A place for the discussion of all things not closely related to the sport and its competitive side. (Locked down several times a year during the major championships)
I just switched to the new Google browser called 'Chrome'. Seems better (fewer crashes, user-friendliness, compatibility with other programs) than my current choice, Firefox, which I thought much better than my old IE.
tandfman wrote:Charles Darwin was born 200 years ago today.
Not the only one of course.
That is correct! The day is usually celebrated for Abe Lincoln, not Darwin. I wonder why this weekend is "Presidents' Day" weekend instead of Lincoln's weekend? That holiday usually came a week after Lincoln's birthday. Besides, I was born 170 years after the two gentlemen.
Marlow wrote:Not to initiate a political debate, but I saw a poll yesterday, which says that Ronald Reagen is considered a 'greater' President than Lincoln . . .
Who did the poll? There's an organization whose goal l is to have a memorial to Reagan in every county in the US. He's the Second Coming to them.
Marlow wrote:Not to initiate a political debate, but I saw a poll yesterday, which says that Ronald Reagen is considered a 'greater' President than Lincoln . . .
Who did the poll? There's an organization whose goal l is to have a memorial to Reagan in every county in the US. He's the Second Coming to them.
tandfman wrote:Charles Darwin was born 200 years ago today.
Not the only one of course.
That is correct! The day is usually celebrated for Abe Lincoln, not Darwin. I wonder why this weekend is "Presidents' Day" weekend instead of Lincoln's weekend? That holiday usually came a week after Lincoln's birthday. Besides, I was born 170 years after the two gentlemen.
tlb747 wrote:That is correct! The day is usually celebrated for Abe Lincoln, not Darwin.
Not to initiate a political debate, but I saw a poll yesterday, which says that Ronald Reagen is considered a 'greater' President than Lincoln . . .
Too funny.
I have the good fortune to work at a place that still has Lincoln's B-Day as a holiday (along with President's day on Monday instead of Washington's B-Day on the 22nd - go figure!).
So happy birthday Abe and Charles! (Both of whom were born about three weeks after one Edgar Allen Poe back in 1809.)
tlb747 wrote:That is correct! The day is usually celebrated for Abe Lincoln, not Darwin.
Not to initiate a political debate, but I saw a poll yesterday, which says that Ronald Reagen is considered a 'greater' President than Lincoln . . .
no problem with that
reagan's escalating arms race broke the soviet bank in trying to keep up & destroyed communism & selfishly, removed the soviet threat to western europe
if someone called him the greatest ever, as a european, i woudn't disagree
He was a very likeable girl - it's just that I can think of at least 10 others, from the original George W, through Teddy, to Franklin, through, ugh, yes, Clinton.
tandfman wrote:Charles Darwin was born 200 years ago today.
Not the only one of course.
That is correct! The day is usually celebrated for Abe Lincoln, not Darwin. I wonder why this weekend is "Presidents' Day" weekend instead of Lincoln's weekend? That holiday usually came a week after Lincoln's birthday. Besides, I was born 170 years after the two gentlemen.
Actually what we celebrate as "Presidents' Day" federal holiday is technically still a holiday observing Washington's birthday. Lincoln gets his own holiday in a few states (including my native Illinois -- I think a few years in school we got out on Lincoln's birthday, celebrated on Feb 12th every year and also for the federal holiday...unfortunately, schools eventually started opting out of several federal holidays.)
Wednesday night I was going to trim my full beard into the Lincoln style that you see in all of those pictures but messed up and had to go clean-shaven (young Lincoln?). Oh well.
bad hammy wrote:I have the good fortune to work at a place that still has Lincoln's B-Day as a holiday (along with President's day on Monday instead of Washington's B-Day on the 22nd - go figure!).
Texas state employees get LBJ's birthday and Confederate Heroes Day (formerly known as Robert E Lee's birthday). I imagine they'll get W's bday when he kicks the the bucket.
