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2003 BOARD & STAFF
The Subic Bay Freeport Chamber of
Commerce would like to support the Port
Development Project. Members have
discussed the proposal at length and
enthusiastically support economic
development and particularly the
development of Subic Bay as an
international seaport. However, there are a
series of unresolved issues, which are of
great concern to Chamber Members, which
must be resolved before SBFCC can lend
its formal support to this project.
Information provided by the proponents and
their environmental consultants, although
based on seemingly comprehensive
research has been presented in a
fragmentary and incomplete fashion in
public hearings. The proponents have
changed their positions on certain items at
each meeting. These presentations, in the
opinion of many members, have either
understated the risks or incorrectly shown
some affected areas to be of limited
environmental significance. These areas
include Triboa Bay, Nabasan Wharf and
Camayan Point – all within the PAMP
designated Habitat Protection Zone.
The Port Development Project Management
should integrate their project with the
protection of the environment and the
protection of existing Investors, within the
guidelines and spirit of the Protected Area
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SBFCC POSITION on PORT DEVELOPMENT
guidelines and spirit of the Protected Area
Management Plan.
Members express grave concern for the
protection of the businesses of directly
affected locators, and all other tourism-based
investors. The proximity of the Cubi Point site
to the Protected Area, causes impacts which
include the degrading of:
* the forest environment – (its life, water,
air and sounds - by heavy vehicles and
industrial and construction activity);
* the sea environment (its water quality
and the natural ecosystems that maintain
it and thrive in it – by siltation and by
pollution from sewage, oil or ballast water
discharge);
* the clean air (by dust and air pollution to
be generated by the construction);
* and the visual amenity which gives Subic
Bay its unique appeal
The Members of the Chamber are very
concerned that adequate risk assessment
should be made. They are grateful for the
opportunity to work with the Ecology
Department to
develop the Environmental Management Plan
Matrix. The Matrix needs to include the specific
threats and the remediation required as
identified by the affected investors.
Proposed site of the new port development at the Subic Bay airport. Photo by Kevin Hamdorf
time in the future. Vessels permitted will be limited to passenger ferries not exceeding
200 pax.
5. the Proponents will provide concrete proposals to demonstrate that there will be
effective control of the contractors to guarantee that the ECC is complied with.
6. the Proponents will provide environmental damage remediation and compensation
for affected locators. An escrow account provision of at least 7.5% of the contract
sum (well within international norms) would address the concerns of the membership.
From the submitted locators’ and investor organisations’ position papers, it can
be seen that, as a whole, the Chamber views the development of the port as an
excellent and beneficial project, but most are very concerned about collateral
damage to the environment and to existing businesses.
SGD:
JOSE A SADDUL, President
To enable the Members of the Chamber of
Commerce to endorse the Port Development
Plan, they respectfully ask that the SBMA
acquire written guarantees from the
proponents that address the concerns raised
and specifically that:
1. the dust generated during construction will
be controlled completely so as to not present
an operational hazard to FedEx and other
aircraft;
2. no dredged material will be dumped within
the Bay;
3. no equipment or construction materials will
be discharged or stored or transit Nabasan
Wharf
4. the Port Development Plan will be amended
to ensure that Nabasan Wharf and Camayan
Wharf will not be used for ocean-going ships,
cruise ships, Ro-ro, or general cargo at any
The former US Navy Ship Repair Facility (SRF) was one of the three sites originally considered for the port expansion
project. Photo by Kevin Hamdorf
THE CONTAINE R AND WORLDTRADE
BY CAPT. ROBERT RAYNER, IDESS
The British shipping magazine “Fairplay” was
first published in 1883 and celebrated its 120th
Anniversary by asking its readers to vote for
who they considered to be the most significant
person in shipping over the last 120 years. Far
out in front was one man – the Scottish
American Malcolm Maclean. Perhaps he is not
a household name, but he should be. Malcolm
Maclean is the inventor of the container. His
invention has revolutionised world trade, its
impact felt nowhere more spectacularly than
by that servant of the world markets – the
shipping industry. Perhaps only “Le grande
Francais” Ferdinand de Lesseps comes close
to Maclean’s achievement. It was de Lesseps
who opened the Suez Canal in 1869 and who
did the pioneering work for the Panama Canal,
both now strategic routes for the passage of
merchant ships and their cargoes.
