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‡ TODAY’s “Geez”:
¬ 1743 - Earliest recorded prize fighting rules formulated
¬ 1954 - At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the St. Lawrence Seaway is held
¬ 1966 - Daylight meteor seen from Utah to Canada. Only known case of a meteor entering Earth's atmosphere & leaving it again
¬ 1984 - Mary Decker trips on heel of Zola Budd during 3,000m Olympic run
¬ 1994 - Last British troops leave Hong Kong (been there since Sept 1841)
‡ Free Rambling Thoughts…
We had a lot of clouds this afternoon and a couple of afternoon showers and it still looks like we will be getting more.
I had lunch with Greg and his 6 year old son today at Wildflower. Great food and good discussion about the proposed brochure. The weather is so nice, we ate outside and spent a good two hours talking about the boat. He brought a photo album, pictures of the Sandra on the water and pictures of the refurbishing from start to finish. I got some good information, so we will see how it works. I realized this afternoon that I don’t have MS Publisher on this computer, so I have to look for it or find another one on line. A bump I hadn’t expected, but will work it out tomorrow. I told him, after seeing the newspaper articles, the beautiful post cards he had made, and all the other stuff that he really needs a publicist—someone who will pound the pavement to get the word out. He should be selling the postcards at various venues here in Flag and at the Grand Canyon. He has a lot of very good stuff. I told him I’m not the guy for that, but was sure with all his connections, he could find someone. It is a touchy situation, as he brings the Sandra on the Canyoneers rowing trips—but Canyoneers is more of a motor company and they don’t a lot of advertising for their motor trips. His Granddad started the company and now it is owned by an in-law of the family. Of course the bottom line is $$$ and most people want a shorter trip than a non-motorized trip offers. There are other companies that offer more rowing trips, but they are ‘competition’, and this is really a ‘my granddad built this boat and this company’ thing. A tough call for sure. I only hope that I will be able to assist in a small way to let people know about this great boat.
Our lunch also saw the ‘Save the Peaks’ demonstration across Butler Ave. There were about eight big signs, about 20 demonstrators, and a couple of police cars. It is so disappointing that the Forest Service and the city of Flagstaff do not understand Indigenous People’s beliefs nor acknowledge that the desecration of sacred site is wrong. The US has signed the UN resolution on Indigenous People’s Rights, yet local $$$ seem to be more important to the decision makers. I told Greg that I had to bite my tongue when one of the oarsmen started talking on the boat about his winter job—ski instructor at SnowBowl. Here was a guy oaring down a beautiful river every summer and helping destroy a mountain every winter. Greg told me that the guy was really a motorized trip pilot, and didn’t really see the importance of keeping the river and the canyon as pristine as possible. He said I would have been wasting my time if I had said anything. That made me wish I had said something. Next time…next time for sure.
I have to say I am constantly surprised that so many people in the US do not see the importance of preserving history for the future generations. Newer usually wins out. I was shocked when the Methodist Church in my hometown was torn down for a gas station, when my old elementary school was torn down for a new school, when my Jr. High—formerly the first High School in our suburb was torn down for a new campus. All those buildings were from the 1920’s except my elementary school that was built in 1955. They all had contemporary design for their time and are now lost. Most disappointing is that future generations will never be able to see these buildings.
‡ Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)
1. Which word needs to be added to Is Rich and At Rest to completer the book titles?
2. What was the profession of sportsman Sir Gordon Richards?
3. Which country did tennis-playing sisters Katerina and Manuela Maleeva originally come from?
4. Philadelphia-born Alexander Calder worked in which branch of the arts?
5. Who directed the movie Heaven Can Wait?
6. In which decade did the contraceptive pill go on general sale in America?
7. Who had a 60s No 1 hit with Honey?
8. To ten thousand square miles, what is the area of Maine?
9. What is Anthony Quayle's real first name?
10. Who played Steed in the 90s film version of The Avengers?
11. In which country is the Spa-Francorchamps motor racing track?
12. Who led British, French and US troops in the second battle of the Marne?
13. In which state is the Bellarmine College?
14. Which Marlon starred in the 50s film A Streetcar Named Desire?
15. Which Redgrave was Oscar nominated in 1966?
16. Which fellow actress did Faye Dunaway play in Mommie Dearest?
‡ Zoom-ed in Picture…Can you Identify what this is? (Answer at end of post)
‡ Hmmmmm…
¬ Number of Bentleys purchased in Russia in 200 and in 2010, respectfully: 0:113
‡ Somewhat Useless Information…
¬ In 1950, Diners Club became the first company to offer a credit card that could be used at multiple locations. Initially the credit card was accepted at just 14 restaurants in New York.
