18 February 2023
Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 7 Day 49 \ Ave. Sky Cover 40% \ Visibility 18 miles Flagstaff Today 43° \13° Wind 10mph \ Gusts 18mph
Air Quality: Moderate \Very Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 249mi \ Nearest
Lightning 3023mi
Feb. Averages for Flagstaff: 47° \ 19° \5
Days of moisture
Today’s
Quote
Weekly
Observations
11-20
Date (Fruit) Week
11-18
National Entrepreneurship Week Link
12-18
Children of Alcoholics Week Link
Jell-O Week
Love A Mench Week
National Secondhand Wardrobe Week
Random Acts of Kindness Week Link
14-21
National Condom Week
National Nest box Week
NCCDP Alzheimer's & Dementia Staff
Education Week
14-16
World AG Expo
17-22
Carnival
17-23
Great Backyard Bird Count Link
17-18
Isra Al Mi'Raj
Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering
18-25
National FFA Week Link
Daily Observations
Battery Day (Volta's birthday)
Cow Milked While Flying In An Airplane Day
Crab Stuffed Founder Day
National Battery Day
National Drink Wine Day Link
National Hate Florida Day Link
Pluto Day (Planet is Discovered by Clyde Tombaugh)
Thumb Appreciation Day
World Pangolin Day Link
World Whale Day
World Whale Day Link
National Airboat Day
My
Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Another
chilly day.
I
had lunch with Faith and Andy. They are on their way to Laughlin for the long
weekend. I reminded them that after retirement, every week is a long weekend.
Good conversation and good food.
I
thought I slept well last night. When I woke up the bottom fitted sheet had
popped out at the foot of the bed and was wrapped around my legs. It took a minute
to figure out why I was trapped in the bed.
Lesson
learned: On my way home from lunch the frozen snow on the roof of my car slide
off, onto the front windshield and I could barely see out. I turned on my
flashers and drove slowly, looking for a turn off of the road. There was a stop
light, so I jumped out to clear the windshield. The guy behind me ran to the
passenger side and helped. Great to live in a town with courteous drivers.
Enjoy…
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Facts…
The First
Australian Police Force Was Assembled of Convicts
When the
colonization of Australia began in the late 1700s, there was no recognized
formal police force. As a penal colony of Great Britain, there were more
convicts than people with non-criminal backgrounds. Upon arrival in New South
Wales in 1788, the Royal Navy Marines were given the task of policing, although
it wasn’t a role that they wanted. Soon after, Governor Arthur Phillip selected
12 of the most upstanding convicts and created a civilian law enforcement
department called the Night Watch. They continued as the Sydney Police until
1862, when they merged with other New South Wales colonial forces.
Slang
Origins
1996: All that and a bag of chips
Meaning: even better; sometimes
negatively (as in too much)
Context matters here; the Oxford English
dictionary said “all that” began being used to mean good in the late ‘80s, and
adding “a bag of chips” means it’s even better. But it can also refer to a
person or thing who is stuck-up or conceited. The 1999 teen movie "She’s
All That" uses the first definition.
Trivia…
France covers more time zones than any
country on the planet
France is famous for many things,
including the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre and the Cathedral of Notre Dame. But it
also happens to hold the world record for the country with the most time zones.
France covers 12 time zones, mostly due to its various territories all around
the world. Even the Unites States and Russia, two of the world's largest
nations, only cover 11 different time zones.
Historical
Events
1865 – Union forces under Major General
William T. Sherman set the South Carolina State House on fire during the
burning of Columbia, near the end of the Civil War.
1885 – Mark Twain’s The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn was published for the first time.
1929 – The first Academy Awards were
announced in 1929 for 1928’s films.
February 18, 1966 Birthday (fictional)
Jack Bauer, TV, 24
1977 – The Space Shuttle Enterprise test
vehicle had its maiden “test flight” on top of a Boeing 747.
Birthdays
Today
@91 – George Kennedy, American actor (d. 2016)
90
– Yoko Ono, Japanese-American singer-songwriter
A
dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.–
Yoko Ono
@90 – Helen Gurley Brown, American journalist, author (d. 2012)
Never
fail to know that if you are doing all the talking, you are boring somebody.–
Helen Gurley Brown
@90 – Enrico Ferrari, entrepreneur (d. 1988)
@88 – Toni Morrison, American novelist (d. 2019)
At
some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough. You don’t need to
photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough. No record of it needs to
be kept and you don’t need someone to share it with or tell it to. When that
happens- that letting go- you let go because you can.– Toni Morrison
@87 – Jack Palance, American actor (d. 2006)
@84 – Louis Comfort Tiffany, American stained glass artist (d. 1933)
God
has given us our talents, not to copy the talents of others, but rather to use
our brains and imagination in order to obtain the revelation of true beauty.–
Louis Comfort Tiffany
@77 – Charles M. Schwab, American businessman, co-founded Bethlehem
Steel (d. 1939)
The
difference between getting somewhere and nowhere is the courage to make an
early start. The fellow who sits still and does just what he is told will never
be told to do big things.– Charles M. Schwab
@74 – George Peabody, American merchant, philanthropist (d. 1869)
@74 – Hans Asperger, Austrian pediatrician, academic (d. 1980)
@70 – Bill Cullen, American game show panelist and host (d. 1990;
lung cancer)
@72 – John Hughes, American director, producer, screenwriter (d.
2009)
73
– Cybill Shepherd, American actress
71
– Judith Kay ‘Juice’ Newton,
American singer-songwriter
66
– Vanna White, American model and game show host
59
– Matt Dillon, American actor
58
– Dr. Dre (Andre Young), American rapper and producer
@52 – Wendell Willkie, American politician (d. 1944; heart disease)
49
– Jillian Michaels, American fitness trainer and author
@49 – Qin Shi Huang, Chinese emperor (d. 210 BC; poisoned?)
I
have collected all the writings of the Empire and burnt those which were of no
use.– Qin Shi Huang
