Very Important Day In History

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Texas Lawdog

#440
May 26, 2008, 06:26:48 PM
John Wayne is born on this date in 1907.
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Leo Tanner

#441
June 06, 2008, 12:53:02 PM
Today marks the anniversary of the 1944 invasion of Normandy by Allied forces.
     It's commonly known as D Day, but was officialy code named "Operation Overland".

     Time ta break out my copy of "The Longest Day"


Leo
"When you have to shoot, shoot.  Don't talk."
     Tuco--The Good the Bad and the Ugly

"First comes smiles, then lies.  Last is gunfire."
     Roland Deschain

"Every man steps in the manure now an again, trick is not ta stick yer foot in yer mouth afterward"

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Russ T Chambers

#442
June 06, 2008, 04:31:09 PM
Been watching (listening while I painted the hallway) the History Channel all day.  Wall to wall coverage of D-Day.  Guest it ends at 4 PM EDT.
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Leo Tanner

#443
June 06, 2008, 04:50:51 PM
Dang I missed it.
     The last show is ending in 10 minutes. :(  The girls were watchin soaps.


Leo
"When you have to shoot, shoot.  Don't talk."
     Tuco--The Good the Bad and the Ugly

"First comes smiles, then lies.  Last is gunfire."
     Roland Deschain

"Every man steps in the manure now an again, trick is not ta stick yer foot in yer mouth afterward"

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Texas Lawdog

#444
June 06, 2008, 05:45:47 PM
We had a guy in the civil division that was in D-Day invasion. He was barely 17 and was in the 2nd Infantry Division.  He was in the Army until the end of WWII.  He joined the Air Force in 1950 and was in the Korean War. He stayed in the Air Force until he retired. He served in RVN also.  Three Wars and he worked long inough at the Sheriff's Office and retired from there. He was in his late 70's when he passed away.
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Four-Eyed Buck

#445
June 06, 2008, 06:25:24 PM
Leo, It was Operation Overlord............Buck 8)
I might be slow, but I'm mostly accurate.....

Leo Tanner

#446
June 06, 2008, 07:06:04 PM
Quote from: Four-Eyed Buck on June 06, 2008, 06:25:24 PM
Leo, It was Operation Overlord............Buck 8)

Good catch Buck.  Had too many things coming at me here when I posted that (it don't take much).  I don't usualy botch them things--love history too much.


Leo
"When you have to shoot, shoot.  Don't talk."
     Tuco--The Good the Bad and the Ugly

"First comes smiles, then lies.  Last is gunfire."
     Roland Deschain

"Every man steps in the manure now an again, trick is not ta stick yer foot in yer mouth afterward"

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Four-Eyed Buck

#447
June 07, 2008, 04:49:32 AM
It's okay, Leo, my fingers trip up right regular too................Buck 8) ::) ;D
I might be slow, but I'm mostly accurate.....

Texas Lawdog

#448
June 07, 2008, 04:26:40 PM
On this day in 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia, adopted a resolution in the Contiental Congress for a formal Declaration of Independence.
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Leo Tanner

#449
August 08, 2008, 03:10:38 PM
Today in 1876 Thomas Edison patented the mimeograph machine.
     Remember sniffin the fresh papers when the teacher passed em out?  We called it a ditto machine.
"When you have to shoot, shoot.  Don't talk."
     Tuco--The Good the Bad and the Ugly

"First comes smiles, then lies.  Last is gunfire."
     Roland Deschain

"Every man steps in the manure now an again, trick is not ta stick yer foot in yer mouth afterward"

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Texas Lawdog

#450
August 08, 2008, 03:16:17 PM
Tricky Dick resigned as President on this date in 1974.
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Leo Tanner

#451
August 08, 2008, 03:47:55 PM
He was not a crook.
     Always wondered what happened ta that little dog a his that won so many folks over.  That was just plain genious.  Fergot it's name.


