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Whiskey
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 Posted - 07/31/2007 : 6:46:31 PM
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Happy Birthday Shakey!
A L k at the world on the day you were born:
~Born on Tuesday, August 01, 1939~
Top News Headlines This Week:
Aug 2 - Hatch Act prohibits political activity by federal workers Aug 3 - Jean Genets "Ondine," premieres in Paris
Aug 6 - 1st broadcast of "Dinah Shore Show" on NBC-radio
Aug 10 - 2nd Dutch De Geer govt forms (1st with Social Democrats) Aug 11 - Sergei Rachmaninovs last appearance in Europe
Aug 13 - which fell into Humboldt River killing 24. (Elko, Nevada)
Top Songs for 1939
And the Angels Sing by Benny Goodman
Scatter-Brain by Frankie Masters
Jeepers Creepers by Al Donohue
Beer Barrel Polka by Will Glahe
Deep Purple by Larry Clinton
Moon Love by Glenn Miller
Over the Rainbow by Glenn Miller (also Judy Garland)
South of the Border by Shep Fields
Stairway to the Stars by Glenn Miller
Wishing (Will Make It So) by Glenn Miller
Our Leaders:
President:Franklin D. Rooselevelt
Vice President:John N. Garner
1939 Prices:
Bread: $0.08/loaf
Milk: $0.49/gal
Eggs: $0.58/doz
Car: $750
Gas: $0.19/gal
House: $6,416
Stamp: $0.03/ea
Avg Income: $1,837/yr
Min Wage: $0.30/hr
DOW Avg: 150
Academy Award Winners:
Best Picture: Gone With The Wind
Directed By Victor Fleming
Best Actor: Robert Donat
in Goodbye Mr. Chips
Best Actress: Vivien Leigh
in Gone With The Wind
People born on August 1:
1933 - Dom DeLuise, Bkln NY, comedian (End, Cannonball Run, Fatso)
1936 - Yves Saint-Laurent, Oran Algeria, fashion designer (Opium, Obsession)
1942 - Jerry Garcia SF, rocker (Grateful Dead-Uncle Joe's Band)
Hot New Toys in 1939:
View-Master
Top Books in 1939:
Finnegans Wake by James Joyce
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West
Studies in Iconology by Erwin Panofsky
Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright
 Here's wishing you a very happy birthday Shakey..
hope you enjoy your day!!!
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h2oracing
USA
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Posted - 07/31/2007 : 7:38:54 PM
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHAKEY!!!
 SpookInc. - JUNIOR ROCKSMIDWEST NASCAR FANS |
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Fred & Barney
USA
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Posted - 07/31/2007 : 8:13:43 PM
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Happy B-Day Shakey!!
Hope you have a great day!!
Let the Mrs buy breakfast
Right Coast Racers
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jimmymoon
usa
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Posted - 08/01/2007 : 05:36:39 AM
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AKRacing
United States
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Posted - 08/01/2007 : 06:53:15 AM
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This date in history...
1910 : New York issues first license plates
The state of New York issued its first license plates on this day in 1910
1774 : Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen
On this day in 1774, dissenting British minister Joseph Priestly, author of Observations on Civil Liberty and the Nature and Justice of the War with America, discovers oxygen while serving as a tutor to the sons of American sympathizer William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, at Bowood House in Wiltshire, England.
1966 : An ex-Marine goes on a killing spree at the University of Texas
Charles Whitman takes a stockpile of guns and ammunition to the observatory platform atop a 300-foot tower at the University of Texas and proceeds to shoot 46 people, killing 14 people and wounding 31. A fifteenth died in 2001 because of his injuries. Whitman, who had killed both his wife and mother the night before, was eventually shot to death after courageous Austin police officers, including Ramiro Martinez, charged up the stairs of the tower to subdue the attacker.
1943 : PT-109 sinks; Lieutenant Kennedy is instrumental in saving crew
On this day in 1943, a Japanese destroyer rams an American PT (patrol torpedo) boat, No. 109, slicing it in two. The destruction is so massive other American PT boats in the area assume the crew is dead. Two crewmen were, in fact, killed, but 11 survived, including Lt. John F. Kennedy.
Have a great day!
~Wreckin' With Robby Pitbox~
~POF Players Pitbox~
~POF House is Cashing in Pitbox~ |
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Drafters
USA
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Posted - 08/01/2007 : 09:19:23 AM
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Happy Birthday Shakey
Re: PT109
Japanese Destroyer Captain: Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Midway - The Great Naval Battles As Seen Through Japanese Eyes
"Captain Hara discusses how he commanded a Japanese destroyer in all of the major Pacific sea conflicts during World War II: Empress Augusta Bay, Coral Sea, the invasion of the Philippines, Guadalcanal, Savo Island, and Midway. While on a re-supply mission through Blackett Straight in August 1943, upon noticing a fire-ball explosion near the destroyer "Amagiri" in front of his destroyer "Shigure", he ordered for his ship's crew to shoot at Lt. John F. Kennedy's sinking PT-109. He provides a most harrowing description -- as commander of cruiser Yahagi -- how he barely survied its sinking alongside the ill-fated battleship Yamato on their suicide mission to attack the U.S. forces invaiding Okinawa. He details his training of the pilots of suicide motorboats (Shinyo: "ocean shaker") that were designed to ram Allied warships approaching Japan. After I wrote to him, he sent me an autographed photograph of himself in 1968 -- a fine keepsake from one of the luckiest Japanese destroyer commanders to have survived so many desperately fought WWII sea battles. His 312-page book was initially published by Ballantine Books in 1961."
http://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Destroyer-Captain-Guadalcanal-Battles/dp/1591143543/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-5993059-1375603?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1185984893&sr=1-1 |
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Four Wide Racing
USA
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Posted - 08/01/2007 : 09:23:06 AM
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Happy Birthday Shakey!
