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Posted on 12/2/24 at 8:37 pm to OK Roughneck
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Kidney Stones
Posted on 12/2/24 at 9:10 pm to Lexag
First one in 1990 lack of drinking water.
Posted on 12/2/24 at 10:02 pm to 1BIGTigerFan
1BIGTigerFan thats about how it hits you. 
I was finally doing fine with the pain till they wanted to wheel me down for a CT scan. Moving me around started it all over again with the aching sharp pain and nausea .
I was finally doing fine with the pain till they wanted to wheel me down for a CT scan. Moving me around started it all over again with the aching sharp pain and nausea .
Posted on 12/3/24 at 4:08 am to OK Roughneck
Good morning
Posted on 12/3/24 at 4:40 am to Rockbrc
Morning all
Posted on 12/3/24 at 6:24 am to kywildcatfanone
Posted on 12/3/24 at 6:47 am to Harry Rex Vonner
Today in History December 3
1586
Sir Thomas Herriot introduces potatoes to England from Colombia
1676
Battle of Lund (Scanian War): Swedish army of 8,000 defeats much larger joint Danish/Dutch force of 13,000
1762
France cedes to Spain all lands west of the Mississippi--the territory known as Upper Louisiana.
1918
The Allied Conference ends in London where they decide that Germany must pay for the war.
1989
Presidents George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev announce the official end to the Cold War at a meeting in Malta. I fought in this war
1992
A test engineer for Sema Group sends the world's first text message, using a personal computer and the Vodafone network.
1992
The Greek oil tanker Aegean Sea, carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude oil, runs aground in a storm while approaching La Coruña, Spain, and spills much of its cargo
1997
Representatives of 121 nations sign the Ottawa Treaty prohibiting the manufacture or deployment of antipersonnel landmines; the People's Republic of China, the US and the USSR do not sign.
2019
Kamala Harris ends her campaign to be the Democratic candidate for president
2020
AT&T Inc’s Warner Bros studio announces all its 2021 movies will stream online the same day they appear in theatres because of the pandemic
2020
“I actually believe they’re going to be the most difficult time in the public health history of this nation,” warns Dr. Robert Redfield, head of US CDC about the months ahead with COVID-19
2022
Former US President Donald Trump call for "termination" of all rules including US Constitution in a Truth Social post, so to overturn the 2020 election, which he again falsely claims that he won
Born on December 3
1955
Warren Jeffs, American convicted polygamist
1960
Daryl Hannah, actress (Blade Runner, Steel Magnolias).Clan of the cave bear
1968
Brendan Fraser(55th Birthday)1968 American actor (Encino Man; The Mummy films; Gods and Monsters), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
Joke of the day
Jack strode into ‘John’s Stable’ looking to buy a horse. “Listen here” said John, “I’ve got just the horse your looking for, the only thing is, he was trained by an interesting fellow. He doesn’t go and stop the usual way. The way to get him to stop is to scream heyhey the way to get him to go is to scream Thank God. Jim nodded his head, “fine with me, can I take him for a test run?”
Jim was having the time of his life this horse sure could run he thought to himself. Jim was speeding down the dirt road when he suddenly saw a cliff up ahead “stop!” screamed Jim, but the horse kept on going. No matter how much he tried he could not remember the words to get it to stop. “yoyo” screamed Jim but the horse just kept on speeding ahead. It was 5 feet from the cliff when Jim suddenly remembered “heyhey!” Jim screamed. The horse skidded to a halt just 1 inch from the cliff. Jim could not believe his good fortune, he looked up to the sky, raise his hands in the air, breathed a deep sigh of relief and said with conviction “Thank God.”
Posted on 12/3/24 at 8:11 am to Armymann50
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1676
Battle of Lund (Scanian War): Swedish army of 8,000 defeats much larger joint Danish/Dutch force of 13,000
For some time Sweden was hands down the kingpin of Northern Europe, even the French were hesitant to meet them in open warfare. Historically the Nordic countries have, well, sucked. A short growing season, meh soil, and lack of easily obtainable natural resources meant the region was incredibly poor, that, in turn, led to them becoming noted raiders (Vikings) because a risky journey and a pitched battle at least gave you a shot at loot, the only way to really achieve any sort of wealth.
Denmark, blessed with incredibly fertile soil, effectively ruled the region until Sweden broke away in the 1500s. The Swedes were blessed with a ridiculous run of great kings, better mining technology (which allowed them to finally access their great mineral wealth), and a fact that while everyone else was fighting constantly Sweden only skirmished with Russia over Finland a few times.
