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 | Blog Title: Happy Birthday Lightbulb (05/07/2008) |     | | needlepointernc Says: | | | May 08, 2008 at 10:04 am | | | | It is burning in a fire station. It has only been off twice because of power changes at the station. They have a camera on it. Raleigh must have some oddity, but I can't think of it. But in today's N&O, one of their retired reporters wrote an article about some of the oddities he and his wife have come upon during their travels in their RV. They sold everything and bought an RV and have been traveling the country. Check it out. http://www.newsobserver.com/135/story/1064901.html We've been to several of the places he mentions (Mitchell Corn Palace, Wall Drug, and Mount Rushmore). Boys Town in Omaha has a giant ball made of stamps. Western Nebraska has Car Henge... When we retire, I would like to do what they are doing. |
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 | Blog Title: Happy Birthday Lightbulb (05/07/2008) | | | florence Says: | | | May 08, 2008 at 07:27 am | | | | Fredericksburg's loaded with interesting tidbits, but none so recent as a lightbulb... of course, lots of folks know about our Civil War history, but we go back further, this is where George Washington grew up. Florence |
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 | Blog Title: Happy Birthday Lightbulb (05/07/2008) | | | KTDesigns Says: | | | May 08, 2008 at 07:23 am | | | | It may not be the longest burning, but I have a light bulb that has been burning for at least 30 years that I know of. It was in a house that my mother bought in 1977 (an older home in Watertown, TN) and it is still burning today. KT |
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 | Blog Title: Happy Birthday Lightbulb (05/07/2008) | | | ajclapp Says: | | | May 07, 2008 at 05:12 pm | | | | According to Wikipedia and an article in today's newspaper, "The second longest-lasting light bulb is in Fort Worth, Texas. The bulb, known as the Eternal Light, was credited as being the longest-lasting bulb in the 1970 edition of the The Guinness Book of World Records, two years before the discovery of the Livermore bulb." |
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 | Blog Title: Happy Birthday Lightbulb (05/07/2008) | | | mandysilk Says: | | | May 07, 2008 at 12:50 pm | | | | Oops, almost forgot our biggest claim to fame here - its the birth place of Mary Lou Retton (1984 gold medalist in gymnastics) |
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| Blog Title: Happy Birthday Lightbulb (05/07/2008) | | | mandysilk Says: | | | May 07, 2008 at 11:13 am | | | | Since Ricky and Justin got stuck here for a bit you all might be interested in some Fairmont WV Fun facts 1. Fairmont was the site of the first Father's Day service (the first Mother's Day was in Grafton, about 1/2 hour south) 2. The pepperoni roll was first commercially produced here. Pepperoni rolls were the original miner's lunch, made by the wives of miners because enclosing the meat in the roll kept it fresher and the men could eat one handed while continuing to work. Eventually a local bakery picked it up and history was made. 3. The Middletown Mall was the very first mall in the state of WV |
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 | Blog Title: Happy Birthday Lightbulb (05/07/2008) | | | NancyinSTL Says: | | | May 07, 2008 at 10:36 am | | | | To date, the 1904 World's Fair held in St. Louis, MO was the grandest world exposition ever. Electricity was new and didn't exist in most homes, so it drew lots of attention at the fair. Read all about it at http://www.explorestlouis.com/media/factSheets/fact_worldsFair.asp?PageType= You'll find lots of parallels with what's going on in the world today--the more things change, the more they stay the same. Nancy |
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 | Blog Title: Happy Birthday Lightbulb (05/07/2008) | | | pvmcg Says: | | | May 07, 2008 at 10:34 am | | | | I crack up over the whole lightbulb thing. I think school kids used to to take field trips to see it when Frankie was little and it was at the fire station. Crazy. |
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 | Blog Title: Happy Birthday Lightbulb (05/07/2008) | | | dogquilter Says: | | | May 07, 2008 at 09:33 am | | | | My son in law is staying in Livermore, he is working on the Veteran's hospital. 'll have to tell him about this. |
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 | Blog Title: Happy Birthday Lightbulb (05/07/2008) | | | Marta Says: | | | May 07, 2008 at 09:17 am | | | | Interesting light bulb but the message should say no one not know one!! Marta |
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| Blog Title: Happy Birthday Lightbulb (05/07/2008) | | | Gretp Says: | | | May 07, 2008 at 08:41 am | | | | I don't live in Vicksburg, MS, but it's my dad's hometown, and we visited several times a year to see the national military park when I was growing up. My dad's a Civil War buff. Cedar Grove, one of the antebellum (built before the Civil War) homes, has a cannon ball in the living room wall, and one in the support beams under the living room. Vicksburg was an important battle because it was a port on the Mississippi River, and taking the river was an important part of the Northern battle plan. |
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 | Blog Title: Happy Birthday Lightbulb (05/07/2008) | | | QuilterLynn Says: | | | May 07, 2008 at 08:39 am | | | | Now THAT is a factoid! Very interesting. Lynn |
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| Blog Title: Happy Birthday Lightbulb (05/07/2008) | | | 249patch Says: | | | May 07, 2008 at 08:34 am | | | | Where in Livermore is this light bulb shining? |
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