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Sep 5, 2020 Week: 36 Day: 249
Local: H 88° \ L 49° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind: 4mph\Gusts: 4mph
Nearest lightning: 343mi.;
active fire: 90mi.
Extreme Risk of Fire Visibility: 10mi
Record: 89°[1945] Record: 31°[1961] Sep Averages: 74°\42° (5 days with rain)
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Today’s Quote
No one is born hating another person because
of the color of his skin,
or his background, or his religion.
People must learn to hate, and if they
can learn to hate,
they can be taught to love,
for love comes more naturally to the
human heart that is opposite.
Nelson Mandella
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Random Tidbits
There are as many as
100,000 active missing persons cases in the U.S. at any given time.
The FBI designates severe,
urgent missing person cases as "endangered or involuntary."
Approximately 15 percent of missing person cases are given that classification
each year; most of them are applied to children.
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A little humor
"Disorder in
the Court" True statements from court records
ATTORNEY: Is your
appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to
your attorney?
WITNESS: No, this
is how I dress when I go to work.
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State Name Origins
Utah owes its origin to an Apache Indian word,
"yuttahih," that means "people of the mountains" or
"they who are higher up." In the Native American people's language,
the word "ute" means "land of the sun."
French explorer Samuel de Champlain called the
stunning Green Mountains of Vermont "Verd Mont," which is French for
"green mountain."
The state of Virginia was named after
England's Queen Elizabeth I, who was also known as "The Virgin
Queen." The lands in North America claimed by England in the 1600s were
called "Virginia." Queen Elizabeth I granted Walter Raleigh the
charter to create a colony.
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True Things
I don't know too
much about South Africa except that it is where Nelson Mandela and Krugerrands
come from. What I do know is that if there are crocodiles in the water hazards
where you are golfing you don't go in after your ball.
I learned that from watching the Adam Sandler
movie 'Happy Gilmore'. Chubbs tried it and look what happened to him!
Apparently that movie is not popular in South Africa.
The South African golfer in this story didn't
lose his hand, like Chubbs, he lost his life while he was retrieving golf balls
from a dam called Lake Panic at South Africa's flag-ship wildlife reserve.
The crocodile grabbed 29-year-old Jacques van
der Sandt in its jaws and disappeared under the water at a golf course next to
a staff residential area within the park boundaries.
Oubaas Coetzer, a police officer, said the
crocodile attacked van der Sandt while he was standing waist high in the water
and reaching below the surface to feel for golf balls on the bottom of the dam.
Now this story is odd, to be sure, since van
der Sandt had golfed many times in the park before and had probably seen
crocodiles in the water, but what got the story into Bizarre News is the reason
Mr. Van der Sandt was standing waist-high in crocodile-infested water searching
for golf balls; his friend challenged him to see who can retrieve the most
balls.
I'll bet my next paycheck 10 or 12 South
African beers were involved in that decision.
Rangers killed the crocodile after a two-hour
search following the attack. There is no report of who won the challenge.
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Observations This Month
National
Pet Memorial Month Link
National Preparedness Month Link
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month Link
National Prime Beef Month Link
National Prosper Where You Are Planted Month
National Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Month Link
National Recovery Month
National Rice Month
National Save A Tiger Month Link Link
National Sewing Month Link
National
Service Dog Month
National Shake Month (Ice Cream)
National Sickle Cell Month Link
National Skin Care Awareness Month
National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month Link
National Suicide
Prevention Month Link
National Translators Month (Moved from Feb.) Link
National Pediculosis (Head Lice) Prevention Month Link
National Piano Month Link Link
National
Preparedness Month
National Wilderness Month
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Observations This Week
Chuckwagon Races: Thru 9/6
National Sweet Corn Week: Thru 9/5
US Open Tennis Championships: Thru 9/13
International Enthusiasm Week: 1-7
National Nutrition Week: 1-7 (UNICEF-India) Link
Self-University Week: 1-7 Link
Golden Onion Week: 3-7
National Go-Kart Week: 3-6 Link
Sweet Corn Week: 3-7
Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over: 4-8 Link
International Air Ambulance Week: 5-13 Link
Shetland Wool Week: 5-6 Link Cancelled due to COVID-19
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Observations for Today
Bacon Day Link Link
Be Late for Something Day
Cow Chip Throwing Days Link Cancelled due to COVID-19
Franchise Appreciation Day Link
International Day of Charity Link
Jury Rights Day Link
Kentucky Derby (Moved from May due to
COVID-19)
National Buffalo Chicken Wings Days-6 Link
National Cowgirl Day Link
National Play Outside Day Link
National Tailgating Day Link Link
National Writing Date Day Link
World Beard Day Link
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My Rambling Thoughts
Another warm day, and no precipitation. A long weekend is
beginning. Doesn’t mean much to retired people, and certainly not during
Covid19.
