Jan 9

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Jan. 9, 2020 Week: 1  Day:9

86004:   H 41° \ L 22° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%

Nearest lightning:  2192mi.; Nearest active fire:  503mi.  

Wind:   6mph\Gusts:  16mph  Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 61°[1996]   Record Low: -9°[1937]

Jan. Averages: 43°\16° (22” days with snow)

Today’s Quote

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.

     Albert Einstein

Random Tidbits

Pteronophobia is the fear of being tickled by feathers.

It’s also a fear of feathers themselves. The word “ptero” is the Greek word for feather, and “phobia” is also Greek, meaning fear.

Snakes can help predict earthquakes.

They can sense a coming earthquake from 75 miles away (121 km), up to five days before it happens.

Observations This Week

Home Office Safety and Security Week: 5-11 

National Folic Acid Awareness Week: 5-11

Dating & Life Coaches Recognition Week: 5-11

National Lose Weight/Feel Great Week: 5-11

International Consumer Electronics Show: 7-10

No Tillage Week: 7-10

Elvis' Birthday Celebration Week: 8-11

Observations for Today

Balloon Ascension Day Link
Law Enforcement Appreciation Day  Link  Link
National Apricot Day

National Cassoulet Day
National Static Electricity Day Link
Panama's Martyr Day Link

Play God Day

My Rambling Thoughts

Busy day yesterday. My former boss and friend needed to move a 1950 Jeep Pickup from Tuba to Flag. It was parked in a garage at the Boarding School in Tuba. Someone broke into the next garage and punched out the wall to where the jeep was. Luckily the classic Jeep was not damaged. Andy and I took a trailer up to Tuba, loaded up the Jeep and brought it back to Flag. The hardest part was figuring out the four gear shift knobs, all unmarked, to get into any gear. I had driven a jeep with three knobs, but had no idea what to do with the four. Andy finally called his brother-in-law in Indiana to find out how to do it. A good day, and a very good Breakfast burrito at Cameron.

I have been a Jeopardy fan since my childhood. The current championship tournament is worth a watch. I DVR’d the first one and enjoyed it this morning. A few more over the next few days.

It’s old-people’s day at the grocery store, so I also headed out to get necessities. Nice to save 10% on all purchases…including sales items. I got there early enough that the store was not filled with elderly slowly walking down every aisle, and stopping to study the labels. I seldom stop to read labels, I know what I want, and where it is. Save money by not getting caught up with stuff I don’t really need.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

There is a one-story house. The walls are blue, the floor is pink, the stove and cupboards are red. What color are the stairs?

Historical Events

1780 (Earthquake) Tabriz, Iran

1790 - George Washington gave the first 'State of the Union' message, urging the opening of the US Patent Office.

1815 - Andrew Jackson won the "Battle of New Orleans"

1828 - The Democratic Party of the United States was organized.

1835 - The United States' official debt was $0.00.

1889 - Dr. Herman Hollerith received the 1st U.S. patent for a tabulating machine, technically this was the first computer patent!

1918 - Mississippi was the 1st state to ratify 18th amendment (prohibition)

1963 - Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa was exhibited in the United States for the first time, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

1964 - US President Lyndon Johnson declared 'War on Poverty'

1966 - #1 Hit: The Beatles - We Can Work It Out

1977 - #1 Hit: Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr. - You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)

1996 - Jacques Cousteau's Calypso was accidentally rammed by a barge and sank in Singapore Harbor. It was raised, and is now a museum in France.

2001 - #1 Hit: Bruno Mars - Grenade

2002 - President George W. Bush signed into law the bi-

partisan No Child Left Behind Act.

2007 Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs announces the iPhone

2018 President Trump cancels program allowing 200,000 San Salvadorians temporary status to live in the US

Birthdays Today

98 - Larry Storch, American comedic actor (F Troop)

88 - Charles Osgood, American journalist

83 - Shirley Bassey, Welsh singer

@83 - Soupy Sales

           Milton Supman, American comedian and actor

           (died in 2009)

@81- Richard Nixon, 37^th US President

@80 - José Ferrer, Puerto Rican-American actor

        (died in 1992)

79 - Yvette Mimieux, American actress

76- Jimmy Page, guitarist Led Zepplin

@76 - Stephen Hawking, English physicist and author (died in 2018; ALS)

@69 - David Bowie, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

      (died in 2016; liver cancer)

63 - Betsy DeVos, American businesswoman and politician; Sec. of Education

@59 - Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress and dancer (died in 1970; lung cancer)

54 - R. (Robert Sylvester) Kelly, Controversial American singer-songwriter

@48 - Graham Chapman, English actor, Monty Python member

     (died in 1989; cancer)

@42 - Elvis Presley, American singer, The King

     (died 1977; polypharmacy)

Puzzle Answer:

There are no stairs because it is a one-story house.