Mickey's Birthday

Mickey's our blog leader has a birthday on Saturday and I wanted to post a birthday picture. Happy Saturday birthday Mickey.

STOOPID FACTZ!!!!

Martha Washington was the first American woman to be featured on a U.S. postage stamp. (1902)

Time Square was originally called Long Acre Square.

Cows don't have upper front teeth.

Twelve cows are known as a "flink."

The biggest clams in the world weigh 500 pounds and make pearls as big as golf balls.

RIDDLE

Well I think that stumped you. When you hear it you will wonder why you didn't get the answer. I love this picture.
ANSWER:Where do little ghost go swimming?
In Lake Eerie
TODAY'S Riddle:
What happens in Snow White's cottage when the alarm clock rings?

A RAINY NIGHT IN VIRGINIA

Well we have had a pretty steady rain here in CH overnight and it is still raining this morning. There is about a 60% chance of rain this morning before this system clears out of the area later today. Down on the OBX they have a heavy surf advisory in effect today, the ocean had been pretty angry all week with those tropical systems out in the Atlantic Ocean. Most NHL teams open there training camps either today or Friday and that means hockey is just around the corner, the preseason games start Tuesday for some teams. There is one college football game of note tonight, Maryland 2-0 plays at West Virginia 2-0, neither team has played a tough game yet and West Virginia is favored by 17 points. Scott did the baby Eagles win yesterday? MICKEY

If you treat every situation as a life-and-death matter, you’ll die a lot of times.
Dean Smith

1814, Francis Scott Key was inspired to write his poem "The Star-Spangled Banner" after witnessing the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in Maryland during the War of 1812.
1901, President McKinley died in Buffalo, N.Y., of gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt succeeded him.
1982, Princess Grace of Monaco, formerly actress Grace Kelly, died at age 52 of injuries from a car crash the day before.

Actress Zoe Caldwell is 73
Actor Harve Presnell is 73
Hall-of-fame basketball coach Larry Brown is 66
Singer Jon "Bowser" Bauman (Sha Na Na) is 59
Country singer-songwriter Beth Nielsen Chapman is 50
Country singer John Berry is 47
Actress Melissa Leo is 46
Actress Faith Ford is 42
Actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley is 35
Country singer Danielle Peck is 28

SWEET 16 !!

happy birthday julianne sponsler and thats no stoopid fact. hope you have a great day. scott, joy, dust-bag, scottie

CLOSING IN ON MY BIRTHDAY

Well it's now less than three days before before my birthday and I am already feel every bit of 40 with all my aches and pains. I am happy to report that my ear is better now and it is at about 95% with an occasional flair up in the morning. I do have a couple more ailments now though, my right elbow is very sore again and the right side of my upper torso is a bit sore as well. I am just getting to old for softball. Scottie's middle school football team will try to extend there winning streak to 2 games this afternoon, Scott didn't know who they will be playing to today but I am sure he will give us an update later today. It is going to be a very cool 70 today here in CH with about 60% chance of rain. I guess Melanie will get some more soup the next time I make it, my soup pot finally returned back to the house Monday night after an extended absence. I have posted an old photo me today with my footabll uniform on, and yes I have always been a Packer fan. MICKEY

1851, American medical pioneer Walter Reed was born in Gloucester County, Va.
1922, the highest shade temperature on the earth's surface was recorded in El Azizia, Libya, which reached 136.4 degrees Fahrenheit.

In order to have a winner, the team must have a feeling of unity; every player must put the team first -- ahead of personal glory.
Paul Bryant

Actress Eileen Fulton ("As the World Turns") is 73
TV producer Fred Silverman is 69
Actress Jacqueline Bisset is 62
Singer Peter Cetera is 62
Actress Jean Smart is 47
Country singer Bobbie Cryner is 45
New York Yankees center fielder Bernie Williams is 38
Actress Louise Lombard ("CSI") is 36
Tennis player Goran Ivanisevic is 35
Country musician Joe Don Rooney (Rascal Flats) is 31

RIDDLE

Well you know who won the riddle AGAIN!!!!!
ANSWER:Why did the woman wear a helmet to the dinner table?
Because she was on a crash diet.
TODAY'S RIDDLE: Where do little ghost go swimming?

kevin grubb #56 suspended agian

grubb refused to give a sample twice after the race in richmond! IDOIT!!!!! ithink this is his 3rd strike!

