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§ TODAY’s “Geez”
· 1907 - Britain & Russia sign treaty with Afghanistan, Persia & Tibet
· 1955 - 1st sun-powered automobile demonstrated, Chicago, Ill
· 1935 - FDR signs an act prohibiting export of US arms to belligerents
§ Free Rambling Thoughts…
oops, yesterday's picture was a felt tip pen
A fairly warm day but a slight breeze made it bearable. No moisture fell from the sky.
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Just when we thought Irene hadn’t been as bad as predicted…now we find that many towns that are stranded in Vermont. It wasn’t by sea water, but by rivers. Roads are gone, bridges are gone, and highways are gone. Many of these towns are small—like less than 800 people. Scary. From my point of view, the Republicans and others don’t want to add funding to FEMA. This is money to get food, water, electricity, and medications to these people, to repair Federal roads and bridges. This is different than rebuilding houses and stores in flood plains. A visiting wedding party of 60 is stranded in a town of 120 local residents that has no running water, no electricity, and no sewage treatment. The Tea Party is saying if more money is given to FEMA there has to be equal cuts in other programs. That will take months. What are these people to do while waiting? Enough politics, more statemenship.
This was a quiet day for me. I enjoyed just being lazy.
§ Trivia Quiz…(answers at the end of post)
1. English writer P G Wodehouse took out citizenship in which country?
2. Who took Heaven to No 1 in the 1980s?
3. Which American novelist wrote For Whom the Bell Tolls?
4. Which state was the scene of Helen Kimble's murder in The Fugitive?
5. How many people were first arrested in the Watergate building?
6. What was the first name of Le Carre's spy Smiley?
7. Who won a Booker Prize for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha?
8. What is the capital of Saskatchewan?
9. Who had a big 50s No 1 with Come Softly To Me?
10. On which man-made waterway does Detroit stand?
11. At what number Stigwood Avenue did The Cosby Show's Huxtables live?
12. What does the name of the receptionist in TVs Moonlighting, played by Allyce Beasley?
§ Zoom-ed in Picture…Can you Identify what this is? (Answer at end of post)
§ Hmmmmm…
· Amount the Defense Department spent last year on military bands: $317,000,000
§ Somewhat Useless Information…
· J. Edgar Hoover got the idea for his "Ten Most Wanted Criminals" list from a friend, a fashion designer who had invented the survey called "Ten Best Dressed Women."
· The Stetson hat was the brainchild of Philadelphia hatmaker named John Batterson Stetson. He had traveled West seeking a cure for tuberculosis, and when he returned to Philadelphia he began making hats suited to the needs of the western cowboy.
· Dentures in 19th century Britain were made out of teeth that had been extracted from the dead of the Waterloo battle. Teeth from the dead of the American Civil War were also shipped to Britain, where they were put into dentures.
· The blue blazer is named for a British naval ship, the HMS Blazer. The captain of this ship made his crewmen dress in identical blue jackets, and they soon became a fad.
· The first button factory in the United States was established in 1800 in Waterbury, Connecticut.
· The pashmina shawls of Kashmir are made from the wispy chin and belly hair of Himalayan goats. Since the goats themselves are inaccessible, the hair is gathered in strands and tufts from bushes in which it has become caught.
§ Yeah, It Really Happened…
NASCAR fans got an eyeful over the weekend in Bristol, Tenn., when they spotted a man streaking across a busy parking lot near the track.
Police said they arrested Joshua Greene, 27, from Parkersburg, W.Va., for streaking through the lot off Route 394 Saturday afternoon.
"I'm walking up through here and here he comes, back up and stops in front of the band waving and spinning in circles and stuff," explained Tim Lee, a witness, to WCYB-TV.
Police gave chase and caught Greene in a nearby neighborhood.
The incident got even stranger when police officers found Greene's car. In it, officers said, they discovered Greene's girlfriend and a furry companion.
"With that we also found that he and a companion were in possession of a raccoon," said Bristol Police Capt. Matt Austin.
Police called in the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency to take the masked animal into custody.
"They said his girlfriend rescued it from a park, but as far as where it actually came from, we couldn't really say for sure," Austin said.
Greene is facing charges of public intoxication, indecent exposure and possible additional charges from the wildlife agency.
§ Guffaw…or at least smile…
A middle-aged woman had a heart attack and was taken to the hospital. While on the operating table, she had a near death experience.
Seeing God, she asked, "Is my time up?"
God said, "No, you have another 43 years, two months and eight days to live." Upon recovery, the woman decided to stay in the hospital and have a face-lift, liposuction and tummy tuck. Since she had so much more time to live, she figured she might as well look even nicer. After her last operation, she was released from the hospital. While crossing the street on her way home, an ambulance killed her.
Arriving in front of God, she demanded, "I thought you said I had another 40 years? Why didn't you pull me out of the path of that ambulance?"
