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Jun 11, 2021 Week: 24
Day: 162 |
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Visibility: 10 miles Ave. Sky Cover: 10% |
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Local: H 78°\ L 40° |
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Wind: 11mph/ Gusts: 25mph Red Flag |
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EXTREME Risk of Fire:
Active fire: 22mi Nearest Lightning: 1111mi. |
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Jun Averages: 70°/42° (1 day w/moisture) |
Today’s Quote
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No amount of
experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong. Albert Einstein |
Random Tidbits
French aviation pioneer
Gustave de Ponton d'Amecourt built a steam-driven model helicopter in 1863. He
also coined the word 'helicopter'.
Although different
sources such as coal, nuclear, geothermal and solar thermal, are used to heat
the water, nearly 90 percent of the electricity we use is generated through the
use of steam.
Humor
I experienced the WORST customer service at a store yesterday, I don't
want to mention the name of the place yet because I'm not sure how I'm going to
proceed. Last night I bought something from there, I paid cash for it. I took
it home and found out it didn't work. So today, less than 24 hours later I took
it back to the store and asked if I could get a refund. The girl that was
working told me “NO” even though I still had the receipt. I asked if I could
get a replacement instead then, again - she flat out says "NO." I
asked to talk to a manager because now I'm really not happy and I explained
that I had just bought the item, had got it home and it was no good. The
manager just smiled and told me to my face that I was "OUT OF LUCK".
No refund.
No FREE replacement. Grrrrrrrrr. . . . . .
I''ll tell you what...I am NEVER buying another Lotto Ticket from
there again .........EVER.........
True Things
Least Competent Criminal
Authorities in Camden
County, Missouri, arrested Leigh Ann Bauman, 43, a prominent Lake of the Ozarks
real estate agent and self-described "cheer mom," on March 4 for
plotting to kill her former mother-in-law. Prosecutors say Bauman offered to
pay $1,500 to a person in St. Louis who contacted the Missouri Highway Patrol
and then turned informant, recording Bauman's request that the "look like
an accident," and later saying she's a Christian but she could ask for
forgiveness later. According to The Daily Beast, Bauman also texted her
daughter, saying, "Your grandmother will die." She is being held
without bond in the Camden County Jail. [The Daily Beast, 3/5/2021]
Weekly Observations
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International Clothesline Week |
5-12 |
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National Lemonade Days Link |
5-13 |
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Bedbug Awareness Week Link |
6-12 |
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Duct Tape Days: Cancelled |
10-12 |
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Great American Brass Band Week Link |
11-12 |
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Westminster Dog Show Not open to the
public! Link |
12-13 |
Today’s Observations
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German Chocolate
Day National
Cotton Candy Day Link National
Making Life Beautiful Day Link |
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
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As the fire north of Flag
grows, now 5000 acres with ZERO containment, the weather guy made it a Red
Flag Day. Not what was needed. The Canadian company behind the
Keystone XL project has pulled out after Biden stopped any extension until
the environmental impact could be studied. This is good news for the planet
but won’t help with our energy costs. Last week the FDA approved an experimental
drug that slows Alzheimer’s. While it is not a cure, and needs more study, it
may help many in the early stages of the disease. I have lost friends,
colleagues, and classmates to this destructive disease. This is good news. One of the teachers I worked
with in Tuba years ago has made the news. I knew her when she was a
Kindergarten teacher, then helped her move up to the Agency job as Special
Education Director. She left the Bureau and moved back to her home in Blackfeet
country, Montana. It was just announced
that she is now the first Blackfeet to be ordained a local Pastor of the United
Methodist Church. Gail sure has had an
interesting life. It is probably a coincidence,
but the small TV I have in my bedroom has a volume control problem. It occurred
when the cable remote died. I had to get a new remote from the cable company.
Now the volume says it is at full volume, but it is really at about half
volume. I tried the volume control on the TV and still no better. The TV is
only about 15 years old, so I guess it is time to find a new TV. I only watch
it about 15 minutes at night. I set the timer for 15 minutes, and I’m asleep
before it turns off. The other time is when I shower and then I just listen
to it. |
Daily Riddle
Answer: bottom of the page
A man dies of old age on his 25th birthday. How is this possible?
Historical Events
1742 – Benjamin Franklin invented the Franklin stove. He chose not to
patent it.
1793 – Robert Heterick was issued the patent (#X000063) for a stove
design of cast iron
1837 – The Broad Street Riot occurred in Boston, fueled by ethnic
tensions between Yankees and the Irish.
1895 – Charles E. Duryea was granted the first US patent (#540,648)
for a gasoline-driven automobile.
1895 – Paris–Bordeaux–Paris, the first automobile race in history or
the “first motor race”, took place.
1919 – Sir Barton wins the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first horse to
win the U.S. Triple Crown.
1963 – Alabama Governor George Wallace (D) stood at the door of Foster
Auditorium at the University of Alabama in an attempt to block two black
students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from attending the school.
1963 – Buddhist monk Thích Quang Ðuc burned himself alive with
gasoline in a Saigon intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in
South Vietnam.
1970 – After being appointed on May 15, Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P.
Hoisington officially receive their ranks as the first female US Army Generals.
1982 – E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial was released in theaters.
2002 – Antonio Meucci was acknowledged as the first inventor of the
telephone by the United States Congress. His 1871 patent was not as detailed as
Alexander Graham Bell’s 1876 patent.
2004 Ronald Reagan's funeral is held at Washington National Cathedral.
2008 Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper made an official
historic apology to Canada's First Nations in regard to a residential school
abuse in which children were isolated from their homes, families and cultures
for a century
2009 The World Health Organization declares H1N1 swine flu to be a
global pandemic, the first such incident in over forty years
2018 In landmark
ruling, US Attorney General Jeff Sessions rejects El Salvador woman's asylum
request based on domestic abuse
2019 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces plan to ban
single-use plastics by 2021
2020 Pan-American Health Organization warns pandemic spreading
"exponentially" in many areas of the region, home to nearly half of
all cases worldwide
Birthdays Today
@92 – Jeannette
Rankin, American social worker, politician (d. 1973)
@87 – Jacques
Cousteau, French biologist, author, and inventor, co-developed the aqua-lung (d.
1997)
@83 – Gene Wilder,
American comedic actor (d. 2016)
65 – Joe Montana, American football player
62 – Hugh Laurie, English actor
61 -- Mehmet Oz, TV doctor with some controversy
@57 – Vince
Lombardi, football player, coach, manager (d. 1970; cancer)
52 – Peter Dinklage, American actor
35 – Shia LaBeouf, American actor
Puzzle Answer
He was born on February 29
