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Post by deadwoodgultch on Jan 10, 2019 19:16:39 GMT
US Presidents born in January: Millard Fillmore January 7, 1800 William McKinley January 29, 1843 Franklin D. Roosevelt January 30, 1882 Richard M. Nixon January 9, 1913
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Post by quincannon on Jan 10, 2019 19:31:07 GMT
When one has the stature of Winston Churchill, it is well to pay attention to anything the man said. My personal favorite is his remark to Lady Astor - "If I was married to you Madam, I would take it (poison)" That too fits with some of our discussions.
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Post by yanmacca on Jan 10, 2019 20:37:37 GMT
Has anyone of you seen the movie 'Finest Hour' about Churchill in 1940? Excellent, Gary Oldman is brilliant as Churchill.
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Post by quincannon on Jan 10, 2019 21:31:18 GMT
No. but I want to.
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Post by deadwoodgultch on Jan 10, 2019 21:48:07 GMT
Yes, and it is, Ian.
Regards, Tom
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Post by deadwoodgultch on Jan 10, 2019 22:03:51 GMT
Oddly enough British Royals have two Birthdays, one is always the 1st or 2nd Saturday in June.
Real January birthdays, that I can find: Henry VII 28 Jan 1457 and Henry VIII died exactly 100 years later to the day Richard II Jan 6 1367
When actual Date is unknown it is always considered to be June 1. Ian do you know why?
Regards, Tom
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Post by quincannon on Jan 10, 2019 22:08:28 GMT
Maybe I am a British Royal. I have two birthdays as well, my real one, and anytime I want to go out to dinner, and have Joan put it on her credit card. That's about once a year too.
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Post by yanmacca on Jan 10, 2019 22:48:11 GMT
I used to know the reason why Tom, but I forget. I will check it for you tomorrow. It is something simple.
Was that churchill movie called. The finest hour or the darkest hour. I am using my mobile to send this so I am limited to my searches.
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Post by quincannon on Jan 10, 2019 23:03:11 GMT
I know why. I know why. Call on me teacher, says Springbutt Jones. It's the only day rain is not expected in London.
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Post by quincannon on Jan 11, 2019 4:10:29 GMT
Actually Tom, a British friend of mine, in fact a British officer of the old Royal Green Jackets, laid that one on me.
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Post by yanmacca on Jan 11, 2019 11:37:15 GMT
If want to know things then ask the BBC, they are always correct!
I think that the old idea that England is a cold and windy place stems from old movies, many of which have been made in Hollywood. Its like what some Americans say about British beer being warm, because I haven't drank a warm pint in my life, our beer is just as cold as anyone else's in Europe.
I would say that Ireland and Scotland get most of the rain, Wales and Northern England [the lake district] get a share, but southern England [past Birmingham] is fine, in fact Kent is know as the garden of England because of its climate and even Cornwall is very mild as it gets warm air coming from the Caribbean via the jet stream.
I would say that our rain fall in nothing more then what Northern France, Belgium and Holland get, because if we get a westerly rain front coming in, it hits France and the low countries after it has passed over us.
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Post by deadwoodgultch on Jan 24, 2019 12:38:29 GMT
A somewhat busy day 1/24
1848: California gold rush James W. Marshall discovers a gold nugget at Sutter's Mill in northern California which led to the gold rush of '49
1908: Boy Scouts movement begins in England under Sir Robert Baden-Powell.
1935: First canned beer(monumental)Krueger Brewing Company places the first canned beer on sale in Richmond, Va., marking the debut of canned beer.
1943: WW-II Wartime Conference U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill conclude a wartime conference in Casablanca, Morocco at which the Allied demand for the unconditional surrender of Germany, Italy and Japan.
1965: Winston Churchill dies Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955, dies in London at the age of 90
1984: Apple unveils Macintosh Apple Computer Inc unveils its first Macintosh personal computer.
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Post by deadwoodgultch on Feb 6, 2019 15:31:51 GMT
On this day in 1952, after a long illness, King George VI of Great Britain and Northern Ireland dies in his sleep at the royal estate at Sandringham. Princess Elizabeth, the oldest of the king’s two daughters and next in line to succeed him, was in Kenya at the time of her father’s death; she was crowned Queen Elizabeth II on June 2, 1953, at age 27.
1820 The first organized immigration of freed slaves to Africa from the United States departs New York harbor on a journey to Freetown, Sierra Leone, in West Africa. The immigration was largely the work of the American Colonization Society, a U.S. organization founded in 1816
On this day in 1911, President Ronald Wilson Reagan is born in Tampico, Illinois. Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, served for two terms from 1981 to 1989. Known as The Great Communicator
Other births of note: 1756 Aaron Burr, 3rd U.S. Vice President.
1895 George Herman "Babe" Ruth, baseball player with the Boston Red Sox, the New York Yankees and the Boston Braves. The first player to hit 60 home runs in one season.
1940 Tom Brokaw, NBC News anchorman.
1945 Bob Marley, reggae musician.
Quick Hits:
1862 The Battle of Fort Henry, Tenn., begins the Mississippi Valley campaign.
1891 The Dalton Gang commits its first crime, a train robbery in Alila, Calif.
1899 The Spanish-American War ends.
1916 Germany admits full liability for Lusitania incident and recognizes the United State's right to claim indemnity.
1933 Adolf Hitler's Third Reich begins press censorship.
1941 The RAF clears the way as British take Benghazi, trapping thousands of Italians.
1945 MacArthur reports the fall of Manila, and the liberation of 5,000 prisoners.
1963 The United States reports that all Soviet offensive arms are out of Cuba.
1964 Paris and London agree to build a rail tunnel under the English Channel.
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Post by mac on Feb 6, 2019 23:19:23 GMT
We celebrate the Queen's birthday in June also. Our weather for the day is often different. The southern highlands are the only place that gets winter snow. The official opening of the ski season is the Queen's Birthday weekend. There is rarely snow for the opening other than some man made, so it is usually a boozy party weekend on the mountains. Put it in your calendar Tom.
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Post by deadwoodgultch on Feb 7, 2019 13:16:00 GMT
You just did! Good on you and thanks.
Regards, Tom
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