Adding Value by Dennis O'Hagan

October TRIVIA...

This October has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays, all in one month.  It happens once ever 823 years...

Spring Ahead...

Daylight savings time begins on Sunday, March 14th.  DON'T FORGET to turn your clocks forward one hour before you go to bed on Saturday, March 13th.

Golf trivia

All putts break toward the water, even on greens that appear perfectly flat.  That's because all green are contoured for drainage.

THINGS I LEARNED FROM LIVING IN TEXAS

*  Armadillos sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air.

*  There are 5,000 types of snakes on earth and 4,998 live in Texas.

*  There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in Texas , plus a couple no one's seen before.

*  If it grows, it sticks; if it crawls, it bites.

*  'Twiced' is a word.

*  People actually grow and eat okra.

*  'Fixinto' is one word.

*  There is no such thing as 'lunch.'

*  There is only dinner and then supper.

*  Iced tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're two. We do like a little tea with our sugar!

*  'Backwards and forwards' means I know everything about you!

*  Djeet is actually a phrase meaning 'Did you eat?'

*  You don't have to wear a watch because it doesn't matter what time it is. You work until you're done or it's too dark to see.

*  You don't PUSH buttons, you MASH them.

*  You measure distance in hours. Like its 6 hours from Houston to Dallas..

*  You'll probably have to switch from 'heat' to 'A/C' in the same day.

*  Fix' is a verb. Example: 'I'm fixing to go to the store.'

*  You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.

*  Yes, Friday night high school football games is serious football!

*  You carry jumper cables in your car . . .  for your OWN car.

*  There are only four spices: salt, pepper, Tabasco and ketchup.

*  The local papers cover national and international news on one page, but require 6 pages for local gossip and sports.

*  100 degrees Fahrenheit is 'a little warm.'

*  We have four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, still Summer and Christmas.

*  Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past time known as 'goin' to Wally-World.'

*  A cool snap (below 70 degrees) is good pinto-bean weather.

*  A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola or pop. . . . it's a Coke, regardless of brand or flavor. Example:  'What kind a coke you want?'

*  Fried catfish is the other white meat.

*  We don't need no stinking driver's ed . . .  if our mama says we can drive, we can drive.

EVERYONE can't be from Texas .  You might say it's a gift from God!

And the most important thing I have learned about living in TEXAS is...  IN GOD WE TRUST

Labor Day Trivia

Happy Labor Day!  Cheryl & I wish you and yours a relaxing and safe holiday!

Labor Day is a national legal holiday that is over 100 years old. Over the years, it has evolved from a purely labor union celebration into a general "last fling of summer" festival.

It grew out of a celebration and parade in honor of the working class by the Knights of Labor in 1882 in New York. In 1884, the Knights held a large parade in

New York City

celebrating the working class. The parade was held on the first Monday in September. The Knights passed a resolution to hold all future parades on the same day, designated by them as Labor Day.

The above “Labor Day trivia was sent to me by my good friend Fay Hendon.  Fay is with Service First Mortgage in

McKinney

.

The History of Labor Day

Labor Day is truly a global holiday, or as it is known internationally May Day. The roots of Labor Day stretch back to the 1810’s and what was known as the eight hour day movement. Robert Owen, as early as 1817 had formulated the goal of the eight-hour day and coined the slogan Eight hours labor, Eight hours recreation, Eight hours rest.

In the new founded Wellington colony in 1840, the carpenter Samuel Parnell refused to work more than eight hours a day. This movement also began in Australia, when the Stonemasons stopped working and proceeded to march on Parliament from the University of Melbourne, to achieve an eight hour work day. This movement eventually found its way to Canada as well, and Labor Day in Canada as well as the United States can be attributed directly to the efforts of the Knights of Labor.

The Knights of Labor was labor union founded in secrecy in December 1869, by a group of Philadelphia tailors led by Uriah S. Stephens. Originally called 'The Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor', it was designed to protect all who worked for a living. They organized a parade by on September 5, 1882 in New York City which became an annual parade when it was organized a second time in 1884.

The International Workingmen's Association, many of whom were socialists or anarchists, favored a May 1 holiday. With the event of Chicago's Haymarket riots in early May of 1886, president Grover Cleveland believed that a May 1 holiday could become an opportunity to commemorate the riots. Thus, fearing that it might strengthen the socialist movement, he quickly moved in 1887 to support the position of the Knights of Labor and their date for Labor Day.

Since then, Labor Day has been celebrated on the first Monday in September in the United States since the 1880s. The September date has remained unchanged, even though the government was encouraged to adopt May 1 as Labor Day, the date celebrated by the majority of the world. Enjoy your leisure time and enjoy your family members, have a happy labor day from everyone.

Miles per gallon

"A 2006 study found that the average American walks about 900 miles a year.

Another study found that Americans drink an average of 22 gallons of beer a year.

That means, on average, Americans get about 41 miles per gallon."