¬ Diners Club founder Frank X. McNamara came up with the idea one evening after dining at a restaurant -- and realizing he had forgotten his wallet.
¬ In 1958, Bank of America launched the first general-purpose credit card by mailing 60,000 real BankAmericard credit cards to the residents of Fresno, Calif. This mass mailing was the brainchild of bank employee Joseph P. Williams.
¬ By October 1959, 2 million unsolicited Bank Americards had been "dropped" throughout California. Unfortunately, the loose lending standards imposed by Williams' ingenious marketing strategy resulted in more than one of every five accounts being delinquent. Credit card fraud caused even more problems for the bank. As a result, Bank of America initially lost $8.8 million on the launch of its new credit card -- and Williams lost his job.
¬ The first BankAmericards were made of paper and had a credit limit of $300. The terms and conditions also held the cardholder liable for all charges -- including those resulting from fraud.
¬ Today, Americans have an astounding 609.8 million credit cards in their wallets. If all those cards were stacked up, they would create a tower 288 miles high.
‡ Yeah, It Really Happened…
HONOLULU - A hand-shaped object that led Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources to call the police was determined to be a dried-out squid. A woman said a group of teenagers and young adults from her family discovered the object, which resembled the severed hand of a small child, at Mokuauia Seabird Sanctuary, also known as Goat Island, and she urged them to call authorities Thursday, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Monday.
Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources responded to the scene and contacted the Honolulu Police Department's homicide unit upon viewing the object. However, officials soon determined the object was actually a dried-out squid.
‡ Guffaw…or at least smile…
Two boy scouts went on a nature hike in the hills picking hickory nuts.
Along the way, they filled their small pails and then started to fill their pockets and shirts.
When they could hold no more nuts, they started down the country road until they came across a cemetery. The boys decided that would be a good place to stop and rest and divide out the nuts.
The two boys sat in the shade of a large oak tree and unloaded their pockets and buckets by dumping all of the nuts in a large pile.
In the process, two of them rolled away and rested near the road. The boys then proceeded to divide out the nuts. "One for you. One for me. One for you. One for me."
As they were doing this, another boy was passing by and happened to hear them. He looked into the cemetery, but could not see the boys, because they were obscured by the tree. He hesitated a moment and then ran back to town.
"Father! Father!" he yelled as he entered his house. "The cemetery. Come quick!"
"What's the matter?" his father asked.
"No time to explain," the boy frantically panted. "Follow me!"
The boy and his father ran up the country road and stopped when they reached the cemetery. They stopped at the side of the road and all fell silent for a few moments. Then the father asked his son what was wrong.
"Do you hear that?" he whispered. Both people listened intently and heard the Scouts. "One for me. One for you. One for me. One for you..."
The boy then blurted out, "The devil and the Lord are dividing the souls!"
The father was skeptical but silent -- until a few moments later as the Scouts completed dividing out the nuts and one Scout said to the other, "Now, as soon as we get those two nuts down by the road, we'll have them all."
