Friends
Pete and Larry had not seen each other in many years. They had a long talk trying to fill in the gap of those years by talking about their lives. Finally, Pete invited Larry to visit him in his new apartment. "I got a wife and three kids and I'd love to have you visit us."
"Great. Where do you live?"
"Here's the address. And there's plenty of parking behind the apartment. Park and come around to the front door, kick it open with your foot, go to the elevator and press the button with your left elbow, then enter! When you reach the sixth floor, go down the hall until you see my name on the door. Then press the doorbell with your right elbow and I'll let you in."
"Good. But tell me, what is all this business of kicking the front door open, then pressing elevator buttons with my right, then my left elbow?"
"Surely, you're not coming empty-handed."
Dryasdust
Extremely dull, dry, or boring
Muscles
On average, the 'eye muscles' move 300,000 times a day.
Back in the day, today...
1291: Everlasting League forms, basis of Swiss Confederation (Nat'l Day)
1774: Priestly discovers oxygen
1789: US Customs begins enforcing Tariff Act
1790: 1st US census (population of 3,939,214)
1831: London Bridge opens
1869: 1st voyage down Colorado River
1873: SF's 1st cable car begins service
1876: Colorado becomes 38th state
1881: US Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island, SF Bay
1896: George Samuelson completes rowing the Atlantic (NY to England)
1901: Burial within SF City limits prohibited
1903: 1st coast-to-coast automobile trip (SF-NY) completed
1914: Germany declares war on Russia in WW I
1916: Hawaii National Park established
1936: Adolph Hitler opens Berlin Olympic Games
1946: Pres Truman establishes Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
1950: Territory of Guam created
1953: Calif introduces sales tax (for education)
1957: 1st coml building heated by Sun (Albuquerque NM)
1958: 1st class postage up to $0.04 (had been $0.03 for 26 years)
1981: MTV premiers at 12:01 AM
1987: Mike Tyson beats Tony Tucker to become undisputed boxing champ
1988: Deep Rover 1-man research submarine unveiled at Crater Lake, Oregon
Did You Know?
Ida May Fuller of Brattlebor, Vermont was the first U.S. citizen to receive a Social Security check. She lived to be over 100 and collected her first check in 1940. She collected over $20,000 in total benefits.
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