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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. – George Washington Young George Washington was born on February 11, 1731 (or so he thought.) Unfortunately for him, England had been tenaciously clinging onto the Julian calendar – they wanted none of thatContinue reading “Third time seems to have been a charm”

February 22, 1956 –The film widely considered the worst film produced by a major studio in the 50s, The Conqueror, directed by Dick Powell and starring John Wayne as Genghis Khan, Susan Hayward, Agnes Moorehead, and Pedro Armendáriz, premiered in the US on this date. The film was shot downwind from a nuclear test siteContinue reading “The Conqueror premiered”

As you are probably know, today is February 22, 2022 (2/22/22). Just that you are aware, February 22, 2022 falls on a Tuesday Keep it mind, it doesn’t happen again until March 3rd, 2033, except that will be a Thursday and not a Tuesday. It’s also National Margarita Day. Margarita, in spanish it means DaisyContinue reading “Happy Twosday”

February 21, 1981 –Charles Rocket, first in the long line of performers on Saturday Night Live to drop the f-bomb, cursed live at the end of the episode in response to a question about how it felt being shot during a skit. Due partially to the violation of broadcast standards, along with Saturday Night Live’sContinue reading “Charles Rocket drops the F bomb”

Other things to occupy your mind with other than COVID-19 – An eagle can hunt down a young deer and fly away with it. Bald eagles are opportunistic hunters, and often hunt for fish that swim near the surface of lakes or rivers. They’ve been known to take down full-sized deer in some parts ofContinue reading “I’m watching this from the safety of the studio”

February 20, 1971 –An erroneous warning is emitted on the Emergency Broadcast System causing a number of stations to go off the air (for more than 30 minutes,) and others to completely ignore the alert (thus pointing out that many key stations would not react to any emergency broadcast over the system.) So remember (asContinue reading “EBS system failure”

February 20, 1829 –The Yuengling Brewery opened in Pottsville Pennsylvania, on this date. It is the oldest brewery still operating in the U.S. And so it goes

February 20, 1970 –The Plastic Ono Band released the single Instant Karma! in the US, on this date. George Harrison played guitar and Billy Preston played piano on this song.

Car manufacturer Volkswagen makes sausages. Volkswagen’s currywurst is currently in its 47th year of production. VW estimates that it produces about 18,000 sausages a day. The automaker makes its pork sausages at it’s autoplant in Wolfsburg Germany, and it’s wildly popular — VW made 6.8 million currywursts in 2017, which is higher than the numberContinue reading “So one uses gas, the other gives you gas”

In the presidential election of 1800, Aaron Burr and Thomas Jefferson drew to a tie. The House of Representatives broke the tie by throwing their weight behind Jefferson, making him president, on February 17, 1801. Burr was given the vice-presidency as either a consolation prize or a practical joke. Like most other people, Vice-President BurrContinue reading “In case that random call for $10,000 comes your way”