Saturday, 23 February 2008
8th Grade Exam from 1895 part 1.
This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina, Kansas, USA . It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina, and reprinted by the Salina Journal.
Arithmetic (Time,1 hour 15 minutes)
1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.
2. A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold?
3. If a load of wheat weighs 3,942 lbs., what is it worth at 50cts/bushel, deducting 1,050 lbs. for tare?
4. District No 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals?
5. Find the cost of 6,720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton.
6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent.
7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at $20 per metre?
8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent.
9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance of which is 640 rods?
10. Write a Bank C heck, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt.
U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes)
1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided
2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus.
3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War.
4. Show the territorial growth of the United States.
5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas.
6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion.
7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln, Penn, and Howe?
8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, 1865.
H/T Shelly
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Brief news...
24-hour drinking fuels rise in crime. Surprise surprise!! Raise the drinking age to 21 and tazer the drunken louts.
Donors rail against Hillary Clinton's spending. Ooops looks like the money men are starting to run.
Mile High-Rise girl: Blonde city planner 'approved illegal skyscrapers' in return for sex from developers. Now I know how to get planning for my new house!!
US B-2 stealth bomber crashes in Guam. Expensive!
A chilling dispatch from Afghanistan: It's a war that CAN'T be won. Afghanistan will always be a problem while the Afghan people exist!
Thailand threat to shoot 4,000 in drug war. This idea has potential!
Eat less, drive more. James May on saving the planet
Steady hands...
This photo was taken by a soldier in Afghanistan of a helo rescue mission.
The pilot is a PA National Guard guy who flies EMS choppers in civilian life.
Now how many people on the planet you reckon could set the ass end of a
chopper down on the roof top of a shack, on a steep mountain cliff, and hold
it there while soldiers load wounded men in the rear.
H/T Ted Foster
A Soldier with Charlie Company, 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division takes aim during a clearing operation in the Bichigan peninsula near Balad, Iraq, Feb. 15, 2008. Photo by Spc. Richard Rzepka, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs.
H/T Mark Scott
The boss had to fire somebody, and he narrowed it down to one of two people, Debra or Jack
It was an impossible decision because they were both super workers. Rather than flip a coin, he decided he would fire the first one who used the water cooler the next morning.
Debra came in the next morning with a horrible hangover after partying all night. She went to the cooler to take an aspirin. The boss approached her and said: 'Debra, I've never done this before but I have to lay you or Jack off.'
'Could you jack off?' she says. 'I feel like shit...
H/T Pete Hurrell
Thankyou Flickr....
..I have finally managed to sort out my Flickr account so everyone can see my pics. Some of them are quite good.
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SBS In Afghanistan
Footage of UK Special Boat Service troops in action in Afghanistan, 2001, during the uprising of Taleban prisoners at Qala-i-Janghi.
Friday, 22 February 2008
Welcome to the Devil....
The Devil will be posting a daily rant on this blog. There will be more from our other correspondents soon.
Ze French in a nutshell or two...
"France has neither winter nor summer nor morals. Apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country. France has usually been governed by prostitutes." --Mark Twain
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"I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me."
--General George S. Patton
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"Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion."--General Norman Schwartzkopf
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"We can stand here like the French, or we can do something about it."--Marge Simpson
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"As far as I'm concerned, war always means failure."--Jacques Chirac, President of France
"As far as France is concerned, you're right."--Rush Limbaugh
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"The only time France wants us to go to war is when the German Army is sitting in Paris sipping coffee."--Regis Philbin
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"The last time the French asked for 'more proof' it came marching into Paris under a German flag."--David Letterman
H/T 45 Govt
Hillarycare!!
Japanese doctor says, "Medicine in my country is so advanced that we can
take a kidney out of one man, put it in another, and have him out looking for
work in six weeks."
A German doctor says, "That is nothing. We can take a lung out of one person, put it in another, and have him out looking for work in four weeks."
A British doctor says, "In my country medicine is so advanced that we can
take half a heart out of one person, put it in another, and have both of them out looking for work in two weeks."
The American doctor, not to be outdone, interjected, "You guys are way behind. We are about to take a woman with no brains and no heart, put her in the White House, and then half the country will be out looking for work."
H/T Max Bouvier
Theo's drink of the Day: Vecchia Romana
Proof the Italians can make brandy!! And wreck Theo's afternoon.
News round up....
Over half of Britons claim no religion. Hardly surprising after the way the Church of England has behaved over the last decade or so. It has become a joke! Never mind we will all so be Muslems!!!
SBS swoop to kill Taliban chief. Nice one lads.
Teen gang rape on YouTube. Find the scum and hang them.
