11/8/13

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Flagstaff Almanac:

Week: 45/ Day: 312   

Today: L 20°…H 62°… Ave. humidity: 40%

Wind: ave:   8mph; Gusts:  22mph  

Average Low: 24° Record Low:  8° (1918)

Average High: 53° Record High:  74° (1973)

Quote of the Day

Today’s Historical Highlights

1864 - Abraham Lincoln (R) elected to his 2nd term as American President

1892 - Grover Cleveland (D) elected president

1904 - American President Theodore Roosevelt (R) defeats Alton B Parker (D)

1932 - Franklin Roosevelt (D) elected 32nd President for 1st time

1960 - JFK (Sen-D-Mass) beats VP Richard Nixon (R) to become 35th US president

1988 - George W H Bush (R) beats Mike Dukakis (D) for presidency

1st jet-plane battle ever, in Korean War…1950

ABC broadcasts "Iran Crisis: American Held Hostage" (later:"Nightline")…1979

Bourbon Whiskey, 1st distilled from corn (by Elijah Craig, Bourbon Ky)…1789

FDR creates Civil Works Administration…1933

German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen produces and detects X-rays…1895

Louvre in Paris opens…1793

Movie actor Ronald Reagan elected Governor of California…1966

NYC Museum of Modern Art opens in Hecksher Building…1929

♫  Today’s Birthdays: ♫   

How many can you identify? Answers in Today’s Birthdays

My Free Rambling Thoughts   

Great checkup on my eyes. While things are still blurry in my right eye, I can see more of the eye chart than I have seen in years. Things are looking good. Lots of eye drops to contend with one for swelling once a day, one antibiotic 4 times a day, one other one twice a day for something. This will all end soon. So far my biggest complaint is the tape residue that is left on my face from the eye patch I have to wear when I am sleeping. All the talk of moderate to severe pain was a myth, I did feel a little discomfort after the surgery, but it was gone after my afternoon nap yesterday. I am still a little dilated, so not much time outside. Tomorrow I face the world. I’m going to the glasses place to see if they can give me…sell me…a blank lens to put in my glasses until my eye stabilizes in a few weeks. The eye doctor’s office wasn’t very encouraging about that happening, but this is such a common surgery and everyone who has it doesn’t need their old strong script, the dispensary must have a solution.

 

I just saw the absolutely dumbest commercial I have ever seen. An older woman (in her 50’s) and her daughter are in the kitchen. Another daughter comes in and says ‘What happened?” The older woman says that her husband was coming down a ladder and slipped, but is not hurt that bad and doing fine. One of the daughcters says ‘Have you two talked about ‘final expenses life insurance?’ Then the dad (in his 50’s) walks in with a sling and they all sit down and call the company. Seems like a severe overreaction from my point of view.

Game  Center (answers at the end of post)

Brain Teasers

3 F in N I C

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Found on You Tube with some relevance to today

• The Tennessee Waltz - singer Patti Page

• Inspiration - First Heart Transplant

• Maude - Maude Meets Florida

• Bonnie Raitt - Green Lights (Live at Farm Aid 1985)

Very Strange Laws…Montana

• Prostitution is considered a “crime against the family”.

• One may not pretend to abuse an animal in the presence of a minor.

• It is illegal to have a sheep in the cab of your truck without a chaperone.

• It is a felony for a wife to open her husband’s mail.

• It is a misdemeanor to show movies that depict acts of felonious crime.

• In Montana, it is illegal for married women to go fishing alone on Sundays, and illegal for unmarried women to fish alone at all.

• It is illegal for a man and a woman to have sex in any other position other than missionary style.

• Seven or more Indians are considered a raiding or war party and it is legal to shoot them.

• Billings
--No person shall raise pet rats. Persons in possession of a “pea shooter” risk it being confiscated by police. /It is illegal to bring a bomb or rocket at city council proceedings. /Bands who play in clubs where alcohol is served may not leave the stage while performing. /It is illegal to use speed-dial in the city phone system.

• Excelsior Springs
--Hard objects may not be thrown by hand. /Worrying squirrels will not be tolerated. /Balls may not be thrown within the city limits.

• Helena
--It is illegal to annoy passersby on sidewalks with a revolving water sprinkler. /The game of “folf” (Frisbee golf) may not be played at night. /No item may be thrown across a street.

• Kalispell
--All pool tables must be able to be viewed from the street outside a billiard hall where they are located.