Enter the Thirty Years War. Have you ever wondered why the US Constitution makes it absolutely clear there is complete separation of the Church and State? 30 Years War. A mostly religious conflict between the emerging Protestant nations and the Catholic countries this conflict essentially wiped out Northern and Central Europe. Whole regions were depopulated and religion, in Europe, started the great death spiral its been on since.
Sweden sat out most of the war but towards the end intervened, more on humane reasons than anything else. And they won! At the cost of Gustavus Adolphus, arguable one of the most gifted rulers in the history of the world. There was this huge power vacuum that Sweden stepped into.
The Scanian war was one of many that this new Northern power suddenly found itself having to fight. And they mauled their neighbors for decades. At a price.
It cost Sweden far more to hold onto their new empire than they got out of it. Their population was declining (constant peer level wars are bad mmkay) when everyone else's was growing. Finally the Russians, who Sweden had butchered in great heaps for years, managed to win a decisive victory and the Swedes collapsed back into borders.
The fought, often unwillingly, in the early stages of the Napoleonic wars before deciding that war was the pits and declaring a neutrality policy that they only recently abandoned to join NATO.
Sometimes the worst thing that can happen to a country is to become too successful for its own good.
Posted on 12/4/24 at 12:32 am to Arksulli
Posted on 12/4/24 at 4:40 am to Summer of Jimbo
Morning all
Posted on 12/4/24 at 5:45 am to kywildcatfanone
Good morning
Posted on 12/4/24 at 6:33 am to kywildcatfanone
Good morning!
Posted on 12/4/24 at 7:07 am to Lexag
Today in History: December 4
1110
Syrian harbor city Saida (Sidon) surrenders to Crusaders
1619
38 colonists from Berkeley Parish, England disembark in Virginia and give thanks to God. Considered by many the first Thanksgiving in the Americas.
1861
The U.S. Senate, voting 36 to 0, expels Senator John C. Brekinridge of Kentucky because of his joining the Confederate Army.
1872
The U.S. brigantine Marie Celeste is found adrift and deserted with its cargo intact, in the Atlantic Ocean between the Azores and Portugal.
1941
Operation Taifun (Typhoon), which was launched by the German armies on October 2, 1941, as a prelude to taking Moscow, is halted because of freezing temperatures and lack of serviceable aircraft.
1947
Tennessee William's play A Streetcar Named Desire premieres on Broadway starring Marlon Brando and Jessica Tandy.
1950
The University of Tennessee defies court rulings by rejecting five Negro applicants.
1977
Jean-Bédel Bokassa crowns himself Emperor of the Central African Empire in a lavish ceremony costing US$20 million - one third of the nation's budget
1981
President Ronald Reagan broadens the power of the CIA by allowing spying in the United States.
1992
US Pres. George H. W. Bush orders 28,000 troops to Somalia during the Somali Civil War.
2014
Ukraine and Pro-Russian rebels agree to cease fire in the eastern war zone, beginning December 9
2017
US President Donald Trump scales back Utah National Parks - Bears Ears National Monument (85%), Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (50%)
2022
Mt Semeru, Indonesia’s highest volcano, erupts releasing gas clouds and rivers of lava on the island of Java
Born on December 4
1937
Max Baer Jr., actor, screenwriter, director, producer; best know for his role as Jethro on The Beverly Hillbillies TV series
1949
Jeff Bridges, actor, producer; won Academy Award for Best Actor as Otis "Bad" Blake in Crazy Heart (2009).
Joke of the Day
Gorilla removal service.
This guy wakes up one morning to find a gorilla in a tree near his house. He looks in the phone book for a gorilla removal service until he finds one.
"Is it a boy or girl Gorilla?" the service guy asks.
"Boy," is the man's response.
"Oh yeah, I can do it. I'll be right there", says the service guy. An hour later the service guy shows up with a stick, a Chihuahua, a shotgun, and a pair of handcuffs. He then gives the man some instructions: "Now, I'm going to climb this tree and poke the gorilla with the stick until he falls. When he does, the trained Chihuahua will bite the gorilla's testicles off. The gorilla will then cross his hands to protect himself and allow you to put the handcuffs on him."
The man asks, "What do I do with the shotgun?"
The service guy replies, "If I fall out of the tree before the gorilla, shoot the Chihuahua."
Posted on 12/4/24 at 7:56 am to Armymann50
Morning
Posted on 12/4/24 at 10:09 am to Armymann50
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JOTD
Posted on 12/4/24 at 6:18 pm to paperwasp
Good Evening All 
Posted on 12/5/24 at 4:40 am to OK Roughneck
Morning all
Posted on 12/5/24 at 5:49 am to kywildcatfanone
Good morning
Posted on 12/5/24 at 6:28 am to Rockbrc
Good morning!
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