Tag: famous firsts
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October 10, 2006 03:50 AM EDT --
I realize that some Gatherers reading this may be new to Gather and may not always know which groups are for which content.
But let me say a few words about my groups.
Most of my groups are moderated. . . .
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July 11, 2007 12:39 PM EDT --
Here's a first for New Hampshire, perhaps the nation. If you were going to rob a branch of a bank located on Elm Street, how would you disguise yourself? James Coldwell of Manchester, NH disguised . . .
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July 26, 2006 09:53 AM EDT --
Love your chocolate chip cookie? You're not alone. It is Cookie Monster's favorite cookie, (at least it was before he became Vegetable Monster).
Masterpiece Theatre's Alistair Cooke's . . .
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June 21, 2007 10:16 AM EDT --
I came across this quote on my msn home page and for some reason I felt the need to share it with you. First, I chuckled, then I thought, what the heck does this mean? So, is . . .
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June 24, 2007 08:59 PM EDT --
The First Time I Understood the Power of Zen or as Billy Jean King would say "staying in the Now"
I had always thoroughly detested doing the dishes. I think it might be that I never got . . .
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June 29, 2007 10:51 PM EDT --
Home Invasion
I was the victim of a home invasion earlier this evening but please don’t be concerned, I was not harmed. In fact I can even laugh about it a little now.
Two . . .
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August 22, 2006 08:44 AM EDT --
I'm an outgoing person.
Currently, I work in a busy retail environment and my job involves a lot of customer interaction. I've worked in journalism, I've waited on tables and I've been . . .
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June 30, 2007 01:00 AM EDT --
(Summation below third image)
Raiding the Larder:
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July 13, 2007 01:16 PM EDT --
Plea from the Battered
Wrap me in a blanket of caring and constancy,
Enfold me and make me feel safe.
Show me my fears for a future are groundless
And the pain . . .
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July 26, 2006 02:39 AM EDT --
The year was 1980. I had just turned 18 and was eligible to vote for the first time. A month before, I stumbled across a small rally for Independent candidate John Anderson. I listened to his rather compelling . . .
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July 02, 2007 04:02 PM EDT --
Hand Marbled Papers – Various Techniques
After showing several of my greeting cards using various items collaged onto hand-marbled bases (http://www.gather.com/viewImage.jsp?fileId=3096224744212874 . . .
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June 28, 2007 05:28 PM EDT --
Fourteen Ways of Looking at my Siamese Companions
(A Parody of ‘Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird’ by Wallace Stevens
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Upon the old recliner
The gentle rise and fall
Of furred feline . . .
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August 07, 2006 10:04 AM EDT --
If you're looking to join some groups and aren't sure which ones, here are some you might want to consider:
Unofficial Gatherholics - for articles about Gather and Gatherholism, the . . .
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June 30, 2007 12:05 AM EDT --
Image 1 - When I opened up to see what the noise was all about they rushed the door.
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July 26, 2006 09:37 PM EDT --
Way back in the 1974, when the only radio I listened to was on the AM band, I came across a rather peculiar syndicated program called "The Oidar Wavelength" (radio spelled backwards, of course). . . .
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August 01, 2006 10:14 PM EDT --
* In 1910, the chocolate bar was invented by Arthur D. Ganong. He was assisted by the factory supervisor, George E. Eansor. The nut bar sold for five cents and was created for a quick snack for those who . . .
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July 05, 2007 01:08 PM EDT --
I Never Once Tried to Hire a Hit Man - or
What? Another Five Positive Things About Me?
It took a while to come up with them and the first title line is one of the ones I came up with and . . .
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October 19, 2009 08:33 AM EDT --
Hayim Solomon and Isaac Moses created the first modern banking institutions.
Jews opened the first departments stores, such as The Altmans, Gimbels, Kaufmanns, Lazaruses, Magnins, Mays, and . . .
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February 09, 2007 10:18 AM EST --
"Hey, Rob. Gitcha some a that fruit cake up there. It's gooood." My parents made a fruit cake every year for the holidays, and for the weeks leading up to Christmas my father would soak it . . .
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August 16, 2006 03:54 PM EDT --
After the incident where John had read my mind, I took whatever he said about the paranormal very seriously. But like me, his experiences were scattered and unpredictable. Neither one of us knew when nor . . .
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