Riddle

I gave the riddle to Mickey. I think Monkey bars is close enough.
ANSWER:How do monkeys keep in shape?
They have Jungle gyms.
Today's riddle
Why did the woman wear a helmet to the dinner table?

SOFTBALL TEAM IMPROVES TO 4-0

The Appomattox Financial softball team is now 4-0 after picking up two more victories at Lakeview last night over the Elite Fence Company 14-2 and 24-12. We are starting to hit the ball very well as a team but I am in a terrible slump. I did pitch a little bit in the 2nd game last night but that didn't go to well, I think I gave up 10 of the 12 runs the visitors got. Maybe the game has just passed me by and I should just retire, I think this might be the worst batting slump that I have ever been in all my years of playing softball. The Washington Redskins missed a late field goal last night and fell to the Vikings 19-16, the Redskin offense continued to struggle a bit only scoring one TD. In the last game Monday night the Chargers beat the Raiders 27-0. The weather here in CH has turned a bit cool this week and it's starting feel like fall is just around the corner. I have posted an old photo of Al in his football uniform from many years ago and by the colors of the uniform it looks like he is a Green Bay Packer fan. MICKEY

To become acquainted with kindness one must be prepared to learn new things and feel new feelings. Kindness is more than a philosophy of the mind. It is a philosophy of the spirit.
Robert J. Furey

1609, English explorer Henry Hudson sailed into the river that now bears his name.
1914, during World War I, the First Battle of the Marne ended in an Allied victory against Germany.

Actress Irene Dailey is 86
Actor Dickie Moore ("Our Gang") is 81
Country singer George Jones is 75
Actress Linda Gray is 66
Actress Rachel Ward is 49
Actress Amy Yasbeck is 44
Country singer Jennifer Nettles (Sugarland) is 32
Singer Ruben Studdard ("American Idol") is 28
Basketball player Yao Ming is 26
Singer Jennifer Hudson ("American Idol") is 25
Actress Emmy Rossum is 20

STOOPID FACTZ !!

The first transatlantic cable was laid in 1858 between Newfoundland and Ireland.

40 degrees below zero is the same in Fahrenheit and Celsius.

The Galapagos Islands are the only place on the equator where both penguins and fur seals can be found.

Standard pencils write on average 250,000 English words or a 35 mile (56 km) long line.

The heart of a peanut, that little nub that holds the two halves together, contains a high amount of a chemical that is know to cause migraine headaches in some people.

A Rubik's cube has 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 possible combinations.

The world's heaviest person weighed 629 kilos or 1,387 pounds.

STOOPID FACTZ !

Mark Twain, born on a year Halley's Comet visited Earth, correctly predicted he would die the next time it came by.

It is a myth that the hair and nails grow after death; the surrounding skin shrinks, giving the illusion of their growth.

A wild turkey can fly at a speed of 35 mph.

The largest cucumber grown was 59 lbs.

The saline content of the Dead Sea is about 187 pounds (84.8 kg) of salt per ton (907.2 kg) of water compared to the Atlantic Ocean at 31 pounds (14 kg) of salt per ton of water.

WE SHALL NEVER FORGET 9-11-01

Today will mark the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States in which nearly 3,000 people were killed, WE SHALL NEVER FORGET. The Green Bay Packers started this years NFL season about as bas as they finished last years season falling to the Bears 26-0, that is pitiful. The Redskins open there season tonight against the Vikings at FedEx field. Tonight the Appomattox financial softball team returns to the filed against the Elite Fence Company, gametime is 8:15 on Lakeview filed #2, AF is 2-0 coming into tonight's games. I have posted a link to some soccer photos that Al took yesterday of the Tri-Cities United girls soccer team, they were playing a team from Ashland. MICKEY

SOCCER PHOTOS
http://public.fotki.com/bp2/chhs_girls_soccer_2006/ch_travel_soccer_91006/
America is not anything if it consists of each of us. It is something only if it consists of all of us.
Woodrow T. Wilson

Sept. 11, 2001, in the single worst act of terrorism committed on U.S. soil, nearly 3,000 people died when two hijacked jetliners crashed into New York's World Trade Center, causing the twin towers to fall, a commandeered jetliner smashed into the
Pentagon and a fourth hijacked plane crashed in western Pennsylvania.