The first container ship was a converted oil
tanker the “Ideal X”, whose deck had been
strengthened to accommodate 58 containers.
It set sail on 26 April 1956, from Port Newark
in New Jersey down the east coast of the US
into the Gulf of Mexico and on to Houston. In
1960, Mclean renamed his company Sea-Land
Service Ltd. and when he sold his share in
Sea-Land for US$160million in 1968, it was
the world’s biggest container carrier.
It was not long before ports started to see the
great potential of containerised trade and the
need to provide specialised handling facilities
for the new ship types. In 1960 the Port of New
York Authority, constructed the first exclusive
container terminal next to Port Newark and
named it Port Elizabeth Marine Terminal. Other
great ports followed – Rotterdam in 1966 and
Singapore in 1972, these ports being among
the biggest in the world today.
So what is a container ? The International
Standards Organisation calls a freight
container ‘an article of transport equipment
intended to facilitate the carriage of goods by
one or more modes of transport, without
intermediate loading’. Containers come in two
sizes: 20 feet long and 40-feet long. They are
8 feet wide and range from 8 feet to 9 feet 6
inches in height. Most containers are
constructed from steel - about 2.5 tons of steel
is used in a 40-foot container. Each corner of
a container is designed to withstand a load of
96 tons, the equivalent of five fully laden
containers. The
floors
can
withstand loads
of about 24.5
kg/cm2 (350
p.s.i.). Nearly
87%
of
containers are
made in China
and other Asian
countries.
And a TEU ?
This is an
acronym for
“Twenty-foot
Equivalent Unit”
and
has
Coastal Petroluem Refuelling Facility has demonstrated a long history of pollution free operations
become the
within Subic Bay.Photo by Kevin Hamdorf
i n d u s t r y
having a total carrying capacity of 5,356,650
standard of measurement for containerized
TEU’s in 2001. Today it stands at about 3,065
trade. In 1969, Mr. Richard F Gibney, who
ships. And ships are getting larger to benefit
worked for the Shipbuilding and Shipping
Records office of the U.K. came up with the from the economies of scale. The S-class
vessels of Maersk, which can carry more than
term while looking for a convenient way of
compiling statistics of different ships and the 7,000 TEU, are the largest container ships
different sized containers in use at the time. currently in operation. Vessels of over 3,000
One TEU represents a capacity of about 34 TEU’s make up 71 percent of all newbuildings.
cubic meters.
The average age of the world fleet was 13.9
A BR I E F OVERVIEW OF WORLD TRADE
AND THE CONTAINE R.
About 95 percent of world trade by weight or
volume travels by sea, and it is difficult to
imagine any other practical alternatives. World
sea borne trade reached a record high of 5.88
billion tons in the year 2000, although 2001
saw a decline for the first time in 15 years. The
volume of sea borne trade is directly linked to
the growth of the world economy as a whole.
Conversely, world trade is dependent on the
world’s merchant fleet, which currently stands
at about 29,000 ships of more than 1000 grt.
Of that number, about 70 percent are oil
tankers and dry bulk carriers. Container ships
make up about 10 percent of the total.
However, the container fleet shows the fastest
growth of any ship type. Only 8 years ago the
container fleet was about 5 percent of the total
world fleet. Today about 70 percent of general
cargo is containerized. It is expected that this
figure will grow to 90 percent by 2010.
The world container fleet was 2,755 ships
years in 2001 with almost 34 per cent of the
fleet 20 years and older. General cargo vessels
had the highest average age at 16.2 years,
while container vessels were the youngest at
11 years.
Modern container ships carry a 40 foot
container for less than 10 cents (U.S. currency)
a mile (a fraction of land transportation), and
are a major contributing factor to low freight
payments which we all benefit from. World
freight payments as a fraction of total import
value are around 5 percent.
The number of containers world wide is
estimated at 15.1 million. The total number of
container movements (throughput) in ports
worldwide is about 225.3 million TEU’s.
The world growth rate for container port traffic
(movements) is about 15.4 percent, and for
developing economies its is about 14.5 percent
(2000). The top 20 general cargo ports handle
about 51 percent of all TEU movements.
