is August 24. I think we should have a get together in celebration. I think the side room at Smokey Oak would be nice. Can we do this?? She always does stuff for others so we need to get started with the plan. Date? Time? Bonzo I think you ought to be the point person. :-)
Uh oh…someone let the cat out of the bag ;). Is this supposed to be a “secret” get together?? Lol.
But really MARSHGRASS…I appreciate the thought and kind gesture but there is really no need. I’m always for a get together…but lets do it as friends just wanting to celebrate life and friendship…not because its my bday. ;). I do no more than others do.
would you stop all this honor stuff!!hahaha…you making it sound like Im retiring or something:)…just remember…no matter how old I get I refuse to grow up…act mature…act like a lady and not a tomboy…and quit pranking my friends:)
that includes you ma’am remember the time you drove home with that bunny flapping in the wind behind your suv? hmmmmmm
Bonzo is thinking, y’all be quiet, you know I have concentration issues…
as you can see, August 24 is a very historical day…which event shall we celebrate?
49 BC ? Julius Caesar's general Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River by the Numidians under Publius Attius Varus and King Juba of Numidia. Curio commits suicide to avoid capture.
79 ? Mount Vesuvius erupts. The cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae are buried in volcanic ash (note: this traditional date has been challenged, and many scholars believe that the event occurred on October 24).
410 ? The Visigoths under king Alaric I begin to pillage Rome.
455 ? The Vandals, led by king Genseric, begin to plunder Rome. Pope Leo I requests Genseric not destroy the ancient city or murder its citizens. He agrees and the gates of Rome are opened. However, the Vandals loot a great amount of treasure.
1185 ? Sack of Thessalonica by the Normans.
1200 ? King John of England, signed of the first Magna Carta, marries Isabella of Angouleme in Bordeaux Cathedral.
1215 ? Pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid.
1349 ? Six thousand Jews are killed in Mainz after being blamed for the bubonic plague.
1391 ? Jews are massacred in Palma de Mallorca.
1456 ? The printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed.
1482 ? The town and castle of Berwick upon Tweed is captured from Scotland by an English army
1516 ? The Ottoman Empire under Selim I defeats the Mamluk Sultanate and captures present-day Syria at the Battle of Marj Dabiq.
1561 ? Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxony.
1608 ? The first official English representative to India lands in Surat.
1662 ? The Act of Uniformity requires England to accept the Book of Common Prayer.
1682 ? William Penn receives the area that is now the state of Delaware, and adds it to his colony of Pennsylvania.
1690 ? Job Charnock of the East India Company establishes a factory in Calcutta, an event for
Ya’ll pick…I ;). I have not a clue…guess that comes with old age ;). I really appreciate y’all thinking about me but we celebrated last year…was feeling bad about this but then realized…y’all are just trying to remind me that yet another year hads passed. Heck yetpsterda y in the boat I looked down and said…“wow my tank top is wrinkled”. …then I realized I had my bathing suit on.