"SOME THINGS THAT ARE OLD"..("MICLEE"S 21st CENTURY")
Some Things.......................... In This World................... Are So Old .............................."When We Were Kids?"........................................ (You Can Something In................If You Care To.................. From Here).(This Blog Is Rated "G"...General Audiences)
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"John Quincy Adams"...In 1843"....."He Was The Sixth President On The United States"
Just got thinking 'bout it on account of Palm's Blog Expiration Date Blog
Just thought of a new old thing.
Watching family play with new Christmas drones reminded me of "flying" one of these back in the day ...
Helluva gizmo!
The description claims it'd go 20 - 25' ...
A few HUNDRED ft. is more like it.
And if there's a breeze, it'll cover a helluva lotta ground!
Still have it
... And still have it
It & the saucer used the same .O49 cu. in. 'gine.
Later moved up to these ...
Flying off these ...
Pope Leo X excommunicates professor Martin Luther from the Catholic Church after Luther refuses to recant his views on Church corruption. Luther's views will eventually inspire the Protestant Reformation.
Ebe-Sneezer & The Epidemics ...
Disease names were NOT Politically Correct!! ...
"At Fords Theater"
" When... On April 14 1865...John Wilkes Booth Jumped Down To The Stage"
" At Fords Theater After Shooting Abraham Lincoln".
."He Was 5 Years Old At The Time"
"And Was A Guest On The Old Time TV Show"
"Ive Got A Secret"..(And Gave A Full Account Of What He Saw)
He Died On April 12 1956"........................
"Was Supposed To Have Attended The Show"
"As A Guest In The Box With Lincoln... The Night Of Lincolns Murder"
"And He Always Had An Entourage Of Body Guards With Him"
"But Because Grants Wife Could Not Stand Lincoln's Wife Mary?'
"The Invitation Was Declined"
"And The Rest?......Is History".....................................
Each guest received a carton of the sponsor's cigarettes.
Mr. Seymour turned it down -- He preferred a pipe ...
"Her Name Is "Hannah Stilley Gorby...Born In 1746...This Picture Was Taken In 1846"
"And Obviously...She Will Always Hold The "Guinness Book Of World Records Title"..("Congratulations!!!")
"If Not The Oldest"
"Began On January 1st Of 1915"
"This?... Suddenly Gave Millions Of Americans A New Way To Buy Stuff"
"The New System Was Just Into 2 Weeks Of The Service Going Into Action
"When An Ohio Couple... Named Jessie And Mathilda Beagle
"Mailed Their 8 Month Old Son James... To His Grand Mother"
"The Weight Limit For Shipping Parcels Then?... Was 11 Pounds"
"But Baby James Was Just Under The Weight Limit...Coming In At 10 3/4 Pounds"
"The Postage Cost Was Just 15 Cents To Mail Baby James"
("Although They Did Insure Baby James For 60 Bucks....If He Was Lost In The Mail")
"But... We Have Good News!!!"
"Baby James Made It To His Destination... Safe And Sound"..............