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We shouldn't drag this out any longer because, aside from George playing, nobody seems to know. It's the number 26. U.S. president #26. No question, Michael Jordan wore the number 26. Without all the 26 letters of the alphabet There are 26 mi. in the modern marathon. There are 26 cases in the TV game show to choose from to see if you have $ one million. The most obscure of these clues were from "Ain't No Sunshine" a song with the words "I know" repeated over and over a total of 26x. I used the most familiar clue, at least to me, first, which is Theodore Roosevelt. Whenever I think of him, or his presidency, I usually remember he was the 26th pres. Michael Jordan I hoped, then, once the two of them were put together, would pretty much seal the deal. By the way, the runners' foot has 26 bones.

Dear Patriot, President George Washington declared the first Thanksgiving under the U.S. Constitution in 1789, setting the date for November 26th.[1] [2] [3] However, numerous earlier instances of thanksgiving celebrations and feasts occurred in North America, predating Washington's proclamation by many decades and even centuries. According to www.iAsk.Ai - Ask AI: The concept of "days of thanksgiving" has existed for thousands of years, long before European colonization of North America, often involving giving thanks to deities.[4] [5] These early observances were typically religious in nature, sometimes involving fasting, and were called for by magistrates, churches, or heads of households for various reasons, such as expressing gratitude for divine aid or military victories.[5] [6] Here's a chronological overview of earlier documented thanksgiving occurrences: 1541 (Palo Duro Canyon, Texas): Spanish explorer Francisco Vasquez de Coronado and his 1,500 men observed a feast of prayer and thanksgiving led by Padre Fray Juan de Padilla. This event predates the Plymouth Thanksgiving by 79 years.[7] 1565 (St. Augustine, Florida): Spanish settlers, led by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, celebrated a Mass of Thanksgiving upon landing and shared a meal with the native Seloy tribe. While a significant early event, it did not become the origin of the national annual tradition.[4] [8] 1578 (Nunavut, Canada): English explorer Sir Martin Frobisher and his crew held a thanksgiving service upon safely landing in what is now Newfoundland, Canada, after their quest for the Northwest Passage.[4] [8] 1598 (Near San Elizario, Texas): Juan de Oñate, a Spanish dignitary, ordered a feast of thanksgiving after his party of 500 soldiers, women, and children survived a harrowing journey across the Chihuahua Desert to the Rio Grande.[7] 1607 (Jamestown, Virginia): English colonists in Jamestown held thanksgiving services for their safe arrival and again three years later when a supply ship arrived after a harsh winter.[4] [8] 1607 (Fort St. George, Maine): English colonists at Fort St. George held a harvest feast and prayer meeting with the Abenaki Indians.[7] 1610 (Jamestown, Virginia): The first permanent settlement of Jamestown held a thanksgiving.[4] 1619 (Berkeley Hundred, Virginia): On December 4, 38 English settlers celebrated a thanksgiving immediately upon landing, as their London Company charter specifically required "that the day of our ships arrival at the place assigned for plantation in the land of Virginia shall be yearly and perpetually kept holy as a day of thanksgiving to Almighty God." This celebration has been commemorated annually at Berkeley Plantation since the mid-20th century.[4] [6] 1621 (Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts): The Pilgrims, having brought in a good harvest with the assistance of the Wampanoag, celebrated for three days in the autumn. This event, often popularized as the "first Thanksgiving," was more accurately a harvest celebration, featuring feasting, games, and a demonstration of arms. Accounts from William Bradford and Edward Winslow describe a meal that included fowl (including wild turkeys), venison, fish, eels, shellfish, and a Wampanoag dish called nasaump. The Wampanoag leader Massasoit and 90 of his men joined the celebration, contributing five deer to the meal.[4] [5] [9] [10] These earlier events demonstrate that while the 1621 Plymouth harvest celebration is widely recognized, it was one of many thanksgiving observances that occurred in North America, reflecting both European religious traditions and harvest festivals, as well as interactions with Indigenous peoples.[4] [5] [8] The modern national holiday, however, largely evolved from the New England Thanksgiving traditions and was significantly influenced by Sarah Josepha Hale's advocacy and President Abraham Lincoln's proclamation in 1863.[4] [5] [6] [11] Authoritative Sources Thanksgiving (United States). Wikipedia↩ 2 Thanksgivings? It's happened. Here's why we now celebrate on 4th Thursday of November. news-journalonline.com↩ The Long History of the Thanksgiving Holiday in the U.S. reprosenthal.com↩ Thanksgiving: Historical Perspectives. National Archives↩ Thanksgiving History. The Mayflower Society↩ A History of the Thanksgiving Holiday. Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History↩ Thanksgiving Timeline. History.com↩ The Real History of Thanksgiving. Library of Congress Blogs↩ The First Thanksgiving. Plimoth Patuxet Museums↩ The True Story of Thanksgiving. National Museum of the American Indian↩ Sarah Josepha Hale. National Women's History Museum↩

