1-10-13

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Flagstaff Almanac:

Week: 01 / Day: 010   

Today: L 23°…H 47°… Ave. humidity: 48%

Wind: ave:   10mph; Gusts:  21mph  

Average Low: 16° Record Low:  -15° (1937)

Average High: 43° Record High:  65° (1990)

Quote of the Day

 

Today’s Historical Highlights

49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war.

1776 - "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine, published

1901 - Oil discovered in Texas

1964 - US version of "That Was The Week That Was," premieres

1966 - Julian Bond denied seat in Ga legislature for opposing Vietnam War

1967 - PBS (the National Educational TV) begins as a 70 station network

♫  Today’s Birthdays: ♫   

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

 

My Free Rambling Thoughts   

A really good Chinese lunch with our retirement group. Mary is headed to Phx this afternoon and then to NYC on Tuesday for the Night with Janis Joplin concert/play. Sounds like a lot of fun. Cheryl was late because her hair cutter was late. Cheryl had also learned that since she shopped at Target before Christmas, her credit union had frozen her account and simply sent her a new card. She didn’t know it and tried to use the card today. Not a happy camper. Not only does she now have a new account, she has to notify all her auto pays and Civil service and SS so her checks will go to the right place. My experience tells me that it takes about 6 weeks to change where your retirement checks go, so the next month may be a little tight. What a mess for her.

 

So Chris held a long press conference and admitted that his administration and he screwed up. Good for him…now we will see if all his statements hold true. He has had a couple of months to investigate, but chose not to, until the press broke the story. Hmmmm

Game  Center (answers at the end of post)

Brain Teasers

Fill in the middle word. This word should correspond with the first and last word.

1) Red ________________ Bulb 2) Green ______________ Leaf 3) Blue _______________ Ball 4) Silver ______________ Saver 5) Gold _______________ Shaft 6) White ______________ Smart 7) Black ______________ Brain 8) Orange _____________ Pouch 9) Peach ______________ Top 10) Brown _____________ Cookie

Lifestyle  Substance:     

Found on You Tube with some relevance to today

• Doctor Zhivago (10/10) Movie CLIP

• Pat Benatar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot

• Rod Stewart - Maggie May

• THAT WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS - 1963

• What's my Line? Richard Boone

Suggested New State Mottos:

Colorado: If You Don't Ski, Don't Bother

Something to Ponder in your free time…

• Why do "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing?

• Why do 'tug' boats push their barges?

 OK Then…

 

Harper’s Index 

Number of new products introduced in the United States in 1984: 9,895

Unusual Fact of the Day

The spitting spider doesn't wait for insects to get caught in its web; it spits out sticky strings that capture the prey where it stands.

Joke-of-the-day

A man goes on a 2-month business trip to Europe and leaves his cat with his brother. Three days before his return he calls his brother.

Brother 1: So how is my cat doing?

Brother 2: He's Dead

Brother 1: He's Dead! What do you mean He's Dead! I loved that cat. Couldn't you think of a nicer way to tell me! I'm leaving in 3 days. You could of broke me to the news easier. You could of told me today that she got out of the house or something. Then when I called before I left you could of told me, Well, we found her but she is up on the roof and we're having trouble getting her down. Then when I call you from the airport you could of told me, The Fire Department was there and scared her off the roof and the cat died when it hit the ground.

Brother 2: I'm sorry...you're right...that was insensitive I won't let it happen again.

Brother 1: Alright, alright, forget about it. Anyway, how is Mom doing?

Brother 2: She's up on the roof and we're having trouble getting her down.  

Rules of Thumb:   

Easy shortcuts to make an ‘educated’ guess

CHOOSING MARGARINE

Regarding cholesterol content, the margarine sold in tubs is better for you than that sold in sticks.    

Yeah, It Really Happened

DETROIT - A Michigan barber said he is aiming to break a world record by performing at least 35 haircuts in an hour. Bryan "B-Dogg" Price, 46, of Oak Park said he is practicing to attempt the goal April 6 at the Michigan Barber School in Detroit, where he obtained his license in 1988, the Detroit Free Press reported Monday. "I feel at home right here," Price said of the school. He said he needs to finish at least 35 haircuts to break the world record, but his goal is to reach 40. "The patron has to have a full head of hair where you're able to line it all around," he said of the rules for breaking the record. Price said he is planning to use two sets of clippers, one in each hand, and quickly move back and forth between two chairs while customers quickly change places in the seats. He said he will clip and line each cut, even over the ears. "These cuts are free, and two more are free after," Price said. "That first cut -- that's the way I want to do it. They're going by my rules, so, you know, I have to go ahead and hook them up, give them something for doing it for me, show them I appreciate it." Ivan Zoot, who set the record in 2008 by giving 34 haircuts in an hour in Texas, said he applauds Price's ambition. "My words of advice would be, first of all, good luck," Zoot said. "Second of all, follow the rules very, very carefully."

