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Mar. 24, 2020 Week: 13 Day: 85

86004: H 56° \ L 27° \ Average Sky Cover: 80%

Wind: 8mph\Gusts: 17mph Visibility: 10 mi

Nearest lightning: 7mi.; Nearest active fire: 11mi.

Record High: 70°[1956] Record Low: 0°[1904]

Mar. Averages: 53°\19° (6 days with moisture)

Today’s Quote

"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."

-Walt Disney

Random Tidbits

• Should there be a crash, Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane as a precaution!
• Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second!
• The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache on a standard playing card!

Observations This Week

Orthodox Lent: 2-4/10National Cherry Blossom Festival: 20-4/12

International Dark Sky Week: 19-26 Link
Internat'l Week of Solidarity with People's Struggling Against Racism & Discrimination: 21-27Health Information Professionals Week: 22-28 Link
International Phace Syndrome Awareness Week: 22-28  National Agriculture Week: 22-28
National Cleaning Week: 22-28
National Protocol Officer's Week: 22-28 Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Week: 24-30

Observations for Today

American Diabetes Association Alert Day

Chocolate Covered Raisins Day

My Rambling Thoughts

Another week of social distancing begins. This is not my idea of a great retirement, but I am doing it, for self-protection and for protecting others from this crazy virus.

I talked to my retirement friend Mary this morning. Her daughter lives in Portland and went to the family beach house with her kids and husband for their social distancing. Turns out, with Portland shutting down, many beaches closed with lots of kids on spring break, the beach about 100 yards from their house is filled with spring breakers. So the kids are parking at the closed gate, climbing private fences, walking through people's private property to get to the closed beach. Her daughter said any social distancing at the beach is about 3”. This is not good news for any of us.

It's cloudy and looks like a storm is brewing, so my walk was short. Expecting something to happen any minute. Hardly a relaxing walk. Cold rain started about 15 minutes after I got home. Didn't last long, but dropped the temp....oops, now it is snowing. Ten minutes later, it's raining agan.

I think this social distancing thing would be easier if the sun would shine all day. Makes for better walks.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

Your dad tells you that he will pay you $6.00 an hour for the 6 seconds that you take to wash your hands before dinner. [This was before Covid-19]
How much did you make for washing your hands?

Historical Events

1707 - The Acts of Union 1707 was signed, officially uniting the Kingdoms and parliaments of England and Scotland to create the Kingdom of Great Britain.

1765 - The Kingdom of Great Britain passed the Quartering Act, which required homes in the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops.

1882 - Robert Koch announced the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.

1940 - The first religious service was shown on NBC in New York. The first was a Protestant Easter Service, and a Catholic Mass was shown after that.

1955 - Tennessee Williams' play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof opened in New York.

1956 - #1 Hit: Les Baxter - Poor People Of Paris

March 24, 1958 Elvis Presley was inducted into the US Army, serial #53310761.

1973 - #1 Hit: The O'Jays - Love Train

1989 - The Exxon Valdez, captained by Joseph Jeffrey Hazelwood, hit Prince William Sound, spilling 11,000,000 gallons of Alaskan crude oil.

2005 - PlayStation Portable released, Video Game Console

2005 - The Office premiered on NBC

2006 - Hannah Montana premiered on The Disney Channel.

2011 - Broadway Show -The Book of Mormon (Musical) opened

2012 African Union deploys 5,000 strong force with the aim of catching or killing warlord Joseph Kony

2015 The Opportunity rover becomes the first to complete a Martian marathon

2017 US President Donald Trump and Republican party forced to pull their attempt to repeal Obamacare after internal opposition

2018 Tens of thousands attend 'March for Our Lives' rallies held in Washington D.C. and around the world to protest gun violence

Birthdays Today

81-Bob Mackie, designer

69-Tommy Hilfiger, fashion designer

58-Star Jones Reynolds, lawyer, TV personality)

@52-Harry Houdini [Erik Weisz], magician (d. 1926; peritonitis)

@50-Steve McQueen, actor (d. 1980; cancer)

47-Jim Parsons, actor (Big Bang Theory)

44-Peyton Manning, NFL

Puzzle Answer:

1 cent