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TODAY’s “Geez”
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1789 - Ben
Franklin writes "Nothing . . . certain but death & taxes"
1843 - Mt
Rainier in Washington State erupts
1933 - 1st
modern sit-down strike, Hormel meat packers, Austin, MN
1942 - Minimum
draft age lowered from 21 to 18
1946 - 1st
artificial snow produced from a natural cloud, Mt Greylock, MA
1977 - Final Al
Capp comic strip of "Li'l Abner" (1934-77)
1990 - The World
Wide Web first began
♪♪ Happy Birthday To:♪♪
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Free Rambling Thoughts
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Still no moisture…still
waiting…oh well.
I’m back on schedule…woke
up about 6am feeling rested and ready to go. I ran some errands…not my favorite
activity for a Saturday. I did make it to the post office to pick up my ‘on
hold’ mail and mail by brother’s late b-day present. I needed a big bag to
carry out the junk mail and bills. Turns out, when there is a holiday on
Friday, the entire town comes to the post office on Saturday and many bring out
of towners with them. The line was out into the lobby and bending a little. No
need to get upset, there were three windows open and one more person was
handling non-money transactions. The line moved along. I made some other quick
stops and was done in no time.
While catching up on the
news, I must say, the Penn State story disgusts me. As a Federal Employee
working with kids we were required to report any suspected child abuse within 2
hours of suspecting it. If it was found that we didn’t do it, the penalty was
the loss of the job. This was in effect since the late 1990’s. At times it
caused way too much paperwork and meetings with authorities. In my career I
only had three cases of true child abuse and dozens of reported suspected
cases. When I see the results of non-reporting, I get it. How any adult could
be allowed to continue the pedophilia on little kids for years at a school is
beyond my comprehension. Almost worse,
IMHO, is the student reaction of rioting when their beloved coach was fired. They
too are young and it appears that they acted without thinking the whole thing
through. Paterno knew about the abuse and simply reported it to his superior
and let it continue. Even after the pedophile was questioned on another
incident and told not to shower with little boys in the campus shower, he
continued to work with disadvantaged kids. The head coach may have followed the
letter of the law, but from a moral standpoint, how could he sleep at night? Sick and totally unacceptable.
Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)
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1. What is the
northeastern most state of the USA?
2. In which state
is the Cumberland plateau?
3. Where is the
lowest point of the western hemisphere?
4. What divides
Alaska from the rest of the USA?
5. The Missouri
joins the Mississippi just north of which city?
6. Where is Wayne
State University?
7. What was called
Windy City by a New York newspaper editor?
8. Mount Mitchell
is the highest peak in which mountains?
9. What is the
world's second longest single span bridge?
10. What is the
largest city in Maryland?
Wuzzles…What concept or phrase do these suggest? .
NEW: Rules of Thumb
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Easy shortcuts to make
an ‘educated’ guess
When you're playing
blackjack, assume that any unseen card is an 8.
Hmmmmm
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Percentage of applicants
offered admission to Harvard this year: 6.2
Percentage of applicants
accepted for employment at McDonald’s National Hiring Day: 6.2
Somewhat Useless Information .
Veterans Day originated
as "Armistice Day" on Nov. 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end
of World War I. Congress passed a resolution in 1926 for an annual observance,
and Nov. 11 became a national holiday beginning in 1938.
In 1954, President
Eisenhower officially changed the name of the holiday from Armistice Day to
Veterans Day.
In 1968, the Uniform
Holidays Bill was passed by Congress, which moved the celebration of Veterans
Day to the fourth Monday in October.
The Uniform Holidays
Bill went into effect as law in 1971, but in 1975 President Ford returned
Veterans Day to November 11, due to the important historical significance of
the date.
Britain, France,
Australia and Canada also commemorate the veterans of World Wars I and II on or
near November 11th: Canada has Remembrance Day, while Britain has Remembrance
Sunday (the second Sunday of November).
In Europe, Britain and
the Commonwealth countries it is 4 common to observe two minutes of silence at
11 a.m. every November 11.
Yeah, It Really Happened .
CLEVELAND - An Ohio poll
worker accused of head-butting and biting the nose of a voter turned himself
into police, officials said.
Charges are pending
against James N. Williams, 53, who allegedly assaulted Greg Flanagan, 49,
Tuesday at a Cleveland polling place, The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer reported
Thursday. Williams, an elections rover, was arguing with a campaign worker
about the worker's distance from the polling place when Flanagan said he told
Williams "he didn't have to be such an ass" to the campaign worker.
"He came after me
and said, 'What did you say?' He head butted me. He bit my nose. He tried to
bite it off," Flanagan said.
Polling location
coordinator Andre Bell pulled Williams off Flanagan before Williams jumped into
his car and drove off. Williams surrendered to Cuyahoga County sheriff's
deputies Wednesday. Flanagan was treated at MetroHealth Medical Center for a
"human bite," the hospital said.
Guffaw…or at least smile
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An old man was tired
from riding his bike, and decided to hitchhike. A guy in his red Corvette
pulled up to give him a lift. When the old man brought out his bike that he had
leaned up against a tree, the driver said, "I have no room for your bike
in my car, but I'd like to help you in some way seeing you standing here in the
hot sun."
After a few seconds of
thought, the driver said, "I know what we can do. I have a rope behind my
seat. I'll tie one end of it to the rear end of my car and the other end to the
front your bike. You ride your bike, and I'll give you this whistle. If I go
too fast for you, just blow your whistle and I'll slow down."
