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Posted on 11/1/24 at 4:01 am to OK Roughneck
Today in History: November 1
835
All Saints Day made compulsory by Pope Gregory IV throughout Frankish Kingdom
1512
Michelangelo's painting on the Sistine Chapel ceiling is exhibited for the first time.
1755
A great earthquake at Lisbon, Portugal, kills over 50,000 people.
1765
The Stamp Act goes into effect in the British colonies.
1923
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company buys the rights to manufacture Zeppelin dirigibles.
1924
Legendary Oklahoma marshal Bill Tilghman, 71, is gunned down by a drunk in Cromwell, Oklahoma.
1936
The Rodeo Cowboy's Association is founded.
1936
Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini announces the Rome-Berlin axis after Count Ciano's visit to Germany.
1950
Two members of a Puerto Rican nationalist movement attempt to assassinate President Harry S Truman.
1967
The first issue of Rolling Stone hits the streets.
1968
The Motion Picture Association of America officially introduces its rating system to indicate age-appropriateness of film content.
1968
President Lyndon B. Johnson calls a halt to bombing in Vietnam, hoping this will lead to progress at the Paris peace talks.
1973
Leon Jaworski appointed as new Watergate Special Prosecutor.
1982
Honda opens a plant in Marysville, Ohio, becoming the first Asian automobile company to produce cars in the US.
1990
Sandra Miller awarded $100 for Mike Tyson fondling her breasts
1997
Louisiana State University running back Kevin Faulk rushes for 212 yards and a school record 5 touchdowns in a 63-28 win at Kentucky's Commonwealth Stadium, Lexington
2021
Global death toll from COVID-19 passes 5 million according to Johns Hopkins, with estimates the true toll is at least twice as high
2021
Novavax COVID-19 vaccine receives its first emergency use authorization in Indonesia. The first protein-based covid vaccine.
2023
Two ISS astronaut lose a tool bag during a spacewalk 200 miles above earth - will disintegrate safely falling to earth
Today in History: Born on November 1
1762
Spencer Perceval, the only British prime minister to be assassinated.
1935
Gary Player, professional golfer from South Africa; the only non-American to win the Grand Slam; inducted into World Golf Hall of Fame 1974.
1944
Richard "Kinky" Friedman, singer, songwriter, humorist, author; known for his satirical lyrics and commentary ("Sold American"); ran as an independent for Governor of Texas (2006).
JOTD
I was in a library and a black guy came up to me.
"Where's the coloured printer?" He said
"Mate, it's 2020 you can use any printer you want" I replied
Posted on 11/1/24 at 4:55 am to Armymann50
Morning all
Posted on 11/1/24 at 6:10 am to kywildcatfanone
Morning
Posted on 11/1/24 at 7:40 am to Armymann50
Morning All 
Posted on 11/2/24 at 5:30 am to OK Roughneck
Today in History: November 2
1355
English invasion army under King Edward lands at Calais
1570
A tidal wave in the North Sea destroys the sea walls from Holland to Jutland. More than 1,000 people are killed.
1880
James A. Garfield is elected the 20th president of the United States.
1889
North Dakota is made the 39th state.
1889
South Dakota is made the 40th state.
1892
Lawmen surround outlaws Ned Christie and Arch Wolf near Tahlequah, Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma). It will take dynamite and a cannon to dislodge the two from their cabin.
1947
Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose flies for the first and last time.
1948
Harry S Truman is elected the 33rd president of the United States.
1959
Charles Van Doren confesses that the TV quiz show 21 is fixed and that he had been given the answers to the questions asked him.
1960
A British jury determines that Lady Chatterly's Lover by D.H. Lawrence is not obscene.
1976
Jimmy (James Earl) Carter elected the 39th president of the United States.
1984
Serial killer Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the US since 1962.
1993
Rudy Giuliani wins the New York mayoral election, becomes 1st Republican mayor since 1965
2022
US Federal Reserve hikes interest rates for a fourth straight time to range of between 3.75% and 4.00%, its highest since 2008 in an effort to fight ongoing inflation
2023
Apple Records release the last Beatles song "Now and Then" as a double A-sided single, backed with their first "From Me To You"; the new song was built from an unfinished 1978 John Lennon demo and 1995 attempt to complete it that had been abandoned due to technical issues, resolved by new technology
Today in History: Born on November 2
1734
Daniel Boone, American frontiersman and explorer.