Leo
"When you have to shoot, shoot.  Don't talk."
     Tuco--The Good the Bad and the Ugly

"First comes smiles, then lies.  Last is gunfire."
     Roland Deschain

"Every man steps in the manure now an again, trick is not ta stick yer foot in yer mouth afterward"

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Russ T Chambers

#452
August 08, 2008, 03:54:33 PM
Quote from: Leo Tanner on August 08, 2008, 03:47:55 PM
He was not a crook.
     Always wondered what happened ta that little dog a his that won so many folks over.  That was just plain genious.  Fergot it's name.


Leo

Checkers died in 1964, and is buried in Long Island's Bide-a-Wee Pet Cemetery.
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Leo Tanner

#453
August 08, 2008, 04:07:37 PM
Yeah, Checkers.  Cute little guy.
     If'n I ever get ta Long Island ta sample the ice tea, I'll stop by and pay ma respects.


Leo
"When you have to shoot, shoot.  Don't talk."
     Tuco--The Good the Bad and the Ugly

"First comes smiles, then lies.  Last is gunfire."
     Roland Deschain

"Every man steps in the manure now an again, trick is not ta stick yer foot in yer mouth afterward"

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Russ T Chambers

#454
August 08, 2008, 04:29:42 PM
Quote from: Leo Tanner on August 08, 2008, 04:07:37 PM
Yeah, Checkers.  Cute little guy.
     If'n I ever get ta Long Island ta sample the ice tea, I'll stop by and pay ma respects.


Leo

I had twelve of those teas one night at a going away party when I left my job at Pacific Mutual in Newport Beach.   :o The one time I couldn't walk steadily to my car.  ::)  My future wife was with me to drive, but I had to stay awake to give her directions to my house in Oceanside!  I was about twenty years younger then!  What ticked her off was I didn't get sick, just had a bad case of cotten mouth the next morning!  ;D
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Leo Tanner

#455
August 08, 2008, 05:06:07 PM
Ya know I never had a hang over.  Drives Lil nuts.  I wake up a little tired but fit ta fight.  She's in bed all day after over imbibing.       
     We went out once early in the day an stopped at are favorite watering hole.  She asked the tender fer somthin "fruity" and got it in a pint glass.  Well, they went down easy an she had a few.  I sipped a beer the whole time.
     Got her home and she was in a spunky mood.  Two seconds later she was in the bathroom sayin prayers ta the porcialn god.  She never did that again. ;D


Leo
"When you have to shoot, shoot.  Don't talk."
     Tuco--The Good the Bad and the Ugly

"First comes smiles, then lies.  Last is gunfire."
     Roland Deschain

"Every man steps in the manure now an again, trick is not ta stick yer foot in yer mouth afterward"

religio SENIOR est exordium of scientia : tamen fossor contemno sapientia quod instruction.

Delmonico

#456
August 08, 2008, 05:09:06 PM
Quote from: Leo Tanner on August 08, 2008, 03:10:38 PM
Today in 1876 Thomas Edison patented the mimeograph machine.
     Remember sniffin the fresh papers when the teacher passed em out?  We called it a ditto machine.

Today they'd call that huffin', no wonder we all have brain damage. ;D
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Ozark Tracker

#457
August 08, 2008, 05:22:59 PM
Quote from: Delmonico on August 08, 2008, 05:09:06 PM
Today they'd call that huffin', no wonder we all have brain damage. ;D


:o :o :o  we did have a teacher in 5th grade that was down there a making copies an awful lot.   she never was quite right. ;D
We done it for Dixie,  nothing else

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Texas Lawdog

#458
August 08, 2008, 10:14:52 PM
Remember Royal Dano's character "Ditto" in the movie  "Teachers".
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Tensleep

#459
August 09, 2008, 02:41:05 AM
On this date

1855 Battle of Acapulco during Mexican Liberal uprising
1862 Prelude to 2nd Manassas, Jackson is victorious at Battle of Cedar Mt, however Gen Charles S Winder is killed
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