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TODAY’s
“Geez”
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- 1692 - Massachusetts Bay discontinues witch trials
- 1823 - Charles Macintosh of Scotland begins selling raincoats (Macs)
- 1879 - British troops occupy Kabul Afghanistan
- 1892 - Pledge of Allegiance 1st recited in public schools
- 1960 - Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe at UN General Assembly session
- 1967 - St Louis Cards beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 64th World Series as Lou Brock steals a record 7 bases in 1 World Series
- 1968 - 19th Olympic games open at Mexico City, Mexico
- 2005 - The second Chinese human spaceflight Shenzhou 6 launched carrying Fèi Jùnlóng and Niè Hǎishèng for five days in orbit
Free
Rambling Thoughts
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Whoa…73° here today…Amazing. The parking painters were here at 10
and finished by 3. Nice. Two cars didn’t move, but they didn’t have them towed.
Nicer. Then about 10:30 the gutter people arrived. They did gutters on all the
units in one day…amazing. The painters had a team of about 8, the gutter people
had a team of six. They all worked really fast. I sure hope the gutters work,
as I won’t know what to do when it rains and I don’t have a waterfall over my
front walking area. The meteorologist says nice warm weather through the
weekend. That is a good thing for the Tuba people as the Fair is starting.
One of my biggest complaints about the Fair in Tuba was that every
year the Chapter sponsors held a ‘Kids Day’ at the fair on a school day. Kids
got in free and could ride the rides for free. At TCBS we raised enough commotion
that the planners finally added some kid friendly learning booths for those
days and even brought in some kid-friendly acts to perform. It wasn’t easy to
move 1000 kids from TCBS to ‘kids day’ but we did it every year. I discovered
that it was much harder to move kids to the fair when I was at Kaibeto and
Kayenta. But we did it. This year the Chapter had ‘kid’s day’ but no free rides
and teachers and staff had to pay to get in and the bus drivers had to pay to
park. That is certainly the wrong message. Next they will be charging to watch
the parade on Saturday--$5 to watch and get candy, $4 to watch but not get any
candy, $3 for kids in strollers… So sad that money making is the bottom line.
Over at the Shiprock Fair Yei-Bi-Che’ the patient was told the Fair committee
would cover all costs, then let her know that they didn’t have enough money and
she would need to pay $5000 for having the 9 day ceremony. She found this out
on the second day of the ceremony. Her family agreed to pay…and are selling burritos
around Shiprock. Crazy.
While I was watching Prohibition, I was reminded of the old time
Political Conventions. Delegates from around the country descend on a big city
for a week or so. Lots of yelling, screaming, state banners and sometimes many,
many floor votes before the candidate was selected. There were lots of back
room compromise going on to get a candidate nominated. We didn’t get to see or
hear or learn about the backroom stuff. When I was in college, I thought these
backroom deals were wrong. Now it is all out in the open and not for a week or
so, but for three years plus. Now the only reason to watch a convention is to
see who will be the Vice Presidential nominee. It is so tiresome to listen to
all the potential candidates. In the olden days those people were still around
and on the first ballot or maybe even a couple more. Then the nominee was
selected. It took a couple of DAYS. Ah, for the good ol’ days.
Trivia
Quiz…(answers at the end of post)
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1.
Celeste was the wife of which fictional
animal?
2.
What were the names of the two bears
that lived in Jellystone park?
3.
What is the name for a collection of
frogs?
4.
What kind of animal was "Gentle
Ben" on the TV show?
5.
A female donkey is called a what?
6.
On a common lady bug, what color are
the spots?>
7.
Which subhuman primate is the most
intelligent?
8.
A mandrill is what type of creature?
9.
The most Asian elephants to be found
in their natural habitat can be found in what country?
10. Which animal is the fastest, a hare, greyhound, or horse?
11. What type of animal is a Tasmanian Devil?
12. Which sense is the weakest sense in most primates?
Wuzzles…What
concept or phrase does this suggest? .
Hmmmmm
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- Average age British women consider themselves ‘old’ according to a British Funeral Planning Compnay: 29. For men: 58
Somewhat
Useless Information
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- Fortune cookies actually originated in Japanese culture. You would find more Japanese-owned restaurants that served the still very popular American adaptation of Asian cuisine before WWII. When large populations of the Japanese-American citizens were put into internment camps, the fates of their restaurants were turned over to Chinese-Americans, and so we associate the famous cookie with the Chinese.