Somewhat Useless Information   

• The earliest known types of knitting by nomadic people in the desert places of North Africa actually used circular or narrow, oblong wooden frames. 

• One of the earliest known examples of knitting (formed on two sticks by pulling loops through loops) were a pair of cotton socks found in Egypt from the first millennium A.D. 

• The knitting machine was invented in 1589 (during the reign of Queen Elizabeth) by William Lee, a clergyman. After the invention of the knitting machine, knitting was gradually taken over by guild-organized cottage industries in the 17th and 18th centuries

• Knitting first appeared in England during the 13th century in the form of felted caps that were worn by soldiers and sailors. However, knitting did not become a popular method for creating other garments due to the difficulty of producing quality steel needles

• Early knitting needles were typically made from bone, ivory, or tortoise shell.

• Changes in fashion in the late 1980s and early 1990s, as well as the huge influx of cheap imported knitwear, led to decreased interest in knitting. The cost of buying yarn compared unfavorably to buying ready-made clothes.

Calendar Information        

Happening This Week:

5-11

Home Office Safety and Security Week
National Folic Acid Awareness Week
National Lose Weight/Feel Great Week
7-10

International 3-D Week
8-11

Elvis' Birthday Celebration Week
8-14

Universal Letter Writing Week  

Today Is                                                                      

·        National Cut Your Energy Costs Day

·        League of Nations Day

·        National Clean Off Your Desk Day

^^^^^

·        Coming-of-Age Day (Japan-to congratulate ‘new’ adults—age 20)

·        Plough Monday (UK-since 15c to honor start of new agricultural year)

Today’s Events through History  

1429 - Order of Golden Fleece established in Austria-Hungary & Spain

1839 - Tea from India 1st arrives in UK

1879: President Rutherford Hayes, by Executive Order, adds to the Gila River 

     Reserve in Pima Agency.

1932 - "Mickey Mouse" & "Silly Symphony" comics syndicated

1962 - 4,000 die in avalanche, Ranrahirca, Peru

1980 - Last broadcast of "Rockford Files" on NBC

Today’s Birthdays                                                           

David Horowitz, American author and political commentator is 75

Frank Sinatra Jr, American singer/bandleader (Golddigers) is 70

Rod Stewart, London, British singer (Maggie Mae, Do You Think I'm Sexy) is 69

George Foreman, Houston, world HW boxing champ is 65

Pat Benatar, [Andrezejewski], Brooklyn singer (Hell Is for Children) is 61

Lyle Menendez, accused of killing his parents (Menendez Brothers) is 46

Remembered for being born today

1738 - Ethan Allen, Revolutionary War fighter (lead the Green Mtn Boys)

1864 - George Washington Carver, agricultural scientist [or Jul 12]

1865 - Mary Ingalls, sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1928)

1904 - Ray Bolger, actor/dancer (Wizard of Oz)

1908 - Bernard Lee, London, English actor (M in James Bond movies)
1927 - Gisele MacKenzie, Winnipeg Manitoba, singer/actress (Your Hit Parade)

1930 - Roy Edward Disney, American film executive and CEO of Disney

1939 - Sal Mineo, NYC, actor (Exodus, Rebel Without a Cause)

1943 - Jim Croce, rock vocalist (Time in a Bottle)

Today’s Historical Obits                                                           

Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer in 2007 @94

Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer in 1971 @87

William ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody, entertainer of kidney failure in 1917 @70

Carolus Linaeus "Carl von Linne", Swedish botanist/explorer stroke in 1778 @70

Harry Sinclair Lewis, US writer (Nobel 1930) of heart attack in 1951 @65

Richard Boone, actor (Paladin-Have Gun Will Travel) of throat cancer in 1981 @63

Dr Samuel A. Mudd, American medical doctor of pneumonia in 1883 @49

Samuel Colt, American inventor (6 shot revolver) of gout in 1862 @47

Brain Teasers

1) Light 2) Tea 3) Cheese 4) Screen 5) Mine 6) Out 7) Bird 8) Juice 9) Tree 10) Sugar

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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