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Jul 19, 2020 Week: 30 Day: 201
86004:
H 85° \ L 53° \ Average Sky Cover: 70%
Wind:
11mph\Gusts: 18mph Visibility:
10mi
Nearest lightning: 3mi.; Nearest active fire: 67mi.
Extreme Risk of Fire
Record High: 92°[2009]
Record Low: 34°[1987]
Jul Averages: 82°\52° (8 days with rain)
Today’s Quote
"If you really look closely,
most overnight successes took a
long time."
-Steve
Jobs
Random Tidbits
A number of researchers argue that while the
human body is capable of digesting meat, our bodies are actually designed to be
herbivores. For example, the human molars are similar to those of an herbivore,
flat and blunt, which make them good for grinding, not gnashing and tearing.
Several studies show that
a plant-based diet increases the body's metabolism, causing the body to burn
calories up to 16 percent faster than the body would on a meat-based diet for
at least the first 3 hours after meals.
Some research suggests
that if a man avoids red meats, it improves the sex appeal of his body odor.
Remember these movie quotes?
#9 "Fasten
your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night." Bette Davis
All About Eve 1950
Observations This Week
Tour de
France: 27-7/19 Link Moved to August due to COVID-19
Rabbit Week: 15-21
Hemingway Look-Alike Days: 16-20 Link Cancelled due to
COVID-19
National Scrabble Week: 18-25 Link Cancelled due to
COVID-19
National Moth Week: 18-26 Link
*Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) Education & Awareness Week: 18-25
Captive Nations Week: 19-25
Everybody Deserves A Massage Week: 19-25 Link
National Independent Retailers Week: 19-25 Link
National Zoo Keeper Week:19-25 Link Cancelled due to
COVID-19
RAGBRAI: 19-25
Women in Baseball Week: 19-25
Observations
for Today
Anne Hutchinson Memorial
Day
Celebration of The Horse Day
Flitch Day Link
Lake
Superior Day
National
Daiquiri Day
National Ice Cream Day
National Raspberry Cake Day
My Rambling Thoughts
Monsoon continues. Happy Camper here! I so enjoy the
cool breeze and the smell of fresh rain.
The House Education and Labor Committee requested the
head of the CDC and a few others from the CDC to testify about school opening
this fall. The Trump administration response was that the CDC must remain
focused on the pandemic and will not be available for the hearing. Hmmm
I did some laundry, including washing several of my
masks made by friends. I wasn’t sure how the masks would do but all 3 turned
out fine.
Shaving has been my least favorite ‘adulthood’ task. I
was shaving every day at 16. When I got to college, I switched from an electric
to a safety razor. I still have an electric that I take on adventures, just in case.
I have tried almost every safety razor when they come on the market…the two blade,
the three blade, even a five blade. They were OK, but not spectacular. I’ve
also tried shaving cream, a shaving cream heater, gels, oils, everything.
Again, they were OK, but not spectacular. A few months ago, I tried Harry’s
razor and shaving cream. Combined they are spectacular. Daily shaving now lasts
the entire day with no 5:00 shadow. Finally! That doesn’t mean I shave everyday
during this pandemic, and that is obvious during the second afternoon. But a quick
shave with Harry’s and I’m good for a couple more days.
Today’s Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of the page
With only two days left on
your prescription, you accidentally drop the four remaining pills and they get
mixed up. Unfortunately, the pills look exactly the same and you have no way to
tell them apart.
How can you be sure you
take the correct medication?
Historical Events
64 - Great Fire of Rome occurred, destroying half of
the city. Contrary to rumors, Nero did not play the fiddle while it burned, but
he did blame "the Christians."
1799 - Indentified today, The Rosetta Stone, which was
found July 19,1799, is now the most visited object in the British museum.
1845 - The last great fire (Great New York City Fire
of 1845) to hit Manhattan began early in the morning and was subdued that
afternoon. The fire killed 4 firefighters, 26 civilians, and destroyed 345
buildings.
1848 - A two-day Women's Rights Convention opened in
Seneca Falls, New York.
1900 - The Paris Métro opened for operation.
1952 - The Summer Olympics, officially known as the
Games of the XV Olympiad, were opened in Helsinki, Finland.
1954 - Elvis Presley's first single was released.
That's All Right Mama.
1969 - Senator Ted Kennedy crashed his car into a
tidal pond at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, killing his passenger Mary
Jo Kopechne.
1977 - The world's first Global Positioning System
(GPS) signal was transmitted from Navigation Technology Satellite 2 (NTS-2) and
received at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
1979 2 supertankers collide off Tobago-260,000 tons of
oil spill
1982 David S Dodge becomes 1st American hostage in
Lebanon
1984 Geraldine A Ferraro, (Rep-D-NY), wins Democratic
VP nomination
1985 Christa McAuliffe chosen as 1st school teacher to
fly aboard the space shuttle
1993 President Clinton fires FBI director William s.
Sessions
2009 The Wesley Impact: black spot the size of Earth
discovered on Jupiter after unknown object crashed onto the planet
2015 World Health Organization puts world's Ebola
death toll at 11,284
2017 US scientists calculate total amount plastic ever
produced - 8.3 billion tonnes, equal to weight of 1 billion elephants
2017 US Senator John McCain diagnosed with brain
cancer
2018 Largest intact sarcophagus of its kind ever found
(2000 years old) opened in Alexandria, contains 3 skeletons, not a curse as
feared
2019 Largest wind farm in Africa opens at Lake
Turkana, Kenya, generating 310 megawatts
2019 Heat wave begins across the eat of America
affecting 100 million people and killing 6, with New York city declaring a
state of emergency
Birthdays Today
@89 -
Max Fleischer, Austrian-American animator, producer (d. 1972)
@89 -
Arthur Rankin Jr., American director, producer screenwriter (d. 2014)
@83 -
Edgar Degas, French painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 1917)
73 -
Brian May, English singer-songwriter, astrophysicist and guitarist [Queen]
@66 -
Lizzie Borden, acquitted of murder of her parents (d. 1927; pneumonia)
58 -
Anthony Edwards, American actor
@47 -
Samuel Colt, founded the Colt's Manufacturing Company (d. 1862; gout)
44 -
Benedict Cumberbatch, English actor
Puzzle Answer
Cut all for pills in half
and take half of each pill.
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