Flagstaff Almanac: Day: 239 / Week: 35
August Averages: 78° \ 50°
Today:
Average Sky Cover: 100%
H 63°… L 50°… Ave. humidity: 62%
Wind: ave: 2mph; Gusts: 25mph
Average High: 78° Record High: 88° (1944)
Average Low: 47° Record Low: 36° (1978)
Quote of the Day
Historical Highlights for Today
1667 - Earliest recorded hurricane in North America (Jamestown Virginia)
1832 - Black Hawk, leader of Sauk, gives himself up
1859 - 1st successful oil well drilled, near Titusville, Penn by Edwin Drake
1892 - NYC Metropolitan Opera House catches fire
1912 - Edgar Rice Burroughs publishes "Tarzan of the Apes"
1942 - Cuba declares war on Germany, Japan & Italy
1955 - "Guinness Book of World Records" 1st published
1961 - Francis the Talking Mule is mystery guest on "What's My Line"
1976 - Transsexual Renee Richards barred from competing in US Tennis Open
1984 - US President Ronald Reagan announces Teacher in Space project
2008 - Barack Obama becomes the 1st African-American to be nominated by a major political party
♫ Birthdays Today: ♫
How many can you identify? Answers in Birthday’s Today below
My Rambling Thoughts
A cool day, cloudy most of the day, rain was trying to fall, but didn’t really start until mid-afternoon. Bring it on. Thunder started a little before the rain, so it will probably be a noisy afternoon and evening. We are still under a flash flood watch until 11pm. Sounds like this storm may be a big one.
So a hostage was released and an American citizen, who had joined ISIS has been killed. The State Dept. is saying there are as many as 100 Americans who have headed that way to train with ISIS. That does not include other Western countries that have citizens training with ISIS. Such a sad state of affairs.
My foot pain actually almost disappeared yesterday after only one day of pain pills. I sure hope the Dr. can figure this out before I leave for Ireland. An attack over there would be tolerable, but would make some of the tourist things a little bothersome. I find out Thursday.
Game Center (answers at the end of post)
Brain Teasers
There are over fifty members in my family;
Yet none quarrel. We all live merrily.
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Four leaders have we, all with a bride;
Each has a son who has great pride.
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We also have servants who make funny gestures;
But they are hardly used, as they often pester.
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The peasants are at the bottom of the line;
Although they outnumber us, they haven't a right mind.
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What are we?
Yet none quarrel. We all live merrily.
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Four leaders have we, all with a bride;
Each has a son who has great pride.
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We also have servants who make funny gestures;
But they are hardly used, as they often pester.
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The peasants are at the bottom of the line;
Although they outnumber us, they haven't a right mind.
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What are we?
Found on You Tube with some relevance to today
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Paraphernalia 4 the Brain:
Africa Facts…
The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%. The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%.
Brain Facts…
You see your nose at all times, your brain just chooses to ignore it.
Computer Facts…
The Firefox emblem isn't actually a fox, but a red panda.
Flagstaff, AZ History…
50 YEARS AGO
New offices and a laboratory are being constructed here on McMillan Mesa for Eugene Shoemaker, 14 additional geophysicists and scientists in other fields for their use in their work with the new 30-inch reflecting scope installed on Anderson Mesa last year.
Harper’s Index
Amount Americans spent on mayonnaise last year: $2,000,000,000
Language Facts…
Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
Rules of Thumb…
MAIL-ORDER ADVERTISING
Ten to 15 percent of the people who accept a trial offer will decide for one reason or another to return the merchandise. But a trial offer will normally produce about twice as many orders as a money-back guarantee.
Superstitions…
If one walks underneath an open ladder it is said to bring bad luck. Sometimes it is said that this can be undone by immediately walking backwards back underneath the ladder.
