Mar 10

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Mar. 10, 2020 Week: 11 Day: 70

86004: H 56° \ L 34° \ Average Sky Cover: 60%

Nearest lightning: 870mi.; Nearest active fire: 704mi.

Wind: 1mph\Gusts: 8mph Visibility: 10 mi

Record High: 70°[1989] Record Low: -9°[1958]

Mar. Averages: 53°\19° (6 days with moisture)

Today’s Quote

Leave the table hungry.

Leave the bed sleepy.

Leave the bar thirsty.

Always remember to forget

The things that made you sad.

But never forget to remember

Observations This Week

Orthodox Lent: 2-4/10
Campfire USA Birthday Week: 8-14
Girl Scout Week: 8-14 Link
No More Week: 8-14 Link
Teen Tech Week: 8-14Termite Awareness Week: 8-14

Observations for Today

International Bagpipe Day
International Day of Awesomeness  LinkInternational Find a Pay Phone Booth Day

Land Line Telephone Day

Mario Day

Middle Name Pride Day

National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Organize Your Home Office Day 
Purim

Salvation Army Day
US Paper Money Day

My Rambling Thoughts

I head out early Wed. morning to get to Denver. Tomorrow is packing/washing day and a visit to the doctor, so this will be the last post until I return.

Got up this morning and realized I'll be on a ship in a few days. Headed to Walgreens for ginger. Stopped at the bank and picked up some cash for the trip. Had to get some small bills for tipping. Tomorrow I head to my Dr. for my 'medical certificate'. I am hoping for an 8x10, suitable for framing, certificate with my name embossed in Gold Leaf. I'll settle for anything with my name, his signature and degree, the date, and saying I'm fine for travel.

Last night was a fund raising for PBS...again. This time they had a great concert with Celtic Woman. Awesome show. Music was great, women playing instruments, one barefoot, others in heels, while dancing gracefully around the stage. I DVR's it and started watching the recording about an hour after it started, so I didn't have to listen to the fund raising part. I'm already a sustaining member. Too bad modern technology doesn't allow them to put the show on sustaining members TVs without all the long fund raising. Haha.

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

You are in a cookie factory, and need to make a huge batch of chocolate chip cookies. The recipe calls for exactly 4 cups of sugar. Problem is that you have two buckets. One bucket holds 5 cups, the other 3 cups. Using these buckets, how can you measure exactly 4 cups of sugar?

Historical Events

1804 - In St. Louis, Missouri, a formal ceremony was conducted to transfer ownership of the Louisiana Territory from France to the United States, via the Louisiana Purchase.

1876 - Alexander Graham Bell spoke into his just-completed invention, the telephone. "Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you." It worked.

1906 - An underground fire sparked a massive explosion that virtually destroyed a vast maze of mines in Courrieres, France, that killed over 1,000 workers.

1926 - Lolly Willowes, or The Loving Huntsman, was the first Book-of-the-Month Club selection, published by Viking Press.

1951 - # 1 Hit: Mario Lanza - Be My Love

1955 - A US Patent (#2,704,172) was issued to Aaron S. Lapin for his invention of "Dispensing Valves for Gas Pressure Containers". That may sound boring until you find out it was for his Reddi-Whip cream topping.

1962 - #1 Hit: Bruce Channel - Hey! Baby

1978 - The Incredible Hulk premiered on CBS.

1979 - #1 Hit: Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive

1980 - Jean Harris shot and killed Scarsdale diet doctor Herman Tarnower.

1983 - MTV broadcasted the video of Michael Jackson's song "Billie Jean" for the first time

1997 - Buffy, The Vampire Slayer premiered on The WB, based on the 1992 movie.

1997 The PalmPilot, as developed by Jeffrey Hawkins, is released

2006 The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars.

2010 Carlos Slim becomes the first Mexican and person from an emerging economy to top Forbes Richest Person list, with net worth of US$53.5 billion

2013 Aung San Suu Kyi is re-elected leader of the Burmese National League for Democracy

2014 German Chancellor Angela Merkel warns Russia's Vladimir Putin that making Crimea part of Russia is illegal and in violation of Ukraine's constitution

Birthdays Today

@90- Harriett Tubman, abolitionist, activist

80- Chuck Norris, actor

62- Sharon Stone, actor

49- John Hamm, actor

37-Carrie Underwood, country singer

Puzzle Answer:

This is possible, and there are two ways to do it:
Solution 1: Fill the 3-cup bucket and pour it into the 5-cup bucket. Fill the 3-cup bucket again, and pour it into the 5-cup bucket until the 5-cup bucket is full. That will leave exactly 1 cup of sugar in the 3-cup bucket. Dump out the 5-cup bucket, and dump the 1 cup from the 3-cup bucket into the empty 5-cup bucket. This leaves 1 cup in the 5-cup bucket. Now fill the 3-cup bucket again and add it to the 5-cup bucket. Now you have exactly 4 cups of sugar in the 5-cup bucket!

Solution 2: Fill the 5-cup bucket. Pour it into the 3-cup bucket. This leaves 2 cups in the 5-cup bucket. Dump out the 3-cup bucket. Now pour the 2 cups from the 5 cup into the 3 cup. Refill the 5 cup. Now pour the 5 cup into the 3 cup until the 3 cup is full. That will leave exactly 4 cups in the 5-cup bucket!