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Study: 7 Percent of Workers Drink on

Associated Press - BUFFALO, N.Y. - Just over 7 percent of American workers drink during the workday — mostly at lunch — and even more, 9 percent, have nursed a hangover in the workplace, according to a study.

Young, single men are tied most often to workplace-related drinking, especially managers, salespeople, restaurant workers and those in the media, according to the findings by the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions.

U.S. Mint to Begin Shipping New Nickels

AP - WASHINGTON - Coming soon to a cash register near you — a smiling Thomas Jefferson looking straight at you from a new nickel that will end nearly a century of tradition for U.S. coins.

The Mint plans to begin shipping 80 million of the new 5-cent coins on Thursday to the 12 regional Federal Reserve Banks. They will be the first of an estimated 1 billion new nickels which will be put into circulation over the next year.

Since 1909 when Abraham Lincoln became the first president depicted on a circulating coin, all the presidential images have been in profile.

But in a break with that tradition, the new nickel has an image of Jefferson taken from a 1800 Rembrandt Peale portrait in which the nation's third president is looking forward, with just the hint of a smile. The word "Liberty" in Jefferson's handwriting is also shown as is the phrase "In God We Trust."

On the opposite side, the nickel features Monticello, Jefferson's Virginia home. Jefferson and Monticello had been on the nickel without change for 66 years until 2004.

In that year, the Mint began the "Westward Journey Nickel Series" to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase and the exploration of the new territory by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.

For two years, Monticello was replaced with images commemorating their journey including a keel boat, a buffalo and a view of the Pacific.

The new nickel with a smiling Jefferson is the perfect way to complete the series, said Acting U.S. Mint Director David Lebryk.

"This nickel features a forward-looking President Jefferson who recognized that the Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark expedition would expand our horizons in numerous ways," Lebryk said. "This is a hopeful, positive image, emblematic of a bright future for our nation."

The redesigned nickel is expected to be around for quite a while with no current plans for further changes. The next circulating coin that will undergo changes will be the Sacagawea dollar. Beginning in 2007, two-thirds of those coins produced each year will feature images of deceased presidents in the order they held office. Four past presidents will be honored each year.

Congress has also directed the Mint to bring out a redesigned penny in 2009 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth. The image of Lincoln on the coin will remain in profile although the Lincoln Memorial on the other side will be replaced with various images of Lincoln's life.

Good Morning Satchland.....How've Ya Been?

Man It's good to post again. I've missed this forum. I got this email from my mother in law and thought I'd pass it along. I'm sure this effects everyone in some way. Check it out :

All drugs containing PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE are being recalled. You may want to try calling the 800 number listed on most drug boxes and inquire about a REFUND. Please read this CAREFULLY. Also, please pass this on to everyone you know. STOP TAKING anything containing this ingredient. It has been linked to increased hemorrhagic stroke (bleeding in brain) among women ages 18-49 in the three days after starting use of medication. Problems were not found in men, but the FDA recommended that everyone (even children) seek alternative medicine. The following medications contain Phenylpropanolamine:

Acutrim Diet Gum Appetite Suppressant / Acutrim Plus Dietary Supplements / Acutrim Maximum Stre! ngth Appetite Control / Alka-Seltzer Plus Children's Cold Medicine Effervescent / Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold medicine (cherry or or ange) / Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold Medicine Original / Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold & Cough Medicine Effervescent / Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold & Flu Medicine / Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold & Sinus Effervescent / Alka Seltzer Plus Night-Time Cold Medicine / BC Allergy Sinus Cold Powder / BC Sinus Cold Powder / Comtrex Flu Therapy & Fever Relief / Day & Night Contac 12-Hour Cold Capsules / Contac 12 Hour Caplets/ Coricidin D Cold, Flu & Sinus / Dexatrim Caffeine Free / Dexatrim Extended Duration / Dexatrim Gelcaps / Dexatrim Vitamin C/Caffeine Free / Dimetapp Cold & Allergy Chewable Tablets / Dimetapp Cold & Cough Liqui-Gels / Dimetapp DM Cold & Cough Elixir / Dimetapp Elixir / Dimetapp 4 Hour Liquid Gels / Dimetapp 4 Hour Tablets / Dimetapp 12 Hour Extentabs Tablets / Naldecon DX Pediatric Drops / Permathene Mega-16 / Robitussin CF / Tavist-D 12 Hour Relief of Sinus & Nasal Congestion / Triaminic DM Cough Rel! ief / Triaminic Expectorant Chest & Head / Triaminic Syrup Cold & Allergy / Triaminic Triaminicol Cold & Cough.....