Actress Betsy Drake is 83
Actor Earl Holliman is 78
Actress Roxann Dawson is 48
Actress Kristy McNichol is 44
Actress Virginia Madsen is 43
Financial reporter Maria Bartiromo is 39
Singer Harry Connick Jr. is 39
Actress Laura Wright is 36

Riddle

Well Keith did everything but saw the actual word.
ANSWER:Food can help me survive, but water will kill me. What am I?
FIRE
Today's Riddle
How do monkeys keep in shape?

rir 9-9-06

here are few pics from richmond saturday night. the only reason i put a pic of the 48 on here is because its my favorite johnson photo!! not just last night but all time favorite johnson pics. talk about a jeff gordon clone!

the bare naked ladies

when i got to the track they told me i'd be following the a group called the bare naked ladies!!!

it wasn't what i was expecting!!!

HARVICK WINS, STEWART MISSES THE CHASE

Kevin Harvick made it a complete sweep at RIR last night winning the Nextel Cup race to go along with his Busch Series win from Friday night, Tony Stewart who was in the top 10 entering last nights race fell out of the top 10 and will not be in the chase. Kasey Kahne who was on the outside looking in before the race is now in the race for the chase. Tony's problems really began before the race when on Friday he crashed his primary car for this weekend an had to go to a back up car. Well UVA picked up there first when of he season yesterday beating Wyoming 13-12 in overtime, the way it sounded on the radio they were pretty lucky to come a way with a win in this one, but a win is a win. Next week UVA will play host to the Western Michigan Broncos who are 1-1. East Carolina lost a heartbreacker 17-12 to UAB yesterday when of there receivers fumbled the ball on the 1 yard line and the ball roll out of the endzone with about a minute to play, the play was 47 yard completion on 4th and 15 and it appeared he was going to score a TD when he was stripped from behind at 1 yard line, they just can't catch a break. Georgia beat South Carolina 18-0 last night, Georgia really dominated this game and the score probably should have scored more points. The Green Bay Packers open there season this afternoon against the Chicago Bears, the Pack have to better than last year, they sure can't be worst than last year. MICKEY

Nothing is work unless you'd rather be doing something else.
George Halas

1608, John Smith was elected president of the Jamestown colony council in Virginia.
1955, the long-running TV Western series "Gunsmoke," starring James Arness as Marshal Matt Dillon, premiered on CBS television.

Golfer Arnold Palmer is 77
Country singer Tommy Overstreet is 69
Actor Greg Mullavey is 67
Singer-musician Jose Feliciano is 61
Basketball hall-of-famer Bob Lanier is 58
Actress Judy Geeson is 58
Actress Amy Irving is 53
Actress Kate Burton is 49
Tennis player Gustavo Kuerten is 30

hamlin on the pole!

the cool thing about a local boy doing good at his home track is that he recognizes the local people from the old days(5 years ago)! he problably thought it was southhampton speedway when he saw me!

a few pics from last night slugfest!!

EAGLES WIN ! EAGLES WIN !

THE CRAWFORD COUNTY EAGLES WIN ! the eagles won last night which turned out to be a sad day for the coach whos father died earlier in the afternoon. he was not there but his son the quarterback did get to play. and on a brighter note, dusty got to play some in the later part of the game as well. score was 42-12 good guys.

