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RE: Mary Evelyn's Koffee Klatch
12/2/2013 9:55:46 PM
We have now entered the most joyous of all seasons and here is a video I have been posting for the last several Christmas seasons because it is one of my all time favorites. :)

Bing Crosby & David Bowie - Little Drummer Boy/Peace On Earth

Uploaded on Oct 2, 2011

Possibly one of the greatest Christmas duets of all time. This was Bing Crosby's final Christmas show. The track was recorded on 11 September 1977, Bing Crosby passed away on October 14, just over a month after recording the special. In the U.S., the show aired on 30 November 1977 on CBS.

It was always a joy, growing up, to watch ALL the variety style Christmas Specials; now they are just a faded memory.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCQwwCRiDZQ
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RE: Mary Evelyn's Koffee Klatch
12/6/2013 4:32:59 PM
~~~~CAR TRIVIA ~~~~

Hours after Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the Secret Service found themselves in a bind. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was to give his infamy speech to Congress the next day, and although the trip from the White House to Capitol Hill was short, agents weren't sure how to transport him safely.

At the time, Federal Law prohibited buying any cars that cost more than $750, so they would have to get clearance from Congress to do that, and nobody had time for that.

One of the Secret Service members, however, remembered that the US Treasury had seized the bulletproof car that mobster Al Capone owned when he was sent to jail in 1931. They cleaned it, made sure it was running fine and had it ready for the President the day after.

And run properly it did. Capone's car was a sight to behold. It had been painted black and green so as to look identical to Chicago's police cars at the time. It also had a specially installed siren and flashing lights hidden behind the grille, along with a police scanner radio. To top it off, the gangster's 1928 Cadillac 341A Town Sedan had 3,000 pounds of armor and inch-thick bulletproof windows.

Mechanics are said to have cleaned and checked each feature of the Caddy well into the night of December 7th, to make sure that it would run properly the next day for the Commander in Chief.
The car was sold at an auction price of $341,000 in 2012.
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RE: Mary Evelyn's Koffee Klatch
12/6/2013 4:38:47 PM
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RE: Mary Evelyn's Koffee Klatch
12/6/2013 4:56:17 PM
Sorry I could not find a youtube for this video but I think it will tug at your heart strings.


CLICK THE LINK:


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RE: Mary Evelyn's Koffee Klatch
12/6/2013 5:00:53 PM
Hope everyone enjoys this.

A collection of clips of Disco Dancing Dogs
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