The FReeper Foxhole -Happy Birthday Ben - January 17th, 2006

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[snippy_about_it]

Amen and Good morning Mayor.

[snippy_about_it]

What? People that don't hate us because we tried to help them? Thanks PE.

[Professional Engineer]

howdy ma'am

[The Mayor]

Hi Ya!

[w_over_w]

Hey it works, it just ain't as pretty as it used to be. ;-)

According to my primary care MD that's common for us "seasoned" folks. I folded my thumb back a few years ago in a Volleyball game and it's still almost twice as big as my other thumb. But it works!

When we get together one day we'll have to compare war wounds. ;^)

[snippy_about_it]

LOL. Seasoned. I like that. Is that like summer, fall, winter or salt, pepper, and cayenne?

[w_over_w]

Whatever your sweet little heart wants it to mean young lady!

xoxoxo

[snippy_about_it]

Sugar and spice and everything nice. ;-)

[w_over_w]

Morning Glory Folks~

Central Alabama

Alabama Facts and Trivia

Alabama introduced the Mardi Gras to the western world. The celebration is held on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Lent begins.

Alabama workers built the first rocket to put humans on the moon.

The world's first Electric Trolley System was introduced in Montgomery in 1886.

Alabama is the only state with all major natural resources needed to make iron and steel. It is also the largest supplier of cast-iron and steel pipe products.

Montgomery is the capital and the birthplace of the Confederate States of America.

The Confederate flag was designed and first flown in Alabama in 1861.

Alabama became the 22nd state on December 14, 1819.

The town of Enterprise houses the Boll Weevil Monument to acknowledge the role this destructive insect played in encouraging farmers to grow crops other than cotton.

Baseball player Henry Louis (Hank) Aaron was born in Mobile in 1934.

Boxer Joe Louis was born in Lexington in 1914. He died in 1981.

"Alabama" is the official state song.

Baseball player Willie Howard Mays was born in Westfield in 1931.

A skeleton of a pre-historic man was found in Russell Cave.

At 2,405 feet Cheaha Mountain is Alabama's highest point above sea level.

Huntsville is known as the rocket capital of the World.

The Alabama Department of Archives is the oldest state-funded archival agency in the nation.

The musical singing group Alabama has a Fan Club and Museum in Fort Payne.

In 1902 Dr. Luther Leonidas Hill performed the first open heart surgery in the Western Hemisphere by suturing a stab wound in a young boy's heart. The surgery occurred in Montgomery.

To help fund education Alabama instituted its state sales tax in 1937.

Schools established in Mobile include Washington Academy (founded in 1811) and Huntsville Green Academy (founded in 1812).

Between 1817 and 1819 Old Saint Stephens was the first territorial capital of Alabama.

In 1956 the Army Ballistic Missile Agency was established at Huntsville's Redstone Arsenal.

Governor George C. Wallace served four terms in office.

In 1995 Heather Whitestone serves as first Miss America chosen with a disability.

Alabama's geographic center is located in Chilton a community located 12 miles southwest of Clanton.

The word Alabama means tribal town in the Creek Indian language.

The United States Army Chemical Corps Museum in Fort McClellan contains over 4000 chemical warfare artifacts.

Hitler's typewriter survived from his mountain retreat and is exhibited at the Hall of History in Bessemer.

Blount County was created on February 7, 1818 and is older than the state.

Winston County is often called the Free State of Winston. It gained the name during the Civil War.

Mobile is named after the Mauvilla Indians.

Peter Bryce is recognized as the state's first psychiatrist. He was born in 1834 and died in 1892.

The Alabama State Flag was authorized by the Alabama legislature on February 16, 1895.

Hematite is Alabama's official state mineral and is known as oxide of iron (Fe2O3).

The Monarch butterfly (Danaus pleipuss) is the state's official insect.

The star blue quartz is the state's official gemstone.

The Florence Renaissance Faire is the Alabama's official fair.

The pecan is the Alabama's official nut.

People from Alabama are called Alabamians.

On January 11, 1861 Alabama becomes the fourth state to secede from the Union.

On January 28, 1846 Montgomery was selected as capital of Alabama.

Tallulah Bankhead entertained as a star of stage, screen, and radio during the 1930s-1950s. She was born in Huntsville in 1902 and died in 1968.