Subic Bay’s first gantry crane. Photo by Kevin Hamdorf
July 2003 Issue
Container throughput in Singapore for the
month of July 2002 hit 1.48 million TEU’s. The
total for 2002 was just under 17 million TEU’s.
As world trade continues to grow and just-intime deliveries become standard, the
importance of efficient and economical
container transportation by sea as an essential
part of the supply chain is growing.
PORT DEVELOPME NT
Ports are also an integral part of that chain,
Many current visiting cargo ships to Subic are old and still require manual unloading. Not only
is this ineffecient but increases the risks of spillage waste and pollution into the Bay.
Photo by Kevin Hamdorf
and as such are an indispensable partner of
shipping.
The benefits of having a modern container
handling facility for any port, and in particular
for Subic Bay, are many and should not be
underestimated. The ports of Singapore and
Hong Kong (currently the two largest container
ports in the world) are good examples of how
an old naval base can be transformed into a
dynamic engine for economic growth. Ports
themselves may not on the surface seem to
be very exciting
places,
but
successful ones
attract a diversity of
industry
and
business.
The modern container port of San Francisco, USA. Strict compliance to correct port and
ecological management practices permit the successful integration of major container loading/
unloading operations within the City limits. Photo by Kevin Hamdorf
Corretly managed shipping operations within the port of San Francisco have had minimum
impact on the bay’s wildlife. In fact, there has been a population explosion among the sea
lions, which now overwhelm Pier 39 Marina located less than 2 miles from the container port.
Photo by Kevin Hamdorf
There are also some
stark realities that
must be faced when
considering
infrastructure
development. The
population of the
Philippines in 2002
was estimated to be
84 million. With an
average
annual
growth rate of 2.0
percent , there will be
another 1.7 million
citizens of this
country one year from
now. Five years from
now there will be
another 9 million.
They all need to have
access to food, to
clothes to the
consumer goods we
take for granted, and
they need to be able
to trade. They need
modern, efficient
ports.
ENVIRONM E NTAL ISSU E S.
The magnitude, importance and efficiency of
the international shipping industry has already
been stated. It is also worth highlight the
environmental benefits of transporting goods
by sea.
Shipping has long been recognised as one of
the most environmentally sustainable means
of transport in the world today. It is less
damaging to the environment than other modes
of transport and subject to far fewer capacity
limitations.
No other means of transport can come close
to the energy efficiency of ships.
A long-haul truck uses between 0.7 to 1.2
megajoules per tonne-kilometre.
A typical freight train consumes around 0.6
megajoules per tonne-kilometre.
A ship carrying around 25,000 tonnes of cargo
at 18.5 knots (which is relatively fast) uses only
0.12 megajoules per tonne-kilometre. Larger
ships such as VLCC’s are even more
impressive. Quite simply this translates into
fewer emissions per tonne-kilometre.
As with every means of transport, there are
risks. However, a modern, well equipped,
properly managed port is far better able to deal
with incidents and to limit the adverse
consequences that might result. A modern port
should be a cleaner port, able to attract
modern, cleaner and safer ships. And
remember, container ships as a group have the
lowest average age of all ship types.
To quote from Fairplay “Televisions we can
survive without. Aircraft are useful, but not
essential. Even 15 years ago, most business
functioned perfectly well without computers.
But take away containers, and the global
economy would collapse overnight”.
CHAIRMAN TURNS GREEN
Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA)
wants to develop eco-industrial estates to bring
nature into the heart of businesses, it says.
The effort seeks “A more proactive role in
environmental management” among the more
than 600 companies on the freport, said
SBMA Chairman Felicito Payumo.
The SBMA recently invited companies to an
orientation on eco-industrial development (EID)
by Andreas Koenig, a leading EID expert from
the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ)United Nations Environmental Programme
(UNEP).
Koenig said more and more manufacturing and
service companies worldwide opt for the ecoindustrial estate model to maximize market
opportunities, minimize waste and collaborate
on environmental and resource issues.
He said 225 foreign-trade zones now operate
in the United States, as well as thousands of
state-run enterprise zones; China has 2,000
economic development zones; and Thailand
has initiated pilot eco-industrial estates with
52 national and global companies. Industrial
estates are also major employers in Indonesia
with 60,000 jobs generated, and in Souzhou,
China with 600,000 employed workers.