SAS founder broke into army HQ on crutches to persuade generals they needed crack unit. A great man.
Firefighters banned from visiting smokers' homes to offer safety advice. How effing pathetic. Next they will refuse to answer calls from smokers.
Serb mob storm US embassy in Kosovo protest. Looks like Serbia is asking for a smack. They will no doubt hide behind Putin's skirts.
Forces short of morale - and 5,500 personnel. They have been treated like shit by this pathetic government not one of whom has ever served.
Canadians to quit Afghanistan. They have done themselves proud. It is time for NATO to kick out those countries who fail to fulfill their commitments.
John McCain rejects allegations of an affair with lobbyist in first run for President. The scum at the NYT are going to pay for this one.
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Thursday, 21 February 2008
WTF!!
UK apology over rendition flights. Our useless prick of a Foreign Secretary isn't speaking for me.
"YOU MAY BE A TALIBAN IF..."
1. You refine heroin for a living, but you have a moral objection to beer.
2. You own a $3,000 machine gun and $5,000 rocket launcher, but you can't afford shoes.
3. You have more wives than teeth.
4. You wipe your butt with your bare left hand, but consider bacon "unclean."
5. You think vests come in two styles: bullet-proof and suicide.
6. You can't think of anyone you HAVEN'T declared Jihad against.
7. You consider television dangerous, but routinely carry explosives in your clothing.
8. You were amazed to discover that cell phones have uses other than setting off roadside bombs.
9. You've ever uttered the phrase, "I love what you've done with your cave."
10. You have nothing against women and think every man should own at least one.
11. You bathe at least monthly whether necessary or not.
12. You've ever had a crush on your neighbor's goat.
H/T Max Bouvier
A bit of news....
Beeb ‘slurs’ on Iraq heroes. The BBC now has to 'invent' bad news from Iraq. Their terrorist sympathys are well known.
'Brain drain' sees 1 in 10 highly skilled emigrating from Britain - more than any other country. You can hardly blame them.
Hillary Clinton 'has 12 days to get her campaign back on track'. She is wounded but sadly not fatally.
Britain's FEMALE Spitfire pilots to receive badge of courage at last. About bloody time too. As usual it is too late for many of them.
Britain's defence spending is a disgrace. Someone's head has got to roll. Make that many heads. The neglect of our forces is treasonous.
Out-of-control satellite destroyed over Pacific. Nice shot.
Ban sale of cheap alcohol, Tesco urges Brown. Hypocrites. Having got people 'hooked' on cheap booze the now want to put up the price. Tesco's concern is profit driven.
'Put Bengali on par with French' says Ofsted. F**k off. Make the immigrants learn English for a start.
MEPs 'expenses abuse' hushed up by Brussels. Another bunch of effing crooks we can do without.
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PERKS OF BEING OVER 50
1. Kidnappers are not very interested in you.
2. In a hostage situation you are likely to be released first.
3. No one expects you to run--anywhere.
4. People call at 9 pm and ask, Did I wake you????
5. People no longer view you as a hypochondriac.
6. There is nothing left to learn the hard way.
7. Things you buy now won't wear out.
8. You can eat supper at 4 pm .
9. You can live without sex but not your glasses.
10. You get into heated arguments about pension plans.
11. You no longer think of speed limits as a challenge.
12. You quit trying to hold your stomach in no matter who walks into the room.
13. You sing along with elevator music.
14. Your eyes won't get much worse.
15. Your investment in health insurance is finally beginning to pay off.
16. Your joints are more accurate meteorologists than the national weather service.
17. Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't remember them either.
18. Your supply of brain cells is finally down to manageable size.
19. You can't remember who sent you this list .
H/T Pete Hurrell
Wednesday, 20 February 2008
HOW TO SAVE THE AIRLINES
Dump the male flight attendants. No one wanted them in the first place.
Replace all the female flight attendants with good-looking strippers! What the hell -- They don't even serve food anymore, so what's the loss?
The strippers would at least triple the alcohol sales and get a "party atmosphere" going in the cabin. And, of course, every businessman in this country would start flying again, hoping to see naked women.
Because of the tips, female flight attendants wouldn't need a salary, thus saving even more money. I suspect tips would be so good that we could charge the women for working the plane and have them kick back 20% of the tips, in cluding lap dances and "special services."
Muslims would be afraid to get on the planes for fear of seeing naked women. Hijackings would come to a screeching halt, and the airline industry would see record revenues.
This is definitely a win- win situation if we handle it right -- a golden opportunity to turn a liability into an asset.
Why didn't Bush think of this? Why do I still have to do everything myself?
Sincerely,
Bill Clinton
H/T Jeffrey Nihart
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