humdinger \HUHM-DING-er\, noun:
- a person, thing, action, or statement of remarkable excellence or effect.
- Wasting time and energy. Being generally unproductive even though you have a lot of very important stuff to do.
Say your light bill is due by 5:00 PM or they're going to turn off your power. A friend comes by at 4:30 PM and sees you napping.. He'd say, "Dude, you better quit congressing and pay your power bill."
Or... you're just hanging out on Sunday morning and a friend calls and asks what you're doing. You'd reply, "Nothing man, I'm just congressing."
TriviaOr... you're just hanging out on Sunday morning and a friend calls and asks what you're doing. You'd reply, "Nothing man, I'm just congressing."
What is unique about the thousands of caddies employed at China’s sprawling 12-course Mission Hills Resort?
- They’re all women. Mission Hills is the world’s largest golf resort.
History
- Jarrow March: 200 protesters set out on a walk from Jarrow in northeastern England to Parliament in London in a bid to draw attention to their unemployment and poverty (1936)
- Dr. No: the first James Bond 007 movie came out (1962)
- Monty Python's Flying Circus: debuted on BBC-TV (1969)
- PBS: nonprofit TV network began broadcasting (1970)
- Chester A. Arthur (U.S.) 1830
- Robert H. Goddard 1882 - Known as the "Father of the Space Age"
- Ray Kroc 1902 - Founder of McDonalds
- Larry Fine 1902
- Joshua Logan 1908
- Allen Ludden 1918
- Donald Pleasence 1919
- Bil Keane 1922
- Glynis Johns 1923
- Bill Dana 1924
- Gail Davis 1925
- Richard Gordon, Jr. 1929
- Skip (George) Homeier 1930
- Diane Cilento 1933
- Margie Singleton 1935
- Vaclav Havel (Czechoslovakia) 1936
- Johnny Duncan 1938
- Carlo Mastangelo (Dion and The Belmonts) 1938
- Arlene Smith (The Chantels) 1941
- Richard Street (The Temptations) 1942
- Steve Miller (The Steve Miller Band) 1943
- Brian Connolly (The Sweet) 1948
- Jeff Conaway 1949
- B.W. Stevenson 1949
- Brian Johnson (AC/DC) 1947
- Eddie Clarke (Motorhead) 1950
- Karen Allen 1951
- Clive Barker 1952
- Harold Faltemeyer 1952
- Russ Mael (Sparks) 1953
- Bob Geldof (Boomtown Rats) 1954
- David Bryson (Counting Crows) 1954
- Leo Barnes (Hothouse Flowers) 1955
- Bernie Mac 1957
- Daniel Baldwin 1960
- Michael Andretti 1962
- Dave Dederer (Presidents of the U.S.A.) 1964
- Mario Lemieux (NHL) 1965
- Guy Pearce 1967
- Josie Bissett 1970
- Grant Hill 1972
- Kate Winslet 1975
- Scott Weinger 1975
- Brian Mashburn (Save Ferris) 1975
- Paul Thomas (Good Charlotte) 1980
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