16 Aug

 

 
Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 34 Day 228 \ Ave. Sky Cover 40% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 83° \56° 
Wind 0mph \ Gusts 0mph  Air Quality Fair
Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 26mi \ Nearest Lightning 11mi
Aug Averages for Flagstaff: 79° \ 50° (9days of moisture)
 

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

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

9-16 
Elvis Week Link

14-20
National Motorcycle Week Link (2nd Week)
Feeding Pets of the Homeless Week Link  Link  
National Resurrect Romance Week
National Resurrect Romance Week
Weird Contest Week
National Aviation Week

15-21
US Amateur Golf Week

16-20
Numismatic Week (World's Fair of Money)

Daily Observations

Bratwurst Day
Joe Miller's Joke Day
National Airborne Day
National Rollercoaster Day
National Rum Day Link
Roller Coaster Day
Tell a Joke Day (Joe Miller’s Day)
Wave at Surveillance Day Link  Link

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Nice morning, storms arrive this afternoon.

I did some shopping at Wally World this morning. They didn’t have everything I wanted…unfortunately, this is becoming the average experience.

I am still reviewing and reading the new car manuals. Learned this morning that my power seats not only go forward and back and heat up when needed, they also do up and down. Nice!

A buddy on mine, about 15 years younger than me, is in the hospital. He used to be the head of the archery hunting group I hunted with when I was in Tuba. He got Covid about a year ago. Now he has long Covid. Last week he was flown from Tuba to Flag for treatment. His blood pressure came back under control, but his kidneys aren’t working right. He starts dialysis here in Flag while they await a ‘space’ for him in TC. Very scary.

What a tragedy…41 people, including 10 children, died in a fire at a Coptic Church in Giza. I think I saw that church when I was in Egypt long ago.

Not a lot of people realize how important the Colorado River is to our economy. It provides irrigation water to many farms in all the states. Now that Lake Mead and Lake Powell are falling to historic levels, water for irrigation is being cut off. Not surprising, the Indian tribes near the Colorado were given an allocation of water. They have never received the agreed upon amount of water as the ‘states’ always used more than they were allotted. Now the Native tribes are demanding what the agreement says. Of course, everyone else is upset.  They all need to come together to solve the problem. Thanks to 60 Minutes, more now know the problem.

Favorite Memes


 

 

 


 

One Hit Wonders

 Terry Stafford: 'Suspicion'

As an unknown singer from Amarillo, Texas, it was surprising that Terry Stafford hit the Billboard Top 100 chart, wedged between two Beatles hits. The song remained on the Billboard chart for almost four months. Stafford also sounded a lot like another chart-topping artist, Elvis Presley, who many fans originally believed sang “Suspicion.”

Historical Events

1858 – President James Buchanan inaugurated the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria in the United Kingdom.

“Europe and America are united by telegraphy. Glory to God in the highest; on earth, peace and goodwill toward men.”

1896 – Gold was found in Rabbit Creek, leading to the Great Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.

1927 – The Dole Air Race from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii. Six participating planes crashed or disappeared, only two made it to Hawaii.

1930 – The first color sound cartoon, Fiddlesticks, was released by Ub Iwerks.

1954 – The first issue of Sports Illustrated was published.

1962 – Pete Best was discharged from The Beatles, to be replaced two days later by Ringo Starr.

1989 – A solar flare from the Sun created a geomagnetic storm that affected micro chips, leading to a halt of all trading on Toronto’s stock market.

1996 – At the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield Illinois, a 3-year-old boy fell into a Gorilla enclosure and lost consciousness. Binti Jua, a female Gorilla, guarded the young boy against the other gorillas, cradled him in her arms, and carried him 60 feet to an entrance where zookeepers could retrieve him.

2008 – The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago reached 1,389 feet (423 m), making, at the time, the world’s highest residence above ground-level.

Birthdays Today

@91 – Otto Messmer, American cartoonist and animator, co-created Felix the Cat (d. 1983)
89 – Julie Newmar, American actress
@85 – Fess Parker, American actor (d. 2010)
@84 – Frank Gifford, American football player, and sportscaster (d. 2015)
@84 – Eydie Gormé, American singer (d. 2013)
@79 – Robert Culp, American actor (d. 2010; fall while walking)
69 – Kathie Lee Gifford, American talk show host
68 – James Cameron, Canadian director, producer and screenwriter
64 – Madonna, American singer-songwriter and actress
64 – Angela Bassett, American actress
62 – Timothy Hutton, American actor
60 – Steve Carell, American actor,
@46 – T. E. Lawrence, British colonel, diplomat, writer, archaeologist (d. 1935; motorcycle crash)
37 – Cristin Milioti, American actress

 

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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.