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From: Will Ford < la> To: undisclosed-recipients:; Bcc: 'Ma> Subject: Nov 20th tidbits & quotes - Happy Thanksgiving!!! Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:50:30 +0000 "The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Sir Winston Churchill "Act as if it were impossible to fail." - Dorothea Brande "As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch NN hat they do." - Andrew Carnegie Snakes are true carnivores because they eat nothing but other animals. They do not eat any type of plant material. "The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself." - Douglas MacArthur "One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential." - Maya Angelou "Well," said Pooh, "what I like best," and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called. -A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh "He respects Owl, because you can't help respecting anybody who can spell 'tuesday', even if he doesn't spell it right." - A.A. Milne, The House At Pooh Corner More American workers (18%) call in sick on Friday than any other day of the week. Tuesday has the lowest percent of absenteeism (11%). Tuesday is considered a lucky day in Wales, but unlucky in Greece and Spain. In northern England it is considered unlucky for a traveler to meet a left-handed person on a Tuesday. On other days, it is good luck to do so. Californians have barbecues less often on Tuesday than any other day of the week and are also least likely to use a petrol-driven lawnmower on a Tuesday. "Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many--not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some." - Charles Dickens Each year since 1947, the National Turkey Federation and the Poultry and Egg National Board have given a turkey to the President of the United States at a White House ceremony. After that, presidents had been more likely to eat the turkey rather than give it a reprieve. A notable exception occurred in 1963, when President Kennedy, referring to the turkey given to him, said, "Let's just keep him." It wasn't until the first Thanksgiving of President George H.W. Bush, in 1989, that a turkey was officially pardoned for the first time. Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush continued the pardons begun under the first Bush. Some confusion about the true origin of this practice has crept into recent presidential speeches though. One story claims that Harry Truman pardoned the turkey given to him in 1947, but the Truman Library has been unable to find any evidence of this. Another story claims the tradition dates back to Abraham Lincoln pardoning his son Tad's pet turkey. EFTA00401037