Ever feel lonely when you dont have any PM's waiting for you?

[michelle1017]

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Cracker Barrels are wonderful! My Mom loves to eat there, so we go quite often when we are with her. She has mentioned going to see Lance, so maybe eventually we will make it that way. I know his parents go see him when they can. He is actually my cousin's son.

Onion Tanglers are like onion rings, but they are strips? I guess that is the way to explain them. They are thinner and crispier than rings. Lunch was really tasty!

Kenny's schedule sounds great! I used to work 4 ten hour shifts and liked it. This is my first 8-5 job and I am ecstatic about that! And I am lucky I have a great boss and flexible hours if need be. It would be nice to go camping, we haven't gone for years and I kinda miss it.

I am not too excited about trivia yet tonight, I don't feel very smart today (

to charmed before she has a chance to say anything!

) and I am tired. Maybe the sun will come out this afternoon and I will get my second wind!

What?!! You think I would have a comment on something like that?! I am crushed! Instantly you think I would come up with some kind of crappy comment just because you say something like that. sniff sniff ...crying on computer keys) Besides...I would think useless information would come to you naturally.....

Just joking Michelle....you know I love ya!

How very mean of me to think you would say anything at all!

That was very unfair of me to target you like that.

Accept my apology?

Useless info does come to me naturally, thank you very much! But, it is just one of those blah days! If you hear from me tonight it will be good news, if not, they you will know my brain never did fully wake up today!

Hints have been dropped that it will be heavy in American History...Missouri became a state on August 10, 1821...That's all I got.

 

[charmed one]

Here you go Michelle....print this off and study!

The state of Missouri is named for a group of Sioux Indians of that name. The word itself likely meant 'town or people of the large canoes'.


1.Missouri is known as the "Show Me State".

2.The 'Show Me State' expression may have began in 1899 when Congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver stated, "I'm from Missouri and you've got to show me."

3.The first successful parachute jump to be made from a moving airplane was made by Captain Berry at St. Louis, in 1912.

4.The most destructive tornado on record occurred in Annapolis. In 3 hours, it tore through the town on March 18, 1925 leaving a 980-foot wide trail of demolished buildings, uprooted trees, and overturned cars. It left 823 people dead and almost 3,000 injured.

5.At the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, Richard Blechyden, served tea with ice and invented iced tea.

6.Also, at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, the ice cream cone was invented. An ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a waffle vendor to help by rolling up waffles to hold ice cream.

7.Missouri ties with Tennessee as the most neighborly state in the union, bordered by 8 states.

8.The state animal is the Mule.

9.St. Louis; is also called, "The Gateway to the West" and "Home of the Blues".

10.Warsaw holds the state record for the low temperature of -40 degrees on February 13, 1905.

11.Warsaw holds the state record for the high temperature recorded, 118 degrees on July 14, 1954.

12.State bird--native Bluebird March 30, 1927

13.State insect--honey bee July 3, 1985

14.Mozarkite was adopted as the official state rock on July 21, 1967, by the 74th General Assembly.

15.On July 21, 1967, the mineral galena was adopted as the official mineral of Missouri.

16.The crinoid became the state's official fossil on June 16, 1989, after a group of Lee's Summit school students worked through the legislative process to promote it as a state symbol.

17.On June 20, 1955, the flowering dogwood (Cornus Florida L.) became Missouri's official tree.

18.The "Missouri Waltz" became the state song under an act adopted by the General Assembly on June 30, 1949

19.The present Capitol completed in 1917 and occupied the following year is the third Capitol in Jefferson City and the sixth in Missouri history. The first seat of state government was housed in the Mansion House, Third and Vine Streets, St. Louis; the second was in the Missouri Hotel, Maine and Morgan Streets, also in St. Louis. St. Charles was designated as temporary capital of the state in 1821 and remained the seat of government until 1826 when Jefferson City became the permanent capital city.

20.The first Capitol in Jefferson City burned in 1837 and a second structure completed in 1840 burned when the dome was struck by lightning on February 5, 1911.

21.Kansas City has more miles of boulevards than Paris and more fountains than any city except Rome.

22.Kansas City has more miles of freeway per capita than any metro area with more than 1 million residents.

23.Jefferson National Expansion Memorial consists of the Gateway Arch, the Museum of Westward Expansion, and St. Louis' Old Courthouse. During a nationwide competition in 1947-48, architect Eero Saarinen's inspired design for a 630-foot stainless steel arch was chosen as a perfect monument to the spirit of the western pioneers. Construction of the Arch began in 1963 and was completed on October 28, 1965.
The Arch has foundations sunken 60 feet into the ground, and is built to withstand earthquakes and high winds. It sways up to one inch in a 20 mph wind, and is built to sway up to 18 inches.

