Month: January 2005
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Make no mistake
There is no mistake; there has been no mistake; and there shall be no mistake.Duke of Wellington
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Eliza Larmour’s Gingersnaps
Ingredients 1 cup solid vegetable shortening 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar (divided 1 + 1/2) 1 egg 1/4 cup dark molasses 1 tablespoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground cloves 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger 2 cups flour Tools Mixer Medium mixing bowl Small mixing bowl Measuring spoons Measuring cups Rubber…
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2005 Emergency Preparedness Calendar
As you may know, we live about 6 miles from the Seabrook Station Nuclear Power plant located on the seashore in lovely Seabrook, New Hampshire. Well, it is 6 miles if I take the shortcut by the Lawn Ornament Zoo.Many of you may remember the sign on Interstate 95 which George (The Elder) Bush would…
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Strength
Our strength is often composed of the weakness we’re damned if we’re going to show.Mignon McLaughlin
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The perfect husband
Several men are in the locker room of a golf club. A cell phone on a bench rings and a man engages the hands free speaker-function and begins to talk. Everyone else in the room stops to listen.MAN: “Hello”WOMAN: “Honey, it’s me. Are you at the club?”MAN: “Yes”WOMAN: “I am at the mall now and…
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Change and Progress
Change is one thing, progress is another. “Change” is scientific, “progress” is ethical; change is indubitable, whereas progress is a matter of controversy.Bertrand Russell
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Life cycle
Woman’s life story…What is the difference between girls aged: 8, 18, 28, 38, 48, 58, 68, and 78?At 8 — You take her to bed and tell her a story.At 18 — You tell her a story and take her to bed.At 28 — You don’t need to tell her a story to take her…