Thanksgiving

 

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Happy Thanksgiving to All Nov 26, 2020  Week: 48 Day: 331	Local:  H 52°\ L 21°\Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind:   6mph\Gusts:  12mph	Nearest lightning:  1256mi.; active fire:  59mi
Moderate Risk of Fire	Visibility:  10mi
Record: 70°[1977]   Record: -8°[1906]	Nov Averages: 53°\23° (3 days with moisture)

 

Today’s  Quote

When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light,

for your life, for your strength.

Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living.

If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself.

Tecumseh

 

Random Tidbits

Dodge Tomahawk V10 Superbike
These $700,000 four wheeled 1,500 lb. monster goes from 0 to 60 in 2.5 seconds with a top speed above 300 mph.

 

A little humor

Remember, if you lose a sock in the dryer, it comes back as a Tupperware lid that doesn't fit any of your containers.

 

True Things

 Jeffery Oppenheim said he was visiting his friend Andrew Pessin in Providence when an explosion threw him out of the home's bathroom.

"It happened in an instant like getting hit by a cannon," he said.

Pessin was in the kitchen with his sons, ages 9, 7 and 5, at the time of the blast. "I was in the kitchen with my kids and immediately smelled the burning smell and we just picked them all up and ran out of the house."

Oppenheim said he suffered only a bruised knee from the incident.

"I'm just very grateful it was me in there and not one of the Pessin children who are little. They could have gotten killed," he said.

The cause of the explosion was unclear, but beef and bean burritos have not been ruled out.

 

Observations This Week

Nat’l Seat Belt Reinforcement Week: 9-29 Link	Church/State Separation Week: 22-28   GERD Awareness Week: 22-28  Link
Nat’l Farm-City Week: 19-26	Nat’l Bible Week: 22-29  Nat’l Family Week: 22-28  Nat’l Game & Puzzle Week: 22-28
InterNat’l Games Week: 21-28	Better Conversation Week: 23-28

 

Observations for Today

Buy Nothing Day

National Cake Day

National Day of Mourning (Thanksgiving Day)

National Milk Day

Shopping Reminder Day

Thanksgiving Day

Turkey-free Thanksgiving

 

My Rambling Thoughts

I got an email today that said it looks like our Tahiti trip will be happening in March, 2022. So many emotions all at once. I’m relieved due to the virus, I’m disappointed because I haven’t traveled internationally for a year+, I’m excited that this adventure will finally happen. I knew that Focus Leader Ellie, Joe Green, our tour programmer would not have us travel unsafely. Now the wait for final conformation.

I needed to pick up a script for my angio-edema. Since I was out, I stopped for groceries since I will not to be shopping on Black Friday this year. Turkey breasts, pumpkin pie and fresh green beans were both on sale. I guess I will be having turkey this Thanksgiving. I’m ready. I almost bought some mincemeat but decided to wait. There were no fresh blueberries either…so no blueberry pie. It will still be a great Thanksgiving.

There are so many things to be grateful for this year…being fairly healthy, a mild winter is expected, I have lots of friends…even though I don’t see them during this virus, I am not dealing with food insecurity, I have lots to look forward to as soon as the vaccine is available. Things are not the best in our country, but I have hope for a bright future.

 

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. I’m quick when I’m thin and slow when I’m fat. The wind is my enemy. 

 

Historical Events

1716 – First African lion was exhibited in America (in Boston). It was just a single lion, which supposedly later joined a “menagerie” which was basically a traveling circus of exotic animals.

1789 – First (unofficial) national Thanksgiving in the USA recognized by the new government. The 1621 good harvest celebration at Plymouth in present-day Massachusetts was first celebrated in North America.

1832 – The first New York City streetcar ran along Bowery Street in New York, with a 12-cent fare.

1842 – The University of Notre Dame was founded.

1865 – Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carrol, was published.

1867 – The patent (#71,423) for a refrigerated railroad car was issued to J.B. Sutherland of Detroit, Michigan.

1917 – The NHL (National Hockey League) formed, consisting of four teams – Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, and the Quebec Bulldogs. The Bulldogs were replaced by the Arenas shortly thereafter.

1922 – English archaeologist Howard Carter opened King Tutankhamun’s virtually intact tomb in Egypt. Over the centuries almost every mummy tomb had been found and plundered – this was possibly the greatest archaeological find of that period.

1941 – President Franklin D Roosevelt established that the fourth Thursday in November would be Thanksgiving Day.

1942 – Casablanca premiered at Hollywood Theater, in New York City. It came out in wide release on January 23, 1943.

1945 – Charlie “Bird” Parker lead a record date for the Savoy label, marketed as the “greatest Jazz session ever.” Recording as Charlie Parker’s Reboppers, the group included Dizzie Gillespie and Miles Davis on trumpet, Curly Russell on bass, and Max Roach on drums. The tracks included during this session include Ko-Ko, Billie’s Bounce, and Now’s the Time.

1956 – The Price Is Right was first broadcast, on CBS, hosted by Bill Cullen and announced by Don Pardo.

1983 – Six gunmen broke into the Brinks Mat warehouse at the Heathrow Airport making off with three tons of gold bars valued at almost 48 million dollars (at that time). From a modern perspective, it is worth over $125,000,000. Most of the gold was never recovered.

2003 – The Concorde made its final flight, over Bristol, England.

2012 The cost of Hurricane Sandy to New York is announced to be $32 Billion

2017 Factory explosion in Chinese port city Ningbo kills at least 2, injuries 30, flattens buildings

2018 NASA's InSight mission lands on Mars after a 7 month voyage

2018 General Motors announces it will close five factories in North America, cutting 14,000 jobs

2018 Third of a species begin dying (23,000) over a two day period, the spectacled flying foxes, unable to survive heatwave of 42 degrees in northern Queensland, Australia

 

Birthdays Today

82 – Rich Little, Canadian-American Impressionist

81 – Tina Turner, American-Swiss Singer/Songwriter, dancer, and actress

@77 – Charles M. Schulz, cartoonist, created Peanuts (d. 2000; colon cancer)

@75 – Bill W. [William Griffith Wilson], American activist, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (d. 1971; pneumonia)

@73 – Willis Carrier, American engineer invented air conditioning, (d. 1950)

@73 – Robert Goulet, American-Canadian singer, and actor (d. 2007; pulmonary fibrosis)

@67 – Bat Masterson, Canadian/ American police officer, and journalist (d. 1921; heart attack)

75 – John McVie, English-American bass player (Fleetwood Mac)

@48 – Wayland Flowers, American actor, and puppeteer (d. 1988; AIDS)

 

Puzzle Answer

 A candle

Enjoy the Holiday