Unusual Fact of the Day…
Despite his amazing success as a songwriter in the early 60s, Paul McCartney wanted to test the theory whether it was the Lennon-McCartney name that made hit songs. He wrote "Woman" for Peter & Gordon using the pseudonym "Bernard Webb." The song became a hit.
Joke-of-the-day
Three men were sitting on a park bench. The one in the middle was reading a newspaper; the others were pretending to fish. They baited imaginary hooks, cast lines, and reeled in their catch.
A passing policeman stopped to watch the spectacle and asked the man in the middle if he knew the other two.
“Oh yes” he said. “They ‘re my friends.”
“In that case,” warned the officer, “you’d better get them out of here!”
“Yes, sir” the man replied, and he began rowing furiously.
Yeah, It Really Happened
A convenience store owner in New York (or was it New Jersey?) had to personally chase down a shoplifter who has robbed his store several times because the police refuse to respond to so-called petty crimes.
That is not likely to happen at "Shooters Grill" in Rifle, Colorado, where all nine of the servers at the restaurant pack heat as they shuttle plates of food to diners, from Glock semi-automatics to Ashlee Saenz's thigh-length Rueger Blackhawk .357 six-shooter. On the wall, posted alongside copies of the Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights, is a sign declaring that those inside are still "proudly clinging to my guns and Bible."
Owner Lauren Boebert, 27, says she didn't start out to make a statement when she began carrying a pistol on her hip a month after opening Shooters a year ago. But through the months, her other waitresses thought it was kind of fun and they, too, started carrying in this town of 9,200 about 180 miles west of Denver.
"We don't worship guns. We worship Jesus," said Boebert, a mother of four whose husband works in the oil industry. "We're here to serve people."
Menu items include the M16 burrito, the Swiss and Wesson grilled cheese, and "Locked and Loaded nachos."
"I'm from Texas," said one diner. "This is normal."
And that's just how Boebert sees it. Rifle is hunting country with outfitters offering to help visitors track down and shoot elk and deer roaming the nearby high-country forests and canyons. Legend says the area got its name when a surveyor left his gun leaning against a tree and marked his map with "rifle" to remind himself where it was.
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That is not likely to happen at "Shooters Grill" in Rifle, Colorado, where all nine of the servers at the restaurant pack heat as they shuttle plates of food to diners, from Glock semi-automatics to Ashlee Saenz's thigh-length Rueger Blackhawk .357 six-shooter. On the wall, posted alongside copies of the Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights, is a sign declaring that those inside are still "proudly clinging to my guns and Bible."
Owner Lauren Boebert, 27, says she didn't start out to make a statement when she began carrying a pistol on her hip a month after opening Shooters a year ago. But through the months, her other waitresses thought it was kind of fun and they, too, started carrying in this town of 9,200 about 180 miles west of Denver.
"We don't worship guns. We worship Jesus," said Boebert, a mother of four whose husband works in the oil industry. "We're here to serve people."
Menu items include the M16 burrito, the Swiss and Wesson grilled cheese, and "Locked and Loaded nachos."
"I'm from Texas," said one diner. "This is normal."
And that's just how Boebert sees it. Rifle is hunting country with outfitters offering to help visitors track down and shoot elk and deer roaming the nearby high-country forests and canyons. Legend says the area got its name when a surveyor left his gun leaning against a tree and marked his map with "rifle" to remind himself where it was.
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In May, the Denver-based Chipotle burrito chain asked gun owners to stop bringing guns into the company's stores following a series of demonstrations from strident Second Amendment supporters in Texas. And last year, Starbucks also asked gun owners to leave their weapons behind when buying coffee.
However, in Rifle, Boebert said the local Starbucks franchisee has no problem when she walks in wearing her Springfield XDS .45.
A sign on the front door welcomes armed patrons and asks them to abide by the same rules but adds, "in such cases, judicious marksmanship appreciated."
"There's no point to be made," Boebert said as her waitresses refilled ketchup bottles and wiped down menus, readying for the dinner rush. "This is our way of life."
