NEW YORK, April 13 (UPI) — Bryant Gumbel is leaving the NFL Network after two seasons of play-by-play duty on the U.S. TV operation.
Gumbel resigned this weekend after numerous criticisms about on-air mistakes and his low-key play-by-play style.
40 Things Ya’ll Never Hear a Redneck Say
40. Oh, I just couldn’t. Heck, she’s only sixteen.
39. I’ll take Shakespeare for 1000, Alex.
38. Duct tape won’t fix that.
37. Honey, I think we should sell the pickup and buy a family sedan.
36. Come to think of it, I’ll have a Heineken.
35. We don’t keep firearms in this house.
34. Has anybody seen the sideburns trimmer?
33. You can’t feed that to the dog.
32. I thought Graceland was tacky.
31. No kids in the back of the pickup, it’s just not safe.
30. Wrestling’s fake.
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Control Rooms
A gallery of some of the most impressive control rooms, including the original NASA mission control, the Beatles’ recording studio, the NORAD nuclear war room, what is left of Chernobyl reactor 4 control and control rooms for TV, traffic, subways and particle accelerators.
This impressive control room is the MBTA Boston Transit Control Room.
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Interesting U.S. Currency Facts
For instance:
- The Mint is responsible for producing military medals (such as the Silver and Bronze Stars, the Purple Heart and the Navy Cross) as well as the Congressional Medals.
- “In God We Trust†was first put on coins in the Civil War but didn’t make it onto all coins until 1955.
- “E Pluribus Unum†was first used in 1795. “E Pluribus Unum†means “One from Many,†one country from many states.
- The lifespan of a coin is thirty years, the lifespan of a bill is a mere 18 months.
- The ink used to print the bills are magnetic and so vending machines use that as one of the means of detecting whether a bill is legitimate.
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