24.Saint Louis University received a formal charter from the state of Missouri in 1832, making it the oldest University west of the Mississippi.

25.In 1889, Aunt Jemima pancake flour, invented at St. Joseph, Missouri, was the first self-rising flour for pancakes and the first ready-mix food ever to be introduced commercially.

26.The tallest man in documented medical history was Robert Pershing Wadlow from St. Louis. He was 8 feet, 11.1 inches tall

27.Creve Coeur's name means broken heart in French, comes from nearby Creve Coeur Lake. Legend has it that an Indian princess fell in love with a French fur trapper, but the love was not returned. According to the story, she then leapt from a ledge overlooking Creve Coeur Lake; the lake then formed itself into a broken heart.

28.The most powerful earthquake to strike the United States occurred in 1811, centered in New Madrid, Missouri. The quake shook more than one million square miles, and was felt as far as 1,000 miles away.

29.Anheuser-Busch brewery in St. Louis, Missouri is the largest beer producing plant in the nation.

30.During Abraham Lincoln's campaign for the presidency, a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat named Valentine Tapley from Pike County, Missouri, swore that he would never shave again if Abe were elected. Tapley kept his word and his chin whiskers went unshorn from November 1860 until he died in 1910, attaining a length of twelve feet six inches.

31.President Harry S. Truman was born in Lamar, May 8, 1884.

32.The first train of the Atlantic-Pacific Railway, which became the St.Louis-San Francisco Railway, or "Frisco," arrived in 1870.

33.Callaway County was organized on November 25, 1820 and named for Captain James Callaway who was killed in a fight with Indians near Loutre Creek.

34.Missouri was named after a tribe called Missouri Indians; meaning "town of the large canoes"

35.Situated within a day’s drive of 50% of the U.S. population, Branson and the Tri-Lakes area serves up to 65,000 visitors daily. Branson has been a "rubber tire" destination with the vast majority of tourists arriving by vehicles, RVs and tour buses. Branson has also become one of America’s top motor coach vacation destinations with an estimated 4,000 buses arriving each year.

36.Charleston holds the Dogwood-Azalea Festival annually on the 3rd weekend of April. "Charleston becomes a blooming wonderland."

37.Jefferson City, Missouri, the state's capital, was named for Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States.

38.Missouri's oldest community, Saint Genevieve, was founded as early as 1735.

39.In 1812 Missouri was organized as a territory and later admitted the 24th state of the Union on August 10, 1821.

40.In 1865 Missouri became the first slave state to free its slaves.

41.Hermann, Missouri is a storybook German village with a rich wine-making and riverboat history that is proudly displayed in area museums. Built in 1836 as the "New Fatherland" for German settlers, the town has achieved national recognition because of its quality wines and distinctive heritage.

42.Auguste Chouteau founded Saint Louis in 1764.

43.Laura Elizabeth Ingalls, writer of Little House on the Prairie grew up in Missouri.

44."Madonna of the Trail" monument in Lexington tells the story of the brave women who helped conquer the west and is one of 12 placed in every state crossed by the National Old Trails Road, the route of early settlers from Maryland to California.

45.Soybeans bring in the most cash for Missourians as a crop.

46.Missouri Day is the third Wednesday in October.

47.On Sucker Day in Nixa, Missouri, school closes officially and the little town swells to a throng of 15,000 hungry folks. All craving a taste of the much maligned but delicious bottom dweller fish loathed by almost everyone else.

48.Point of highest elevation: Taum Sauk Mountain, 540 meters (1,772 feet)

49.State folk dance: square dance

50.State musical instrument: fiddle

 

[thechickenchick]

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Isn't that sweet of Charmed to help!!

 

[thechickenchick]

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That's where Riki Lynn works....well, the Cracker Barrel in North KC. Food is good but I love to look around the gift shop! Lots of really neat stuff! Old time candies...makes me take a nostalgic trip down memory lane every time!

Oh yeah! I always have to get the candy sticks at the very least! They always have so many unique things in their shops. And the food is about as close to home made as you are going to find eating out. The whole atmosphere is relaxing and I love to play the peg game while I am waiting for my food! Grilled chicken tenderloins with corn and hash brown casserole with biscuits and corn bread! Gosh darn it, we HAVE to eat there tomorrow on our shopping trip!! Yum!

