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‡ TODAY’s “Geez”:
¬ 1692 - 5 executed for witchcraft in Salem Mass (Martha Carrier, George Jacobs Sr., George Burroughs, John Willard and John Proctor were hanged)
¬ 1826 - Canada Co chartered to colonize Upper Canada (Ontario)
¬ 1960 - Sputnik 5 carries 2 dogs (Belka and Strelka), 3 mice into orbit (later recovered alive)
¬ 2010 - Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait
‡ Free Rambling Thoughts…
I had a great lunch with Cheryl. Mary couldn’t make it, as her angioedema flared up last night and she had to get a shot at the walk-in. She said she had a virus on top of that and that she was still contagious. She sounded pretty tired and congested. Cheryl is going into the doctor next week to check on her surgery. She has lost 88 lbs since the surgery…a good thing…but is ready to stop losing weight. Her body doesn’t seem ready yet, so she’ll see how to jump start her body. We both had a quiet week so not lots to talk about, so we talked about future plans. We went to a restaurant that is usually packed at lunch, and it was really quiet. It’s near NAU and they are not in session yet. It’s also a summer break time for lots in Flag. Sure hope they haven’t lost their appeal as they have a great lunch.
A late afternoon thunderstorm dropped our temp a lot. We were pelted for about 30 minutes. I was home, so it was nice to just watch it. It had been a little muggy—for Flag—before the storm, but that all ended with the first few drops. There are still lots of dark clouds to the North and West, so will probably be getting another hit before the night is over.
Flagstaff has had its credit rating dropped by S&P. Housing sales have dropped…again. The average house is now about $215,000. Still overpriced for the working people of the town. We do have a beautiful little town, mountains, trees, and great weather. Many people will pay a lot for those amenities. I guess, not as many as before.
‡ Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)
1. Which Nazi died in jail after being imprisoned for 46 years?
2. What is the first title word of Meat Loaf's big 90s No 1 hit?
3. What was the first name of the fictional sleuth Kojak?
4. Which word went with Britannia to describe the supposedly vibrant late 90s?
5. In medicine, what does the D stand for in CJD?
6. Sky Harbor international airport is in which US state?
7. Whose Navy was the subject of a sitcom with over 130 episodes?
8. What did the Mason Dixon line divide?
9. The Way We Were was the first No 1 for which singer?
10. Who had a 60s No 1 hit with Groovin?
11. In which film did Madonna play Breathless Mahoney?
‡ Zoom-ed in Picture…Can you Identify what this is? (Answer at end of post)
‡ Hmmmmm…
¬ Number of American soldiers who dies in combat last year: 435
‡ Somewhat Useless Information…
¬ When Hitler assumed power in Germany in 1933, he eliminated dangerous foreigners from his Reich, including Mickey Mouse. In 1936 the Soviet Union also banned Mickey Mouse. The Disney character was also banned from Italy in 1938 and from East Germany in 1954.
¬ Little boys were dressed in blue long before little girls were dressed in pink. In ancient times, male babies were dressed in blue because the color was believed to ward off evil spirits; girls got whatever was handy.
¬ At the time coffee was introduced into England in the mid-17th century, it was widely believed to cause sterility and congenital deformity.
¬ The first cooking stove was installed in the White House in 1850, during the term of Millard Fillmore. The cooks took one look at it and quit since they were used to cooking meals in the fireplace. Someone from the Patent Office had to come and explain the newfangled device to the cooks.
¬ Ostriches do not bury their heads in the ground. They do sometimes lower their heads to the ground - to rest their long necks.
¬ Istanbul's Topkapi Museum contains a vast collection of unbroken celadon - Chinese porcelain of a celebrated light green hue. Celadon was generally popular among rulers as it was reported to neutralize poisoned food served in it.
‡ Yeah, It Really Happened…
SPOKANE, Wash. - Authorities in Washington state said they arrested a man accused of fishing nude on the bank of a lake where he was spotted by other anglers. Spokane County sheriff's deputies said a man fishing with his two young sons on West Medical Lake reported spotting the man fishing nude on the west bank of the lake at about 2:15 p.m. Sunday, KCPQ-TV, Spokane, Wash., reported Tuesday.
Deputies said the man, Dean Meginniss, 54, had put on a pair of shorts at the urging of resort employees before they arrived. They said Meginniss had an outstanding warrant for stalking and he was arrested on the warrant and an additional charge of indecent exposure. The sheriff's office said the indecent exposure charge is a felony because he has a previous conviction for the same charge from 2009. Meginniss was booked into the Spokane County Jail.
‡ Guffaw…or at least smile…
You know it is time to reassess your relationship with your computer when....
1. You wake up at 4 O'clock in the morning to go to the bathroom and stop to check your email on the way back to bed.
2. You turn off your computer and get an awful empty feeling, as if you just pulled the plug on a loved one.
3. You decide to stay in college for an additional year or two, just for the free internet access.
4. You laugh at people with 28.8 modems.
5. You start using smileys :-) in your snail mail.
6. You find yourself typing "com" after every period when using a word processor.com
7. You can't correspond with your mother because she doesn't have a computer.
8. When your email box shows "no new messages" and you feel really depressed.
9. You don't know the gender of your three closest friends because they have nondescript screen name and you never bothered to ask.
