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Flagstaff Almanac: Week: 15/ Day: 98 Today: H 62°…L 32°
Wind: ave: 21mph; Gusts: 33mph Ave. humidity: 45%
*Averages: H
56° L 27°
Records: H 80°(1989)…L 10°(1922)
Quote of the Day
Today’s Historical Highlights
1st fire escape patented, wicker basket on a
pulley & chain…1766
1st Jewish congregation in US forms synagogue,
"Shearith Israel, NYC"…1730
17th amendment, requiring direct election of
senators, ratified…1913
204th & final episode of "All in the
Family"…1979
British troops chase French out of Masulipatam
India…1759
Ernest Childers. Muscogee (Creek) gets the Medal of Honor…1944
John D Lynde patents aerosol dispenser…1862
Milk was sold in glass bottles for 1st time…1879
New Winchester Cathedral is dedicated by
Walkelin…1093
Nineteen Marines are killed when a V-22 Osprey
tilt-rotor aircraft crashes
near Marana, Arizona…2000
William Ewart Gladstone introduces the first
Irish Home Rule Bill into the
British House of Commons…1886
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Birthday To: ♪. ♪
How many can you identify?…answers in Today’s Birthdays
Free Rambling Thoughts
Spent plenty of time in outside in our great weather…except for some wind. Still nice.Got an email from my roommate and we are waiting till we get on board to sign up for any excursions. That is fine with me…I’m usually a last minute guy anyway.Went to the mall and found two nice sweaters at Dillards…total price was less than $20 thanks to the 50% off and then 65% off that price. Can’t beat Dillards end of season sales. Weatherman says I may be able to wear them this week as temps are dropping about 20° for the next few days. It’s spring in Flagstaff.This afternoon I caught up on my weekly DVRed programs. A nice way to spend a windy afternoon. And I really like the DVR so I can skip all the commercials and promos…which sure makes the one hour programs much shorter.
Game
Center (answers at the
end of post)
Brain Teasers
Your task here is to change one letter in each
of the following words, in order to find six (6) words with a common theme.
FIG MUST HIND SLOW SMUG MAIL
Lifestyle
Substance:
Found on You Tube with some relevance to today
Origins of Phrases
A fool and his money are soon parted
Meaning
Literal meaning.
Origin
This is quite an early proverb in the English language and, as such, might be thought to contain the wisdom of the ancients. The notion was known by the late 16th century, when it was expressed in rhyme by Thomas Tusser inFive Hundreth Pointes of Good Husbandrie, 1573:A foole & his money,be soone at debate:which after with sorow,repents him to late.The precise wording of the expression comes just a little later, in Dr. John Bridges' Defence of the Government of the Church of England, 1587:If they pay a penie or two pence more for the reddinesse of them..let them looke to that, a foole and his money is soone parted.
Ok, then?
Harper’s Index
Amount 3 NY men owe in restitution for stealing rock lobsters off the coast of South Africa: $54,900,000
Picture of the Day: Rainforest Medicines
Unusual Fact of the Day
There are nearly as many inmates in California state prisons as there are in U.S. federal prisons.
Joke-of-the-day
Rules of Thumb:The local sheriff was looking for a deputy, so Gomer, who was not exactly the sharpest nail in the bucket, went in to try out for the job."Okay," the sheriff drawled, "Gomer, what is 1 and 1?""11" he replied.The sheriff thought to himself, "That's not what I meant, but he's right. What two days of the week start with the letter 'T'?""Today and tomorrow."The sheriff was again surprised that Gomer supplied a correct answer that he had never thought of himself."Now Gomer, listen carefully: Who killed Abraham Lincoln?"Gomer looked a little surprised himself, then thought really hard for a minute and finally admitted, "I don't know.""Well, why don't you go home and work on that one for a while?"So, Gomer wandered over to the barbershop where his pals were waiting to hear the results of the interview. Gomer was exultant. "It went great! First day on the job and I'm already working on a murder case!"