1755
Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, executed during the French Revolution.
1936
Rose Bird, first female Chief Justice of California (1977-87); also the first Chief Justice in California history to be removed from office by voters.
1938
Pat Buchanan, American conservative political commentator, syndicated columnist, author; a senior advisor to presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan.
JOTD
A Woman goes to buy a Parrot. The prices are $100, $200, and $15. She asks why the last one is so cheap?
"Because he used to live in a brothel" says the shopkeeper. She pays $15.
When she gets home the parrot says: "frick me, a new brothel!" The woman laughs.
When her daughters get home the parrot says: "frick me, 2 new prozzies!" The girls laughs too.
When the dad gets home the parrot says: "frick me Pete, haven't seen you for weeks!"
Posted on 11/2/24 at 5:37 am to Armymann50
You slept in
Posted on 11/2/24 at 5:42 am to pioneerbasketball
quote:
You slept in
i did, it was glorious had no idea it was this late. Getting old ain't for pussy's
Posted on 11/2/24 at 5:45 am to Armymann50
Morning all
Posted on 11/2/24 at 6:54 am to kywildcatfanone
Good morning
Posted on 11/2/24 at 8:42 am to Armymann50
Good morning boys. Couple good games today. Should be good
Posted on 11/2/24 at 9:48 am to Lexag
Morning, all. Gonna be a rough day. Had to drive to Texas for a funeral for my wife's uncle. Her family is very small so they are all very close. Been here since Wed. Funeral is today.
Posted on 11/2/24 at 10:01 am to Armymann50
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1976
Jimmy (James Earl) Carter elected the 39th president of the United States.
The way that the public perception of Carter has changed is fascinating. He's considered the ultimate liberal icon, a veritable saint of a man, unconcerned with finances, and beloved by political leaders across the world.
Carter won election by campaigning as a conservative Democrat who was dedicated to destroying the choke hold the East Coast elite had on the party (he did). He was strongly pro-business, calling attention to the fact that he had turned his parent's floundering peanut farm into a multi-million dollar enterprise(ended his promising Navy career to do so). Carter's civil rights record was... spotty... and he actively cultivated the Klan vote when he ran for Governor of Georgia (he did pivot away from them after being elected). If you were a politician to know Carter was to loathe Carter, the Presidents that followed after him were united in their intense dislike of his meddling. Well, until Trump came along.
How did his image change? Well, people eventually forgot about the economic downturn under his administration (mostly caused by factors outside Jimmy's control, but exacerbated by his poor choices in managing the situation), the US as a whole drifted heavily to the Right, and Carter's work on Habitat for Humanity rehabbed his image in a way no one could have guessed. The narrative changed to "Jimmy Carter was too good a person to be President."
The media loves an easy to present narrative. FDR's fireside chats. I like Ike. Reagan's morning in America. Teddy Roosevelt as the Bull Moose bellowing "bully!" Carter's narrative changed to beloved icon too good for this world.
In reality he was a brilliant but flawed man. A notorious micro-manager who not only couldn't see the forest for the trees, sometimes couldn't even see the tree for the bark. Carter is very much a man out of time, his version of a Rural Democrat is effectively deader than disco. Jimmy Carter has lasted so long that even the people who hated him grew to grudgingly respect him. He outlasted his public perception.
Posted on 11/2/24 at 11:06 am to Armymann50
Morning Al !!
Cows fed. Big rains coming. Football on all day. Life is good.
Cows fed. Big rains coming. Football on all day. Life is good.
Posted on 11/2/24 at 7:43 pm to LittleJerrySeinfield
I didn’t see the response till now. I hope today wasn’t completely terrible. I hope there was love, laughter and good memories shared. T&P for safe travels when you go home. But I know for a fact a close family is a good family. <3
Posted on 11/3/24 at 3:34 am to Lexag
Today in History: November 3
644
Umar ibn al-Khattab, second Muslim caliph, is killed in Medina by Lu'lu, an enslaved Persian captive
1493
Christopher Columbus arrives at the Caribbee Isles (Dominica) during his second expedition.
1507
Leonardo da Vinci is commissioned to paint Lisa Gherardini ("Mona Lisa").
