Nov 25

 

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Nov 25, 2020  Week: 48 Day: 330	Local:  H 50°\ L 22°\Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind:   2mph\Gusts:  3mph	Nearest lightning:  500mi.; active fire:  59mi
Low Risk of Fire	Visibility:  10mi
Record: 73°[2017]   Record: -8°[1906]	Nov Averages: 53°\23° (3 days with moisture)

 

Today’s  Quote

I work very hard, and I play very hard.

I'm grateful for life.

And I live it - I believe life loves the liver of it.

I live it.

Maya Angelou

 

Random Tidbits

 The Heintzman Crystal Piano was made in Beijing this 9 foot piano was recently purchased at auction by a private bidder for $3.22 million.

 

A little humor

I remember being able to get up without making sound effects.

 

True Things

An elementary school in France put up a pair of posters outside their fence with an unusual request for parents: Don't throw late students over the closed gate. The Trillade school in Avignon put up signs outside its gate showing a cartoon of a parent sending a small child airborne to get over the fence. The text on the sign asks parents not to throw their children, and instead wait for the gates to be opened again at 10 a.m. or 3 p.m. Principal Sanaa Meziane told La Provence that parents "literally threw their children" over the gate when they arrived to find it closed. Meziane said there were only a few scattered incidents, and no reported injuries, but there were enough tossed children to inspire school officials to take action and post the warnings as a "reminder."

 

Observations This Week

Nat’l Seat Belt Reinforcement Week: 9-29 Link	Church/State Separation Week: 22-28   GERD Awareness Week: 22-28  Link
Nat’l Farm-City Week: 19-26	Nat’l Bible Week: 22-29  Nat’l Family Week: 22-28  Nat’l Game & Puzzle Week: 22-28
InterNat’l Games Week: 21-28	Better Conversation Week: 23-28

 

Observations for Today

Blase'Day

Cake Day

Internat’l Day For the Elimination of Violence Against Women Day

Internat’l Hat Day

Shopping Reminder Day

National “Eat with a Friend” Day

National Jukebox Day

National Parfait Day

National Play With Dad Day

National Tie One On Day

Spitegiving

Tie One On Day

 

My Rambling Thoughts

It has chilled down quite a bit…time to start getting ready for winter.

Better late than never…GSA ascertainment acknowledged. For those who might have forgotten the Hayes-Tiden election in 1876 was not settled until 2 days before the inauguration in March, 1877.

Anyone who has taught in a school knows that many don’t listen. It helps to keep repeating important stuff, hoping they will get it. The same is true about masking up and staying home during the pandemic. I remember my first Thanksgiving without family around. It was difficult for sure. I had friends around and had a nice meal, but it wasn’t the same. The important thing is I survived it. Lots of travelers aren’t listening. Sad as travel numbers increase…that will lead to more infections.

As a former Fed employee, I am happy to see Biden putting government experience into his cabinet and in other positions. My only concern is that many will see this as just an Obama 3^rd term and our country will have a harder time becoming united again. Biden’s greatest challenge, after Covid, is to bring us together to make a better country.

 

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I? 

 

Historical Events

1792 – The Old Farmer’s Almanac first published by Robert B. Thomas. He added “Old” to the title in 1832 because there was so much competition in the Farmer’s Almanac business.

1884 – The patent (#308,422) for the process of evaporated milk was issued to John Meyenberg, of St Louis, Missouri.

1920 – The Philadelphia Thanksgiving Day Parade is the oldest in the US, starting on this date.

1937 – World’s Fair of Paris (Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne – International Exposition dedicated to Art and Technology in Modern Life) closed, with 31.2 million visitors.

1940 – Woody Woodpecker debuted with the release of Walter Lantz’s Knock Knock. He was actually the antagonist to Andy Panda (already established character) in the cartoon.

1963 – John F. Kennedy was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. The flags in Arlington National Cemetery are flown at half-staff from a half-hour before the first funeral until a half-hour after the last funeral each day. Lee Harvey Oswald is buried in Fort Worth, Texas.

1973 – Maximum speed limit was cut to 55 MPH as an energy conservation measure in the US.

1979 – Pat Summerall and John Madden broadcasted an NFL game (Vikings vs Buccaneers) together for the first time.

1984 – Band-Aid which was founded by Bob Geldof to help raise money to assist famine-stricken Ethiopia, recorded the single Do They Know It’s Christmas in a London studio.

2009 – Wikileaks – Information about the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon were distributed online, with more than 500,000 intercepted pager messages, mainly from US officials posted by WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange.

2009 Flooding in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; powerful storm brings 3 years worth of rain in 4 hours, killing over 150 people and sweeping thousands of cars away during Hajj

2014 Protest erupt across US after a decision by Missouri grand jury not to bring charges against a white policeman who shot dead a black teenager…Missouri Governor Jay Nixon orders hundreds more US National Guard troops to the town of Ferguson to prevent a second night of rioting and looting

2015 Pope Francis begins his trip to Africa, visiting Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic

2019 Priceless royal jewelry stolen from Dresden Green Vault, in Germany, from one of Europe's greatest treasure collections

2019 Louis Vuitton (LVMH) buys jeweler Tiffany & Co. for over $16 billion

 

Birthdays Today

@95 – Noel Neill, American actress (Lois Lane), (d. 2016)

@88 – Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican-American actor Kahn on Star Trek, Mr. Roarke on Fantasy Island (d. 2009)

@84 – Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player and coach (d. 1999)

@83 – Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman, philanthropist (d.1919)

@73 – Percy Sledge, American singer (d.2015; liver cancer)

76 – Ben Stein, American actor, performer (“Bueller? Bueller?”)

73 – John Larroquette, American actor

@64 – Carrie Nation, American Prohibition activist known for attacking bars with a hatchet, (d. 1911)

60 – Amy Grant, American Singer/Songwriter

49 – Christina Applegate, American actress, singer, dancer, and producer

@38 – John F. Kennedy, Jr, American lawyer and publisher (d. 1999)

 

Puzzle Answer

An echo

Enjoy the Holiday