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"Friends are God's way of taking care of us."
These  are clean jokes. However,
They are,
PG - Not intended for  younger readers - PG

I always know God won't give me more than I can handle,
but there are times I wish He didn't trust me quite so much.


God, grant me the Senility to forget the people
I never liked ,
The good fortune to run into the ones I do,
And the eyesight to tell the difference.

TUESDAY  NOVEMBER 13,2007


THOUGHT FOR TODAY: "If the Creator had a purpose in equipping
us with a neck, he surely meant us to stick it out."-Arthur Koestler


ROBIN WILLIAMS PLAN
1. The US will apologize to the world for our "interference" in their affairs, past &
     present. You know, Hitler, Mussolini, Tojo, Norieaga, Milosovitch and the rest of
     those "good ole boys." We will never "interfere" again.

2. We will withdraw our troops from all over the world, starting with Germany,
      South Korea and the Philippines. They don't want us there. We would station   
      our troops at our borders. No sneaking through holes in the fence.

   3. All illegal aliens have 90 days to get their affairs together and leave. We'll give
        them a free trip home. After 90 days the remainder will be gathered up and   
        deported immediately, regardless of who or where they are. France would
        welcome them.

    4. All future visitors will be thoroughly checked and limited to 90 days unless
         given a special permit. No one from a terrorist nation would be allowed in.
         If you don't like it there, change it yourself and don't hide here. Asylum would
         never be available to anyone. We don't need any more cab drivers or 7-11
         cashiers.

     5. No "students" over age 21. The older ones are the bombers. If they don't
         attend classes, they get a "D" and it's back home baby.

     6. The US will make a strong effort to become self-sufficient energy wise. This
          will include developing non-polluting sources of energy but will require a
          temporary drilling of oil in the Alaska wilderness. The caribou will have to
          cope for a while.

      7. Offer Saudi Arabia and other oil producing countries $10 a barrel for their oil.
           If they don't like it, we go someplace else. They can go somewhere else to
           sell their production. (About a week of the wells filling up the storage sights
           would be enough.)   

      8. If there is a famine or other natural catastrophe in the world, we would not    
           "interfere." They can pray to Allah or whomever, for seeds, rain, cement or   
            whatever they need. Besides most of what we give them is stolen or given
            to the army. The people who need it most get very little, if anything.

      9. Ship the UN Headquarters to an isolated island someplace. We don't need       
            the spies and fair weather friends here. Besides, the building would make a
            good homeless shelter or lockup for illegal aliens.          

      10. All Americans must go to charm and beauty school. That way, no one can
             call us "Ugly Americans" any longer.

              The Language we speak is ENGLISH.....learn it.....or LEAVE....

              The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying "Give me your poor, your tired,
               your huddled masses." She's got a baseball bat and she's yelling, "You
               want a piece of me?"
~
norm
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It would be nice to see our people FED,GOOD SCHOOLS, CHEAP MEDICATIONS
& new good paying jobs on
this side of the border.......Jim
$$$$$

