OrangeCrush HB Contest Closed Winners Announced!!!

Dearest Crushers,

We have a special birthday coming up soon - and that is for our one and only OrangeCrush (Rita)

The day soon to be celebrated is August 2nd.

*** A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU RITA ***

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS IN MAKING CC WHAT IT IS TODAY.
YOUR DEDICATION TO YOUR WORK AND HELPING MEMBERS IS UNIQUE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE CONTESTS, THE LAUGHS, THE CRYS, AND THE EARLY MORNING CHATS,
FOR BEING THERE AS A FRIEND, FOR RIDING ALL THE UPS AND DOWNS ON OUR JOURNEY SO FAR,
AND MOST OF ALL FOR BEING YOU Smile

RITA, YOU ARE TRUE TREASURE AND I WISH YOU MANY HAPPY RETURNS! HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

I very much hope you will join me in wishing Rita many happy returns, and many many thank you's for her tireless work here at CC since we started up nearly 4 years ago.

In true CC style, of course we're going to have a little contest too to help celebrate this cool occasion Smile

There will be 4 x $50 prizes (5000 ccpoints required to redeem for the prize)

To enter please post a reply with the following:-

Your birthday wishes for OC / OrangeCrush / Rita (whatever name you use hehe)
Something historical that happened in the past on August 2nd (in any year)
Anything else you think might be appropriate

4 x Winners will be chosen by the Birthday gal herself a day or few after her big day - randomly or otherwise - it's her birthday so she chooses hehe Smile

I hope you have a great day Rita, and I'm sure you'll see this before your big day lol.

Lots of love,
Geno/CC
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:19 pm (No subject)

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY OC

21 today ye

Hope you have a fab day and take a rest, you do so much for us on here it really is appreciated, i know every member on here will say what a great woman you are and that you always find time for us no matter what.

That is what counts for me not the prizes or the money but that there is a true friendship and community with us all and you are the one (along with Geno and RC) who has made this happen and that means alot.

Thank you

Here is my bit of history for you lol

August 2 Events and Birthdays

Today in History- August 2nd

Happy Birthday!
1924 James Baldwin, author (The Fire Next Time, Notes of a Native Son)
1924 Carroll O'Connor, actor (Archie Bunker from All in the Family, In The Heat of the Night)
1932 Peter O'Toole, actor (T.E. Lawrence from Lawrence of Arabia, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Man of La Mancha)
1939 Wes Craven, writer/ director (A Nightmare On Elm Street, Scream)
1942 Isabel Allende, author (The House of Spirits, The Stories of Eva Luna, Paula)
1953 Butch Patrick, actor (Eddie Munster from the Munsters)
1959 Judge Lance Ito, judge in O.J. Simpson case
1964 Mary-Louise Parker, actress (The West Wing, Ruth from Fried Green Tomatoes)
1970 Kevin Smith, director/ writer/ actor (Silent Bob in Dogma, Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Scream 3, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back)
1977 Edward Furlong, actor (John Connor from Terminator 2: Judgment Day)
1992 Hallie Kate Eisenberg, actress (Curly haired girl in Pepsi commericals)

Deaths:
1788 Thomas Gainsborough, painter (Blue Boy)
1859 Horace Mann, abolitionist/ educator
1876 James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok, western gunfighter
1922 Alexander Graham Bell, inventor
1923 Warren G. Harding, US President

Events:
1934 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. Later he becomes Führer.

History Lesson:

Elm Street was named after a street in a town where Wes Craven lived in New York state.

Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:20 pm (No subject)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY OC !!!!!

HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT ONE!!!!!!!!!!

DON'T DRINK TOO MUCH!!!!

In 1790 on august 2 the first U.S. census was taken!!! (thats pretty cool didn't realize that, so i guess i learned something LOL!!!!)

I'M SURE YOU'LL HAVE MANY MORE!!!!!!!

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 12:02 am (No subject)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY OC.

Wishing you all the best on your special day....

What happened on August 2nd?

1991 Funk singer Rick James, arrested on sexual torture charges and Hedy Lamaar is arrested for shoplifting in LA.
Space shuttle STS 43 (Atlantis 9) launched.