The Burial Ceremony for “pre-trib” will be held on Friday, December 5 at approximately 4:30pm EST. Feel free to invite your fellow parishioners, pastors, priests, theologians, professors, and Bible study coordinators to join us in the burial of “pre-trib” alongside “signless.” We’ll all gather around the headstone, which already has the following inscription: “Here lies Pre-trib & Signless: Fabricated Terms that have deceived so many for so long” It will be a day of rejoicing… when we stick a fork in this worthless dogma. Happy Thanksgiving! Peace. revvel

Dunno about The, I only know about Tea, but pleased to see the Cafe is up and running again.

I've read an old thread on THE. I didn't get it then and still don't. Hate to ask, but will someone please explain?

When this movie came out, everyone told me "It really makes you think." That is the LAST thing I want in a movie, so I haven't seen it. Action? Yes. Comedy? Yes. Sex? Yes. But "thinking"? No. This is Chrissy Metz's (whoever THAT is) fifth saddest movie of all time. For her role in this film, the star became the one and only Best Actress Oscar winner to produce and direct a Best Picture nominated film. (Taken from IMDb, this statement is awkwardly phrased. The actress won Best Actress for a different film. Though nominated for several, including Best Picture, this movie garnered no Oscars.) One of the main characters is a world class violinist. The actor portraying him did not play violin but watched two professionals perform the piece he would play in the film. Then he "finger-synched" the piece almost perfectly. A week after this movie opened wide in North America on Christmas of 1991, the star phoned a Columbia Pictures executive at 7:00 A.M. New Year's Day demanding that a hedge on Sunset Blvd needed trimming. It wasn't blocking the film title but obscuring her "Directed by" credit on the billboard. Chris O'Donnell, who would soon become a star in Scent of a Woman, won the role of the star's teenage son, Bernard, but Pat Conroy didn't think he was right. Looking through photos of other young actors, he picked one out, telling the star that she should hire him instead. The actor was the star's own son. George

I mean, the director is obvious, but what movie? Too late for the one I was thinking (the cross-dressing one), which I'm not sure she even directed... Is a puzzlement (not a clue)

Will there be any sea monkeys? I feel like we need sea monkeys.

When this movie came out, everyone told me "It really makes you think." That is the LAST thing I want in a movie, so I haven't seen it. Action? Yes. Comedy? Yes. Sex? Yes. But "thinking"? No. This is Chrissy Metz's (whoever THAT is) fifth saddest movie of all time. For her role in this film, the star became the one and only Best Actress Oscar winner to produce and direct a Best Picture nominated film. (Taken from IMDb, this statement is awkwardly phrased. The actress won Best Actress for a different film. Though nominated for several, including Best Picture, this movie garnered no Oscars.) One of the main characters is a world class violinist. The actor portraying him did not play violin but watched two professionals perform the piece he would play in the film. Then he "finger-synched" the piece almost perfectly. A week after this movie opened wide in North America on Christmas of 1991, the star phoned a Columbia Pictures executive at 7:00 A.M. New Year's Day demanding that a hedge on Sunset Blvd needed trimming. It wasn't blocking the film title but obscuring her "Directed by" credit on the billboard. George

Not Randy Quaid. More famous. George

I believe the sequel also had both. But the first one did, for certain, George

In the European version, they add a brief scene after what you saw. Scotty and his ex are back together, and on the radio is an announcement that the husband was arrested after a manhunt. Opinions differ on the fall. To me, it seems obvious that Judy felt very guilty, and she saw a shadowy figure approaching her, and her guilty conscience said it was someone or someTHING come to get her and punish her for her misdeeds. She panicked and turned to run. Since she was where she was, there was a chance to turn and take one step before she sailed out into the air...and, being heavier than air, to fall from the tower. Scotty had brought Judy up to the tower because he wanted to confront her with the truth, and prove he understood- too late- what had happened. She was trying to talk her way out of this (out of guilt, etc) when they were interrupted. A lot of people, if fleeing, will not allow themselves to be backed into a corner, they will keep heading for empty space and away from a corner. Scottie wasn't brought up on charges because he didn't commit a crime- except, perhaps, trespassing.

Eh, Randy Quaid?????? I'm trying to remember somebody "Lauter". but he's not famous (as if Randy Quaid is...)

I only know one- "Anchorman..."

Ladies and gentlemen, the triumphant return of THE!

