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Aug 7, 2020 Week: 32 Day: 220

86004:   H 81° \ L 39° \ Average Sky Cover: %

Wind:   28mph\Gusts:  36mph  Visibility:  10mi

Nearest lightning:  265mi.; Nearest active fire:  59mi. 

High Risk of Fire          

Record High: 92°[1978]   Record Low: 39°[1991]

Jul Averages: 79°\50° (9 days with rain)

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Today’s  Quote

When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way,

you will command the attention of the world.

George Washington Carver

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Random Tidbits

People often think of American lagers or Belgian ales when they think of beer, but there are many types of beer, such as sorghum-based African opaque beer, Japanese sake (which is not wine, but a rice beer), Russian kvass made from bread, and corn-based South American chicha.

You can go swimming in a pool of beer at the Schloss Starkenberger brewery in Tarrentz, Austria. The sudsy bath is said to promote healthy skin.  

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A little humor

I wasn't planning on getting a brain transplant today-But I changed my mind

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Observations This Week

International Clown Week: 1-7 Link
National Cleanse Your Skin Week: 1-7  Link
National Lemonade Days: 1-9 Link Moved from June due to COVID-19
National Minority Donor Awareness Week: 1-7
Simplify Your Life Week: 1-7
World Breastfeeding Week: 1-7 Link
National Exercise With Your Child Week: 2-8
Knights of Columbus Family Week: 2-8  
National Button Week: 2-8 Link
National Farmers' Market Week: 2-8  Link 
National Health Center Week: 2-8 Link  
Single Working Women's Week: 2-8  Link
Stop on Red Week: 2-8 Link
Exhibitor Appreciation Week: 3-7 Link
National Bargain Hunting Week: 3-9  
National Psychic Week: 3-7 Link  Link  
Old Fiddlers' Week: 3-8
PGA Championships: 3-9 Link Moved from May due to COVID-19
North American Organic Brewers Days: 4-8 Link   Moved from June.
Numismatic Week (World's Fair of Money): 4-8
Rock for Life Week: 4-7 Link
National Hobo Week: 6-9 Link
International Tree Climbing Days: 7-9 Link
Sturgis Rally: 7-16 Link 

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Observations for Today

Braham Pie Day or Homemade Pie Day 
Brother's Day  Link 
International Beer Day Link   Link  
Lighthouse Day  Link
National Water Balloon Day  
Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day
Professional Speakers Day

Purple Heart Day
Raspberries and Cream Day

Tomboy Tools Day 
Twins Day Link   

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My Rambling Thoughts

Thursday has turned into a very windy day. Thankful there is no sand.

Travel, as we all know, is difficult. Ireland is still welcoming Americans…as long as they quarantine for 10 days after arrival. They like Americans, and of course their tourist $$$, and they want everyone to be safe. If you must stay in a hotel, this makes the trip much more expensive.

Covid has messed up many things. Now the Census Bureau is going to stop counting people a month earlier than expected. Why? They say it is to meet Trump’s deadline of a count by the end of this calendar year. Trump is so good with Executive Orders, if the census were important to him, he could simply extend his deadline. Everyone knows it takes longer to count Americans who are homeless, rural Americans, and American minorities. The census sets so much, this is disgusting.

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Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

Which eight letter word still remains a word even after removing each letter from one at a time?

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Historical Events

1782 – George Washington ordered the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It was later renamed the Purple Heart.

1909 – Alice Huyler Ramsey and three other women became the first women to complete a transcontinental automobile trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, New York to San Francisco, California. Alice drove the whole trip.

1930 – Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, two accused African-American criminals were taken from jail by a mob and lynched. Lawrence Beitler took a picture of the mob and bodies, inspiring Abel Meeropol to write a poem, “Bitter Fruit.” It was later rephrased as “Strange Fruit” and recorded by Billie Holiday.

1944 – IBM announced the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator, known best as the Harvard Mark I. It used 765,000 components and hundreds of miles of wire and weighed about 5 tons.

1955 – Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (became Sony in 1958) sold its first transistor radios in Japan.

1959 – The Lincoln Memorial design on the U.S. penny went into circulation. It replaced the “wheat” design and was minted until 2008.

1974 – Philippe Petit walked an illegal tightrope between the twin towers of the World Trade Center.

1978 – The US Government made funds available to offer federal assistance for the Love Canal Disaster

1983 Some 675,000 AT&T employees strike

1994 1st telephone link between Israel & Jordan

2018 Mendocino Fire becomes the largest recorded fire in California's history at 290,600 acres, overtaking 2017 Thomas Fire

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Birthdays Today

@88 – Stan Freberg, American puppeteer, voice actor (d. 2015)

78 – Garrison Keillor, American humorist, and radio host

78 – B.J. Thomas, American singer

@74 – Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, American author, and activist (d. 1964)

60 – David Duchovny, American actor

54 – Jimmy Wales, American businessman, co-founder of Wikipedia

45 – Charlize Theron, actor

@41 – Mata Hari [Margaretha Geertruida "Margreet" MacLeod], Dutch dancer, and spy (d.1917; executed)

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Puzzle Answer

STARTING: Starting, Staring, String, Sting, Sing, Sin, In, I.

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