...is just an anonymous alias.
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My Mother would be in mourning today... she just adored Buddy Holly.
Awesome!!!
What will they think of next to give us a good laugh!! LOL
Have you ever googled "global warning," Mariner?
I did when I had this same discussion with one of my sisters a few months ago. IMO, what we have here is too much information.
I think discussing the pros and cons will go on long after we're gone... much like the theory of evolution, however... it will never be resolved.
I'll remember that next time I go gambling, Lacy... play the maximum amount. Up to now, I played different amounts not knowing the best "strategy." All those bells and whistles always confused me... LOL
Hey, get this...I just had a conversation with my broker and he was telling me about a local guy hitting a million dollars on a $20.00 scratch-off. So far, he's paid off IRS, bought two new cars and paid all his bills...he'll invest the balance.
The only time I buy scratch-off tickets is when we're travelling and stop for gas...then I generally buy a few at each stop but only the $2.00 tickets... perhaps I should be investing more, eh?
Good Morning Everybody...
We have another wet, messy day here but my car needs washing anyway so I may as well get out and do a little shopping (for groceries).
Walk, he was on again this morning but don't have a clue what message he sought to impart this time as I didn't listen to him. I did read in the paper that he got himself in trouble again when he mentioned Las Vegas in a speech. Did you hear/read about that?
Thanks for letting me know, Rob.
I'd exchanged a few PMs with him the last year...he'd told me of his condition but he never complained. May he Rest In Peace...
Oh Missy, I'm so very sorry. My heartfelt sympathy to you and Bill's family.
Y'all better be careful now...was enjoying myself doing normal household stuff, glancing at the ticker on CNBC occasionally, had the audio on but wasn't really listening until I heard a familiar whiney voice AGAIN.
Yeah, the Mouth is on again. Audio is off.
My good mood is gone...
...so watch it all y'all. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
(wish he'd stfu)
Have a good one, Walk! I'm going for a walk to cool off.
Ain't that the truth. She didn't do it for the publicity either...like so many celebrities do.
I wouldn't...
LOL
Where are you??
She's prolly holed up somewhere with the Pink Pickle...
hehehehehehehe
I have kin there...their house was flooded but they stayed after receiving help from Joan Kroc.
Remember this:
Widow of McDonald's founder named as anonymous donor to flood victims
By Wayne Wangstad Tribune (USA); 20th May 1997
The Angel with deep pockets who gave $15 million to Grand Forks and East Grand Forks flood victims hails from West St. Paul and has been giving big to charitable causes for more than 20 years. That Joan Kroc, widow and third wife of McDonalds Corp. founder Ray Kroc, reportedly is the anonymous donor should come as no surprise because she has doled out well over $125 million to various organizations, often spontaneously.
Her wealth is estimated at $1.7 billion, which means she ranks among the wealthiest people in the world. But Kroc is not your average billionaire: She was kicked out of a Humboldt High School music class in St. Paul for playing boogie woogie when she should have been listening to a symphony.
When she lived on West St. Paul's Imperial Drive she was an aspiring speed skater until she finished last in the St. Paul Winter Carnival Races on Lake Como. And she once played piano and organ, skills she acquired in high school, at the well-known Criterion Restaurant on University Ave. until 1978, when it was destroyed by fire. It was at the Criterion that she met Kroc.
For some time there has been speculation in Grand Forks, East Grand Forks and elsewhere that the Angel was indeed Kroc or talk show hostess Oprah Winfrey. It took two Grand Forks Herald reporters to unmask Kroc as the flood victims' benefactor.
The revelation did not sit well in Grand Forks when it was published Monday because Kroc had sought anonymity and authorities were determined to abide by the request. All the reporters did was check Grand Forks International Airport records. They determined Kroc's Gulfstream IV jet was at the airport on Saturday and her credit card was used to purchase fuel. Next, they checked with some elected officials and determined Kroc was given a tour of the flood-devastated cities.
North Dakota Gov. Ed Shafer declined to comment, as did several officials in Grand Forks and East Grand Forks. A source the Grand Forks Herald quoted as confirming Kroc as the benefactor, Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., denied Monday that he had confirmed her name.
Jim Durkin, Grand Forks Herald managing editor, said when reporters sought confirmation from people who knew the Angel's identity, "virtually none of them denied it was her (Kroc). That's not to say they confirmed it, but but no one said, `you are wrong.'" When a Pioneer Press reporter called KCNN Radio in Grand Forks, his request for reaction to Kroc's disclosure was unknowingly put on the air, and announcer Jim Bollman declared: "We are not mentioning that name on the air...we made a pledge to not have that name on the air. We are sorry that you as a reporter had to do that...we are taking you off the air." Kevin Dean, KCNN news director, who was less abrupt, explained: "Reaction here has been negative to identifying her. Most people who call and talk to us are displeased that the Grand Forks Herald has put this name with the angel. We have had numerous calls about the issue, and every mention sparks a new flurry of calls." Durkin replied, "I understand there were a fair number of people who were unhappy with us, but I don't know if that reflects the community as a whole. I can say of the calls we received, there were as many in support as there were against what we had done. I question how she expected to maintain her anonimity when she came here." It was at the Criterion in the 1950s that she met Ray Kroc, a milk-shake salesman from Chicago. At the time, both were married. A year earlier, Ray Kroc had purchased a drive-in started by brothers Mac and Dick McDonald. In 1969, Ray and Joan were married. He died in January 1984.
