Thread:61Storm/@comment-29989042-20180310010918/@comment-29709319-20180825023447

I hope G5 gets on the ball and fixes this FWL mess too.

August 25th: National Park Service Founders Day, National Whiskey Sour Day, National Kiss and Make Up Day, National Secondhand Wardrobe Day, and National Banana Split Day.

On this day in 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed what is now called the Organic Act establishing the National Park Service. As part of the Department of Interior, the National Park Service is responsible for protecting 400 areas in each of the 50 states, U.S. territories and the District of Columbia totaling 84 million acres. National Park Service Founders Day recognizes the superior conservation and preservation efforts of the National Parks System. Whether enjoying scenic trails, open spaces, watersheds or recreational areas, the National Parks Service provides a natural outdoor resource accessible to everyone.

Each year on August 25, people across the United States observe National Whiskey Sour Day. Traditionally garnished with half an orange and a maraschino cherry, a whiskey sour is a mixed drink containing whiskey (often Bourbon), lemon juice and sugar. Whiskey sours are shaken then either served straight or over ice. An alternative to the traditional whiskey sour is the Boston sour which is made by adding a dash of egg white to the recipe. Another variation is the Ward 8. The Ward 8 has a base of either Bourbon or rye whiskey with both lemon and orange juices and grenadine syrup added for sweetness. The first mention of a whiskey sour was in an 1870 Wisconsin newspaper. After opening, a bottle of whiskey will remain good for five years. An unopened bottle of whiskey can be kept for over 100 years and will still be fit to drink. A quote by MarkTwain ”Too much of anything is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough".

Today is National Kiss and Make Up Day and a good day to end the quarrels, the arguments, the fights and make up with those from whom you are distanced because of it. Similar to April 2nd National Reconciliation Day, National Kiss and Make Up Day gives us a chance to make amends. Each one of us has had a fight with a loved one at some point in our lives. Whether it is between you and a friend, family member, neighbor or co-worker after time has passed you remember the cause? Was it your fault? Was it their fault? Was it anyone’s fault? Do you want the discord to go on any longer? That is probably the most important question of all. Jacqueline Milgate of Hilton, New York founded Kiss and Make Up Day giving loved ones a scheduled day to mend relationships.

There is nobody who does not like to save money and today is National Secondhand Wardrobe Day a good day to do just that. The practicality and thriftiness of second-hand shopping in today’s economy, its earth-saving benefits as well as donating some of your own slightly worn clothing is what National Secondhand Wardrobe Day is all about. Freeing up some of your closet space and giving some of your rarely worn clothes will benefit you with extra space. Donating your clothing will be helping someone else who is a secondhand store shopper. Your donation will be a blessing to them as well as to the charity that runs the store. This above scenario is the recycling, reusing, re-purposing cycle that we are trying to teach the next generation.

The banana split is traditionally served in a long dish, called a boat, a banana is cut in half lengthwise and laid in the dish with scoops of vanilla, chocolate and strawberry ice cream placed in between. The strawberry ice cream is complimented with pineapple topping. Chocolate syrup is poured on the vanilla ice cream and strawberry topping covers the chocolate ice cream. Crushed nuts, whipped cream, and maraschino cherries garnish the entire boat. Today, there are many variations to the classic banana split. A 23-year-old apprentice pharmacist at Tassel’s Pharmacy in Latrobe, Pennsylvania created the first banana split in 1904. David Evans Strickler enjoyed inventing sundaes at the store’s soda fountain. His first “banana-based triple ice cream sundae” sold for 10 cents, double the cost of all the other sundaes. In 2013, an official marker was placed at the site of the pharmacy where Strickler first made his famous banana split. The United States Post Office honored the banana split and the town of Latrobe in 2016 with a 47-cent “forever stamp depicting the banana split. It was one of five stamps in the “Soda Fountain Favorites” series.

I heard that if a whiskey sour is made properly their good. I would like to try one. Your suppose to kiss and make before sleeping on it for a better rested sleep. I've bought several secondhand jeans for my hubby when he work in the oil field. One day in the oil field will stain clothes to where it will not come out. It was cheaper buying good secondhand clothes when needed than new ones that would be stained in one day in the oil field. I don't care for bananas but I will take the ice cream.

Sending ice cream hugs. And a walk in a nation park for toasted loaf.🥃👖🍌🍦🍓🍍🍫🐶💕🌷💕