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Today’s “Geez” .
1667 - A
deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha, in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people
1715 - 1st
English patent granted to an American, for processing corn
1834 - Delmonico's,
one of NY's finest restaurants, provides a meal of soup, steak, coffee &
half a pie for 12 cents [2010 USD: $2.59]
1867 - Alfred
Nobel patents dynamite
1950 - UN gives
Eritrea to Ethiopia
1990 - Lech Walesa
wins in Poland's 1st popular election
♪♪ Happy Birthday To:♪♪ .
Free Rambling Thoughts .
I had a great day with
friends and all the trimmings. I am stuffed. We were a smaller group this year,
only 6 of us, but it all worked out great. I only see many of these people once
or twice a year, so there is always lots of catching up. Also, there is something
about having a Thanksgiving dinner in a log house in the forest…so amazing.
I am not going to be
going early morning shopping tomorrow. First, the idea of stores opening at
midnight is insane…and to think they have said their customers asked for it.
Right. Our local mall is opening at midnight tonight too. I ran through the plethora
of ads in today’s local paper, and found nothing I needed or wanted at the
midnight price. I will head out to Home Depot about 8a as I do want a 99cent poinsettia.
I’ve gotten one or two every year at that price since moving to Flagstaff…no
need to break the tradition.
NPR Sunday Puzzle…(answers
at the end of post) .
You'll
be given three words. Name the fourth word that, when added to each of these
words, creates a familiar two-word phrase. The answer will rhyme with one of
the three words. For example, if you're given "boob,"
"inner" and "test," the fourth word would be
"tube."
- Bald, legal, spread…
- Funny, hush, prize…
- Air, junk, snail…
- Father, prime, spare…
- Creature, double, facial…
- Cheat, cookie, rap…
- Drag, sack, space…
- Chop, pawn, window…
Wuzzles…What concept or
phrase do these suggest? .
Rules of Thumb .
- Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
- A new string is good for a bit over an hours worth of hard use by a pro. Twice as long for an intermediate yo-yo thrower, and half as long for a beginner.
Hmmmmm .
- Value of tax breaks approved for a Bible-themed amusemen park in KY: $23million
Somewhat Useless
Information .
- The first apple trees were planted by the pilgrims in the Massachusetts Bay colony.
- The first apple nursery was opened in Flushing, NY in 1730.
- Apples are a member of the rose family, along with pears, peaches, plums and cherries.
- Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Gala and Fuji are the five most commonly consumed apples in the U.S.
- The game of apple-bobbing began as a Celtic New Year's tradition for trying to determine one’s future spouse.
- The world's largest apple peel was created by Kathy Wafler Madison on October 16, 1976, in Rochester, NY and was 172 feet, 4 inches long. (She was 16 years old at the time and grew up to be a sales manager for an apple tree nursery.)
Yeah, It Really Happened .
AKRON, Ohio - A lawyer
for an Ohio man arrested for trying to sell a realistic rubber ax covered in
fake blood at a bar said his client does not understand the arrest. Ed Sawan,
defense attorney for Bill Morrison of Akron, said his client was arrested on a
charge of inducing panic Oct. 16 and spent a night in jail when a woman called
911 and reported he was carrying a bloody ax outside Corky's Thomastown bar,
the Akron Beacon Journal reported Monday. Morrison said he was carrying the ax,
which turned out to be made from rubber and covered in fake blood, because he
was planning to sell it to a friend who had not yet arrived at the bar. Sawan
said the "charges appear to be unfounded." "He's unsure why he
was arrested," Sawan said. "He didn't understand the need for him to
be arrested, charged and incarcerated." "It's an odd sort of
case," Akron City Prosecutor Doug Powley said. "But we're going to
look at all the circumstances and see how strong a case it is and try to reach
an appropriate outcome for everyone." Morrison is due in court Jan. 23. He
could face a possible six months in jail if convicted of inducing panic.
Guffaw…or at least smile .
So there's this man with
a parrot. And his parrot swears like a sailor, I mean he's a pistol. He can
swear for five minutes straight without repeating himself.
The trouble is that the
guy who owns the parrot is a quiet, conservative type, and this bird's foul
mouth is driving him crazy.
One day, it gets to be
too much, so the guy grabs the bird by the throat, shakes him really hard, and
yells, "QUIT IT!" But this just makes the bird mad and he swears more
than ever.
Then the guy gets mad
and says, "That's it. I'll get you." and locks the bird in a kitchen
cabinet.
This really aggravates
the bird and he claws and scratches, and when the guy finally lets him out, the
bird cuts loose with a stream of invective that would make a veteran sailor
blush.
At that point, the guy
is so mad that he throws the bird into the freezer.
For the first few
seconds, there is a terrible din. The bird kicks and claws and thrashes. Then
it suddenly goes very quiet.
At first the guy just
waits, but then he starts to think that the bird may be hurt. After a couple of
minutes of silence, he's so worried that he opens up the freezer door.
The bird calmly climbs
onto the man's outstretched arm and says, "Awfully sorry about the trouble
I gave you. I'll do my best to improve my vocabulary from now on."
The man is astounded. He
can't understand the transformation that has come over the parrot.
Then the parrot says,
"By the way, what did the chicken do?"
Searchin’ “You Tube” I
found .
