Sep 28, 2012

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Flagstaff Almanac…  

Week: 39/ Day 272  :   Today: High  70°…Low 35°

Records: High   83°(2009, 1963)…Low 23°(1900)

Averages: High  69°…Low 38°

Wind: average:   5mph;  Gusts:  18mph

Today’s average humidity:  45%

Quote of the Day…

Today’s  Historical  Highlights…

2008 - SpaceX launches the first ever private spacecraft, 

             the Falcon 1 into orbit 

1980 - Carl Sagan's 13 part "Cosmos" premieres on PBS

1931 - Peking (200,000 demonstrators demand declaration

            of war on Japan)

1928 - UK passes the Dangerous Drugs Act outlawing 

           cannabis

1920 - 8 White Sox indicted, threw 1919 World Series 

            (Black Sox scandal)

1867 - Toronto becomes capital of Ontario

1850 - US Navy abolishes flogging as punishment

1745 - Bonnie Prince Charlie becomes king of Scotland

♪   Happy Birthday To: ♪.. 

How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays

 Returns tomorrow

Free Rambling Thoughts…   

We had a very good lunch at Little America today. Haven’t been there for some time. Cheryl had a good trip to CA and visiting her son and his family. Mary was excited about her inheritance and is now planning on a second home [condo] in Phx. She was all excited that her financial advisor had gotten her an annuity at 5% interest. I didn’t want to tell her that mine were making 7%-8%. She’s happy and I didn’t want to burst her bubble. It’s interesting how the laws work for a married couple. Mary has inherited money that comes to her. With that money she wants a condo. When she worked with a real estate agent about setting up a mortgage, they took all her information and that of her husband. Mary has tons of money from the inheritance and her husband is still working with no savings. All her inheritance is in her own accounts. When the packet came back, she gets a great rate due her great credit; but all the paperwork listed her husband first and her as the co-signer. Interesting for sure. A similar thing happened at a hot tub place. They went in, her husband said, in front of the male salesman, that it was her money and she should get what she wants, then he walked away to wait for her. The salesman showed her lots of hot tubs, none of them the two person one she wanted. He finally said he wished her husband had stayed around so she could understand more about the tubs. Needless to say they left, without a tub.

Game  Center: (answers at the end of post)

What is the rhyming answer?

Answer the following clue in two rhyming words (e.g. an obese feline is a fat cat) If only one number is given, the answer is a word featuring internal rhyme (e.g. voodoo)

 male pilot (3,3)

Rebus…

Can you figure out what this means?

Lifestyle  Substance…     

Do you remember this?

Read This Headline Carefully!!

War Dims Hope for Peace

Do you know what this word means?

What is this not so common name of a common object?

dendrophilia

Gorilla:

Great Melodies…:

 Returns tomorrow

Harper’s Index…         

 Returns tomorrow

Unusal Fact of the Day…

At the 2000 Samsung Open, a furious Goran Ivanišević smashed three rackets and was forced to withdraw. Why? Because he didn’t have a fourth on hand.

Found on You Tube… 

The Best of Harpo Marx - Animal Crackers (1930)

 Joke-of-the-day…

A man went to the doctor complaining of insomnia. The doctor gave him an exam and found nothing physically wrong with him. “Listen,” the doctor said, “if you ever expect to cure your insomnia, you need to stop taking your troubles to bed with you.” “It’s true,” said the patient, “but my wife refuses to sleep alone.”

Rules of Thumb…   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

BUYING WINE…The higher the alcohol level, the drier the wine.    

Yeah, It Really Happened…

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe - The million residents of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second-largest city, were to all flush their toilets at precisely the same time Saturday night, officials said. The 7:30 p.m. synchronized flushing was to help prevent pipes from bursting after local officials started rationing water because of a drought, Africa Review reported. "This is done to prevent any sewer blockages as we anticipate longer periods without water in the reticulation system," city council spokeswoman Nesisa Mpofu said, who added the big flush was to be in addition to other flushes during the day. The communal flushings are expected every three days during the drought. Two of the city's five supply reservoirs have emptied and two others could go dry before the region's usual November rains. "Water rationing may be extended to 92-hour periods. The situation is very serious," Mpofu said. The situation wasn't sitting well with some. A blogger on the Zimbabwean activists website Kubatana.net wrote: "People who flush together, make revolution together? Only in Zimbabwe ... how much [expletive] from this incompetent government will we continue to tolerate?"

