Jul 29

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Jul 29, 2020 Week: 31 Day: 211

86004:   H 86° \ L 52° \ Average Sky Cover: 35%

Wind:   12mph\Gusts:  13mph  Visibility:  10mi

Nearest lightning:  144mi.; Nearest active fire:  67mi. 

Extreme Risk of Fire          

Record High: 92°[2002]   Record Low: 37°[1913]

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

 

Today’s  Quote

"If you really look closely,

most overnight successes took a long time."

-Steve Jobs

 

Random Tidbits

Airplanes typically fly at an altitude of around 35,000 feet. If Earth were the size of a desktop globe, a plane at that height would be flying at only 1/10 of an inch off the surface.

One windshield or window frame of a Boeing 747-400's cockpit costs as much as a BMW.

The average Boeing 747 has around 171 miles of wiring and 5 miles of tubing inside it.

 

Remember these movie quotes?

#2                   "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse."

Marlon Brando         The Godfather          1972

 

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

Army Chaplain Corps Anniversary  Link
International Tiger Day Link
National Chicken Wing Day Link
National Lasagna Day
National Lipstick Day 
Rain Day Link

 

My Rambling Thoughts

The day started out cloudless, but by noon the monsoon clouds have moved in…hoping for some moisture.

I’ve been watching the Barr testimony on and off. It reminds me how lucky I am to not be an elected official, not be an important government employee, or a lawyer. I’m am a viable American citizen who contemplates what I see, what I hear, and what I read. My takeaway from this hearing is that everyone has an agenda, wants to get others to believe that agenda, and little else is accomplished.

About a month ago, I dropped my print subscription to the local paper, due to its outrageous cost. I then signed up for the e-edition. I get a daily email, sign in and read the paper, minus the comics, the ad inserts, and special printings. This last week I have gotten an email a day to see the ‘e-edition’ which is supposed to be a PDF file of the entire newspaper. Since I could not get the e-edition to work for me, I finally called. It took over 20 minutes, but today I have the e-edition, with all the sections I missed. I had been using an old email account for junk mail from the paper for over 15 years but signed up with a Gmail account since the e-edition paper is not junk. The publisher could not handle two emails. Technology is great…when it works; Technology is a pain in the *…when it doesn’t.

The Covid has hit the MLB Marlins baseball team. Games cancelled after 11 players tested positive. All the talk about ‘bubbles’, Covid protocols, and fast testing results did not prevent the outbreak. Sports teams are now reevaluating scheduling plans. The NFL has decided to cancel all pre-season games.  Covid will not end until everyone is on the same page…wear masks, social distance, avoid large gatherings.   

 

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

You use me from your head to your toes, the more I work the thinner I grow. What am I?

Bonus

Whoever makes it, tells it not.

Whoever takes it, knows it not.

Whoever knows it, wants it not.

What is it?

 

Historical Events

1148 - The Siege of Damascus ended with a crusader defeat and the end of the Second Crusade.

1836 - Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile (Arch of Triumph of the Star) in Paris, France.

1914 - The 7-mile long Cape Cod Canal opened in Massachusetts.

1948 - After a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, open in London.

1958 - US President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act into law, which created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

1981 - A worldwide TV audience of over 700 million people watched the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London.

1987 - British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build a tunnel under the English Channel (Chunnel).

2005 - Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet, Eris.

2015- Windows 10 was released.

2016 Hillary Clinton accepts the Democratic nomination for US President

 

Birthdays Today

@102 - 'Professor' Irwin Corey, American comedian and actor (d. 2017)

67 - Tim Gunn, American television host and actor

@61 - Benito Mussolini, fascist politician, 27th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1945; executed by firing squad)

54 - Martina McBride, American singer-songwriter

48 - Wil Wheaton, American actor

 

Puzzle Answer

Soap

Bonus

Counterfeit money

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