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Dec 20, 2020
Week: 52 Day: 355 |
Local: H 45°\ L 18°\Average Sky Cover: 5% |
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Wind: 3mph\Gusts: 7mph |
Nearest lightning: 1038mi.; Active fire: 59mi |
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Moderate Risk of Fire |
Visibility:
10mi |
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Record: 62°[2018] Record: -12°[1924]
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Nov Averages: 44°/\17° (5 days with moisture) |
Today’s Quote
I shut my eyes in
order to see.
Paul Gauguin
Random
Tidbits
Deadly Plants
Giant Pitcher Plant
Discovered more than 5000 feet above sea level on Mount Victoria in the Philippines,
the giant, carnivorous pitcher plant secretes a nectar-like substance to lure
unsuspecting prey into a pool of enzymes and acid.
Castor Bean Plant
Castor-bean plants can be purchased at just about any garden center, despite
containing the deadly poison ricin.
A
little humor
What kind of joke do you
tell a vegetarian? One they've never herbivore..
******
-I had to discipline my
weed whacker the other day. It just got out of line
True
Things
Police say Lisa
Degerolamo and Daniel McLaughlin, both 29, went to a Wal-Mart in Falmouth,
Massachusetts and stole a 60-inch flat screen TV, but as they were loading it
into their SUV, a man and his wife noticed them.
They also saw a young boy in a car seat in the
back.
Now, the story gets a little fuzzy about how the
couple managed to stroll out of a Wal-Mart carrying a stolen 60-inch TV between
them, but the witness did detail how the flat screen would not fit in the back
seat and Mr. McLaughlin's attempt to wedge the door shut by wrapping a towel
around it.
An attempt that failed, because the witness said
that as soon as they took off and sped around a corner, the door popped open
and the boy "flew out of the car and hit his head off the concrete."
That didn't even slow down the driver, Lisa
Degerolamo, who sped away.
The witness and his wife rushed to comfort the
5-year-old, and while they were sitting in the street Degerolamo swung back
around to pick up the boy, who she probably assumed had stopped bouncing by
that time.
It didn't take long for police to find the
couple and arrest them at their home. The child is now in the custody of the
Department of Children and Families and Degerolamo and McLaughlin were each
ordered held on $2,500 bail, which is not much more than a 60-inch flat screen
would have cost if they were to have bought one.
Observations
This Week
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Christmas Bird Count Week Link………………… |
14-1/5 |
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Halcyon Days…………………………………………….. |
14-28 |
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Posadas…………………………………………………….. |
16-24 |
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Saturnalia…Roman Festival for Saturn………. |
17-23 |
Observations
for Today
Games Day Link
Go
Caroling Day
International Human
Solidarity Day
Mudd Day
National Sangria Day
Poet Laureate Day
World Day of Prayer and Action for
Children Link
My
Rambling Thoughts
Seasons are ready to change on the calendar. Turned mattress, washed
linens, and put a new toothbrush head on my Sonicare today. Ready for the winter.
I’m still debating my trip to Mexico. Have one more day to finally
decide. Whatever I choose, it will work out fine.
Wondering why the Pentagon suddenly stopped meeting with the
transition team. With all going on, this seems like a political move rather than
a National Security move. I for one do not want another 9/11. The Trump DOD
says it was a mutual decision, for the holidays. The transition team says there
was no mutual decision about meetings. Guess I’ll just have to wonder.
CNN & Sesame Street collaborated on a Saturday morning program for
kids and their questions about Covid. I watched part of it, and it was interesting
and educational. Good job.
Today’s
Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of the page
A girl who was just
learning to drive went down a one-way street in the wrong direction, but didn’t
break the law.
Historical
Events
1803 – Although officially signed in April 1803, the French flag came
down and the United States’ flag rose in New Orleans, completing the Louisiana
Purchase.
1880 – New York’s Broadway was first lighted by electricity, built by
Charles F. Brush, and became known as the “Great White Way.”
1938 – The Cathode-Ray Tube was patented by Vladimir Zworykin
1946 – It’s a Wonderful Life, starring Jimmy Stewart, premiered in New
York City.
1955 – Cardiff was declared the capital city of Wales, United Kingdom.
It is also the city where much of the action in the modern Doctor Who
television show takes place.
1957 – Elvis Presley was drafted. He served between March 1958 and
March 1960. His army serial number was 53 310 761.
1985 – Pope John Paul II announced the institution of World Youth Day.
2004 – A gang of thieves stole £26.5 Million from the Donegall Square
West headquarters of Northern Bank in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United
Kingdom, one of the largest bank robberies in British history.
2007 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II becomes the oldest ever monarch of
the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria, who lived for 81 years, 7 months
and 29 days.
2007 The painting Portrait of Suzanne Bloch (1904), by the Spanish
artist Pablo Picasso, was stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art, along with O
Lavrador de Café, by the major Brazilian modernist painter Candido Portinari.
2018 US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis announces his resignation after
disagreements with President Donald Trump
2019 United States Space Force founded, an armed forces branch
dedicated to space warfare
Birthdays
Today
@84 – John Hillerman,
American actor (d. 2017)
75 – Peter Criss [George Peter John Criscuola], singer-songwriter
and drummer [Kiss]
74 – Uri Geller,
Israeli-English magician and psychic
74 – Dick Wolf, American
TV producer
@69 – Harvey Firestone,
American inventor (Firestone tires) (d. 1938; heart attack)
61 – Jackie Fox (Jacqueline
Louise Fuchs), American attorney,
Jeopardy! champ and bass player- The Runaways
37 – Jonah Hill, American
actor
Puzzle
Answer
She was walking.
Enjoy the Holiday
