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A man goes to the Minnesota Vikings ticket office and inquires about purchasing Super Bowl tickets. The ticket teller replies that there weren't any tickets for sale because the Vikings did not make it to the super bowl. The following day the same man goes to the Minnesota Vikings ticket office and inquires about purchasing Super Bowl tickets. The ticket teller politely replies that there weren't any tickets for sale because the Vikings did not make it to the Super Bowl. This goes on for an entire week. Each day the man goes to the Viking ticket office inquiring about Super Bowl tickets and the teller says none are for sale because the Vikings did not make it to the Super Bowl. Another week of this goes by and the man still is asking the ticket teller about Super Bowl tickets. Finally the ticket teller in a loud voice says, "I'VE TOLD YOU FOR THE LAST 2 WEEKS THERE WERE NOT ANY TICKETS AVAILABLE BECAUSE THE VIKINGS DID NOT MAKE IT TO THE SUPER BOWL!!!" The man replied, "I know. I drive all the way from Green Bay just to hear you say that." For the ladies...or Dark Helmet...they're interchangeable... Women are Angels And when someone breaks our wings.... we simply continue to fly......... on a broomstick... We are flexible....

HEY!!!! Orc's gotta freeload off the Gov'ment just like the rest of them illegals!!!

Reminds me of the "hedgerow cutters" attached to Sherman tanks to bust through the Bocage's hedgerows in France after D-Day.

Marines in Afghanistan deploy 72-ton 40 foot long mine clearing vehicles nicknamed "The Joker". After one look Taliban won't have any trouble determining whether the marines are serious.

Maybe. He is probably hiding out and wearing a dress.

And the amazing thing is it didn't come from Amy Winehouse

Where's your global warming now?

Morning. Calm winds, light snow and 17F. High of 26F. Snow returns late tomorrow and Sunday.

