Milestones

bjornolf · Post by **bjornolf** » August 24th, 2009, 7:15 am

Post 1790: Congress moves to Philly. SCOTUS meets for the first time, and the US justice system starts dying. ;) First State of the Union Address. Ben Franklin dies.

bjornolf · Post by **bjornolf** » August 24th, 2009, 7:24 am

Post 1792: US Mint is formed, allowing presidents to print money when times are bad. ;) Washington uses veto for the first time. I'm gonna leave that one alone. Raleigh is chartered to be new capital of NC. Guillotine first used in France. I'm sure a lot of people were REAL happy about that in the following years. White House corner stone is laid. When Bill Clinton read that, he misunderstood the meaning of the word "is". And "laid". ;) Kentucky becomes 15th state, damning college basketball forever. Columbus Day is first celebrating, making workers everywhere cheer for an extra day off, making Native Americans everywhere weep bitterly.

bjornolf · Post by **bjornolf** » August 24th, 2009, 7:33 am

I was gonna stop there, but I found one for Colchar:

1793: Simcoe decides to build Toronto after sailing into the bay.

Marie Antoinette has her run-in with the aforementioned guillotine. Washington lays cornerstone for capitol building. Eli Whitney applies for his cotton gin patent.

colchar · Post by **colchar** » August 24th, 2009, 10:43 am

bjornolf wrote:I was gonna stop there, but I found one for Colchar:

1793: Simcoe decides to build Toronto after sailing into the bay.

That's not exactly how, or when, it happened but I appreciate being included.

colchar · Post by **colchar** » August 24th, 2009, 10:46 am

ArkieDukie wrote:
wilson wrote:1605: Guy Fawkes' infamous Gunpowder Plot, in which he and his conspirators planned to blow up the Houses of Parliament, assassinate King James, abduct the royal family, and induce broad-based rebellion, is thwarted. The plot makes freedom of religion for English Catholics even more unthinkable than it had previously been and sparks a new wave of English patriotism. Today, Guy Fawkes day, November 5, is celebrated as an occasion of deliverance of the crown and the Protestant nation.
Totally random question: Dumbledore's phoenix in the HP books is named Fawkes. Would this be where J. K. Rowling got the name?

Most likely.

devildeac · Post by **devildeac** » August 24th, 2009, 11:11 am

wilson wrote:
devildeac wrote:Or perhaps a pound and 1/2 (18 ounces ;) ) of pastrami or corned beef?
Hey, what are you trying to pull? A pound and a half is 24 ounces. 18 ounces is but 1.125 pounds. You schemer.

Oops, I was thinking of 12 ounces, as in standard bottles of beer :oops: . Good catch. But, then again, I might do anything for pastrami and/or corned beef, even altering the standards for weights and measures.

devildeac · Post by **devildeac** » August 24th, 2009, 11:13 am

colchar wrote:Since this my millennial post I would like to dedicate it to the founding of L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, Canada which was the first European settlement in North America. Although the exact date of its founding is debated by academics there is a large school of thought that argues that it was founded in 1000 A.D. which is good enough for me and this post!

A most excellent commemorative.

DukeUsul · Post by **DukeUsul** » August 28th, 2009, 9:59 pm

AD 391: Emperor Theodosius puts the final touches on making Christianity the official religion of Rome by disbanding the last vestiges of the Roman religions, including closing down the Temple of Vesta and extinguishing the eternal fire, as well as banning taking the auspices.

Post by **YmoBeThere** » August 29th, 2009, 11:12 am

DukeUsul wrote:extinguishing the eternal fire

I guess it wasn't really eternal then...

devildeac · Post by **devildeac** » August 29th, 2009, 1:47 pm

Catfight coming up for the "next PW to 1000" award... :roll:

CathyCA · Post by **CathyCA** » August 29th, 2009, 4:24 pm

devildeac wrote:Catfight coming up for the "next PW to 1000" award... :roll:

Nah, There won't be a fight. I'll get there first.

CathyCA · Post by **CathyCA** » August 29th, 2009, 4:45 pm

Here it is. 1000.

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OZZIE4DUKE · Post by **OZZIE4DUKE** » August 29th, 2009, 4:46 pm

CathyCA wrote:Here it is. 1000.

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Congrats!

CameronBornAndBred · Post by **CameronBornAndBred** » August 29th, 2009, 5:04 pm

CathyCA wrote:Here it is. 1000.

devildeac · Post by **devildeac** » August 29th, 2009, 5:54 pm

CathyCA wrote:Here it is. 1000.

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You have indeed had nimble fingers this afternoon.

Congrats!

devildeac · Post by **devildeac** » August 29th, 2009, 11:33 pm

I don't have any milestones... :roll:

Post by **YmoBeThere** » August 30th, 2009, 6:37 am

devildeac wrote:I don't have any milestones... :roll:

But you are the Professor, so you are doing cutting edge research!?!?

devildeac · Post by **devildeac** » August 30th, 2009, 7:31 am

YmoBeThere wrote:
devildeac wrote:I don't have any milestones... :roll:
But you are the Professor, so you are doing cutting edge research!?!?

Never thought of it that way... :roll:

#1000 today for you? ;)

Post by **YmoBeThere** » August 30th, 2009, 7:36 am

devildeac wrote:
YmoBeThere wrote:
devildeac wrote:I don't have any milestones... :roll:
But you are the Professor, so you are doing cutting edge research!?!?
Never thought of it that way... :roll:

#1000 today for you? ;)

Probably not today...packing stuff to do.

bjornolf · Post by **bjornolf** » August 30th, 2009, 7:43 am

I can't wait for 2000, but since my PW days are pretty much behind me, it's gonna take me a while. I'm sure several more of you will pass me by then. ;)

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