That sounds so yummy! If we have time I am going to suggest we find it and eat there!

 

[charmed one]

http://www.brownielocks.com/patriotictriviaquiz.html


Bock's Car was the name of the B-29 Bomber that dropped the Atom Bomb on Nagasaki. It was the Enola Gay that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima.

New Orleans' first Mardi Gras celebration was held in February, 1826.

The first US Marines wore high leather collars to protect their necks from sabres, hence the name "leathernecks."

Wyoming was the first state to allow women to vote.

The first losing candidate in a US presidential election was Thomas Jefferson. He lost to John Adams. George Washington had been unopposed.

More than 20,000 men were killed, wounded, or missing in action in the battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862. This was the bloodiest one-day fight during the Civil War.

Chicago's Lincoln Park was created in 1864. The original 120 acre cemetery had most of its graves removed and was expanded to more than 1000 acres for recreational use.

On April 12, 1938, the state of New York passed a law requiring medical tests for marriage license applicants, the first state to do so.

On December 20, 1860, South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union.

New York's first St. Patrick's day parade was held on March 17, 1762.

Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.

President George Washington created the Order of the Purple Heart in 1782. It's a decoration to recognize merit in enlisted men and non-commissioned officers.

President Lincoln proclaimed the first national Thanksgiving Day in 1863.

The White House, in Washington DC, was originally gray, the color of the sandstone it was built out of. After the War of 1812, during which it had been burned by Canadian troops, the outside walls were painted white to hide the smoke stains.

During the US Civil war, 200,000 blacks served in the Union Army; 38,000 gave their lives; 22 won the Medal of Honor.

Vermont, admitted as the 14th state in 1791, was the 1st addition to the original 13 colonies.

Former President Cleveland defeated incumbent Benjamin Harrison in 1892, becoming the first (and, to date, only) chief executive to win non-consecutive terms to the White House.

Grand Rapids, Michigan was the 1st US city to fluoridate its water in 1945.

Yellowstone is the world's 1st national park. It was dedicated in 1872.

There are more statues of Sacajewa, Lewis & Clark's female Indian guide, in the United States than any other person.

The total number of Americans killed in the Civil War is greater than the combined total of Americans killed in all other wars.

The Union ironclad, Monitor, was the first U.S. ship to have a flush toilet.

In 1865, several veterans of the Confederate Army formed a private social club in Pulaski, Tennessee, called the Ku Klux Klan.

In 1810 US population was 7,239,881. Black population at 1,377,808 was 19%. In 1969 US population reached 200 million. The population in 2000 is exceeding over 270 million and the black population is around 10% as the Asian and Latin minorities are growing at a much faster rate.

The Miss America Contest was created in Atlantic City in 1921 with the purpose of extending the tourist season beyond Labor Day.

The name of the first airplane flown at Kitty Hawk by the Wright Brothers, on December 17, 1903, was Bird of Prey.

The only repealed amendment to the US Constitution deals with the prohibition of alcohol.

Christmas became a national holiday in the US in 1890.

The "Spruce Goose" flew on November 2, 1947, for one mile, at a maximum altitude of 70 feet. Built by Howard Hughes, it is the largest aircraft ever built, the 140-ton eight-engine seaplane, made of birch, has a wingspan of 320 feet. It was built as a prototype troop transport. Rejected by the Pentagon, Hughes put the plane into storage, never to be flown again.

The 1st US federal penitentiary building was completed at Leavenworth, Kansas in 1906.

 

[michelle1017]

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Can I just call you and keep you on the line so you can look the stuff up for us?

 

[charmed one]

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Can I just call you and keep you on the line so you can look the stuff up for us?

Yea! I'll be your "Phone a Friend!" Ha!

 

[michelle1017]

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Can I just call you and keep you on the line so you can look the stuff up for us?

Yea! I'll be your "Phone a Friend!" Ha!

But they only give us 30 seconds to get in our answer.

Wish me luck, I am heading out!

Have a great weekend everyone!

 

[charmed one]

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Yea! I'll be your "Phone a Friend!" Ha!

But they only give us 30 seconds to get in our answer.

Wish me luck, I am heading out!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Good Luck!!

Everyone have a great weekend!!

 

[thechickenchick]

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But they only give us 30 seconds to get in our answer.

Wish me luck, I am heading out!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Good Luck!!

Everyone have a great weekend!!

Good luck Michelle and Destiny and Happy weekend to ALL of you!