Army thread Thursday 2 January 2014
Morning JC!
Off to that tourist trap the other side of the pass - later!
Morning JC!
Off to that tourist trap the other side of the pass - later!
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Army thread Thursday 2 January 2014
Morning Satzy
Can't say I share your sentiments - could easily do with a few more weeks of idle time.
Laters, Dreamy - is this the shopping trip to get a new hosepipe?I'll do whatever it takes
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Army thread Thursday 2 January 2014
I am and I don't want to be.
I'm thinking of looking for something interesting......................like goldfish watching or sorting socks.It could be worse, I could be filing.
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Army thread Thursday 2 January 2014
It's there Dreamy - in the drop down under Avatar Category
Use it with pride !!Comment
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Army thread Thursday 2 January 2014
Could be worse you could be filing :HJackieClaire;1606687 wrote: I am and I don't want to be.
I'm thinking of looking for something interesting......................like goldfish watching or sorting socks.Comment
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Army thread Thursday 2 January 2014
Ah Jazus Tipps - you have the 'effin sun.tiptronic_ct;1606686 wrote: Morning Satzy
Can't say I share your sentiments - could easily do with a few more weeks of idle time.
Laters, Dreamy - is this the shopping trip to get a new hosepipe?
When you can't even stick your nose out for the wind ,rain and cold it's a different kettle
of fish !:bigcry:
T'is gray - and doesn't get light 'till 8.30 and dark again at 4.30:upset:
Now I'm depressed............Comment
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Army thread Thursday 2 January 2014
Morning Satzuma
:H:Hsatz123;1606689 wrote: Could be worse you could be filing :H
Never thought I'd find anything worse than filing and now I have.It could be worse, I could be filing.
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Army thread Thursday 2 January 2014
Yoohoo tis I ..nae need to hide the food..diet .com!!Got to go to a birthday party tomorrow night..as madam says ..to be polite ...WTF is this a covert New Years Resolution ???
Jacs...because you are bored .summat to bring a cheery smile to your fizzog..all these luvverly facts to amaze your friends wi :H:H:H
1. Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) was born on and died on days when Halley's Comet can be seen. During his life he predicted that he would die when it could be seen.
2. US Dollar bills are made out of cotton and linen.
3. The "57" on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of pickle types the company once had.
4. Americans are responsible for about 1/5 of the world's garbage annually. On average, that's 3 pounds a day per person.
5. Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.
6. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so that it doesn't digest itself.
7. 98% of all murders and rapes are by a close family member or friend of the victim.
8. A B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.
9. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.
10. The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.
11. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
12. Benjamin Franklin was the fifth in a series of the youngest son of the youngest son.
13. Triskaidekaphobia means fear of the number 13. Paraskevidekatriaphobia means fear of Friday the 13th (which occurs one to three times a year). In Italy, 17 is considered an unlucky number. In Japan, 4 is considered an unlucky number.
14. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
15. All the chemicals in a human body combined are worth about 6.25 euro (if sold separately).
16. In ancient Rome, when a man testified in court he would swear on his testicles.
17. The ZIP in "ZIP code" means Zoning Improvement Plan.
18. Coca-Cola contained Coca (whose active ingredient is cocaine) from 1885 to 1903.
19. A "2 by 4" is really 1 1/2 by 3 1/2.
20. It's estimated that at any one time around 0.7% of the world's population is drunk.
21. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades = David ;
Clubs = Alexander the Great ; Hearts = Charlemagne ; Diamonds = Caesar
22. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
23. Every person, including identical twins, has a unique eye and tongue print along with their finger print.
24. The "spot" on the 7-Up logo comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino.
25. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 dictionary were misspelled.
26. The "save" icon in Microsoft Office programs shows a floppy disk with the shutter on backwards.
27. Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin both married their first cousins (Elsa Lwenthal and Emma Wedgewood respectively).
28. Camel's have three eyelids.
29. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents every day.
30. John Wilkes Booth's brother once saved the life of Abraham Lincoln's son.
31. Warren Beatty and Shirley McLaine are brother and sister.
32. Chocolate can kill dogs; it directly affects their heart and nervous system.
33. Daniel Boone hated coonskin caps.
34. Playing cards were issued to British pilots in WWII. If captured, they could be soaked in water >and unfolded to reveal a map for escape.
35. 55.1% of all US prisoners are in prison for drug offenses.
36. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
37. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
38. Dr. Seuss pronounced his name "soyce".
39. Slugs have four noses.
40. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
41. The Three Wise Monkeys have names: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and
Mazaru (Speak no evil).
42. India has a Bill of Rights for cows.
43. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. If you keep your eyes open by force, they can pop out. (DON'T TRY IT, DUMBASS)
44. During the California gold rush of 1849, miners sent their laundry to Honolulu for washing and pressing. Due to the extremely high costs in California during these boom years, it was deemed more feasible to send their shirts to Hawaii for servicing.
45. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by taking out an olive from First Class salads.
46. About 200,000,000 M&Ms are sold each day in the United States.
47. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
48. Over a course of about eleven years, the sun's magnetic poles switch places. This cycle is called "Solarmax".
49. There are 318,979,564,000 possible combinations of the first four moves in Chess.
50. Upper and lower case letters are named "upper" and "lower" because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the upper case letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the lower case letters.af since the fourth of July 2012...howzat then America..now proudly marching into year 12Comment
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Army thread Thursday 2 January 2014
Morning Mickstar.
Sorry about that............think it's called a first world problem....bit ashamed of meself tbh. At least I've got a job and I'm not up a scrap heap every day collecting rags.
Now orff to stick me head me make-up bag and go to the orifice.
Stick the kettle on about 6ish someone.It could be worse, I could be filing.
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Army thread Thursday 2 January 2014
MorningAlcohol free since 13th January 2009
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Army thread Thursday 2 January 2014
See you laters, JC
Hiya Molls, Mick 'n Mario
I'll do whatever it takes
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Army thread Thursday 2 January 2014
Good morning Army. Sunny day here!Comment
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Army thread Thursday 2 January 2014
I'm now in grateful mode. It's light & the sun is out ....:yay:
Long walk in the air planned for 10.30
No more moaning !Comment
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Army thread Thursday 2 January 2014
:wavin: mrsa :l
:goodjob: Satzy. Although I think you would be able to go out without sunblock.
House is nice an quiet. Mrs. T has taken the cubs to get their school stationery and a new blazer for the eldest. Why he insists on wearing it in summer I don't know. It isn't compulsory
Then again, he was wearing a hoodie when they left the house.
I'll do whatever it takes
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Army thread Thursday 2 January 2014
Of to the beach, for a long lie down, you can get tired being tired you no....Alcohol free since 13th January 2009Comment
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