Huh. These new coins don't have "In God We Trust" on them. (That phrase was only added in the early '50s, as part of our struggle against godless communism.)
Jinx? If you and Dreg have been using my moisturizer again I'm going to have to rip off your scaly- hey, what's the deal with your face?
Glory ,'Potential'
Natter Five-O: Book 'Em, Danno.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Feb 13, 2007 10:49:30 am PST #561 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
sumi - Feb 13, 2007 10:50:56 am PST #562 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Daisy Jane - is it a mini wire?
Hayden - Feb 13, 2007 10:51:22 am PST #563 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Hey, congrats, Jessica and Mr. Jessica!
Steph L. - Feb 13, 2007 10:52:24 am PST #564 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
If the US really wants to switch over to dollar coins then they need to stop making dollar bills to force the switch.
And the dollar coins need to be more easily distinguishable from quarters. (Say what you will about the Susan B. Anthony and Sacajawea dollar coins, my opinion is that their nod to differentiation wasn't great enough.)
tommyrot - Feb 13, 2007 10:52:32 am PST #565 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I told her I'll leave in an hour or so, while I can still see the roads somewhat clearly.
Frak. I don't think I've ever gotten off work due to snow - the perils of always taking public transportation or else living within walking distance of work.
Wait, I take that back. When we in Minneapolis got our 30" of snow, I missed a few days of work because I was on crutches and literally could not leave our block, as I was unable to climb the piles of snow along the sidewalk due to plowing and had to wait for people to dig paths through them.
Gudanov - Feb 13, 2007 10:53:23 am PST #566 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
These new coins don't have "In God We Trust" on them. (That phrase was only added in the early '50s, as part of our struggle against godless communism.)
I thought that was when "Under God" was put into the pledge. Wasn't "In God We Trust" added to coinage in the 1860s?
Kathy A - Feb 13, 2007 10:57:39 am PST #567 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
They never tell us the office is closed for the day, but they have very rarely sent everyone home early (last I remember was about 10 years ago). Today is manager's discretion as to when to send employees home. With all the people who now work from home or from the office on Peterson and Pulaski to cut down on their commute, we probably won't have too many cases of complete closing of the office anymore.
tommyrot - Feb 13, 2007 10:58:31 am PST #568 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I thought that was when "Under God" was put into the pledge. Wasn't "In God We Trust" added to coinage in the 1860s?
Yeah, I thought both were changed in the 1950s. But now I'm not sure. (The pledge definitely was changed then.)
eta: Here it is: [link]
1956, bay-bee
eta²: OK, it's more complicated than that. Usage did start during the Civil War.
Jessica - Feb 13, 2007 11:03:57 am PST #569 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
According to the treasury's In God We Trust FAQ, it's been in and out of use since 1864. Coins have had it permanently since 1938, bills since 1964-6.
Liese S. - Feb 13, 2007 11:10:12 am PST #570 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Okay, we're making the call. Snow day! They're closing the local schools early, they're cancelling a game that's supposed to be played down on the reservation tonight, and our partner's wife says she's driving through a blizzard. From our window, the snow has totally picked up, and it's supposed to be snow and rain and ice until it's all snow overnight, both up here and down on the reservation, through tomorrow.
So we're calling it. Trying to get hold of our partner now.
I took a bath scented with rose salts and I've already stacked the wood, so we're going to tuck in tonight. The Biscuit came in all wet from the snow in the run, and got the house all wet running frantically back and forth trying to find me while I was in the tub. Hee.