Rob’s Megaphone

Merry Christmas
Here’s wishing you and your’s a festive holiday!
- Rob’s Megaphone.

#1: The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest
In 1957 the respected BBC news show Panorama announced that thanks to a very mild winter and the virtual elimination of the dreaded spaghetti weevil, Swiss farmers were enjoying a bumper spaghetti crop. It accompanied this announcement with footage of Swiss peasants pulling strands of spaghetti down from trees. Huge [...]

Just in case you didn’t notice

On March 31 in the year . . . .
 
 

1880 – The first electric street lights installed by a municipality were turned on in Wabash, IN.

1889 – The Eiffel Tower opened today.

1918 – Daylight saving time went into effect throughout the United States for the first time.  

1951 – The first commercial US made computer, [...]

When preparing to bake a cake, to do a really good job, first you must go to the freshmarket and buy the best ingredients. Stale flower, spoiled milk, rotten eggs, and old sugar just won’t measure up. Even  Chef Rino Baglio can’t transform rubbish into rum cake.
Without solid, accurate information from primary sources, even the [...]

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If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter “A”? — One thousand

What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common?– All were invented by women.

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My boys and I are getting ready to see Hawk Nelson in Rome in a few weeks.
Rome, Georgia that is.   You can see a couple of their videos on Rob’s UCTV (my vodpod at right). The new album “Hawk Nelson is my Friend” comes to stores on April 1st (no joke).