FReeper Canteen - SCUTTLEBUTT FRIDAY

February 17, 2012 | Canteen Crew

[beachn4fun]

 

 

At the FReeper Canteen!

C'mon and take a break ! Walk on over to the water cooler and lets chat. Post your thoughts, opinions, news of the day, rantings, ravings, pontificates, hypothesis, hyperboles, your soap box cause, your mantra, your baggage, your garbage, your blogging, your secrets, whatever you feel would make talk around the water cooler real interesting!

Please remember that The Canteen is here to support
and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
and is family friendly.  

 

 

FUN FACTS
The shortest war on record was fought between Zanzibar and England in 1896.
Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.

In medieval Italy, if a man was caught kissing a woman in public,
he had to marry her whether he liked it or not.

Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight!

Men who kiss their wives in the morning live five years longer than those who don't.

The Yo-Yo originated as a weapon in the Philippine Islands during the sixteenth century.

The warmest temperature ever recorded on Antarctica was 3 degrees F.

The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply.

The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%. The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%..

The state with the longest coastline in the Continental U.S. is Michigan.



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Today in History

American Revolution French and British battle in the Indian Ocean, 1782

Automotive Beetle overtakes Model T as world's best-selling car, 1972

Civil War Union troops sack Columbia, South Carolina, 1865

Cold War Voice of America begins broadcasts to Russia, 1947

Crime The first "Trial of the Century", 1906

Disaster Ferry sinks near Haiti, 1993

General Interest Deadlock over presidential election ends, 1801

Music Brian Wilson rolls tape on "Good Vibrations," take one, 1966

Old West Senate passes Missouri Compromise, 1820

Presidential Thomas Jefferson is elected, 1801

 

 

 

 

[eyedigress]

Good Morning to you “beachn4fun”!! I move around a lot and don’t get back to everyone so quickly. I hope your day is grand!

[AZamericonnie]

LOL....no alcohol in an Arnold Palmer. It’s just half lemonade & half iced tea.

Now, if you add vodka to the mixture you’d have a John Daly.:)

[blackie]

Thanks Kathy!

{{HUGS}}

[Kathy in Alaska]

Red shirt on...

Why is today soooo busy????

[luvie]

They want to get their pound of flesh before you get a weekend! LOL

Do you have a holiday Monday?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Inside looking at RAIN outside is a good thing. Hope you get enough to make a dent.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Next holiday is Memorial Day.

[Kathy in Alaska]

He’s right, ya know. In the car is the easiest NOT to get lost...LOL! Not too safe.

We have been having a rash of “I can’t remember where I put it” issues this last week.

[HopeandGlory]

You’re very welcome Miss Beachy . . . Thank you for the new thread!