Sitting on a branch overlooking the parking lot, the pigeons
watched as a Jaguar pulled in below them. "What do you think?"
one bird said to the other. "Should we put a deposit on that
car?"
~~~~~~~~~~~
Dianne Feinstein ripped Arnold Schwarzenegger for using assault
weapons onscreen and she accused him of setting a bad example.
That's not fair. Is Arnold or is he not the first German to play
the good guy in a Hollywood movie since World War I?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A woman pulls up to a red light behind one other car. She notices
the driver of the car in front of her is talking on his cell phone
and appears to be shuffling through some papers on the seat beside
him.

The light turns green, but the man doesn't notice. The woman
waits, but the man still doesn't notice the light change. The
woman begins pounding on her steering wheel and yelling at the man
to move. The man doesn't move.
     
The woman is going ballistic inside her car, ranting and raving at
the man, pounding on her steering wheel and dash. The light turns
yellow. The woman begins to blow the car horn and scream curses at
the man.
     
The man hearing the commotion, looks up, sees the yellow light and
accelerates through the intersection just as the light turns red.
     
The woman is beside herself, screaming in frustration as she
misses her chance to get through the intersection.
     
As she is still in mid-rant she hears a tap on her window and
looks up into the barrel of a gun held by a very serious looking
policeman.

The policeman tells her to shut off her car while keeping both
hands in sight.
     
She complies, speechless at what is happening.
     
After she shuts off the engine the policeman orders her to exit
her car with her hands up. She gets out of the car and he orders
her to turn and place her hands on her car. She turns, places her
hands on the car roof and quickly is cuffed and hustled into the
patrol car.

She is too bewildered by the chain of events to ask any questions.
    
She is driven to the police station where she is fingerprinted,
photographed, searched, booked and placed in a cell.
     
After a couple of hours a policeman approaches the cell and opens
the door for her. She is escorted back to the booking desk where
the original officer is waiting with her personal effects.
    
He hands her the bag containing her things, and says, "I'm really
sorry for this mistake. But you see, I pulled up behind your car
while you were blowing your horn and cussing a blue streak at the
car in front of you. Then I noticed the 'Choose Life' license
plate holder, the 'Follow Me to Sunday School' bumper sticker, and
the chrome plated Christian fish emblem on the trunk. So naturally
I assumed you had stolen the car."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Husband, upon meeting ex- after two years of separation, "Listen
honey, why don't we have a few drinks, dinner, go to my apartment
and really make love?"

"Over my dead body!"

"You haven't changed a bit."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Taco Bell will run a poll on the California governor's race by
counting food orders. Order a beef taco and it's a vote for
Arnold Schwarzenegger, a chicken taco and it's a vote for Gray
Davis. Make a Run for the Border and it's Cruz Bustamante.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
August is back to school month for many students. Elementary kids
are loaded with the three R’s. Readin’, ‘ritin’, and Ritalin.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you think a fixed income is bad, just wait til you get the
repair bill!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Harry, a TV repairman, was called to fix a television set that
had neither sound nor picture. Left alone in the room, Harry
spotted the cause immediately: the set was unplugged. Harry faced
a dilemma: one part of him said he shouldn't charge the woman;
the other insisted he be paid for his time. Finally, he presented
her with a minimum-charge service bill, which read: "Restored
isolated connecting cable to primary power source. $25."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On a tour of Virginia Beach, the Pope took a couple of days off to visit
the coast for some sightseeing. He was cruising along the beach in the
pope-mobile when there was a frantic commotion just off shore. A
helpless man, wearing a Clemson jersey, was struggling frantically to
free himself from the jaws of a 25-foot shark.

As the pope watched, horrified, a speedboat came racing up with three
men wearing Va Tech jerseys. One quickly fired a harpoon into the
sharks' side. The other two reached out and pulled the bleeding
semiconscious Clemson Tiger from the water. Then using long clubs, the
three beat the shark to death and hauled it, too, into the boat.

Immediately the Pope shouted and summoned them to the beach. "I give
you my blessing for your brave actions," he told them. "I heard that
there were some bitter hatred between The Va. Tech Hokies and The
Clemson Tigers but now I have seen with my own eyes that this is not
true."

As the Pope drove off, the harpooner asked his buddies "Who was that"?

"It was the Pope," one replied. "He is in direct contact with God and
has access to all of God's wisdom."

"Well," the harpooner said, "he may have access to God's wisdom, but he
doesn't know much about shark fishing. Is the bait holding up O.K., or
do we need to get another one?"
~~~~~~~~~~~
Below is an article written by Rick Reilly for Sports Illustrated.
He details his experiences when given the opportunity to fly in an
F-14D Tomcat.

Now this message is for America's most famous athletes: Someday
you may be invited to fly in the back-seat of one of your
country's most powerful fighter jets. Many of you already have--
John Elway, John Stockton, Tiger Woods to name a few. If you get
this opportunity, let me urge you, with the greatest sincerity:

Move to Guam. Change your name. Fake your own death. Whatever you
do, do not go. I know.

The U.S. Navy invited me to try it. I was thrilled. I was pumped.
I was toast!

I should've known when they told me my pilot would be Chip (Biff)
King of Fighter Squadron 213 at Naval Air Station Oceana in
Virginia Beach. Whatever you're thinking a Top Gun named Chip
(Biff) King looks like, triple it.

He's about six-foot, tan, ice-blue eyes, wavy surfer hair, finger-
crippling handshake-the kind of man who wrestles dyspeptic
alligators in his leisure time. If you see this man, run the other
way. Fast. Biff King was born to fly.

His father, Jack King, was for years the voice of NASA missions.
("T-minus 15 seconds and counting...." Remember?) Chip would
charge neighborhood kids a quarter each to hear his dad. Jack
would wake up from naps surrounded by nine-year-olds waiting for
him to say, "We have a liftoff."

