July 21

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Flagstaff Almanac

Week: 29 Day: 203

Today: High   83°…Low 56°

Records: High   91 (1939)°…Low 42° (1940)

Averages: High   81°…Low 52°

Wind:   4mph;  Gusts:  32mph

Hard Afternoon Rain  Today’s humidity:  38%

Quote of the Day

Today’s  Historical  Highlights

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♪Happy Birthday To: ♪ 

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Free Rambling Thoughts   

I had a great lunch with our retirement group, along with Cheryl’s sister from Michigan. I caught everyone up on Africa, Mary caught us all up on Oregon, and Cheryl on her many family visits this summer. We are all having good summers and I think we were all glad to be back in AZ. Visiting out of state or traveling for an adventure certainly takes a toll on us…and it seems to mostly be a mental toll. Mary had lots of pics of her grandkids.

I’m trying very hard to get a handle on the Aurora tragedy. What a shock to wake up and NPR talking about my home state. Aurora, like Columbine, is miles away from where I grew up. All I know about Aurora is that the old Stapleton Airport was there and their main drag was known for its speed traps. Of course that was decades ago. When I found the shooter was attending the Aurora campus of my alma mater it shocked me.  Just like Columbine changed America’s schools, and 9-11 changed America, this is going to change movie going and not just for those all common midnight openings but all movie viewing. Thankfully, many law enforcement and movie goers have said that this can’t change movie going habits…but we all know it will. I have said many times that I leave a restaurant when someone enters strapped with a weapon…even though AZ has an ‘open carry’ law. I choose not to be in the same area as someone who carries. I’m expecting to see changes in movie going, even here in little ol’ Flag. So many questions and so few answers. It will take time to find out how he got the guns, why is broke from reality, and why he has changed America. This is not the time for an overreaction by the theaters, the movie goers, or Homeland Security. I keep telling myself, this was at one theater out of thousands across the country with this midnight opening…but then I remember it was one guy with a shoe bomb that makes all travelers remove shoes to get through security. We certainly live in very strange times.

Shortened version of today’s blog…visitors arrived early…

Game   Center: (answers at the end of post)

What is the answer?

If solving word puzzles is one of the things at which you are proficient, see if you can think of a 9-letter word that contains only one vowel.

5X5 Word Boxes

The answer to 1 across is the same word as the answer to 1 down; 2 across is the same as 2 down; etc. Can you solve these Word Boxes? Each answer is 5 letters.

1.      bad place to leave someone in

2.      useful

3.      unwavering

4.      hold on

5.      yard delimiter

Hint: from upper left to lower right the letters are L-T-G-N-E

Lifestyle  Substance     

My Latest Adventure—

One Hit Wonders of the 1950’s

Oh, How Happy …Shades of Blue…1966

Dirty Water …The Standells…1966

Double Shot (of My Baby’s Love)…Swingin’ Medallions…1966

Walkin’ My Cat Named Dog …Norma Tanega…1966

Harper’s Index         

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Found on You Tube 

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Joke-of-the-day

A man is surprised to receives a call from his doctor.

The doctor says, "I'm sorry, but I have some bad news and some worse news."

"Well, alright, give me the bad news first," said the man.

"Well," said the doctor, "The bad news is that you only have 24 hours to live."

"Holy Cow! That is some bad news!" the man exclaimed. "What news could be worse than that?" he asked.

"The worse news is that I have been trying to reach you since yesterday."

Rules of Thumb   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

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Yeah, It Really Happened

BEIJING - Guinness World Records said 1,001 people clung tight to mattresses in China to set the world record for largest human mattress dominoes. Guinness adjudicator Dong Cheng said the volunteers gathered in Shanghai to beat the record of 850, which was set in February in New Orleans. Cheng said the human mattress dominoes took 11 minutes and 11 seconds to fall. "For an event like this involving 1,000 people, to succeed [the] first time is not just about luck. All other conditions must be correct. First of all, all the participants must fully understand the rules," Cheng said. "Second, the volunteers were all very brave. No one dodged when the 2-meter-high [about 6 feet-high] mattress fell onto them."                 

Somewhat Useless Information   

North Korean arms outnumber those in the South by about two to one, including offensive weapons such as tanks, long-range artillery, aircraft and armored personnel carriers. However, much of the Military equipment in North Korea is obsolete.

The border between North and South Korea is one of the most militarized areas in the world, according to the State Department, with a combined total of almost two million military personnel under the control of Pyongyang (1.2 million), Seoul (680,000) and foreign powers including the United States (28,000).

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

15-21

National Parenting Gifted Children Week
*Rabbit Week
Captive Nations Week
National Independent Retailers Week
National Zoo Keeper Week

18-21

Baby Food Festival
National Ventriloquism Week

18-25

Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) Education & Awareness Week:

27-29 

Garlic Days
World Lumberjack Championships

Single Working Women's Week

Today Is                                                                      

Celebration of The Horse Day

National Hot Dog Day

Legal Drinking Age Day

National Tug-Of-War Tournament Day

*Liberation Day (Guam)
*Independence Day (Belgium)

Answers                                                                                                                                            

What is the answer?

Strengths (re-read the puzzle for a clue that in the puzzle)

5X5 boxes

LURCH

UTILE

RIGID

CLING

HEDGE

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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