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from: The White Donkey Society November 24, 2004 ~TRAILS of INSPIRATION~ THANKSGIVING http://www.riversongs.net/thgiv/bump/thankcorn.html A NEW TOUCH http://www.alighthouse.com/touch4.htm "Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life." - Herbert Henry Asquith "Last week, I stated this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister and now wish to withdraw that statement." - Mark Twain Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself. - Robert Green Ingersoll "You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present "Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the "The best angle from which to approach any problem is We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship. --- Omar N. Bradley ~TRAILS of KNOWLEDGE~ The First This historic proclamation was issued by George Washington during his first year as President. It sets aside Thursday, November 26 as "A Day of Publick Thanksgiving anf Prayer." Signed by Washington on While there were Thanksgiving observances in After their first harvest, the colonists of the Plymouth Plantation held a celebration of food and feasting in the fall of 1621. Indian chiefs Massassoit, Squanto and Samoset joined in the celebration with ninety of their men in the three-day event. The first recorded Thanksgiving observance was held on During the 1700s, it was common practice for individual colonies to observe days of thanksgiving throughout each year. A Thanksgiving Day two hundred years ago was a day set aside for prayer and fasting, not a day marked by plentiful food and drink as is today's custom. Later in the 18th century each of the states periodically would designate a day of thanksgiving in honor of a military victory, an adoption of a state constitution or an exceptionally bountiful crop. Such a Thanksgiving Day celebration celebration was held in December of 1777 by the colonies nationwide, commemorating the surrender of British General Burgoyne at Later, on In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt moved the holiday to the third Thursday of November (to extend the Christmas shopping season and boost the economy). After a storm of protest,
~TRAILS of HE-HAWS~
#1 Bill was a frequent user of a pay telephone at a popular truck stop, and was greatly inconvenienced when the phone went out of commission.Repeated requests for repair brought only promises. After several days, Bill again contacted the phone company and told them there was no longer a rush. The phone was now working fine... except that all money was being returned upon completion of each call. #2 A repairman arrived within the hour! On a busy Friday night at the restaurant where I'd recently started waiting tables, the owner suddenly emerged from the kitchen and handed me money."We're in trouble!" He said. "We're out of quarters, and customers are waiting. Go next door and get me $40 worth.''I ran to the supermarket next door, but a cashier said she wasn't allowed to give out that many quarters. Determined, I sprinted to a convenience store two blocks away, but it was closed. At a gas station farther down the road, the clerk took pity and gave me the four rolls of quarters. Twenty minutes after I'd left, I handed the coin rolls to my boss. "Where are the quarters?" He asked."Right here," I said breathlessly. His face sank. "I meant chicken quarters." Mildred was a 93 year old woman who was particularly despondent over the recent death of her husband Earl. She decided that she would just kill herself and join him in death. "I've got good news and bad news. The good news is that you'll be getting double rations tonight." The mumbling of the happy slaves was interrupted by the bellowing of the slave driver. "The bad news is that the commander's son wants to water ski tomorrow morning." |