God replied, "Girl, I didn't recognize you”
§ Searchin’ “You Tube” I found…
§ Daybook Information…
…Happening This Week:
25-31: Be Kind To Humankind Week
28-9/3: Minority Enterprise Development Week
§ TODAY IS
- Love Litigating Lawyers Day
- National Trail Mix Day
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- Kazakhstan: Constitution Day (1995)
- Moldova: National Language Day
- Spain: La Tomatina Festival: throwing tomatoes at everyone
- Trinidad,Tobago: Independence Day (1962 from UK)
§ Today’s Events:
· IN ARTS
1955 - 1st microwave TV station operated (Lufkin, Tx)
2006 - Stolen on August 22, 2004, Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream was recovered from a raid by Norwegian police
· IN ATHLETICS
1881 - 1st US men's single tennis championships (Newport, RI)
1971 - Adrienne Beames runs female world record marathon (2:46:30)
1972 - Olga Korbut, USSR, wins Olympic gold medal in gymnastics
· IN BUSINESS
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· IN EDUCATION
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· FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
1142 - With the aid of Hiawatha and Deganawidah, The Great Peacemaker, the Iroquois tribes establish the Confederation of the Haudenosaunee
· IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
1745 - Bonnie Prince Charlie reaches Blair Castle Scotland
1994 - Northern Ireland Sinn Fein proclaims ceases-fire
· IN RELIGION
1943 - Japanese occupiers intern Jewish Congregation of Sorabajo
· IN SCIENCE
1887 - Thomas A Edison patents Kinetoscope, (produces moving pictures)
1968 - 12,000 die in 7.8 quake destroys 60,000 buildings in NE Iran
· IN US POLITICS
1842 - US Naval Observatory authorized by an act of Congress
1965 - House of Reps joins Senate establish Dept of Housing & Urban Develop
1988 - 5-day power blackout of downtown Seattle begins
· ARTISTS: AUTHORS: COMPOSERS
1918 - Alan Jay Lerner, lyricist composer (Lerner & Loewe-My Fair Lady)
Itzhak Perlman, Israeli violinist/polio victim (14 Grammys) turns 66
· ATHLETES
1878 - Frank Jarvis, Olympic US runner
· ENTERTAINERS (ACTORS/SINGERS…)
1914 - Richard Basehart, actor (Voyage to Bottom of Sea)
1928 - James Coburn actor
Michael Erwin, TV actor turns 33
Richard Gere, actor turns 62
1903 - Arthur Godfrey, radio/TV host (Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scout)
1924 - Buddy [Leonard] Hackett, comedian (God's Little Acre, Music Man)
1897 - Frederic March, actor (Dr Jeckyll-Acad Awards 1932/1946)
Chris Tucker, actor, commedia turns 39
· ENTREPRENEUR & EDUCATORS
1870 - Maria Montessori, Italian educator (spontaneous response)
Dan Rather, news anchor (CBS-TV) turns 80
1916 - Daniel Schorr, broadcast journalist (CBS)
· POLITICIANS
12 - Caligula, [Gaius Caesar], 3rd Roman emperor 1935 - Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther turned Republican
1880 - Wilhelmina HPM, queen of the Netherlands
· SCIENTISTS / THEOLOGISTS
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§ Today’s Obits:
651 - Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne, Irish bishop and missionary dies in chuch
1688 - John Bunyan, preacher/novelist/author (Pilgrim's Progress) dies of fever at 59
1973 - John Ford, US director (Mary of Scotland, Stagecoach), dies at 78
1969 - Rocky Marciano, former heavyweight champ, dies in a plane crash at 45
1888 - Mary Ann Nicholls, a 42-year-old prostitute, was found stabbed to death in London, 1st of at least five murders by Jack the Ripper
2008 - Ike Pappas, American news correspondent dies at 75
1869 - Mary Ward, Irish scientist, first automobile fatality dies at 42
‡ ANSWERS:
Trivia Quiz
1. English writer P G Wodehouse took out citizenship in which country?
a. US
a. Bryan Adams
3. Which American novelist wrote For Whom the Bell Tolls?
a. Ernest Hemingway
4. Which state was the scene of Helen Kimble's murder in The Fugitive?
a. Indiana
5. How many people were first arrested in the Watergate building?
a. Five
6. What was the first name of Le Carre's spy Smiley?
a. George
7. Who won a Booker Prize for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha?
a. Roddy Doyle
8. What is the capital of Saskatchewan?
a. Regina
a. The Fleetwoods
10. On which man-made waterway does Detroit stand?
a. St. Lawrence Seaway
11. At what number Stigwood Avenue did The Cosby Show's Huxtables live?
a. 10
12. What does the name of the receptionist in TVs Moonlighting, played by Allyce Beasley?
a. Miss Dipesto
Close Up Picture
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.
§ AND THAT’S ALL FOR NOW §
