Team USA

[Anubis]

My dad came to see me and I took him to the memorial the other day....never visited a place where thousand's of people perished....a feeling of helplessness(for lack of a better word) takes over.

 

[VCheng]

 

[VCheng]

 

[VCheng]

Well done Team USA!

 

[VCheng]

One of my favorite days. Trust USA to have a day dedicated to one of the great desserts of the world.

http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-banana-split-day-august-25/

NATIONAL BANANA SPLIT DAY – August 25

National Banana Split Day August 25

NATIONAL BANANA SPLIT DAY
National Banana Split Day is observed annually on August 25th!

Traditionally served in a long dish, called a boat, a banana is cut in half lengthwise and laid in the dish with scoops of vanilla, chocolate and strawberry ice cream placed in between. The strawberry ice cream is complimented with pineapple topping. Chocolate syrup is poured on the vanilla ice cream and strawberry topping covers the chocolate ice cream. Crushed nuts, whipped cream and maraschino cherries garnish the entire boat.

Today, there are many variations to the classic banana split.

A 23-year-old apprentice pharmacist at Tassel’s Pharmacy in Latrobe, Pennsylvania created the first banana split in 1904. David Evans Strickler enjoyed inventing sundaes at the store’s soda fountain. His first “banana-based triple ice cream sundae” sold for 10 cents, double the cost of all the other sundaes.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

One of my favorite days. Trust USA to have a day dedicated to one of the great desserts of the world.

http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-banana-split-day-august-25/

NATIONAL BANANA SPLIT DAY – August 25

National Banana Split Day August 25

NATIONAL BANANA SPLIT DAY
National Banana Split Day is observed annually on August 25th!

Traditionally served in a long dish, called a boat, a banana is cut in half lengthwise and laid in the dish with scoops of vanilla, chocolate and strawberry ice cream placed in between. The strawberry ice cream is complimented with pineapple topping. Chocolate syrup is poured on the vanilla ice cream and strawberry topping covers the chocolate ice cream. Crushed nuts, whipped cream and maraschino cherries garnish the entire boat.

Today, there are many variations to the classic banana split.

A 23-year-old apprentice pharmacist at Tassel’s Pharmacy in Latrobe, Pennsylvania created the first banana split in 1904. David Evans Strickler enjoyed inventing sundaes at the store’s soda fountain. His first “banana-based triple ice cream sundae” sold for 10 cents, double the cost of all the other sundaes.

Lol! The wiki entry shows the ice cream place that I used to take dates to as a teen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_split

 

[VCheng]

Lol! The wiki entry shows the ice cream place that I used to take dates to as a teen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_split

Don't forget, December 27 is National Fruitcake Day, the nuttier the better!

http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-fruitcake-day-december-27/

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Don't forget, December 27 is National Fruitcake Day, the nuttier the better!

http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-fruitcake-day-december-27/

They should move it to November 8th (Election Day)

 

[VCheng]

They should move it to November 8th (Election Day)

Actually, not a bad idea.

(PS: Every day is Fruitcake Day here, apparently! )

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/t...world-s-36million-annual-flights-America.html

Most frequent flyers revealed: Almost a THIRD of the world's 36million annual flights take off from America

• There are 36.5 million flights annually, but some countries fly more often
• America flies the most frequently with 9,553,214 flights recorded in 2014
• Other top ten countries included Canada, UK and Brazil and Japan

 

[Devo]

Becareful @VCheng is a big fan of Amreeeeeeeka

Lol thanks

 

[VCheng]

 

[VCheng]

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

So a co-worker of mine just got back from a Disney Dream cruise ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_Dream ). She was quite surprised at how large the ship was (130,000GT with 2,500 passengers) considering it was mainly targeting just families with little children.

Disney owns an island in the Bahamas ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castaway_Cay ) and the ship bounces back between it and Port Canaveral. Seems they have turned it into a Pirates of the Caribbean Island.

A Flying Dutchman!!

20,000 Leagues under the Sea submarine

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Great American Inventions/Inventors:

1989 Lithium-ion battery

John Goodenough - Inventor of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li-ion_battery