Susan Hilton College Station Real Estate
Realtor & Vice President of Sales of Bryan College Station Real Estate
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Archive for June, 2008
Where Could this Coach and Horse Be??? College Station? Bryan? Hearne? Caldwell?
June 26th, 2008 Categories: Community Events
Coach or buggy driving around the Brazos Valley? This one is somewhere around town. Can you be the first one to tell me where? Look hard – you probably see it OFTEN but do you really ever LOOK?
Tell me where this stands and the city name alone won’t do it. Notice this one is slightly broken too….
Be the first to tell where this is located and you’ll forever be known as “Coach”.
Susan Hilton – Realtor & Sales Trainer for Century 21 Beal, Inc.
#1 in Real Estate in Bryan and College Station Home Sales
Bryan College Station Real Estate & Community Blog
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THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BUT PROBABLY DON’T
June 25th, 2008 Categories: Family
Not really sure where I got this or if they are true but they are funny & worth reading…. especially #35!!
1. Money isn’t made out of paper. It’s made out of cotton
2. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper
3. The dot over the letter “I” is called a “tittle
4. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top
5. Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller. (Thanks to Brenda Harmon we hear this one is NOT true – see comments below)
6. 40% of McDonald’s profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
7. 315 entries in Webster’s 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
8. The ‘spot’ on 7-UP comes from its inventor, who had red eyes. He was albino.
9. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents, daily.
10. Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.
11. Chocolate affects a dog’s heart and nervous system; a few ounces will kill a small sized dog.
12. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark’s stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
13. Most lipstick contains fish scales (eeww).
14. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn’t wear pants.
15. Ketchup was sold in the 1830′s as medicine.
16. Upper and lower case letters are named ‘upper’ and ‘lower’ because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the ‘upper case’ letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the smaller, ‘lower case’ letters
17. Leonardo Da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time hence, multitasking was invented
18. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood
19. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos
20. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan; there was never a recorded Wendy before
21. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and silver!
22. Leonardo DaVinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa’s lips.
23. A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
24. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original “Halloween” was a Captain Kirk’s mask painted white.
25. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar (good to know.)
26. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can’t sink in quicksand (and you thought this list was completely useless.)
27. The phrase “rule of thumb” is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn’t beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
28. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the mos t known player on the market was the Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.
29. Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. It’s the same with apples!
30. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!
31. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
32. Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.
33. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damages it. I NEED TO REMEMBER THIS.
34. George Carlin said it best about Martha Stewart. “Boy, I feel a lot safer now that she’s behind bars. OJ Simpson and Kobe Bryant are still walking around; Osama Bin Laden too, but they take the ONE woman in America willing to cook, clean, and work in the yard, and they haul her fanny off to jail.
35. Century 21 Beal is the real estate firm in Bryan College Station to call when you need ANY real estate assistance. Bryan and College Station real estate is our market! Also – for a career in real estate in College Station, Bryan, Caldwell, Mumford or surrounding areas give us a call! We help people “Build Careers Worth Having!”
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Coffee with the Mayor of College Station – Lets Talk College Station Real Estate!
June 24th, 2008 Categories: Community Events
How about Coffee with College Station Mayor Ben White?
Mayor White is looking for an honest and open dialogue with the residents of College Station. The mayor takes a few minutes to share his thoughts on many different community issues. Join him at the College Station Conference Center from 8-9am on these dates -
- June 27th
- July 18th
- August 15th
- September 19th
- October 17th
- November 21st
- December 19th
A few of the topics covered in the past were – students as neighbors, neighborhood issues, development issues, community seniors, etc.
If you have topics you would like to discuss, please notify Mayor White at bwhite@cstx.gov. For information on the next session of Coffee with the Mayor, contact the Public Communications Department at pcalliham@cstx.gov
Susan Hilton – Realtor & Sales Trainer for Century 21 Beal, Inc.
#1 in Real Estate in Bryan and College Station Home Sales
Bryan College Station Real Estate & Community Blog
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A Stone is a Stone – Right? WRONG! It May Look Like Granite but it May Be Limestone!
June 24th, 2008 Categories: Home Improvement & Design
The Marble Institue of America has found that scientists and commercial sellers do not always agree on what a stone should be called. When a commercial stone person gets involved they are looking at what the stone’s qualities are rather than its rue chemical makeup. A commercial stone person wants to put all the stones that have the characteristics of granite into the granite group even if it is technically limestone. So, if you have a geologist over for dinner and he tells you that your granite is actually limestone, just smile and say you knew that.
Granite – a great choice for kitchen countertops, floors and other heavily used surfaces. Much of the granite quarried comes from China, India and Brazil. Granite is typically known as being a good choice for its inherent strength, resistence to abrasion and its durability. Granite is also pretty good at resisting the attack of caustic agents used in northern climates where snow melting chemicals are heavily used. Using granite in the kitchen works well since it is very scratch resistent and is usually heat resistent up to temperatires of 250 degrees C, although direct application of heat is always discouraged.
Marble & Serpentine - great choice for foyers, bathrooms, floors and hearths – Marble is a metamorphic rock found in the mountains of most countries. Most marble is quarried in India, China, Italy and Spain. It is a beautiful and elegant choice! Marble is often used in wet area applications. Serpentine is often mistaken for marble. They are chemically different but serpentine exhibits a greater acid resistence and abrasion resistence than true marble so it is normally a better choice for a kitchen and exterior application than marble.
Slate and Soapstone – Versatile, Chemically Resistant – Ready to build a laboratory table in a chemistry lab? Consider slate or soapstone! These rocks are resistent to most chemicals but are not known for being scratch resistent. Soapstone is highly heat resistent and is often used around fireplaces. Slate has been used for blackboards and roofing shingles. It was also used as the cloth-covered playing surface for billards tables.
Susan Hilton – Realtor & Sales Trainer for Century 21 Beal
#1 in Real Estate in Bryan and College Station Home Sales
Bryan College Station Real Estate & Community Blog
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We Bleed Maroon…. Do You?
June 23rd, 2008 Categories: Texas A&M University
Have you heard the song, We Bleed Maroon? Have you seen the video?
Aggieland has some of the strongest traditions of any school in the country. The values are strong, honor, honesty and integrity is not only expected by the University but is expected by the students of each other. The loyalty and respect for each other outlives the time someone spends at Texas A&M University.
Remember…. once an Aggie…. always an Aggie!
Susan Hilton – Realtor & Sales Trainer for Century 21 Beal
#1 in Real Estate in Bryan and College Station Home Sales
Bryan College Station Real Estate & Community Blog
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