OK Then…

Harper’s Index 

• Estimated number of high school students prosecuted each year for turnacy by the state of Texas: 118,000

• By the other forty nine states combined: 52.000

Unusual Fact of the Day

The USDA allows the term "wyngz" for wing-like chicken products that contain no wing meat.

Joke-of-the-day

A duck walked into a bakery one day and asked for a pork chop.

The baker said, "We aren't a butcher; we don't sell meat here."

So the duck left.

The following day the duck went back and asked again.

This time the Baker said, "No, if you come here again I will nail your feet to the floor."

The following day the duck returned and asked, "Have you any nails?"

The baker replied, "No."

And the duck said, "Well, I'll have two pork chops then."  

Rules of Thumb:   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

GETTING RID OF BACK PAIN

If your back hurts more when you walk down stairs, down a hill, or sit down in a chair, you need to do flexion exercises.    

Yeah, It Really Happened

NEW YORK - A New York woman is suing the city for putting her in jail for five days after police searched her when she bought a soda from a corner store. Catherine Cyrus, 24, of Brooklyn, had just bought a Sprite from a bodega February 2012 when police surrounded her, asking to see her identification, the New York Post reported.

Police searched her purchase and, finding only the soda, told her to leave the area. When she refused, the officers arrested her, the federal court lawsuit said. She was charged with disorderly conduct and obstructing governmental administration, and spent five days in jail before being released, the newspaper said.

Judge ShawnDya Simpson dismissed the case when it came up for trial after an officer claimed Cyrus tried to strike one of them. Officers never charged Cyrus with assault and Simpson said the officer's story was "totally incredible."  

Somewhat Useless Information   

• Cincinnati, Ohio, is named after a great figure of Rome, Cincinnatus (519-438 B.C.). While plowing his fields, he was made dictator and placed in charge of the war against the Vosci and Aequi. He did the job in 16 days, left his powerful position, and went back to the plow.

• The word "palace" comes from the Palatine Hill, where Augustus established the emperors' tradition of building their palaces.

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

1-7: National Fig Week / National Patient Accessibility Week / World Communication Week
3-9:  Health Information and Technology Week / International Fraud Awareness Week / National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week / National Nurse Practioner's Week / National Radiologic Technology Week / Give Wildlife A Brake! Week / Intimate Apparel Week
7-13: Dear Santa Letter Week / Pursuit of Happiness Week

Today Is                                                                      

·        Abet and Aid Punsters Day: to make dreadful puns and encourage others to do the same

·        Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day

·        Domino Day

·        National Parents As Teachers Day

·        National Walk To Work Day

·        X-ray Discovery Day

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·        US: Montana Admission Day (1889-41^st state)

Today’s Events through History  

"Days of Our Lives" premieres on TV…1965

1st WW II American expeditionary force lands in Africa (Gold Coast)…1942

Bodleian Library at Oxford University is opened…1602

Stockholm Bloodbath begins: A successful invasion of Sweden by Danish forces…1520

Telephone Co runs 1st ad for Army operators, gets 7,000 applicants…1917

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

Morley Safer, Toronto California, TV newscaster (60 Minutes) is 82

Bonnie Raitt, country singer (Green Light, The Glow) is 64

Mary Hart, TV hostess (Entertainment Tonight) is 63

Leif Garrett, singer/actor (Devil x 5, 3 for the Road) is 52

Gordon Ramsay, British chef and reality television personality is 46

Jack Osbourne, television star (DWTS) is 28

Remembered for being born today

Edmund Halley, English astronomer (comet of Halley) [1656-1742]

Milton Bradley, game manufacturer [1836-1911]

Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/author (Dracula) [1847-1912]

Margaret Mitchell, author (Gone With the Wind) [1900-1949]

Esther Rolle, actress (Maude, Good Times) [1920-1998]

Christiaan Barnard, South African surgeon (perform 1st heart transplant) [1922-2001]

Jack Kilby, engineer and Nobel (handheld calculator, integrated circuit)[1923-2005]

Patti Page, [Clara Ann Fowler], singer (Tennessee Waltz) [1927-2013]

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Bil Keane, cartoonist (Family Circus)…2011…@89

Norman Rockwell, artist (Saturday Evening Post covers)…1978…@84

John Milton, English poet (Paradise Lost)…1674…@65

Duns Scotus, Scottish philosopher (coined the word dunce)…1308…@42

Doc Holliday, American gambler and gunfighter…TB/alcoholism…1887…@36  

Brain Teasers

3 Flavors in Neapolitan Ice Cream

They are: vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry, hence the hint. To be more specific, Neapolitan ice cream is a block of ice cream divided into the three distinct flavors and originated in Naples, Italy.

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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