Saturday

I thought my pain was gone, but alas, it isn’t. Had to take a pill about 4am and other about 10am. That did it for the day. Hopefully this is really getting better. I must say that the pain is just about 3 out of 10, but enough that I don’t want it.

When I was a working stiff, I used to put tons of miles on my vehicle. Now that I’m retired, I don’t. I had to get the oil changed today. I go to a place that also gives a good car wash when you have the oil changed. I was amazed. I’ve been taking my car to the local ‘hands free’ car wash where you drive in, park and the machine goes around the car a bunch of times. Today, after the oil change I got the car washed and wiped down with the inside cleaned. It looks like I have a brand new car. Those ‘hands free’ washes do a decent job. They ain’t nuttin’ like the old fashioned wash when a gang of people envelop your vehicle and clean the inside, do the windows, and wipe down the car. I’ll have to remember this. Nuttin’ like driving a really clean ride.

We had a nice summer day. Yeah, I know it's fall, but it sure felt like summer. We made it to 78° with no clouds and very little breeze. It did get down to 35° last night. That was enough for the furnace to kick in early this morning. It only went through one cycle, but reminds me that fall is in the air.

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Random Facts…
There are less than 100 surviving American World War I veterans.

The chicken is one of the few things that man eats before it's born and after it's dead.

Cat's urine glows under a black light

Crazy Stuff In The News …

LISMORE, Australia – Australian police said two teenage brothers turned in more than $86,000 they found in a creek while fishing in the eastern part of the country. Police said the boys hooked the money, which was in a plastic package, while fishing for catfish in Tuntable Creek, near the town of Lismore, and spent three weeks deciding on a plan of action before telling their mother and obtaining legal advice on how best to turn the cash over to police, The Times of London reported Monday.

The mother of the boys, who requested anonymity, said the family did not want to keep the money because it might be “dirty.” “We just don’t want any trouble,” one of the brothers said. “We were sweet before the money and we’ll be sweet afterwards.”

Investigators said the area has recently been hit by major flooding, so the package of money could have originated from any one of several different streams. They said the boys might be given the option of keeping the money if nobody comes forward with a legitimate claim.


September Month Long Observances

Apple Month…Be Kind to Editors & Writers Month…Children’s Good Manners Month…International People Skills Month…International Strategic Thinking Month…National Honey Month…National Preparedness Month…Pleasure Your Mate Month…Healthy Aging Month…National Hispanic Heritage Month…

Before They Were Famous…

Bill Cosby shined shoes and sold produce when he was young

Elvis Costello used to be a computer programmer.

Katie Couric's first job was as a desk assistant at ABC.

Simon Cowell started out as a mail room clerk for EMI Music Publishing where his father worked.

Cindy Crawford graduated from DeKalb High School (Dekalb, Illinois) in 1984, as valedictorian.

Joan Crawford used to work in a laundromat and as an elevator operator in a Kansas City department store.


Week of 26 Sep…

Banned Books Week

26 Sep Observances…

269 days so far this year…96 days remain in 2009
National Public Lands Day
Ironically it is also
.Fish Amnesty Day
.National Hunting and Fishing Day
*European Day of Language—since 2001
* New Zealand : Dominion Day
*Yemen Arab Republic Revolution Day (1962)




BIRTHS ON THIS DAY…

…ARTS…
1888….. T.S. Eliot St Louis poet/dramatist/critic (Waste Land-Nobel 1948)
1898….. George Gershwin (Jacob Gershvin) composer: Rhapsody in Blue

1925….. Marty Robbins Glendale Az, singer (Devil Woman
1933….. Donna Douglas [Dot Smith], Pride La, actress (Beverly Hillbillies—Ellie Mae)
1948….. Olivia Newton-John Cambridge England, singer
1962….. Melissa Sue Anderson actress: Little House on the Prairie--Mary

…ATHLETICS…
1914….. Jack La Lanne exercise mogul and Juicer

…POLITICS/Business…
1729….. Moses Mendelssohn philosopher/critic/Bible translator

…SCIENCE/Religion…
1774….. John Chapman [Johnny Appleseed], frontier nurseryman

1897….. Pope Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Montini) 262nd Roman Catholic pope (1963-78)

Events on this day…

1580….. The British ship the Golden Hind, commanded by Sir Francis Drake, returns from its around-the-world journey bearing a cargo of spices and captured Spanish treasure.
1892….. 1st public appearance of John Philip Sousa's band (NJ)

1914….. Federal Trade Commission formed to regulate interstate commerce
1957….. West Side Story opened in New York.
1960….. 1st of 4 TV debates Nixon & Kennedy took place (Chicago)
1962….. Negro James Meredeth tried for the third time to register for classes at the University of Mississippi today but was turned away
1991….. A group of scientists, four men and four women began a two-year stay inside Biosphere 2, a sealed structure in Oracle, AZ


Holy Mackerel…

1932….. Mahatma Gandhi broke his death fast after 6 days and 5 hrs after the British Government had approved most of the compromise plan on the privileges of Indian Untouchables in legislative elections.


Anagrams
Here are some words that can easily be anagrammed into something interesting.
1. Indecent Christian
2. Dirty Room
3. On scale of sin
4. Nerd Amid Late TV
5. end is a car spin
6. Newest Drip
7. Built to Stay Free
8. exit lava
9. Evil's Agent
10. he grew bogus
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Answers:
1. The Cincinnati Reds = Indecent Christian
2. Dormitory = Dirty Room
3. Confessional = On scale of sin
4. David Letterman = Nerd Amid Late TV
5. Princess Diana = end is a car spin
6. President W = Newest Drip
7. Statue of Liberty = Built to Stay Free
8. Laxative = exit lava
9. Evangelist = Evil's Agent
10. George W Bush = he grew bogus

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