Biff was to fly me in an F-14D Tomcat, a ridiculously powerful $60
million weapon with as much thrust as weight. I was worried about
getting airsick, so the night before the flight I asked Biff if
there was something I should eat the next morning.
"Bananas," he said.
"For the potassium?" I asked.
"No," Biff said, "because they taste about the same coming up as
they do going down."

The next morning, out on the tarmac, I had on my flight suit with
my name sewn over the left breast. (No call sign-like Crash or
Sticky or Leadfoot--but, still, very cool.) I carried my helmet in
the crook of my arm, as Biff had instructed. A fighter pilot named
Psycho gave me a safety briefing and then fastened me into my
ejection seat, which, when employed, would "egress" me out of the
plane at such a velocity that I would be immediately knocked
unconscious.

Just as I was thinking about aborting the flight, the canopy
closed over me, and Biff gave the ground crew a thumbs-up. In
minutes we were firing nose up at 600 mph. We leveled out and then
canopy- rolled over another F-14. Those 20 minutes were the rush
of my life.

Unfortunately, the ride lasted 80.

It was like being on the roller coaster at Six Flags Over Hell.
Only without rails. We did barrel rolls, sap rolls, loops, yanks
and banks.

We dived, rose and dived again, sometimes with a vertical velocity
of 10,000 feet per minute. We chased another F-14, and it chased
us. We broke the speed of sound. Sea was sky and sky was sea.
Flying at 200 feet we did 90-degree turns at 550 mph, creating a G
force of 6.5, which is to say I felt as if 6.5 times my body
weight was smashing against me.

And I egressed the bananas. I egressed the pizza from the night
before. And the lunch before that. I egressed a box of Milk Duds
from the sixth grade. I made Linda Blair look polite. Because of
the G's, I was egressing stuff that did not even want to be
egressed.

I went through not one airsick bag, but two. Biff said I passed
out. Twice. I was coated in sweat. At one point, as we were coming
in upside down in a banked curve on a mock bombing target and the
G's were flattening me like a tortilla and I was in and out of
consciousness, I realized I was the first person in history to
throw down.

I used to know cool. Cool was Elway throwing a touchdown pass, or
Norman making a five-iron bite. But now I really know cool. Cool
is guys like Biff, men with cast-iron stomachs and Freon nerves. I
wouldn't go up there again for Derek Jeter's black book, but I'm
glad Biff does every day, and for less money per year than a
rookie reliever makes in a home stand.

A week later, when the spins finally stopped, Biff called. He said
he and the fighters had the perfect call sign for me. Said he'd
send it on a patch for my flight suit.

What is it? I asked.

"Two Bags."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
GROANER
Far away in the tropical waters of the Caribbean, two prawns were
swimming around in the sea. One was called Justin and the other was
called Christian. Life was good, except that the prawns were constantly
being chased and threatened by sharks. Finally one day, Justin said to
Christian, "I'm tired of being a prawn. I wish I was a shark, then I
wouldn't have to worry about being eaten."

Just then a mysterious cod appeared and said, "Your wish is granted,"
and lo and behold, Justin turned into a shark. Horrified, Christian swam
off, afraid of being eaten up by his old friend.

Time went by and Justin found himself bored and lonely as a shark. All
his old pals were afraid of him and swam away whenever he came near.
Then one day he was out swimming and saw the mysterious cod.

"I want to be a prawn again," said Justin. "Please change me back!" And
lo and behold, the cod changed him back to a prawn. With tears of joy in
his little eyes, Justin swam to Christian's house and knocked on the
door. "It's me, Justin, your old friend! Come out and see me!" he
shouted.

"No," said Christian. "I'll not be tricked. You're a shark and you will
eat me!"

Justin cried back, "No, I'm not! That was the old me. I've changed. I've
found Cod, I'm a prawn again, Christian!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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**** COUNTRY CALENDAR ****

-13-

Jack Guthrie, singer/songwriter, cousin of Woody Guthrie, born Olive, OK 1915.

Jimmie Rodgers recorded "Hobo Bill's Last Ride," 1929.

Sonny Fisher, Rockabilly, born Tyler, TX 1931.

Buddy Killen, industry executive, born Florence, SC 1932.

Dick Flood, singer/songwriter, born Philadelphia, PA 1932.

Tracy Schwartz, of "The New Lost City Ramblers" born NYC 1938.

Ray Wylie Hubbard, singer/songwriter, born Soper, OK 1946.

Del Wood joined the Grand Ole Opry 1953.

Hank Snow topped the charts with "I Don't Hurt Anymore" 1954.

Ernest Tubb recorded "Home of the Blues," for Decca 1957.

