THE YEAR 1909

This will boggle your mind, I know it did mine!  
The year is 1909.  
One hundred years ago.  
What a difference a century makes!  
Here are some statistics for the Year 1909 :
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The average life expectancy was  47 years.
fuel for this car was sold in drug stores only

Only 14 percent of the homes had a ( Read more... )

If this weren't so sad, it could be very funny!!

Subject: pronouncing Ebonics

How would you pronounce this child's name?

"Le-a"

Leah??                NO

Lee - A??            NOPE

Lay - a??             NO

Lei??                   Guess Again

This child attends a school in ( Read more... )

THREE WOMEN...

TWO YOUNGER, AND ONE SENIOR CITIZEN, WERE SITTING NAKED IN A SAUNA.

SUDDENLY THERE WAS A BEEPING SOUND.

THE YOUNG WOMAN PRESSED HER FOREARM AND THE BEEP STOPPED.

THE OTHERS LOOKED AT HER QUESTIONINGLY. 'THAT WAS MY PAGER,' SHE SAID. I HAVE A MICROCHIP UNDER THE SKIN OF MY ARM.

A FEW MINUTES LATER, A PHONE RANG.

THE SECOND ( Read more... )

Spanish words of the day

1. Cheese
The teacher told Pepito to use the word cheese in a sentence. 
Pepito replies: Maria likes me, but Cheese fat.

2. Mushroom
When all my family get in the car, there's not mushroom.

3. Shoulder
My fren wanted 2 become a citizen but she didn't know how to read 
so I shoulder.
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Wow, so I couldn't even tell you the last time I was on this thing, let alone posted on here! Facebook is pretty much where I'm usually at on most days ( Read more... )

One day my mother was out and my dad was in charge of me. I was maybe 2 1/2 years old and had just recovered from an accident. Someone had given me a little 'tea set' as a get-well gift and it was one of my favorite toys. Daddy was in the living room engrossed in the evening news when I brought Daddy a little cup of 'tea', which was just water.

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Little Zachary was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everything... tutors, mentors, flash cards, Special learning centers. In short, everything they could think of to help his math.

Finally, in a last ditch effort, they took Zachary down and enrolled him in the local Catholic school. After the first day, little Zachary ( Read more... )

Yesterday I had a flat tire on the interstate.

So I ease my car over to the shoulder off the road, carefully, get out of the car
and open the  trunk.

I took out 2 cardboard men, unfolded them and stood them at the rear of my car
facing oncoming traffic. They looked so lifelike  you wouldn't believe it!
They are in trench coats exposing their ( Read more... )

Detroit, Mi (AP) - A seven-year old boy was at the center of a Wayne
  County courtroom drama yesterday when he challenged a court ruling
over who should have custody of him. The boy has a history of being
 beaten by his parents and the judge initially awarded custody to his
  aunt, in keeping with child custody law and regulation requiring that
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An 85-year-old man was requested by his doctor for a sperm count as part of his physical exam.  The doctor gave the man a jar and said, 'Take this jar home and bring back a semen sample tomorrow.'  The next day the 85-year-old man reappeared at the doctor's office and gave him the jar,  which was as clean and empty as on the previous day.

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