June 10

 

 

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 24 Day: 161 \ Ave. Sky Cover: 5% \ Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff Today 85° \51° 
Wind: 7mph \ Gusts: 12mph
Extreme Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire: 10mi \ Nearest Lightning: 129mi
June Averages for Flagstaff: 80° \ 43° (1 day of moisture)
 

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

Thru Sep.5
National Marina Days (From Memorial Day to Labor Day)  Link

4-11 
International Clothesline Week

4-12 
National Lemonade Days Link

5-11   
Bedbug Awareness Week Link
Black Single Parents Week  
End Mountain Top Removal Week Link   
Flag Football Week Link 
National Business Etiquette Week   
National Headache Awareness Week Link  
Pet Appreciation Week
Pet Appreciation Week  Link Link

Daily Observations

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Heat wave continues.

Our retirement group met for lunch…Mary, Mike, Faith, and I had a great meal at one of our favorites…Fat Olives. Good conversation, good food. Faith and Andy are headed for a cruise to Alaska at the end of the month. Mike and Mary will be heading to Mary’s beach house also at the end of the month.

My parents were married on June 10, 1939. They had 54 happy years together and are still missed today.

The FBI is facing a $1 billion lawsuit for their handling of the gymnastic scandal. About a dozen female gymnasts filed the suit. A sad page for sports that can not be swept under the rug.

Looks like the Bronco’s are now owned by one of the Walmart heirs. Wonder what will change.

Favorite Memes

 





 

 


 

Everyday Phrases with a Dark Meaning

Pulling my leg

"Pulling my leg" is usually used when someone is trying to fool us, or playing us in a way. It's a popular expression in the UK, and it can be traced back to Victorian London.

Back then, dragging a person by the leg was a common way for robbers to get their hands on one's possessions.

Riddle of the Day

  What can you hold in your right hand, but never in your left hand?

 Take it slow and easy with this one. Perhaps if take a look at your own hands, that might give you a clue based on logic.


                                                                                           Answer: Your left hand. 

Historical Events

Ë 1692 – Bridget Bishop was hanged at Gallows Hill during the Salen Witch Trials.
Ë 1809 – The first steamboat to navigate the open seas, the Phoenix paddlewheel steamboat took 13 days to sail from New York City to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Ë 1854 – The first class of United States Naval Academy students graduated.
Ë 1902 – The US patent (#701,839) for a window envelope was issued to Americus F. Callahan of Chicago, Ill., which he called the outlook envelope.
Ë 1916 – An Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire led by Lawrence of Arabia began.
Ë 1935 – Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by Dr. Robert Smith and Bill Wilson.
Ë 1943 – Laszlo Biro filed for a British patent (British #564172) on a practical ballpoint pen with quick-drying ink.
Ë 1944 – 15-year-old Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds became the youngest player ever in a Major League Baseball game.
Ë 1947 – Saab produced its first automobile.
Ë 1952 – Mylar was registered as a DuPont trademark for a strong polyester film that grew out of the development of Dacron, a product of the early 1950s.
Ë 1963 – The Equal Pay Act of 1963, aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex, was signed into law by President John F. Kennedy.
Ë 1967 – The Six-Day War ended when Israel and Syria agreed to a cease-fire.
Ë 1991 – 11-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard was kidnapped in South Lake Tahoe, California; she was freed in 2009.
Ë 1994 – Pay television content descriptors which describe the varying degrees of suggestive or explicit content in a series and movies began being broadcast by pay channels such as HBO, Cinemax, and Showtime.
Ë 2003 – The Spirit rover was launched, beginning NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover mission.

Birthdays Today

@99 – Prince Phillip (d. 2021)
@59 – Hattie McDaniel, American actress (d. 1952; breast cancer)
57 – Elizabeth Hurley, English model, character actress
54 – Bill Burr, American comedian, actor
@47 – Judy Garland, American singer, actress (d. 1969; OD)\

 

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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.