Jul 28

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Jul 28, 2020 Week: 31 Day: 210

86004:   H 85° \ L 53° \ Average Sky Cover: 25%

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

Nearest lightning:  10mi.; Nearest active fire:  67mi. 

Extreme Risk of Fire          

Record High: 94°[1995]   Record Low: 36°[1913]

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

 

Today’s  Quote

"There are no secrets to success.

It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure."

-Colin Powell

 

Random Tidbits

 America's aircraft carriers are the largest in the world. The Nimitz class carriers have an overall length of 1,092 feet. The newest super carriers, the Gerald R. Ford class, have the same length, but carry about a 3,00-ton greater displacement than the Nimitz class.

One the most deadly airplane accidents actually happened on the ground. In 1977, two fully loaded planes carrying a total of over 600 passengers collided head-on in the middle of the runway in what is now known as the Tenerife Accident, named after Tenerife Island, where the accident occurred. Over 500 people died.

 

Remember these movie quotes?

#3       You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender.

I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am."

Marlon Brando         On the Waterfront                               1954

 

Observations This Week

World Rope Skipping Week: 24-8/3  Link
National Little League Baseball Week: 25-8/23  Link   Cancelled due to COVID-19
Tour de France: 27-7/19 Moved to 8/29-9/20

 

Observations for Today

Buffalo Soldiers Day  Link
National Hamburger Day

National Milk Chocolate Day  Link
National Waterpark Day  Link
World Hepatitis Day Link

 

My Rambling Thoughts

It is the start of another week of staying home and staying safe. Getting really tired of all this mask stuff.

Read this morning that Walmart, Lowes, Walgreens, and CVS have mask requirements. The problem is they are not going to enforce the requirement. WTH? They have all posted signs, but if a customer doesn’t have a mask, they will be reminded once, then allowed to proceed to shop without a mask. They claim that they don’t want to have any physical confrontations against their employees. I understand that, but the real bottom line for these companies is money. Their signs have nothing to do with Covid it is simply a publicity ploy.

Another mask thing I read: The non-mask wearing people who are angry when they see a Mask Required sign at a place of business are suddenly getting an education about Whites Only signs from days long gone.

 

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

A farmer has 10 cows, all but six die.

How many are left?

Bonus

What goes up when rain comes down?

 

Historical Events

1854 - The USS Constellation, the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy, was commissioned.

1868 - The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution was certified, establishing African American citizenship, and guaranteeing due process of law.

1896 - The city of Miami, Florida was incorporated.

1933 - The first Singing Telegram was delivered, to Rudy Vallee for his 32nd birthday.

1945 - A US Army B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building, killing 14 and injuring 26.

1973 - Nearly 600,000 people attended the Summer Jam at Watkins Glen rock festival at the Watkins Glen International Raceway.

1996 - The remains of the prehistoric Kennewick Man were discovered near Kennewick, Washington.

2002 Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, were rescued after 77 hours underground.

2005 The Provisional Irish Republican Army call an end to their thirty year-long armed campaign in Northern Ireland

2014 UN Security Council hold emergency meeting calling for an immediate and indefinite humanitarian ceasefire between Israel and Hamas

2014 Israel criticizes John Kerry's proposed ceasefire, stating that no ceasefire deal will be accepted without the destruction of tunnels leading from Gaza to Israel and the demilitarization of the Gaza Strip

2017 US Senate vote for "skinny" repeal of Obamacare fails 51-49 when John McCain casts deciding vote against

2017 General John Kelly appointed new Chief of Staff by US President Donald Trump

 

Birthdays Today

@84 - Rudy Vallée, American actor and singer(d. 1986)

@77 - Beatrix Potter, English children's book writer and illustrator (d. 1943)

@64 - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, 37th First Lady (d. 1994; cancer)

56 - Lori Loughlin, American actress

48 - Elizabeth Berkley, American actress

 

Puzzle Answer

Six, four died but six lived.

Bonus

Umbrellas

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