Hank's Thoughts
Well, Yes --
I know it's Daylight Saving Time now -- but I can't say I am 100% happy about it.
When the clock says 7 a.m. it's really only six, and I need another hour's sleep.
I suppose the extra hour of sunshine and daylight at the close of day makes up for the early morning irritation.
Another gripe -- when the clock says it's noon, my tummy isn't really ready to eat; it has gotten used to eating at noon on the old time.
We must live with it, along with dozens of zany laws imposed upon us by the government -- but we don't have to like it.
Call me a cranky dinosaur if you like, but I prefer going back to the old way of telling time.
See the Betcha' Didn't Know for an important comment on this.
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Greetings!
It's The Ides of March !!
The Ides of March is the name given to
March 15th by the ancient
Romans on their calendars. In those days, the 15th day of each of the months of March, May, July, and October
was known as the Ides.
The
Ides of March was a festive day dedicated to the god Mars, and a military parade was usually held.
The Senate in Rome held a special
session on that day in 44 BC, wherein several of the Senators, disgruntled with Caesar,
murdered him with many daggers.
In modern times, the term Ides of March is best known
as the quotation in William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar. A soothsayer warned Caesar to Beware the Ides of March, but
self-confident Caesar chose to ignore the warning.
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Also ....... St. Patrick's Day Approaches
St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17, the Saint's religious feast day
and the anniversary of his death in the fifth century. The Irish have
observed this day as a religious holiday for over a thousand years. On
St. Patrick's Day, which falls during the Christian season of Lent,
Irish families would traditionally attend church in the morning and
celebrate in the afternoon.
Lenten prohibitions against eating meat were waived, and people would dance, drink and feast -- on the
traditional meal of Irish bacon and cabbage.
We eat corned beef instead of the bacon these days, and the taverns and bars celebrate a very busy evening serving green beer!
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Betcha' Didn't Know...
In the typical televised football game the viewer can watch
11 minutes of actual play. The rest of
the 174 minutes, you see ads, huddles, replays, and milling about between
snaps. .....from Wall St.
Journal
There are more than 1,095,425,500 Internet Users in the world, increasing two per second.
Farmers are some of the biggest critics of Daylight Saving Time, claiming it disrupts cows' milking schedules.
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On The Lighter Side
A little girl was diligently pounding away on her grandfather's word processor. She told him she was writing a story. "What's it about?" he asked. "I don't know," she replied. "I can't read."
John Lennon was once quoted as saying that life is what
happens when you're busy making other plans.
"It's not what you look
at that matters, it's what you see." - Henry David Thoreau
Life may not be the
party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance!
Minds are like parachutes -- not much good unless they are open.
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