Mar 8, 2013

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Flagstaff Almanac:  Week: 10/ Day: 67   

Today: H   54°…L 22° Averages: H  48° L 22° Records: H   66°(1972)…L -1°(1945)

Wind: ave:   20mph; Gusts:  36mph  Ave. humidity:  49% WINTER STORM ADVISORY

Quote of the Day

Today’s Historical Highlights

"A Team," last aired on NBC-TV after 4 years►1987

1st train crosses 1st US railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls►1855

Census indicates 239,000 farmers gave up farming in last 2 years►1953

Eisenhower Tunnel in Colorado, world's highest/US longest, opens►1973

IRA bomb destroyed Nelson's Column in Dublin►1966

KUAT TV channel 6 in Tucson, AZ (PBS) begins broadcasting►1959

Martina Navratilova is 1st tennis player to earn $10 million►1986

Pres Reagan calls the USSR an "Evil Empire"►1983

Russian revolution breaks out►1917 

Susan B. Anthony addresses the U.S. House Judiciary Committee arguing 

     for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting women the right to vote►1884

Toyota recalls 700,000 vehicles over safety concerns►2012

♪  ♪   Happy Birthday To: ♪. ♪   

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

Free Rambling Thoughts   

Here we go again. Seems that the friendly weatherman is predicting a foot of snow this weekend. It has been windy all day, but no clouds yet. However, the snow is to start tomorrow and continue through Saturday. So hard to have these nice spring days followed by snow. Ah, life at 7000’ is always unpredictable.

 

I had a great lunch with Cheryl. She is doing well, and had a horrific story about her recent dog walk. She has two dogs and a neighbor has one. They usually walk the neighborhood every evening. Earlier this week while on their walk a strange dog attacked the neighbor’s dog. They haven’t found the dog yet, but the injured dog has a vet bill of over $800. So senseless. I shared some of my Uganda pictures with her nad she really like them. She too thought the Dubai desert looked a lot like the Rez. Nice to share the memories.

 

So Rand Paul’s filibuster didn’t ever get an answer, ended after 13 hours, and the nominee was approved. The good thing that came out of the whole mess was a great deal of discussion about Presidential powers in using drones. Lots of politicians didn’t like his filibuster, but I still am glad that he raised the question. I also think that the administration should not cave to the threat of a filibuster on bills or nominations. Most of the time the filibuster just makes the busters look out of touch. It is a bully technique and sometimes if not most times, you have to call the bluff.

 

After waiting a long time, my brother’s birthday gift arrived yesterday. It is a great gift card. The company told him it would be sent FedEx. Not. It came regular mail with no names on the enclosed gift envelope, it only had the amount. It also took 9 days to get here from Denver. Anyway, we talked and worked it out. 

Game  Center (answers at the end of post)

Brain Teasers

There are two groups of four-letter words used in the sentences below. The first missing words of each sentence are anagrams of each other, and the second missing words are also anagrams of each other. Can you find them?

1. The hunters set a ____ for the hare. How else were they to enjoy its succulent _____ ? 2. They all listened in ____ attention as their leader spoke and motivated them to work as a ____. 3. There will always be a small ____ of wildness in a cat, though it is considered to be a ____ animal today.

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Found on You Tube with some relevance to today

• Little Peggy March - I will follow him

• What's my Line? Peggy Cass

• Pan Am introduction to jet service

Ok, then?

Getting old-er

Baby's First Doctor Visit A woman and a baby were in the doctor's examining room, waiting for the doctor to come in for the baby's first exam. The doctor arrived, and examined the baby, checked his weight, and being a little concerned, asked if the baby was breast-fed or bottle-fed.' Breast-fed,' she replied. 'Well, strip down to your waist,' the doctor ordered. She did. He pinched her nipples, pressed, kneaded, and rubbed both breasts for a while in a very professional and detailed examination. Motioning to her to get dressed, the doctor said, 'No wonder this baby is underweight. You don't have any milk. ''I know,' she said, 'I'm his Grandma, but I'm glad I came.'

Picture of the Day: Mountains of the world

Harper’s Index         

Number of trees that were cleared so the space shuttle Endeavor could be towed to the California Science Museum: 400

Unusual Fact of the Day

Only a few species of piranha are carnivorous; most eat plant matter or insects.

Joke-of-the-day

Three old pilots are walking on the ramp. First one says, “Windy, isn’t it?” Second says, “No, its Thursday!” Third one says, “So am I. Lest go get a beer.”

Rules of Thumb:   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

CHECKING YOUR EXHAUST

Blue smoke from your exhaust may mean your car needs a complete engine overhaul. Black smoke usually means a maladjusted carburetor. White smoke: Ignore it if the engine is cold, but if it keeps up after the engine has warmed, you may have a leaking head gasket.   

