Sep 24

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Sep. 24, 2019 Week: 39  Day: 267

86004:   H 62° \ L 45° \ Average Sky Cover: 98% 

Light female rain

Nearest wildfire:  21mi.  Nearest lightning:  2mi

Wind:   4mph\Gusts:  8mph  Visibility: 9 mi

Record High: 85°[1947]   Record Low: 25°[1918]

Sep Averages: 74°\42° (5 days with rain)

Today’s Quote

The good man is the friend of all living things.

Mahatma Gandhi

+++BONUS+++

"Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone,

just remember that all the people in this world

haven't had the advantages that you've had."

- F. Scott Fitzgerald

Random Tidbit

The world's largest diamond was the Cullinan, found in South Africa in 1905. It weighed 3,106.75 carats uncut. It was cut into the Great Star of Africa, weighing 530.2 carats, the Lesser Star of Africa, which weighs 317.40 carats, and 104 other diamonds of nearly flawless color and clarity. They now form part of the British crown jewels.

Observances This Week

20-29

National Ballroom Dance Week  Link
Farm Animal Awareness Week  

22-28

Banned Books Week
Deaf Dog Awareness Week Link 
International Interpreters and Translators Week
National Dog Week  Link and  Link
National Employ Older Workers Week Link 
National Keep Kids Creative Week
Remember to Register to Vote Week
Sea Otter Awareness Week Link   
Tolkien Week 
World Hearing Aid Awareness Week   Link 
World Reflexology Week 

23-27

Ally Week Link

23-28

International Week of the Deaf Link 
International Women's E-Commerce Days

Observances for Today

Bluebird of Happiness Day Link  Link
Innergize Day
National Cherries Jubilee Day

National Familial Hypercholesterolemia Day  Link 
Punctuation Day Link
Schwenkfelder Thanksgiving
National Voter Registration Day Link 
National Woman Road Warrior Day 

My Rambling Thoughts

Woke up this Monday and there was an overcast sky. About 9a a nice, gentle, female rain. And it is still raining. So nice. Just had thunder and a hard, male rain for about 20 minutes, and now female rain returned.

I headed out in the rain to get my 3-month supplies for my C-PAP machine. I drove over there, waited for one customer, then told the guy I needed supplies for my C-PAP. He went to the back room, and came back out empty handed. He asked if I had already ordered them. I said no. He said ‘We keep all our supplies at the Cottonwood store. They should be here tomorrow. I left empty-handed. When I got home a Respiratory Therapist in Cottonwood called to tell me my supplies would be in Flagstaff tomorrow. I asked her why I wasn’t notified. She said she told me April. First, I have never seen this woman, and I got my last 2 supplies in March and June. I said ‘Thanks’ and hung up.

I spent another 45 minutes on the phone with Apple to get my data on my phone. All the important stuff [contacts, photos, etc.] were there but none of my other apps. I got to talk to a ‘supervisor’ who showed me were some of my apps were, but not all. So I guess it’s all good.

My conclusion: Customer Service should be changed to Company Service, and most really don’t give a darn about the customer.

I am so tired of diversion in politics. Some seem to think that if one has feet put to the fire, the best thing to do is divert attention to the other side and say what they did is so much worse. Just boring.

Just in: Michigan’s Mackinac Island has banned motor vehicles since the early 1900’s. Yet, the VP brought an 8-car motorcade to the island so he could attend a Republican conference. No Respect!

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of this page

If you throw me from the window,

I will leave a grieving wife.

Bring me back but in the door,

And you’ll see someone giving life.

What am I?

Historical Events

1789 - The United States Post Office was formed.

1869 - Stock market panic due to crashing gold prices caused by an attempt to corner the market by Gould and Fisk.

1948 - The Honda Motor Company was founded in Japan.

1954 - Tonight Show premiered on NBC, hosted by Steve Allen.

1957 - MLB's Brooklyn Dodgers played their last game at Ebbets Field.

1964 - The Munsters premiered on CBS.

1966 - #1 Hit: The Association - Cherish

1968 - 60 Minutes debuted on CBS.

1976 - Broadway Show - Oh! Calcutta! (Review) opened

1977 - The Love Boat premiered on ABC

1983 - #1 Hit: Billy Joel - Tell Her About It

1988 - #1 Hit: Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry, Be Happy

1991 - Red Hot Chili Peppers' Blood Sugar Sex Magik & Nirvana's Nevermind were released on the same date -

1992 - The Sci-Fi Channel (now SyFy) debuted with Star Wars

2007 - The Big Bang Theory premiered on CBS

2007 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gives a controversial speech on the campus of Columbia University.

2012 Books by Japanese authors or about Japan are suspended by Chinese bookstores

2015 Stampede of people during the Hajj kills 717 people during symbolic stoning of the devil at Mina, near Mecca, South Arabia

2015 Pope Francis becomes the 1st pope to address the US Congress. Names Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Thomas Merton and Dorothy Day as his American heroes.

2017 Plastic polystyrene rubbish discovered for first time only 1,000 miles from the North Pole by international team of scientists

2018 Ebola virus has caused 69 deaths and sickened 150 people according to Ministry of Health in Democratic Republic of Congo

Birthdays Today

Gerry Marsden, musician Gerry & the Pacemakers (77)

Gordon Clapp, actor NYPD Blue (71)

Kevin Sorbo, actor [Hercules] (60)

Nia Vardalos, actress [My Big Fat Greek Wedding] (56)

Linda McCartney, photographer, animal rights activist

 (d. 1998 @56; breast cancer)

Jim Henson, puppeteer

 (d. 1990 @53; pneumonia)

Phil Hartman, actor [SNL]

 (d. 1998 @49; shot by wife)

F. Scott Fitzgerald, author

 (d. 1940 @44; heart attack)

Puzzle answer:

THE LETTER N. [donor]