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 12:16 am (No subject)

Happ Birthday, Rita!!!!

August 2, 1610 - Henry Hudson sails into what it is now known as Hudson Bay, thinking he had made it through the Northwest Passage and reached the Pacific Ocean..........

and never stopped for directions from the locals, I bet...LOL

I hope your day is immeasurably better than Henry's was !!

Happy Birthday

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 12:46 am (No subject)

A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY OC!!!

Here is what happened on YOUR special day....

James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickock...

August 2, 1876 Wild Bill sits down to a poker game in a saloon in his new home town. He has his back to the door and is shot in the back of the head. He was holding a pair of black aces, black eights and a jack of diamonds, forever to be known as a deadman's hand. He was shot by Jack McCall, a man looking to enhance his own reputation.

OC.. I thank you for all of your hard work and I wish you many more happy days ahead!

Beckie

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 12:54 am Happy Birthday Orange Crush!!

As a fellow Coloradoan I wish you only the best! I know colorado leads the nation in home forclosures and the economy is something other than sublime................."But it's home and it's one of the most beautiful places on this earth and because of ladies like you it will remain as such"!! Happy Birthday OC!!!

Sincerely,
Delwinslow!! Wink

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 1:58 am (No subject)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY OC

Thanks for everything you do for everyone at Casino-Crush

Aug 2/06 Fidel Castro operated on and gave power to his brother.
Happy Birthday

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 2:12 am (No subject)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR OC

Thanks for all your dedication to Casino Crush

As to what happened on August 2nd in history
WELL!!!!!!!!

You were born
win4maw

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 3:05 am (No subject)

hi HAPPY BIRTHDAY OC, i wish you all the best ty josie46

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:28 am (No subject)

Happy Birthday OC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have a safe one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

no reflection on you at all...lol

August 2, 1934 Adolph Hitler becomes commander-in-chief of Germany

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:17 am (No subject)

What do I call OC?

1% Orange, and most of all Friend

Happy Birthday to you my dear friend Rita.I want to say Thank you for being you!what can I say
about you.... your selfless giving your kind words to all.and your great sense of Humor!and you

get me which alot of people do not get. I knew you were a Leo like me. Your Beautiful in

everyway and I am so Happy to be your friend and part of this wonderful family known as Casino Crush.

Now here are some facts of the leo women

Famous People with Sun in Leo: Madonna, Bill Clinton, Jennifer Lopez, Sean Penn, Alfred
Hitchcock, Dustin Hoffman, Melanie Griffith, John Stamos, Eric Bana, Tony Bennett, Lucille Ball,

Robert De Niro, Steve Martin, Joe Strummer, Laurence Fishburne, Antonio Banderas, Philip Seymour

Hoffman, Robert Redford, Ben Affleck, Mick Jagger, Kyra Sedgwick, Billy Bob Thornton, Martha

Stewart, Debra Messing, Helen Mirren, Carl Jung, Kate Beckinsale, Angela Bassett, Kevin Spacey,

Martin Sheen, Robert Plant

Personality Profile:

At first, it’s hard not to like those with the Sun in Leo with their open hearted, friendly ways. They often enter a room as a radiant presence that causes everyone to take notice, and are skilled at “working” a crowd for best effect. As a friend, they have a knack for mining a buried dream, polishing it to a shine again, and making anything seem possible.

There’s a public confidence with the Leo Sun that other signs only dream of, which gives them free reign to fully express their creative and social selves. Whether they end up in civil service or on a Broadway stage, chances are they’ll have an audience. When standing proudly before adoring fans (or co-workers), they’re casting out warmth that has a palpable power to win hearts and minds.

The Sun in Leo has a hard time with the mundane, and will be drawn to colorful careers and dramatic relationships. While some people shrink at the idea of dating around, the Leo considers it a time to play and enjoy the game of romance. And it’s not unusual for a Lion on the market to have a few kettles on the stove.

