9 Aug

 

 
Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 33 Day 221 \ Ave. Sky Cover 25% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 83° \56° 
Wind 6mph \ Gusts 11mph  Air Quality Fair
High Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 29mi \ Nearest Lightning 81mi
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

5-14 
Sturgis Rally Link
Twins Day  Link   

7-13
Assistance Dog Week  Link Link
Knights of Columbus Family Week 
National Button Week Link  
National Farmers' Market Week  Link 
National Health Center Week Link  
International Psychic Week  Link 
Stop on Red Week Link

8-14  
World Karaoke Championships Link

9-16 
Elvis Week Link

Daily Observations

Book Lovers Day Link
International Day of The World's Indigenous People
Rice Pudding Day
Veep Day

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

A nice summer day. Rain expected this afternoon.

I headed out to check out new vehicles this morning. Neither Nissan nor Subaru had what I was looking for. Nissan let me test drive a Rogue. They expect some in the last week or August. A $1000 needed to hold the vehicle. I could get the money back if I don’t like the one that comes in. Subaru only wants $500 to hold a Forester that will come in a little sooner, but they don’t have any to even test drive. I’m still thinking as I don’t like buying a vehicle without seeing it. I guess if it is meant to be, it will happen.

Back in the day when I was in high school and working at a grocery store, we placed our orders every Monday and they were delivered on Wednesday by Associated Grocers. I wrongly assumed that business was still done that way. Many still do, but Walmart and Sam’s don’t. They have no warehouses. They really have no backroom or warehouse inventory. When an item is low, they order from the manufacturing site. With all the supply chain disruptions due to Covid,  this model is hurting more than the warehouse model.

Favorite Memes

 



 

 



 

One Hit Wonders

Hugh Masekela: 'Grazing in the Grass'

The South African jazz trumpeter scored a hit in 1968 with this smooth instrumental song composed by Philemon Hou. In 1969, the band The Friends of Distinction reworked the song, adding lyrics, and turned it into another chart-topper. 

Historical Events

1483 – Opening of the restored Sistine Chapel in Rome. Renaissance painters Sandro Botticelli, Pietro Perugino, Pinturicchio, Domenico Ghirlandaio and Cosimo Roselli contributed. Michelangelo added his work on the ceiling in 1508-1512.
1790 – Robert Gray, sailing The Columbia, became the first person to circumnavigate the Earth, from and to Boston, MA.
1854 – Henry David Thoreau published Walden or Life in the Woods.
1892 – Thomas Edison received a patent (#480,567) for a two-way telegraph.
1930 – Betty Boop made her cartoon debut in Dizzy Dishes.
1942 – Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi was arrested in Bombay by British forces, launching the Quit India Movement.
1944 – Nagasaki, Japan was decimated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, was dropped by the United States B-29 Bock’s Car.
1945 – The second atomic bomb was dropped on Japan. “Fat Boy” was dropped over Nagasaki, due to the city of Kokura blocked by clouds.
1969 – Followers of Charles Manson murdered pregnant actress Sharon Tate (wife of Roman Polanski), Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, Jay Sebring and Steven Parent. Leno and Rosemary LaBianca were killed by the same crew the following day.
1974 – US President Nixon resigned from office.
2001 – Gomer Pyle, the fictional TV character, was made an honorary U.S. Marine and promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal by the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps

Birthdays Today

@86 – Daniel Keyes, American short story writer, and novelist (d. 2014)
78 – Sam Elliott, American actor
@70 – Ken Norton, American boxer (d. 2013; strokes)
65 – Melanie Griffith, American actress
63 – Michael Kors, American fashion designer
58 – Hoda Kotb, American journalist, television personality
54 – Gillian Anderson, TV actor
54 – Eric Bana, Australian actor
52 – Chris Cuomo, American lawyer, journalist
@48 – Whitney Houston, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2012)
46 – Jessica Capshaw, 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.