- Actual Chinese cuisine is much different than what Americans know as Chinese food. However, the success of American-Asian food has necessitated vocational schools in China to teach potential immigrants the art of the cuisine. For example, Egg Foo Young is unheard of in traditional Chinese cuisine.
Yeah,
It Really Happened on the Web
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After Cumberland County, Pa., District Judge Thomas A, Placey
ordered a continuance for Barry Horn Jr., who’s accused in a standoff with
police, several court observers Googled Placey’s Facebook page and learned he’s
a Facebook friend with the defendant. Placey said he knew Horn’s father, a
former county sheriff’s deputy, but has never socialized with the defendant. He
insisted the two aren’t real friends, only Facebook friends, adding that he
accepts every friend request he gets. “Someone says you want to be my friend, I
say yes,” Placey said. “You could be a Facebook friend of mine, I wouldn’t know
it.” (Harrisburg’s The Patriot-News)
Police in Greeley, Colo., accused Juan Gonzales Jr., 22, of
breaking into a woman’s home and stealing her cell phone. After using the phone
signal to trace the phone to Gonzales, investigators found that the suspect had
sent the victim a friend request on Facebook. (Greeley’s The Tribune)
Authorities in China’s Zhejiang province detained 32 people
accused of operating a criminal network selling “poisonous and harmful cooking
oil” over the internet made from used grease dredged from drains behind
restaurants. Noting the enterprise did business in 14 provinces, the ministry
of public safety said police confiscated more than 100 tons of “gutter oil.”
(Reuters)
Guffaw…or
at least smile .
A couple lived near the ocean and used to walk the beach a lot.
One summer they noticed a girl who was at the beach pretty much every day.
She wasn't unusual, nor was the travel bag she carried, except for
one thing. She would approach people who were sitting on the beach, glance
around, then speak to them.
Generally, the people would respond negatively and she would
wander off, but occasionally someone would nod and there would be a quick
exchange of money for something she carried in her bag. The couple assumed she
was selling drugs and debated calling the cops, but since they didn't know for
sure they just continued to watch her.
After a couple of weeks the wife asked, "Honey, have you ever
noticed that she only goes up to people with boom boxes and other electronic
devices?"
He hadn't and said so. Then she said, "Tomorrow I want you to
get a towel and our big radio and go lie out on the beach. Then we can find out
what she's really doing."
Well, the plan went off without a hitch, and the wife was almost
hopping up and down with anticipation when she saw the girl talk to her husband
and then leave. The man walked up the beach and met his wife at the road.
"Well, is she selling drugs?" she asked excitedly."
No, she's not." he said, enjoying this probably more than he
should have.
"Well, what is it, then?" his wife fairly shrieked.
The man grinned and said. "Her name is Sally and she's a
battery salesperson."
"Batteries?" cried the wife.
"Yes," he replied.
"Sally sells C cells by the Seashore
Searchin’
“You Tube” I found
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John Denver
Daybook
Information
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…Happening This Week:
6-12
National Physicians Assistant Week
9-15
Build Your Business with Business Cards Week /
Emergency Nurses Week / National Chestnut Week / Fire Prevention Week /
National Metric Week / National School Lunch Week / National Work From Home
Week
10-16
Home-based Business Week / Kids' Goal Setting Week /
Take Your Medicine Americans Week / World Rainforest Week
TODAY
IS
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Columbus Day (Traditional)
Day of the Six Billion in 1999 when world population
reached 6,000,000,000
Emergency Nurses Day
Free Thought Day
International Moment of Frustration Scream Day
International Top Spinning Day
National Bring Your Teddy Bear To Work or School Day
UN International Day For Natural Disaster Reduction
~*~
Bahamas Discovery Day (1492--CC)
Equatorial Guinea: Independence Day (1968 from Spain)
Mexico: Dia
De La Raza (Day of Hispanic People)
Spain: Hispanity Day
Today’s
Events
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ARTS
1609 - Children's rhyme "Three
Blind Mice," published in London
1952 - KBTV (now KUSA) TV channel 9 in
Denver, CO (ABC) begins broadcasting
ATHLETICS
1925 - Albert Michelsen runs world
record marathon (2:19:01.8) current 2:03.38
1968 - Norma Enriqueta Basilio Satelo
(hurdles) is 1st woman to light Olympic flame
1989 - Herschel Walker is traded
from Cowboys to Vikings for 12 players
BUSINESS
1915 - Ford Motor Company
manufactures its 1 millionth Model T automobile
1920 - Construction begins on Holland
Tunnel connecting NJ & NYC
EDUCATION
--
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1676 - Mugg was an Arosaguntacook Chief. At the outbreak of King
Philip's War, he sought out a peace treaty with the English for his, and other,
tribes. Rather than listen to him, the English threw him in jail. While he was
released soon, his treatment made him an enemy of the English. With 100
warriors, he attacked Black Point, Maine today in retaliation. Most of the
settlers would escape, but he would burn many of the structures. Mugg would be
killed in Black Point 7 months later.
