Category: Omnibit

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 12-24-15

Charles Dickens wrote several other Christmas stories after “A Christmas Carol” and on a yearly basis for awhile. None of the others had much staying power, however.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 12-23-15

Why do children seem to have such big eyes and senior citizens small ones? It’s an optical illusion. Your eyes never grow but your ears and nose never stop.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 12-22-15

Way back in 1986 the average American was on the phone six times a day. Now, it might be that he is off it six times a day.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 12-21-15

It costs $7 million per day to operate the Gerald R. Ford class aircraft carrier. Three words: Whip Inflation Now.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 12-19-15 — Ford Model S

What was the car Ford made before its famous Model T?

That’s right, Miranda, it was the Model S. The one before that was the Model R. Ford’s first car in 1903 was the Model A which is kind of confusing as the company also named the model that replaced the Model T, the Model A.

OK, if you want to call the Ford Quardricycle a car, the first Model A was Ford’s second model.

Ford Model S

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 12-18-15

Wall Street was once the northernmost street in New York. Or New Amsterdam, anyway.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 12-17-15

Brazil once tried to sell an aircraft carrier on eBay.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 12-16-15

You know the nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty? It never says he’s an egg.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 12-15-15

The national anthem of Vanuatu is Yumi Yumi Yumi. No Miranda,it’s not the one where they have love in their tummy.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 12-14-15

Mice can crawl through a hole the size of a pencil eraser.