Yeah, It Really Happened

SPRING HILL, Tenn. - A Franklin, Tenn., mother said her 4-year-old daughter felt unnecessarily shamed leaving a public pool where the girl wore a swimsuit with a bottom, but no top. Sara Parada said her daughter was swimming Friday in the indoor pool of the Longview Recreation Center in Spring Hill, Tenn. The two left after an argument with lifeguards and a supervisor about policy at the pool. "It was really poorly handled," Parada said. "She left feeling really ashamed of herself." "The rule requires tops and bottoms for girls. It's never, ever been questioned in my 34 years," said Parks and Recreation Department Director Doug Hood, but the (Nashville) Tennessean noted Tuesday that, of 29 rules posted on the department's website regarding pool policies, only two mention proper attire and neither specifies tops and bottoms for girls. Parada has lived in California and Hawaii, she said, and acknowledged the rule. "Now that I know it's a cultural thing, I'll comply with the cultural norm. From now on I'm definitely putting a top on her. I don't see the need to traumatize her," she said.  

Somewhat Useless Information   

• A 1,200-pound horse eats about seven times it's own weight each year.

• A bird requires more food in proportion to its size than a baby or a cat.

• A capon is a castrated rooster.

• A chameleon can move its eyes in two directions at the same time.

• A chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its body.

• A chimpanzee can learn to recognize itself in a mirror, but monkeys can't.

• A Cornish game hen is really a young chicken, usually 5 to 6 weeks of age, that weighs no more than 2 pounds.

• A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

2-19

Iditarod Race
3-9

Severe Weather Preparedness Week
Celebrate Your Name Week
National Consumer Protection Week
National Procrastination Week
National Schools Social Work Week
National Sleep Awareness Week
National Words Matter Week
Professional Pet Sitters Week
Save Your Vision Week
Telecommunicator Appreciation Week
Read an E-Book Week
Return The Borrowed Books Week
Women in Construction Week
Newspaper in Education Week
National School Breakfast Week
Share A Story - Shape A Future Week
8-10

American Crossword Puzzle Weekend
8-14 

Universal Women's Week

Today Is                                                                      

Girls Write Now Day

International Pancake Day

International (Working) Women's Day since 1911

Middle Name Pride Day

National Peanut Cluster Day

National Proof Reading Day

Organize Your Home Office Day

UN Day for Women's Rights and International Peace

Today’s Events through History  

1st helicopter licensed for coml use (NYC) ►1946

Confederate ironclad "Merrimack" launched►1862

England Queen Anne ascends throne upon death of King William III►1720

Mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India►1930

New York enacts the nation's first dog-licensing law►1894

Pan American Airlines incorporates►1927

Supreme Court of the United States upholds the murder convictions of Timothy 

     McVeigh for the Oklahoma City bombing►1999

William Faulkner says US school degenerated to become babysitters►1958

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

In their 90’s

Ralph Baer, Creator of the first video game console is 91

In their 70’s

Susan Clark, Sarnia Ontario, actress (Night Moves, Webster) is 73

In their 60’s

Micky Dolenz, LA California, actor (Circus Boy)/singer (Monkees) is 68

Little Peggy March, [Margaret Battavio], vocalist (I Will Follow Him) is 65

In their 50’s

Kathy Ireland, model/actress (Alien From LA, Side Out) is 50

Camryn Manheim, actress is 52

In their 30’s

Freddie Prinze Jr, actor (I Know What You Did Last Summer) is 37

James Van Der Beek, actor (Dawson's Creek) is 36

Remembered for being born today

Anne Bonny Irish-American pirate [1702-1782]

Cyd Charisse, [Tula Finklea], dancer/actress (Singing in the Rain) [1922-2008]

Alan Hale [MacKahan] Jr, LA California, actor (Skipper-Gilligan's Island) [1921-1990]

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., 59th Supreme Court justice [1841-1935]

Sam Jaffe, NYC, actor (Gunga Din, Dr Zorba-Ben Casey) [1891-1984]

Lynn Redgrave, London, actress (Georgie Girl)/Weight-Watcher [1943-2010]

Karl Ferdinand von Graefe, German surgeon who helped create modern plastic surgery [1787-1840]

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Peggy Cass, American actress and comedian-heart failure-1999-at 74

Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player-1999-at 84

Millard Fillmore, 13th president (1850-53)-stroke-1874-at 74

Nat Gordon, last pirate, hanged for stealing 1,000 slaves-1862-at 27ish

Harold Lloyd, US comic/actor (Why Worry)-prostate cancer1971-at 77

William Howard Taft, 27th US pres (1909-13)/Chief Justice-1930-at 72

Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Dutch count/air pioneer-1917-at 78

Answer: Brain Teasers

1. The hunters set a TRAP for the hare. How else were they to enjoy its succulent MEAT ?
2. They all listened in RAPT attention as their leader spoke and motivated them to work as a TEAM.
3. There will always be a small PART of wildness in a cat, though it is considered to be a TAME animal today.
Group I - TRAP, RAPT, PART
Group II - MEAT, TEAM, TAME

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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