Coffee Counter~May 14

[Kathy]

TODAY'S PHOTO OF THE DAY

Red Portrait

by pekster





Click on the photo to go to Richard's album and leave a comment. 
We all love comments!   

Quote Of The Day 

"Leave as little to chance as possible.
 Preparation is the key to success. "

Paul Brown
 

 

 

Today's Trivia

Smallpox Vaccine

Edward Jenner, an English country doctor from Gloucestershire, administers the world's first vaccination as a preventive treatment for smallpox  on this day in 1796.  In the 19th and 20th centuries, scientists following Jenner's model developed new vaccines to fight numerous deadly diseases, including polio, whooping cough, measles, tetanus, yellow fever, typhus, and hepatitis B, and many others. More sophisticated smallpox vaccines were also developed and by 1970 international vaccination programs, such as those undertaken by the World Health Organization, had eliminated smallpox worldwide.
 


Skylab

Skylab, America's first space station, is successfully launched into an orbit around the earth on this day in 1973.  Eleven days later, U.S. astronauts Charles Conrad, Joseph Kerwin, and Paul Weitz made a rendezvous with Skylab, repairing a jammed solar panel and conducting scientific experiments during their 28-day stay aboard the space station.

Today's Chuckles 

A Walking Economy

A guy is walking down the street with his friend. He says to his friend, "I'm a walking economy."

His friend replies, "How's that?"

"It's like this — my hair line is in recession, my stomach is a victim of inflation, and the combination of these factors is putting me into a deep depression."





Send Two

The manager of a large city zoo was drafting a letter to order a pair of animals. He sat at his computer and typed the following sentence: "I would like to place an order for two mongooses, to be delivered at your earliest convenience."

He stared at the screen, focusing on that odd word mongooses. Then he deleted the word and added another, so that the sentence now read: "I would like to place an order for two mongeese, to be delivered at your earliest convenience."

Again he stared at the screen, this time focusing on the new word, which seemed just as odd as the original one. Finally, he deleted the whole sentence and started allover. "Everyone knows no full - stocked zoo should be without a mongoose," he typed. "Please send us two of them."

Quick Quotes

"It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not. "
~Dr. Dennis Waitly
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" Don't hurry. Don't worry. You're only here on a short visit, so don't forget to stop and smell the flowers. "   
~Walter Hagan
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"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.  "
  ~Theodore Roosevelt
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More Chuckles

Worst Excuses For Speeding

My brakes weren't working, officer, but hey what do ya know...they're working just fine now.
Do you mind, officer, I'm missing Wheel-of-Fortune.
If you'd be willing to look the other way this one time, officer, I'd make it worth your while...say, a rent one get one free coupon for Skippy's Video Galore?
I was just making sure that your radar gun was working properly. 88 MPH, you say? Yep, it's in perfect condition.
I'm sorry, officer, but I'm rushing my wife to the hospital. Where's my wife? I knew I forgot something!
I'm rushing home to answer the telephone.
I just took a laxative. Now either let me go or watch me go, your choice.




                                                          

[Kathy]

Welcome to a Monday edition of the Coffee Counter!  Our breakfast special consists of pancakes (with real maple syrup).  The lunch special is ham and cheese on your choice of bread.  The coffee and tea are always freshly brewed! 

[scoundrel1728]

Send Two

The manager of a large city zoo was drafting a letter to order a pair of animals. He sat at his computer and typed the following sentence: "I would like to place an order for two mongooses, to be delivered at your earliest convenience."

He stared at the screen, focusing on that odd word mongooses. Then he deleted the word and added another, so that the sentence now read: "I would like to place an order for two mongeese, to be delivered at your earliest convenience."

Again he stared at the screen, this time focusing on the new word, which seemed just as odd as the original one. Finally, he deleted the whole sentence and started allover. "Everyone knows no full - stocked zoo should be without a mongoose," he typed. "Please send us two of them."

For those curious about such matters, either plural form mentioned in this joke is acceptable.

[BigAl]

Oh the power of the Cracker Shots section. So many people missed Richard's squirrel portrait the first time out. It's great that it made it today.

Choose a Caption #10 is stuck on two joint leaders. I need another voter to (hopefully) break the deadlock.
Vote at - http://www.photography-cafe.com/forum/index.php?topic=2420.0


There was a sign on a plant manager's door:
"If you have problems, come in and tell me about them. If you don't, come in and tell me how you do it."

[senninha]

Good Morning Everyone, 
Well it's Monday, the start of the working week, & it's pouring with rain, 
Can't get much worse than that can it, 
Think I'll have some of those pancakes with maple syrup Kathy to cheer me up, 
Have a great day everyone, 
Roll on the weekend, 


Regards
           Rob, 

[pekster]

Am i too late for coffee and any type of cake available   Fill em up Kathy 

Cheers for the votes for POTD folks    It has really made my day, as  I have had a bit of down time photographically and am just picking up where I left off , hopefully

A top CC Kathy , your usual attention to detail shines through 

Catch you all later 

Richard 

[Pat]

Congratulations, Rich!

That's an awesome shot!