Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run.
Mark Twain
He's the boy
The gals forgot
His line
Was smooth
His chin was not Burma Shave
1940
The trouble with children is that they are not returnable.
-- Quentin Crisp
THE REVOLUTION
October 17, 1779 - Washington sets up winter quarters at Morristown, New Jersey, where his troops will suffer another harsh winter without desperately needed supplies, resulting in low morale, desertions and attempts at mutiny.
December 26, 1779 - British Gen. Clinton sets sail from New York with 8000 men and heads for Charleston, South Carolina, arriving there on Feb. 1.
April 8, 1780 - The British attack begins against Charleston as warships sail past the cannons of Fort Moultrie and enter Charleston harbor. Washington sends reinforcements.
May 6, 1780 - The British capture Fort Moultrie at Charleston, South Carolina.
In the back yard there is a hollow stump that contains six ears of corn. If a healthy squirrel carries out only three ears each day, how many days will it take to empty the stump.
"Beware of the man who does not talk, and the dog that does not bark."
Native American (Cheyenne) Proverb
Of learned Fools I have seen ten times ten,
Of unlearned wise men I have seen a hundred.
1735
A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.
