Sep 15

 

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Sep 15, 2020  Week: 38  Day: 259                   Local:   H 77° \ L 38° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%

Wind:   7mph\Gusts:  16mph                          Nearest lightning:  643mi.; active fire:  59mi. 

high Risk of Fire                                               Visibility:  10mi

Record: 87°[2000]   Record: 26°[1903]                  Sep Averages: 74°\42° (5 days with rain)

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Today’s  Quote

"Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear."

-George Addair

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Random Tidbits

 Fly off the handle

In the days before mass merchandising, poorly fastened axe heads would fly off while they were in use. The result was dangerous, hence why the phrase is used to describe risky behavior with unpredictable results.

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A little humor

From Actual Medical Records

She can't get pregnant with her husband, so I will work her up.

Whilst in Casualty she was examined, X-rated and sent home.

The patient states there is a burning pain in his penis which goes to his feet.

On the second day the knee was better and on the third day it had completely disappeared.

The patient has been depressed ever since she began seeing me in 1983.

I will be happy to go into her GI system, she seems ready and anxious.

Patient was released to outpatient department without dressing.

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True Things

Rhode Island state officials said a technical glitch was to blame for 176 tax refund checks being mailed out bearing the signatures of Mickey Mouse and Walt Disney. Jade Borgeson, chief of staff for the Rhode Island Department of Revenue, confirmed the checks were mailed out this week with the signatures of Walt Disney and his most famous cartoon creation instead of Rhode Island General Treasurer Seth Magaziner and State Controller Peter Keenan. "As a result of a technical error in the Division of Taxation's automated refund check printing system, approximately 176 checks with invalid signature lines were printed and mailed to taxpayers on Monday," Borgeson said in a statement. "The invalid signature lines were incorrectly sourced from the Division's test print files," she said

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Observations This Week

Direct Support Professional Recognition Week: 9-15  Link
Balance Awareness Week: 13-19 Link   
International Housekeepers Week: 13-19  Link
Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week: 13-19 Link
National Assisted Living Week: 13-19   
National Security Officer Appreciation Week: 13-19 
National Truck Driver Appreciation Week: 13-19   Link
Line Dance Week: 14-19

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Observations for Today

Felt Hat Day
Get Ready Day Link 
Google.com Day
Greenpeace Day
International Day of Democracy
International Dot Day:  15 Link  
IT Professionals Day 
LGBT Center Awareness Day
Make a Hat Day

National 8-Track Tape Day Link  Link 
National Cheese Toast Day  Link
National Creme de Menthe Day

National Double Cheeseburger Day
National Linguini Day

National On-line Learning Day  Link
Tackle Kids Cancer Day  Link
World Lymphoma Awareness Day  Link

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My Rambling Thoughts

Another nice weather day. Ain’t complaining one little bit. Doors and windows open to let in the warm fall air.

When shopping on Friday, I couldn’t find any cans of Coke Zero. Nor could I find a specialty battery for a clock. So this morning I headed to Wal-Mart…as they usually have everything. They had the battery but did not have cans of Coke Zero. The Coke vendor happened to be on the aisle filling the shelves. I asked and he said they can’t get the cans needed for the coke-zero and a couple of other specialty coke products. Interesting for sure. Guess I’ll be getting plastic bottles for a while.

I was happy that the Cards pulled it off yesterday. Hoping the Broncos do the same tonight.

The local Weather Service issued a new map this morning for our winter precipitation…sadly AZ is in La Nina, and that means it will be another dry winter. Not good news for our local dry forest.

Social Media does little again: The Oregon/California/Washington fires are horrendous. Now Q-Anon is posting false stories on social media claiming that Antifa members have been arrested for starting many fires. This has caused the 911 emergency lines to be clogged with people calling to find out who was arrested. Actual truth, there have been no arrests and nothing connecting the fires to any group. The postings started on Wednesday and Facebook removed some of the posts on Saturday while Twitter did nothing about the posts. I find this unacceptable. We deserve much better.

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Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

Can you re-arrange the letters, O O U S W T D N E J R, to spell just one word?

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Historical Events

1787, George Washington and 54 friends drank at his farewell dinner: 54 bottles of Madeira, 60 bottles of wine, 8 bottles of whiskey, 22 bottles of ale, 8 bottles of cider, 12 jugs of beer, and 7 bowls of punch (around $17,000 currently). It was a “going away party” before he went off for bigger and better things. Two days later he signed the Constitution.

1959 – Soviet Premier Khrushchev arrived in the U.S. for an unprecedented visit.

1963 – A church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, killed four young black girls. After decades of delay, Robert Chambliss, Herman Cash, Thomas Blanton, and Bobby Cherry were said to have been responsible for the crime.

1965 – The Big Valley debuts on ABC while Lost in Space and Green Acres debuted on CBS.

1965 – I Spy debuted on NBC

1971 – Columbo, starring Peter Falk, debuted on NBC.

1981 – Pope John Paul II published his encyclical “Laborem exercens” criticizing both Marxism and Capitalism.

1982 – The first issue of USA Today, published by Gannett, hit the newsstands and newspaper vending machines.

1989 – NASA published a comprehensive report on house plants that are best for cleaning indoor air pollution.

2004 – The National Hockey League lockout began, canceling the 2004-2005 season.

2012 Japan announces that it will phase out nuclear energy by the 2030s

2014 President Obama announces the US will send 3,000 troops to help combat spread of the Ebola virus

2018 Archaeologists find the oldest-known brewery and remains of 13,000-year-old beer in Haifa cave, Israel, belonging to nomadic Natufian people

2019 UK PM Boris Johnson compares himself to Marvel Hulk character in newspaper interview "The madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk gets" about UK exiting the EU

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Birthdays Today

@87 – Nipsey Russell, American comedic actor (d. 2005)

@85 – Agatha Christie, English crime novelist, short story writer (d. 1976)

74 – Tommy Lee Jones, American actor

74 – Oliver Stone, American director, screenwriter, and producer

@72 – William Howard Taft, American politician, 27th President (d. 1930)

@69 – Marco Polo, explorer (d. 1324)

@65 – Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French businessman, founded Bugatti (d. 1947)

59 – Dan Marino, American football player, and sportscaster

36 – Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex

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Puzzle Answer

Just one word

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