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It's not the same, but my younger brother was born on my father's birthday, 12/17.

Other significant events on that day of the year:
1903: The Wright brothers achieved the first controlled powered flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
1989: "The Simpsons" premiered on Fox TV.

Of no real interest, but slightly connected to an event above, Orville Wright and I share a birthday.
 
My mother’s two brothers have the same birthday sixteen years apart, and then she’s right in the middle (her birthday is not the same as theirs but she’s 8 years clear of them both).
 
I'm a fan of the poems of Brian Bilston, but this just might be my favorite. It's a poem in honor of mathematician John Venn (born in 1843).

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I made uncomfortable eye contact with dick Cheney twice while living in DC during the bush years. Once during the 2004 inaugural parade and once when his car pulled around a dc corner on a street I was waiting to cross.
 
YmoBeThere said:
As a child, I was always confused as to why youth in Asia was never about youth in Asia.
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When I was in high school in the early 90s we were asked to write a one pager about a topic in the news. My mom suggested I write about euthanasia as Kvorkian was in the news. It was also around the time of Tiananmen Square so I thought she meant to write about youth in Asia so I wrote about the Tiananmen Square protests. I got a good grade. My mom was shaking her head.
 
CrazyNotCrazie said:
When I was in high school in the early 90s we were asked to write a one pager about a topic in the news. My mom suggested I write about euthanasia as Kvorkian was in the news. It was also around the time of Tiananmen Square so I thought she meant to write about youth in Asia so I wrote about the Tiananmen Square protests. I got a good grade. My mom was shaking her head.
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In Paris a few weeks ago we wandered past the Galerie Kevorkian. I was afraid to enter
 
Kdogg said:
Budwom was in Paris at the same time as three high profile heists. Timeline wise we are at the point where the patsies get rounded up and the mastermind gets away. Coincidence or some thing else?
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I have been trying to keep this quiet!....you can't imagine how difficult it is to pry those things out of an old crown...the clear ones are all gone but we still have a few green and red ones available if there's any interest...
 
budwom said:
I have been trying to keep this quiet!....you can't imagine how difficult it is to pry those things out of an old crown...the clear ones are all gone but we still have a few green and red ones available if there's any interest...
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From the iOS thread.

budwom said:
Fantastic, that worked. Thanks so much....I am reserving some of the Crown Jewels for you, do you prefer Green, Red or Clear in color?

Along those lines I've been watching a show on PBS Masterpiece Theater, "Gold." Interesting, based on a true story. In 1983 thieves break into a "secure" facility at Heathrow, expecting to find some good stuff and instead stumble upon 26 million pounds worth of gold bullion. They had to take it since it was there, but trying to get rid of it was challenging, as it will be for the guys who hit the Louvre. Did they have a very clever plan, or are they bunglers?
Gold has a great case: Hugh Bonneville, Dominic Cooper and Jack Lowden among others..
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I'm just connecting the dots. I wonder if there is a reward for information?
 
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