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
539 BC - The army of Cyrus the
Great of Persia takes Babylon
1216 - King John of England loses
his crown jewels in The Wash, probably near Fosdyke, perhaps near Sutton Bridge
1810 - First Oktoberfest: The
Bavarian royalty invites the citizens of Munich to join the celebration of the
marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen
1984 - IRA bombs hotel where
Margaret Thatcher is staying, 5 die
2002 - Terrorists explode two bombs
in Bali's nightclub district killing 202 and injuring 209 mostly foreign
tourists
RELIGION
1285 - 180 Jews refuse baptism in
Munich Germany, they are set on fire
SCIENCE
1918 - 1st use of iron lung
(Boston's Children Hospital)
1962 - US/USSR sign joint space effort
in telecommunications & meteorology
1972 - Mariner 9 takes pictures of
Martian north pole
US POLITICS
1792 - Columbus Day is 1st
celebrated
1901 - Theodore Roosevelt renames
"Executive Mansion," "The White House"
1915 - Theodore Roosevelt criticizes US
citzens who identify themselves, with dual nationalities
1960 - JFK & Richard Nixon's
3rd presidential debate
1972 - 46 sailors injured in race riot
on aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk
2000 - The USS Cole is badly
damaged in Aden, Yemen, by two suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members and
wounding at least 39
Today’s
Birthdays
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ARTISTS: (AUTHORS,
COMPOSERS,…)
ATHLETES
1905 - Rick
Ferrell, baseball Hall of Fame catcher
1963 - Lane Frost,
American professional bull rider
Marion Jones, American track and field
athlete is 36
Bode Miller, American alpine ski-racer
is 34
ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
Kirk Cameron, child actor will be 41
Hugh Jackman, actor will be 43
Adam Rich, actor (Nicholas-8 is Enough,
Code Red, Gun Shy) is 43
ENTREPRENEURS & EDUCATORS
Chris Wallace, newscaster (NBC Weekend
News) is 64
POLITICIAL FIGURES
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SCIENTISTS & THEOLOGISTS
1865 - Arthur
Harden, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
Today’s
Obits
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1999 - Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player dies
of congestive heart failure, at 63
2002 - Ray Conniff, American bandleader and musician dies
at 86
1997 - John Denver, country star (Country Boy), dies in
plain crash at 53
1969 - Sonja Henie, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1928, 32,
36), dies of leukemia at 57
1940 - Tom Mix, US actor (Texan, Hidden Gold), dies in
auto accident outside Tucson at 60
1985 - Johnny Olsen, TV announcer (Price is Right), dies
at 75
2003 - Willie Shoemaker, American jockey dies at 72
ANSWERS
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Trivia Quiz
1. Celeste was the wife of which fictional
animal?
a. Babar the Elephant
2. What were the names of the two bears that
lived in Jellystone park?
a. Yogi and Boo Boo
3. What is the name for a collection of
frogs?
a. Army
4. What kind of animal was "Gentle
Ben" on the TV show?
a. American Black Bear
5. A female donkey is called a what?
a. Jenny
6. On a common lady bug, what color are the
spots?>
a. Black
7. Which subhuman primate is the most intelligent?
a. Chimpanzee
8. A mandrill is what type of creature?
a. Monkey
9. The most Asian elephants to be found in
their natural habitat can be found in what country?
a. India
10. Which animal is the fastest, a hare,
greyhound, or horse?
a. Hare 45 mph (70 km/h); greyhound about
43mph, quarter horse 35-40mph
11. What type of animal is a Tasmanian
Devil?
a. Marsupial
12. Which sense is the weakest sense in most
primates?
a. Sense of Smell
Wuzzle
Don’t buy the secondhand car
Batting slump
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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