Oldtent Archives 2007 - 2008

So nice to see you have checked into the tent for a look see and some well wishes. Good friends pick up right where they left off.

Winedoc

ALABAMA … Was the first place to have 9-1-1, started in 1968.

ALASKA …. One out of every 64 adults has a pilot’s license.

ARIZONA … Is the only state in the continental U.S. that doesn’t follow Daylight Savings Time.

ARKANSAS … Has the only active diamond mine in the U.S.

CALIFORNIA … Its economy is so large that if it were a country, it would rank seventh in the entire world.

COLORADO … In 1976 it became the only state to turn down the Olympics.

CONNECTICUT … The Frisbee was invented here at Yale University.

DELAWARE … Has more scientists and engineers than any other state.

FLORIDA … At 759 square miles, Jacksonville is the US’s largest city.

GEORGIA … It was here, in 18 86, that pharmacist John Pemberton made the first vat of Coca-Cola.

HAWAII …. Hawaiians live, on average, five years longer than residents in any other state.

IDAHO … TV was invented in Rigby, Idaho, in 1922.

ILLINOIS … The Chicago River is dyed green every St. Patrick’s Day.

INDIANA … Home to Santa Claus, Indiana, which get a half million letters to Santa every year.

IOWA … Winnebago’s get their name from Winnebago County. Also, it is the only state that begins with two vowels.

KANSAS … Liberal, Kansas, has an exact replica of the house in The Wizard of Oz.

KENTUCKY … Has more than $6 billion in gold underneath Fort Knox.

LOUISIANA … Has parishes instead of counties because they were originally Spanish church units.

MAINE … It’s so big, it covers as many square miles as the other five New England states combined.

MARYLAND … The Ouija board was created in Baltimore in 1892.

MASSACHUSETTS … The Fig Newton is named after Newton, Massachusetts.

MICHIGAN … Fremont, home to Gerber, is the baby food capital of the world.

MINNESOTA … Bloomington’s Mall of America is so big, if you spent 10 minutes in each store, you’d be there nearly four days.

MISSISSIPPI … President Teddy Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear here. That’s how the teddy bear got its name.

MISSOURI … Is the birthplace of the ice cream cone.

MONTANA … A sapphire from Montana is in the Crown Jewels of England.

NEBRASKA … More triplets are born here than in any other state.

NEVADA …. Has more hotel rooms than any other place in the world.

NEW HAMPSHIRE … Birthplace of Tupperware, invented in 1938 by Earl Tupper.

NEW JERSEY … Has the most shopping malls in one area in the world.

NEW MEXICO … Smokey the Bear was rescued from a 1950 forest fire here.

NEW YORK . Is home to the nation’s oldest cattle ranch, started in 1747 in Montauk.

NORTH CAROLINA … Home of the first Pepsi & Crispy Kreme doughnut.

NORTH DAKOTA … Rigby, North Dakota, is the exact geographic center of North America.

OHIO …. The hot dog was invented here in 1900.

OKLAHOMA … The grounds of the state capital are covered by operating oil wells.

OREGON …. Has the most ghost towns in the country.

PENNSYLVANIA … The smiley, was first used in 1980 by computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University.

RHODE ISLAND … The nation’s oldest bar, the White Horse Tavern, opened here in 1673

SOUTH CAROLINA … Sumter County is home to the world’s largest gingko farm.

SOUTH DAKOTA … Is the only state that’s never had an earthquake.

TENNESSEE … Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry is the longest running live radio show in the world.

TEXAS … Dr Pepper was invented in Waco back in 1885.

UTAH …. The first Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant opened here in 1952.

VERMONT … Montpelier is the only state capital without a McDonald’s.

VIRGINIA … Home of the world’s largest office building…….the Pentagon.

WASHINGTON … Seattle has twice as many college graduates as any other state.

WASHINGTON D.C. … Was the first planned capital in the world.

