portrayal of a drama critic in Orson Welles' Citizen Kane movie.
That pun works better when you hear it than when you read it.
That pun works better when you hear it than when you read it.
Carrot Top, a spinning top shaped like a large carrot, was another unsuccessful toy from the creators of Mr. Potato Butt.
LARR, I do indeed remember Irish McCalla. I was acquainted with her in her later life, when Ms. McCalla carved out a successful career as a painter and illustrator, working in an "Americana" style similar to Norman Rockwell, but specializing in Western themes. She was a naturally gifted artist who could draw and paint as soon as she could hold a pencil in her hand (as a young girl she thought everyone could do that), and never took an art lesson until she was in her 50's. Her last years were unhappy ones, spent battling cancer and other illnesses; she was a very nice, gracious, and down-to-earth type of person.
LARR, I do indeed remember Irish McCalla. I was acquainted with her in her later life, when Ms. McCalla carved out a successful career as a painter and illustrator, working in an "Americana" style similar to Norman Rockwell, but specializing in Western themes. She was a naturally gifted artist who could draw and paint as soon as she could hold a pencil in her hand (as a young girl she thought everyone could do that), and never took an art lesson until she was in her 50's. Her last years were unhappy ones, spent battling cancer and other illnesses; she was a very nice, gracious, and down-to-earth type of person.
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Mr. Potato Butt was an animated character created by the American Cancer Society in 1966 to discourage children and teenagers from smoking dried potato skins, which many of them started to do after discovering that the story that Donovan's Mellow Yellow referred to the smoking of dried banana peels was nothing more than a hoax.
Quite rightly! Jeff---I. too, knew a famous person. One of my high-school classmates was Billy Booth, who played Tommy Anderson in the 1959-63 Dennis The Menace tv series. Well.....okay, semi-famous.
Quite rightly! Jeff---I. too, knew a famous person. One of my high-school classmates was Billy Booth, who played Tommy Anderson in the 1959-63 Dennis The Menace tv series. Well.....okay, semi-famous.