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The Wandering Room
The word SALOON started in the wild west as a joke
by English immigrants. In England a saloon was a
richly furnished exclusive room of a pub(Iic house).
The English had borrowed the word 'salong' from
the French who used it to designate the room used
for high society gatherings. The French in turn
had taken this word from the Italian 'salone', an
official or government room. 'Salone' was a variation
of 'sal', the Scandinavian word for common or public
room. During the Middle Ages the Vikings of Normandy
took over the rule of southern Italy and met their
subjects in the 'sal' to dictate conditions.
So ... the original Scandinavian 'sal' sailed to
Normandy, conquered Sicily, wandered up Italy, was
adopted in France, spread to England, immigrated
over the Atlantic and went out west to become a
saloon.
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"The search
for artificial intelligence will continue as long as the lack
of real intelligence remains."
- Dartwill Aquila |
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What
word do the following five words have in common?
1. Arrest 2. Broken 3. Call 4. Hold 5. Music |
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"There
is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots
to do and not doing it."
- John W. Raper |
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Almost all of the major skyscrapers
of the USA are located east of the Mississippi River.
The tallest building west of the Mississippi is the Stratosphere
Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, 1.149 feet tall.
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The largest
swimming pool in the USA is at the Baltimore Hotel in
Coral Gables, Florida. It contains 600,000 gallons of
water covering an area over 20 000 square feet. |
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"You might
as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward."
- James Thurber |
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| Smog
- A combination of smoke and fog. |
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| Trouble-shooter
- It originally designate someone who located and
repaired problems along telegraph or telephone lines.
The term then spilled over to include anyone who
could be counted on to solve problems. |
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