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I’ll drink to that!!

January 24th, 2010 smite No comments

Perfect timing for a playoff Sunday.  Not the team I was hoping would be there, mind you, but hey… just another excuse to drink a beer! :D

Crack open a cold one, guys… it’s a day of celebration!!  Yes indeed, 75 years ago today a New Jersey brewing company churned out the world’s first beer can in 1935.  Read all about it here…

A Toast to the Beer Can: Happy 75th Birthday

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The Jeep

August 1st, 2009 smite No comments

Today in 1941, Parade magazine called it “…the Army’s most intriguing new gadget”, “a tiny truck which can do practically everything” – The Jeep (built by Willys Overland).

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