1868
Ulysses S. Grant elected the 18th president of the United States.
1883
The U.S. Supreme Court declares American Indians to be "dependent aliens."
1896
William McKinley is elected 25th president of the United States.
1906
International Radiotelegraph Conference in Berlin selects "SOS" (· · · – – – · · ·) distress signal as the worldwide standard for help
1918
The German fleet at Kiel mutinies. This is the first act leading to Germany's capitulation in World War I.
1921
Milk drivers on strike dump thousands of gallons of milk onto New York City's streets to protest the drink's varying prices on the market.
1956
Gary Ross, film director, screenwriter (The Hunger Games, Seabiscuit).
1957
Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2 with space dog Laika aboard, a mostly Siberian Husky, the first animal in space
1964
Robert F. Kennedy, brother of the slain president John F. Kennedy, is elected as a senator from New York.
1964
For the first time, residents of Washington, D.C., are allowed to vote in the U.S. presidential election.
1964
Lyndon B. Johnson is elected the 36th president of the United States.
1969
U.S. President Richard Nixon, speaking on TV and radio, asks the "silent majority" of the American people to support his policies and the continuing war effort in Vietnam.
1992
Arkansas Governor Bill (William Jefferson) Clinton is elected 42nd president of the United States.
2014
New York's 104-storey One World Trade Center officially opens 13 years after the September 11 attacks
2020
Donald John Trump (b. June 14, 1946, in Queens, New York) is the 45th and current president of the United States. Was re-elected today.
2021
US begins vaccinating children aged 5 to 11 years with a lower dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
2023
5.6 magnitude earthquake centered around Jajarkot, northwest Nepal, kills 157 people and leaves thousands homeless
Today in History: Born on November 3
1918
Russell Long, U.S. senator from Louisiana from 1951 to 1968 and son of Huey P. Long.
1933
Amartya Sen, Indian economist, winner of Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1998) for his work on economic theories of famines and social justice and indexes for measuring the well-being of citizens in developing countries.
1933
Michael Dukakis, politician; the longest-serving governor in the history of the state of Massachusetts (1975-79, 1983-91); unsuccessful Democratic candidate for US presidency (1988).
1949
Larry Holmes, professional boxer known as "The Easton Assassin"; his 20 successful defenses of his heavyweight title is second only to Joe Louis' record of 25.
1952
Roseanne Barr, comedian, actress, producer; best known for her starring role in the TV series Roseanne, for which she won both an Emmy and a Golden Globe.
JOTD
There is a factory that makes the Tickle Me Elmo toys. The toy laughs when you tickle it under the arms.
Well, Lena is hired at The Tickle Me Elmo factory and she reports for her first day promptly at 8:00 am.
The next day at 8:45 am there is a knock at the Personnel Manager’s door. The Foreman throws open the door and begins to rant about the new Employee.
He complains that she is incredibly slow and the whole line is backing up, putting the entire production line behind schedule.
The Personnel Manager decides he should see this for himself, so the 2 men march down to the factory floor. When they get there the line is so backed up that there are Tickle Me Elmo’s all over the factory floor and they’re really beginning to pile up.
At the end of the line stands Lena surrounded by mountains of Tickle Me Elmo’s. She has a roll of plush Red fabric and a huge bag of small marbles.
The 2 men watch in amazement as she cuts a little piece of fabric, wraps it around two marbles and begins to carefully sew the little package between Elmo’s legs.
The Personnel Manager bursts into laughter. After several minutes of hysterics he pulls himself together and approaches Lena .
“I’m sorry,” he says to her, barely able to keep a straight face, “but I think you misunderstood the instructions I gave you yesterday.”
“Your job is to give Elmo two test tickles.”
Posted on 11/3/24 at 4:30 am to Armymann50
Morning all
Posted on 11/3/24 at 5:14 am to kywildcatfanone
Gooood morning boys.
Posted on 11/3/24 at 9:08 am to Armymann50
Hey Good Morning
I'm watching the weather right now and a reporter is giving her report when she's smacked by a piece of hail.
She wrapped things up after that.
I'm watching the weather right now and a reporter is giving her report when she's smacked by a piece of hail.
She wrapped things up after that. Posted on 11/4/24 at 4:21 am to OK Roughneck
Morning all
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