Like Anyone Cares

[nightfalcawk]

I shall not be going anywhere, but the SAT exam is coming up on my birthday/cousin's wedding, so I will be not posting for 2 days.

[Buddhist Kitten]

nightfalcawk said:

I shall not be going anywhere, but the SAT exam is coming up on my birthday/cousin's wedding, so I will be not posting for 2 days.

Your birthday's in June??
UBER-COOL!!

[doctorz]

I'll be here all summer long.

In October I'll be off to Australia for a month. I'll let you know closer to time.

[colemanfrancisfan]

Hey! My mom's going to Oz in September. I'm not saying you should meet her or anything, I'm just saying avoid her, heheh.

[mrsphyllistorgo]

I and my honey will be out of town July 16-23 to visit, respectively, his family in Maine (whom I will be meeting for the first time) and than my sister, her brand new baby, my mother grandmother and aunt, and my dad, in Maryland (and he'll be meeting them for the first time!)

Stress? What stress?

mrsphyllistorgo

Hey, I like my family as a freind!

[Ator]

mrsphyllistorgo said:

I and my honey will be out of town July 16-23 to visit, respectively, his family in Maine (whom I will be meeting for the first time) and than my sister, her brand new baby, my mother grandmother and aunt, and my dad, in Maryland (and he'll be meeting them for the first time!)

Stress? What stress?

mrsphyllistorgo

Hey, I like my family as a freind!

Is Maine anything like Vermont? I've been up there, and it's absolutely beautiful. I might wanna retire there.

[nightfalcawk]

Ator said:

Is Maine anything like Vermont? I've been up there, and it's absolutely beautiful. I might wanna retire there.

Kinda, only lobsters come out the trees instead of syrup.
I've been up there a few times. The North-east ROOOOOOOOOLS!*
* except for Rhode Island, which I will not consider a state.

[otrfan]

nightfalcawk said:

The North-east ROOOOOOOOOLS!*
* except for Rhode Island, which I will not consider a state.

Roger Williams founded the first permanent white settlement in Rhode Island at Providence in 1636 on land purchased from the Narragansett Indians. Forced to flee Massachusetts because of persecution, Williams established a policy of religious and political freedom in his new settlement. Other leaders advocating freedom of worship soon established similar communities on either side of Narragansett Bay. These communities united, and in 1663 King Charles II of England granted them a royal charter, providing for a greater degree of self-government than any other colony in the New World and authorizing the continuation of freedom of religion.

The early 1700s was a period of prosperity for Rhode Island. Farming and sea trading became profitable businesses. Providence and Newport were among the busiest ports in the New World. Despite making profits from the slave trade, Rhode Island was the first colony to prohibit the importation of slaves.

At the start of the Revolutionary War, Rhode Islanders were among the first colonists to take action against British rule by attacking British vessels. On May 4, 1776, Rhode Island was the first colony to renounce allegiance to Great Britain and declare independence. Although no major battles took place in the state, Rhode Island regiments participated in every major campaign of the war. Rhode Islanders such as General Nathanael Greene, second-in-command to General George Washington, and Commodore Esek Hopkins, Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Navy, distinguished themselves as military leaders and heroes. The first Black regiment to fight for America made a gallant stand against the British in the Battle of Rhode Island.

Rhode Island's independent spirit was still in evidence at the close of the Revolutionary War. It was the last of the 13 original colonies to ratify the U.S. Constitution, demanding that the Bill of Rights, which guarantees individual liberties, be added.

Following the Revolution, industrial growth began in Rhode Island. In 1793, Samuel Slater's mill in Pawtucket became America's first successful water-powered cotton mill. From this success, the Industrial Revolution in America began. In addition, the founding of the American jewelry industry by Nehemiah and Seril Dodge helped make Providence one of the chief industrial cities of New England by 1824. Jabez Gorham, jeweler and silversmith, was the forerunner of the world renowned Gorham Manufacturing Company.

As industrialization increased, Rhode Island's cities expanded with immigration. New citizens looking for job opportunities came from a score of countries, mainly Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, and French Canada. Over the years, as these workers became assimilated into Rhode Island's industrial structure, a tradition of manufacturing skill and excellence developed that is still an important asset for the state's economy.

[Mr. Atari]

nightfalcawk said:

* except for Rhode Island, which I will not consider a state.

The state is actually called "Rhode Island and Providence Plantations". So technically, you're right nightfal, "Rhode Island" isn't a state.

[nightfalcawk]

sampo said:

The state is actually called "Rhode Island and Providence Plantations". So technically, you're right nightfal, "Rhode Island" isn't a stateI did not know that, but thanks for the agreement.

[marytrobot]

MaryTRobot said:

your gonna mine a store...so your gonna stand on a street corner dressed in black and white and act like you in a store and buying and/or selling things?

you know I was listening to my wierd al CD yesterday witht he song she never told me she was a MIME. for once I correct myself, either no one realized it or noone wanted to correct me, whatever...ha, so my joke never worked...damn it!

[marytrobot]

otrfan said:

Roger Williams founded the first permanent white settlement in Rhode Island at Providence in 1636 on land purchased from the Narragansett Indians. Forced to flee Massachusetts because of persecution, Williams established a policy of religious and political freedom in his new settlement. Other leaders advocating freedom of worship soon established similar communities on either side of Narragansett Bay. These communities united, and in 1663 King Charles II of England granted them a royal charter, providing for a greater degree of self-government than any other colony in the New World and authorizing the continuation of freedom of religion.

The early 1700s was a period of prosperity for Rhode Island. Farming and sea trading became profitable businesses. Providence and Newport were among the busiest ports in the New World. Despite making profits from the slave trade, Rhode Island was the first colony to prohibit the importation of slaves.

At the start of the Revolutionary War, Rhode Islanders were among the first colonists to take action against British rule by attacking British vessels. On May 4, 1776, Rhode Island was the first colony to renounce allegiance to Great Britain and declare independence. Although no major battles took place in the state, Rhode Island regiments participated in every major campaign of the war. Rhode Islanders such as General Nathanael Greene, second-in-command to General George Washington, and Commodore Esek Hopkins, Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Navy, distinguished themselves as military leaders and heroes. The first Black regiment to fight for America made a gallant stand against the British in the Battle of Rhode Island.

Rhode Island's independent spirit was still in evidence at the close of the Revolutionary War. It was the last of the 13 original colonies to ratify the U.S. Constitution, demanding that the Bill of Rights, which guarantees individual liberties, be added.

Following the Revolution, industrial growth began in Rhode Island. In 1793, Samuel Slater's mill in Pawtucket became America's first successful water-powered cotton mill. From this success, the Industrial Revolution in America began. In addition, the founding of the American jewelry industry by Nehemiah and Seril Dodge helped make Providence one of the chief industrial cities of New England by 1824. Jabez Gorham, jeweler and silversmith, was the forerunner of the world renowned Gorham Manufacturing Company.

As industrialization increased, Rhode Island's cities expanded with immigration. New citizens looking for job opportunities came from a score of countries, mainly Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, and French Canada. Over the years, as these workers became assimilated into Rhode Island's industrial structure, a tradition of manufacturing skill and excellence developed that is still an important asset for the state's economy.

.....everything I NEVEr wanted to know