>>>>>>>>>>>>>It's kind of amusing to imagine Canada vowing the destruction of the U.S. ;-)
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>>>>>>>>>>>>Mike, Mike, sweet Mike - so naive. did you see the plane to into the Hudson today - they think it collided with ... wait for it ... GEESE ! That's right. And just who do you think employs GEESE as Maplehajadin ... ( and I hear they have oil ... just remember it was me who advocated invading Canada instead of Iraq - if only for the convenience and slightly lower language barrier ... and being able to come home for dinner ... (it's been a loooong day ... )
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>>>>>>>>>>>OMG!! ... I laughed pretty hard at that one, Charles! =0)
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>>>>>>>>>>>~~Bonnie
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>>>>>>>>>>Don't look now, , ,but , , , , many of our troops are already in your country. Unfortunately we are outnumbered by Mexican infiltrators.
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>>>>>>>>>Canadian sleeper cells .... our worst nightmare.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>It's 18 below zero here at the moment. That's temperature, not wind chill. Thanks again, buddy.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Odd? It's about +38 F here. Our sleeper cells are smuggling hockey pucks into the inauguration area just in case a game of shinny breaks out.
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>>>>>>>They should move the inauguration to more clement time of year. May would be nice.
>>>>>>>Didn't one President die because he became ill because of the cold during his speech.
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>>>>>>It was a cold, rainy day and William Harrison, to prove how 'vigorous' he was, insisted on walking in the Inaugural Parade and giving his speech without a hat. He contracted pneumonia and died a month later.
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>>>>>>Indeed, the date used to be March 4 (the year of Harrison's inauguration was freakishly cold and wet), but it was decided that March was to far into the year that the date was moved to Jan 20
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>>>>>Your facts are almost right. They moved it to Jan 20 because that's my birthday and they felt it would be a fitting way to celebrate.
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>>>>Modesty is a virtue.
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>>>Yes, I know. ;)
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>>And happy birthday, a little ahead of the day, just in case I forget. Care to share how old? :)
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>Really, really old. I'm going to be 63, but honestly, I don't feel a day over 61.

I am 54. I have a friend who just turned 63. He tells me the things he does when he goes on business trips; I can't wait to be 63 :).