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Flagstaff Almanac: Week: 49/ Day:
Today: H 51°…L 35°
Averages: H 44° L 18°
Records: H
67°(1977)…L -2°(1968, 1931)
Wind: ave: 12mph; Gusts: 16mph Today’s ave. humidity: 69%
Quote of the Day:
Today’s Historical Highlights:
1st edition of the Los Angeles Times is published—1881
Baseball approves a free-agent draft—1964
Bonnie Prince Charles reaches Derby—1745
Due to Persian Gulf crisis gas hits $1.60 per gallon price in NYC—1980
James Monroe (VA), elected 5th pres—1816
Killer fogs begin in London England, "Smog" becomes a word—1952
Manila paper (made from sails, canvas & rope) patented—1843
Senate approves US participation in UN—1945
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How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays
Returns tomorrow
Free Rambling Thoughts:
Nice day. My neighbors have moved in. They have at least 2 dogs, two ladies, and four guys and at least 5 vehicles. I’ve spoken to most of them. A strange group for sure. They are constantly going in and out, slamming the door, and talking very loudly on the sidewalk. They come outside, make a cell phone call, speaking so we can all hear. I’m sure they will calm down once they settle in. All of my neighbors since I moved in have been quiet for the most part. We’ll see how this works out. I also called the HOA’s fit-it guy and he says he has been really busy, but will work on my kitchen outlet sometime this week.All the children in DC are still kindergarten. Somebody needs to put their pay on hold until they reach a compromise, or do like LBJ and call in the leaders, open a bottle, and make them finish the bottle and reach a compromise. Neither option is an adult action, but something has to happen.
Game
Center: (answers at the end of post)
Duplicate Letter Puzzles
Find
common words with certain letters duplicated in the given
positions. V stands for a duplicated vowel, C stands for a
duplicated consonant, and _ stands for any letter
C V C V _ V
Lifestyle
Substance:
Old Saying Explained:
HAT TRICK…This comes from cricket. Once a bowler who took three wickets in successive deliveries was given a new hat by his club.
Ok, then?
TV Theme Songs you may remember:
Peter Gunn - Henry Mancini
Read This Headline Carefully!!
Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures
NPR Hosts:
Bet You Didn’t Know…from History Channel
Each year in ancient Rome, more than 8,000 gladiators died—most before they turned 23.
Harper’s Index:
- Percentage of its GDP that the US has spent on transportation infrastructure since 1979: 1.6
- Rank of that percentage among the lowest of any developed country: 1
Ruminations:
It’s only a matter of time before Facebook ruins our social skills to the point that we start saying ‘like’ out loud when we’re not clever enough to think of a comment.
Unusual Fact of the Day:
In early drafts of the Back to the Future script, the time machine was built out of an old refrigerator.Found on You Tube:
Joke-of-the-day:
Lying on his deathbed, the wealthy Mr. Sams was instructing his attorney on last-minute changes in his will. “I wish to leave everything I own, all stocks, bonds property, art, and money, to my wife. However, there is one stipulation.” “And that is?” “In order to inherit, she must marry within six months of my death.” The lawyer seemed puzzled. “Why make such an unusual request?” Mr. Sams answered, “Because I want someone to be sorry I died.”
Rules of Thumb:
Easy
shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
TIME TO SEASON FIREWOOD…For hardwoods, season wood for 1 year if split and for 2 years if not split prior to burning.
Yeah, It Really Happened
Either graphics are getting better, or Canadians are getting drunker. Either way, a bizarre problem has cropped up at Mosaic Stadium in Regina, Saskatchewan.
For weeks, the cheery image of the burning log was displayed on the video scoreboard at the Saskatchewan Roughriders home venue. The flaming log was also shown on banner screens across the stands. The problem was, from a distance some people thought the stadium was on fire - there have been four frantic calls to 911 in the past few weeks.
Deputy fire chief Gerard Kay said callers were very descriptive, reporting "a very bright flame. In some cases even the smell of smoke." Standing in the parking lot at the nearby Regina field house recently, a CBC journalist saw the televised flames apparently looming over neighborhood houses. A fire crew was dispatched to the scene just last week. "It's funny, someone jokingly said, 'Y'know, I don't know about that Yule log. Someone is going to think the stadium is on fire,'" Roughriders CEO Jim Hopson said. "Sure as heck, someone thought the stadium was on fire." Another holiday-themed display will likely go up later, he said.
Somewhat Useless Information
- The reindeer family includes caribou as well as a few smaller subspecies. In fact, reindeer and Caribou are essentially the same animal, although reindeer are domesticated and caribou are wild.