In eco-industrial estates, companies practice
“industrial symbiosis” and team up for
mutually-beneficial projects like recycling
water, waste and exchange of energy.
“This is a complex endeavor that requires a
participatory approach,”. A few companies
could do the lead role says Koenig.
Amethya dela Llana, manager of the SBMA
Ecology Center, said the development of ecoindustrial estates is the latest innovation in
SBMA’s environmental management
program that includes implementation of a
Protected Area Management Plan (PAMP)
and the GIS-based Land Record Information
System or LRIS.
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BIR plans 10% VAT on Subic Auctions By Marianne V. Go
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) wants
to impose 10-percent value added tax (VAT)
based on the winning bid price of auctioned
used motor vehicles at the Subic Freeport. It
also plans to assess VAT on all auctioned used
vehicles sold since 1999 when the basis of
customs valuation was changed from bid price
to foreign supplier’s invoice price.
Until mid-1999, the price fetched at auction
was taken as the dutiable value of the goods
with the winning bidders paying the duties and
taxes before the release of the vehicles from
the zone.
“However, there were complaints from the
winning bidders of delays resulting from the
refusal of some Customs officials to
Subic Bay auction yard. Photo by Kevin Hamdorf
automatically accept the bid price as the basis
for the computation of the duty and tax payable,” said BIR Commissioner
The auctioneer pays for the duties and taxes before
Guillermo Parayno.
the conduct of the sale so that there is no more
As a result, the system was changed to one where duty and tax payable customs intervention after the sale of the goods.
are determined before the conduct of the auction. The auction firm
presents the invoice issued by the supplier of the goods from abroad, The BIR chief said the Bureau of Customs (BOC)
should draw up written regulations on the value for
and unless disputed, is taken as the transaction value.
customs purposes of auction goods.
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“As a general rule, the transaction price between the
auctioneer and the buyer must be the basis for the
computation of duty and tax payable,” Parayno said.
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Another strong presence in the Subic business scene
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English-language learning center in the freeport.
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SUBIC FILM COMMISSION READIES
FOR SILVER SCREEN
International feature films have been shot
in Subic Bay Freeport for nearly 50 years,
since the US Navy days. Now, for the first
time, the Freeport is to get its own Film
Commission to target overseas film
makers to utilize Asia’s safest location.
The SBFCC Board approved the
founding of the Film Commission under
the auspices of its Tourism committee,
headed by John Corcoran of Ocean
Adventure, on June 12. In true Subic
Bay Freeport style, the Film
Commission will tap knowledgeable
volunteers willing to offer resources
and world-wide film industry
connections to promote international
film-making and investment in filmrelated industries.
movies have used the freeport since then.
Currently two or three international films
come to the SBFZ every year and many
more local productions.
Indeed, Gringo’s bar in Barretto shows
International “Made in Subic” movies
every Tuesday evening.
professional Bob Couttie believes
attracting more overseas productions will
have a strong beneficial impact on the
freeport economy: “Canada gets $1bn a
year out of Los Angeles and even tiny
Malta, with few facilities, earns $4m a year.
We can’t match Canada, but we can
certainly do better than Malta.”
Subic-Based film industry
Says Corcoran: “The SBFCC Tourism
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Subic Bay is no stranger to the movie
world. The renowned director Fritz
Lang made the cold-war action film An
American Guerilla in the Philippines in
the 1950s. More than a hundred
Film set for “Goodbye America” Alava Pier, Subic Bay. Photo by Kevin Hamdorf
A typical film crew consists of around 150
cast and crew, all requiring the sort of
accommodation and catering already
available in the freeport to serve tourists,
giving a boost to hotels and restaurants.
It also utilizes local transport services and
casual labor, enhancing local employment
opportunities. A burgeoning demand for
film related equipment and services also
attracts investment in various sectors
such as equipment and space rental and
post-production and sound facilities.
v Voice Lessons
v Piano Lessons
v Choreography
For further information and inquiries please call Professor Rollman
Narag at telephone 252-4581 or visit the Music Room at
Bldg.167 Dewey Ave. Subic Bay Freeport Zone.
