Jun 9

 

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Jun  9, 2020 Week: 24  Day: 161

86004:   H 67° \ L 31° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%

Wind:   10mph\Gusts:  17mph  Visibility: 10 mi

Nearest lightning:  685mi.; Nearest active fire:  138mi. 

Extreme Risk of Fire

Red Flag Warning          

 

Record High: 90°[2013]   Record Low: 24°[1950]

Jun Averages: 80°\43° (3 days with rain)

 

Today’s  Quote

 

"If you look at what you have in life,

you'll always have more.

If you look at what you don't have in life,

you'll never have enough." -Oprah Winfrey

 

Random Tidbits

 

Cincinnati, Ohio, is named after a great figure of Rome, Cincinnatus (519-438 B.C.). While plowing his fields, he was made dictator and placed in charge of the war against the Vosci and Aequi. He did the job in 16 days, left his powerful position, and went back to the plow.

The word "palace" comes from the Palatine Hill, where Augustus established the emperors' tradition of building their palaces.

Have a smile

True conversations while flying

 

One day the pilot of a Cherokee 180 was told by the tower to hold short of the active runway while a DC-8 landed. The DC-8 landed, rolled out, turned around, and taxied back past the Cherokee. Some quick-witted comedian in the DC-8 crew got on the radio and said, 

"What a cute little plane. Did you make it all by yourself?"

The Cherokee pilot, not about to let the insult go by, came back with a real zinger: "I made it out of DC-8 parts. Another landing like yours and I'll have enough parts for another one."

 

Observations This Week

 

International Clothesline Week: 6-13 
National Lemonade Days: 6-13 Link August due to COVID-19
Bed Bug Awareness Week: 7-13
Black Single Parents Week: 7-13 
Community Health Improvement Week (CHI): 7-13  Link
End Mountain Top Removal Week:  7-13  Link 
Nat'l Automotive Service Professionals Week: 7-13 
National Business Etiquette Week:  7-13  
National Headache Awareness Week: 7-13  Link  
Pet Appreciation Week: 7-13  Link

Observations for Today

 

Call Your Doctor Day Link  

Donald Duck Day (Birthday) Link

International Archives Day

Loving Day Link

National Earl Baltes Day  Link

National Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day

Toy Industry Day

World APS Day Link

World Pet Memorial Day

 

My Rambling Thoughts

 

Cooled off a bit today…the wind continues.

 

Eye appointment went well. Told every employee how I wished they would fix their reminder machine. The receptionist said it was new. The tech I see said to talk to the Dr. The Dr. said, no one tells me anything. The Dr. asked the scheduler. She had a dumb look on her face and said, I don’t know, they are working on it. I jumped in and said, “Yeah for 4 months.”. The Dr. left and she said, “we just got new phones last week and it does take time.” Finally, I found the culprit, and won’t forget.

 

Flagstaff has had a homeless issue since I moved here full-time, and probably longer. Sadly, most are Natives. Last week a local activist posted a picture of a homeless Native who had been beaten up by 4 White guys. He told the activist he didn’t report it to the police because they never do anything. The activist fixed his wounds and gave him some food and water. The activist said that was the problem, and that he and others had tried to remedy the situation in Flagstaff, but all that happens is that there are meetings with the Navajo Civil Rights committee, more meetings are planned and nothing changes. I’ve known of him for a long time, and this time he was the angriest I had ever heard. A few days later the police dept posted a rebuttal to his post, stating that they did have contact with the victim after the beating. He was too inebriated to tell the same story twice. Yesterday the activist posted again, saying that the police were just covering. I know from bitter experience that some Navajo families have a history of alcohol abuse. I also know that Navajo families take care of their family members.  In this time of waking up to social injustice it is time to clearly define border town responsibilities for homeless Natives…as well as all homeless people. Right now, many in Flagstaff simply put all the homeless in a little box of: alcoholic and/or mentally ill. And decide that it is not their responsibility to find solutions. Sad. Now is the time.

 

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

 There is a stable and inside the stable there are several men and horses.  In total there are 22 heads and 72 feet.  How many horses and how many men are in the stable?

                                                       Historical Events

 

1534 Jacques Cartier 1st sails into mouth of St Lawrence River

 

1650 - The Harvard Corporation, one of the two administrative boards of Harvard, was established. It was the first legal corporation in the Americas.

1856 - 500 Mormons left Iowa City, Iowa, and headed west for Salt Lake City.

 

1869 Charles E. Hires sells his 1st root beer, in Philadelphia

 

1902 - Horn & Hardart opened first restaurant with vending machine service at the Automat Restaurant at 818 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1934 - Donald Duck debuted in The Wise Little Hen.

 

1942 Nazis kill all inhabitants of Lidice, which had been implicated in the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, Nazi controller of Bohemia and Moravia, to “teach the Czechs a final lesson of subservience and humility”

 

1953 - John H. Kraft was granted his patent (#2,641,545) for "manufacture of soft surface cured cheese".

 

1969 Warren Burger confirmed as US Chief Justice

 

1973 - In horseracing, Secretariat wins the US Triple Crown (The Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes).

1978 Johannes Gutenberg's Bible, the first book produced using the printing press, (1 of 21 complete versions) sells for $2.4 million, London

 

1978 - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) opened its priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men.

1993 - 'Hollywood Madame' Heidi Fleiss was arrested.

1997 - Married with Children television series came to an end on FOX.

 

2006 King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand celebrates the 1st of 3 national holidays to commemorate his 60 years on the throne.

 

2013 Edward Snowden publicly makes his identity known as the leaker of NSA documents

 

Birthdays Today

 

@94-Guitarist/Inventor Les Paul (d,  2009)

 

89- Comedian Jackie Mason

86-Cartoon Donald Duck

@73-Composer Cole Porter (d. 1964; kidney failure)

59-Actor Michael J. Fox

 

56-Actor Johnny Depp

@49-SingerJackie Wilson (d. 1984; pneumonia)

39-Actor Natalie Portman

 

Puzzle Answer

 

8 men and 14 horses.