Archie Andrews, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Jughead Jones like to hang out after school at Pop’s Malt Shop.
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Henry Cabot Lodge, Republican of Massachusetts, was defeated by John F. Kennedy for the U.S. Senate and then as Richard Nixon’s running mate. In a bipartisan gesture, President Kennedy later appointed him ambassador to South Vietnam.
Ivy Paul Andrews, Mickey Mantle, and Sad Sam Jones all played for the NY Yankees. While there was never a Yankee player with the name of Veronica or Lodge, there was a Graeme Lloyd.
Ninja’d by EH - again! That’s twice today. But my play still works - Lodge.
Graeme is a variant spelling of the Scottish name, “Graham”. Clan Graham was one of the most notable families in Scotland. John Graham, Viscount Dundee, was a Jacobite who died at the Battle of Killiekrankie in 1689. He is commemorated in the pipe tune, “Bonnie Dundee”.
Sidebar: Archie’s hangout WAS called Pop’s Malt Shop in “older comics”: Comic Characters | Archie Comics Wiki | Fandom
I’m 51, so I guess I qualify as old.
Drummer Graeme Edge is the only original member of the Moody Blues who still performs with the band.
Drummer Graeme Edge was with The Moody Blues in 1981 when they performed and released a popular classic, “The Voice”, together with Justin Hayward (electric and acoustic guitars, lead vocals), John Lodge (bass guitar, backing vocals), Patrick Moraz (keyboards, synthesizers), and Ray Thomas (flute, backing vocals).
The song’s lyrics include this stanza:
Make a promise take a vow
And trust your feelings it’s easy now
Understand the voice within
And feel the changes already beginning
Justin Hayward was one of the vocalists for Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of the War of the Worlds, singing “Forever Autumn.” Richard Burton was the narrator.
A full moon in autumn is called a “harvest moon.”
Robert B. Parker’s Spenser novel Early Autumn was based on Parker’s own son’s coming out of the closet and becoming a ballet dancer.
Sarah Jessica Parker was named “Unsexiest Woman Alive” by Maxim magazine in 2007.
OFF: I can agree with that: she’s so manly. Then again, Matthew Broderick is kind of effeminate, so I can imagine who packs the jock strap in that family.
ON: Miranda Kerr was IMDB’s Sexiest Woman for 2012.
OFF2: I had to look up who that is - I am getting old. She looks like she’s about 13 years old! A hot 13, anyway (NSFW):
Miranda Kerr is married to actor Orlando Bloom, who played Legolas in the Lord of the Rings movies (and at least one of the upcoming Hobbit movies) and Will Turner in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.
Irish Jew Leopold Bloom, the protagonist of James Joyce’s Ulysses, carries a potato with him for good luck.
Although most remembered for his “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” query, Henry Morton Stanley was also instrumental in helping King Leopold II of Belgium lay claim to what became known (ironically for the exploited natives) as the “Congo Free State”.
No salt salts like Morton salt salts.
In addition to NaCl, winter road salt formulations usually contain other chloride salts such as magnesium, calcium, and potassium chloride. Also, sodium acetate, calcium hydroxide and calcium magnesium acetate may be added to the mix to help counter corrosiveness.
Pharmacist Charles H. Phillips coined the phrase “Milk of Magnesia” in the late 19th century as a folksier sounding name for his magnesium hydroxide derivative laxative and digestion aid. However, while “Phillips Milk of Magnesia” is a protected brand name, and while the company has sent cease & desist letters to other companies using the phrase ‘Milk of Magnesia’, due to technicalities it is not clear that the company owns the rights to the phrase ‘milk of magnesia’, thus they’ve stopped pursuing it in court.
In 1967, five students at England’s Charterhouse School formed a “Songwriters’ Collective.” The students were Anthony Phillips, Chris Stewart, Peter Gabriel, Michael Rutherford, and Tony Banks. The collective evolved into the first lineup of the rock band Genesis.
England is 74 times smaller than the US, 59 times smaller than Australia and three times smaller than Japan. England is, however, 2.5 times more populous than Australia and 1.5 times more populous than California. With 2.5 times less inhabitants than Japan, its density of population is slightly higher than the country of the rising sun.