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The humble potato chip is more popular in America than in any other
part of the world. America's favorite snack food, it is a direct
descendant of another popular potato snack, the french fry. How did it happen?

According to the popular story, a dinner guest (rumored to have been
wealthy railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt) was dining at Moon's
Lake House in Saratoga Springs, New York in 1853. He sent his french
fries back to the kitchen because they were too thick. The chef, a
Native American named George Crum, was annoyed at the guest's
complaint, so he responded by slicing the potatoes into extremely
thin sections, which he fried in oil and salted.

From that day forward, potato chips evolved into the many forms and
varieties we have today including chips of many flavors, fat-free
potato chips cooked in high-tech synthetic chemicals, and even
artificially shaped chips pressed from potato pulp and sold in
cardboard tubes.
 

Quirks About Life You Notice By The Time You Are Fifty

**..Most people deserve each other.

**..All the good ones, no matter what it is, are taken.

**..The one who snores will fall asleep first.

**..The length of a marriage is inversely proportional
to the amount of money spent on the wedding.

**..The gifts you buy your spouse are never as good and
apropo as the gifts your neighbor buys their spouse.

**..Never get overly excited about a man/woman
by just the way they look from behind.

**..If you help a relative in need, he/she will remember you
the next time they are in need.

**..The probability of meeting someone you know increases
greatly when you are out with someone you do not want
to be seen with.

**..Toothaches always start on Friday night right before
the weekend when the Dental Office will be closed.
 

Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If God
allowed us to go through our life without any obstacles, it would
cripple us. We would not be as strong as what we could have been. We
could never fly.

I asked for Strength...........And God gave me Difficulties to make me strong.

I asked for Wisdom...........And God gave me Problems to solve.

I asked for Prosperity........And God gave me a Brain and Brawn to work.

I asked for Courage...........And God gave me Danger to overcome.

I asked for Love................And God gave me Troubled people to help.

I asked for Favors..............And God gave me Opportunities.

I received nothing I wanted. I received everything I needed.
 

It all began in 1862 during the Civil War, when Union Army Captain
Robert Ellicombe was with his men near Harris's Landing in Virginia.
The Confederate Army was on the other side of the narrow strip of land.
During the night, Captain Ellicombe heard the moan of a soldier who lay
mortally wounded on the field. Not knowing if it was a Union or
Confederate soldier, the captain decided to risk his life and bring the
stricken man back for medical attention. Crawling on his stomach through
the gunfire, the captain reached the stricken soldier and began pulling
him toward his encampment. When the captain finally reached his own
lines, he discovered it was actually a Confederate soldier, but the
soldier was dead. The captain lit a lantern. Suddenly, he caught his
breath and went numb with shock. In the dim light, he saw the face of
the soldier. It was his son. The boy had been studying music in the
South when the war broke out. Without telling his father, he enlisted in
the Confederate Army. The following morning, heartbroken, the father
asked permission of his superiors to give his son a full military burial
despite his enemy status. His request was partially granted. The captain
had asked if he could have a group of Army band members play a funeral
dirge for the son at the funeral. That request was turned down since the
soldier was a Confederate. Out of respect for the father, they did say
they could give him only one musician. The captain chose a bugler. He
asked the bugler to play a series of musical notes he had found on a
piece of paper in the pocket of his dead son's uniform. This wish was
granted. This music was the haunting melody we now know as "Taps" that
is used at all military funerals.
............................................
In case you are interested, these are the words to "TAPS":
Day is done, Gone the sun, From the lakes, From the hills, From the sky.

All is well. Safely rest. God is nigh.
 

It all began in 1862 during the Civil War, when Union Army Captain
Robert Ellicombe was with his men near Harris's Landing in Virginia.
The Confederate Army was on the other side of the narrow strip of land.
During the night, Captain Ellicombe heard the moan of a soldier who lay
mortally wounded on the field. Not knowing if it was a Union or
Confederate soldier, the captain decided to risk his life and bring the
stricken man back for medical attention. Crawling on his stomach through
the gunfire, the captain reached the stricken soldier and began pulling
him toward his encampment. When the captain finally reached his own
lines, he discovered it was actually a Confederate soldier, but the
soldier was dead. The captain lit a lantern. Suddenly, he caught his
breath and went numb with shock. In the dim light, he saw the face of
the soldier. It was his son. The boy had been studying music in the
South when the war broke out. Without telling his father, he enlisted in
the Confederate Army. The following morning, heartbroken, the father
asked permission of his superiors to give his son a full military burial
despite his enemy status. His request was partially granted. The captain
had asked if he could have a group of Army band members play a funeral
dirge for the son at the funeral. That request was turned down since the
soldier was a Confederate. Out of respect for the father, they did say
they could give him only one musician. The captain chose a bugler. He
asked the bugler to play a series of musical notes he had found on a
piece of paper in the pocket of his dead son's uniform. This wish was
granted. This music was the haunting melody we now know as "Taps" that
is used at all military funerals.
............................................
In case you are interested, these are the words to "TAPS":
Day is done, Gone the sun, From the lakes, From the hills, From the sky.

All is well. Safely rest. God is nigh.