Happy Independence Day

[Jimbuna]

http://i.imgur.com/dvSQNGh.jpg

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/tUw9yWH.jpg

[Torplexed]

Heh..heh. The day I ask myself, how many intact appendages will I still have tomorrow? :D

A Happy and SAFE Fourth all!

http://pyxis.homestead.com/Fab_Fourth.jpg

[Jimbuna]

http://i.imgur.com/pfy6OKl.jpg

:O:

[Onkel Neal]

Which goes to say, a rebellion is allowed as long as it succeeds. :shucks:

[Torplexed]

Which goes to say, a rebellion is allowed as long as it succeeds. :shucks:

And in the US, if it doesn't succeed you can keep the iconography as a complimentary gift. :O:

http://jdrhawkins.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/robert_e_lee_and_the_confederate_flag_posters-r5b609e9ea737430c84a66000ecee4c11_w2q_8byvr_512.jp g

[Aktungbby]

http://i.imgur.com/pfy6OKl.jpg

:O:http://www.dontroiani.com/images/concord-bridge-1775.png

[Sailor Steve]

I already celebrated two days ago...on the day the Continental Congress actually voted for Independence. :O:

[Torplexed]

I already celebrated two days ago...on the day the Continental Congress actually voted for Independence. :O:

Sailor Steve distilled in a pithy quote. :D

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/be/06/e5/be06e59ee0443747b5c3b2e99f95b730.jpg

[Aktungbby]

A happy Fourth to ALL!!!:salute: 'Old Glory off Alcatraz' https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-S-hoQylFYX4/T11wlUdJXLI/AAAAAAAAC20/X9uqANo2NJY/s720/Dauntless.jpgWhere I'll be today...well close enough any how!:03:https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CfvtnMsiYmI/T11wkxKMbyI/AAAAAAAAC2c/tCKSmfNuQyg/s512/Credit.jpg

[Torplexed]

A happy Fourth to ALL!!!:salute: 'Old Glory off Alcatraz' Where I'll be today...well close enough any how!:03:

That does sound more inciting than watching Independence Day over and over for 12 hours straight on AMC. :O:

http://buzzchomp-4621.zippykid.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/will-smith-5-1427201176.gif

[Onkel Neal]

{Off topic} I like your new sig image, with the Cavalla. :up:

[Aktungbby]

MY Ms Cavella's way cuter than his Ms Cavella!:O:

[Torplexed]

{Off topic} I like your new sig image, with the Cavalla. :up:

What? There's a sub in that picture? :D

http://pyxis.homestead.com/Cavalla-Cutie.jpg

If I find time I'll add more subs and Harleys.

[Betonov]

http://i.imgur.com/HeTFT2f.png

[Oberon]

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/11705308_690020497796952_7888452868879221362_n.jpg ?oh=dbabbc08454bb1f834e67473245b5279&oe=565C27C8

[Wolferz]

We'll counter tax your tea and see how long you sit still for it.:arrgh!:

[Oberon]

We'll counter tax your tea and see how long you sit still for it.:arrgh!:

Do we even import tea from the US? I mean...you guys have that... *shudder* iced tea... :nope:

[Sailor Steve]

I just remembered this gem from a few years back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTcVNuNX8yY

[Oberon]

I just remembered this gem from a few years back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTcVNuNX8yY

That...actually did educate me...

Up until that point I didn't know where the slang 'John Hancock' came from, now I do. :yeah:

[Sailor Steve]

That...actually did educate me...

Up until that point I didn't know where the slang 'John Hancock' came from, now I do. :yeah:
Cool! I grew up with a legend that when he signed the Declaration Hancock made sure his signature was twice the size of everybody else's so that "King George can read it without his spectacles." The document wasn't actually signed until August 2, with some members not signing until at least a year later, some never signing, and some signatories being replacements who weren't even there at the time of its adoption. As far as I can figure the likely reason for Hancock's large signature is simply that he was president of the convention and felt it was appropriate.

[Wolferz]

Do we even import tea from the US? I mean...you guys have that... *shudder* iced tea... :nope:

Tea is a drink best served cold.:shucks:

[Oberon]

Tea is a drink best served cold.:shucks:

http://kencrooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/body-snatchers.jpg

[Platapus]

Which goes to say, a rebellion is allowed as long as it succeeds. :shucks:


To quote a line from the movie 1776

"A rebellion is always legal in the first person, such as "our rebellion." It is only in the third person - "their rebellion" - that it becomes illegal." :up:

[Aktungbby]

