Jul 17

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Jul 17, 2020 Week: 29 Day: 199

86004:   H 75° \ L 54° \ Average Sky Cover: 60%

Wind:   5mph\Gusts:  8mph  Visibility:  10mi

Nearest lightning:  1mi.; Nearest active fire:  67mi. 

Extreme Risk of Fire          

Record High: 93°[2009]   Record Low: 40°[1964]

Jul Averages: 82°\52° (8 days with rain)

 

Today’s  Quote

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

-Walt Disney

 

Random Tidbits

 The mighty greenback has dominated the global economy for decades, but have you ever really looked at the design of the ubiquitous U.S. dollar? There are some odd things going on there. What does it mean?

The two circular drawings on the reverse of the bill are actually parts of the two-sided Great Seal of the United States. Although we don't see the entire seal outside of our wallets too often, the notion of having a great seal is actually as old as the country itself. The Continental Congress passed a resolution on July 4, 1776, to create a committee to design a great seal for the fledgling nation.

The obverse picturing the eagle is a bit easier to explain. The bird holds 13 arrows to show the nation's strength in war, but it also grasps an olive branch with 13 leaves and 13 olives that symbolize the importance of peace. (The recurring number 13, which also appears in the stripes on the eagle's shield and the constellation of stars over its head, is a nod to the original 13 states.)

 

Remember these movie quotes?

#11                 "What we've got here is failure to communicate."

Strother Martin                      Cool Hand Luke        1967

 

Observations This Week

Tour de France: 27-7/19  Link  Moved to August due to COVID-19
National Vodka Week: 12-18  Link
Operation Safe Driver Week: 12-18  Link
Sports Cliché Week: 12-18 Link   Cancelled due to COVID-19 cancelling the MLB Games.
Family Golf Week: 15-18  Link
National Cancer Survivor Sibling Week: 15-18  Link  
National Ventriloquism Week: 15-18  Link Cancelled due to COVID-19
Rabbit Week: 15-21
Hemingway Look-Alike Days: 16-20   Link Cancelled due to COVID-19

 

Observations for Today

Celebration of The Horse Day: Thru 19 

Disneyland Day-1955
National Peach Ice Cream Day

Robin Hood Day Link  Cancelled due to COVID-19
Victims of Baton Rouge, Louisianna Attack Day  Link
World Day for International Criminal Justice  Link
World Emoji Day  Link
Wrong Way Corrigan Day
Yellow Pig Day Link

 

My Rambling Thoughts

There was a nice monsoon rain last evening, and two more before afternoon. Things have cooled down, breeze is nice, happy camper here.

In a recent national poll, Gov. Ducey, of AZ, was ranked #50. He is not fairing well on his handling of the Covid virus pandemic.

Trump retweeted a post from Chuck Woolery…a 79-year-old retired game show host of how the virus was a hoax and people just lie about it for political advantage. A couple of days later he deleted his account after announcing his son had tested positive.

I do not get why hospitals are now told to report all Covid test results to the HHS who says they will send them to the CDC. Big difference is that HHS does not have a mechanism to make the findings open to the public, while the CDC has been giving daily reports since March. It sure looks like: if you do not see it, it will not be a pandemic.

 

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

There are two boxes, box A and box B.  Each box contains several balls.

If you move one ball from box A to box B, box B will then have twice as many balls as box A.

If you move one box from box B to box A, both boxes will then have the same amount of balls.

How many balls are in each box?

 

Historical Events

1856 - The Great Train Wreck of 1856 in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, injured over 100, and killed over 60 people.

1867 - Harvard School of Dental Medicine was established in Boston, Massachusetts

1899 - NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital. Today, NEC has structured its organization around three principal segments: IT solutions, network solutions and electronic devices.

1918 - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his immediate family were murdered by Bolshevik Chekists at the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, Russia.

1938 - Douglas Corrigan took off from Brooklyn to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland and becomes known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan.

1955 - Disneyland was dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California.

1984 - The national drinking age in the United States was changed from 18 to 21.

2002 - The Apple iPod (2nd generation) was released.

2014 - Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a Boeing 777, was shot down near the border of Ukraine and Russia. All 298 people on board were killed.

 

Birthdays Today

@97 - Art Linkletter, Canadian-American radio and television host (d. 2010)

@95 - Phyllis Diller, American actress and comedian (d. 2012)

@86 - James Cagney, American actor (d. 1986)

@84 - Diahann Carroll, American actress and singer (died in 2019)

85 - Donald Sutherland, Canadian actor

81 - Spencer Davis, Welsh singer-songwriter

@60 - Phoebe Snow, American singer-songwriter (d. 2011; stroke)

68 - David Hasselhoff, American actor, singer, and producer

66 - Angela Merkel, German chemist politician, 8th Chancellor of Germany

44 - Luke Bryan, American singer-songwriter

 

Puzzle Answer

Box A has 5 balls and box B has 7 balls.

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