An action plan is being drawn-up to bring
the Film Commission online to assist
foreign production companies and
potential overseas representatives have
been identified to help promote the
freeport. It plans to target Asia and
Europe, where productions companies
have already shown interest, as well as
the United States.
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Video Talk 2
Format Facts 1
For the Subic Bay Freeport business
community the world is its marketplace and
video, in its various flavours, is a way of
reaching that market place. However, as one
Freeport-based American engineer discovered,
there are pitfalls when it comes to delivering
the video presentation.
He was tasked to go to Pakistan to make a
presentation. Part of his presentation involved
showing a VHS tape, and therein lay his
problem - The tape was in American NTSC
format but television equipment in Pakistan is
in the more popular PAL format.
A couple of years ago, while planning a movie
production to be shot in the Philippines a HongKong based director sent us his showreel.
Whether or not he was any good we never
found out because he sent a PAL format VHS
tape and no suitable player was available
locally.
Hence, among the decisions to be made when
producing a video is what format to use.
‘Format’ covers a number of issues, from the
video format to the tape format so, to make
things easier, we’ll take it one step at a time.
What TV System?
The world is basically split into two television
formats, NTSC, which is used in the US and in
countries with a heavy US influence such as
the Philippines, Japan, Korea and Taiwan, and
PAL, which is used by the majority of the rest
of the world. The choice you make for your
video depends on where it will be shown.
The differences between the systems are
enormous and will affect the quality of your
video.
NTSC
Known as ‘Never Twice the Same Colour’ and
invented in America, it might be surprising that
what is alleged to be the world’s most
technologically advanced country should
choose one of the clunkiest systems since
by Bob Couttie
Logie Baird. But it was invented by a
committee, probably the same one that came
up with the camel when it was trying to make
a horse.
Each television frame consists of a number of
lines and the NTSC system uses 525 lines to
draw a complete picture, a standard long since
abandoned by the rest of the world. As if that
wasn’t clunky enough, the NTSC standard
insists not on 29 frames per second, or even
30 frames per second, but 29.997 frames per
second. Since one can’t show 0.997 of a
frame, the counting of frames, essential for
editing, has to ‘forget’ a frame every once in a
while, known as a ‘drop-frame’, just to keep
everything working.
As if all that wasn’t enough, the NTSC standard
has poor colour handling and bleeds more than
a schlock-horror movie – primary colours in
particular tend to go where they’re not
supposed to.
PAL
Most of the world uses PAL, or a compatible
variant. Sensibly, PAL has a full number of
frames per second, 24 to be precise, so there’s
no need to mess around with drop frames and
in some ways gives a look a little closer to film,
which runs at 25 frames per second. It has
625 lines, so resolution is about 20 per cent
higher than NTSC and has few of the colour
problems presented by NTSC.
Converting from one system to the other is
expensive and there is inevitably a loss of
quality. Most broadcasters can send out video
made in the other format but the results are
usually less than acceptable. Multi-system
video players and televisions are more widely
available these days but it is not wise to assume
that they will be available where and when you
want to show the video.
Before video production starts, think about
where it is going to be shown. If you’re certain
that it will only be shown in an NTSC area then
it should be shot in NTSC, otherwise it is better
to make the production in PAL. If, subsequently,
you do need to convert to NTSC you’ll get a
better result than you will by converting NTSC
to PAL.
The author on location, Northern Palawan.
Photo by Kevin Hamdorf
A very high-end solution to the system problem
is to shoot the whole production on film, either
35mm or 16mm and have the result transferred
to the necessary format, but this is not realistic
for most purposes.
Of course, if the video is to be presented
through computer, on screen or through an
LCD projector, or over the internet then the
issue of TV format does not arise.
The engineer resolved his problem by
transferring his video to VCD and showing it
on his laptop in Karachi. The Hong Kong
director? He didn’t get the business. There’s a
message there.
Next: Digital tape and dinosaurs
PASSION James Lee Valentine
FOR RENT
This month I want to write about an
emotion that is vital to any individual who
aspires toward success in their work, but
write about it within the context of an
industry that only a few of you are involved
in – network marketing. This emotion is
PASSION. Though you personally may
not be a “networker” as such, read this
article with the mindset of a person
desiring to achieve more and see if you
can resonate with the importance of being
passionate about your profession.