The old guy agreed to
it. So off he went down the highway with the old man and his bike in tow. A
little ways down the road, a young lady in a bright yellow corvette pulls up
next to them. She gives the guy in the red Vette the High Sign, meaning
"you want a drag?" Off they go down the highway, 100 plus MPH, the
old man blowing his whistle like crazy. They zipped by a Highway Patrol cop
sitting under a tree. The cop knew he couldn't catch them, so he called ahead
to his fellow cop down the road to intercept.
"Car number 2, this
is car number 1."
"Go head number 1,
what'cha got for me?"
“I got a red and yellow
Vettes come down your way doing hundred plus, can you intercept?"
"Ten-four, Is there
anything else?"
"Yeah, you wouldn't
believe this, but there is an old guy riding a bicycle blowing his whistle
trying to pass."
Searchin’ “You Tube” I found
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Fantasia - Mickey The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Daybook Information
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…Happening This Week:
7-13
Pursuit of Happiness Week
World Kindness Week
13-19 American Education Week
Geography Awareness Week
National Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week
World Kindness Week
13-19 American Education Week
Geography Awareness Week
National Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week
TODAY IS
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National Indian Pudding Day: a delicious baked custard made with molasses, cornmeal, milk, butter,
spices, eggs, and sometimes apples
International Tongue Twister Day: According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the most difficult
tongue twister in the English language is: “The sixth sick sheikh's sixth
sheep's sick.”
World Kindness Day
~*~
UK:
Remembrance Sunday
Today’s Events
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ARTS
1830 - Oliver
Wendell Holmes publishes "Old Ironsides"
1921 - "Sheik,"
starring Rudolph Valentino, is released
1940 - Walt
Disney's "Fantasia" released
1960 - Sammy Davis
Jr marries Swedish actress May Britt
ATHLETICS
1973 - Oakland
A's Reggie Jackson wins AL MVP unanimously
1982 - A boxing
match held in Las Vegas, Nevada ends when Ray Mancini defeats Duk Koo Kim.
Kim's death on November 17 led to significant changes in the sport.
BUSINESS
1895 - 1st
shipment of canned pineapple from Hawaii
EDUCATION
1868 - American
Philological [the study of language in
written historical sources] Association organized in NY
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1747: According to some
reports, a conference regarding alliances is held for the next four days
between representatives of the British in Pennsylvania and the Miami, Shawnee
and "Six Nations" tribes.
1833: Just before
sunrise, there is a phenomenal meteor shower, which is seen all over North
America. This event is recorded on Kiowa picture calendars as the most
significant event of the year.
POLITICS [International]
1002 - English
king Ethelred II launches massacre of Danish settlers
1715 - Battle
at Sheriffmuir: English army beats Scottish earl of Mar
POLITICS [US]
1851 - The Denny
Party lands at Alki Point, the first settlers of what would become Seattle,
Washington
1865 - US issues
1st gold certificates
1970 - VP Spiro
Agnew calls TV executives "impudent snobs"
1982 - Vietnam
War Memorial dedicated in Washington DC
RELIGION
1938 - America's
1st saint, Mother Frances Cabrini, beatified
SCIENCE
1841 - James
Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study
of the subject he eventually calls hypnosis
1996 - Joel
Armengaud discovers 2^1398269 - 1 (35th known Mersenne prime)
Today’s Birthdays
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ARTISTS:
(AUTHORS, COMPOSERS,…)
1850 - Robert
Louis Stevenson, Scottish author (Treasure Island)
ATHLETES
Vinny Testaverde, NFL
quarterback (Cleve Browns, Baltimore Ravens) is 48
ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
Gerard Butler, actor is 42
Whoopi Goldberg,
comedian, TV host is 56
Jimmy Kimmel, TV host is 44
1932 - Richard
Mulligan, actor (Soap, Empty's Nest, Big Bus)
Christopher Noth, actor is
57
Subliminal, Israeli
rapper and producer is 32
Steve Zahn, actor is 44
ENTREPRENEURS & EDUCATORS
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POLITICIAL FIGURES
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SCIENTISTS & THEOLOGISTS
1831 - James
Maxwell, Scottish physicist (Treatise on Electricity)
Today’s Obits
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1779 - Thomas
Chippendale, English furniture maker, dies at 61
2005 - Vine
Deloria, Jr., Native American author, theologian, historian, and activist dies
at 72
1460 - Henry
the Navigator, prince of Portugal, dies at 66
1093 - Malcolm III
MacDuncan, king of Scotland, dies in battle
1868 - Gioachino
(Antonio) Rossini, composer (Barber of Seville), dies at 76
1983 - "Alvin"
Junior Samples, country singer (Hee Haw), dies at 56
1974 - Karen
Silkwood, killed in a car crash under suspicious circumstances
ANSWERS
Trivia Quiz
What
is the northeastern most state of the USA?
A:
Maine.
In
which state is the Cumberland plateau?
A:
Alabama.
Where
is the lowest point of the western hemisphere?
A:
Death Valley, California.
What
divides Alaska from the rest of the USA?
A:
British Columbia.
The
Missouri joins the Mississippi just north of which city?
A:
St. Louis.
Where
is Wayne State University?
A:
Detroit.
What
was called Windy City by a New York newspaper editor?
A:
Chicago.
Mount
Mitchell is the highest peak in which mountains?
A:
Blue Ridge Mountains.
What
is the world's second longest single span bridge?
A:
Golden Gate Bridge.
What
is the largest city in Maryland?
A:
Baltimore.
Wuzzle
Rough seas
Separate checks
Elevator out of order
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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