Thursday October 14

This is Week 40 of 2010►Day 287 with 78 days left.

FREE RAMBLING THOUGHTS

Ah, such a geek I am not. I forgot that I had a new computer and hadn’t loaded the disc to be able to read the video. Duh…Anyway, now I can start some editing of river scenes, logging, monkeys, orangutans, and performances. I am not going to be a wildlife videographer for quite some time…those damn monkeys and orangutans really move fast. Oh well, it will help me remember the trip. They will be posted later—after some serious editing.

I got a call yesterday that somebody would be coming by to paint my door at our complex. They are doing all the doors. Before the guy claimed the trim and door were a grey-green color. They are just painting the door, which is now a deep rich forest green. I sure looks different, and probably in a good way. Just will take some getting used to.

All 33 miners have been rescued. Each story is unbelievable. I can’t even imagine what it would be like to not leave my house for 70 days. Being in that cavern for 17 days with no word of rescue, then 53 days waiting for the rescue with no fights, no freak outs, no serious illness, very little food. These guys were all very strong of body and strong of mind. A lesson for many of us. Seventy days ago was early July. The World Cup was in full swing, Flagstaff was waiting for the monsoons. Our forest fire had just started. There had been no flooding, yet. And for all the things that have happened in my life since then, those miners were in that cavern. With all the technology, all the science, all the volunteers, and all that machinery, one has to wonder if that one miner wasn’t right…he said, actually there were 34 down there. He watched over all the rest of us.

Flagstaff has had unseasonably warm weather the past few days. The weather man says it is going to end…sometime. In the mean time, while we all wait, we had another great day.

Flag…H—72°; L—30°; RH—36%; and only a breeze of about 6 mph.

QUOTE FOR THE DAY—Malay Proverbs

^ Let it be slow as long as it's safe; a mountain won't run if you chase it.

(meaning of proverb: sometimes it is better don't rush to complete a atask)

^ If your fishing line is only a hand span long, don't try to measure how deep the sea is

(meaning of proverb: everyone should act in accordance with their ability)

^ The lot of a coconut hust is to float; the lot of a stone is to sink

(meaning of proverb: If you are lucky, you will get or win)

HOLY MACKEREL: 1986 The IOC decides to stagger the Winter & Summer Olympic schedule classic

SOMEWHAT USELESS INFORMATION about Paintball

The history of the paintball gun begins in the early 1970s, when it was used as a tool for marking trees and livestock. Charles Gaines, Hayes Noel and Bob Gurnsey were the first people to think up new ways to use the guns.

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In 1981, twelve friends played the first recreational paintball game using industrial paintball guns from the Nelson Paint Company on a field measuring over 100 acres (without any safety equipment).

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One of the first names given to the sport was “The National Survival Game.” This name reflects the nature of paintball as it was first played – a small group of friends getting together in the woods to play total elimination games.

GREY MATTER PUZZLE 1—Double Jeopardy Answers—5 letter words

$200-Used by a carpenter, a master sergeant, & a dentist

$400-A lady's handbag or something done to lips before a kiss

$600-A police wagon, a rice field, or author Chayefsky

$800-To Hamlet, "Frailty, thy name is" this

$1000-In Czech, it's herec; in German, schauspieler; & in Hollywood, usually unemployed

UNUSUAL NEWS ITEM

RAYMORE, Mo. — A worker who descended into a city sewage system on Tuesday became unhooked from his safety line and was pushed through a 27-inch-wide pipe for over a mile before his calls for help were heard and he was rescued.

Daniel Collins, of Collins, Mo., was listed in critical condition Tuesday night at Saint Luke's Hospital in Kansas City.

South Metropolitan Fire District Chief Randy Adams said Collins was being treated for hypothermia and had been administered antibiotics because he may have swallowed sewage.

Collins disappeared shortly after 8 a.m. Tuesday after descending into the sewage system in the town of Raymore. Adams said crews frantically searched manholes along a 1.5-mile route near a golf course.

After about 90 minutes, firefighter and paramedic Antonio Smith heard Collins calling out, "Guys, I'm down here. Can you help me?"

Smith was lowered into the sewer chamber and found Collins about 12 feet down. Collins appeared to have some bruises but was able to speak, Smith told KMBC-TV.

"It was a miracle to find him in that condition," Smith said.

A LITTLE LAUGH

Not long ago I met the waitress of my dreams.

About halfway through dinner I called the waitress over and said, "Ma'am, this potato is bad."

She nodded, picked up the potato and smacked it. Then she put it back on my plate and said, "Sir, if that potato causes any more trouble, you just let me know."

FOUND ON ‘YOU TUBE’

Paintball championship: Click Here to View!

GREY MATTER PICTURE

This is a close up of what object?

