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• King of Spades = King David
• King of Hearts = Charlemagne
• King if Clubs = Alexander the Great
• King of Diamonds = Julius Caesar

Cool huh!?

The origin of the word “honeymoon” comes from Babylon 4000 years ago. It was normal for the father of the bride to provide the groom with honey beer for exactly one month following the wedding day. Honey beer was called Mead in ancient Babylonian times.

This one month period called the “Honey Month”. The Babylonian calender was a lunar calender, and henceforth over the centuries the term Honey Month became Honeymoon.

Cool huh!

In these early days of the game it was not strange due to the many different “men only” clubs. Women could not vote, and were quite literally second class citizens. As a matter of fact, some the most prestigious golf courses still have these ancient and ridiculous rules in place.

A perfect example is the golf course in Georgia built by the famous Bobby Jones – the Augusta National Golf Club (home of the also famous Masters golf tournament). Still, at the time of this writing, the Augusta National Golf Course is a mens-only membership and will not allow females to join as members.

It’s hard to believe that this kind of gender-based exclusivity is still a reality in the new century, and the fight in on with feminists to legally force the Augusta to allow female membership.

First of all, it has nothing to do with sex or ancient human slave trade. Nothing at all. There was nothing racial about this popular phrase, and this phrase was not brought into “common speak” because of some sleaze merchant. In fact, the true origin of the phrase, “bang for the buck”, is American, and it’s meaning is arguably more offensive than the above mentioned.

“Bigger Bang for the Buck”

Charles Wilson coined the phrase “Bigger Bang for Buck” in 1954 when he was the United States Secretary of Defense. He was talking about the cost efficiency of nuclear weapons as compared to the bombs designed up to that point in history. Basically, he meant that the United States could spend less money and destroy more enemy resources (including people) with a nuclear bomb than if they used a traditional bomb.

The term the that Charlie Wilson was borrowing from was, “bounce for the ounce”, which was used in Pepsi advertising slogans during the 1940s. More bounce (pep) for the ounce. When they launched their 12 ounce soft drink, they claimed to give their drinkers more pep than competing soft drink manufacturers such as Coca-Cola.

The Modern Meaning of “Bang for the Buck”

The phrase “bang for the buck” now simply means “value for the dollar”, in regards to getting the highest quality and/or best possible value for the amount of money you spend.

For the average user, printer choice has now really fallen between inkjet printers and laser printers, and you will see an abundance of these available at the computer store.

Color Inkjet Printers

Color inkjet printers have fast become the most suitable printer for the home user. The cost of the printer and the quality of apprentice themselves seems disproportionate, as most inkjets are capable of near photographic quality yet many cost very little to buy.

Ink Cartridges

Color inkjet printers (including the 11×17 printers) are replaceable ink cartridges that usually contain three pinks – yellow, magenta, and cyan, and sometimes also black. If you have a lot of pages to print that consist of only text, then some models provide the option of replacing the color cartridge was the one that contains only black ink.

Bubble Jet is simply the trademark of Canon, and although the technology may differ slightly, a Bubble Jet printer is still an inkjet printer.

Once and awhile we find some semi-interesting fact regarding a particular product, and this is where we will post it. Hmmm…repeating myself yet. It’s been a long long day.