10. You move into a new house and you decide to "Netscape" before you landscape.
11. Your family always knows where you are.
12. In real life conversations, you don't laugh, you just say "LOL, LOL".
13. After reading this message, you immediately forward it to a friend!
‡ Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…
‡ Daybook Information…
…Happening This Week:
14-20: National Resurrect Romance Week / National Aviation Week
16-20Weird Contest Week / World Money Week
19-28: Little League Baseball World Series
‡ TODAY IS
¬ Aviation Day
¬ "Black Cow" Root Beer Float Day: varies in US but may mean ‘with chocolate ice cream’ or ‘made with Cola’, or just vanilla ice cream and root beer.
¬ Hug Your Boss Day
¬ Men's Grooming Day
¬ Potato Day: more than 45 billion pounds of potatoes are harvested in the U.S. each year
¬ World Humanitarian Day
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¬ Afghanistan: Independence Day (1919 for Great Britian)
‡ Today’s Events:
· IN ARTS
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· IN ATHLETICS
1900 - Start of the one & only Olympic cricket match, in Paris
· IN BUSINESS
1993 - Mattel & Fisher Price toys merge
· IN EDUCATION
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· FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1607- English settlers officially found "the other" English colony on North America. Unlike Jamestown, Popham is settled by just men and boys. Popham, northeast of modern Portland, Maine, is established on the bluffs overlooking the spot where the Kennebec River flows into the ocean. The colony lasts only a little over one year.
1854 - A Miniconjou Sioux, named High Forehead, kills a sickly cow near Fort Laramie, in southeastern Wyoming. The cow's owner complains to the fort's commander. A brash Brevet Second Lieutenant John L. Grattan, and thirty volunteers leave the fort to find the Sioux involved. Grattan goes to Conquering Bear's Brule Sioux camp near Ash Hollow, and demands the Indian who shot the cow. Grattan makes numerous threats to the Sioux, but they won't hand over High Forehead. During the parlay, a shot rings out, and Grattan's artillery gunners open fire on the camp. Conquering Bear tries to get both sides to stop shooting, but he is hit by an artillery round. Eventually, all but one of Grattan's men are killed in the fighting.
· IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1561 - Mary Queen of Scots arrives in Leith Scotland to assume throne after 13 years in France
1934 - Hitler elected Fuhrer (95.7% of German voters)
1944 - Last Japanese troops driven out of India
· IN RELIGION
1263 - King James I of Argon censors Hebrew writing
· IN SCIENCE
1979 - Soviet Cosmonauts Vladimir Lyakov & Valery Ryumin returned to Earth aboard Soyuz 34 after a record 175 days in space
· IN US POLITICS
1955 - US raises import duty on bicycles 50%
1960 - Francis Gary Powers convicted of spying by USSR (U-2 incident)
1976 - Pres Gerald R Ford won Republican pres nomination at KC convention
1984 - Republican convention in Houston nominates Ronald Reagan for president
· ARTISTS: AUTHORS: COMPOSERS
1902 - Ogden Nash, humorous poet (I'm a Stranger Here Myself)
1858 - Edith Nesbit, England, children books author (Railway Children)
1921 - Gene Roddenberry, executive producer (Star Trek)
· ATHLETES
Randy Baldwin, NFL running back (Carolina Panthers) turns 44
Bill Cleary, US, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1960-Center) turns 77
1931 - Willie Shoemaker, jockey (won 8,833 of 40,350 starts)
· ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
Adam Arkin, actor turns 55
Gerald McRaney, actor (Simon & Simon, Major Dad) turns 64
Diana Muldaur, actress (McCloud, Star Trek Next Gen, LA Law) turns 73
Matthew Perry, actor turns 42
Jill St John, [Oppenheim], actress (Diamonds are Forever) turns 71
Kyra Sedgwick, actor turns 46
John Stamos, turns 48
Lee Ann Womack , singer turns 45
· ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS
1919 - Malcolm Forbes, publisher (Forbes Magazine)
1785 - Seth Thomas, pioneer in mass production of clocks
· POLITICIANS
Fred Thompson, senator (R-TN)/actor (In the Line of Fire) turns 69· SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS
1871 - Orville Wright, aviator (Wright Brothers)
‡ Today’s Obits:
2009 - Don Hewitt, television news producer & director; creator of 60 Minutes dies at 87
1994 - Linus Pauling, Nobel prize scientist (Vitamin C advocate), dies at 93
1968 - Sara Jane Roberts, child actress (Our Gang), dies after surgery at 44
‡ ANSWERS:
Trivia Quiz
1. Which Nazi died in jail after being imprisoned for 46 years?
a. Rudolf Hess
2. What is the first title word of Meat Loaf's big 90s No 1 hit?
3. What was the first name of the fictional sleuth Kojak?
a. Theo
4. Which word went with Britannia to describe the supposedly vibrant late 90s?
a. Cool
5. In medicine, what does the D stand for in CJD?
a. Disease: Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease or CJD (pronounced /ˈkrɔɪtsfɛlt ˈjɑːkoʊb/, "KROITS-felt YA-kob") is a degenerative neurological disorder (brain disease)
6. Sky Harbor international airport is in which US state?
a. Arizona
7. Whose Navy was the subject of a sitcom with over 130 episodes?
a. McHale's
8. What did the Mason Dixon line divide?
a. North & South during Civil War and beyond
9. The Way We Were was the first No 1 for which singer?
a. Barbra Streisand
a. The Young Rascals
11. In which film did Madonna play Breathless Mahoney?
a. Dick Tracy
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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] may not be totally accurate.
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