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• We’ve all sung “Jingle Bells” since we were kids, specifically the phrase “bells on bobtail ring, making spirits bright.” Have you ever wondered what “bobtail” means? It refers to the tail of a horse that has had the hair cut short to keep it from getting caught in the sleigh’s reins and from waving in the driver’s face. In the days of sleigh transportation, the bells served as a type of alarm system to alert others when high snow banks obstructed the view of drivers. • In the over-the-road trucking world, “bobtail” means something completely different. A bobtail semi carries no cargo and does not have a trailer attached. “Bobtailing” isn’t the same as “deadheading,” which means the driving is pulling an empty trailer with no freight. • From the reign of England’s Henry VII until 1971, the shilling was a unit of currency in the United Kingdom. It was equivalent of one-twentieth of a British pound, or twelve pence, and was frequently referred to as a “bob.” In February, 1971, a new range of coins was introduced under the decimal currency system, and the shilling was replaced with a five-pence piece, which was identical in size, weight, and value of the shilling. Twenty years later, the five-pence coin was reduced in size and shillings were no longer considered to be legal tender. • The first known use of the term bobby-soxer was in 1943, an expression that referred to an adolescent girl, or “teenybopper.” It stemmed from the fashion fad of bobby socks, those that reached above the ankle, and were sometimes folded down to the ankle. The socks were typically worn with loafers or saddle shoes. A teenaged Shirley Temple further popularized the trend by wearing bobby socks in the 1947 film “The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer. ...continued

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• The bob haircut came on the fashion scene in 1909, when Polish hairdresser Atoini Cierplikowski, the world’s first celebrity hairdresser, introduced the style in Paris. The cut was modeled after 15th-century French heroine Joan of Arc. Joan wore a short bob out of necessity, to conceal her gender during the 100-year war between France and England. It was more than just a hairstyle in the 1920s, as the bob became a symbol of feminine independence, with young women nicknamed “flappers” sporting the new style. When famous female personalities like Coco Chanel and actresses Sarah Bernhardt and Greta Garbo bobbed their hair, daring young women abandoned their long confining dresses and long heavy hair as a statement of their freedoms – the right to vote, obtaining jobs, playing organized sports, and finally leaving the house unchaperoned. • Those in the United Kingdom call them kirby grips, but in North America, they’re known as bobby pins! These metal or plastic hairpins first became popular in the 1920s to hold the new bobbed hairstyles in place. A San Francisco cosmetics manufacturer, Luis Marcus, is reported to have invented the little double-pronged pin shortly after World War I, selling a pair of his handmade pins for 35 cents. • Famed novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald published his short story “Bernice Bobs Her Hair” in 1920 in the “Saturday Evening Post,” the story of a mousey Wisconsin girl who visits her snobby society girl cousin. Cousin Marjorie insincerely promises to help Bernice learn to thrive in social situations, advising her to bob her hair, although Marjorie herself has long hair. When the cousins’ relationship goes awry, before heading back to her home town, Bernice sneaks into her cousin’s room at night and cuts off Marjorie’s long thick braids as she sleeps. ...continued

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Which food items do experts point to as likely to see additional price increases? Nearly everything. And what are the reasons for all the increases? That depends on the item. Potatoes are heavy; it costs more to ship them. Mayonnaise comes in a jar; packaging costs have risen.

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In observance of National Sled Dog Day on February 2, Tidbits is hauling in the facts on these remarkable animals. • There is evidence of dogs pulling sleighs in Siberia dating back 9,000 years. The practice gradually made its way across the frozen North, reaching the Inuit and Athabascan people of North America, where dogs were used in hunting and fishing communities as part of their daily life. • The Klondike Gold Rush of the 1890s spurred on the practice of using sled dogs to haul supplies, with 20,000 to 30,000 prospectors heading north to find their fortune. During the winter months, most gold camps were accessible only by sled. During this time, a system of delivering the mail was also established, using a team of eight to ten Alaskan Malamutes. • Sled dog teams most often consist of Siberian Huskies and Alaskan Malamutes. They have a doublelayer coat, with a coarse outer fur and a softer inner layer. They can range in weight from 35 lbs. up to around 71 lbs., with most dogs around 55 lbs. A domestic dog of the same size requires about 1,700 calories a day, but a sled dog has no trouble consuming 10,000 calories. • Huskies and Malamutes are very intelligent, easily-trained animals, and are ready to run beside harnessed teams by 6 to 8 months of age. Their first hitch to a sled will be next to an experienced dog. By the time the pups are ready for a race, it’s not unusual for them to have already covered up to 3,000 miles in their training. ...continued

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• The team is headed up by a lead dog, not necessarily the fastest dog, but certainly the most perceptive to the musher’s signals. Directly behind the lead dog are two “swing dogs,” those that help navigate turns and curves. Following the swing dogs are the “team dogs,” providing power to the team. At the very back of the pack are the “wheel dogs,” the largest and strongest of the group, who guide the sled around corners or trees.

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• Mushers will shout “Gee” when commanding for a right turn, and “Haw” for a left turn. • Many people are familiar with the story of Balto, the black-and-white Siberian Husky credited with saving the town of Nome, Alaska from a deadly outbreak of diphtheria in 1925. The required serum for the infectious disease was dispatched by rail to the last train station on the route, 674 miles from Nome. Musher Gunnar Kassen and his lead dog Balto were the final leg of a 20-team relay that transported the serum, navigating through wind, snow, and ice in temperatures of -50 F. Kassen and his team arrived in the early hours of February 2, narrowly warding off the outbreak. A statue of Balto erected in 1925 can be found in New York City’s Central Park. The 1,100–mile annual Iditarod race is held to commemorate the serum’s delivery.

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