A boss was complaining in a staff meeting the other day that he wasn't getting any respect. Later that morning he went to a local sign shop and bought a small sign that read, "I'm the Boss". He then taped it to his office door.
Later that day when he returned from lunch, he found that someone had taped a note to the sign that said. "Your wife called, she wants her sign back!"
U.S. Navy steel vesselsIn 1883, the first steel vessels of the U.S. Navy were authorized by Congress. Four boats were built - the cruisers Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, and a dispatch boat Dolphin (22 Stat. L. 477). The Atlanta was launched 9 Oct 1884, and commissioned 19 Jul 1886. Of these, the Chicago was the largest, with a length of 325 feet and width of 48 feet. The Atlanta and the Boston were 270 feet long and 42 feet wide, powered by horizontal back-acting engines and cylindrical tubular boilers.«* |
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