Air Transportation Association Ad - February 1942 1938: Japan refuses to reveal naval data requested by the U.S. and Britain. 1940: First deportation of German Jews into occupied Poland. 1940: Germany and Russia agree new trade pact, that provides for the delivery of vital war materials (grains, oil, strategic minerals) by the Russians, in return for German manufactured goods. 1940: Anthony Eden greets the first Australian and New Zealand troops arriving in Suez. *Adele Mara 1941: The British foreign Secretary, Anthony Eden and General Sir John Dill, Chief of the Imperial General Staff leave London for a tour of the Balkan capitals in order to try and establish an anti-axis pact. However, Yugoslavia refuses to see them and Turkey refuses their proposals. Only Greece shows and interest. 1941: Again, the Italians make further breakout attempts, which all fail. Later in the day the Italians surrender 20,000 men, 200 guns and 120 tanks to just 3,000 British troops. 1941: Anthony Eden makes a speech parodying Winston Churchills famous 'Battle of Britain' speech. He says "Never has so much been surrendered, by so many, to so few". Adele Mara 1941: General Gariboldi is the new Italian Army Commander in North Africa. 1941: Erwin Rommel arrives in Tripoli, Libya with a Panzer and Motorized Infantry Division. He assumes command of the Deutsches Africa Korps. Rommel receives assistance from the Fliegerkorps X and long range aircraft from Sicily. 1941: Churchill congratulates Wavell for his success, and orders him to prepare to help the Greeks. Adele Mara 1941: German planes attack Benghazi, the first action by the Luftwaffe in Africa. 1942: At 11.00 hours, British aircraft spot the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen as they enter the straits of Dover. At 12.00 hours the British launch MTB attacks against Admiral Ciliax's squadron, but were forced to fire at extreme range and so missed. An hour later at 13.00 hours the British again launch torpedo attacks, this time using six Swordfish aircraft, but five were shot down and all torpedo's missed. At 14.30 hours the battleship Scharnhorst hits a mine off the Dutch coast. The mine inflicts only minor damage and the Scharnhorst is able to continue towards Germany. A short time later the British again launch attacks against the three German ships, this time using destroyers from the port of Harwich and aircraft from both Bomber and Coastal commands, but without success. At 20.35 hours the battleship Gneisenau hits a mine, while at 20.55 hours the Scharnhorst hits its second mine of the day, although both ships are able to continue towards Kiel. Adele Mara 1943: Rostov is captured by Russians. German troops evacuate Krasnodar and reach the defensive positions in the Kuban bridgehead. 1943: German bombers attacked port of Bari on Adriatic, sinking 16 freighters including an American ship carrying poison mustard gas shells, causing heavy casualties in the port. 1943: Rommel and Von Arnim's forces launch a counter attack against the American 2nd Corps in central Tunisia, forcing them back in some disarray. Adele Mara 1943: Wingates first Chindit guerrilla campaign begins behind the Japanese lines in Burma. 1943: VMF-124 lands on Guadalcanal, becoming the first Corsair squadron deployed for combat. 1944: The Red Army recaptures Luga. Adele Mara 1945: British and Canadians troops advancing from Southeast Holland take Cleve in western Germany. 1945: Simultaneous announcements in Moscow, London and Washington about the Yalta agreement. Agreement is reached about the allied occupation of Germany, the founding of the United Nations, the "resettlement" of the inhabitants of the eastern German territories to be ceded to Poland and the entry of the Soviet Union into the war against Japan. 1945: Thus far, the Kriegsmarine has evacuated 374,00 German refugees by sea from East and West Prussia. Adele Mara 1945: The British 20th Indian Division crosses the river Irrawaddy Southwest of Mandalay. 1945: Peru declares war against Germany. Adele Mara *Adele Mara, also known as Adelaide Delgado, was born on April 28 1923 in Highland Park, Michigan, most famous for her roles in the films 'Angel in Exile' and 'Sands of Iwo Jima'. Spanish-American Adele Mara was a singer/dancer with Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra in Detroit by the age of 15. Cugat took the beautiful, brown-eyed brunette to New York where she was spotted by a Columbia talent scout and signed in 1942. There she played brisk leading ladies in a series of standard, uneventful "B" films including 'Vengeance of the West' (1942) with Tex Ritter and 'Alias Boston Blackie' (1942) starring Chester Morris. A couple of years later she was transformed into a sexy platinum blonde pin-up after signing up with Republic Studios. She kept herself quite busy there predominantly cast as senorita-types opposite cowboy stars Roy Rogers in 'Bells of Rosarita' (1945) and Gene Autry in 'Twilight on the Rio Grande' (1947). She was also fetching fodder in crime dramas including 'Blackmail' (1947) and 'Web of Danger' (1947) and a pleasant diversion in adventure pictures such as 'Wake of the Red Witch' (1948) with John Wayne and 'The Avengers' (1950). Seldom was she given the chance to prove her acting talents, however, and her film career waned in the early 1950s. Her last screen appearance would be in 'The Big Circus' (1959) with Victor Mature. Adele subsequently moved into TV and was featured in a number of guest spots, primarily in westerns. She eventually settled down to raise a family after her marriage to TV mogul Roy Huggins who produced many hit shows including '77 Sunset Strip' (1958) and 'Maverick' (1957). She would appear as a guest in a number of them. The couple had three sons.

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Mornin' all. Partly cloudy and -5F with -20F windchill. At least it isn't snowing.

