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HEY ALL FATHERS today JUNE 16 2019 is Father's Day ==== I hope all the Father's enjoy and have a wonderful day dgrimm60

5 Things You Didn't Know About The Price Is Right On June 15, 2007, Bob Barker ended his 35-year run as the host of The Price Is Right, the CBS game show where audience members were chosen to guess the prices of various items. Here are five things you didn't know about television's longest-running game show... Hair Color Proved to Be an Unexpected Boost There's a lot of pressure to appear younger in Hollywood, but it's not always due to a fear of age. Earlier television cameras, even when color TV was already the norm, weren't that good at picking up certain colors. Gray hair posed a problem because it looked like no hair when it was in patches. Barker had started going gray at the temples and noted that he looked like he simply didn't have hair there, so execs had him dye his hair. At one point, he went on vacation from both the show and the hair dye and found that people around him preferred the gray color. He managed to get the OK from showrunners to stop dyeing his hair, much to his happiness and the apparent delight of the home audience, one of whom wrote in that Barker's sudden change in hair color must have been due to one really adventurous night. The People Chosen to Be Participants Aren't Totally Random Draws t's pretty well-known that people sit in the audience on the show in order to get a chance to have their name called. But it's not that well-known, at least to those who have never tried to be in the audience, that the name draws aren't totally random. Everyone in the audience is screened, first when they're in line to get in — a man named Stan Blits greets each person and gives his assistant a code word if he thinks someone in line is a real contender. Then when the show starts, Blits and crew observe the people they met in line and further narrow down the list of names they're likely to call. Blits has said he wants to see enthusiasm, so people who are energetic in line but then quiet all the time in the audience drop off the list. You Could Technically Lose Cash by Winning Anyone who has ever won a contest in the United States will know why winning on the show could be a money-losing event: In the U.S., you have to pay taxes on any winnings, even if the winnings themselves aren't cash. So if you win a $20,000 car, you have to fork out the tax money on $20,000 worth of automobile. If you already don't have a lot of money, that could be difficult to swing. The show sends out a letter first, detailing the taxes you need to pay before you get your prizes. There Was a Wardrobe Malfunction. Was there ever a wardrobe malfunction, unfortunately. A woman in the audience was called up to the stage and became so excited that her tube top fell. OK, that statement about how the show is expecting enthusiasm? If you're going to get that enthusiastic, be sure your clothing is on very securely. One Model's Life Was Forever Changed by the Show — and Not in a Good Way One of the models who worked on the show, Janice Pennington, was knocked over by a camera on set. She fell into the audience and had to undergo surgery that left her with visible physical changes. She remained on the show for several years after that but could not wear the swimsuit that had been her show "uniform" for years. She was eventually fired from the show, though not because of the accident or its effects; there had been a wrongful termination suit against the show, and Pennington gave a deposition in favor of the model suing the show.

5 Fascinating Facts About Our Nation's Flag On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress chose a national flag based on the design for the “Grand Union” flag with its stars and stripes. Here are 5 fascinating facts about the American flag that you probably didn't know... Only Eight Places Fly the Flag Around the Clock In most places, the flag is lowered and taken in at night. However, there are eight places where it always flies. These are at the Fort McHenry National Monument and Flag House Square in Baltimore, The U.S. Marine Corps Memorial at Arlington, Virginia, and the White House. The other locations where it flies around the clock are on the town green at Lexington, Massachusetts, the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. Valley Forge State Park in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania and the ports of entry to the country. The Flag Was Nicknamed “Old Glory” by a Sea Captain Sea Captain William Driver, who was from Massachusetts, owned a 10- by 17-foot flag, which he named Old Glory; it's said to have survived the Civil War. When the war was over, it was flown over the statehouse in Tennessee. It is considered an important artifact in the nation’s history and is housed at the Smithsonian Institution. The Flag From the Shelling of Fort McHenry Still Exists The Fort McHenry flag is important in American history since it survived the shelling by British troops at the beginning of the War of 1812 and was the inspiration for “The Star-Spangled Banner,” written by Francis Scott Key. It was removed from the National Museum of American History in 1998 in order to preserve it, especially since it had weakened and become soiled over time. It is in a special storage chamber now with filtered light and low oxygen and examined regularly to prevent further damage. The Colors in the American Flag Have Significance Everyone is familiar with the American flag’s white and red stripes and blue field with white stars, but many do not realize the significance of those colors. The blue field in the corner stands for justice, vigilance and perseverance. The white symbolizes innocence and purity, and the red stands for valor and hardiness. It Was Never Proved the Betsy Ross Made the First American Flag No documentation has ever been found that says Betsy Ross sewed the first flag; however, this has been taught to school children for many years. It was Ross’s grandson, William Canby, who first stated that his grandmother had made the first flag, when he wrote the story for the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. True or not, it is a revered story in the history of the country.

I have just read the long comment as to what a proposed bill would actually do: * To force hospitals and physicians to do sex reassignment surgery against their will is simply false and a failure to understand the present health-care system. Hospitals may limit their services. Some hospitals do not do labor and delivery. Some hospitals do not have an Emergency department. All such is allowed. * I once lived in a culture where males and females freely went into the others bathroom. * I worked my way through the Seminary at Andrews University by cleaning bathrooms in the college. I quickly learned that the female college students were not going to stay out of the bathrooms when I was cleaning them. [NOTE: I normally did my bathroom cleaning in the evening after most classes were finished.] I got used to it. I did not bother the women and they did not bother me. * In commercial activities, one should not be allowed to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation. IOW, if you are a photographer who takes wedding photographs, you should not be allowed to discriminate against same sex weddings. If however, you are a photographer who does not do wedding photographs, you should not be required to photograph any wedding.

Some Blacks, apparently, believe they can shoplift and get away with it because they are Black. Some Blacks, apparently, think that they can commit crimes and get away with it because they are Black. If they resist arrest or attack law enforcement and get killed, other Blacks riot and destroy businesses because they are morons, and nothing else. Liberals, of course, think Black crimes against businesses are ok, since the Blacks have been "victims" for hundreds of years.