Sep 16

 

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Sep 16, 2020  Week: 38  Day: 260                   Local:   H 79° \ L 38° \ Average Sky Cover: 10%

Wind:   5mph\Gusts:  12mph                           Nearest lightning:  813mi.; active fire:  59mi. 

high Risk of Fire                                               Visibility:  10mi

Record: 88°[2000]   Record: 28°[1971]                  Sep Averages: 74°\42° (5 days with rain)

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Today’s  Quote

"Life is 10% what happens to me

and 90% of how I react to it."

-Charles Swindoll

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Random Tidbits

 Steal someone’s thunder

In the early 1700s, English dramatist John Dennis invented a device that imitated the sound of thunder for a play he was working on. The play flopped. Soon after, Dennis noted that another play in the same theater was using his sound-effects device. He angrily exclaimed, “That is my thunder, by God; the villains will play my thunder, but not my play.” The story got around London, and the idiom was born.

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A little humor

From Actual Medical Records

I have suggested that he loosen his pants before standing, and then, when he stands with the help of his wife, they should fall to the floor.

The patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears to be depressed.

Discharge status: Alive but without permission.

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True Things

 A 99-year-old California woman broke two Guinness World Records when she piloted a plane and gave a flight lesson in the air. Robina Asti, 99, was named the world's oldest flight instructor and active pilot after she gave her final flight lesson Sunday at NextGen Flight Academy at Riverside Municipal Airport. "I love getting people to experience what it's like to lift off this Earth," Asti told local news. "It is so good." Asti said she wanted to show that senior citizens are still capable of making valuable contributions. The flight instructor took the world's oldest pilot record from an Iowa man who flew a plane at the age of 98.

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Observations This Week

Balance Awareness Week: 13-19 Link   
International Housekeepers Week: 13-19 
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Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week: 13-19 
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National Assisted Living Week: 13-19 
  
National Security Officer Appreciation Week: 13-19 
National Truck Driver Appreciation Week: 13-19   
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Line Dance Week: 14-19  
National Guitar Flat-Picking Days: 16-20  
Link (Virtual)

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Observations for Today

American Legion Day

Anne Dudley Bradstreet Day
Collect Rocks Day

International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
Mayflower Day
Mexican Independence Day

National Guacamole Day

National Cinnamon-Raisin Bread Day

National Play Doh Day

National Rehabilitation Day 
National School Backpack Awareness Day  
National Stepfamily Day  
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National Tattoo Story Day  
(Originator is NBC's "Blindspot")
National Guacamole Day
Play-doh Day
Stay Away From Seattle Day 
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Stepfamily Day 
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Trail of Tears Commemoration Day

Working Parents Day

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My Rambling Thoughts

Our group hasn’t had lunch together since March. I finally caught up with Cheryl when she came into town. She was happy with the Hand Sanitizer Pouch that our mutual friend, Faith, made. She hasn’t seen her son and his family in CA since March, so is heading over Thursday for a long weekend visit.

The Bronco’s game was late…I’m glad we don’t have DST here in AZ. Broncos couldn’t pull it off, but still a decent game.

Weather here is great. Warm, a slight breeze, sunny. Beautiful.

As a youngster, my parents didn’t want to force us into being Episcopal, so for a few pre-teen years I went to church with some of the neighbor children…Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist, and Southern Baptist. The Southern Baptist was the strangest for sure. After attending about 5 Sunday services + Sunday school, the strangeness happened. Every Sunday, the pastor would ask ‘Who believes Jesus Christ is your savior. If you do, come to the altar’. That Sunday, I did. About an hour after the service an entourage of 3 families showed up at the house. They were ready to have me baptized into THEIR church. I had been baptized Episcopalian years before, but to them, that didn’t count. My Mom and Dad talked to me, discovered I have no desire to be baptized by them, and sent them politely packing. I quit going to other churches after that. Well, the Southern Baptists are in the news…they are going to advertise their name as Great Commission Baptists. They want to lose their slavery roots. They won’t legally change their church name, as they say it is too expensive. I’ve felt they were strange before, for me, now it is confirmed.

Trump was in CA and AZ yesterday. The CA Governor was talking about the hot weather, the fires, the lack of moisture, etc. to emphasize Climate Change. Trump said not to worry, because it will be getting cooler very soon. Then the Gov. admitted that CA could do more in the forests to prevent fires. Trump agreed. Then the Governor reminded the President that 57% of CA forests are in Federal hands, while only 3% is in California hands. Trump did not respond. So sad.

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Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

What can fly without wings and cry without eyes?

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Historical Events

1620 – The Mayflower set sail from Plymouth, England with 102 Pilgrims.

1630 – The Massachusetts village of Shawmut changed its name to Boston.

1908 – William C. Durant. founded General Motors.

1920 The "Wall Street bombing" occurs at 12:01 when a horse-drawn wagon explodes on Wall Street, New York, killing 38 and injuring 143

1940 FDR signs Selective Training & Service Act (1st peacetime draft)

1941 Adolf Hitler orders that for every dead German, 100 Yugoslavs should be killed

1953 – 20th Century-Fox released The Robe, using its new wide-screen stereophonic film process.

1959 French President Charles de Gaulle recognizes Algerian right of self determination

1964 – Shindig (a pop music show) premiered on ABC.

1968 Richard Nixon appears on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in"

1974 – President Ford announced a conditional amnesty for Vietnam War deserters and draft evaders.

1987 Pope John Paul II's ends his Los Angeles tour with an interfaith meeting at Dodger Stadium with leaders of Judaism, Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism

1992 – FCC voted to allow competition for local phone service.

2015 700 million malaria cases prevented in Africa since 2000 in report by University of Oxford in "Nature" journal

2016 – The Apple iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus were released.

2019 50,000 workers at General Motors go on strike in the US over pay and factory closings

2019 Guantánamo Bay is the world's most expensive prison at US$13 million per prisoner according to investigation by "The New York Times"

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Birthdays Today

@89 – Lauren Bacall, American actress (d. 2014)

@89 – B.B. King, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)

@83 – Peter Falk, American actor (d. 2011)

@78 – H.A. Rey, co-created Curious George (d. 1977)

@74 – Charlie Byrd, American singer, and guitarist (d. 1999; lung cancer)

71 – Ed Begley Jr., American actor

64 – David Copperfield, American magician

62 – Jennifer Tilly, American actress, and champion poker player

64 – Molly Shannon, American comedic actress

@59 – Jacob Schick, American-Canadian inventor, founded Schick Razors (d. 1937; kidney disease)

51 – Marc Anthony, American singer-songwriter

49 – Amy Poehler, actor

28 – Nick Jonas, American singer-songwriter

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Puzzle Answer

A cloud

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I retired in '06--at the ripe old age of 57. I enjoy blogging, photography, traveling, and living life to it's fullest.