Kroc could not be contacted Monday, but her philanthropic activities date at least to 1976, when she founded Operation Cork to promote awareness of chemical dependency and its impact on families. In 1983, the Joan B. Kroc Foundation was formed to expand on Operation Cork programs. Another foundation, Our Children Fund, was established to study relationships between chemical dependency and family violence and child abuse.
During an interview several years ago about Operation Cork, Kroc said she and her husband consumed alcohol and served it in their San Diego home, but that neither had ever had a problem with the substance. "I don't think you have to have been there to care," she told a Pioneer Press reporter, a comment that has been her apparent motto through her years of philanthropy, and is evident in her contribution to flood victims.
When she was in the Twin Cities in 1984, Kroc announced a $6.9 million donation for a sports facility at the Hazelden Foundation in Center City. The gift would help study addiction and chemical dependency among athletes.
Kroc has given $12 million to Notre Dame University, $10 million to build a hospice in San Diego, $5 million for AIDS research, $3 million for San Diego's homeless, more than $3 million to the San Diego Zoo, $3 million to a scholarship program and $1 million to the Democratic National Committee. One of her largest, if not the largest gifts, came in 1995 when she contributed $50 million to Ronald McDonald Children's Charities in memory of her husband. It was the largest single gift the RMCC had received.
The organization operates 166 Ronald McDonald Houses around the world, and Kroc at the time said it "has brought light to children who seek hope, encouraged scientists to search for cures and provided a haven for parents whose children are undergoing treatment far from home." Last year alone she gave away $33 million.
The $15 million Kroc donated for Grand Forks and East Grand Forks was not enough to cover the original intent of giving $2,000 to those who were in mandatory evacuation areas and had major needs. As of May 8, more than 11,000 households had applied, and residents of some areas that had mandatory evacuation had not had a chance to apply.
A second anonymous donor contributed $5 million, to be given in $1,000 allotments, but still not all who applied will receive money. Kroc still travels to the Twin Cities to visit her sister, who lives in Mendota, and several friends. But she keeps a low profile while here.
Hmmmmmmmmm... could it be??
Exxon upgraded:
Exxon Mobil($XOM) upgraded at BofA/Merrill to Buy from Neutral. Valuation call. Longer term, XOM faces challenges as production skews towards gas versus oil, Bank of America/Merrill Lynch said. Price target set at $82.
http://www.thestreet.com/story/10672349/3/exxon-mobil-analysts-upgrades-downgrades.html
Whaaaat? You don't like my picture? Doncha think I'm purdy?
Uh Oh... I remember when the Red River flooded all of eastern N.D. a few years ago. I hope history doesn't repeat itself.
I KNOW you'd never let me down, Mn... that's a given! LOL
Go forth, young man...you are cleansed.
Ha! Ha! Very good, Larry...
...see pm
Well?????
How time flies...I just checked, Alpine. Exxon's last split went into effect July, 19, 2001.
PPS was $88.80.
Alpine, my personal opinion is it won't be anytime soon. I'd have to check when the last split occurred...but just off the top of my head I believe it was at least 3 years ago.
Repeat after me:
I do not act in anger or nurse a grudge or speak ill of NovoMira. I rid my heart of all deceit. I never give a hollow greeting of peace and I never turn away when somebody needs my love. I speak the truth with heart and tongue especially in reference to the beautiful, intelligent NovoMira who is the fairest lady in all of iHub.
Amen
Yesssssssss! I remember the Good And Fruity candy now after seeing the package in that link!!
We weren't allowed to watch TV very much at all when I was growing up... don't remember if my Dad thought it might corrupt us or what...
Ha Ha...I wonder what he'd think of some of the TV series today. Like BIG LOVE which I watched last night.
I looked at several Welk videos before I found this classic...
...snif (makes me homesick)
Ahahahaha! That's our Dubi!!
Tells it like it is...
Not unless you want to get arrested. LOL
Hah! Would you believe they didn't get TV until sometime in the early or mid-fifties! True.
I think my parents got their first TV around 1955.
I'm putting it on my grocery list albeit I don't like licorice very much.
No, but they both were Russian-German immigrants too... ah one, ah two, ah tree. LOL
I try to be good here for Dubi's sake.
BTW, where is Dubi these days...in hiding?
Yep, I replied to your reply after you replied to my edit and you replied after I replied to your reply...
I'll have to try it now. Do they still make it?
You'll have to remember where I was raised (N.D.)...they prolly thought it was useless to advertise there...
...like it's a foreign country or something.
I've heard some Italians talk like that...
Or perhaps I should say some New Yawkers who aren't Jewish talk the same way. Am not ridiculing anybody...after all my grandparents sounded just like Lawrence Welk. LOL
You've got a point there...
...if it ran Charlie's train and rang his bell...sounds like the right choice.
Oh, what I could do with that but I'll behave...for now.
Susie...I can't resist...
An attractive blonde from Cork , Ireland arrived at the casino. She seemed a little intoxicated and bet twenty-thousand Euros on a single roll of the dice.
She said, 'I hope you don't mind, but I feel much luckier when I'm completely nude'.
With that, she stripped from the neck down, rolled the dice and with an Irish brogue yelled, 'Come on, baby, Mama needs new clothes!'
As the dice came to a stop, she jumped up and down and squealed...'YES! YES! I WON, I WON!'
She hugged each of the dealers and then picked up her winnings and her clothes and quickly departed.
The dealers stared at each other dumbfounded.
Finally, one of them asked, 'What did she roll?'
The other answered, 'I don't know - I thought you were watching.'
MORAL OF THE STORY -
Not all Irish are drunks,
not all blondes are dumb,
but all men...are men.
Gracias, Ron.
On my computer (Mac), it's a blue X.
Did you see my edit?