Fires cannot be made with dead embers,
nor can spiritless men and women stir
enthusiastic action or passionate
performance. Excitement in your daily life
is brought about by a passion for doing
what you love and loving what you do.
Passion is the one essential element that
lightens the effort and turns even
mundane activities into enjoyable tasks.
Winners in the network marketing industry
are those exceptional individuals whose
souls are on fire. They have a flaming
passion inside their heart that is always
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the possibilities inherent within their
particular opportunity. They have their fires
of desire ablaze in a magnificent inferno
of activity and achievement.
Now . . . there are no guarantees that you
will ever get what you crave from any
opportunity. But unless you passionately
want success, you will never be in the
winner’s circle. You have everything to
gain and nothing to lose by aiming your
success-strategies in the direction of the
proverbial stars, as success is reached
by those who take enthusiastic action and
who maintain the most zealous passion.
“The tree on the mountain takes
whatever the weather brings. If it has
any choice at all, it is in putting down
roots as deeply as possible. In a
networking business, so to speak, you
may have to take whatever the weather
brings. Your choice is in anchoring your
roots to enduring values such as
determination, commitment, tenacity,
integrity and passion.”
STUDIOS
Any time you want to see PASSION –
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. . . his or her soul is on fire! One reason
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Successful network marketers are
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Contact:
As John Wesley, the famed eighteenthcentury evangelist, keenly observed:
“When you set yourself on fire, people love
to come and see you burn.”
Field
Marshall Ferdinand Foch meant a similar
thing when he perceived: “The most
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soul on fire.”
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THE DEFINITION OF GLOBALIZATION:
An English Princess with an Egyptian
boyfriend crashes in a French tunnel,
driving a German car with a Dutch
engine, driven by a Belgian drunk on
Scottish Whiskey, being chased by
Italian Paparazzi on Japanese
motorcycles, treated by an American
doctor using Brazilian medicines!
And this was sent to us by a Canadian,
using Bill Gates’ technology and you’re
probably reading this on an IBM clone
that uses Taiwanese made chips, and
Korean monitors assembled by
Bangladeshi workers in a Singapore
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That, my friend, is globalization.
I BET YOU DIDN’T KNOW THIS !!
Men can read smaller print than women can;
women can hear better.
Coca-Cola was originally green.
WEDNESDAY Notice:
R.D. Jones has informed us that he has
received several annoying telephone calls
because of the error we made in the
classified ad yesterday. The ad stands
correct as follows:
“For sale — R.D. Jones has one sewing
machine for sale. Cheap. Phone 9480707 after 7 P.M. and ask for Mrs. Kelly
who loves with him.”
It is impossible to lick your elbow.
“I am.” is the shortest complete sentence in
the English language.
The percentage of Africa that is wilderness:
28%; The percentage of North America that
is wilderness: 38%
What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes,
windshield wipers, and laser printers all have
in common?
The average number of people airborne over
the US any given hour: 61,000
All invented by women.
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper
in their hair.
The world’s youngest parents were 8 and 9
and lived in China in 1910.
The youngest pope was 11 years old.
The first novel ever written on a typewriter:
Tom Sawyer.
THURSDAY Notice:
I, R.D. Jones, have no sewing machine for
sale. I smashed it. Don’t call 948-0707
as I have had the phone disconnected. I
have not been carrying on with Mrs. Kelly.
Until yesterday she was my housekeeper
but she quit!
received in battle. If the horse has all four
legs on the ground, the person died of natural
causes.
Each king in a deck of playing cards
represents a great king from history: Spades
- King David, Hearts - Charlemagne, Clubs Alexander the Great. Diamonds - Julius
Caesar
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse
has both front legs in the air, the person died
in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the
air the person died as a result of wounds
What is the only food that doesn’t spoil?
Honey
What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of
Bugs Bunny) is the most ironic? He was
allergic to carrots.
In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and
quarts. So in old England, when customers
got unruly, the bartender would yell at them
mind their own pints and quarts and settle
down. It’s where we get the phrase “mind
your P’s and Q’s”
In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was
entitled Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden....
and thus the word GOLF entered into the
English language.
At least 75% of people who read this will try
to lick their elbow
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