National Dairy Products Ad - February 1943 1940: Soviet troops finally breach the Mannerheim line, forcing the Finns to withdraw to a secondary defense line. 1941: Hanover is bombed by the RAF. *Susanna Foster 1941: British forces advance into Italian Somaliland in East Africa. 1941: Three Stirlings of No. 7 Sqn carry out the first RAF four-engined bomber attack against oil depots in Rotterdam. Susanna Foster 1942: The Channel Dash (Operation Cerberus). At 23.00 hours, Admiral Ciliax orders his squadron, which includes the battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and the cruiser Prinz Eugen, to leave Brest and dash through the English Channel for the safety of Kiel in Germany. 1942: Japanese troops cross the river Salween in Burma. This caused concern for the commander on the 17th Indian Division, Lieutenant General John Smyth, who felt that his troops might be cut off. He urged Burma Army commander, Lieutenant General Hutton to allow him to withdraw across the river Sittang. However, he was ordered to hold firm on the river Bilin. Susanna Foster 1944: German relief forces are now just 10 mile from the Korsun pocket. 1944: Americans troops at Cassino are relieved by Indian and New Zealand forces. The allies are pushed back to final defence line at Anzio. Susanna Foster 1944: The Australians take Rooke Island between Huon and New Britain. 1945: The Red Army the encirclement of the fortress city of Küstrin on the Oder. 1945: The meeting of the President Franklin Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Marshal Joseph Stalin in Yalta, adjourns. (READ NY TIMES ARTICLE) Susanna Foster *Susanna Foster was born December 6th, 1924 in Chicago. Illinois and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Foster was brought to Hollywood at the age of 12 by MGM, who sent her to school and groomed her for a singing and acting career. Two of her classmates in school were Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. Oddly enough, MGM never used her, and she was signed by Paramount in 1939, where she made The Great Victor Herbert (1939). William Randolph Hearst was so impressed with her, after seeing her in that film, that he had her flown out to his mansion for a private recital for him and Marion Davies. She signed with Universal in 1941, and was used basically as leverage against Deanna Durbin, to keep her in line. Reportedly, Phantom of the Opera (1943), Susanna's most famous role, was a Durbin reject.As such, her roles kept going downhill, even though she was immensely popular at that time. After That Night with You (1945), she'd had it. She made her last film for Universal in 1945, but was still under contract. She went overseas to study voice for three years, paid for by Universal. When she quit Universal in 1948, she sold her mink stole and used the money to move to the east coast, where she eventually met and married Wilbur Evans, who was 20 years her senior. The Evans' did a lot of stage work, doing operettas and musicals of the time, touring quite extensively. In between all of this, Susanna miscarried her first child, but went on to have two sons; Phillip and Michael. Susanna had tired of show business and wanted a more 'normal' life, so when she and Evans divorced in 1956, she quit performing altogether and got jobs to support her and her children. With the children raised (Phillip passed away) she set back out to California, and lived in her car for a while until she got established. Sadly, any dream of making a comeback was hampered by several health problems. Susanna Foster died on January 17th 2009, in Englewood, New Jersey, from heart failure.

I bet Whizkid has a Penguin on top of his TV... Whizkid & Mrs. Whizkid... Mrs. Whizkid: What's that on the tellevision then? Whizkid: Looks like a penguin. Mrs. Whizkid: No, no, no, I didn't mean what's on the television set, I meant what programme. Whizkid: Oh. Mrs. Whizkid: It's funny that penguin being there innit? What's it doing there? Whizkid: Standing. Mrs. Whizkid: I can see that! Whizkid: If it lays an egg, it will fall down the back of the television set. Mrs. Whizkid: We'll have to watch that. Unless it's a male. Whizkid: Ooh, I never thought of that. Mrs. Whizkid: Yes, looks fairly butch.

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Kudos to Boats for the heads up on this commercial!

Always thought that Citroen model looked like a cockroach.

LMAO!!!

Morning all. Snow event is over. Official snowfall total for Monday and yesterday is 5 1/2 inches for Cedar Rapids. Sunny today. Currently (at 7:25am) 13F with -2F windchill. High of 19F. Northwest wind of 10-15 mph. That ends this official weather report from Al Sleet, the Hippy Dippy Weatherman, brought to you by "Bongs R Us™" Medicinal Marijuana Supply Stores, where you receive a free 50lb bag of Cheetos® with each Bong purchase!

