2007 Bww Picnic- AUGUST 11- Page 2

[StageManager2]

Posted: 6/27/07 at 3:24pm

He was teasing you, taz, because you knew off the bat that July 9 is in a week (more or less), so he was basically asking if you knew when July 18 is.

[RobbO]

Posted: 6/27/07 at 3:24pm

you were just so good in letting hook know when july 9 was, i was hoping you could help me out with july 18, taz.

[Calvin]

Posted: 6/27/07 at 3:25pm

On July 18, according to wikipedia:

* 390 BC - Roman-Gaulish Wars: Battle of the Allia - A Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, leading to the subsequent sacking of Rome.
* 64 - Great fire of Rome: A fire begins to burn in the merchant area of Rome and soon burns completely out of control while Emperor Nero reportedly plays his lyre and sings while watching the blaze from a safe distance.
* 1195 - Battle of Alarcos, great victory of Almohad ruler Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur over the Castilian King Alfonso VIII.
* 1536 - The authority of the Pope is declared void in England.
* 1830 - Uruguay adopts its first constitution.
* 1857 - Louis Faidherbe, French governor of Senegal, arrives to relieve French forces at Kayes, effectively ending El Hajj Umar Tall's war on the French.
* 1861 - American Civil War: Skirmish at Blackburn's Ford prior to First Battle of Bull Run(1st Battle of Manassas).
* 1863 - American Civil War: Battle of Fort Wagner/Morris Island - The first formal African American military unit, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, unsuccessfully assaults Confederate-held Battery Wagner but their valiant fighting still proves the worth of African American soldiers during the war.
* 1872 - The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland introduces voting by secret ballot.
* 1873 - Oscar II of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim.
* 1898 - Marie and Pierre Curie announce the discovery of a new element and proposed to call it polonium.
* 1914 - The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, this gives definite status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first time.
* 1925 - Adolf Hitler publishes his personal manifesto Mein Kampf.
* 1932 - The United States and Canada signed a treaty to develop the Saint Lawrence Seaway.
* 1936 - Spanish Civil War: The rebellion reaches peninsular Spain and conquers Galicia, west Castile, west Andalucia and Aragon.
* 1938 - Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan arrives in Ireland.
* 1940 - Democratic National Convention, Chicago: President Franklin D. Roosevelt is nominated for an unprecedented third term in office.
* 1942 - World War II: The Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me-262 using only its jets for the first time.
* 1944 - World War II: Hideki Tojo resigns as Prime Minister of Japan due to numerous setbacks in the war effort.
* 1947 - President Harry S. Truman signs the Presidential Succession Act into law which places the Speaker of the House and the Senate President Pro Tempore next in the line of succession after the United States Vice President
* 1953 - Rock star Elvis Presley made his first recording in Sun Studios.
* 1965 - Zond 3 launched.
* 1966 - Gemini 10 launched.
* 1968 - Vietnam War: The two-day Honolulu Conference begins in Honolulu, Hawaii between US President Lyndon B. Johnson and South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu.
* 1969 - After a party on Chappaquiddick Island, Senator Ted Kennedy from Massachusetts drives an Oldsmobile off a wooden bridge into a tide-swept pond and his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, dies.
* 1976 - Gymnast Nadia Comaneci, age 14, scores first ever perfect 10 at the Olympics.
* 1977 - Vietnam joins the United Nations.
* 1982 - 268 campesinos ("peasants" or "country people") are slain in the Plan de Sánchez massacre in Ríos Montt's Guatemala.
* 1984 - McDonald's massacre in San Ysidro, California: In a fast-food restaurant, James Oliver Huberty opens fire, killing 21 people and injuring 19 others before being shot dead by police.
* 1986 - A tornado is broadcast live on KARE television in Minnesota when the station's helicopter pilot makes a chance encounter.
* 1989 - Rebecca Schaeffer is shot by a crazed fan, prompting California to pass America's first anti-stalking law in 1990.
* 1992 - The ten victims of the La Cantuta massacre disappeared from their university in Lima.

