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my true love sent to me Ten lords a-leaping . . . Nine ladies dancing . . . Eight maids a-milking . . . Seven swans a-swimming . . . Six geese a-laying . . . Five golden rings . . . Four calling birds . . . Three French hens . . . Two turtle doves . . . And a partridge in a pear tree. |  |
| THE TENTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS--The ten commandments: (1) You shall have no other gods before me; (2) Do not make an idol; (3) Do not take God's name in vain; (4) Remember the Sabbath Day; (5) Honor your father and mother; (6) Do not murder; (7) Do not commit adultery; (8) Do not steal; (9) Do not bear false witness; (10) Do not covet. (Exodus 20:1-17) |
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| Ninety-nine percent of failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
- - - George Washington Carver (1864-1903) U.S. agricultural chemist |
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| WYNNSTAY PARK Wynnstay Park is a 3,500-acre estate close to Ruabon, near Wrexham in North Wales. |
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What is a "Buck Rabbit" (besides being a male rabbit)?
(a) A popular 1930's cocktail. (b) A type of farmers cheese. (c) A type of cheese sandwich. (d) A 'mock' rabbit stew. (e) A type of sausage. PASS YOUR MOUSE OVER THE QUESTION MARKS FOR THE ANSWER! |
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| Cambridge University Botanic Garden Location: Bateman Street, Cambridge, CB2 1JF Cambridgeshire, England | |
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 | SPECS OF THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS JOHN C. STENNIS
Contract Date: March 29, 1988 Crew size: 5,617 (including air wing) Meals served daily: 16,600 Number of compartments: 2,700 Number of anchors: 2 (From Forrestal) Weight of anchors: 30 long tons (30 metric tons) each Number of screws: 4 (5 blades each) Weight of screws: 66,200 lb (30 t) each Number of catapults: 4 Number of aircraft elevators: 4 A/C plant capacity: 2,900 refrigeration tons Distillation plant capacity: 400,000 U.S. gallons Number of telephones: 2,000 Tons of structural steel: More than 60,000 short tons (55,000 metric tons) Length of cable and wiring: over 900 miles (1,500 km) Number of light fixtures: more than 30,000 Cost: $4.5 billion; projected service life: 50 years Ships' crew motto is "Watch Your Back." The John C. Stennis is also known by its crew as "Stennis the Menace." |
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| The North thinks it knows how to make corn bread, but this is a gross superstition. Perhaps no bread in the world is quite as good as Southern corn bread, and perhaps no bread in the world is quite as bad as the Northern imitation of it.
. . . Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) |
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| American observers in World War II monitoring Benito Mussolini's radio addresses were puzzled by the fact that he consistently referred to FDR simply as "Delano."
The mystery was soon cleared up by Italian speakers, who graciously explained that "Del Ano" is Italian for "of the anus."  Roosevelt, who promised to meet reporters twice a week, held nearly 1,000 press conferences during his presidency. The novelist Saul Bellow once recalled walking down a Chicago street on a hot summer night while Roosevelt was speaking. "Families could be seen sitting at their kitchen tables listening to the radio. "Under the elm trees, drivers had pulled over, parking bumper to bumper, and turned on their radios to hear Roosevelt. They had rolled down the windows and opened the car doors. Everywhere the same voice. You could follow without missing a single word as you strolled by." |
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| EARLY MORNING FOG COATS THE COTTONWOODS AND SHRUBS WITH FROST Ann Telling Photos December 23, 2010 |
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| Chief Mountain--Sweetgrass Hills, Montana |
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