Ferlin Husky's "Wings of a Dove" was the #1 country song 1960.

George Jones' single "Window Up Above," charted in 1960.

Ral Donner's single "Please Don't God" charted 1961.

Eddy Arnold's #1 single "Make The World Go Away" debuted on the charts 1965.

Little Jimmy Dickens #1 country single "May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose" debuted on Billboards Top 40 pop chart 1965.

Jerry Lee Lewis Jr. died 1973.

Alvin "Junior" Samples, age 57, died 1983. Member of the Hee Haw cast.

Bill Doggett, age 80, died 1996.

Cecil Blackwood, age 66, " Blackwood Brothers," died in Memphis in 2000.

Garth Brooks released "Scarecrow," 2001.

Hoyt Axton's "Gold" Collectables album was released 2001.

Ray Harris died 2003.

Nashville police arrested Wynonna Judd on a DUI charge 2003. Her blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit

 **** COUNTRY MUSIC NEWS ****

Celebration of Hank Thompson's life planned
 A celebration of Hank Thompson's life will be held on Nov. 14 st Billy Bob's Texas, 2520 Rodeo Plaza, Ft Worth, Texas, beginning at 2 p.m.
The country music singer died Nov. 6 at 80. 
 
His family requested that, in lieu of flowers, a donation in Hank's name be made to The Heart of Texas Country Music Museum, 1701 Bridge St, Brady, TX 76825.
 

Alabama teams up with Cracker Barrel on live disc


Monday, November 12, 2007 – Alabama, the most successful group in the history of country music with 42 number 1 singles, will release its final concert tour recordings through Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. "Alabama: The Last Stand," a collection of previously unreleased recordings made during Alabama's 2003 farewell tour, streets Nov. 13.
The disc will be available at all Cracker Barrel locations and online at crackerbarrel.com. The 12-song release features several of Alabama's biggest hits, including "The Closer You Get," "Old Flame," "Forty Hour Week," "Feels So Right" and "The Fans."
 
"There are magical moments on this CD because these songs come straight from my heart," said lead singer Randy Owen. "I remember seeing the lights on the crowd when we did 'Feels So Right'. We started the song with a piano, and the crowd went wild when we got to the melody. I feel like we owe it to our fans to share this music with them."
 
Through 3 decades of recording and touring, Alabama sold more than 73 million records. Shortly after signing their first record deal, Alabama charted its first number 1 single, beginning a string of 21 consecutive number 1 hits. The band received five consecutive "Entertainer Of The Year" awards from the Academy of Country Music. In 2005, Alabama was inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame.
 
"Having this CD at Cracker Barrel is a natural for us," said bassist Teddy Gentry. "I remember eating breakfast at Cracker Barrel when Randy told us we were being inducted into the Country Music Hall Of Fame. I am in Cracker Barrel just about every day, and we're proud to have our CD at Cracker Barrel."
 
"The Last Stand" is the fourth exclusive CD released by Cracker Barrel in 2007, following Josh Turner's "Live At The Ryman," Merle Haggard's "Working Man's Journey" and Lonestar's "My Christmas List."
 
"Cracker Barrel has great food, and I've noticed how people are always checking out the music in the store," said guitar and fiddle player Jeff Cook. "This is the first new record from Alabama in three years and I think it will do very well."
 
"This Alabama CD continues our tradition of offering unique country music to our guests," said Simon Turner, Cracker Barrel's Chief Marketing Officer. "Millions of people attended Alabama concerts during the band's three decades of touring. These songs will bring back the memories of a night filled with great music and entertainment."
 
Keith Urban And Carrie Underwood To Co-Headline
NASHVILLE, Tenn.
Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood are set to hit the road together next year. It'll be called "Love, Pain and the Whole Crazy Carnival Ride Tour." Urban's releasing his "Greatest Hits: 18 Kids" CD on November 20th. Underwood's new album "Carnival Ride" recently debuted at Number-1. She's won the last two CMA Female Vocalist of the Year awards. Some of the cities on the tour include New York; San Jose, California; Kansas City, Missouri; and Denver.

Eagles Land On Top
Country Music World
The Eagles new CD "Long Road out of Eden" is Number-1 on Billboard's country album chart. It's also on top of the Billboard 200 all-genre chart. Kenny Chesney's "Don't Blink" remains the top country song for a fifth straight week. Here's the rest of the Top 5: Dierks Bentley's "Free and Easy " is Number-2. Carrie Underwood's "So Small," is Number-3. Garth Brook's "More Than a Memory" is Number-4 and Clay Walker's "Fall" is Number-5.