Hope you & your family enjoy this wonderful day
Wish you many many more Happy Birthdays
Nothin' is as EXCITING as
Four Wide Racing 
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bruskiracing
US
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Leftys Losers
us
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Posted - 08/01/2007 : 10:37:10 AM
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Happy birthday "SHAKEY"
Hope You have many more to come!!!!!
A friend for life,, LEFTY
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redsoxracer
US
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Posted - 08/01/2007 : 12:34:07 PM
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crazygene
USA
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Posted - 08/01/2007 : 1:12:53 PM
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Happy happy Shakey
Right Coast Racers Forever
#12 Ryan 'NO-NECK' Newman gonna be '07 Champ
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Val
USA
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Posted - 08/01/2007 : 3:57:44 PM
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July 23 to August 22
Traditional Leo Traits
Generous and warmhearted
Creative and enthusiastic
Broad-minded and expansive
Faithful and loving
On the dark side....
Pompous and patronizing
Bossy and interfering
Dogmatic and intolerant
Happy Birthday Shakey!! 
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Grey Ghost
USA
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Posted - 08/01/2007 : 9:34:52 PM
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Happy Birthday Shakey...did they have calenders back then
Boo and Ghost
Spook Inc. ®
Ghost3of4
RenegadeSOUTH
Objects in your mirror may be closer than they appear
2005 Fall Busch Series
World Champion Pitbox
2005 Kelly Cup Championship Pitbox(Cutie Pie)
2005 Spring Championship Pitbox Winner(Spook Inc)
2005 Fall Chamionship Pitbox (Spook Inc)
Nothin adds excitment like something that is none of your business |
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Shakey
USA
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Posted - 08/02/2007 : 08:44:10 AM
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I appreciate all the kind words ... It was a great day .... Saw or talked with all the kids and most of the gradkids and great grand kids .... Also had calls from some of my Fantasy Racing friends ... It was a great day ...
Oh yes ... We had calendars back then but they were a little bit heavy ... They scratched the months and days in stone ...
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SpeedBump
USA
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Posted - 08/02/2007 : 6:43:18 PM
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Happy Birthday Shakey.....
Better late than never edition
What was it like livin' down south during the civil war?
Must be some great stories to tell... |
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Raptress Racing
USA
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Posted - 08/03/2007 : 3:20:37 PM
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dang late again,
hope you had a happy one Shakey
RCR
Spook Inc.®
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort ...Herm Albright |
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Kens Racers
USA
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Posted - 08/03/2007 : 6:24:05 PM
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happy happy
"I am not responsible for my actions" ... Xet
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Tuner Racing
Canada
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Posted - 08/06/2007 : 3:45:36 PM
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MAN OH MAN
AM I EVER LATE THIS TIME!!!
SO SORRY Robert!!
Here is Hoping you had
a Fantastic Birthday
and wishing you many many more!!!!
Tuner ™
POF PIT BOX~~~~JUST FOR SHEER ENJOYMENTPOF Gaming Inc. ™
"Lets Play 20 Questions" Thunder Style~~ Challenge.™
POF House Is Cashing IN ™
MIDWEST FANS---Ironhead 4 ever---Martin Maniacs-----Cutie Pie #9----Tony's Smokehouse---
****Junior Rocks*******Flippin Over #99***---HAMLIN'S HAMLET---Wreckin' With Robby--
Jeff Burton~~~~~~#1 Truex's Bass Shop~~~~~~ Home of OöO Multiple O's OöO™
New POF Forums Link: http://plainolefun.forumer.com/
Alternative & Faster Responce E-Mail addy
In Memory of SPEED, CAL "Godspeed Wayne, & Cal" |
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Sooner Sis
USA
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Posted - 08/12/2007 : 10:27:36 AM
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Happy Belated Birthday Shakey
So sorry for being so late. Glad you had a special time! 
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Twister Racing
USA
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Posted - 08/16/2007 : 11:49:16 AM
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHAKEY
DuPont Machine 24
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NASCARSOUTH
º°°º MULTIPLE O's º°°º
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FOUR WHEELED LIGHTNING
U.S.A.
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Posted - 08/16/2007 : 1:24:23 PM
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1939 HMMM,,,,Did they even have beer BACK THEN????
HAPPY BELATED BORN ON DATE!!!!
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KyMoon
usa
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Posted - 08/19/2007 : 09:14:33 AM
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Happy Belated B-day Shakey wish ya many more brother
Ky & June
Martin Maniacs
POF
Flippin over the 99
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evandavidracing
US
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Posted - 08/19/2007 : 09:33:46 AM
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Happy birthday Shakey!! If your at Bristol I can wish you a happy one in person.
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~~Happy Birthday .....Shakey!!!~~
