Crazy day for the FD yesterday, 3 calls + 1 already today (a down line). We almost had 4 yesterday, but Pete was able to hold his little car on the road. He was driving home from work on 546 & hit a 40 lb raccoon while doing 55 mph in a little Honda Civic. He managed to regain control before the curve that was just ahead of him. There's some serious damage to the car. The left side of the bumper is caved in & an engine part that I still need to identify partially shattered & was hanging down on the ground. That part has been removed & now it's up to me to find out what it was & how critical it was. Apparently the car SEEMS to run just fine without it, but still.
#1 rule of bargaining is this" The 1 with the most information wins. You need to shop, do some online research, & find out what the item is selling for. Before you start negotiating, you need to become an expert on the value of that item.
Expunge:
1: To strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion. 2: Destroy. 3: To eliminate (as a memory) from one's consciousness.
As part of the plea bargain, the defendant's record will be expunged after 100 hours of community service.
In medieval & Renaissance manuscripts, a series of dots was issued to mark mistakes or to label material that should be deleted from a text, & those deletion dots, known as "puncta delentia," can help you remember the history of "expunge." The "puncta" part of the name derives from the Latin verb pungere, which can be translated as "to prick or sting" (& you can imagine that a scribe may have felt stung when his mistakes were marked in a manuscript). Pungere is also an ancestor of "expunge," as well as a parent of other dotted, pointed, or stinging terms such as "punctuate," "compunction," "poignant," "puncture," & "pungent."
On this day in 1992, Jackie Joyner-Kersee becomes the first
woman ever to win two consecutive Olympic gold medals in the heptathlon.
Born and raised in East St. Louis, Jackie Joyner overcame poverty and
chronic asthma to win a scholarship to UCLA, where she starred on the
basketball and track teams. (Jackie was not the only standout athlete in
her family: Her brother Al was a six-time NCAA champion in track at Arkansas
State University.) At her first Olympics in Los Angeles in 1984, the
22-year-old Joyner, running on a sore hamstring, missed the gold in the
heptathlon by just five points: She scored a 6,385 to Australian Glynis
Nunn's 6,390. The Joyner family was not shut out of gold, however.
Jackie's brother Al, who would later marry sprinting sensation Florence
Griffith, brought home top honors in the triple jump.
In 1986, Joyner married UCLA track coach Bob Kersee, who became her
trainer. Two years later, after winning the 1987 world championships in
the long jump and the heptathlon, Joyner-Kersee won gold in both events
at the Seoul Olympics. Her 7,291 points set a new world record for the
heptathlon and her jump of 24'3 " was a new Olympic best.
Four years later, Joyner-Kersee entered the 1992 Olympics in
Barcelona the heavy favorite to win heptathlon gold. Now a seasoned
veteran of the circuit, she led the field for the entire event. On
August 2, the second day of competition, Joyner-Kersee started the day
with a long jump of 23'3 ", good for first place. Prior to her final
jump, though, she was run into while sprinting next to her rival Sabine
Braun of Germany. Braun had defeated an injured Joyner-Kersee at the
1991 world championships, and the bump was later deemed "psychological
warfare" by Bob Kersee. It was no matter to his wife, though: She
overcame a poor finish in the shot-put by finishing the 800 meters in a
respectable 2:11, which gave her a total of 7,044 points and the gold
medal. It was only the seventh time that a woman had scored 7,000 points
in the heptathlon, and the sixth time Joyner-Kersee had broken the
barrier.
At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, Joyner-Kersee's many fans were
disappointed when a hamstring injury forced her to withdraw from the
heptathlon. She was able to struggle through the long jump, however, and
won the bronze. This was her sixth Olympic medal, the most ever won by
an American woman in track and field.
Store kitchen items that are used daily in cabinets & drawers between your shoulders & knees.
Surest way to prevent intestinal problems from bad water if to bring water from home while camping. Never trust a mountain stream, no matter how pristine.
Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to discover the world
plagued by zombies and small bands of human survivors forced into small,
fiercely protective groups. Falling back on his old job, Rick sets out
to lead mankind out of darkness.
What computer wiz, as a young prankster, phoned the Pope in Vatican City
pretending to be Henry Kissinger calling from a summit meeting in
Moscow?
What Hollywood leading man provided the voice of the cartoon bee in TV ads for Nasonex allergy medication?
Antonio Banderas. The ad campaign was launched in 2004.
Which man did J.Lo marry 1st, 2nd, & 3rd?
A. Cris Judd
B. Marc Anthony
C. Ojani Noa
Which of these are New England states?
Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Delaware, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Vermont, Maryland.
Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, & Vermont.
Which state comes 1st, 2nd, & 3rd running west from Georgia?
A. Mississippi
B. Louisiana
C. Alabama
CAB. Down side: on your way you'll find lots of grits to eat. I'll wait in the car.
You met your boyfriend through an on-line dating service. You're often asked, "How did you 2 meet?" You're uncomfortable talking about it. What's a noncommittal but honest answer to the question?
People meet on-line every day, & it can be a great way to connect. However, if you're uncomfortable about it, reply with an entertaining story about 1 of your 1st dates: "Well, a better story is what happened on our 3rd date, when Stan took me skiing for the 1st time." You could also say you met on a blind date (which is true). If the person presses for more information, change the subject. Say, "Let's not talk about that; it's old news. Want to hear about the cruise we're taking in January?" Or, at this point just be honest about how you met.
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