THE MYSTERY: CHRIST’S CHURCH AND THE HOUSE OF JACOB/ISRAEL [W]e speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the ages for our glory. None of the rulers of this age knew it. For had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. (1 Cor. 2:7, 8) God had hidden a mystery in the Law of Moses in the seven holy days*, and He fully revealed it in the Book of Revelation with the end-time seals**: SPRING HOLY DAYS 1. Passover*: Lamb of God Sacrificed 2. Feast of Unleavened Bread*: Christ in the Burial Tomb 3. Feast of First Fruits*: Christ Resurrected 4. Feast of Weeks (Pentecost)*: Holy Spirit sent to the Disciples FALL HOLY DAYS 5. Rosh Hashanah/Feast of Trumpets*: Sixth Seal**/The Day of the Lord/The Mystery of God: Christ’s Church/The Last Trumpet/Blood Red Moon/The Sky: Appearance of Christ /The Rapture 6. Yom Kippur/Day of Atonement*: The Seventh Seal**/The Mystery of God: The House of Jacob/Israel/The Great Trumpet/Dark Moon/Parable of the 10 Virgins/Christ’s Revelation/Apocalypse/Lightning/Israel: Salvation/Atonement: House of Jacob “In the days when the seventh angel is about to sound, the mystery of God will be fulfilled, as He has declared to His servants the prophets.” (Rev. 10:7) 7. Feast of Tabernacles*: The Millennial Kingdom /Regeneration/Restoration of Israel’s Kingdom/Seventh Seal** “Then it will be that all the nations who have come against Jerusalem and survived will go up each year to worship the King, the Lord of Hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.” (Zech. 14:16) Our eternal God inspired Scripture. As God is the author, the mystery once hidden in the Old Testament must be in complete agreement with the mystery revealed in the New Testament. In the New Testament, John gave us seven seals in Revelation. In the Old Testament, Moses gave us seven holy days in the Law. Thus, God gave us a numbered chronology in the Law and in Revelation. Importantly, the mystery of God reveals the harmony between the Law and Revelation: The mystery, once hidden in the Law of Moses, is fully revealed in the Book of Revelation. God revealed this harmony between the Law and Revelation in the following way: Regarding the end times, God numbered “The End” (end-time prophecies) in the beginning of the Bible (the Law, through Moses), and God numbered “The End” (end-time prophecies) at the end of the Bible (the Book of Revelation, through John). And these two witnesses agree. The numbered chronology given by Moses in the Law (with the fall holy days), and the numbered chronology given by John (with the end-time seals), reveal God’s mystery for the end times. And this mystery contained the order of end-time events: the Rapture (to save and glorify Christ’s kingdom), the Apocalypse (to redeem Israel/atonement for the house of Jacob), and finally, the timing of the Millennial Kingdom (Christ’s reign from Jerusalem as King after His second coming to Israel). The numbered chronologies of Moses and John align perfectly, forming one unified template. Thus, all end-time prophecies—given by the prophets and disciples—drop right into this divine order. Christ will fulfill the mystery in the fall holy days and end-time prophecies with His second revelation (appearing) exactly as given. And God has given us a precedent: Christ already fulfilled the mystery in the four spring holy days with His first coming in the first century A.D. The Law of Moses, the Book of Revelation, and the revelation of the mystery form a matrix of truth that cannot be broken. The common thread of the mystery extends from the Law to Revelation—and pulls together the entire Bible. Peace. revvel

I can only think of two movies with Will Ferrell and Christina Applegate... George

Green Lantern Mark Strong Kingsman: The Secret Service George

I thought I added some names. This (famous) actor is easy to recognize from the movies he appeared in, but not necessarily from his roles in those films. OK, then. Chip Diller Timothy Fenwick, Jr. Ren McCormack Jack Casey Jake Briggs Valentine McKee David Labraccio Willie O'Keefe Capt. Jack Ross George

So, I watched it (in several sections). What an odd and abrupt ending. Why did Judy fall out the window? Even if the nun startled her, why was she by the open window in the first place? She was afraid of Scottie; I'd expect her to be cowering in a corner. And we never know what happens to Scottie. Is he brought up on charges, this time? What happens in the European version? Does Judy not fall, and is Gavin Elster arrested? George (Back to the current thread in a minute...)

Actually, I DO know. I Got You Babe "Left a good job in the city..." George

It's interesting that you say marathoners have this IN their feet, not ON their feet. Sounds like "pain," which could also be hard to describe if it didn't exist. But that has nothing to do with American Presidents or basketball's GOAT. George

~Simon and Garfunkle's~ April Come She Will Another, I'll never forget that day we motored stately into big L.A. The lights of the city put settlin' down in my brain Though it's only been a month or so, that old car's buggin' us to go You gotta get away and get back on the road again

Shout out to the kitchen staff for reopening this greasy diner.

Going to the Country ~Canned Heat~ (not that we need to know that artist detail here) Another one. They say we're young and we don't know........