EAGLES WIN, COLONIALS FALL

The CH Colonials and had tough night on the football field last night falling to Brunswick 24-0, I don't know any details of he game because neither paper had a write up on it. Meanwhile in Georgia the Crawford CountyEagles pounded the Pelham Hornets 42-12, the Georgia AP wire has the score with Pelham winning. In other games here in VA Thomas Dale beat Manchester 9-7 and Matoaca beat L.C. Bird 27-13. Down at the beach Manteo pounded Roanoke 43-0 but there was no score posted from the Cape Hatteras game. I will not be making my 2006 college football debut until next Saturday at East Carolina. Today in college football Wyoming will be at Virginia and hopefully the Cavs can bounce back with a win, Va Tech is at UNC, ECU is at UAB, Georgia visits South Carolina, I have posted the odds for those games below along with a few others. Fellow blogger A.G. will be working the Liberty and Glenville State state game today in Lynchburg. Last night Kevin Harvick extended his points lead in the Busch Series winning the Emerson Radio 250, it looked like they were racing at Bristol with number of crashes they had. Denny Hamlin will be on the pole for tonight's all important Nextel Cup race, Kasey Kahne will be trying to work his way into the chase and knock someone else out of the chase for the the Nextel Cup. I guess I will be watching the race tonight and flipping back and forth between some of the college football games that will be on as well. MICKEY

GEORGIA WIRE
http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/sports/high_school/15476702.htm

Duke @ Wake Forest-19.5
Akron @ NC State-9
Virginia Tech-13 @ North Carolina
Wyoming @ Virginia-9
Samford @ Georgia Tech-37
Clemson-2.5 @ Boston College
Middle Tenn St @ Maryland-22
Troy @ Florida State-30
Florida A&M @ Miami-54
Penn State at Notre Dame-7.5
Ohio State @ Texas-2.5
East Carolina @ UAB-7
Georgia-3.5 @ South Carolina

The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others.
Hasidic Saying

1850, California became the 31st state of the union.
1965, Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitched a perfect game in a 1-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs.
1971, prisoners seized control of the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, N.Y., beginning a siege that ended up claiming 43 lives.

Actress Sylvia Miles is 74
Country singer Freddy Weller is 59
Football commentator Joe Theismann is 57
Actor Tom Wopat is 55
Actress Angela Cartwright is 54
Actor Hugh Grant is 46
Actor Adam Sandler is 40
Model Rachel Hunter is 37
Actress Michelle Williams is 26

RIDDLE

Well I gave the riddle to Mickey. Mary was tied because she answered it second. Both of them were close but the real riddler got it exactly.
ANSWER:Why do Pilgrim's pants always fall down?
They wear there buckles on there hats
Today's Riddle:
Food can help me survive, but water will kill me. What am I?

Keith's Friday Picks

Pelham 14
Crawford Co 13

Bird 22
Matoaca 14

Dale 14
Manchester 13

Brunswick 14
Col. Hgts 6

Clover Hill 28
Prince George 6

Halifax Co 31
Dinwiddie 14

Meadowbrook 20
Midlo 6

Riddle

I guess everyone knows Keith got the riddle right again. Don't give up. Every body keep guessing.
ANSWER:What do you get when you drop a letter in a mudpuddle?
Blackmail
Today's Riddle
Why do Pilgrim's pants always fall down?

MAJOR LEAGUE STOOPID FACTZ !!!!!

Anaheim Angels: Clutch and Scoop the Bears

Arizona Diamondbacks: D. Baxter the Bobcat

Atlanta Braves: Rally and Homer

Baltimore Orioles: The Bird

Boston Red Sox: Wally the Green Monster

Cincinnati Reds:Mr. Red

Cleveland Indians: Slider

Colorado Rockies: Dinger

Detroit Tigers: PAWS PAWS

Florida Marlins: Billy

Houston Astros: Junction Jack the Rabbit

Kansas City Royals: Sluggerrr the Lion

Milwaukee Brewers: Bernie Brewer

Minnesota Twins: T.C. the Bear

Montreal Expos: Youppi!

New York Mets: Mr. Met

Oakland Athletics: Stomper the Elephant

Philadelphia Phillies: Phillie Phanatic

Pittsburgh Pirates: Pirate Parrot

Saint Louis Cardinals: FredBird

San Diego Padres: The Friar

San Francisco Giants: Lou Seal

Seattle Mariners: The Moose

Tampa Bay Devil Rays: Raymond

Toronto Blue Jays: Ace and Diamond