Easy
shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess
STICKING WITH
A FITNESS PROGRAM
If you can follow a fitness program for 21 consecutive days, you can follow it for life.
Kenneth Blanchard, author, quoted in Boardroom Reports
Yeah, It Really Happened
LAS VEGAS - The Las Vegas Denny's has opened the chain's first wedding chapel, with $95 buying space for the ceremony, a bottle of champagne and a Pancake Puppies cake. The Denny's Wedding Chapel officially opened for business Wednesday and the restaurant said wedding parties will receive 20 percent off their food bills, the Las Vegas Sun reported Thursday. The wedding packages include the space, celebratory beverage and a cake made from the restaurant chain's Pancake Puppies breakfast offering.Somewhat Useless Information
- Sea water, loaded with mineral salts, weighs about a pound and a half more per cubit foot than fresh water at the same temperature.
- Ten per cent of the salt mined in the world each year is used to de-ice the roads in America.
- The air we breathe is 78% nitrogen, 21.5% oxygen, .5% argon and other gases.
- The Chinese were using aluminum to make things as early as 300 AD Western civilization didn't rediscover aluminum until 1827.
- The Cullinan Diamond is the largest gem-quality diamond ever discovered. Found in 1905, the original 3,100 carats were cut to make jewels for the British Crown Jewels and the British Royal family's collection.
- The largest gold nugget ever found weighed 172 lbs., 13 oz.
- The largest hailstone ever recorded was 17.5 inches in diameter - bigger than a basketball.
Calendar Information
Happening This Week:
4-10
Testicular Cancer
Awareness Week*Hate Week
7-13
National Animal
Control Appreciation Week
National Blue
Ribbon Week
National Public Health Week
National Public Health Week
Today Is
~ Japan: Hana
Matsuri (Flower Festival)
Today’s Events through History
Clint Eastwood elected mayor of Carmel
California…1986
FDR, in an attempt to check inflation, freezes
wages and prices, prohibits workers
from changing jobs unless the war effort
would be aided thereby, and bars rate
increases to common carriers and public
utilities…1943
Governor Robert Morris will declare war on the DELAWARE
and SHAWNEE Indians.
As a part of his declaration, he will offer the
following bounties: prisoners: men
over 12=150 Spanish pieces of eight, women
or boys=130; scalps: men=130, women
and boys=50. The bounty on scalps will lead
to the killing of many innocent Indians
who were members of neither tribe. The
legislation for this would be called
"The Scalp Act"…1756
Michael Landon announces he has inoperable
cancer of pancreas…1991
Today’s Birthdays
In their 80’s
Shecky Greene, comedian/actor (Love Machine,
Combat) is 87
In their 60’s
Tom DeLay, American politician is 66
Gerald McRaney, Actor: Simon & Simon is 66
Remembered
for being born today
Melvin Calvin, US chemist (photosynthesis,
Nobel 1961) [1911-1997]
Betty Ford, First Lady of the United States [1918-2011]
Sonja Henie, Oslo Norway, ice skater
(Olympic-gold-1928,32,36) [1912-1989]
Mary Pickford, [Gladys Smith], actress (Poor
Little Rich Girl) [1892-1979]
Today’s Historical Obits
Laura Nyro, singer…ovarian cancer…1997…at 49
Phil Ochs, rock producer (Joe Hill)…suicide…1976…at
35
Elisha G Otis, US elevator builder (Otis)…
diphtheria…1861…at 50
Pablo (Ruiz y) Picasso, Spanish/French painter
(Guernica)…1973…at 91
Jan W Pieneman, historical painter (Battle at
Waterloo)…1853…at 73
Ryan White, hemophiliac aids sufferer…AIDS…1990…at
18
Answer: Brain Teasers
FIG --> FOG MUST --> MIST HIND --> WIND SLOW --> SNOW SMUG --> SMOG MAIL --> HAIL 'Weather conditions' is the common theme.
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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