* 1994 - AMIA Bombing: An explosion in Buenos Aires destroys a building housing several Jewish organizations, killing 85 and injuring many more.
* 1995 - On the Caribbean island of Montserrat, the Soufriere Hills volcano erupts. Over the course of several years, it devastates the island, destroying the capital and forcing most of the population to flee.
* 1996 - Storms provoke severe flooding on the Saguenay River in Quebec, beginning one of Canada's costliest natural disasters ever.
* 1996 - In an event very similar to the Oklahoma tornado that would occur three years later, an F5 tornado hit the town of Oakfield, Wisconsin.
* 1997 - 8000 low-caste Indians riot in Mumbai (Bombay) following a funeral for 10 children who had been killed by police.
* 1998 - A 23-foot tidal wave kills nearly 3,000 people in Papua New Guinea.
* 2001 - In Baltimore, Maryland, a 60-car train derails in a tunnel, sparking a fire that lasts days and virtually shuts down downtown Baltimore.

Oh, crap, this mentioned Chappaquiddick. You-know-who will be along soon.

[RobbO]

Posted: 6/27/07 at 3:27pm

ted kennedy?

[tazber]

Posted: 6/27/07 at 3:31pm

totally missed that one. Sorry RobbO. I'm slow today.
I always know dates b/c I process payrolls, and Monday 7/9 is a big payday for several of my clients.

[StageManager2]

Posted: 6/27/07 at 3:35pm

Mary Jo Kopechne?

[RobbO]

Posted: 6/27/07 at 3:38pm

can you give me a raise, taz?

[tazber]

Posted: 6/27/07 at 3:39pm

I'm sure we could work it out RobbO.

[StageManager2]

Posted: 6/27/07 at 3:40pm

Doesn't tazber's avatar automatically give you one, RobbO?

[RobbO]

Posted: 6/27/07 at 3:40pm

score! then the first round of drinks is on me at the park.

calvin, can you get my friends a round on me?

[Calvin]

Posted: 6/27/07 at 3:42pm

Wait, am I going to be the cocktail waiter here, too? At least I get to keep the tips this time!

[RobbO]

Posted: 6/27/07 at 3:45pm

where else but nyc could you have a cater waiter that can correct your grammer AND sing the score of miss saigon whilst quoting suzanne sugarbaker?

[Calvin]

Posted: 6/27/07 at 3:46pm

A cater waiter WHO can correct your grammar, mister.

[Undeniably Bway]

Posted: 6/27/07 at 3:47pm

"At least I get to keep the tips this time!" Said the underpaid mohel to the congregation... ba da bamp.

[RobbO]

Posted: 6/27/07 at 3:48pm

that was a trick. but i'll need you to help me bone up for friday!

[tazber]

Posted: 6/27/07 at 3:50pm

I thought we just decided that I was gonna help you bone up.

[RobbO]

Posted: 6/27/07 at 3:51pm

no. you're gonna give me a raise.

[tazber]

Posted: 6/27/07 at 3:52pm

same thing

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 6/27/07 at 3:54pm

Everybody RIIIIIIIISSSSSE!

[RobbO]

Posted: 6/27/07 at 3:55pm

the dude on the right is hawt.

[StageManager2]

Posted: 6/27/07 at 3:57pm

A bit fem, idn't he?

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 6/27/07 at 3:59pm

he smokes tareyton, I hear...

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Updated On: 6/27/07 at 03:59 PM

[StageManager2]

Posted: 6/27/07 at 4:02pm

Gotta love the cigarette pose! Where's the holder (not to mention the smoke)?

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 6/27/07 at 8:29pm

Even though we met someone from the board & it was a disaster (not @ a BWW get together) onward & upward as I say

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 6/27/07 at 8:35pm

Shamey, we can have more than one picnic - I think we have in summers past. We can have an earlier one in the summer, and then certainly another on the Flea Market weekend so more out of towners can attend.

And that is correct - there is no alcohol allowed in the park. That's why RobbO only stays for 30 minutes.