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TODAY’s “Geez”
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1827 - The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich
storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination in Armenia
1939 - Churchill calls Soviets "riddle
wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma"
1957
- First appearance of "In God
We Trust" on U.S. paper currency
1971
- Walt Disney World in Orlando,
Florida opens
1982 - EPCOT Center opens in Orlando Florida
♪♪ HaPpY BiRtHdAy to♪♪
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Free Rambling Thoughts
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I
had a great afternoon and dinner with Greg and his wife. Greg and I worked on
hanging Sandra pictures in the garage/workshop/man cave. I must say it was
quite an experience. He likes the brochure, and is going to make a few changes
to the wording and send them to me. He teaches World History and a couple of
other classes at one of the local high schools. His class size is 38-45 with 6
classes a day. When he got to the house, he was wound pretty tight. After about
30 minutes with the Sandra, he was all relaxed. Flag public high schools, and the
other schools are in great flux. Enrollment is dropping and the white kids seem
to be heading for the charter schools. While the law says they can’t discriminate,
they do. What with expected parental involvement, talk of high academic
standards and strict disciplinary codes, they do not seem to be attracting many
minorities or SpEd students. This is making teaching in the Public school very
challenging. Budget cuts aren’t helping either. I also got a really cool
Neville Expeditions T-shirt. Greg and his family are taking the Sandra to Lee’s
Ferry tomorrow. They will have a back-tow up to the dam with a motorized boat, and
then ride the river back down to Lee’s Ferry in the Sandra this weekend. He
apologized for not inviting me but said next trip. Cool.
Just
as I was leaving for his place, on the other side of town, thunder, and lots of
rain. That too was nice. Flag can always use a shower.
Trivia Quiz…(answers at
the end of post) .
1.
1994 was the Chinese year of the what?
2.
What type of creature was Nana in Peter Pan?
3.
What type of animal was Edison in Ian
Fleming's novel Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?
4.
Who were the band members of Three Dog Night?
5.
What was prescribed for depressed dogs by the
University of Pennsylvania animal-behavior clinic?
6.
What trick is the most commonly taught to
dogs?
7.
Which musical group sang the song Joy To The
World?
8.
In the 80s what dog breed was responsible for
two-thirds of the dog bite deaths in the U.S.?
9.
What dog breed is distinctive due to a genetic
condition called Achondroplasia which causes dwarfism in the legs?
10.
How many species of domestic dogs are there?
11.
A normal adult dog has how many teeth?
12.
What dog breed was named for its skill at
flushing out woodcock for hunters?
13.
In North America in 1475 B.C., what was the
only domesticated animal?
14.
Sir Winston Churchill's favorite dog Rufus was
what breed of dog?
15.
New York City's Board of Health ordered owners
of what breed of dog to neuter them?
Wuzzles…What concept or
phrase does this suggest? .
Hmmmmm
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- Number of homes whose mortgages a US advertising firm offered to pay in exchange for converting the homes into billboards: 10
Somewhat Useless
Information
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- It takes about 540 peanuts to make a 12-ounce jar of peanut butter.
- Peanut butter was first introduced to the USA in 1904 at the Universal Exposition in St. Louis by C.H. Sumner, who sold $705.11 of the "new treat" at his concession stand.
- In 1884, Marcellus Gilmore Edson of Montreal, Quebec was the first person to patent peanut butter.
- Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, a physician wanting to help patients eat more plant-based protein, patented his procedure for making peanut butter in 1895.
- As early as 1500 B.C., the Incans of Peru used peanuts as sacrificial offerings and entombed them with their mummies to aid in the spirit life.
- Americans were first introduced to the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup in 1928.
Yeah, It Really Happened
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ZURICH
— Nestle, one of the world's biggest makers of pet food, said on Friday it had
launched the first television commercial designed especially for dogs, using a
high-frequency tone to grab their attention.
"Dogs'
hearing is twice as sharp as humans. They can pick up frequencies which are
beyond our range and they are better at differentiating sounds," said
Georg Sanders, a nutrition expert at Nestle Purina PetCare in Germany.
Nestle
asked experts in pet behavior in the United States to research what would
appeal to dogs and used the results to create the 23-second commercial for its
Beneful dog food brand.
The
ad, to be screened on Austrian television this week, features a tone similar to
a dog whistle, which humans can barely hear, as well as an audible
"squeak" like the sound dogs' toys make and a high-pitched
"ping."
"So
delicious, so healthy, so happy," ends the commercial in German, which
features a dog pricking up his ears.
"The
television commercial aims to reach both the pet and the owner, supporting the
special one-to-one relationship between them," said Xavier Perez, Brand
Manager of Beneful for Europe.
Nestle
said in a statement the commercial follows an award-winning campaign in Germany
that featured "sniffable" posters to attract dogs.
Nestle's
Petcare division reported first-half sales of 4.8 billion Swiss francs ($5.4
billion), accounting for almost 12 percent of revenue at the world's biggest
food group. It competes with Mars, maker of the Pedigree dog food brand.
Guffaw…or at least smile .
A
guy walks into a bar and orders a shot of whisky. He gulps it down and peeks
into his shirt pocket. He orders another shot of whisky, gulps it down and
peeks into his short pocket. He orders a third shot and does the same thing.
After the sixth shot, he asks the bartender for the bill, pays and starts to
walk out.
Curiosity gets the better of the bartender and he says to the guy, "Excuse me, but I noticed that every time you drank a shot, you kept looking into your pocket. I was wondering what's in your pocket."