Pan-American Coffee Bureau Ad - February 1942 1939: Japanese occupy island of Hainan in French Indochina. 1941: London severs diplomatic relations with Romania. 1941: The RAF attacks the oil storage tanks at Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The raid sees the operational debut of the RAF's first 4-engine heavy bomber, the Stirling. Veronica Lake 1941: Iceland is attacked by German planes. 1941: The RAF makes its first operational drop of airborne forces (Operation Colossus). Six Whitleys of No. 58 Sqn drop 38 men to attack two aqueducts at Treviso in southern Italy. Veronica Lake 1942: The war halts civilian car production at Ford. 1942: The former French liner Normandie capsized in New York Harbor a day after it caught fire while being refitted for the U.S.Navy. Veronica Lake 1942: Wavell makes his last visit to Singapore, but by now there was nothing he could do to alter the outcome. 1942: First meeting of Pacific War Council in London with Dutch, New Zealand, Australian and UK representatives. Veronica Lake 1944: The Russians begin to lay down a tremendous artillery barrage against the Korsun pocket, in an attempt to force its surrender. 1944: The allies announce that southern Italy is to be handed over to Italian government jurisdiction. Veronica Lake 1944: The Japanese combined fleet leaves Truk for Palau. 1944: Australian and Americans troops link at Saidor in New Guinea. Veronica Lake 1945: The U.S. First Army captures the seventh and most important Ruhr dam. 1945: The 2nd Belorussian Fronts attack towards Neustett is halted by desperate German counter-attacks. The 1st Ukrainian front reaches the Neisse encircling Glogau. Liegnitz is captured by the 1st Ukrainian Front. The remaining defenders of Budapest, some 16,000 men, try to break out from Budapest, although most are killed or captured. 1945: B-29s hit the Tokyo area. Veronica Lake *Born Constance Ockleman (later Keane) in Brooklyn on November 14, 1919 (some sources list 1922 as her date of birth), diminutive Veronica Lake relocated to California with her mother and stepfather as a teenager. Pushed by a typical stage mother, Lake was enrolled in acting classes. In 1939, she was signed by RKO Studios, sometimes appearing in small roles before the studio dropped her contract. A few bit parts at MGM and 20th Century-Fox followed, and soon after marrying first husband John Detlie, Lake signed with Paramount. With her cool manner and 'peekaboo' hairstyle she created a sensation; millions of women copied her peekaboo bang. Lake's biggest year in films was 1942, when she starred in a string of hit films for Paramount, including Sullivan's Travels, This Gun for Hire, and I Married a Witch. Pregnancy with her second child sidelined her for much of 1943; sadly, the child lived just a few days. She and Detlie divorced shortly thereafter, and Lake then married prominent director André De Toth in late 1944. Although Lake proved to be a good actress, especially in comedy and film noir, her career began to fade soon after the end of World War II. She gave birth to her son with De Toth late in 1945. Several more films followed, and Lake gave birth to another daughter, born in late 1948. By then, however, Paramount had dropped her contract following the release of the comedy Isn't It Romantic? (1948). Veronica Lake's film career came to a halt in the late 1940s; she made just three films afterward. Lake divorced De Toth in 1952, and she left California to settle in New York, where she did quite a bit of stage work and made a number of appearances on early television. However, mental illness and her increasing use of alcohol chipped away at her career, and by the late 1950s or early 1960s Lake was working as a bar maid. By chance she was rediscovered, and in the early 1960s Lake was offered a job working in Baltimore as a TV host. She made two more films: Footsteps in the Snow (made in Canada and released in 1966) and Flesh Feast (shot in Miami in 1967; not released until 1970), a film which she also produced. Lake wrote a sensational autobiography, which made waves when it was published in 1969. Sadly, she passed away in Burlington, Vermont, on July 7, 1973, from hepatitis. She was survived by her fourth husband, two daughters, a son, and her mother. Trivia: During World War Two, the rage for her peek-a-boo bangs became a hazard when women in the defense industry would get their bangs caught in machinery. Lake had to take a publicity picture in which she reacted painfully to her hair getting "caught" in a drill press in order to heighten public awareness about the hazard of her hairstyle. Her ashes sat on a funeral home's shelf until 1976 when her cremation was paid for and supposedly spread on the Florida coastline. Some 30 years after her death, her ashes resurfaced in a New York antique store in October 2004. Her height variously given as "barely five feet" to 5' 2" Photos indicate the shorter height.

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Morning. Still snowing. 3 1/2 inches of snow has fallen as of 10pm last night. Currently 5F with -15F windchill, high of 15F. Winds to pick up later this morning. 20-30MPH will cause whiteout conditions.