‡ Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…
‡ Daybook Information…
…Happening This Week:
7-13: International Clown Week / National Farmers' Market Week / Assistance Dog Week /
Feeding Pets of the Homeless Week / Knights of Columbus Family Week
8-14: Exercise With Your Child Week / Sturgis Rally
10-16: Elvis Week
‡ TODAY IS
¬ Lazy Day
¬ National S'mores Day
¬ National Duran, Duran Appreciation Day
¬ Perigean Spring Tides
¬ Smithsonian Day
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Ecuador Independence Day (1809 from Spain)
US: Missouri Admission Day (1820—24th state)
‡ Today’s Events:
· IN ARTS
1948 - Allen Funt's "Candid Camera" TV debut on ABC
· IN ATHLETICS
1877 - Phillies & Expos play a doubleheader that ends at 3:23 AM
1997 - Vijay Singh of Fiji wins Buick Open at the Warwick Hills Golf
· IN BUSINESS
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· IN EDUCATION
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· FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1680 - In New Mexico, Popé leads rebellion of Pueblo Indians against Spaniards
1877 - Big Hole River: Col John Gibbon murders Nez-Perce indians
· IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1866 - Transatlantic cable laid-Pres Buchanan spoke to Queen Victoria
· IN RELIGION
2003 - Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko becomes the first person to marry in space
· IN SCIENCE
1500 - Portuguese sea captain Diego Diaz is first European to sight Madagascar
1519 - Magellan's 5 ships set sail to circumnavigate Earth
1932 - A 5.1-kg (11.2-pound) chondrite-type meteorite breaks into at least seven pieces and lands near the town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri
· IN US POLITICS
1831 - Former slave Nat Turner leads uprising against slavery
1921 - FDR stricken with polio at summer home on Canadian Is of Campobello
· ARTISTS: AUTHORS: COMPOSERS
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· ATHLETES
1920 - William "Red" Holzman, NBA coach (NY Knickerbockers, 754 wins)
· ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
Ian Anderson, Scotland, rocker (Jethro Tull-Bungle in the Jungle) turns 64
Devon Aoki, model turns 29
Rosanna Arquette, actor turns 52
Antonio Banderas actor turns 51
1913 - Noah Beery Jr, actor (Rockford Files, Quest, Doc Elliot)
1928 - Jimmy Dean, actor/ sausage king /singer (Jimmy Dean Show,)
Rhonda Fleming, actor turns 88
1899 - Jack Haley, actor (Tin Man-Wizard of Oz, Ford Star Revue)
1940 - Bobby Hatfield, rocker (Righteous Bros-Unchained Melody)
Angie Harmon, actor turns 39
1902 - Norma Shearer, actor
· ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS
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· POLITICIANS
1874 - Herbert Clark Hoover, 31st Pres (1929-1933)· SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS
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‡ Today’s Obits:
2007 - Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler, American member of Tuskegee Airmen and civil rights activist dies at 85
1976 - Ray "Crash" Corrigan, cowboy (Crash Corrigan's Ranch), dies at 74
1250 - Erik IV (Plovpenning), king of Denmark, murdered at 33
1945 - Robert H Goddard, US, rocket pioneer, dies of throat cancer at 62
2008 - Isaac Hayes, American musician and actor dies of stroke at 65
258 - Saint Lawrence, martyr, burned to death at 33
1921 - John M Martin, last confederate congress member, dies
1932 - Rin Tin Tin, —WWI rescue from France--German shepherd dog dies at 14
‡ ANSWERS:
Trivia Quiz
1. Which word needs to be added to Is Rich and At Rest to complete the book titles?
a. Rabbit
2. What was the profession of sportsman Sir Gordon Richards?
a. Jockey
3. Which country did tennis-playing sisters Katerina and Manuela Maleeva originally come from?
a. Bulgaria
4. Philadelphia-born Alexander Calder worked in which branch of the arts?
a. Sculpture
5. Who directed the movie Heaven Can Wait?
a. Warren Beatty
6. In which decade did the contraceptive pill go on general sale in America?
a. 1960s
7. Who had a 60s No 1 hit with Honey?
a. Bobby Goldsboro
8. To ten thousand square miles, what is the area of Maine?
a. 30,861
9. What is Anthony Quayle's real first name?
a. John
10. Who played Steed in the 90s film version of The Avengers?
a. Ralph Fiennes
11. In which country is the Spa-Francorchamps motor racing track?
a. Belgium
12. Who led British, French and US troops in the second battle of the Marne?
a. Petain
13. In which state is the Bellarmine College?
a. Kentucky
14. Which Marlon starred in the 50s film A Streetcar Named Desire?
a. Brando
15. Which Redgrave was Oscar nominated in 1966?
a. Lynn for Georgy Girl
16. Which fellow actress did Faye Dunaway play in Mommie Dearest?
a. Joan Crawford
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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] may not be totally accurate.
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