John John Salutes the Coffin of His Father
Daybook Information .
…Happening This Week:
20-26
Better
Conversation Week
Church/State
Separation Week
National
Bible Week
National
Family Week
National
Game & Puzzle Week
Today Is .
- Black Friday
- Buy Nothing Day
- Flossing Day
- International Day For the Elimination of Violence Against Women Day
- Maize Day
- National Native American Heritage Day
- National Parfait Day
- Shopping Reminder Day
- Sinkie Day [a day to eat all your meals over the sink]
- You're Welcomegiving Day
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- Bosnia and Herzegovina: National Day (1943)
- Suriname: Independence Day (1975 for Netherlands)
Today’s Events .
Arts
1940 - Woody
Woodpecker debuts with release of Walter Lantz's "Knock Knock"
1960 - "Amos
'n' Andy" made its last broadcast on CBS radio
Athletes
1976 - OJ
Simpson gains 273 yards for Buffalo vs Detroit
1980 - Sugar Ray
Leonard defeats Duran regains WBC welterweight championship
Business
1920 - 1st
Thanksgiving Parade (Phila)
1983 - World's
greatest robbery 25,000,000 pounds of gold, Heathrow, England
Education
1792 - Farmer's
Almanac 1st published
Indigenous People
1712: The Commander in
Chief of the Carolinas' militia, Colonel Pollock meets with Chief Tom Blunt.
The Chief did not participate in the original attacks of the Tuscarora War.
They eventually sign a treaty not to attack each other. Blunt also agrees to
bring in King Hancock.
1876 - Indian
Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little
Bighorn, United States Army troops sack Chief Dull Knife's sleeping Cheyenne
village at the headwaters of the Powder River
1894: A group of
nineteen Hopi "hostiles" are placed under arrest by the army for
interfering with "friendly" Hopi Indian activities on their Arizona
reservation. The nineteen prisoners will be held in Alcatraz prison in
California from January 3, 1895 to August 7, 1895.
Politics [International]
1491 - The
siege of Granada, last Moorish stronghold in Spain, begins
1944 - World War II:
A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's store in Deptford, United Kingdom,
killing 160 shoppers
1973 - Bloodless
military coup ousts Greek Pres George Papadopoulos
Politics [US]
1963 - JFK
laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery
1973 - Maximum speed
limit cut to 55 MPH as an energy conservation measure
Religion
--
Science
1703 - The
Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part
of Great Britain, reaches its peak intensity which it maintains through
November 27. Winds gust up to 120 mph, and 9,000 people perish in the mighty
gale
1884 - John B
Meyenberg of St Louis patents evaporated milk
1912 - American
College of Surgeons incorporates in Springield, Ill
Today’s Birthdays .
Artists: [Authors, Composers]
--
Athletes
Bucky Dent, all star
shortstop (Chicago White Sox, NY Yankees) is 60
1914 - "Joltin'"
Joe DiMaggio, Yankee Clipper (56 game hitting streak)
Bernie Kosar, NFL
quarterback (Miami Dolphins, Cleve Browns) is 48
Entertainers [Actors, Singers…]
Christina Applegate, actress
(Kelly-Married With Children) is 40
Jill Hennessy, actor is 43
John Larroquette, actor is 64
1919 - Ricardo
Montalban, actor (Fantasy Island, Star Trek II, Naked Gun)
Percy Sledge, soul
singer (When A Man Loves A Woman) is 71
Ben Stein, actor, economist is 67
Entrepreneurs & Educators
1835 - Andrew
Carnegie, Scottish/US industrialist/philanthropist
1843 - Henry
Ware Eliot, American industrialist, philanthropist and the father of T. S.
Eliot
1960 - John F
Kennedy Jr, NYC, son of JFK/lawyer/magazine publisher (George)
Political Figures
1846 - Carrie
Nation, American temperance advocate
Scientists & Theologists
1881 - John
XXIII, [Angelo Roncalli], Bergamo Italy, 261st pope
Today’s Obits .
1981 - Jack
Albertson, actor (Chico & the Man), dies at 74
1982 - Robert
Coote, actor (MacBeth), dies in NYC of a heart attack at 73
1973 - Albert
DeSalvo, Boston strangler, stabbed to death in prison at 42
1885 - Thomas A
Hendricks, 21st VP, dies 8 months after taking office in his sleep at 66
1958 - Charles
F Kettering, invented auto self-starter, dies at 82
1964 - Clarence
Kolb, actor (Mr Honeywell-My Little Margie), dies at 90
1980 - George
Raft, NYC, actor (Scarface), dies at 85
1949 - Luther
"Bill" Robinson, "Bojangles" famed tap dancer, dies of
heart failure at 71
1987 - Harold
Washington, 1st black mayor of Chicago dies of heart attack at 65
1998 - Flip Wilson,
American actor and comedian dies of liver cancer at 64
Answers .
NPR Sunday Puzzle
- Bald, legal, spread…eagle
- Funny, hush, prize…money
- Air, junk, snail…mail
- Father, prime, spare…time
- Creature, double, facial…feature
- Cheat, cookie, rap…sheet
- Drag, sack, space…race
- Chop, pawn, window…shop
Wuzzle
- Short end of the stick
- Annex
- A second job on the side
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] the dates may not be
totally accurate.
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