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• Earl Tupper founded his company in 1938, pro-moting his new line of polyethylene containers with airtight seals named, appropriately, Tupper-ware. The items were initially sold in department stores, but in the early 1950s, the marketing strat-egy was changed to the familiar Tupperware “par-ty.” Tupper didn’t just make bowls and cups; he also had a contract to make gas mask parts dur-ing World War II. He sold his plastics company in 1958 for $16 million.

• If you think we’ve always used envelopes, think again! This simple item didn’t come along until 1845. Prior to that, folks simply folded letters both ways and sealed them with wax. Pre-gummed en-velopes weren’t introduced for another 50 years.

• We all take our polio vaccinations for granted, but they weren’t administered for the first time until 1954, in the city of Pittsburgh, where Dr. Jo-nas Salk had been conducting his experiments. A 1952 polio epidemic that killed 3,300 and para-lyzed thousands inspired Dr. Salk to develop a vaccine.

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• The 1950s brought all kinds of innovations to the modern home. Velcro, power steering, pocket transistor radios and Legos all hit the scene dur-ing this decade. The world’s first credit card, the Diners Club card, was introduced in 1950. Issued in New York City, it offered credit at 27 restau-rants. The American Express card came along eight years later.

• When your eyes begin to age, you’ll be thankful for one of Benjamin Franklin’s innovations. Our founding father invented bifocal eyeglasses at the age of 79.

• Travelers have had the convenience of pulling into a Holiday Inn along the road since the chain opened its first hotel in 1952 in Memphis, Ten-nessee.

• Masking tape was developed by the 3M Compa-ny, a sandpaper-making firm, in 1925. One of the company’s young engineers, Richard Drew, was testing sandpaper at an automobile plant and no-ticed that painters were having difficulty painting the newly popular two-tone cars. Drew went back to 3M and immediately began work on a prod-uct to solve the painters’ dilemma. Waterproof transparent “Scotch” tape came along five years later, also the creation of Richard Drew. A 3M co-worker of Drew’s invented the tape dispenser with a built-in cutter blade in 1932.

• Thanks to a Chicago inventor, Whitcomb Judson, you can zip up your pants! While experimenting in 1891 with a gadget that would make it easier to button and unbutton shoes, dubbed the “Clasp Locker and Unlocker for Shoes,” Judson came up with the zipper.

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think. This device that transmits a facsimile of a document through the telephone system has been around since 1944. And how about another item you’d think has been around forever, the ballpoint pen? It came out the same year as that fax ma-chine. Nine years later, Bic introduced their now-famous brand of ballpoint pen. In 1973, Bic presented its next best-selling gadget, the disposable lighter.

• Two unrelated items, the voting machine and waxed paper, were both invented by the same person, Thomas Edison. During the 1880s, this brilliant individual filed for a new patent on the average of every five days, equaling more than 1,300 items over the course of his creative life. The motion picture camera and projec-tor, incandescent light bulbs and the phonograph are well-known Edison inven-tions, with lesser-known innovations being the stock ticker, dictating machine and electric pen.

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• The next time you strike a match, consider the fact that this little convenience has been around since 1816, when a Frenchman developed a friction match with a phosphorus tip, providing a simple means of access to fire.

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• More books have been written about Abraham Lincoln than about any other American presi-dent -- more than 15,000 to date.

• It is only to be assumed that Arabella Young, a Massachusetts woman who died in 1771, was considered to be a bit too talkative. Otherwise there would have been no need for the following epitaph: “Here lies as silent clay / Miss Arabella Young, / Who on the 21st of May / Began to hold her tongue.”

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rity by way of the Arena Football League and NFL Europe. In 1999 he was given a chance to start with the St. Louis Rams when their quarterback was injured. He led the them to two Super Bowls and was named MVP in 1999, becoming one of the select few to win both the League MVP and Super Bowl MVP

in the same year.What’s interesting about Warner taking his Ari-zona Cardinals to the Super Bowl is that he wasn’t Arizona’s starter when the season began. However, when called upon, he led them to the NFC West title and their first home playoff game since 1947. Warner ranked second in the NFL in completions (401), completion percentage (67.1), yards passing (4,583) and passing touchdowns (30).Referring to Warner’s days on the bench, Coach Ken Whisenhunt told the press, “That had to be very difficult, but there was never any complaints. All he said was he wanted was an opportunity. He got that and took advantage of it. To see the way he’s played this year has been great for the game, in my opinion. To have a veteran player who’s prob-ably one of the greatest individuals you’ll ever meet have success, after some ups and downs, is really why you play this game.”Long after his retirement Warner continues to be one of the most liked and respected players ever to play in the NFL. He was famous for helping his teammates with preparation skills: he taught them that sticking to a tough routine every week would get them ready to handle a playoff game.Here’s the key to Kurt Warner’s success - he contin-ued to sharpen his skills even while sitting on the bench. That’s why he was ready to play when the coach waved to him and said, “Kurt – you’re in.”You want to be ready when you are needed so you best be about sharpening your skills – and you must sharpen them even while sitting on the side-lines. You must prepare yourself for the moment destiny calls. Someone once said, “Success always comes when preparation meets opportunity.” How are your skills? What’s the shape of your expertise, your intellect, even your physical body? What about your enthusiasm, your commitment, your determination? Are some getting dull? What can you do to sharpen them?Most athletes dream about leading a team to vic-tory in the big game. Few of them are willing to make the sacrifices of lonely preparation necessary to be a champion. You want to be a champion so get out there and sharpen your skills. Get educated. Get ready. Stay focused. Then, when Destiny calls you into the game you’ll be ready to play.


