Nov 16, 2012

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Flagstaff Almanac:  Week: 46/ Day: 321   

Today: High   52°…Low 19°

Records: High   70°(1999)…Low 2°(1985)

Averages: High  51° Low 23°

Wind: average:   3mph; Gusts:  15mph

Today’s average humidity:  47%

Quote of the Day:

Today’s Historical Highlights:

1st postage stamp meter is set in Stamford Conn—1920

Al Capone freed from Alcatraz jail—1939

Battle at Gundet: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians—1875

Bill Clinton becomes the first U.S. President to visit Vietnam since the end 

      of the Vietnam War—2000

Egyptian king Faruk demands departure of all British troops—1950

German air force begins bombing of Madrid—1936

Johnny Cash made his 1st chart appearance with "Cry Cry Cry"—1955

Life preservers made of cork are patented by Napoleon Guerin—1841

Native Americans surrender to British in Indian War of Chief Pontiac—1764

Roosevelt establishes diplomatic relations with USSR—1933

Walt Disney launches Epcot Center: Prototype Community of Tomorrow—1965

♪  ♪   Happy Birthday To: ♪. ♪   

How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays

Free Rambling Thoughts:   

Overcast most of the day…not too bad…no precipitation, though it looks like it should be snowing.

 

Egos can be so boring. Now that the election is over, the finger pointing begins by Romney…he did lose because of his own inane campaign but he says he lost cause Obama gave away too much of America to the people who voted for him…really, my package hasn’t arrived yet.

 

Keeping my eye on Gaza…this is quite an escalation…somebody needs to stop.

Game  Center: (answers at the end of post)

Anagram Sentences:

What are the missing words?

The ______ was ______ on Ralph after he was supposed to run for help but ______ instead.

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Unusual Uses for Everyday Things: Nail Polish

• Prevent ink from running on your labels.  Coat the labels that identify your garden plants, or the labels that distinguish your shampoo bottles with clear nail polish.
• Avoid licking that gross glue on the back of an envelope.  Just seal it with a little bit of clear nail polish
• To thread a needle, dip the end of your thread in a small amount of nail polish for easy thread-ability.
• Ever get those green rings on your fingers from wearing a costume ring?  Paint a thin coat of clear nail polish on your costume jewelry to prevent tarnishing.
•  Coat the ends of your shoe laces or rope with clear nail polish (or colored nail polish for some fun) to prevent any fraying.
• For an extra hold, coat your screws in nail polish.  After setting the screws let the polish dry. 
• Color code keys with nail polish so I can quickly figure out which key is for the front door!
• Mark levels on measuring cups or buckets.  For your cleaning bucket you can mark how much soap you need and another level for how much water you need.
• Shaving cream can creates rust rings on your bath tub; apply a thin layer of nail polish to the bottom.
• Use clear nail polish as a liquid bandaid.

Old Saying Explained:

DIFFERENT KETTLE OF FISH…In the past a kettle was not necessarily a device to boil water to make a cup of tea. A pot for boiling food (like fish) was also called a kettle. Unfortunately nobody really knows why we say 'a different kettle of fish'.

Ok, then?

TV Theme Songs you may remember:

Mr. Ed - Jay Livingston and Ray Evans

Read This Headline Carefully!!

Dr. Ruth Talks about Sex with Newspaper Editors

Sacred Mountains Around the World:

Celtic Music:

THE BEST CELTIC MUSIC

Harper’s Index:         

• Portion of French President Francois Hollande’s new cabinet members who are women: ½
• Portion of US cabinet members: ¼
• Of Japanese cabinet members: 1/17

Ruminations:

Without fail, when there are two entrance doors to a store, I will pull the one that hasn’t been unlocked.

Unusual Fact of the Day:

The dots on dice and dominoes are called 'pips.'

Found on You Tube: 

• The Voices of Daws Butler

• CLARK GABLE

Joke-of-the-day:

A scratch golfer hits his ball three hundred yards straight down the fairway, and it hits a sprinkler and careens off into the woods. He finds the ball, but trees surround it. He’s pissed, says what the hell, grabs his nine-iron, and hits the ball as hard as he can. It bounces off a tree back at the golfer’s head and kills him.

He arrives in heaven, and God himself is at the Pearly Gates to greet him. Looking up his records, God sees that the guy golf’s and says, “Are you any good?”

The golfer looks at God and says, “I got here in two, didn’t I?”

Rules of Thumb:   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

HEATING AN AQUARIUM…To determine the wattage for an aquarium heater, allow three watts per gallon in a room of normal temperature. Use four watts per gallon for rooms that are cooler than normal.    

