Aug 27, 2021 Week: 35 Day: 239
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Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
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National Little League Week Link |
19-29 |
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Brake Safety Week Link |
22-28 |
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National Composites
Week Link |
23-27 |
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Paralympic Games |
24-9/5 |
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Be Kind To Humankind Week |
25-31 |
Daily Oberservations
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Banana
Lovers Day The
Duchess Who Wasn’t Day Perhaps
the most important reason to celebrate this day is to honor Margaret
Hungerford, who made great contributions to literature. She captured the
essence of modern society at the time, often using the setting of Ireland as
the setting for her novels, but also as the backdrop for her stories. To
maintain morality appropriate to the time, relying on flirtatious dialogue
and tender love scenes, Margaret’s turn-of-the-century romance style was very
en vogue, keeping moral values upright and morally contemporary. The Irish
author Margaret Wolfe Hungerford was not actually a duchess, but a celebrated
novelist of the late 19th century who wrote largely under the assumed name
“The Duchess”. Just
Because Day Pots
du Creme Day |
Favorite Memes
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A
quick smile!
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The
genie asked, "What’s your first wish?" Steve
replied, "I wish I was rich!" The
genie nodded and said, "What’s your second wish, Rich? "Rich
exclaimed, "I want lots of money!" |
My
Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
A
warm and nice day. I had lunch with Mary. Good food, better conversation. Nice
all around.
My
day started with an email from Medicare. Turns out my CPAP machine might be
recalled. I called my CPAP provider as soon as they opened. He said I needed to
call the tollfree number in the email and that he can’t do anything. I called,
had a terrible connection, finally just hung up and called again. They
registered the machine and said to keep checking the website for updates. They
said I shouldn’t use the machine. I called back to the CPAP provider and spoke
to the respiratory therapist. Finally got some answers. Phillips, the company
who makes the machine, discovered that those people who use the ‘So Clean’
machine to keep the machine clean also causes something inside to deteriorate which
leaves black foam particles in the water. That can be inhaled and cause
problems for the patient. The problem has happened to 0.02% of users. He said
he has been dealing with this for 2 months. He said I have to make my own
decisions. There are no new machines available due to ‘manufacturing’ problems.
He said to call my physician. I called and left a message regarding the
machine. I’m sure I’ll get the same answers. The therapist also said he has
been checking the website for 2+ months and no new information has been posted
in all that time.
Then
I turned on the TV to see the horror in Afghanistan. What a mess and everybody
is very busy spinning the story and pointing fingers. That doesn’t help the
dead Marines or the dead Afghans.
The
new governor of NY has revised the number of
people who died from COVID in the early days…that number jumped by
12,000 the Cuomo administration had not released. Very sad and disturbing.
Historical
Events
1776 –
In what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe
defeated Americans under General George Washington in The Revolutionary War’s
Battle of Long Island..
1859 –
Petroleum was discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania leading to the world’s
first commercially successful oil well.
1883
Krakatoa volcano, west of Java in Indonesia, erupts with a force of 1,300
megatons and kills approximately 40,000 people
1942
Soviet woman sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko arrives in Washington D.C., the 1st
Soviet citizen welcomed at the White House, by Eleanor Roosevelt
1984 US
President Ronald Reagan announces 'Teacher in Space' project
2000
540-metre (1,772 ft)-tall Ostankino Tower in Moscow catches fire, three people
are killed.
2003 –
The initial six-party talks, involving South and North Korea, the United
States, China, Japan and Russia, convene to find a peaceful resolution to the
security concerns of the North Korean nuclear weapons program.
2018 UN
releases report saying Myanmar military leaders should face genocide and crimes
against humanity charges for violence against Rohingya
Birthdays
Today
@78 – Martha Raye, actress, comedian (d.1994; pneumonia)
78
– Tuesday Weld, American actress
74
– Barbara Bach, American actress
69
– Paul Ruebens, Pee Wee Herman, actor
@64 – Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President (d. 1973; heart attack)
52
– Chandra Wilson, American actress
42
– Aaron Paul, American actor
@32 – Charles Rolls, English engineer, and businessman, co-founded
Rolls-Royce Limited (d. 1910; air crash)
29
– Blake Jenner, American actor, singer