However, in Rifle, Boebert said the local Starbucks franchisee has no problem when she walks in wearing her Springfield XDS .45.
A sign on the front door welcomes armed patrons and asks them to abide by the same rules but adds, "in such cases, judicious marksmanship appreciated."
"There's no point to be made," Boebert said as her waitresses refilled ketchup bottles and wiped down menus, readying for the dinner rush. "This is our way of life."
Somewhat Useless Information
Are you a creative thinker? Do you systematically dig into yourself and look for new ideas that will help you improve the important parts of your life?
You can make the negative hypothesis disappear from your life if you follow seven principles of creative thinking:
Ask questions
Practice zero-based thinking
Change your mind
Admit when you are wrong
Continue to learn
Be goal oriented
Eliminate your ego
Generate new ideas
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Tennis was first developed in France and its original name was ‘tenez’ derived from ‘tenir’ meaning ‘here you are’.
However, tennis lost popularity in France and gained greater popularity in England. Each time British people hit the ball they used to say “tenez”, which in the British accent sounded like “tennis”.
This is how tennis got its new spelling. When tennis gained popularity all over the world, even French used to spell it like “tennis”!
Check Your Calendar
Observances This Week:
24-30
Today Is
Global Forgiveness Day
Just Because Day
The Duchess Who Wasn't Day- celebrates the life of Margaret Wolfe Hungerford, an Irish novelist who was always published under the pen name “The Duchess”
Tug-of-War Day
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Independence Day (Moldova-1991-from USSR)
Today’s Events through History
1601 - Olivier van Noort completes first Dutch exploration of new world
1783 - First hydrogen balloon flight (unmanned); reaches 900 m altitude
1939 - Heinkel He-178 makes first manned flight with rocket/jet propulsion
Birthday’s Today
Tommy Sands, singer/actor (Teenage Rock) is 77
[Susan] Tuesday Weld, actress (Dobie Gillis, Wild in Country) is 71
G W Bailey, actor (Police Academy, The Closer) is 70
Barbara Bach [Goldbach], actress (The Spy Who Loved Me) is 67
Pee-wee Herman, [Paul Reubens], NY, actor (Pee-wee's Big Adventure) is 62
"Downtown" Julie Brown, TV host (Club MTV, Inside Edition) is 55
Remembered for being born today
Hannibal Hamlin, (R) 15th VP (1809-1891)
Charles Gates Dawes, (R) 30th VP (1925-29, Nobel 1925) (1901-1965)
Theodore Dreiser, US, novelist (Sister Carie, American Tragedy) ()
Al Ritz, [Joaquim], actor (Ritz Brothers) ()
Lyndon B. Johnson, (D) 36th US President (1908-1973)
Martha Raye, [Margaret Reed], actress (Martha Raye Show) (1916-1994)
Historical Obits Today
W E B Du Bois, scholar/founder (NAACP), 1963, @95
Rowland Hill, introduced postage stamps, 1879, @83
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma assassinated, 1979, @79
Bennett Cerf, (Random House)/panelist (What's My Line), 1971, @73
Gracie Allen, actress (Burns & Allen), heart attack, 1964, @62
Greg Morris, actor (Mission Impossible), cancer, 1996, @62
Stevie Ray Vaughan, blues guitarist, helicopter crash, 1990, @35
Brian Epstein, rock manager (Beatles), overdose, 1967, @32
Brain Teasers
A Deck of Standard Playing Cards
Fifty-four cards in a standard deck.
Four Kings, four Queens, and four Jacks.
The servants are the Jesters.
The peasants are the number cards.
Fifty-four cards in a standard deck.
Four Kings, four Queens, and four Jacks.
The servants are the Jesters.
The peasants are the number cards.
Disclaimer: All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or disagree.
All ‘data’ info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one other source, but I have learned that every site has mistakes and sadly once out the information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted [1582] the dates may not be totally accurate.
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