Champagne taste beer budget Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 Great news!! I know it's cliche, but I do believe it's often true that good things come to those who wait. Looks like your wait is over. I hope the new job works out well for you in every way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 ---------------- On 3/21/2005 7:27:16 PM sputnik wrote: Idaho is nice, I lived in Boise many years ago. Do you know what tuberosum celebratus means? ---------------- Probably something like "Enjoy Potatoes" "Celebrate Potatoes", heh. Marvel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryC Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 "Famous Potatoes" without a doubt! A slogan on Idaho license plates for many years, competing with the noble slogans of other states like Sunshine State, Heart of Dixie, Live Free or Die, etc. While other states' plates at times showed skiers, sunsets, blue herons and beaucoup other really beautiful stuff, Idaho's showed a baked potato cracked open with a pat of butter in the middle. Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sputnik Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 Close enough. "Famous Potatoes". It used to (and I think still does) adorn the Idaho license plate. The plate used to sport an image of a huge potato. It's sort of the unofficial state motto of Idaho. An attorney friend of mine in Idaho had a calligrapher print the Latin in gothic script on her law certificate - it blended right in with all of the other Latin stuff. I just about split a gut when I finnally noticed it. EDIT: Ya beat me Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sputnik Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 Here is another fun fact about Idaho. The name "Idaho" was made up by a politician as part of a hoax to name what was eventually Colorado. The following is from Netstate.com. "Idaho was first presented to Congress, by mining lobbyist George M. Willing, as a name for a new territory around Pike's Peak. He told Congress that Idaho was a Shoshone Indian word that meant "Gem of the Mountains." Indian names were popular at the time and by the end of 1860, Congress was set to name the Pike's Peak region Idaho. Just as Congress was about to bestow this name, it came to their attention the Idaho was not an Indian name, but a name made up by Mr. Willing. In reaction, Congress designated the territory Colorado instead of Idaho. In the meantime, the word Idaho had come into common usage. One of the mining towns in Colorado Territory had been named Idaho Springs. A Colorado steamboat launched on June 9, 1860, for service between the Cascades and The Dalles, was named "Idaho." Gold was found in Nez Perce country, and these discoveries became known as the "Idaho Mines," perhaps after the steamboat used in the gold rush up the Columbia River. Though Idaho had been discarded as a name for the new territory, the name became well known from Washington D.C. to the Pacific northwest. In 1863, Congress created a new territory for the Idaho Mines and Idaho seemed like a natural." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sputnik Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 Don't get me wrong - I really like Idaho it's a beautiful state and I don't want to start a flame war . In Montana, we just like to poke fun at Idaho. For example, did you know that the dome of the Idaho state capitol building is made from Montana granite? Sorry, I just can't help myself - I'll shut up now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popbumper Posted March 22, 2005 Share Posted March 22, 2005 Congrats, Scooterdog, on what promises to be a bright career future. Between jobs now myself, and scrambling to find something, I will land where I am supposed to. Glad things are looking up for you!! Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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