Sep 19

 

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Sep 19, 2020  Week: 38  Day: 263                   Local:   H 82° \ L 47° \ Average Sky Cover: 20%

Wind:   5mph\Gusts:  8mph                              Nearest lightning:  839mi.; active fire:  59mi. 

Exreme Risk of Fire                                          Visibility:  10mi

Record: 86°[1956]   Record: 27°[2006]                  Sep Averages: 74°\42° (5 days with rain)

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Today’s  Quote

"Nothing is impossible,

the word itself says,

‘I'm possible!'"

-Audrey Hepburn

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Random Tidbits

By and large

Sailors were the first to refer to things “by and large.” The first part of the phrase refers to the nautical term “full and by,” meaning a boat was traveling into the wind. On the other hand, “large” means the wind is coming from behind. “By and large,” then, would mean the wind is coming from any direction—giving rise to the current meaning of “in general.”

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A little humor

From Actual Medical Records

The patient's past medical history has been remarkably insignificant with only a 40 pound weight gain in the past three days.

She slipped on the ice and apparently her legs went in separate directions in early December.

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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

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  
National Guitar Flat-Picking Days: 16-20  Link (Virtual)
Constitution Week: 17-23
Hummingbird Celebration: 17-20 Link
National Ballroom Dance Week: 18-27  Link
Clean Up The World Weekend: 18-20 Link 
Farm Animal Awareness Week: 19-25  

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Observations for Today

Batman Day Link 
Big Whopper Liar Day 
Boys' and Girls' Club Day for Kids Link 
International Coastal Cleanup Day 
International Eat An Apple Day

International Red Panda Bear Day
International Talk Like A Pirate Day

Locate An Old Friend Day 
National Butterscotch Pudding Day

National CleanUp Day Link  
National Dance Day

National Gymnastics Day Link  
National Seatcheck Saturday 2020 
National Singles' Day  Link 
Oktoberfest  begins in Germany cancelled due to Covid19

Puppy Mill Awareness Day   Link
Talk Like A Pirate Day Link  Link
World Cleanup Day Link

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My Rambling Thoughts

Headed out about 8a for weekly shopping at Fry’s. Found some good sales and necessary groceries. All set for the upcoming week with fresh produce.

Our weekend at 7000’ is going to stay warm, high 70’s. Glad I can keep doors and windows open most of the day. There is no rain in sight. Fire Danger is Extreme…wonder what is above Extreme on the chart?

Lindsey Graham wants to see his opponents tax returns. Sounds sensible. But he has been fighting to not release Trump’s returns. Sounds to me like this is: What is good for the goose is good for the gander.

AZ Covid chart is RED again. It has been yellow for a couple of weeks, so people demanded more openings and more crowded events. The governor agreed. Will we ever learn?

I read an interesting article on cruise ships trying to begin cruises again. Right now, cruise lines and some countries require Americans to have a negative Covid test no more than 72hours before sailing. In Arizona, the fastest test result I’ve heard of is 7days. I sure hope there are changes before Focus Tahiti Cruise in March. I want to be safe, but I also want to travel.  

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Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

Three little letters

A paradox to some.

The worse that it is the better it becomes.

What is it?

Weekend Bonus

You throw me away to use me and bring me back when you are done?

What am I?

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Historical Events

1778 The Continental Congress passes the first budget of the United States.

1876 – Melville Bissell patented the first carpet sweeper.

1893 New Zealand becomes the first country to grant all women the right to vote

1921 – The greatest rainfall recorded in United States history during 18 consecutive hours (measured at an unofficial weather-monitoring site) fell at Thrall, Williamson County, Texas, 36.40 inches fell from a Hurricane.

1928 – Mickey Mouse’s first screen appearance – Steamboat Willie at the Colony Theater NYC.

1934 – Bruno Hauptmann was arrested for kidnapping Charles Lindbergh’s baby.

1974 The KGB begin a large-scale operation to discredit Russian novelist Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and cut his communications with Soviet dissidents

1975 – The alligator was removed from the endangered species list in parts of Louisiana.

1976 – A UFO was reportedly seen over Tehran, Iran. Two F-4 Phantom II jets lost power during a chase.

1977 – The chairs on which Archie and Edith Bunker sat through 8 seasons of All in the Family were given to the Smithsonian Institution

1981 – Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel performed a reunion concert in New York’s Central Park.

1983 – Kiss performed on MTV without make-up for the first time.

2014 – The Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus were released.

2017 US President Donald Trump addresses the United Nations vowing to “totally destroy North Korea” if threatens the US

2017 President Hassan Rouhani of Iran in his UN speech criticizes US President Donald Trump for his comments about Iran in his own UN speech

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Birthdays Today

@88 – Adam West, American actor, Batman (d.2017)

72 – Jeremy Irons, English actor

71 – Twiggy [Dame Lesley Hornsby Lawson], English model and actress

56 – Trisha Yearwood, American singer-songwriter

46 – Jimmy Fallon, American comedian, and talk show host

@32 – Brian Epstein, English talent manager, The Beatles (d. 1967; OD)

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Puzzle Answer

A pun

Bonus

An anchor

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