Interesting facts

[MalcolmInN]

Why is shifting responsibility to someone else called 'passing the buck'?

Who was the American Pres. who was famous for
saying "The buck stops here" ?
,
,
,
,
,
I thort I remembered it as Eisenhower,
but upon googling ( as one does to check one's memory!)
turns out it was Truman, but I dont remember him !
Seems he had a sign upon his desk.

[railsquid]

Why is shifting responsibility to someone else called 'passing the buck'?

Who was the American Pres. who was famous for
saying "The buck stops here" ?
,
,
,
,
,
I thort I remembered it as Eisenhower,
but upon googling ( as one does to ckeck one's memory!)
turns out it was Truman, but I dont remember him !
Seems he had a sign upon his desk.

A little known fact is that immediately post-WW2, due to personell shortages in the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Washington DC area was plagued by feral male deer, which had been known to enter the grounds of the Whitehouse and even poke their heads inquisitively into buildings. Truman, a passionate hunter from Missouri, always kept a loaded shotgun under the presidential desk in case one of the animals ever made it into the innermost sanctum of the US political structure.

[MalcolmInN]

in case one of the animals ever made it into the innermost sanctum

I know his frustration, they invade my inner sanctum aka. my veg patch.
I used to be able to grow my own veg without acres of wire mesh, no longer.
Normally I only see the white of their rear end as they scamper off but one day one of them kept circling and watching me

very odd behviour I thought,
until I looked down near my feet and in amongst the prunings of a laurel hedge, a baby one !

[PLD]

Why is shifting responsibility to someone else called 'passing the buck'?

Who was the American Pres. who was famous for
saying "The buck stops here" ?
,
,
,
,
,
I thort I remembered it as Eisenhower,
but upon googling ( as one does to ckeck one's memory!)
turns out it was Truman, but I dont remember him !
Seems he had a sign upon his desk.

A little known fact is that immediately post-WW2, due to personell shortages in the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Washington DC area was plagued by feral male deer, which had been known to enter the grounds of the Whitehouse and even poke their heads inquisitively into buildings. Truman, a passionate hunter from Missouri, always kept a loaded shotgun under the presidential desk in case one of the animals ever made it into the innermost sanctum of the US political structure.

So assuming he was a decent shot, several  Bucks were indeed stopped there...

[Trainfish]

Fantastic pictures Malcolm, thanks for those.

[railsquid]

Fantastic pictures Malcolm, thanks for those.

None of them in InterCity livery, I note.

[Trainfish]

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Unlike this of course