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News and Tips to Make Your Life Easier, Safer, and Happier...
November 2011
Jim Hall
President & Agency Owner
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A Heart of Thanks- 1
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November Fun
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Contest Details!
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Trivia Contest win a prize!
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Just for Laughs!
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A Heart of Thanksgiving
Tucked between the two monster sized holidays of Halloween and
Christmas, is a pretty big holiday itself...Thanksgiving. These days, it
receives far less attention, since the Christmas shopping season begins
even before the Halloween decorations have been put away.
But Thanksgiving is a very important holiday, especially considering our busy
lives. It is a time to kick back and relax, watch a football game or go to a movie, and
enjoy a huge feast. It's also time for us to give thanks to God, for His blessings upon
our great nation. There is no nation in the world that has more to be thankful for
than we do.
Sure, this year has undoubtedly seen its share of challenges, and the economy
has added a degree of difficulty for many of us. But let‟s not forget the abundance,
the opportunities and the liberties we enjoy as Americans.
We must never take for granted the principles that make our country great: a
foundation of freedom; a belief in democracy, justice and the upholding of law; the
right to worship and speak freely; a capitalistic economic system, whereby we may
exchange values with on another on a voluntary basis… and many more. Nor should
we forget the sacrifices of those who secured our freedoms and those who continue to
preserve it.
We all have many things to be thankful for, so take some time over the
Thanksgiving holiday to count your blessings. Make a list of everything you‟re
thankful for. I promise it will be an enjoyable and mood-lifting experience.
I‟ve already made my list, and you are on it! With a grateful heart, and on
behalf of your entire protection team at Merritt Hall Insurance, I wish to say Thank
You for your friendship, your trust and your continued patronage. We wish you and
your family a wonderful, relaxing, enjoyable and safe Thanksgiving.
Black Friday: a day that strikes fear in the
hearts of retail clerks everywhere and finds
eager shoppers camped out in cold parking
lots hopeful of getting their hands on the best
bargains of the year. It's the shopping day to end all shopping days. If
you're brave enough to venture out long before dawn, your rewards will be bountiful, if you
know how to get the best deals that is. These tips will help:
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1. Prepare. Decide exactly which deals you want to take advantage of. This isn’t the day to price shop. Make a plan of
which items you want to buy and where you’ll get them.
2. Price Match. Find out in advance which retailers will price-match Black Friday ads. Many retailers honor the lowest
advertised price, even if the ad isn’t theirs. So while others are waiting in long lines to get the newest gizmo at a
fantastic low price, you can go to a less crowded store and get the same deal.
3. Go Online. Most retail chains have a website, and many of them begin honoring Black Friday deals online at midnight.
This can put you ahead of the pack, if you start ordering items online while the rest of the country is still in a turkeyinduced coma! Check out these sites for a sneak peak at sales:
www.BlackFridayAds.com
www.TheBlackFriday.com
www.BlackFriday.info
www.Black-Friday.net
Most importantly, be safe and try to avoid getting trampled in the mad rush for holiday savings.
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November is Peanut Butter Lovers Month, National Beard Month, Diabetes Awareness
Month, Native American Heritage Month, National Novel Writing Month, International
Drum Month, National Native American Month, Tobacco Awareness Month, National
Sleep Comfort Month.
According to the National Turkey Foundation, approximately 690 million pounds of turkey were consumed in
the United States during Thanksgiving 2007. All those turkeys have a weight equal to 4.48 million individuals
of average build; roughly the weight of the entire population of Singapore!
Benjamin Franklin, believing it to be more respectable than the bald eagle, proposed the turkey as the official
bird of the United States.
Potatoes were not part of the early Thanksgiving feasts, as Irish immigrants had not yet brought them to North
America.
In 1939, with the intent to extend the Christmas shopping season, President Franklin Roosevelt bumped the
celebration of Thanksgiving up one week earlier than usual. This decision was met with such disapproval and
public outcry that he admitted it was a mistake two years later and declared the fourth Thursday in November
as the official national day to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday.
The first meal eaten on the moon (by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin) was roasted turkey from foil packets.
Sarah Josepha Hale is credited as the person most responsible for Thanksgiving becoming a national holiday.
Incidentally, she also authored “Mary Had a Little Lamb.”
Lincoln‟s Gettysburg address was given in November of 1863.
According to the ancient Roman calendar, winter began on November 11.
November 9, 1965 - electrical power blackout affects 30 million people in the
northeastern USA and eastern Canada.
November 26, 1789 - Thanksgiving proclaimed a national holiday by President George Washington
The first celebration of Thanksgiving lasted three full days.
“You say, 'If I had a little more, I should be very satisfied.' You make a mistake. If you are not content
with what you have, you would not be satisfied if it were doubled." ~Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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Be the first to correctly answer the question below and win a prize! The prize
this month is a $25 gift card for Olive Garden. Just one correct (or nearly
correct) answer, and you could be the winner. The Rules:
1. The entry that comes closest to the correct answer will be the winner.
2. If more than one person has the exact answer, the winner will be the
person whose entry reached our office first.
Write down your name, phone number and answer, and then fax it to (317)
240-3705 or email your answer to: [email protected] . The winner
will be featured in our next newsletter! Good luck!
Julie has several errands to run before her dinner guests show up at
6:30pm. If it takes 39 minutes at the grocery store, 12 minutes to pick
up the pies, 17 minutes to pick up the centerpiece and 28 minutes round
-trip driving time, what is the latest time Julie could leave home in
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Congratulations to Mary Ray! Mary was first to correctly answer last month‟s trivia question:
Ghostbusters came out in 1984 and still has many fans. Which of it’s main stars co-wrote the movie?
Answer: Dan Aykroyd & Harold Ramis co-wrote the movie (two possible answers)
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A Monthly Newsletter For Friends & Clients of Merritt Hall Insurance
In This Issue…
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A Heart of Thanksgiving!
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November Fun Facts!
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Trivia Contest!
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Just for Laughs!
“When I experienced hail damage, you handled
everything so well, and everyone was so nice.
I didn’t have to worry about a thing. Thank
you!”
- Elizabeth Eakle
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Just for Laughs
Only Three Doors
After completing her training, it was the first day on the
job for the blonde stewardess. The route they were flying
had a layover in another city, and the airline captain
helped her get up to speed. Upon their arrival, he showed
the stewardess the best place for airline personnel to eat,
shop and stay overnight.
The next morning, as the captain was preparing the crew
for the day's route, he noticed the new stewardess was
missing. He knew which hotel she was staying in and
called to find out what happened. When he was connected
to the stewardess’s room, she answered the phone, crying,
and said she couldn't get out of her room. "You can't get
out of your room?" the captain asked, "Why not?"
The stewardess replied: "There are only three doors in
here," she sobbed, "one is the bathroom, one is the closet,
and one has a sign on it that says 'Do Not Disturb'!"
© Dan Reynolds - used with permission