I just found out and called the 800# on the container for Triaminic and they informed me that they are voluntarily recalling the following medicines because of a certain ingredient that is causing strokes and seizures in children:

Orange 3D Cold & Allergy Cherry (Pink) 3D Cold & Cough Berry 3D Cough Relief Yellow 3D Expectorant

They are asking you to call them at 800-548-3708 with the lot number on the box so they can send you postage for you to send it back to them, and they will also issue you a refund. If you know of anyone else with small children, PLEASE PASS THIS ON. THIS IS SERIOUS STUFF! DO PASS ALONG TO ALL ON YOUR MAILING LIST so people are informed. They can then pass it along to their families. To confirm these findings please take time to check the following:

http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/infopage/ppa/

Hey Joe, love your music man, expecially like reading through the CD sleeve of your An Anthology album, finding where you got all the ideas for your rockin' tracks from.

I was wondering if you had any advice for a couple of fellow rockers hoping to follow in your footsteps and create an instrumental band.

I'm drummer and my friend is guitarist, unfortuneately its not all that easy for us, we can't find anywhere to practice, and I can't even afford a drum kit at the moment!

Are there any tips or advice you can give us to help us get our bearings in such a hectic profession?

Cuth Nice1 !

peaceandguitars

is that all - not sure what you are referring to - if it was yesterday, i forgot what i posted already.

Sorry - I do not recall trying to give anyone any grief yesterday or the day before.

Now last week - maybe, but not sure.

Huh

Joe: Hey man... i am dying here to see you again. lol. Any tour dates in mind? We'd love to know.Love ya man. Have a great day!

marimariSRV: Thanks... alot for that! :)... and it wasnt a very good b-day. lol.

Thanks to every one for the birthday grettings :)... at least you all care enough to say it. lol.

MariMari: I hope you post some of these pics when you get them finished. I'm sure they'll be rockin' even though Matt isn't the type of guy to wear boas and leather pants (Vai) haah!

Kayla...... Sorry.... I missed the post about your birthday.

Happy Birthday ! ! ! What is your day? Mine is Jan. 28th. Hugs to you. Hope all is well.

New rules accordng to Bill Maher

New Rule:

There's no such thing as flavored water. There's a whole aisle of this crap at the supermarket, water, but without that watery taste. Sorry, but flavored water is called a soft drink. You want flavored water?

Pour some scotch over ice and let it melt. That's your flavored water.

New Rule:

Stop saying that teenage boys who have sex with their hot, blonde teachers are permanently damaged. I have a better description for these kids: lucky bastards.

New Rule:

Ladies, leave your eyebrows alone. Here's how much men care about your eyebrows: do you have two of them? Okay, we're good.

New Rule:

The more complicated the Starbucks order, the bigger the asshole. If you walk into a Starbucks and order a "decaf grande half-soy, half-low fat, iced vanilla, double-shot, gingerbread cappuccino, extra dry, light ice, with one Sweet-n'-Low and one NutraSweet," oooh, you're a huge asshole.

New Rule:

Just because your tattoo has Chinese characters in it doesn't make you spiritual. It's right above the crack of your ass. And it translates to "beef with broccoli." The last time you did anything spiritual, you were praying to God you weren't pregnant. You're not spiritual. You're just high.

New Rule:

Competitive eating isn't a sport. It's one of the seven deadly sins. ESPN recently televised the US Open of Competitive Eating, because watching those athletes at the poker table was just too damned exciting. What's next, competitive farting? Oh wait. They're already doing that. It's called "The Howard Stern Show."

New Rule:

If you're going to insist on making movies based on crappy, old television shows, then you have to give everyone in the Cineplex a remote so we can see what's playing on the other screens.

Let's remember the reason something was a television show in the first place was the idea wasn't good enough to be a movie.

New Rule:

No more gift registries. You know, it used to be just for weddings. Now it's for babies and new homes and graduations from rehab. Picking out the stuff you want and having other people buy it for you isn't gift giving, it's a version of looting.

New Rule:

(and this one is long overdue) No more bathroom attendants. After I zip up, some guy is offering me a towel and a mint like I just had sex with George Michael. I can't even tell if he's supposed to be there, or just some freak with a fetish. I don't want to b! e on your web cam, dude. I just want to wash my hands.

New Rule:

Stop giving me that pop-up ad for Classmates.com! There's a reason you don't talk to people for 25 years. Because you don't particularly like them! Besides, I already know what the captain of the football team is doing these days: mowing my lawn.

New Rule:

Don't eat anything that's served to you out a window unless you're a seagull. People are acting all shocked that a human finger was found in a bowl of Wendy's chili. Hey, it cost less than a dollar. What did you expect it to contain? Trout? Luckily, it was only a finger! If it was a whole hand, Congress would have voted to keep it alive.

New Rule:

Hum . . .

Zinc......

My job is like toilet water. I get pissed and shit on and I look at assholes all day.....Keniko....lol.......