Tim Mcgraw And Rascal Flatts
Country Music World
Tim McGraw is up for two People's Choice Awards. McGraw is a contender for favorite male singer, along with John Mayer and Justin Timberlake. Rascal Flatts is up for favorite group. Nominees in the favorite country song category are "I Need You" by McGraw and Faith Hill, "Never Wanted Nothing More" by Kenny Chesney and "Stand" by Rascal Flatts. The fan voted awards show airs on CBS January 8th.

Garth Brooks Concert
NASHVILLE, Tenn.
Garth Brooks is performing at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri, tonight. He and his wife Trisha Yearwood wrap up the series of concerts in KC on Wednesday. Brooks released his "The Ultimate Hits" project last Tuesday. Yearwood's new CD, "Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love" comes out this Tuesday.

George Strait's New Tour
NASHVILLE, Tenn.
George Strait is making plans to head out on tour early next year. The nationwide tour starts January 10th in Austin, Texas. A total of 19 shows are on the schedule so far. Little Big Town is going to be the opening act. Strait added to his long list of accomplishments by winning CMA Album of the Year for "It Just Comes Natural." Strait's been winning CMA Awards for more than 22 years which he says is still "unbelievable." In addition to his own trophies, Strait's hit song "Give It Away" won CMA Song of the Year honors for songwriters, Bill Anderson, Buddy Cannon and Jamie Johnson. Strait was inducted into the Country Music hall of Fame last year.

Sugarland On Tour
NASHVILLE, Tenn.
Sugarland's "Change for Change" tour is in New York this Wednesday. It's part of the CMT 2007 Tour, which includes Little Big Town and Jake Owen. It's Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush's first headlining tour. Bush says opening for Brooks and Dunn and Kenny Chesney taught them a lot about touring. Nettles says a lot of people are commenting about their latest single "Stay." She says its a song about loss and love. Sugarland is coming off their CMA Vocal Duo of the Year win last week.

The Judds To Reunite
NASHVILLE, Tenn.
Wynonna and Naomi Judd are reuniting for the 2008 Stagecoach Festival in Indio, California on May 3rd and 4th. The concert will also feature Carrie Underwood, Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts and Taylor Swift. Other confirmed artists include Gretchen Wilson, Dwight Yoakam, George Jones, Big and Rich, Dierks Bentley, Trace Adkins and Shooter Jennings. Last year's event drew 25,000 fans on the first day and 27,000 on its second day.

Taylor Swift To Perform At Sound And Speed Concert
NASHVILLE, tenn.
Taylor Swift and Jason Michael Carroll are the latest artists scheduled to play at the "Sound and Speed" concert in Nashville on January 12th. Swift won the CMA Horizon Award last Wednesday. Her latest single is "Our Song." Alan Jackson will headline the event which brings together NASCAR drivers and country artists for autographs, interview sessions and photographs.

New Music From Jerry Douglas
NASHVILLE, Tenn.
Musician Jerry Douglas says he's got two albums coming out next year, including one with Alison Krauss and Union Station. Douglas says he'll start recording a new album with Krauss and her band in the spring or early summer and that he'll release a solo album in April. He said he will also tour to support his upcoming solo project. Douglas won his third CMA trophy for Musician of the Year last Wednesday.

The Marshall Tucker Band Project
LOS ANGELES
The Marshall Tucker Band's "Carolina Dreams Tour '77" project comes out December 4th. It's a two CD-DVD set. The DVD is from the 1977 concert in Passaic, New Jersey's Capitol Theatre. Some of the band's hits include "Fire On The Mountain," "Take The Highway" and "Can't You See."

Great American Country Tv
NASHVILLE, Tenn.
Toby Keith is on "GAC Nights" tonight. The country channel catches up with Keith at his "Big Daddy Tour" stop in Hartford, Connecticut. Keith also talks about his upcoming Christmas project, his early days in the oil fields and his support for the military.

Country Music Television
NASHVILLE, Tenn.
CMT is re-telecasting the 41st CMA Awards show on November 22nd. The show originally aired on ABC. The three-hour event includes performances by Big and Rich, Brooks and Dunn, Kenny Chesney, Eagles, Reba McEntire performing with LeAnn Rimes, Brad Paisley and George Strait.


Today's Birthday
Singer Barbara Fairchild is 57.