Yeah, It Really Happened

When a fire broke out in Dan Jensen's neighbor's house, Dan called 911 and then ran outside to assess the situation. Seeing that the fire was creeping toward his own fence 10 feet away, he grabbed his garden hose and started spraying.

The police proved faster than the fire department, and when they showed up they ordered Jensen to get back. He complied. But as the minutes trickled by and the fire engine didn't show up, Jensen became frustrated and stepped forward to grab the garden hose once again.

That's when he heard the order. "Hit 'em! Take him down! Tase him!" In moments, Jensen was on the ground.

The 42-year-old commercial fisherman is still struggling to comprehend exactly how things deteriorated so quickly. He said he doesn't understand why police shot him with a Taser as he tried to save his own house from a fire.

Police said they can sympathize with the stress Jensen was under. But they said he put himself and officers in danger when he refused to back down.

Jensen's attorney said she believes authorities are trying to deflect attention from their actions that night. She called the Taser use "excessive force."

"They can't just Taser anyone," she said. "He's an unarmed person on his private property trying to fight a fire."

It could be worse, according to police. Pinellas Park Capt. Sanfield Forseth said authorities could have even charged Jensen with obstruction, but decided against it.

Somewhat Useless Information   

• "Weird" Al Yankovic received a Bachelor's degree in Architecture in 1981.  He also served as valedictorian of his high school at age 16.

• There are approximately ten million bricks in the Empire State Building.

• From space, the brightest man-made place is Las Vegas, Nevada.

• Contrary to common belief, elephants are not afraid of mice.  Go to any zoo and chances are that the mice are living in the same quarters as the elephants.  The mice eat the grain and nest in the hay that is so common to elephant habitats.

• The most common invention of the 19th century was the washing machine.  Between 1804 and 1873, at least 1676 patents were issued by the United States Patent Office for various forms of this device.

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

11-17 

American Education Week ►Geography Awareness Week ►National Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week

12-18  

National Global Entrepreneurship Week ►World Kindness Week ►National Young Reader's Week

16-22

National Farm-City Week

Today Is                                                                      

Button Day
International Day for Tolerance
National Educational Support Professionals Day
~Estonia: Day of National Rebirth (1988 Declaration of Sovereignty)
~US: Oklahoma: Admission Day (1907-46^th state)

Today’s Events through History  

1st colonial prison organized, Nantucket, MA—1676 

British troops captured Fort Washington during American Revolution—1776

French King Charles VI declares no taxes for ever—1380

General Tiberius' (later Emperor) triumphant procession through Rome after 

     siege of Germany—13

LSD is first synthesized by Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann at the 

     Sandoz Laboratories in Basel, Switzerland—1938

Pres Nixon authorizes construction of Alaskan pipeline—1973

South Africa president FW de Klerk announces scrapping of Separate 

     Amenities Act—1989

Tecumseh predicts a "light across the sky" tonight. It is supposed to have 

     appeared, as predicted—1811

UNESCO is founded—1945

Union General William T Sherman begins march to sea during 

     Civil War—1864

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

In their 80’s

Clu Gulager, Holdenville Oklahoma, actor (Virginian, Survivors, Tall Man) is 84

In their 60’s

David Leisure, actor (Joe Isuzu, Airplane, Charley-Empty Nest) is 62

In their 40’s

Lisa Bonet, actress [Denise on Cosby] is 45

Dwight Gooden, Tampa FL, pitcher (NY Yankees, NY Mets) is 48

In their 30’s

Maggie Gyllenhaal, New York, actress (Donnie Darko, The Dark Knight)is 35

Remembered for being born today

Daws Butler, Toledo OH, animation voice (Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound) (1916-1988)

Clinton Golden, Penn, founder (United Steelworkers of America) (1888-1961)

Burgess Meredith, Cleveland Ohio, actor (Mr Novak, The Penguin in Batman, Rocky), (1907-1997)

Guy Stockwell, NYC, actor (Chris-Adventures in Paradise) (1934-2002)

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Pierre Charron, French philosopher/theologian—stroke—1603—at 62

Moses Cleaveland, founder of Cleveland, Ohio—1806—at 52 

Milton Friedman, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate—2006—at 94

Clark Gable, actor (Gone With the Wind)—heart attack—1960—at 59

Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House for 17 years— pancreatic cancer—1961—at 79

Bob Smith, American doctor, co-founder of the Alcoholics Anonymous—colon cancer—1950—at 70 

Answer: Anagram sentence

The bedlam was blamed on Ralph after he was supposed to run for help but ambled instead.

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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