Aug 8

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Aug. 8, 2019 Week: 32 \ Day: 220

86004:   H 75° \ L 55° \ Average Sky Cover: 60% 

Nearest wildfire:  99mi. Nearest lightning:  25mi

Wind:   7mph\Gusts:  7mph

Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 90°[1980]   Record Low: 35°[2009]

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

Today’s Quote

We boil at different degrees.

Clint Eastwood

Random Tidbits

The United States has what might be called an 'intimate' relationship with the United Kingdom. At its zenith in the 18th century, the British Empire stretched over 20 percent of the world's surface and contained a quarter of the world's population... including the colonies that eventually became the United States

Windsor Castle is the largest royal home in the world. It is also the oldest continually inhabited royal residence in Britain, having been built by William the Conqueror around A.D. 1080.

Observances This Week

1-9

International Mathematicians 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

5-9

Exhibitor Appreciation Week

5-11

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

8-11

National Hobo Week  Link

9-7

Elvis Week Link

9-11

International Tree Climbing Days  Link

9-13

Perseid Meteor Showers

Observances for Today

Dalek Day Link
Draw a bird Day

International Cat Day  Link   Link
The Date to Create
Happiness Happens Day
International Beer Day

National CBD Day  Link
National Frozen Custard Day

National Zucchini Day

 Odie Day (Garfield's pal)
Sneak Some Zucchini onto Your Neighbor's Porch Day
Wear Your Mother's Jewelry Day

My Rambling Thoughts

Good visit with blood Doc. One more treatment today. Things are looking up. Just running out of easy veins to stick.

I had to laugh at some of today’s observances above. Growing up we always had a garden. Beets, Peas, Carrots, Strawberries, Rhubarb, Radishes,and others were all fine, if not time consuming with watering, weeding, and preparing for canning. Then there were the yellow squash and zucchini. With just a few plants we had enough for our family, our relatives, our friends, their families, and the neighborhood. Eating them was not enjoyable. Cooked, they were awful, my mom breaded them and fried them to make them palatable. My dad loved them, no matter how they were prepared. He would always have seconds and sometimes thirds. House rule: eat at least two bites of everything on your plate; the only ones I didn’t have to be reminded of the rule were the breaded ones. Great memory.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of this page

You have a drawer with 10 pairs of orange socks and 10 pairs of green socks. How many times do you need to blindly reach inside the drawer and take out a sock, so that you get a matching pair?

Today’s Highlighted Historical Events

1786 - Mont Blanc on the French/Italian border was climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr. Michel-Gabriel Paccard.

1786 - Coinage of US money was established by Congress

1876 - Thomas Edison received a patent (#180,857) for his mimeograph (Autographic Printing).

1908 - Wilbur Wright made his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France; the Wright Brothers' first public flight.

1953 - #1 Hit August 8, 1953 - October 9, 1953: Les Paul and Mary Ford - Vaya Con Dios (May God Be With You)

1960 - #1 Hit August 8, 1960 - August 14, 1960: Brian Hyland - Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini

1963 - In England, a gang of 15 train robbers stole £2.6 million in bank notes in the Great Train Robbery. They were later caught.

1969 - At a 'zebra crossing' in London, photographer Iain Macmillan took one of the most famous photographs of all time, the cover of the Beatles album, Abbey Road.

1974 - President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announced his resignation from the office of the President of the United States, effective noon the next day.

1975 - Hank Williams, Jr. fell from a mountain in Montana, requiring reconstructive surgery to his face.

1987 - #1 Hit August 8, 1987 - August 21, 1987: U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

1989 - STS-28 Mission: Space Shuttle Columbia took off on a secret five-day military mission. It landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on August 13. That's all we know.

1991 - The Warsaw Radio Mast was the world's tallest structure until its collapse today. It was 2,120 feet tall, and was built 1970-1974.

1992 - #1 Hit August 8, 1992 - August 14, 1992: Madonna - This Used To Be My Playground

Highlighted Birthdays Today

Dustin Hoffman, actor (82)

Tawny Cypress, TV actress (47)

Scott Stapp [Anthony Scott Flippen], American singer (Creed), songwriter, and musician  (46)

Joshua J C Chasez, singer (43)

Drew Lachey, singer (98°), actor (43)

Paris Latsis, Greek shipping heir, socialite, film producer, and ship owner (37)

Shawn Mendes, Singer (21)

Puzzle answer:

Only 3 times. Once you have two socks of the same color, they already form a matching pair.