**** Amy's Kitchen ****  

SWEET POTATO SOUFFLE   
 
3 cups cooked whole sweet potatoes  
1 cups sugar  
1/2 teaspoon salt  
2 eggs  
1/3 stick margarine  
1/2 cup milk  
1 teaspoon vanilla  

TOPPING:  
1 cup brown sugar  
1/3 cup flour  
1 cup chopped pecans  
1/3 stick margarine  

DIRECTIONS:  
Peel potatoes, slice and cook in water until tender. Beat  
with electric mixer until smooth. Add margarine, sugar, salt,  
eggs, milk and vanilla. Mix well (it looks thin). Pour into  
a greased casserole dish and bake at 400 degrees for 35 minutes  
or until it looks firm. Mix topping ingredients and cover top  
of potatoes. Bake 10 minutes or until brown.  



**** TODAY'S USELESS FACT ****

What is the world's fastest roller coaster?

If you like drag racing or taking off in a jet fighter, you'll
love the "Superman, the Escape" roller coaster at Magic Mountain
in Valencia, California. The first roller coaster to break the
100 mph barrier, it is currently the world's fastest roller
coaster. This high-speed ride launches 15-passenger cars from a
standstill to 100 mph in 7 seconds with a force of 4.5 Gs as it
heads skyward.

At the top, which is 42 stories high, riders experience 6.5
seconds of weightlessness and free-fall backward for the return
trip. The fastest inverted roller coaster is the "Raptor" at the
Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio. This gut-wrenching
ride features a "cobra roll" that flips passengers over, spirals
them upside down into a ISO-degree roll, and then repeats these
twisting movements in the reverse order, all at speeds of almost
60 mph. Cedar Point also has one of the fastest and steepest
stand-up roller coasters. Riders speed over part of a lagoon and,
among other thrills, experience four upside-down inversions at 60
mph while standing up.

The Cedar Point amusement park has more roller coasters than any
other amusement park. The park's 12 roller coasters are in
"The Guinness Book of Records" and the park is known as the
roller coaster capital of the world.

Before the advent of the roller coaster, people paid to drive
their cars over an undulating track.

Many weddings are performed on roller coasters, and one minister
specializes in such weddings.

Modern roller coasters take two to three years to design and cost
$8 million on up.

There is a market for used roller coasters. It is cheaper to take
one apart, move it, and reassemble it than to build a new one.

The longest roller coaster in the United States is the 1.4-
mile "Beast" at Kings Island, Ohio.

The oldest operating roller coaster in the United States is
the "Zippin Pippin" at Libertyland amusement park in Memphis,
Tennessee. It was built in 1915.

The origin of the roller coaster dates back to the 1700s when
Russians created "ice slides" at country fairs. The slide was a
steep drop made entirely of ice with a series of small bumps at
the end. Riders sat on a straw patch on top of a block of ice and
hung on to a rope tied to the ice block.

A French businessman who liked the idea decided to build an ice
slide in France. Unfortunately, the ice melted and he ended up
with a "slush slide." He then tried an all-weather version by
using a waxed wooden slope and a wooden sled with rollers on the
bottom. Because it took skill to use these sleds, there were many
accidents. As a result, a crude track was built to ensure that
the rider would descend in a straight line.

The beginnings of the American roller coaster come from the Mauch
Chunk Railway, originally devised as a transportation system for
coal mines. The mine was at the top of a mountain and the Mauch
Chunk port was 18 miles away, all downhill. The miners simply
loaded the coal cars and then pushed them off the top of the
mountain. Gravity did the rest and the cars eventually ended up
at the port.

Used for coal mining during the day, the Mauch Chunk Railway
became a pleasure ride at night. People paid one dollar to ride a
car down the main track. This "ride" exceeded today's roller
coasters, being an 18-mile ride at a speed of 100 mph. The railway
operated from 1870 until the 1930s with an exemplary safety
record.

Roller-coaster designs continued to evolve. Today's innovations
include corkscrews, loop-me-loops, suspended cars, inverted cars,
and stand-up coasters.

~source used: "Do Fish Drink Water?"
by Bill McLain


****A PARTING THOUGHT ****
Pity poor old George Washington. He couldn't blame his troubles on
the previous administration.

LAST CALL Y'ALL
The building-supply warehouse in our town identified accounts
by using the first three letters of the customer's last name, the first
three letters of his first name and a single digit representing how
many accounts he holds. One day when I went in to buy some
cement to fix a cracked tile, I joked with the cashier about my
husband's account name: BROKEN 2. "That's nothing," the
clerk beside us said. "Yesterday a man came in and said his
charge was for MURDER 1."
See y'all tomorrow

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