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Aug. 10, 2019 Week: 32 \ Day: 222

86004:   H 77° \ L 54° \ Average Sky Cover: 50% 

Nearest wildfire:  99mi. Nearest lightning:  13.8mi

Wind:   5mph\Gusts:  9mph

Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 89°[1980]   Record Low: 35°[2009]

Aug Averages: 79°\50° (9 day with rain)

Today’s Quote

However much you knock at nature's door,

she will never answer you in comprehensible words.

Ivan Turgenev

Random Tidbits

There is only a 21-mile gap between England and France, and the countries are connected by the Channel Tunnel, which opened in 1994. It is the world's second longest underground tunnel; Japan's Seikan Tunnel is the first.

The UK's most remote pub is the Old Forge on Inverie, Scotland. It is 107 miles (172 km) from the nearest city, Inverness, and has no road access.

Observances This Week

2-11

Gallup International Tribal Indian Powwow Link
Sturgis Rally Link

4-10

Assistance Dog Week  Link  Link  
Exercise With Your Child Week
Knights of Columbus Family Week
National Button Week Link
National Farmers' Market Week Link 
National Fraud Awareness Week Link   
National Health Center Week Link  
National Psychic Week Link  Link   
Single Working Women's Week Link
Stop on Red Week Link

5-11

National Bargain Hunting Week
Old Fiddlers' Week
Numismatic Week (World's Fair of Money)

8-11

National Hobo Week  Link

9-11

International Tree Climbing Days  Link

9-13

Perseid Meteor Showers

Observances for Today

Kool-Aid Day-thru 11 Link  

Lazy Day

Middle Child Day
National Bowling Day Link
National Banana Split Day

National Duran Duran Appreciation Day
National Garage Sale Day
National Shapewear Day Link
National S’mores Day

Paul Bunyan Day Link Link 
Skyscraper Appreciation Day  Link
Shop Online For Groceries Day: 9 
Smithsonian Day (1846)
Tisha B'Av
World Lion Day

My Rambling Thoughts

Friday is going well. Did one load of laundry, did my weekly grocery shopping and was back home by 11a. Found some nice sales on various groceries.

News of the week seems to be ‘words v deeds’. The immigration raid in Mississippi doesn’t seem to follow the administration words, just days after El Paso where ‘Mexicans’ were the target. Then there is Wal-Mart. There are no studies that show violent video games lead to violence in the real world. There are studies that show guns kill people. So Wal-Mart removes its displays of violent video games and has no plans to stop selling guns, saying it is to honor its employees who were injured in El Paso…modern day business practice.

I have discovered MorningSave.com. I have bought 4 items in the last month or so. All were exactly what I needed at a very good price…Wheeled med. Duffel bag for $20 (used it on Trans-Siberian, 600 count Queen Cotton sheets for $39, wireless ear buds for $19, and 5 lenses to attach to my phone camera for $20. All deliveries came USPS and were delivered earlier than expected. Nice to find a place that delivers quality product and a very reasonable price.

Cloudy enough here for some rain, but the weather guy says no rain today. Darn. Well the weather guy gets it wrong, having a nice little shower right now.

Social media really picks up on things. Since my recent trip I have been getting lots of FB news posts about Russia, learning about the flooding and fires, some festivals, and other stuff to see if I visit again. It’s not a nuisance, it is nice to see.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of this page

What’s black when you get it, red when you use it, and white when you’re all through with it?

Today’s Highlighted Historical Events

1519 - Ferdinand Magellan set sail from Seville, Spain to circumnavigate the globe.

1675 - The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London, England was laid.

1846 - The Smithsonian Institution was chartered by the United States Congress.

1873 - Louvre Museum opened in France.

1932 - An 11 pound chondrite-type meteorite broke into several pieces and landed near the town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri.

1941 - The Mount Rushmore memorial was dedicated.

1948 - Candid Camera made its television debut, after being on radio for a year as Candid Microphone.

1949 - The US Department of War was replaced with the United States Department of Defense.

1959 - #1 Hit August 10, 1959 - August 23, 1959: Elvis Presley - A Big Hunk o' Love

1963 - #1 Hit August 10, 1963 - August 30, 1963: Little Stevie Wonder - Fingertips (pt. II)

1966 - The US Treasury Department discontinued printing the $2 bill due to lack of demand.

August 10, 1967 Birthday (fictional) Chris Gaines, Garth Brooks' alter ego

1959 - #1 Big Hunk a Love By Elvis Presley

1971 - The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown, New York.

1974 - #1 Hit August 10, 1974 - August 16, 1974: Roberta Flack - Feel Like Makin' Love

1977 - In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz (the "Son of Sam") was arrested for a series of killings in the New York City.

1981- Pete Rose broke Stan Musial's NL record by getting hit number 3,631.

1984 - Red Dawn, starring Patrick Swayze and Charlie Sheen, became the first-ever PG-13 movie to be released in theaters.

1985 - Michael Jackson paid $47.5 million for ATV Music, a catalog of the Beatles' songs, which included 251 songs written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, beating Paul McCartney's offer.

1986 - Broadway Show - Me and My Girl (Musical) August 10, 1986

1995 In the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing, Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were indicted for the bombing. Michael Fortier pled guilty in a plea bargain for his testimony.

Highlighted Birthdays Today

Herbert Hoover, 31^st US President (d. 1964 @90)

Eddie Fisher, singer (d. 2010 @82)

Jimmy Dean (d.2010 @81)

Ronnie Spector, singer (The Ronettes) (76)

Ian Anderson, musician (Jethro Tull) (72)

Rosanna Arquette, actor, producer, director (60)

Antonio Banderas, actor (59)

Angie Harmon, actor (Law & Order) (47)

Lucas Till, actor (MacGyver) (29)

Puzzle answer:

The answer is CHARCOAL.