Aug 9

 

Aug , 2021 Week: 33 Day: 221

Ave. Sky Cover:  5%\Visibility: 10 miles

Local Temp:   83°\ 51° Wind: 8mph\ Gusts: 14mph

High risk of fire Active fire: 279mi. \ Lightning: 368mi.

Aug Averages: 79°\50° (9 days w/moisture) 

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Weekly Observations

 

Gallop International Tribal Indian Powwow

7/31-8/9

National Environmental Services Week: Li`nk

2-20 

Sturgis Rally: Link 

6-15 

National Motorcycle Week Link 
Feeding Pets of the Homeless Week
Link  Link  
National Resurrect Romance Week

Weird Contest Week

 

8-14 

Safe and Sound Week Link

US Amateur Golf Week

9-15 

 

Daily Oberservations

 

 

Book Lovers Day

Rice Pudding Day

Veep Day

 

 

 

Favorite Memes

 

 







 


 


 

 

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 

A warm day with a breeze that makes it tolerable.

A friend called about 9a and needed to be taken to Auto-Zone for a part. I went outside and my ride wouldn’t start. Lucky for me a repair guy pulled in to work on my neighbor’s place. He had jumper cables and my car stated. Then I had to clean off the battery posts and everything worked great. I took my friend to Auto-Zone, stayed in the car with the engine running, took the friend back home. Then I came home before turning off the vehicle. It gave plenty of time for the battery to recharge. I turned off the engine, waited a few minutes, and checked…it restarted right up. I’ll take the battery in for a check. It may be time to buy a new one.


The final games were great yesterday. I decided not to tape the closing, so I will watch it tonight…unfortunately with commercials. With all the concerns about Covid, the lack of audiences at all events, the athletes gave us a good Olympics. I enjoyed everything I watched. I even learned about some sports I was not familiar with.

While cruising around this morning, I listened to an NPR show with the travel guy Rick Steves. He was talking about Covid and travel. He was very upbeat and gave some great ideas for travelers in the future. The last part of the show was call-in, and participants told their travel during the pandemic stories. One lady was in Marrakesh, Morocco with friends when they couldn’t get out of Morocco for a few days, then had to fly to Europe to get back to the US. A friend in the US was able to book flights for travelers on the internet, as she couldn’t get anyone to answer a phone in Morocco, or in Poland. She said the airlines and booking companies were understaffed and overwhelmed. Another group of 12 was stranded in a small town in Italy for two weeks when the town locked down. The great thing…every call-in traveler is traveling again as soon as it is allowed/safe. They all realized you just deal with it the best you can, enjoy what you can, and be grateful that it could have been much worse.  A very uplifting program for travelers. 

Historical Events

 

1790 – Robert Gray, sailing The Columbia, became the first person to circumnavigate the Earth, from and to Boston, MA.

1803 Robert Fulton tests his steam paddleboat on the River Seine, France, but it sinks

1848 US Barnburners (anti-slavery) party merges with Free Soil Party nominating Martin Van Buren for president

1854 American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau publishes "Walden"

1877 Henry Morton Stanley's party reaches Boma, Congo, after 999 days, losing half of the 228 members.

1942 Mahatma Gandhi and 50 others arrested in Bombay after passing of a "quit India" motion and campaign by the All-India Congress

1945 – The second atomic bomb was dropped on Japan. “Fat Boy” was dropped over Nagasaki, due to the city of Kokura blocked by clouds.

1974 – US President Nixon resigned from office.

2000 South African President Thabo Mbeki unveils the Women's Monument commemorating the role of women in the anti-apartheid struggle

2017 Giant inflatable chicken resembling US President Donald Trump placed outside US White House as a political protest

 


Birthdays Today

77 – Sam Elliott, American actor

64 – Melanie Griffith, American actress

62 – Michael Kors, American fashion designer

57 – Hoda Kotb, American journalist, television personality

53 – Gillian Anderson, actor

51 – Chris Cuomo, American lawyer, and journalist

@48 – Whitney Houston, singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2012)

 

 

 

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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.