Somewhat Useless Information…   

 Returns tomorrow

Calendar Information…        

Happening This Week:

22-29: Banned Books Week / National Dog Week / National Keep Kids Creative Week / Remember to Register to Vote Week / International Women's E-Commerce Days

Today Is…                                                                      

Ask A Stupid Question Day
Fish Tank Floorshow Night
Hug A Vegetarian Day
Love Note Day
National Good Neighbor Day
National Walk To Work Day
National Women's Health and Fitness DaySave The Koala Day
~Taiwan: Birthday of Confucius/Teacher's Day

Today’s Events Through History…  

2000’s

2000 - Al-Aqsa Intifada: Ariel Sharon visits the Temple 

          Mount in Jerusalem

1900’s

1982 - 1st reports appear of death from cyanide-laced 

            Tylenol capsules 

1976 - Muhammad Ali beats Ken Norton in 15 for 

            heavyweight boxing title

1970 - Anwar Sadat replaces Egyptian President Nassar

1968 - Janis Joplin announces she's leaving "Big Brother 

            & Holding Co"

1963 - "Tennessee Tuxedo," cartoon debuts on CBS-TV

1962 - "I'm Dickens, He's Fenster," debuts on ABC-TV

1961 - "Hazel," starring Shirley Booth debuts on NBC-TV

1961 - "Doctor Kildare," debuts on NBC

1960 - "Millionaire," last airs on CBS-TV

1953 - KOAT TV channel 7 in Albuquerque, NM (ABC/PBS)

            begins broadcasting

1928 - 1st recording session in Nashville (Warmack's Gully Jumpers)

1800’s

1867 - In the final day of a three day fight, the First Cavalry, 

            Twenty-Third Infantry and Boise Indian scouts, fight

            with a combined force of Paiute, Pit River and Modoc

            Indians in Infernal Canyon, near Pitt River, south of 

            modern Alturas, California.

1700’s

1787 - Congress sends Constitution to state legislatures for

            their approval

1785 - Napoleon Bonaparte (16) graduates from the military

            academy in Paris (42nd in a class of 51)

1704 - Maryland allows divorce if wife mispleases 

            clergyman/preacher

1600’s

1687 - Venetians take Athens from the Turks

1678 - "Pilgrim's Progress" published 

1500’s

1542 - Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo lands at 

            San Diego Bay, California

1528 - Spanish fleet sinks in Florida hurricane; about 380

            die

1000’s

1066 - William the Conqueror invade England landing at 

             Pevensey Bay, Sussex

Today’s Birthdays…                                                           

Under 30

Hilary Duff, actress and singer (Lizzie McGuire) will be 25

In their 30’s

 Bam Margera, American skateboarder will be 33

In their 40’s

Naomi Watts, British-Australian actress will be 44

In their 70’s

Brigitte Bardot, sex kitten (And God Created Women)

     will be 78

Ben E. King [Benjamin Earl Nelson], New York City, 

     American soul singer (Stand by Me) is 74

Remembered for being born today

Avery Brundage, Detroit Mich, CEO (Intl Olympic 

      Committee, 1952-72) b. 1887

Al Capp, [Alfred Gerald Caplin], New Haven Ct, cartoonist 

      (Li'l Abner) b. 1909

Confucius, Chinese philosopher (founder of Confucianism)

       b. 551BC

Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor b. 1924

Max Schmeling, Germany, world heavyweight boxing champ (1930-32) b. 1905

Ed Sullivan, New York NY, TV variety show host/gossip 

      columnist (Ed Sullivan Show) b. 1901

William Windom, NYC, actor (Farmer's Daughter, Murder

      She Wrote) b. 1923

Today’s Historical Obits…                                                           

Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer—cancer—

      2004—at 77 

Eric Fleming, actor (Gil-Rawhide) — drowned while filming

      — 1966 — at 41

Althea Gibson, American tennis player — circulatory 

      collapse —2003 —at 76 

Edwin Hubble, American astronomer, designer of 

      telescopes — blood clot — 1953 — at 63

John Paul I, [Albino Luciano], Pope (1978), dies after 33 

      days as pope —heart attack [?] —1978 —at 65

Harpo [Arthur] Marx, comedian (Marx Bros) — heart attack

      — 1964— at 75

Herman Melville, writer (Billy Budd, Moby Dick)—heart attack

      — 1891 — at 72

Gamal' Abd al-Nassar, Egypt Pres (1953-70) — heart attack

      —1970 — at 52

Louis Pasteur, French bacteriologist (Pasteurization) — 

      1895 — at 72

Richard Sears, businessman (Sears, Roebuck and 

      Company) — Bright's disease —1914 —at 50

Pierre Trudeau, 15th Prime Minister of Canada —2000

      —at 80

Answers…                                                                                                                                            

Do you know what this word means?

sexual attraction to trees (from the Greek dendron = tree)

What is the rhyming answer?

Fly guy

Rebus

Wide load

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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