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Monday, October 29, 2001
Kids chat

This day, that year and birthdays galore

HELLO Kids and welcome to our weekly chat program.

Windy: It's a great day and a great week folks.

Fluppy: Why a great day and a great week Windy? Huh, the holidays are over and schools are open and you are calling it a great day and a great week.

Cliparti: That's good spirit Windy, if you are saying it for reopening of schools after the break.

Windy: Relax Fluppy. It's not for reopening of schools, though I am very happy about it. But it's primarily because it's my birthday today.

Cliparti: Oh Well! Happy Birthday Windy, what are the celebrations for today? Are we going for a treat?

 


Fluppy: Happy Birthday Windy, But how come it is a great day?

Windy: Hey Fluppy, is it not a good reason that it's my birthday today?

Fluppy: Huh… Nope.

Windy: Ok Fluppy if that's not a big reason, then I can tell you many more famous persons born on this day. Some of them are Kate Jackson- actress, who has acted in movies like Charlie's Angels, The Rookies, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Baby Boom, Killer Bees etc., Douglas Montgomery, Ken Reeves etc. Shall I tell you more? Today on October 29, animal right activists from across the world will descend upon Little Rock, Arkansas for what will be one of the biggest and most important demonstrations in the history of the animal rights movement.

Cliparti: That's OK Windy; But why is it a great week.

Windy: Well! During this week some of the other very popular people like Bill Gates and Diego Armando Maradona have their birthday. Bill Gates had his birthday on 28th October and legendary soccer player Diego Maradona was born on October 30th.

Cliparti: That's a great information Windy; Where did you get this information from?

Windy: Well I found it all on the Internet. You know Cliparti, the Internet is a great source of information. I found this information on the site www.famousbirthdays.com.

Fluppy: Hey Windy! That's a good piece of information. But should I also add something about your great day of October 29.

Windy: You too have something on this day…surprising. But anyway go ahead.

Fluppy: It was on October 29,1929 the world saw the Black Tuesday also called as the doom's day in the stock market when investors traded 16,410,030 shares on the New York Stock Exchange in a single day. Billions of dollars were lost, wiping out thousands of investors. Moreover, this day also marked the beginning of the great depression in the world economy. So, I doubt whether one could call it a great day.

Cliparti: That's a good piece of information Fluppy. But let's not get into the argument of calling it a great day or not as every day something good and bad takes place. Anyhow your information is great and is also very appropriate in the current situation. How did you get this information Fluppy.

Fluppy: I found it all on www.historychannel.com. It's a great site on the history of the world and you can find a treasure of interesting information on this site.

Cliparti: That's wonderful Fluppy. Isn't it Windy?

Windy: Yeah indeed.

Fluppy: Ok guys that's enough dose of history. Let's talk something about fun.

Windy: There cannot be anything much expected from you Fluppy. The schools are open, lets talk about studies.

Cliaprti: Yeah that's right Windy.

Windy: I have found a site on school and homework help on the Internet. It is www.indianchild.com/project__or__homework_help.htm. This is a great site for the homework help on a wide range of subjects like composition and essays help, writing, spellings and vocabulary, grammar, geography, history, economics, math etc. This is a huge site and has links to numerous other sites on the related subject.

Fluppy: Hey Windy! You said that it's a homework help site. So will they do my homework if I e-mail it to them?

Windy: Ha! Ha! Ha! Hey Fluppy, it's a homework help site and not Aladdin's magic lamp. You will have to do your homework yourself.

Cliaprti: These sites are good reference sites, where you can find good reference material on your subjects.

Fluppy: Oh I thought…

Windy: You thought what? Holidays are back and your homework problem is solved. No way…dear Fluppy.

Cliparti: Stop fighting guys, we have got to go now. See you friends next week with more fun and facts. Bye till then.

 — Ira Verma

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