TODAY'S TRIVIA:

1854 - Wood-pulp paper 1st exhibited, Buffalo
1878 - 1st US store to install electric lights, Philadelphia
1924 - Judy Garland, billed as Baby Frances, show business debut at age 2
1946 - Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas opens (start of an era)
1982 - TIME's Man of the Year is a computer
1986 - TV soap "Search for Tomorrow" ends 35 year run

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS:

1716 - Thomas Gray, English poet (Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard)
1891 - Henry Miller, author (Tropic of Capricorn, Tropic of Cancer)
1893 - Mao Tse-tung, of little red book fame, PM of China PR (1949-76)
1921 - Steve Allen, comedian/TV host (Tonight Show, Steve Allen Show)
1927 - Alan King, comedian/actor (Anderson Tapes, Memories of Me)

Hi Rusty. Hope you had a great Christmas.
Glad you started the thread. I was begining to think I was the only one out here.

Hi Ida! With almost a foot of snow on the ground here, I couldn't seem to drag myself out of bed. But the sunshine is bright and it's really very beautiful, if you don't have to go out and move snow from here to there. That's BoxerBob's job - he's out there snowblowing now - going slowly since there is a LOT of fluffy white stuff to throw.



We had a great Christmas - made Mandarin Chocolate Sherbet and ate it while watching a couple James Bond movies last night. Fun. How about you?

How apropriate - angels for the holidays!



Closeup:

Hi Rusty,
We had a nice Christmas also. Went to my parent's house. Made it home around 3:30 to watch a little football and finally a couple of Movies. Very relaxing evening.

Here's another shot of the duo.


Ida

Looks like Satchmo was hanging around the angels in your shot.

Hi Rusty & Ida,

Yup - "Boxing Day" today. Recover-from-over-indulging day more like it! Felt like I had swallowed a basket ball when I went to lay my exhausted body down last night. Well it is only once per year!!

We have all of, oh, 2 inches of snow. Hope BB is enjoying using the snow blower!

Got a feeling it is going to be a slooooooow day around here today. And I won't be going near a mall to find any bargooons!

Have a great day! Much snow in Florida Ida?

Cheers,

Bill

Bill,

I wish. LOL. It is chilly today.

Ida

Happy Day after Christmas!!

I'm on AOL...which suc*s!! Must be careful, 'cause I have but 3 hours/month!...that ought to tell you how much I enjoy Chatting!! I work tomorrow (the Help Desk). I'm not sad. I have a T1 line at workie poo, so I can zoom, zoom, zoom!

"See" ya'll on the morrow!

Time's up...bye bye

mornin' gang! rusty, bb finished blowing the snow around yet? sunny day here...just got on the puter as michael has been on all morning looking for work...we need 2 computers with both of us here! i want some pictures of all this white stuff you are talking about! michaels parents live near mt. shasta california, and they had 4 feet of the white stuff...my mom lives in the mountains of arizona and she had been snowed in for a couple of days...the neighbor was kind enough yesterday to dig out her driveway so she could get out if she needed too!

stuffed stuffed stuffed from yesterday...about to go for a walk to burn some of it off! we rented ice age, it was a very cute movie

ida and rusty, good picks of pierre and friend...wonder if it is love!

Hi Auntie Blabby - guess we'll catch you tomorrow when you're unlimited again. I can't imagine three hours - but considering aol, then again I can!



Chilly and windy outside here - good day to have pea soup, eh?

Oh my - definitely not low-cal!

Kahlua Velvet Frosty

1 cup Kahlua

1 cup half-and-half

1 pint vanilla ice cream

1/8 teaspoon almond extract

Ice cubes


Combine all ingredients, except ice cubes, in container of an electric blender. Add enough ice cubes to make mixture measure 5 cups in blender. Blend mixture until smooth.

Serve immediately.

YUMMY, That sounds great Rusty!

mmmm...sounds good rusty! we have an aol account with 3 hours a month, just 4.95, we have had our email addresses with them for 9 years, and we use those addresses to sign up for stuff so they send all the junk there! kind of ridiculous that you have to have a junk email account!

Thanks, Rusty, for starting this thread and the Boxing Day recipe, I'm trying it now...(hic). Here in Kitchener/Waterloo, Ont, the _proper_ Dec 26 Boxing Day festivity is mall shopping, a type of sport where you club your neighbours and wrestle them to the floor over items marked 25-75% off. A retailer's paradise. (Bill, tell me it's different in London, Ont...) Queen Elizabeth gave a speech on Christmas day about adversity (in the past year her mother - the Queen Mum - and sister - Princess Margaret- both died), plus she celebrated 50 years as queen with all the jazz that accompanies such an event. Can't say I'd be as chipper if I had to deal with all of the above in one year...