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On this date in 1850, California
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#1 Posted: Mon, Jan 19 2004, 9:41 AM EST
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Do you know what happened this week back in 1850?

California became a state.

The state had no electricity.

The State had no money.

Almost everyone spoke Spanish.

There were gun fights in the streets.

So basically, it was just like California today (except the women had real boobs).
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#2 Posted: Mon, Jan 19 2004, 11:14 AM EST
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and they say things are so much worse!

The more things change, the more they stay the same
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#3 Posted: Mon, Jan 19 2004, 11:57 AM EST
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heh. or to go all surreal on ya's, as zippy the pinhead would say, "things are more like they are now than they ever were before!" :)

antonio
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#4 Posted: Mon, Jan 19 2004, 2:07 PM EST
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Cavallo

i never heard of zippy before, but he sounds smart to me.
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#5 Posted: Mon, Jan 19 2004, 2:09 PM EST
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oh man... zippy the pinhead is a cartoon character of the surreal variety. if i can find any zippy stuff around i'll send it your way. good stuff. :)

antonio
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#6 Posted: Mon, Jan 19 2004, 3:17 PM EST
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send it here too! Zippy sound more like Yogi Berra than Yogi does!
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#7 Posted: Mon, Jan 19 2004, 3:20 PM EST
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According to the quote book "Whole Grains" the source is Dwight D. Eisenhower: "After all, things are more like they are today then they ever have been before." A great quote that I like to throw into a business meeting just to see if anyone is really listening.
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#8 Posted: Mon, Jan 19 2004, 4:38 PM EST
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I heard an executive once tell what he swore was a story of being in a board meeting where no one seemed to be listening ...

When he saw no one was really paying attention, he moved that they form a work party to take shovels and wheelbarrows to go into the hills and move a prominent mountain to a new location out beyond town ...

He said the motion was seconded and he asked that all in favor say "aye" ... it got approved ...
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