Cool! I grew up with a legend that when he signed the Declaration Hancock made sure his signature was twice the size of everybody else's so that "King George can read it without his spectacles." The document wasn't actually signed until August 2, with some members not signing until at least a year later, some never signing, and some signatories being replacements who weren't even there at the time of its adoption. As far as I can figure the likely reason for Hancock's large signature is simply that he was president of the convention and felt it was appropriate.
Indeed, August Second otherwise known as the 'engrossed copy': Contrary to popular mythology, there was no ceremonial signing of the Declaration on July 4, 1776 After Congress approved the wording of the text on July 4, a copy was sent to be printed. As president, Hancock may have signed the document that was sent to the printer, but this is uncertain because that document is lost, perhaps destroyed in the printing process. The printer produced the first published version of the Declaration, the widely distributed Dunlap broadside (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunlap_broadside). Hancock, as President of Congress, was the only delegate whose name appeared on the broadside, although the name of Charles Thomson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Thomson), secretary of the Continental Congress, but not a delegate, was also on it. This meant that until a second broadside (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goddard_Broadside) was issued six months later with all of the signers listed, Hancock was the only delegate whose name was publicly attached to the treasonous document Hancock sent a copy of the Dunlap broadside to George Washington, instructing him to have it read to the troops "in the way you shall think most proper".
Hancock's name was printed, not signed, on the Dunlap broadside; his iconic signature appears on a different document—a sheet of parchment that was carefully handwritten sometime after July 19 and signed on August 2 by Hancock and those delegates present. Known as the engrossed copy, this is the famous document on display at the National Archives (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Archives_and_Records_Administration) in Washington, D.C. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.) Hancock was a bit vainglorious and had hoped that the command of the Continental Army would fall to him. Whatever his shortcomings, Hancock wrote innumerable letters to colonial officials, raising money, supplies, and troops for Washington's army. He chaired the Marine Committee, and took pride in helping to create a small fleet of American frigates, including the USS Hancock (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hancock_(1776)), which was named in his honor. [wiki] The stylish sig looks good on the stern of a Spruance Class destroyer too! USS John Hancock DD-981:salute: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/USS_John_Hancock_Stern.jpg/275px-USS_John_Hancock_Stern.jpg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USS_John_Hancock_Stern.jpg)

[Fr8monkey]

http://i.imgur.com/KkTLC0t.gif

[Sailor Steve]

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/Celebrate%20America_zpsayvaa5ka.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/SailorSteve/media/Celebrate%20America_zpsayvaa5ka.jpg.html)

[STEED]

Here you go America..

http://s4.thisnext.com/media/largest_dimension/A5396C4C.jpg

[Torplexed]

Here you go America..

http://s4.thisnext.com/media/largest_dimension/A5396C4C.jpg

I may need this for headache. It's 5:00 am here and I just heard a string of firecrackers go off.

Don't these pyromaniacs ever sleep? :doh:

[Wolferz]

I may need this for headache. It's 5:00 am here and I just heard a string of firecrackers go off.

Don't these pyromaniacs ever sleep? :doh:

One moron over here decided to top off his evening of pyrotechnics by placing a mortar launcher on his head and lighting the fuse.
ssssss_____________________ssssss_____
BOOM!

Of all the things he misses, he now misses his mind the most.:88)
http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2015/06/29/fatal-fireworks-walled-lake/29455857/

[fireftr18]

One moron over here decided to top off his evening of pyrotechnics by placing a mortar launcher on his head and lighting the fuse.
ssssss_____________________ssssss_____
BOOM!

Of all the things he misses, he now misses his mind the most.:88)
http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2015/06/29/fatal-fireworks-walled-lake/29455857/

Wolferz, you can't miss something you never had.
I notice the article said alcohol was a factor. Imagine that. :Kaleun_Cheers:

I'm happy to announce the annual "Battle of Greenview" has ended with no injuries and no fires. All had a good time and the fireworks were awesome as usual.
:Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

[Eichhörnchen]

I found this whilst visiting Wolferz' link:
http://blogs.ancestry.co.uk/cm/head-of-the-class-do-certain-surnames-indicate-nobility/?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=referral&o_xid=65342&o_lid=65342&o_sch=Content+Marketing

[Wolferz]

Wolferz, you can't miss something you never had.
I notice the article said alcohol was a factor. Imagine that. :Kaleun_Cheers:

I'm happy to announce the annual "Battle of Greenview" has ended with no injuries and no fires. All had a good time and the fireworks were awesome as usual.
:Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:

Yes, he'd have been much better off if he had been drinking tea instead. But the tax on it made it prohibitive.
We know who to blame for that, right?:O:

[soopaman2]

The entire symbolism of the 4th of July fireworks is to celebrate when some mean jerks were shelling us. *glares across the Atlantic*

If some dummy does not die trying to emulate an artillery cannon, then it is not a proper holiday. (watch it shoot out my head...ooof)


This is why fireworks and guns should be legal everywhere, it would cull the stupid alot faster, making the world a better place.

[Wolferz]

The entire symbolism of the 4th of July fireworks is to celebrate when some mean jerks were shelling us. *glares across the Atlantic*

If some dummy does not die trying to emulate an artillery cannon, then it is not a proper holiday. (watch it shoot out my head...ooof)


This is why fireworks and guns should be legal everywhere, it would cull the stupid alot faster, making the world a better place.

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb295/Wolferz_2007/funny-quotes-daffy-duck-quotes.jpg

[Platapus]

This is why fireworks and guns should be legal everywhere, it would cull the stupid alot faster, making the world a better place.

But just like drunk drivers, stupid far too often hurt/kill innocent bystanders.

If only we could count on the stupid people killing themselves, I would not have a problem.

[Wolferz]

But just like drunk drivers, stupid far too often hurt/kill innocent bystanders.

If only we could count on the stupid people killing themselves, I would not have a problem.

Most aren't even smart enough to accomplish your goal.:know: