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Louis L'Amour, the American Western Story teller.
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'Political Correctness'........
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There's an annual contest at the Griffith University, Australia, calling for the most appropriate definition of a contemporary term. This year's term was ...
'Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the... more »
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Jingles's love story
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Written and sung by Willy DeVille,
arranged by Mark Knopfler,
engineered and mixed by Steve Jackson
Come my love, I'll tell you a tale
of a boy and girl and their love story
and how he loved her oh, so much,
and all the charms she did possess.
Chorus:
My love is like a storybook story.... more »
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Gibraltar is ours "in perpetuity"
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Gibraltar is a British overseas territory on the southern end of the
Iberian. It is only 6.8 square kilometres An Anglo-Dutch force
captured Gibraltar from Spain in 1704 during the War of the Spanish
Succession. The territory was ceded to Britain "in perpetuity" under
the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713.... more »
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heśrēka
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heśrēka "I have found (it)", or Eureka. Archimedes. is said to have
proclaimed "Eureka!" when he stepped into a bath and noticed that the
water level rose he suddenly understood that the volume of water
displaced must be equal to the volume of the part of his body he had
submerged.
As a young student I took notice that r Archimedes was the first... more »
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the eyes of Texas
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Is a song written in 1903 by John Sinclair. The lyrics are said to
be intended to poke fun at University President Colonel Prather.
A tough old cowboy from South Texas counselled his grandson that if
he wanted to live a long life, the secret was to sprinkle a pinch of
gun powder on his oatmeal every morning.... more »
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Deferred Mothers Day
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Had a lovely visit from youngest son and family yesterday. I had deferred the Mothers Day visit as I wasn't up to enjoying it. I stole their thunder slightly as it was also son's birthday, so I greeted them with a cake with lit candles....and a rendering (meaning to tear apart)
of Happy Birthday.... more »
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For our friend Andy
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I may not agree with what you say but I will defend to the death your
right to say it?
Voltaire is most often credited with the saying, this is a widespread
mistake, and that the quote was originally said by Ewelyn Beatrice
Hall n her biography on Voltaire, Hall wrote the phrase: "I disapprove... more »
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