- Reindeer are found in the arctic and subarctic regions of North America, Europe and Asia. Reindeer have thick, multi-layered fur that is specially suited for the harsh arctic climate where they live.
- Reindeer have an excellent sense of smell. Because food is scarce in the Arctic, reindeer use their great sense of smell to detect food buried deep beneath the snow.
- Male reindeer are called bulls and females are called cows. Baby reindeer are called calves. Reindeer typically have a lifespan of around 10 years.
- Reindeer are the only deer species in which both the male and females grow antlers, although the males' antlers are bigger.
- Reindeer shed and regrow their antlers every year. Males usually shed their antlers by early December, while females usually don't shed their antlers until after they give birth, in the spring.
Calendar Information
Happening This Week:
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Cookie Cutter Week; Tolerance Week
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Recipe Greetings For The Holidays Week; Clerc-Gallaudet Week; National Hand washing
Awareness Week
Today Is
National Cookie Day
National Dice Day
Wear Brown Shoes Day
~~Ashura: Tenth Day (Islamic - begins at sundown)
~~Eastern Orthodox: Saint Barbara's Day
Today’s Events through History
1st US citizenship granted an alien on foreign soil (James Hoey) —1942
2 months after death of drummer John Bonham, Led Zeppelin breaks up—1980
Cecil B DeMille's 1st version of "Ten Commandments" premieres—1923
FDR orders dismantling of Works Progress Administration—1942
Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange) —1867
French army begins bombing citadel of Antwerp—1832
Judds final concert (Nashville) —1991
King Carloman joint King of the Franks, dies, leaving his older brother Charlemagne, sole ruler of the Frankish Kingdom—771
Pioneer Venus 1 goes into orbit around Venus—1978
Pres Wilson sails for Versailles Peace Conference in France, 1st chief executive to travel outside US while in office—1918
Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson signed an agreement which returns to the Northern Ute approximately 85,000 acres of land in Utah. The land had been appropriated by the U.S. Congress took from them eighty-four years ago—2000Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong protest for democracy and call on the Government to allow universal and equal suffrage—2005Turkish sultan Suleiman occupies Baghdad—1534
William Marcy "Boss" Tweed (NYC-Tammany Hall) escapes from jail—1875
Today’s Birthdays
In their 70’s
Max Baer
Jr, Oakland California, actor (Jethro-Beverly Hillbillies) is 75
Freddy
Cannon, [Picariello], Lynn Ma, rocker (Palisades Park) is 72
In their 60’s
Jeff
Bridges, actor, musician, producer, photographer is 63
In their 40’s
Jay-Z [Shawn
Corey Carter], American rapper is 43
Marisa
Tomei, stage, film and television actress is 48
In their 30’s
Tyra
Banks, model/actress (Higher Learning, Fresh Prince of Bel Air) is 39
Remembered for being born today
Michael
Bates, Jhansi India, actor (Clockwork Orange, Patton) (1920-1978)
Samuel
Butler, England, author (Erewhom, Way of All Flesh) (1835-1902)
Thomas
Carlyle, Scotland, essayist/historian (French Revolution) (1795-1881)
Francisco
Franco, Ferrol, Galicia Spanish General/dictator (1936-75), (1892-1975)
Victor
French, Santa Barbara California, actor (Highway to Heaven) (1934-1989)
Crazy
Horse ["His-Horse-Is-Spirited"], Oglala Sioux chief (1840-stabbed in
custody-1877)
Lillian
Russell, [Helen Leonard], US, singer/actress (Great Mogul) (1860-1922)
Dennis
Wilson, Hawthorne CA, drummer/vocalist (Beach Boys-My Room) (1944-drowned-1983)
Today’s Historical Obits
Charles
Dow, American journalist (Dow Jones & Company - Wall Street Journal)—health
problems—1902—at 51
Thomas
Hobbes, English philosopher—1679—at 91
Alexander
Hume, Scottish poet—1609—at 49
Bert
Lahr, [Irving Lahrheim], US comic (Wizard of Oz), dies at 72
Itzhak
Rabin, PM of Israel (1968-73)—assassinated—1995—at 73
Shunryu
Suzuki, Zen teacher, founder of SF Zen Center—1971—at 67
William I
[The Lion} of Scotland—1214—at 71
Frank V
Zappa, US music/composer (Mothers of Invention)—cancer—1993—at 52
Answer: Duplicate Letter Puzzles
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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] the dates may not be
totally accurate.
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