SIEA’s
Did You Know
October, November, and December 2015
Southwestern Illinois Employers Association
PO Box 349, Wood River, IL. 62095
WWW.SIEA.US
October Calendar
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David McSweeney
Jack Franks
Robert Rita
Jay Shattuck
Michael Hastings
Jaime Andrade, Jr.
Ira Silverstein
Patricia Bellock
John Cullerton
Mark Darr
Steve Stadelman
Illinois House of Representatives
Illinois House of Representatives
Illinois House of Representatives
Shattuck & Associates Consulting Inc.
Illinois State Senate
Illinois House of Representatives
Illinois State Senate
Illinois House of Representatives
President of Illinois State Senate
Federal Steel & Erection Company
Illinois State Senate
November Calendar
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Sam McCann
Jay Hoffman
Valerie Peters
Greg Smith
David Luechtefeld
Patricia Van Pelt
Michelle Mathews
Andy Manar
Dave Bartosiak
Brad Farrell
Dick Durbin
John Keller
Pamela Althoff
Louis Lang
Patrick Verschoore
Illinois State Senate
Illinois House of Representatives
Olin Corporation
Olin Corporation
Illinois State Senate
Illinois State Senate
William M. BeDell – ARC
Illinois State Senate
C. J. Schlosser & Co., L.L.C.
Helmkamp Construction Company
United States Senator
Carrollton Bank
Illinois State Senate
Illinois House of Representatives
Illinois House of Representatives
December Calendar
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Art Williams
Michael McAuliffe
Monica Bristow
Jim Mihalich
Jacqueline Collins
Sara Feigenholtz
Elaine Nekritz
Mark Hilgert
Deacon Bill Kessler
Bill Donovan
Daniel Burke
Forrest Lauher
Christine Radogno
Judy Schrewe
Tom Adams
Matt Schrimpf
Chapin Rose
James Clayborne, Jr.
Dave Sullivan
Mike Bost
Shell Oil Refinery - Retired
Illinois House of Representatives
Riverbend Growth Assn.
J2 MGMT
Illinois State Senate
Illinois House of Representatives
Illinois House of Representatives
WBGZ Radio Station
St. Ambrose Parish
American Steel Foundries – Retired
Illinois House of Representatives
Motiva Enterprises
Illinois Senate Republican Leader
Phillips 66
Wegman Electric Company
HWRT Oil Company, LLC
Illinois State Senate
Illinois State Senate
Raucci & Sullivan Strategies, LLC
U. S. Congressman
Trivial Pursuit – True or False
Can you guess which of the following are
True and which are false? (Answers are below)
1.
Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in
the morning.
2.
Alfred Hitchcock didn’t have a belly button.
3.
A pack-a day smoker will lose approximately 2 teeth
every 10 years.
4.
When you sneeze, all bodily functions stop, even your heart!
5.
Only 7 percent of the population are lefties.
6.
Forty people are sent to the hospital for dog bites every
minute.
7.
The average person over 50 will have spent 5 years waiting in
lines.
8.
The toothbrush was invented in 1498.
9.
40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.
10.
A coat hanger is 44 inches long when straightened.
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Your feet are bigger in the afternoon than any other
time of day.
12.
Most of us have eaten a spider in our sleep.
13.
The first Harley Davidson motorcycle built in 1903 used a
tomato can for a carburetor.
14.
If coloring weren’t added to Coca-Cola, it would be green.
They are all TRUE. . .Now go back and think about #12!!!!
QUOTES, QUOTES, QUOTES!
1.
Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to
mankind.
John F. Kennedy
2.
Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
Saadi
3.
A bad attitude is like a flat tire. You can’t go anywhere until
you change it.
Anonymous
4.
Give me an army saying the Rosary and I will conquer the
world.
Pope Pius IX
5.
We can’t help everyone but everyone can help someone.
Ronald Reagan
6.
It is always too early to quit.
Norman Vincent Peale
7.
Don’t think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm.
