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TODAY’s “Geez”
1977 - 1st TV viewer discretion warning-Soap
1956 - IBM introduces the first computer disk storage unit, the RAMAC 305
1989 - Desmond Tutu leads biggest anti-apartheid protest march in S Africa.
Free Rambling Thoughts…
I was awakened about 5a to a big rainstorm with lightning and thunder. I was spared the hail that most of Flagstaff had. Pictures all over FB of our hail…1” seems to be the average size with enough to cover the ground. It sounds like insurance companies will be very busy the next few weeks. Glad we got the rain, without the hail. There was a tornado warning north and south of Flagstaff today. At least one touched down near Grey Mountain. This unstable weather is getting scary.
I had a case of my angio-edema today. It started about 3a but I was sleeping and when I woke up I couldn’t comprehend what it was. The thunder work me again at 5a and then I knew what was going on. This couple of hour delay made it last longer than usual. I took the pills about 5a but couldn’t speak clearly until about 1p. This is such a frustrating thing.
Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)
1. What part of the eye gives it color?
2. Geri Halliwell's hair was what color while she was a spice girl?
3. The covers of Victor Gollancz crime novels where what color when published in the 1930s?
4. In its pure state, what color is topaz?
5. What color appears with the color blue on the Flag of the UN?
6. Who was the talk show hostess that played a role in the movie The Color Purple?
7. Who had a 1980s hit with True Colors?
8. A magpie's feathers are of what two colors?
9. Name the seven colors of the rainbow.
10. What color is an octopus's blood?
11. Emu eggs are what color?
12. Which hair color graces the heads of one in 16 Americans?
Zoom-ed in Picture…Can you Identify what this is? (Answer at end of post)
Hmmmmm…
Date on which a US patent was issued for a phone with which pets can all their owners: 2/11/11
Somewhat Useless Information…
Google estimates the internet at about 5 million terabytes of data, which is about 5 billion gigabytes.
247 billion Emails are sent every day. 80% are spam.
Yeah, It Really Happened…
SIEM REAP, Cambodia — An 18-month-old Cambodian boy who has suckled milk directly from a cow daily for more than a month is in fine health, the child's grandfather said.
The boy, Tha Sophat, made international headlines after his grandfather revealed he had been feeding himself directly from a cow since July when a storm destroyed his home and his parents left for Thailand to find work.
After he stopped breast-feeding from his mother, the boy became ill, said the 46-year-old grandfather.
The boy watched a calf nurse from its mother, and began to do the same thing, feeding directly from the cow each day, Um Oeung added. When the grandfather pulled him away, the boy cried, so he let him continue, Um Oeung told Reuters.
Neighbors and local officials in the village of Pheas in Siem Reap province, about 195 miles from the capital Phnom Penh, say they are not happy about the nursing.
"They blame me and have told me not to allow him to suckle from the cow anymore. They say the boy will be ashamed when he grows up and that he will be naughty," he said on Sunday.
Since Saturday, he has limited the suckling to once a day.
"His health is fine, he is strong and he doesn't have diarrhea," said Um Oeung.
Guffaw…or at least smile…
A man walked into a doctor's office and the receptionist asked him what he had. He replied, "I got shingles."
She said, "Fill out this form and supply your name, address, medical insurance number. When you're done, please take a seat."
Fifteen minutes later a nurse's aide came out and asked him what he had. He said, "I got shingles."
So she took down his height, weight, and complete medical history, then said, "Change into this gown and wait in the examining room."
A half hour later a nurse came in and asked him what he had. He said, "I got shingles."
So she gave him a blood test, a blood pressure test, an electrocardiogram, and told him to wait for the doctor.
An hour later the doctor came in and asked him what he had. He said, "Shingles."
The doctor gave him a full-cavity examination, and then said, "I just checked you out thoroughly, and I can't find shingles anywhere. "
The man replied, "They're outside in the truck. Where do you want them?"
Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…
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Daybook Information…
…Happening This Week:
11-17
Balance Awareness Week
National Assisted Living Week 12-17 Line Dance Week
TODAY IS
Defy Superstition Day
International Chocolate Day
Today’s Events:
IN ARTS
1961 - "Car 54 Where are You?" premieres on TV
1963 - "Outer Limits" premieres on ABC TV
1974 - 1st broadcast of "Rockford Files" on NBC-TV
IN ATHLETICS
1849 - 1st US prize fight fatality (Tom McCoy)
IN BUSINESS
1789 - 1st loan to US Govt (from NYC banks)
1977 - General Motors introduces 1st US diesel auto (Oldsmobile 88)
IN EDUCATION
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FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1759 - The Battle of Quebec takes place. The French lose.
1815 - William Clark, Auguste Chouteau, Ninian Edwards hold a conference at Portage des Sioux, Missouri (St. Charles County). They get MissouriSauk and Foxes to promise not to join up with the Rock Island Sauks or to fight the U.S.
IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
509 BC - The temple of Jupiter on Rome's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September
122 - Building begins on Hadrian's Wall
1943 - Chiang Kai-shek became president of China
1971 - Nikita Krushchev, Soviet premier, buried in Moscow
IN RELIGION
1224 - Francis of Assisi is afflicted with stigmata
1503 - Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David
1625 - 16 Rabbis (including Isiah Horowitz) are imprisoned in Jerusalem
IN SCIENCE
1959 - USSR's Luna 2 becomes 1st probe to contact another celestial body
IN US POLITICS
1663 - 1st serious slave conspiracy in colonial America (Virginia)
1788 - NY City becomes 1st capital of US
1861 - 1st naval battle of Civil War, Union frigate "Colorado" sinks "Judah" off Pensacola, FL
1948 - Margaret Chase Smith (R-Me) elected senator, 1st woman to serve in both houses of Congress
1973 - Congress passes & sends a bill to Nixon to lift football's blackout
ARTISTS: AUTHORS: COMPOSERS
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ATHLETES
Michael Johnson, 200m/400m runner (Olympic-2 gold-96) turns 44
ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
Barbara Bain, actor (Mission Impossible; Space 1999) turns 80
1948 - Nell Carter, comedic actress (Nell-Gimme a Break, Lobo)
1913 - Roy Engle, actor (Police Chief-My Favorite Martian)
Richard Kiel, actor (steel-toothed Jaws in the James Bond movies The Spy Who Loved Me ) turns 72
Tyler Perry, actor, director, playwright, screenwriter, producer, author, and songwriter turns 42
Ben Savage, actor (Boy Meets World) turns 31
Jean Smart, actor (Designing Women) turns 61
1925 - Mel Tormé, American singer (d. 1999)
ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS
1857 - Milton S Hershey, chocolate manufacturer/philanthropist
POLITICIANS
1766 - Samuel Wilson, probable namesake of Uncle Sam1860 - John J (Blackjack) Pershing, US commander (WW I)
SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS
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Today’s Obits:
1999 - Benjamin Bloom, American educational theorist dies at 86
1982 - Grace, Princess of Monaco, dies in a car crash at 52
1981 - William Loeb, publisher of Manchester Union Leader, NH, dies at 75
1991 - Joe Pasternak, producer (Spinout, Big City), dies of Parkinson's at 73
2006 - Ann Richards, 46th Governor of Texas dies at 73
1996 - Tupac Shakur, rap star/actor (Juice, Bullet), killed in drive by at 25
1977 - Leopold Stokowski, symphonic conductors, dies in England, at 95
ANSWERS:
Trivia Quiz
What part of the eye gives it color?
Iris
Geri Halliwell's hair was what color while she was a spice girl?
Red
The covers of Victor Gollancz crime novels where what color when published in the 1930s?
Yellow
In its pure state, what color is topaz?
It's colorless. Trace elements, radiation, and defects in the crystal structure causes the variations in hue.
What color appears with the color blue on the Flag of the UN?
White
Who was the talk show hostess that played a role in the movie The Color Purple?
Oprah Winfrey
Who had a 1980s hit with True Colors?
Cyndi Lauper
A magpie's feathers are of what two colors?
Black and white
Name the seven colors of the rainbow.
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet (Roy G Biv)
What color is an octopus's blood?
Pale bluish-green
Emu eggs are what color?
Green
Which hair color graces the heads of one in 16 Americans?
Red
Close Up Picture
Spray Paint
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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