sixties and seventies

MONDAY – a holiday here in the US

Today is Independence Day in The Gambia. This is the National Day of The Gambia and marks independence from Britain on 18 February 1965. Located on the west coast of Africa, The Gambia is the smallest country on mainland Africa.

Groundhog Steals Farmer’s Crop, Eats It In Front of His Security Camera

Jeff Permar decided to start a garden plot in a new spot outside his home in Delaware. But, much to his dismay, as the fruits of his labor were almost ready to harvest, they began to disappear. Apparently, a thief was afoot. He decided to set a camera up near his garden to catch the mystery thief in the act to know who he had to blame. When he finally reviewed the footage, Permar saw this – an adorably chubby groundhog munching away on his veggies.

Q: How many Facebook members does it take to change a light bulb?

1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed.

14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently.

7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.

6 to argue over whether it’s ‘lightbulb’ or ‘light bulb’.

Another 6 to condemn those 6 as stupid.

22 to tell THOSE 6 to stop being jerks.

5 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is ‘lamp.’

15 know-it-alls who claim they were in the industry, and that ‘light bulb’ is perfectly correct.

49 to post memes and gifs (several are of Michael Jackson eating popcorn with the words added, “I’m 

just here for the comments.”)

19 to post that this page is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a light bulb page.

11 to defend the posting to this page saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant here.

24 to discuss the merits of LED/swirly fluorescent light bulbs

44 to claim LED and fluorescent bulbs will kill you.

12 to post F.

8 to ask what F means.

7 to post ‘Following’ but there are 3 dots at the top right which means you don’t have to.

15 to say “can’t share”

2 to reply “can’t share just copy-paste”

36 people to post pics of their own light bulbs.

15 People to post “I can’t see S$%^!” and use their own light bulbs.

6 to report the post or PM an admin because someone said “f÷×$”

4 to say “Didn’t we go through this already a short time ago?”.

13 to say “Do a search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs.”

3 Admins to ban the light bulb posters who took it all too seriously.

1 late arrival to comment on the original post 6 months later and start it all over again.

And then somebody announces they are leaving the group over the light bulb post, and someone replies back that this isn’t an airport, so no need to announce your departure.

today is the birthday, in 1946, of J. Geils.

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WEDNESDAY in the middle of the week

Today is Sovereignty Day in Serbia. Sovereignty Day of Serbia (Dan državnosti Srbije) is celebrated on February 15th. It is a two-day holiday and is the National Day of Serbia. It marks the anniversary of the First Serbian Uprising (against Turkish rule) in 1804 and the first Serbian Constitution in 1835. It wasn’t until 1867 that the last Turkish troops left Serbia.

Life is like a box of chocolates…

France has some beautiful architecture. It also has the other kind…

Today is the birthday, in 1947, of David Brown, longtime bass player with Santana.

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MONDAY following the superbowl

Today is Lincoln’s Birthday, a public holiday is some states in the USA. It commemorates the birth of Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States on February 12th, 1809 in Hodgenville, Kentucky.

Mostly in men…

EXCEL

For Excel users – the rest of you can skip this section

Today is the birthday, in 1942, of Peter Tork, American musician with The Monkees who were brought together for an American TV series in 1966. They had the 1967 UK & US No.1 single ‘I’m A Believer’ plus other hits including ‘Last Train to Clarksville’, ‘Pleasant Valley Sunday’, and ‘Daydream Believer’. Tork was diagnosed with a rare form of tongue cancer in 2009. He died on February 21, 2019 age 77.

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FRIDAY is HERE!

Today is the Feast of St. Paul’s Shipwreck – a public holiday in Malta. It commemorates when St. Paul was said to have been shipwrecked on Malta in 60AD.

Nothing to add here…

Tiktok…

SIGNS!

I saw yesterday that Burt Bacharach has passed away. This is one of his many, many hits sung here by Dusty Springfield.

Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, sixties and seventies

THURSDAY or something like that

Today is St. Maroun’s Day in Lebanon, the founder of the Maronite Church. Maroun was a priest who later became a hermit, retiring to the Taurus Mountains in the region of Cyrrhus, near Antioch.

President Franklin

Today is the birthday, in 1942, of Carole King, US singer, songwriter who wrote many songs with Gerry Goffin including the 1962 UK No.3 & US No.22 single, ‘It Might As Well Rain Until September’. Her 1970 US No.1 album ‘Tapestry’ has sold over 15 million copies and became a Grammy award winner in 71.

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