Singer and entertainer Nathaniel Adams (Nat King) Cole was known as the man with the velvet voice. He was born in Montgomery in 1919 and died in 1965.

Alabama resident Sequoyah devised the phonetic, written alphabet of the Cherokee language.

The Birmingham Airport opened in 1931. At the time of the opening a Birmingham to Los Angeles flight took 19 hours.

Alabama's mean elevation is 500 feet at its lowest elevation point.

Audemus jura nostra defendere is the official state motto. Translated it means "we dare defend our rights."

Washington County is the oldest county in Alabama.

General Andrew Jackson defeated the Creek Indians in 1814. Following the event the Native Americans ceded nearly half the present state land to the United States.

At the Battle of Mobile Bay Admiral David Farragut issued his famous command, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead." The event occurred on August 5, 1864.

[Professional Engineer]

Good morning ladies and gents. Flag-o-Gram.

Students from Sweetwater Elementary School in Phoenix, Ariz. sing patriotic songs while riding aboard trucks in the 2005 Fort McDowell Fiesta Bowl Parade, Dec. 31, 2005. Supporting the troops is a special cause for Sweetwater principal Barbara Lake, whose daughter, Jenna, is a member of the Army’s 172nd Support Battalion. As the students performed aboard the trucks, America Supports You volunteers guided a large American flag balloon along the parade route. Courtesy Photo

All you hot air air belong to us size.

[Soaring Feather]

Good afternoon everyone.
Snippy, Sarge is getting in the goodies.

[Professional Engineer]

So, I'm gettin' all industrious this afternoon.

The chimney has needed repainting, so I go buy a 28 foot extension ladder to get high enough to reach the top. I'm afraid of heights.

Standing atop a 4,000 foot cliff is a rush. Standing on a fully extended ladder scares me more than the thought of Bittygirl dating. Consequently, I don't like ladders.

So, I spend a large part of the afternoon with my pulse somewhere north of 200. I did get the chimney painted, hooray.

I now have a LARGE ladder to store someplace. I decide to hang it horizontally from the garage ceiling. I get some long screws o0ut, and secure the brackets. The ladder doesn't sit right, so I decide to revise things. I get the drill, and unscrew the first bracket. All hell breaks loose. CRAP, I hit a drain trap, so I think.

A large water spot appears and spreads. Then the water heater ignites. No big deal, right. I get back up on the small ladder I'm using to help store the large ladder. The water gushing out is hot. Nuts!

So, now I'm faced with shutting off all the hot water. Cutting the garage ceiling open, without doing more plumbing damage. Repairing the leak, in a copper pipe, without causing a fire. And I STILL need to store the $#@%#$^@#$ ladder.

Did I mention I don't like ladders yet? If not,
I don't like ladders.

[alfa6]

Compression Fittings!!!

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[alfa6]

Ya, gonna change the name to "Castle Floodsalot"

YA I know a cheep shot nut somebody had to do it :-)

Good luck on getting the repairs done.

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[Valin]

I now have a LARGE ladder to store someplace. I decide to hang it horizontally from the garage ceiling. I get some long screws o0ut, and secure the brackets. The ladder doesn't sit right, so I decide to revise things. I get the drill, and unscrew the first bracket. All hell breaks loose. CRAP, I hit a drain trap, so I think.

A large water spot appears and spreads. Then the water heater ignites. No big deal, right. I get back up on the small ladder I'm using to help store the large ladder. The water gushing out is hot. Nuts!

So, now I'm faced with shutting off all the hot water. Cutting the garage ceiling open, without doing more plumbing damage. Repairing the leak, in a copper pipe, without causing a fire. And I STILL need to store the $#@%#$^@#$ ladder.



Remember Murphys 2nd law
If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong.

[snippy_about_it]

LOL. Sarge is a chow hound, he loves food!

[snippy_about_it]

Poor thing. Isn't that the way it always works? We went in to work today and the front cash register/computer was dead. Looks like we may need a new internal power source.

[snippy_about_it]

Wow. That's a whole lotta info on Alabama.

xoxoxo

[Wneighbor]

HOLY COW!!!

You need to stay away from ladders this year PE!