May 25, 2014
Subject: | FW: Breathalyzer (the written test) |
Is this Dilbert's Car?
Thanks Ken for taking and sending this.
More neat high tech
:
Mom's email thanked our cousin Lou for some of the delicious bass.
Later this picture was sent.
I didn't recognize the bridge and wondered where he caught it.
But his wife Carol's facebook showing them in Rhode Island solved the mystery.
((Not really -- that is the Newburgh Beacon Bridge, so fishing in the Hudson and relaxing in R I on a different day. Thanks Jo!))
ALABAMA
.....Was the first state to have 9-1-1, started 1968.
ALASKA
.........One out of every 64 people has a pilot's license.
ARIZONA............Is the only state in the contiental U.S.
That does not follow Daylight Savings Time.
ARKANSAS...........Has the only active diamond mine in the
U.S.
CALIFORNIA.....Its economy is so large that if it were a
country, it would rank seventh in
the entire world.
COLORADO..........In 1976 it became the only state to turn
down the Olympics.
CONNECTICUT............The Frisbee was invented here at
Yale University
DELAWARE...........Has more scientists and engineers than
any other state.
FLORIDA............At 874.3 square miles, Jacksonville is
the largest City in the U.S.
GEORGIA.......It was here, in 1886, that pharmacist John
Pemberton made the first vat of Coca-Cola....interesting!
HAWAII............Hawaiians live, on average, five years
longer than Residents of any other state.
IDAHO...........TV was invented in Rigby, Idaho, in 1922.
ILLINOIS...........Has a Governor in jail, one pending
jail, and is the MOST corrupt state in the union!
INDIANA........Home to Santa Claus, Indiana, which gets a
half million letters for Santa every year.
IOWA.........Winnebago R.V.s get their name from Winnebago
County.
Also, it is the only state name that begins with 2 vowels.
KANSAS............Liberal, Kansas has an exact replica of
the house in "The Wizard of Oz".
KENTUCKY............Has more than $6 billion in gold
underneath Fort Knox.
LOUISIANA......Has parishes instead of counties because
they were originally Spanish church units.
MAINE.......It is so large that it covers as many square
miles as the other fiveNew
England States combined.
MARYLAND............The Ouija board was created in
Baltimore in 1892.......Bet you didn't know that!
MASSACHUSETTS.......The Fig Newton is named after Newton,
Massachusetts.
MICHIGAN............Fremont, home to Gerber, is the baby
food capital of the world.
MINNESOTA.....Bloomington's Mall of America is so big,
that if you spent 10 minutes in each
store, you'd be there almost four days.
MISSISSIPPI.....President Teddy Roosevelt refused to shoot
a bear here...that's how the teddy bear got
its name.
MISSOURI............Is the birthplace of the ice cream
cone.
MONTANA ........A sapphire from Montana is in the Crown
Jewels of England.
NEBRASKA............More triplets are born here than in
any other state.
NEW
HAMPSHIRE.........Birthplace of Tupperware, invented in
1938 by Earl Tupper.
NEW
JERSEY............Has the most shopping malls in one area
in the world.
NEW
MEXICO............Smokey the Bear was rescued from a 1950
forest fire here.
NEW
YORK.......Is home to the nation's oldest cattle ranch,
started in 1747 in
Montauk.......Surprised?
NORTH
CAROLINA........Home of the first Krispy Kreme doughnut.
NORTH
DAKOTA........... Rigby, North Dakota, is the exact
geographic Center of North America .
OHIO............The hot dog was invented here in 1900.
OKLAHOMA............The grounds of the state capital are
covered by operating oil wells.
OREGON............Has the most ghost towns in the country.
PENNSYLVANIA.......The smiley : ) was first used in 1980
by computer scientists at Carnegie
Mellon University.
RHODE
ISLAND........The nation's oldest bar, the White Horse
Tavern, opened here in 1673.
SOUTH
CAROLINA.........Sumter County is home to the world's
largest gingko farm.
SOUTH
DAKOTA...........Is the only state that's never had an
earthquake.
TENNESSEE.......Nashville's Grand
Ole Opry is the longest running live radio show in
the world.
TEXAS.....Dr. Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. The
hamburger was invented in Arlington
in 1906.
UTAH...........The first Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant
opened here in 1952.
VERMONT..........Montpelier is the only state capital
without a McDonald's.
VIRGINIA..........Home of the world's largest office
building, The Pentagon.
WASHINGTON............Seattle has twice as many college
graduates as any other state.
WASHINGTON D.C.........Is the first planned capital in the
world
WEST
VIRGINIA.......Had the world's first brick paved street,
Summers Street, laid in Charleston
in 1870.
WISCONSIN......The ice cream sundae was invented here in
1881 to get around Blue Laws prohibiting
ice cream from being sold on Sunday. Also, the American
Water Spaniel was
created there and is the state dog.
WYOMING.........Was the first state to allow women to
vote.
I hope you
enjoyed this. Just proving no matter how old your are,
you can
still learn something new!
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Congratulations on your retirement party Manfred.
Thanks for hosting lunch after the Memorial Day 5 mile race RuthAnn.
What lovely grounds across the street from your house and near the race course.
An attractive young lady was wandering through the local Farmer's Market when she saw a nice fruit stand.
She approached the Farmer behind it and asked "How much does it cost for an apple?"
He noticed her and replied. "They cost one kiss per apple!"
She looked at him and said "OK I'll take a dozen."
He smiled and obliged, filling a bag with them, then leaned over and said "OK time to pay up."
She pointed her thumb over her shoulder behind her, and said "Oh you don't understand. Grandpa's paying."
Pete