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[Londonboy]

It is widely believed that America got it's name from Italian Explorer and Cartographer Amerigo Vespucci (the Latinized version of His 1st name is Americus), however, many scholars have questioned this. While it was common for Lands newly discovered by Europeans to be named after People, they only used 1st names for Royalty, for ordinary Folks it was Surnames only.
An alternative theory is that it actually got it's name from Richard ap Meryck (His name was Anglicised to Amerike), a prominent Welsh Merchant who funded John Cabot's (Giovanni Caboto who was actually an Italian) expedition in The Mathew.

Which of these theories is true (if, in fact, either are) is an ongoing debate.

 

[cowboyec]

Elvis had 4 soundtrack albums reach #1 on bilboard.
•Loving You...'57...his first soundtrack LP.
•GI Blues...'60...his first #1 album of the 60s...charted for 111 weeks.
•Blue Hawii...'61...sold 2.5 million albums...his biggest selling album of his lifetime.
•Roustabout...'64...it reached the top spot for 1 week and would be his last #1 album until the '73 smash Aloha from Hawaii-via satellite.

 

[Runwildboys]

A female ferret, held in captivity, will expire within one year if forced to exist without having sex,,,



* pop,,, goes the weasel*

Sounds like a job for @kskboys !

 

[Ranched]

A can of diet coke will float in water while a can of regular coke will sink.

 

[cowboyec]

worried about releasing an album containing "repeats"...in '72...RcA shelved an idea for a half live...half studio Elvis LP called
Standing Room Only.
it could've been a huge seller.
12 tracks.

studio cuts...all 7 recorded at his March '72 session...Burning Love,Seperate Ways,Always On My Mind,For The Good Times,Fool,Its A Matter of Time,Where Do I Go From Here.

live tracks...9 total recorded in Jan and Feb of '72 in Vegas...Never Been To Spain,You Gave Me A Mountain,Its Impossible,Its Over,The Impossible Dream,An American Trilogy,Hound Dog,A Big Hunk o' Love,Little Sister/Get Back.

all 7 studio tracks and 5 live cuts would have formed the album.
But the release of the Madison Square Garden concert contained much of the same...so the studio cuts got released as singles...the only live track released as a single was An American Trilogy.

 

[LocimusPrime]

Farts never smell good

 

[cowboyec]

Farts never smell good

but they thin a crowd

 

[cowboyec]

in 1963...RcA shelved the Elvis album For The Asking...12 tracks included You're The Devil In Disguise...big top 40 hit.
the songs would be released as singles while others would be used as "bonus songs" on many of his mid-60s soundtrack albums.

the album was released on CD in the 90s as The Lost Album.

 

[Quickdraw]

Count the number of cricket chirps in a 15-second period, add 37 to the total, and your result will be very close to the actual outdoor Fahrenheit temperature.

 

[CouchCoach]

Count the number of cricket chirps in a 15-second period, add 37 to the total, and your result will be very close to the actual outdoor Fahrenheit temperature.

Gonna be some noisy*** crickets tonight.

 

[Londonboy]

There an estimated 20,000 Feral Parakeets living in Greater London.

 

[Runwildboys]

There an estimated 20,000 Feral Parakeets living in Greater London.

That borders on being an oxymoron.

 

[CouchCoach]

There an estimated 20,000 Feral Parakeets living in Greater London.

LMAO, are they a nuisance? Are there newspapers laid out all over London? That sounds as weird as Feral Koi in the waterways.

 

[cowboyec]

2x in his career...RB Emmitt Smith ran for over 1,700yds in a season.
'95...1,773.
'92...1,713.

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[YosemiteSam]

2x in his career...RB Emmitt Smith ran for over 1,700yds in a season.
'95...1,773.
'92...1,713.

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What the hell. This post had absolutely nothing to do with Elvis! Do you need a doctor? I think something is seriously wrong here!

 

[cowboyec]

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What the hell. This post had absolutely nothing to do with Elvis! Do you need a doctor? I think something is seriously wrong here!

soooo....are you saying you want MORE Elvis posts....noted.

thanks for apparently NOT reading my non-Elvis factoids...

 

[Londonboy]

LMAO, are they a nuisance? Are there newspapers laid out all over London? That sounds as weird as Feral Koi in the waterways.

They are a nuisance, They make a hell of racket and are having an impact on Native Species, They're mostly to be found in the leafier suburbs of SW London (fortunately well away from Me).
There are a few myths about Their Origins, such as They're descended from Birds that escaped from the film set of The African Queen at Ealing Studios or The pair that Jimmy Hendrix released in Carnaby St, but the truth is that They're descended from escaped pets, augmented by escapees from Aviaries damaged during The Great Storm of 1987.
However They came to be here, They're now part of the London Landscape, just like Pigeons and Foxes.

 

[Londonboy]

That borders on being an oxymoron.

Which one, Feral Parakeets or Greater London?

 

[cowboyec]

They are a nuisance, They make a hell of racket and are having an impact on Native Species, They're mostly to be found in the leafier suburbs of SW London (fortunately well away from Me).
There are a few myths about Their Origins, such as They're descended from Birds that escaped from the film set of The African Queen at Ealing Studios or The pair that Jimmy Hendrix released in Carnaby St, but the truth is that They're descended from escaped pets, augmented by escapees from Aviaries damaged during The Great Storm of 1987.
However They came to be here, They're now part of the London Landscape, just like Pigeons and Foxes.

any bigfoots???

 

[Runwildboys]

They are a nuisance, They make a hell of racket and are having an impact on Native Species, They're mostly to be found in the leafier suburbs of SW London (fortunately well away from Me).
There are a few myths about Their Origins, such as They're descended from Birds that escaped from the film set of The African Queen at Ealing Studios or The pair that Jimmy Hendrix released in Carnaby St, but the truth is that They're descended from escaped pets, augmented by escapees from Aviaries damaged during The Great Storm of 1987.
However They came to be here, They're now part of the London Landscape, just like Pigeons and Foxes.

Train the pigeons to knock them down, where the foxes lie in wait.