Anonymous
8.
We should not only use the brains we have, but those we
borrow.
Woodrow Wilson
IT’S TIME TO “FALL” BACK!
DAYLIGHT SAVING
TIME ENDS
NOVEMBER 1, 2015
DON’T FORGET TO SET YOUR
CLOCKS BACK ONE HOUR
Did You Know Facts
Armadillos have 4 babies at a time and are all the same sex.
The only continent with no active volcanoes is Australia.
The Internet was originally called ARPANet (Advanced Research Projects
Agency Network) designed by the US department of defense.
Sound travels almost 5 times faster underwater than in air.
The first Burger King was opened in Miami, Florida in 1954.
The most commonly used letter in the alphabet is E.
The 3 most common languages in the world are Mandarin Chinese,
Spanish and English.
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
Switzerland eats the most chocolate equating to 10 kilos per person per
year.
Frogs don’t drink (they absorb water through their skin.
Holy Humor
There was a very gracious lady who was mailing an old family Bible
to her brother in another part of the country. “Is there anything
breakable in here?” asked the postal clerk. “Only the Ten
Commandments.” Answered the lady.
While driving in Pennsylvania, a family caught up to an Amish
carriage. The owner of the carriage obviously had a sense of
humor, because attached to the back of the carriage was a hand
printed sign. “Energy efficient vehicle: Runs on oats and grass.
Caution: Do not step in exhaust.”
A minister parked his car in a no-parking zone in a large city
because he was short of time and couldn’t find a space with a
meter. Then he put a note under the windshield wiper that read:
“I have circled the block 10 times. If I don’t park here, I’ll miss my
appointment. Forgive us our trespasses.” When he returned, he
found a citation from the police officer along with the note “I’ve
circled this block for 10 years. If I don’t give you a ticket I’ll lose
my job. Lead us not into temptation.”
Astute Observations
I don’t like political jokes. I’ve seen too many get elected.
I saw a very large woman wearing a sweatshirt with “Guess” on it. I said
“Left Tackle?”
The most precious thing we have is life, yet it has absolutely no trade-in
value.
If life deals you lemons, make lemonade. If life deals you tomatoes, make
Bloody Mary’s.
Shopping tip: You can get shoes for a buck at bowling alleys.
Every day I beat my previous record of consecutive days I’ve stayed alive.
No one ever says, “It’s only a game!” when their team’s winning.
Isn’t having a smoking section in a restaurant like having a peeing section
in a swimming pool?
Why is it that most nudists are people you don’t want to see naked?
Why is it that our children can’t read a Bible in school, but they can in
prison?
Yankees legend Yogi Berra passed away on Tuesday, September 22, at the
age of 90. An 18 time All-Star, Berra appeared in 14 World Series as a
member of the Yeankes and won 10 of them. Berra’s contributions to MLB
history are incalculable, but his legacy might be even better remembered
for what he contributed to American language. Here are a few of our
favorites.
1.
You can observe a lot by just watching.
2. No one goes there nowadays, it’s too crowded.
3. Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.
4. Always go to other people’s funerals, otherwise they won’t come to yours.
5. You wouldn’t have won if we’d beaten you.
6. Never answer an anonymous letter.
7. Slump? I ain’t in no slump. . . I just ain’t hitting.
8. How you can you think and hit at the same time?
9. If the people don’t want to come out to the ballpark, nobody’s going to stop them.
10. Why buy good luggage, you only use it when you travel.
11. You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you are going, because you might not get there.
12. It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.
13. I’m not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.
14. I never said most of the things I said.
15. If you ask me anything I don’t know, I’m not going to answer
16. Little league baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.
17. If I didn’t make it in baseball, I won’t have made it workin’. I didn’t like to work.
18. A lot of guys go, “Hey, Yogi, say a Yogi-ism.” “I tell ‘em, I don’t know any.” They want me to make one
up. I don’t make ‘em up. I don’t even know when I say it. They’re the truth. I don’t know.