“Prepare for the Boom” is a series of columns that will ap-pear over the next six months. A compilation of the series will be made available toward the end of the series. Dr. Ross is the publisher of Tidbits of Greeley & West Weld County. To contact him email: [email protected]

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POST OFFICE TRUTHSThe United States Post Office delivers mail to eve-ry city and every town in every state, nearly 151 million homes, businesses and P.O. boxes. Here are some details about the origin and operation of this immense delivery system, one that receives none of its income from tax dollars. • During the early colonial days, mail was deliv-

ered by friends, traveling merchants or Native Americans. A service between England and its colonies was developed in 1639, and a Boston tavern became the first post office mail drop for overseas mail. The colonies instituted their own monthly post route between New York and Bos-ton, known as the Old Boston Post Road, now part of U.S. Route 1.

• Pennsylvania’s founder William Penn estab-lished that area’s first post office in 1683. In 1737, 31-year-old Benjamin Franklin, a local printer and publisher of the Pennsylvania Ga-zette, was appointed as postmaster of Philadel-phia. Thirty-eight years later, Franklin became the nation’s first Postmaster General, and was paid $1,000 a year for the position.

• America’s first postage stamps were issued in July of 1847, with two varieties available. The five-cent stamp featured the likeness of Ben-jamin Franklin, while the ten-cent denomina-tion honored George Washington. The stamps were pre-gummed, but had to be cut from a sheet with scissors. Washington’s likeness has appeared on more U.S. postage stamps than any other person’s.

• Every day, approximately 563 million pieces of mail are processed. That’s about 23 million pieces each hour, and 391,000 per minute.

• If a ZIP code begins with a zero, it indicates the northeastern part of the United States. The lowest ZIP code identifies Holtsville, New York. ZIP codes beginning with nine designate the far West, with the nation’s highest ZIP code of 99950 in Ketchikan, Alaska. General Electric in Schenectady, New York, has been assigned the easiest to remember, 12345.

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GREAT WALL OF CHINAIt should come as no surprise that the Great Wall of China is the world’s longest wall. So what are some things you don’t know about this work of ancient architecture? Here are some highlights. • Construction began on this edifice in the 7th

century B.C. by feudal warlords. At that time, China was broken up into many small states, with each state having its own walls of defense, in essence, several short Great Walls.

• During the Qin Dy-nasty in the 2nd cen-tury B.C., the north-ern part of China was in danger of attack by the Mon-golian and Manchu empires, and the emperor of China ordered that all the northern sections be joined together to create one unified defensive wall. Once that was completed, the Wall stretched more than 3,100 miles (5,000 km) across the country.

• The Han Dynasty followed the Qin, and the Wall was at its longest up to that point, more than 5,000 miles (8,000 km).

• As the years wore on, the Wall suffered ero-sion, was rebuilt and added on to many times. The Ming Dynasty, 1368 – 1644, was the time of the most recent construction, bringing the Wall to what we know today. A 2009 investiga-tion determined that the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty totals 5,500 miles (8,852 km). It in-cludes 723 beacon towers, 7,062 lookout towers and 3,357 wall platforms. It’s difficult to estimate the actual length of the Wall, considering all the side branches that don’t actually contribute to its west-to-east length. It is believed that the fortifi-cations extending in all directions throughout all of Northern China added together exceed 13,000 miles (50,000 km).

• It is estimated that more than a million workers perished during the various states of construc-tion of the Great Wall, earning it the nickname of “the longest cemetery on Earth.” Laborers included peasants, unemployed intellectuals, disgraced noblemen, guards and convicts. Fam-ily members of the dead workers traditionally carried a coffin with a caged white rooster on top. The rooster’s crowing was said to keep the spirit of the dead awake until he had crossed the Wall. If the rooster did not crow, it was thought that the spirit would escape and wander forever along the Great Wall.

• Before the Ming expansion, rammed earth, adobe and stone comprised the Wall, mortared with a rice flour mixture. After the Ming, bricks were used in construction. In some places, the Wall’s height reaches 25 feet (7.6 m). Its average width is about 32 feet (10 m).

• Portions of the Wall began admitting tourists in 1955, with the final section opening to the public in 1957. Both sightseers and erosion pose a seri-ous threat to the Wall, and it is considered one of the world’s most endangered monuments. With millions of visitors annually and tourists helping themselves to souvenir bricks, the Wall actually becomes a little shorter each day.

• The Wall’s primary purpose has always been to defend the Chinese Empire. The last battle fought along the edifice was in 1938 during the Sino-Japanese War between the Republic of Chi-na and the Empire of Japan. Bullet marks from the battle can be seen along the Wall’s length.

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“Bark!”

“And who’s the greatest baseball player of all time?”

“Ruth!”

“I guess you’ve heard enough,” says the man. “I’ll take the hundred in twenties.”

The bartender is furious. “Listen, pal,” he says, “get out of here before I belt you.”

As soon as they’re on the street, the dog turns to the man and says, “Do you think I should have said ‘DiMaggio’?”

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A young lady arrived at her first ballgame during the 5th inning. “The score is 0 to 0,” she heard a nearby fan say. “Oh, good,” she cooed to her boy-friend, “then we haven’t missed a thing.”---------------------------------------------------------More and more stadiums are bring back natural grass, they have too. All that tobacco juice is killing the Astroturf.---------------------------------------------------------You might be a redneck if you think the last words to the Star Spangled Banner are: “Play Ball”---------------------------------------------------------

Babe Ruth Quotes:

> Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical. > Because it gets late early. (On why it’s so tough to play left field in Yankee stadium) > If the people don’t want to come out to the park, nobody’s gonna stop them. > We have very deep depth! > We made too many wrong mistakes. > You can observe a lot by just watching. > You don’t look so hot, either. (On being told by the mayor’s wife that he looked cool, despite the heat.)

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