After getting to know a Leo, you might discover that they’re very loyal, but only to themselves.
You can come up against severe resistance if trying to bend the will of a Leo for the sake of a
relationship. Their pride leads to the reputation of having a super-sized Ego, and being a difficult Diva type. But in the end, their stubborn self-regard elicits widespread respect, since so many of them grab the gusto and achieve their loftiest goals.

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:29 am (No subject)

A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR RITA !!!!

August 2 :
1990
Iraq invades Middle East neighbours Kuwait and takes control of the country in eight hours. The Kuwaiti royal family flees to Saudi Arabia.
1989
Trade restrictions between Britain and Argentina are lifted for the first time since the Falklands War.
1980
Right-wing terrorists explode a bomb at Bologna Railway Station in northern Italy which kills 84 people and injures another 100.
1974
John Dean, American lawyer and member of staff at the White House, is sent to a jail for his part in covering up the Watergate break-in.
1973
In Britain, more than 40 people are killed when fire sweeps through the Summerland Amusement Centre at Douglas on the Isle of Man.
1945
World War II: The end of the Potsdam Conference at which the Allied leaders decided on the post-war treatment of Germany and called for the unconditional surrender of Japan.
1939
Scientist Albert Einstein, concerned that German scients are working on powerful uranium bombs, writes to US President Roosevelt urging him to start research into building an atomic bomb.
1935
Britain passes the Government of India Act - separating Burma and Aden from India.
1923
Calvin Coolidge becomes the 30th US President following the sudden death of Warren Harding after his return from a trip to Alaska.
1876
James Butler - US Marshall Wild Bill Hickok - is shot dead by Jack McCall while playing poker in a saloon in Deadwood, South Dakota. His poker hand - two black aces, two black eights and the jack of diamonds - becomes known as 'the dead man's hand'.
1875
Britain's first roller-skating rink opens in Belgravia, London.
1865
Publication of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. It is soon withdrawn because of bad printing. Only 21 copies of the first edition survive, making it one of the rarest 19th century books.
1802
In France, Napoleon Bonaparte is declared 'Consul For Life' .
1784
The first specially-built Royal Mail coach begins its' scheduled service from Bristol to London.
1589
Henry III of France is assassinated by Jacques Clement.
1100
William II of England, son of William the Conqueror, is killed by an arrow while hunting in the New Forest, Hampshire - allegedly mistaken for a deer.
1942
English actress Julia Foster.
1932
Irish actor Peter O'Toole born in Connemara
1905
American actress Myrna Loy
1892
American film executive Jack Warner - co founder of Warner Brothers Pictures.
1835
US inventor Elisha Gray. Founder of the Western Electric Company - loses legal battle with Alexander Graham Bell over who owns the patent to inventing the telephone.
1754
French engineer and architect Pierre Charles L'Enfant.
1997
American writer William S Burroughs aged 83.
1944
Joseph Kennedy Jr, navy pilot and brother of future US President
1936
French aviator Louis Bleriot.
1923
29th US President Warren Harding (1921-1923) dies in San Francisco
1922
Scottish-born US inventor Alexander Graham Bell, aged 75
1921
Italian tenor Enrico Caruso, aged 48, dies in Naples.
1876
James Butler - US Marshall Wild Bill Hickok
1783
English portrait and landscape artist Thomas Gainsborough.
1100
William II of England is killed by an arrow while out hunting in the New Forest, Hampshire - allegedly mistaken for a deer.
Quick Links: Adolf Hitler | Alexander The Great | American Civil

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:33 am (No subject)

I wish you a very Happy Birthday, Rita!

Here are a few fun things that happened in the past on "YOUR" day:

1375 1st roller skating rink opens (London)
1776 Formal signing of the Declaration of Independence
1819 1st parachute jump in US
1909 1st Lincoln head pennies minted
1961 Beatles 1st gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club
1979 Gilda Radner Live From New York opens on Broadway

~Nono

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 9:48 am (No subject)

Happy Birthday OC

I hope you will have wonderfull day with family and friends

August 2 - Henry Hudson sails into what it is now known as Hudson Bay, thinking he had made it through the Northwest Passage and reached the Pacific Ocean.

Eduard