Aug 28

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Aug. 28, 2019 Week: 35  Day: 240

86004:   H 89° \ L 55° \ Average Sky Cover: 20% 

Nearest wildfire:  27mi.  Nearest lightning:  126mi

Wind:   6mph\Gusts:  6mph  Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 89°[1948]   Record Low: 33°[1920]

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

Today’s Quote

We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.

Dag Hammarskjold

Random Tidbits

Several studies show that a plant-based diet increases the body's metabolism, causing the body to burn calories up to 16 percent faster than the body would on a meat-based diet for at least the first 3 hours after meals.

Some research suggests that if a man avoids red meats, it improves the sex appeal of his body odor.

Observances This Week

24-9/1

Chuckwagon Races: 24-9/1 

25-31

Be Kind To Humankind Week
World Water Week  Link
National Composites Week Link
National Safe at Home Week

Observances for Today

Bow Tie Day

Crackers Over The Keyboard Day

National Cherry Turnovers Day

National Power Rangers Day Link

Race Your Mouse Around the Icons Day

Radio Commercials Day

Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day (lost pets) Link

Tug-of-War Day Link 

My Rambling Thoughts

Another very warm day, but the slight breeze is helping. Nice walk before it got so warm. Started about 7a. Finished in time to do laundry, have the monthly check-up on my computer, and read the paper all before 11a. Now have to put all the clothes away.

It took 2 years, but the Hollywood Fla. Nursing Home employees finally got charged with manslaughter after letting 4 elderly patients die from the heat when Hurricane Irma knocked out power. About time.

Various stories about G7, not surprised and a little alarmed, just wish it would stop. What happened to truth?

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of this page

You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring.

I’m quick when I’m thin and slow when I’m fat.

The wind is my enemy. What am I?

Historical Events

1609 - Henry Hudson discovered the Delaware Bay.

1789 - William Herschel discovered another Saturn moon, Enceladus.

1830 - The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's (B&O) new 'Tom Thumb' steam locomotive races a horse-drawn car, presaging steam's role in US railroads.

1833 - The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 received Royal Assent, abolishing slavery through most the British Empire.

1845 - The first issue of Scientific American magazine was published.

1898 - Caleb Bradham invented the carbonated soft drink that would later be called "Pepsi-Cola".

1955 - Black 14-year-old Emmett Till was brutally murdered in Mississippi, for 'flirting' with a white woman, galvanizing the nascent American Civil Rights Movement.

1961 - #1 Hit: Joe Dowell - Wooden Heart (Muss I Denn)

1963 - At the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech.

1996 - Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales got divorced.

Birthdays Today

Jack Kirby, comic book artist [DC Comics…]

 (d. 1994 @ 76; heart failure)

David Soul, actor, singer (76)

Luis Guzman, Puerto Rican actor (Boogie Nights) (63)

Shania Twain, country singer (54)

Billy Boyd, movie actor (51)

Jason Priestley, TV actor (50)

Jack Black, movie actor (50)

LeAnn Rimes, country singer (37)

Puzzle answer:

A candle