WEST VIRGINIA … Had the world’s first brick paved street, Summers Street, laid in Charleston in 1870.

WISCONSIN …. The ice cream sundae was invented here in 1881 to get around Blue Laws prohibiting ice cream from being sold on Sundays

WYOMING … Was the first state to allow women to vote.

Sori…cant keep- up-[ t0 date.;

Hop-e t9 be back i8n t09uch 8n a fewl;;;;;

Keeep-0 thye faith.;.;;l;lhold onto9 thi8ngs 9f value.

Irish…..hold the f9ort. Keep on Keepin on.

Best prayers/wishes….to all!!

Farmbo09y……..see ya when I can…..Kee0 the faith….h9lod on!!

Silvercorp has bought back 200,000 of their own shares since June 10, including 100,000, which was 1/4 of the total volume, on Friday at 6.37 CND. The low of the day was 6.30.   Here is a company who supports the share price and has been steadily doing reverse dilution. My favorite silver company. DYODD

http://canadianinsider.com/coReport/allTransactions.php?ticker=SVM

Been a few nights since ole Irish handed me his cell phone….and I gave y0u a sh0ut fr9m the N.
Ga. Mtns.
Seems…even like a lifetime ago.

Seems…..moments wi8th Gold Tenters…..can be b90th here and now….and ages past. Kinda funny??

Sending out t9 y09u7rs and y0u7;…….veryt best, Farmbo0y. Take care my friehnd.

Lord H0on…

Just great too hear y0ou are doing fine.

Want y0ou t9 keep this group going. Keep thi8er spirits high.

Love ya….(ole br9ther…wait till the legaol begals get h9ld 9f tyat,,,,,lol)

LO90ve Ya, Farmb9y

to tune into the Tent and see a post from you!! I, and many others have missed your words/thoughts of wisdom. I know-I know-you keep saying how simple and ‘not bright’ you are. But would like for you to know that I don’t buy into that! hehe

Keep working on the things that are important in life, those efforts will serve you well, and try to find the time to let the Tent know you’re still around now and then. ok?

Best to you Farmboy,
Dusty

yOU MUST FORGIVE ME FRIEND

tHIS DANG LAP-0 T0P IS N9T USER FREIDNLY….LOLO.

tHAN KS FOR THE RESP090NSE..LAND KI9ND WORDS.

After years, I CANNOT adjust to it—too many years of use of a standard keyboard.  I want to use one but I am miserable using it and get extremely frustrated!!

I know from reading your postings that life has taught you to hold on tight and regroup when the time comes.  You will come out of the tunnel into the Light, I have no doubt.  Blessings to you and yours—

breeze

/ben more than just a few……

?But words/thoughts of yours from weeks g9ne by..;….they still linger….give reaso9n to pause/thi8nk.

Blame this lap-0 top fo9r spellin. Stuup-id c9m0puter.

LOLOL

Kn9ow f09r now…..words/wisdom 90ffered////of days g9ne b6y;;;;;;hel0 keep me g9ing 9n.
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Best, Farmb0y

in a water shortage….imagine filling cars with it.

I miss your posts. Hope all goes well with the farming and marriage…keep the faith

Sori I misspelled your namne. Stupid laptop…stuipd mo9se….lolo0l…stu0p-id me.

(Cant wait for thye legal begeals to9 sh9w this t09 a jury67.l….LOL)

Anywatys, thanks fr9 the note. Lets hop-0e all do what we must t9 come 0ut the 9ther side?

Best. Farmboy

G8 calls for oil output boost to ease threat to economy
8 hours ago
OSAKA (AFP) — World finance chiefs warned Saturday runaway oil prices could imperil global economic growth, calling on producers to open the taps and for a probe into market swings.
High oil and food prices pose “a serious challenge to stable growth worldwide” and may worsen poverty and stoke global inflation, Group of Eight finance ministers warned after two days of talks here.
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hVljFH_Csf3F8yUz327fNO-vo0cg