The guy slurs, "Well, I have a picture of my wife in my pocket. I keep drinking until she starts to look good."`
Curiosity gets the better of the bartender and he says to the guy, "Excuse me, but I noticed that every time you drank a shot, you kept looking into your pocket. I was wondering what's in your pocket."
The guy slurs, "Well, I have a picture of my wife in my pocket. I keep drinking until she starts to look good."`
Searchin’ “You Tube” I
found
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Sound of Music - 40th Reunion
Daybook Information
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…Happening
This Week:
1-2
Fallen
Firefighters Memorial Weekend
1-9
Albuquerque
International Balloon Festival
Universal Children's Week
Universal Children's Week
TODAY IS
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Fall
Astronomy Day
Inter-American
Water Day
International
Day of Older Persons
National
Lace Day
World
Card Making Day
World
Vegetarian Day
Today’s Events
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ARTS
1867 - Karl Marx' "Das Kapital,"
published
1955 - "Honeymooners" premieres
ATHLETICS
1993 - Lennox Lewis TKOs Frank Bruno in 7 for
heavyweight boxing title
2000 - Closing ceremony of the XXVII Olympics
in Sydney, Australia
BUSINESS
1888 - National Geographic magazine publishes
for 1st time
1962 - Barbra Streisand signs her 1st
recording contract (with Columbia)
EDUCATION
1829 - South African College is founded in
Cape Town, South Africa; later to separate into the University of Cape Town and
the South African College Schools
1942
- Little Golden Books (children
books) begins publishing
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1539
- Today, de Soto's expedition reaches the APALACHEE village of Ivitachuco (also
called Ibitachuco), in north eastern Florida. The spanish will set up camp near
the village. Throughout the evening, the Indians will shoot arrows at the
Spanish with little effect.
1728
(through the 5th): Conference on alliance and land cessions will be held for
the next 4 days between the British in New York and the "SIX
NATIONS."
1837
- Treaty with Winnebago Indians
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1746 - Bonnie Prince Charlie flees to
France
1795 - France annexes Southern Netherlands
1795
- Belgium is conquered by France
1800 - Spain cedes Louisiana to France in a
secret treaty
1990 - 10,000 Uganda RPF rebels move into
Rwanda
1994
- South African President Nelson
Mandela visits US
2005 - Bombing kills 23 people in Bali.
RELIGION
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SCIENCE
1864 - Cyclone strikes Calcutta: 70,000 killed
US POLITICS
1880 - John Philip Sousa becomes new director
of US Marine Corps Band
1885 - Special delivery mail service begins in
US
1890 - Congress creates Weather Bureau
1890
- Yosemite National Park forms
1891 - In the U.S. state of California,
Stanford University opens its doors
1892 - University of Chicago opens
1977
- Department Of Energy established
Today’s Birthdays
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ARTISTS: (AUTHORS,
COMPOSERS,…)
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ATHLETES
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ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
Julie Andrews, , actress/singer (Sound of Music,
Mary Poppins) is 76
1927 - Tom Bosley, actor (Howard-Happy Days,
Murder She Wrote)
Jimmy Carter 39th Pres will be 87
1930 -Richard Harris, actor
1920
- Walter Matthau, actor (Odd
Couple, Bad News Bears)
1928 - George Peppard, actor (Banacek, A-Team,
Blue Max)
Stella Stevens actress (Girls! Girls!, Manitou)
will be 75
1921 - James Whitmore, actor (Give 'em Hell
Harry)
ENTREPRENEURS & EDUCATORS
1881
- William Edward Boeing, founded
aircraft co (Boeing)
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POLITICIAL FIGURES
1781 - James Lawrence, naval hero (War of 1812-"Don't give up the ship!")
1781 - James Lawrence, naval hero (War of 1812-"Don't give up the ship!")
1924
- William Rehnquist, Supreme Court
(1972-86)/chief justice
SCIENTISTS & THEOLOGISTS
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Today’s Obits
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1945 - Walter B Cannon, US physiologist
(Traumatic Shock), dies at 73
1995
- Margaret Gorman Cahill, 1st Miss
America (1921), dies at 90
1980 - George Meany, union pres (AFL-CIO),
dies at 86
ANSWERS
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Trivia Quiz
1994 was the Chinese year of the what?
The Dog
What type of creature was Nana in Peter Pan?
Dog
What type of animal was Edison in Ian Fleming's
novel Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?
A dog
Who were the band members of Three Dog Night?
Danny Hutton, Cory Wells, and
Chuck Negron
What was prescribed for depressed dogs by the
University of Pennsylvania animal-behavior clinic?
Prozac
What trick is the most commonly taught to dogs?
To sit
Three Dog Night
In the 80s what dog breed was responsible for
two-thirds of the dog bite deaths in the U.S.?
Pit bull
What dog breed is distinctive due to a genetic
condition called Achondroplasia which causes dwarfism in the legs?
Dachshund
How many species of domestic dogs are there?
One
A normal adult dog has how many teeth?
42, 20 on the upper jaw, and 22 on
the lower
What dog breed was named for its skill at flushing out
woodcock for hunters?
Cocker Spaniel
In North America in 1475 B.C., what was the only
domesticated animal?
The dog
Sir Winston Churchill's favorite dog Rufus was what
breed of dog?
Poodle
New York City's Board of Health ordered owners of
what breed of dog to neuter them?
Pit bull
Wuzzle
The alibi is full of holes
Incomplete pass
Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel
free to agree or disagree.
All ‘data’ info is from the internet
sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned
that every site has mistakes and sadly once out the information is out there,
many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events
occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be
totally accurate.
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