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Queenie:
Get the Gauguin.
(Tue Jul 2, 2002 - 1:45:55 am)
Queenie:
Gaughin?
(Tue Jul 2, 2002 - 1:46:02 am)
Queenie:
Bailed on the goo goo dolls tonight. found out my friend clint is getting married. utter madness.
(Tue Jul 2, 2002 - 4:22:38 am)
Queenie:
(Tue Jul 2, 2002 - 4:23:50 am)
:
Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence?
Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another endured the worry of two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War. They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. What kind of men were they?
Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine werefarmers and large plantation owners. Generally they were men of means &
well educated. But they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing that, most probably, the penalty would be death, if they were captured.
Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died penniless. Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to constantly move his family and keep them in hiding. He served in the Congress without pay; all his possessions had been taken and poverty was his reward. Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.
At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson Jr, realizing that the British General, Cornwallis, had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters; quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. His home was destroyed &Nelson died bankrupt.
Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The British jailed his wife, and she died within a few months.
John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she was dying. Their children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves. Hart, it was said, died, soon after, of exhaustion and a broken heart. Norris and Livingston suffered the similar fate of heartache, hiding, poverty & a shortened life,
These are some of the stories and sacrifices of the American Revolution. Our forefathers were not wild-eyed, rabble-rousing ruffians. They were soft-spoken men of means and education. They pledged: "For the support of this declaration, with firm reliance on the protection of the divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor."
Some of us take our liberties for granted, but we should not. So, take a few minutes while enjoying your 4th of July holiday to remember that the Fourth of July is more than beer, picnics & fire crackers & baseball games and that our freedoms were not free.
(Tue Jul 2, 2002 - 8:29:49 am)
Myk Murphy:
Good morning, gardening enthusiasts.
(Tue Jul 2, 2002 - 8:32:48 am)
Cushca:
Hello.
(Tue Jul 2, 2002 - 8:35:29 am)
Decoy:
Hey.
(Tue Jul 2, 2002 - 8:35:41 am)
Cushca:
Hey, big daddy. How are you?
(Tue Jul 2, 2002 - 8:36:05 am)
Decoy:
Hot and sticky. How about you?
(Tue Jul 2, 2002 - 8:36:44 am)
Mrs Dr GB:
You still here, bird?
(Tue Jul 2, 2002 - 8:36:51 am)
Decoy:
But its a good hot and sticky.
(Tue Jul 2, 2002 - 8:37:20 am)
Cushca:
I'm still here. Hello bird.
(Tue Jul 2, 2002 - 8:37:35 am)
Cushca:
Hot and sticky, eh?
(Tue Jul 2, 2002 - 8:37:48 am)
Decoy:
Hail hail GB. How's the ham?
(Tue Jul 2, 2002 - 8:38:12 am)
Mrs Dr GB:
The ham?
(Tue Jul 2, 2002 - 8:39:06 am)
Decoy:
In the oven.
(Tue Jul 2, 2002 - 8:39:16 am)
Decoy:
People say that's what its gonna feel like on its way out. Doesn't look hard to me.
(Tue Jul 2, 2002 - 8:39:51 am)
Cushca:
Nice Pearl Jam reference.
(Tue Jul 2, 2002 - 8:40:34 am)
Decoy:
If it keeps you coming back its worth it.
(Tue Jul 2, 2002 - 8:41:25 am)
Cushca:
Ahhh. Bless.
(Tue Jul 2, 2002 - 8:46:42 am)
Mrs Dr GB:
Hey, Bird. The wee boy got his exam results. You know: the wee boy who's going out with the scrawny stick insect with the gypsy tart mother. Anyway: he got a 2:1. Good for him.
(Tue Jul 2, 2002 - 8:52:30 am)
Decoy:
2.1 out of what?
(Tue Jul 2, 2002 - 8:58:21 am)
Decoy:
Wait, thats a 2:1, with a colon. It still means nothing to me.
(Tue Jul 2, 2002 - 8:59:08 am)
Mrs Dr GB:
University grades. They have funny colons in their marking because it sets them apart from people who just go to college. Like me. And the Bird. See what a lack of a university education can do for a person.
(Tue Jul 2, 2002 - 9:01:12 am)
Chewing Wax:
I don't understand the British education system at all. With the A levels and the O levels and the hey hey you're a labourer.
(Tue Jul 2, 2002 - 9:03:04 am)
Mrs Dr GB:
No-one understands the British education system. It's deliberately confusing so that people can say "I got a first at Oxford" and although no-one knows what it means, they know they're meant to be impressed or they'll look stupid. It's great.
(Tue Jul 2, 2002 - 9:05:46 am)
Chewing Wax:
I don't feel so bad then. Hello.
(Tue Jul 2, 2002 - 9:06:29 am)
Decoy:
Aren't colleges a part of a university. What would that be different over there? Like my school was called University College at Potsdam. I got a first in the back seat of my mom's car.
(Tue Jul 2, 2002 - 9:06:30 am)
Decoy:
Well, I wont lose sleep over that. That's what puppies are for. Wax, I tried to call you last night. It was busy.
(Tue Jul 2, 2002 - 9:08:52 am)
Chewing Wax:
Really? What time? I was at that stupid Indians/Bisons exhibition until 9:15. Any good news?
(Tue Jul 2, 2002 - 9:13:48 am)
Decoy:
8:30. I didn't know if you went to the ballpark, I assumed you had and then gave up. Oh well. Pretty much just wanted to complain about things in general. The usual ANSORS type stuff.
(Tue Jul 2, 2002 - 9:21:32 am)
Decoy:
I assumed you had ... settled in for a long call with Sleepy or something ... and then gave up.
(Tue Jul 2, 2002 - 9:22:56 am)