Sep 28

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Sep. 28, 2019 Week: 39  Day: 271

86004:   H 68° \ L 46° \ Average Sky Cover: 20% 

Nearest active fire:  21mi.  Nearest lightning:  775mi

Wind:   5mph\Gusts:  11mph  Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 83°[2010]   Record Low: 21°[1900]

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

Today’s Quote

A person's a person,

no matter how small.

Dr. Seuss

Random Tidbits

The September equinox occurs the moment the Sun crosses the celestial equator - the imaginary line in the sky above the Earth's Equator - from north to south.

The Earth's axis is always tilted at an angle of about 23.4 degrees. On any other day of the year, either the southern hemisphere or the Northern Hemisphere tilts a little towards the Sun. But on the two equinoxes, the tilt of the Earth's axis is perpendicular to the Sun's rays.

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 

23-28

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

27-10/6

International Sand Sculpting Championships  Link

Observances for Today

Ask a Stupid Question Day

Fish Amnesty Day 
Fish Tank Floorshow Night
Family Health and Fitness Day USA  
International Day for Universal Access To Information
International Lace Day  Link    
International Rabbit Day Link  
International Right To Know Day Link
National Drink Beer Day Link
National Ghost Hunting Day:  28  Link
National Good Neighbor Day
National Hunting and Fishing Day
National Public Lands Day Link 
Nickelodeon's Worldwide Day of Play  Link 
R.E.A.D. in America Day  
Responsible Dog Ownership Day Link
Save Your Photos Day Link  
World Rabies Day

My Rambling Thoughts

Busy day yesterday. Our retirement group met for a great lunch. The new place was about 6 miles from my home. I decided to wear long pants as things are cooling off. I got within ½ mile of the restaurant and realized I didn’t have my wallet. Headed home and was therefore about 25 minutes for lunch. I texted Mary to tell her I would be late. She had left her phone at home, so Cheryl called about 3 minutes before I arrived on the cell she never uses. We had a nice long lunch, with great conversation. Mary is spending over $1000 to drain and repair her pool and another $600 to kill termites. Cheryl suddenly had wet carpet in her hallway. The plumber found a pin-hole leak in the line to her outside faucet, only $150 for the plumber on a Sat. and $200 for the carpet cleaner to tell her to set up fans and to return in 2 weeks to be sure the padding is dry before removing the water stains on the carpet.

I finally got answers on my CPAP. Turns out the mask I have uses its own special tube, which gets replaced every 6 months, instead of the every 3 months for the regular tubing. The insurance won’t pay if I do it sooner. After tjat visit I emailed the owner to tell him I got great info from a very friendly Branch Manager at the store. When I got home I had a note on the doorknob that the CPAP guy had come to check my O2 machine. I called, as I was scheduled for Oct. 25. Turns out I’m still scheduled for 10/25 but the guy grabbed the wrong paperwork. All I can say is ‘Whatever!’

This morning I had my annual Medicare Wellness appointment. I’m not depressed so most of the visit was telling her about my great trip on the Trans-Siberian. I had told her I was going on my last visit. It moved up on her bucket list after my visit. And I got my flu shot. The nurse asked and I said it was too early. Then the Dr. came in and convinced me it ain’t too early. Now I have to remember to not try and get another one at Walgreen's in November.

After my Dr. appointment, I decided, since I am doing good I decided I probably needed to get a haircut. The stylist grew up on Grey Mountain, so we had a good conversation and I’m not all shaggy anymore. Many of my Tuba students were from Grey Mountain.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of this page

I give you a group of three. One is sitting down, and will never get up. The second eats as much as is given to him, yet is always hungry. The third goes away and never returns. What is this group of three?

Historical Events

1850 - Flogging (whipping) in the Navy and Merchant Marines was abolished by the US.

1889 - The first General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defined the length of a 'meter' ('metre') as the distance between two lines on a standard bar of an alloy of platinum with ten percent iridium, measured at the melting point of ice. Since 1983, it has been defined as "the length of the path traveled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299,792,458 of a second," about 39.370 inches.

1920 - Eight Chicago White Sox players were indicted for fixing the 1919 World Series in the "Black Sox scandal."

1951 - The science-fiction classic film, The Day the Earth Stood Still, was released.

1955 - First MLB World Series color TV was broadcast on NBC. Yankees beat the Dodgers.

1957 - #1 Hit: The Crickets - That'll Be The Day

1963 - Tennessee Tuxedo cartoon debuted on CBS.

1967 - Walter Washington became the first mayor of the District of Columbia (DC).

1968 - #1 Hit: The Beatles - Hey Jude

1974 - #1 Hit: Andy Kim - Rock Me Gently

1980 - Carl Sagan's 13 part Cosmos premiered on PBS.

1984 - Miami Vice premiered on NBC

1987 - Star Tek: The Next Generation premiered, in syndication

2006 - The City Council of Reykjavik and neighboring municipalities agreed to turn off all the city lights in the capital area for half an hour, while a renowned astronomer talked about the stars and the constellations on national radio.

2012 Nigeria suspends flights to Saudi Arabia after hundreds of Nigerian women traveled without a male escort

2013 - #1 Hit: Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball

2013 27 villagers are killed by Boko Harem in northeast Nigeria

2015 NASA scientists announce the discovery of flowing water on Mars

2016 Hurricane Matthew forms near the Windward Islands, will go on to kill over 1000 in Haiti, the Caribbean and the US

2018 Up to 50 million Facebook accounts hacked due to a code weakness

Birthdays Today

Brigitte Bardot, movie actor (85)

Ben E. King, soul, R&B singer

(d. 2015 @76, coronary issues)

Ed Sullivan, promoter, TV Host

(d. 1974 @73; cancer)

Janeane Garofalo, comedian, activist (55)

Mira Sorvino, actor (52)

Naomi Watts, actress, producer (51)

Gwyneth Paltrow, actor, writer, business woman (48)

Bam Margera, reality show (40)

Melody Thornton. Pussycat Dolls (35)

Hilary Duff, actor (32)

Esmee Denters, Dutch singer on You-Tube (31)

Puzzle answer:

STOVE, FIRE, SMOKE.