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phlebas said:
Well, I've heard of Yogi Berra, didn't know he was still alive.
Was Yogi Bear named after him?
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The creators of Yogi Bear swear they did not... to this day no one believes them...

one more 'Yogi-ism': He was being chided in an interview that he wasn't very handsome and he replied "You don't hit with your face."
 
St. Louis Cardinals win their division over the Pittsburg Pirates. They are 100 wins and 58 losses in a 162 game season in a division where the third place team would be in the 1st place in four of the other divisions...

I might be nice to the ladies tonight....
 
thehangingtree said:
St. Louis Cardinals win their division over the Pittsburg Pirates. They are 100 wins and 58 losses in a 162 game season in a division where the third place team would be in the 1st place in four of the other divisions...

I might be nice to the ladies tonight....
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Go Cards!
 
thehangingtree said:
'Chicago Cubs playing the Pittsburg Pirates and we have it on the radio and I have two full bottles of Seagram's. What could be better?' Tree asks.

'Let me ponder that' Barb replies...

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Oh, I can think of two things that would make it better. Some Montecristo cigars to go with the Seagram's, and Barb on a cross:devil:
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On the 12th of October 1915 at dawn, Miss Edith Cavell was executed in Brussels by a German firing squad, for helping tens of Allied soldiers to escape.

After the sinking of the Lusitania, some five months earlier in 1915, the execution was a huge milestone for Allied propaganda.
 
today October 16 we,the Dutch celebrated our 200 year democracy

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Now synonymous with the New York Stock Exchange, Wall Street is the site of the old wall between the Native Americans and the Dutch settlers of New Amsterdam. Photo by CJ Spaulding.

In the seventeenth century, the wall on what is now Wall Street created a barrier between the Dutch and their Native American neighbors. The fortified wall stretched from Pearl Street, which was one shoreline of Manhattan at the time, to the other shoreline, modern day Trinity Place. During this period, Wall Street was also the marketplace where owners could hire out their slaves. The rampart was removed in 1699, but the corners of Pearl and Wall Street remained a location for trade and business. After the Buttonwood Agreement in 1792 that organized a traders’ association—which was the origin of the New York Stock Exchange—businesses slowly flocked to the area, pushing out residents in the nineteenth century, and the Wall Street of today was born
 
admihoek said:
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Now synonymous with the New York Stock Exchange, Wall Street is the site of the old wall between the Native Americans and the Dutch settlers of New Amsterdam. Photo by CJ Spaulding.

In the seventeenth century, the wall on what is now Wall Street created a barrier between the Dutch and their Native American neighbors. The fortified wall stretched from Pearl Street, which was one shoreline of Manhattan at the time, to the other shoreline, modern day Trinity Place. During this period, Wall Street was also the marketplace where owners could hire out their slaves. The rampart was removed in 1699, but the corners of Pearl and Wall Street remained a location for trade and business. After the Buttonwood Agreement in 1792 that organized a traders’ association—which was the origin of the New York Stock Exchange—businesses slowly flocked to the area, pushing out residents in the nineteenth century, and the Wall Street of today was born
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...and in a very private room the Dutch slave trader still operates... The product has changed but the profits are better...

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thehangingtree said:
and in a very private room the Dutch slave trader still operates... The product has changed but the profits are better
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indeed they who sups with the devil should have a long spoon........................ but honest with those slave-girls it is much sweeter.
 
another sad European milestone

Hungarian Border Wall

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Hungary commissioned the construction of a border structure to slow the stream of immigrants into the country in what is being deemed the European Migrant Crisis of 2015.

Standing 13 feet tall and projected to reach completion across the entirety of the 109 mile long Hungarian-Serbian border by the end of this year, this wall is part of an extremely tumultuous time for border control in Europe. As hundreds of thousands of migrants flee conflict zones in the Middle East, Europe finds itself challenged by the influx of refugees. Hungary, unlike most of its European counterparts, has opted to build facilities and enforce strict border policies instead of facilitating migrant travel. By utilizing tear gas, water cannons, razor wire, and the Hungarian military to deal with the migrants, this most recent emergence of an historic wall will surely be a point of contention for years to come.
 
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