Saturday, August 22, 2015

Saturday, August 22, 2015

vet \VET\, transitive verb:
1. To provide veterinary care for (an animal).
2. To provide (a person) with medical care.
3. To examine carefully; to subject to thorough appraisal; to evaluate.
4. To practice as a veterinarian.
Vet is short for veterinary or veterinarian, which comes from Latin veterinarius, "of or belonging to beasts of burden and draught," from veterinus, "of draught, of beasts of burden." The earlier sense was "to submit to examination or treatment by a veterinary surgeon," hence "to subject to thorough appraisal."
 
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  • When, in cases of extreme thirst, a person using a soft-drink fountain fills the beverage container, chugs it, and then fills it again before sitting down to eat.
Person 1: Hey man, why did it take you so long to get a soda? 
Person 2: I was prefilling my cup; I've been thirsty all day.

History 
  • English wars: War of the Roses ended (1485), Civil War began (1642)
  • America's Cup: international yachting competition was first won, by the America, thus providing the trophy with its name (1851)
  • Michael Collins: Irish national leader was shot dead in an ambush (1922)
  • Texas Rangers: set an MLB record by wiping out the Baltimore Orioles 30-3 (2007)
Birthdays
  • Samuel Langley 1834
  • Archibald Willard 1836
  • Melville Stone 1848
  • Claude Debussy 1862
  • Gene Herriman 1880
  • Dorothy Parker 1893
  • Leni Riefenstahl 1902
  • Deng Xiaoping 1904
  • John Lee Hooker 1917
  • Ray Bradbury 1920
  • Dr. Denton Cooley 1920
  • Bob Flanigan 1926 - Musician (The Four Freshmen)
  • Honor Blackman 1929
  • Diana Sands 1934
  • Sylvia Koscina 1934
  • Norman Schwarzkopf 1934
  • Morton Dean 1935
  • Carl Yastrzemski 1939
  • Valerie Harper 1940
  • Bill Parcells 1941
  • Joe Chambers 1942 - Musician (The Chambers)
  • Tom Mitchell 1944
  • Cindy Williams 1947
  • Sam Neely 1950
  • Paul Molitor 1956
  • Holly Dunn 1957
  • Vernon Reid 1958 - Musician (Living Colour)
  • Collin Raye 1960
  • Debbie Peterson 1960 - Musician (The Bangles)
  • Roland Orzabal 1961 - Musician (Tears For Fears)
  • Jay Aston 1961 - Musician (Gene Loves Jezabel)
  • Michael Aston 1961 - Musician (Gene Loves Jezabel)
  • Gary Lee Connor 1962 - Musician (Screaming Trees)
  • Tori Amos 1963
  • Mila Mason 1963
  • James DeBarge 1963
  • Mats Wilander 1964
  • Layne Staley 1967 - Musician (Alice in Chains) 
  • Kristen Wiig 1973
  • Howie Dorough 1973 - Musician (Backstreet Boys)



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