Nov 17

 

 

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Nov 17, 2020  Week: 47 Day:322	Local:  H 59°\ L 31°\Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind:   7mph\Gusts:  10mph	Nearest lightning:  1275mi.; active fire:  59mi
Extreme Risk of Fire	Visibility:  10mi
Record: 68°[1898]   Record: -10°[1964]	Nov Averages: 53°\23° (3 days with moisture)

 

Today’s  Quote

The trick is to be grateful when your mood is high and graceful when it is low. Richard Carlson

 

A little humor

Q:What do you call a boring banana?

unaPEELING

 

True Things

Police in California are searching for the "bra bandit" -- a man recorded stealing clothes from a pickup truck while wearing a skirt and two bras. Security camera footage from outside a Coachella home recorded a man, dubbed the "bra bandit," wearing a skirt, a bra on his head and another bra on his chest while walking past the home. Police said the clothing items were taken from an unlocked pickup truck. The man, who is seen on the video trying to scare a cat on the front porch of the home, also took cleaning supplies, change and other clothing items from the truck. The security camera footage shows the man narrowly avoid capture when a Riverside County Sheriff's Office patrol car passes by the pickup truck while he's inside. "We have had incidents where stuff has been stolen, but never like this, where some guy is completely naked, and at a point in the video you actually see him sniffing the bra," Vidal Coronel, daughter of the truck's owner, reported. Coronel said the clothing items belong to her sister, who has been using the pickup truck to move. "We all have kids here, and for this guy to be walking around in a bra and a skirt stealing, and he could go into someone's house and do something worse," Coronel said.

 

Observations This Week

Nat’l Seat Belt Reinforcement Week: 9-29 Link	InterNat’l Restorative Justice Week: 16-22 Link
Geography Awareness Week: 15-21 Link	Random Acts of Kindness Week: 16-23 Link
Internat’l Fraud Awareness Week: 15-21 Link	American Education Week: 16-20 Link Medical Cannabis Week: 16-20 Link
Nat’l Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week: 15-22 Link	Nat’l Drone Safety Awareness Week: 16-22 Link Nat’l Global Entrepreneurship Week: 16-22 Link

 

Observations for Today

Electronic Greeting Card Day

Homemade Bread Day

National Entrepreneurship Day

Parents Day

Nat’l Baklava Day

National Unfriend Day

Petroleum Day

Take A Hike Day

World Prematurity Awareness Day

 

My Rambling Thoughts

A nice weather day to start the week. I headed out to Andy’s as he wanted some pictures of his new roof. Easy to do. Texted him several photos and he was pleased. The current high-pressure system will be sticking around for a few days, so more great walks ahead.

What a football day yesterday. Broncos just couldn’t get into the game. The Cardiac Cardinals waited until the last seconds to pull off a win. The only way they could win was with a TD, and as the last few seconds ticked off, a Hail Mary pass that worked. Awesome.

Today I’m feeling like I am just walking on my treadmill. Not getting anywhere and just wondering…will I make it to Mexico for Christmas, will I be in Tahiti in March, will the new administration every start? I know many people feel the same way about their own lives. My mantra continues: I will get through this.

 

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

Which tire doesn't move when a car turns right?

 

Historical Events

1558 – Queen Mary I of England died and was succeeded by her half-sister, The ‘Virgin Queen’ Elizabeth I of England.

1855 – David Livingstone became the first European to see Victoria Falls in what was now present-day Zambia-Zimbabwe.

1869 – Suez Canal (Egypt) opened, linking the Mediterranean & Red seas. It is 102 miles long.

1871 – National Rifle Association was organized (in New York City) by Army and Navy Journal editor William Conant Church and General George Wood Wingate.

1947 – The Screen Actors Guild implemented an anti-Communist loyalty oath.

1952 – Archeologists reported finding a 2,000-year-old mosaic floor at Circum, Cyprus, that depicted a scene from Homer’s Iliad.

1968 – Heidi Game Scandal – NBC cut the AFL championship to show the children’s film Heidi and millions missed the Raiders beat the Jets, 43-32. The movie started at 7:00 PM. The game ended at 7:07.

1969 – SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) discussions opened in Helsinki, Finland.

1970 – A patent (#3541541) was issued to Doug Engelbart for the computer mouse – an “X-Y Position Indicator for a Display System”.

1973 – In Orlando, Florida, President Richard Nixon told 400 Associated Press managing editors “I am not a crook.”

1992 – Dateline NBC aired a demonstration show General Motors trucks blowing upon impact, later it was revealed that NBC rigged the test.

2004 – Kmart Corp. announced it was buying Sears, Roebuck, and Company for $11 billion USD and naming the newly merged company Sears Holdings Corporation.

2014 The Church of England adopts legislation enabling the appointment of female bishops

2016 Smaller pyramid find within 2 known Kukulkan "nesting" pyramids announced at Chichen Itza in Yucatan, Mexico, dating to 550-80 AD

2019 Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei labels protesters "thugs" after unrest over higher gasoline prices brought Tehran to a standstill day before

 

Birthdays Today

82 – Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian Singer/Songwriter, and guitarist

79 – Martin Scorsese, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor

78 – Bob Gaudio, American Singer/Songwriter, keyboard player, and producer

@77 – August Möbius, German astronomer, created the Möbius strip (d. 1868)

76 – Danny DeVito, American actor, director, and producer

76 – Lorne Michaels, Canadian TV producer (Saturday Night Live)

@75 – Tom Seaver, American baseball player, sportscaster (d. 2020; dementia)

60 – RuPaul, American drag queen performer, actor, and singer

@59 – Rock Hudson, American actor (d. 1985; AIDS)

54 – Daisy Fuentes, Cuban-American model, and actress

42 – Rachel McAdams, Canadian actress

 

Puzzle Answer

The spare tire.