SOME CALENDAR INFORMATION

¤ Weekly Observances ¤

10-16: Build Your Business with Business Cards Week ^ Emergency Nurses Week ^ Home-based Business Week ^ National Chestnut Week ^ National Food Bank Week ^ National Metric Week ^ Take Your Medicine Americans Week ^ World Rainforest Week

11-17: Fall Astronomy Week ^ National School Lunch Week

17-23: Food and Drug Interaction Education and Awareness Week ^ Getting The World To Beat A Path To Your Door Week ^ International Credit Union Week ^ Teen Read Week ^ National Chemistry Week ^ National Hospital and Health-System Pharmacy Week ^ YWCA Week without Violence ^ National Character Counts Week ^ National Forest Products Week ^ National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week ^ National School Bus Safety Week

18-24: Freedom From Bullies Week ^ Freedom of Speech Week ^ Medical Assistants Recognition Week ^ National Food Bank Week ^ National Infertility Awareness Week ^ National Massage Therapy Week ^ National Businesswomen's Week

24-31: Disarmament Week ^ Give Wildlife a Break Week ^ Pastoral Care Week ^ Peace, Friendship and Good Will Week ^ Prescription Errors Education & Awareness Week ^ International Magic Week ^ National Respiratory Care Week

27-11/3: World Hearing Aid Awareness Week

¤ Today’s Observances ¤

National Peanut Festival

World Standards Day: to show importance of standards in weights and measures in globalization

Bangladesh: Durga Puja: Hindu Celebration

Madagascar or Malagasy Rep: Independence Day (1958)

Maryland: Peggy Stewart Day-US sinks ship against taxes (1774)

South Yemen: Peo's Dem Rep of Yemen : Independence Day (1962)

Poland: National Education Day, formerly Teachers' Day

Tanzania: Nyerere Day (to honor first President)

¤ Hit Songs on this date ¤

1891...Turkey in the Straw / Billy Golden http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDUeTVzNoFI

1901...The Tale of the Bumble Bee / Harry MacDonough

1911...Alexander's Ragtime Band / Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan

1921...Song of India / Paul Whiteman

1931...Good Night, Sweetheart / Wayne King

1941…Piano Concerto in B Flat / Freddy Martin

1951…Because of You / Tony Bennett

1961…Hit the Road Jack / Ray Charles

1971…Maggie May/ Reason to Believe / Rod Stewart

1981…Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) / Christopher Cross

¤ Today’s Births ¤

╬ THE ARTS

e. e. cummings, poet (Tulips & Chimneys), in 1894

Masaoka Shiki, Japan, haiku & tanka poet/diarist (Salt Water Ballads), in 1867

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Harry Anderson, 58, actor (“Night Court,” “Dave’s World”)

Lillian Gish, silent film/stage actress (Birth of a Nation), in 1896

Sir Roger Moore, 82, actor (James Bond movies, “The Saint”)

Usher, 32, singer, actor (“Moesha”), born Usher Raymond IV

╬ATHLETICS

Beth Daniel, 54, Hall of Fame golfer

Raymond C Ewry, polio victim who won 10 Olympic golds, in 1873

John Wooden, basketball coach (UCLA-10 national championships), in 1910

╬ BUSINESS & EDUCATION

John Dean, 72, lawyer (White House counsel during Watergate)

Ralph Lauren, 71, designer, born Ralph Lipschitz

╬ POLITICS

Dwight D Eisenhower, 34th Pres (1953-1961), in 1890

James II, king of England (1685-88) in 1633

William Penn, English Quaker & founder of PA, in 1644

╬ SCIENCE & RELIGION

Charles Everett Koop, 94, former US Surgeon General

¤ Today’s Obituaries ¤

Leonard Bernstein, composer (West Side Story), @ 72, in 1990

Bing Crosby , heart attack @74, in 1977

Errol Flynn, actor, heart attack @ 50, in 1959

Erwin Rommel, German Field Marshall (WW II-Africa), suicide @ 52, in 1944

Keenan Wynn, actor (Dallas, Call to Glory, Last Precinct), pancreatic cancer @ 70, in 1986

¤ Today’s Events ¤

╬ THE ARTS

1926 A.A. Milne book, Winnie-the-Pooh, made its debut

1934 "Lux Radio Theatre" premieres

1964 Martin Luther King Jr wins Nobel Peace Prize

1980 Bob Marley's last concert

1991 Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the nonviolent movement for human rights and democracy in Burma (Myanmar), won the Nobel Peace Prize

╬ ATHLETICS

1973 Scottish racecar driver Jackie Stewart announced his retirement from auto racing.

1985 On Mon Night football, Jets retire Joe Namath's #12, beat Miami 23-7

╬ BUSINESS & EDUCATION

1773 British East India Company's tea ships are set ablaze at the old seaport of Annapolis, Maryland.

╬ INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

1756 Gen. Joseph de Montcalm, leading French and Indian warriors, captures Fort Oswego, in New York. Montcalm would fire upon his Indian allies when they attempted to kill the British forces after they had surrendered.

╬ POLITICS (US)

1912 Bull Moose Teddy Roosevelt shot while campaigning in Milwaukee

╬ POLITICS (International)

1066 Battle of Hastings, in which William the Conqueror wins England

1586 Mary Queen of Scots goes on trial for conspiracy against Elizabeth

1867 15th & last Tokugawa Shogun resigns in Japan

1960 Peace Corps 1st suggested by JFK

╬ SCIENCE & RELIGION

1947 Chuck Yeager in Bell XS-1 makes 1st supersonic flight (Mach 1.015)

GREY MATTER ANSWERS

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$200-Used by a carpenter, a master sergeant, & a dentist: What is a drill?

$400-A lady's handbag or something done to lips before a kiss: What is purse?

$600-A police wagon, a rice field, or author Chayefsky: What is Paddy?

$800-To Hamlet, "Frailty, thy name is" this: What is a woman?

$1000-In Czech, it's herec; in German, schauspieler; & in Hollywood, usually unemployed: What is an Actor?

↔ PICTURE

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