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Posted on 4/8/25 at 4:00 am
Posted on 4/8/25 at 4:00 am

Today in History: April 8
1789 The U.S. House of Representatives holds its first meeting.
1832 Some 300 American troops of the 6th Infantry leave Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, to confront the Sauk Indians in what would become known as the Black Hawk War.
1913 The 17th Amendment is ratified, requiring direct election of senators.
1935 The Works Progress Administration (WPA) is approved by Congress.
1952 President Truman orders the seizure of U.S. steel mills to prevent a strike.
1962 Bay of Pigs invaders get thirty years imprisonment in Cuba.
1974 Hank Aaron hits his 715th home run, breaking Babe Ruth's record.
1994 Smoking banned in Pentagon & all US military bases
2019 Record 17ft (5.2M) invasive Burmese python pregnant with 73 eggs captured in Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve
2021 Dr. Anthony Fauci thanks American health workers for their sacrifice during the pandemic, acknowledging their more than 3,600 deaths
2021 US President Joe Biden says "Gun violence in this country is an epidemic" as he unveils package of executive actions including restrictions on "ghost guns"
Born on April 8
0563 Gautama Buddha, founder of Buddhism.
1726 Lewis Morris, signer of the Declaration of Independence.
1921 Betty Bloomer Ford, first lady to President Gerald Ford.
Joke of the Day
My girlfriend is a star on pornhub.
She'll kill me if she finds out.

Posted on 4/8/25 at 4:05 am to Armymann50
Good morning, folks.
Woke up, it's raining, and I'm feeling like a champ.
I hope err'one else is the same.


Woke up, it's raining, and I'm feeling like a champ.



I hope err'one else is the same.

Posted on 4/8/25 at 4:17 am to Armymann50
I ain't no stickler for history, but come on man...

quote:
0563 Gautama Buddha, founder of Buddhism.

Posted on 4/8/25 at 4:39 am to 214
quote:
0563 Guatemala Buddha, founder of Montezuma's revenge.
Fixed.


Posted on 4/8/25 at 5:22 am to Armymann50
mornin folks
throwing my 4th annual crawfish boil up here in NC this weekend
throwing my 4th annual crawfish boil up here in NC this weekend

Posted on 4/8/25 at 5:37 am to Armymann50
Good Morning y'all.
I woke up to what the great George Carlin as the Hippie Dippie Weatherman would say, "It's Dark. To be followed by gradual lightening."

I woke up to what the great George Carlin as the Hippie Dippie Weatherman would say, "It's Dark. To be followed by gradual lightening."
Posted on 4/8/25 at 5:44 am to Pilot Tiger
quote:
4th annual crawfish boil
dis an inmvite?
Posted on 4/8/25 at 5:57 am to Armymann50
Mawnin y’all
But not in the Oval Office.

quote:
1994 Smoking banned in Pentagon & all US military bases
But not in the Oval Office.

This post was edited on 4/8/25 at 7:02 am
Posted on 4/8/25 at 5:57 am to Armymann50
Good Morning Humans
It’s Taceaux Tuesday!
Yesterday was a good day. But today, today is gonna be a great day.
It’s physics. Yesterday you got things moving. Now we get to build on the momentum and take advantage of the fact that a body in motion tends to stay in motion.
So let’s do this!

It’s Taceaux Tuesday!

Yesterday was a good day. But today, today is gonna be a great day.
It’s physics. Yesterday you got things moving. Now we get to build on the momentum and take advantage of the fact that a body in motion tends to stay in motion.
So let’s do this!

Posted on 4/8/25 at 6:34 am to Bama and Beer
Morning good people. the ground is wet and thats about all there is to it down here. No real rain
Working a couple days then heading out on the boat fishing a few days
Working a couple days then heading out on the boat fishing a few days
Posted on 4/8/25 at 6:44 am to Armymann50
quote:
Betty Bloomer Ford
Pretty cool name...
Rough night, better day today..
Good mornig, all
Posted on 4/8/25 at 6:44 am to Armymann50
GM GMT!
Real feel is 16 this morning.. I'll take this over the heat. It is a dry cold.
Edt: Let us do work!

Real feel is 16 this morning.. I'll take this over the heat. It is a dry cold.
Edt: Let us do work!
quote:
1994 Smoking banned

This post was edited on 4/8/25 at 6:51 am
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