On this day

wolfgang59

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12 Mar 17 21:37

Kegge

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10 May 19 17:42

Maybe exchange phone numbers

No use, VR is too cowardly to call.

Very Rusty

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10 May 19 17:59

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@kegge said
No use, VR is too cowardly to call.

LOL...Kegge I bet you are one tough SOB on the phone!!!

I bet you really give good lip service!!! 😛 😉

-VR

wolfgang59

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10 May 19 21:36

On this day a long tome ago Byzantium was renamed.
No ... NOT to Constantinople ... but to Nova Roma!
Now there's a good bit of trivia for you all!

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10 May 19 22:15

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May 10 in Sport
1970 Stanley Cup Final, Boston Garden, Boston, MA: Bobby Orr scores famous OT winner as Boston beats St. Louis Blues, 4-3 for 4-0 series sweep; Bruins its first title since 1941.

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14 May 19 07:01

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14 May 19 10:03

On This Day May 14

1969 - Canada Drink Driving Laws
1969 : Drink Driving laws are introduced as past of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1968-69 making it an offence to drive with a blood alcohol content (BAC) in excess of 80 mg/100 ml of blood (0.08😵.

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20 May 19 14:26

Joe Cocker would have been 75 today...

mghrn55

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20 May 19 14:31

@very-rusty said
May 10 in Sport
1970 Stanley Cup Final, Boston Garden, Boston, MA: Bobby Orr scores famous OT winner as Boston beats St. Louis Blues, 4-3 for 4-0 series sweep; Bruins its first title since 1941.

And St Louis may finally make it to the Stanley Cup finals for first time since that year.

And against no other than the Boston Bruins !!

Very Rusty

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20 May 19 17:47

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@mghrn55 said
And St Louis may finally make it to the Stanley Cup finals for first time since that year.

And against no other than the Boston Bruins !!

Yes, Ironic isn't it.

I am pulling for the Blues as they have 19 Canadians on their Rooster, Bruins have only 3, but very good ones who have been the top line in Hockey all this season. Can't count those Sharks out yet, despite the score in the last one.

-VR

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20 May 19 17:51

On September 11, every good chess players rating goes down.

wolfgang59

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20 May 19 20:00

@executioner-brand said
On September 11, every good chess players rating goes down.

It's September already! 😲

I gotta stop drinking...

Very Rusty

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20 May 19 20:01

@wolfgang59 said
It's September already! 😲

I gotta stop drinking...

No your fine.

You got months left until September!!! 😉

-VR

wolfgang59

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22 May 19 06:07

200 years ago today (22nd)
SS Savannah leaves US to become the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean.

Hell of a lot of progress in those 200 years!

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22 May 19 12:25

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Today is Wednesday, May 22, the 142nd day of 2019. There are 223 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 22, 1992, after a reign lasting nearly 30 years, Johnny Carson hosted NBC's “Tonight Show” for the final time (Jay Leno took over as host three days later).

-VR