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Breaking News from Lancashire — Carnforth Civic Hall purchases new vacuum cleaner

“Carnforth Civic Hall gets new vacuum cleaner” — The Westmorland Gazette: “A NEW vacuum cleaner has been bought for Carnforth Civic Hall as the old one was ‘no longer serviceable’, Carnforth Town...

Notary Public Day [USA] – November 7

http://www.notarypublicday.com/ Transactions that are essential to the normal function of our...

Today – Check Your Batteries Day — USA and Canada

Sunday— November 6, 2016 A day set aside for checking batteries in our smoke detectors, carbon...

Clocks change – “falling back” – USA and Canada

Many of our members stay up until 2:00 a.m. to change their clocks at exactly the right time....

BBC Weather Watcher’s first anniversary

A fine form of Safe Excitement. Join this, take photos, send them to BBC — and send them to us —...

Albert Einstein
“A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness”

~ Albert Einstein
Edward R. Murrow
“The obscure we see eventually. The completely obvious, it seems, takes longer”

~ Edward R. Murrow
Hoagy Carmichael
"Slow motion gets you there faster"

~ Hoagy Carmichael
Marilyn Thomsen
"While it takes courage to achieve greatness, it takes more courage to find fulfilment in being ordinary"

~ Marilyn Thomsen
testi 1
“We’re giving a good name to a four-letter word — dull”
testi 2
“Glitz and glam — not worth the bother”
testi 3
“We don’t try to keep up with the Joneses — who are the Joneses anyway?”
testi 4
“Time is a great invention — it’s what keeps everything from happening all at once”
Will Rogers
“Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there”

~ Will Rogers