daily doggie fix The Bored Ninja I Like My Women Like I Like My Coffee I like my women like I like my coffee... Apologies to David Buist, Tatsuya Ishida, Tim Buckley, Paul Taylor, Howard Tayler, Enigma, M. Zole, R. Stevens, Dorothy Gambrell, Stephen Notley, Mark Stanley, Howard Tayler again, Drew, and Ryan North. mental_floss Blog » The Surprisingly Cool History of Ice Until two centuries ago, ice was just an unfortunate side effect of winter. But in the early 1800s, one man saw dollar signs in frozen ponds. Frederic Tudor not only introduced the world to cold glasses of water on hot summer days, he created a thirst people never realized they had. In 1805, two wealthy brothers from Boston were at a family picnic, enjoying the rare luxuries of cold beverages and ice cream. Ice Man Cometh Nothing in Tudor's early years indicated that he would invent an industry. Frederic convinced William to join him in a scheme to ship ice from New England to the Caribbean. No one believed the idea would work. It did. After an inauspicious start, William pulled out of the partnership. Despite financial woes, Frederic persisted, and his ice business finally turned a profit in 1810. Breaking the Ice Perhaps it was his Yankee entrepreneurial spirit, or perhaps monomania, but Tudor was obsessed with the idea that ice would make him rich. The End of the Ice Age
Daily Routines cute baby animals These pictures of baby animals were taken mainly in the wild, in the national parks and game reserves of Botswana, Zambia, and South Africa. As with the young of domestic animals, baby wild animals have a special appeal and it’s magical to see them in their own habitat. I’ve included on this page pictures of baby foxes,baby raccoons, baby giraffes, baby cats, baby elephants, baby bears… ← Older Comments Related Posts Adorable Baby Animal Pictures (Part 1) Adorable Little Animals Incredible Wildlife Photography Pictured: Conservationist gently strokes tiger sharks Penguins: Birds that fly in water Hyperbole and a Half Hotel Soap The following letters are taken from an actual incident between a London hotel and one of its guests. The Hotel ended up submitting the letters to the London Sunday Times! Dear Maid, Please do not leave any more of those little bars of soap in my bathroom since I have brought my own bath-sized Dial. Please remove the six unopened little bars from the shelf under the medicine chest and another three in the shower soap dish. Thank you, S. Dear Room 635, I am not your regular maid. Kathy, Relief Maid Dear Maid - I hope you are my regular maid. Apparently Kathy did not tell you about my note to her concerning the little bars of soap. S. Dear Mr. My day off was last Wed. so the relief maid left 3 hotel soaps which we are instructed by the management. Your regular maid, Dotty The assistant manager, Mr. Elaine Carmen Housekeeper Dear Miss Carmen, It is impossible to contact you by phone since I leave the hotel for business at 7:45 AM and don't get back before 5:30 or 6PM. Elaine Carmen, Housekeeper
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