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Word of the Every So Often
at 6’s and 7’s: (adj. phrase) This is a very British way of being in a state of confusion, disorder, or disarray. As in... we’re in 6’s and 7’s at just what the hell 6-7 means. Unlike that nonsensical fad, “at 6’s and 7’s” goes back. Whereas both Chaucer and Shakespeare (Troilus and Criseyde and Richard II, respectively) make references to 6’s and 7’s, the current use (not by annoying children, but by annoying Brits) is more than likely a reference to the dice game “hazard,” which is an earlier version of craps. Apparently, in the game of hazard, if you’re trying for a 6 or a 7, then you are undoubtedly confused.
The Daily Lesson
It was on July 26, 1896, that the first movie theatre that did nothing but show films, the Vitascope, was opened in New Orleans. And, of course, you already know that the vitascope was one of the earliest motion picture projectors. And, of course, it was invented by Thomas Edison, who was born on February 11, 1847, and burned out on October 18, 1931. Edison opened his own Vitascope theatre in Buffalo, New York, in October of 1896. And that was followed by the first public movie theatre, which opened in Pittsburg on June 19, 1905. It was called the Nickelodeon – “Nickel” after the price, and “odeon” after Greek word for “theatre.” In 1930 the Regal Twins, in Manchester, England, became the world’s first multiplex. And in 1962 the Parkway Twin, in Kansas City, became the first multiplex in the US. The peak year for theatres was 2002, with over 41,000 screens in the United States, raking in over well over a billion and a half in admission alone.
Cartoon of the Week
“The point of it?! There is no bloody point of it! That’s what I’ve been telling you all along.”
Stuff
Belief
Believing you are near
or far
won’t make a bit of difference
to where you really are
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