Third cable guy came. He said it was a network problem that has
been going on for weeks. He did give me another old remote which helps a
little. This guy was from Jamaica, was genuinely nice, and had been working in
Colorado. He said that it was a shame Flagstaff didn’t have Comcast, because
they were great! So, I am giving up on complaints to Suddenlink. Life goes on.
With all the talk about the Postal Service and mail-in voting here
is a tidbit. The head of the Board of Governors for USPS has a side job, he is
the head of Mitch McConnel’s Super Pac. No conflict there.
The President is trying, unsuccessfully, to deny his disdain for
the US Military while he is Commander In Chief. Too bad his supporters can’t
see it.
Joe Biden had a press conference this morning. He was very presidential
and while he was upset by Trump’s remarks on the military, he spoke in coherent
full sentences. Much of what he said described what a President of the United
States should say and do. Glad I watched.
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Today’s Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of the page
What
word starts and ends with e but only has a single letter in it?
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Historical Events
1666 – Great Fire of London ended, 10,000 buildings, including St
Paul’s Cathedral, were destroyed, but only six people are known to have died.
1698 – Peter the Great decreed a tax on beards. When a citizen had
more than 2 weeks’ worth of growth, a tax had to be paid, and the citizens
were granted a two-sided token stating:
“the beard tax has been taken” and “the beard is a superfluous burden.”
1774 – Peyton Randolph was elected as the first president of the
Continental Congress, in Philadelphia.
1836 – Sam Houston was elected as the first president of the
Republic of Texas.
1882 – 10,000 workers marched in the first Labor Day parade in New
York City.
1906 – The first legal forward pass in American football was
thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider
in a 22-0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin).
1939 – President FDR declared US neutrality at the start of WW II
in Europe.
1949 – Willard Frank Libby announced his discovery of Radiocarbon
dating.
1960 – Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay) won the gold medal in the
light heavyweight boxing competition at the Rome Olympics.
1972 – Eleven Israeli athletes were killed by Palestinian
terrorists at that 1972 Munich Olympics.
1975 – Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme attempted to assassinate US
President Gerald Ford.
1987 – Dick Clark’s American Bandstand was broadcast for the
2,751st and last time by ABC, after 30 years on the network. It continued, in
syndication, until October 7, 1989.
1997 – Mother Teresa died in Calcutta, India, at age 87.
1991 Nelson Mandela chosen as president of African National
Congress
1993 Noureddine Morceli runs world record mile (3:44,39)
2017 Hurricane Irma becomes the most powerful hurricane ever
recorded in the Atlantic Basin region with winds of 185mph (280km/h)
2019 New theory the Loss Ness monster may be a giant eel after DNA
study reveals no plesiosaur or sturgeon DNA found
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Birthdays Today
91 – Bob Newhart,
American comedian, and actor
@85 – Jack
Valenti, businessman, created the MPAA film rating system (d. 2007)
83 – William Devane,
actor
@82 – Arthur
Nielsen, American market analyst, founded ACNielsen (d. 1980)
80 – Raquel
Welch, American actress, and sex symbol
@77 – Darryl F.
Zanuck, American director, producer and screenwriter (d. 1979)
69 – Michael
Keaton, American actor
47 – Rose
McGowan, American actress
@34 – Jesse
James, American outlaw (d. 1882; shot in the back by his gang)
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Puzzle Answer
Envelope
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