Oct 26

 

 

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Oct 26, 2020  Week: 44 Day: 300    

Local:  H 61°\ L 26°\Average Sky Cover: 25%

Wind:   12mph\Gusts:  21mph                       

Nearest lightning:  214mi.; active fire:  59mi

high Risk of Fire          

Visibility:  10mi

Record: 75°[1959]   Record: 14°[1972]              

Oct Averages: 63°\32° (4 days with moisture)

 

Today’s  Quote

The best teachers are those who show you were to look,

but don’t tell you what to see

Alexandra K. Trenfor

 

Random Tidbits

Taller men may earn more money on average than shorter men, according to research conducted in Australia. It may be that shorter men experience discrimination in response to their stature, suggest the authors, while taller men may enjoy a boost in social status.

 

A little humor

The location of your mailbox shows you how far away from your house you can go in a robe before you start looking like a mental patient.

 

True Things

The NFL has traditionally used Roman ­numerals to denote the number of the Big Game, but for the 50th Super Bowl, they decided to go with just the number 50. Why? Sports fans use the letters W and L as shorthand for “win” and “loss.” Because the Roman numeral for 50 is L, the NFL worried that Super Bowl L would be, in PR terms, a big loser.

 

Observations This Week

Red Ribbon Week: 23-31  Link  

Kids Care Week: 25-31 

Disarmament Week: 24-30

National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: 25-31 Link  

Prescription Errors Education & Awareness Week: 24-31

National Massage Therapy Week: 25-31 Link  

World Origami Days: 24-11/11

National Respiratory Care Week: 25-31 Link 

Asexuality Week: 25-31 Link

Pastoral Care Week: 25-31 Link  

International Magic Week: 25-31

Pro Bono Week: 25-31  Link

Give Wildlife a Brake! Week: 25-31  Link

 

 

Observations for Today

Howl at The Moon Night  Link
Intersex Awareness Day 
 Link
Mule Day   
(Historical, not celebration.)
 Honors the importation of the first Spanish Jacks to the US which were a gift from

King Charles III of Spain delivered October 26, 1785 in Boston.

George Washington then began breeding them in the US.
National Day of The Deployed
National Financial Crime Fighter Day 
Link

National Mincemeat Day

National Pumpkin Day

 

My Rambling Thoughts

A windy Sunday. Dry pine needles piling up on deck, sidewalk, and street. It sure looks like a storm is coming. Flagstaff has a 30% chance of snow through Tuesday morning. Hoping for any kind of moisture. Saw some great pics around Colorado recent snow on Facebook.

Pence has 5 aides testing positive. He is not choosing to quarantine but will be out, with his so-far healthy staff campaigning. This behavior reminds me of the ostrich that sticks its head in the sand. According to Mark Meadows, the administration does not release names of positive tests, or of their condition. It is becoming more and more obvious that this administration wants to push herd immunity…even when medical pros say it is a very bad idea. Vote Nov 3!

The Stone Age didn’t end because we ran out of stones; the Fossil Fuel Age will not end because we ran out of fossil fuels. The Stone Age ended because of a little thing called advancement. Same is true now.  

Have to watch the Broncos online…not on our TV stations. Boo!

 

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

A woman gave birth to two sons who were born on the same hour of the same day of the same year, but were not twins. How is this possible?

 

Historical Events

1774 – The First Continental Congress adjourned in Philadelphia.

1775 – King George III of Great Britain went before Parliament to declare the American colonies in rebellion, and authorized a military response to stop the American Revolution.

1776 – Benjamin Franklin went to France to seek French support for the American Revolution.

1825 – From Albany, New York to Lake Erie, the Erie Canal opened.

1861 – The Pony Express officially closed.

1881 – The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral takes place at Tombstone, Arizona. The “OK” probably referred to two families, Ormsby & Kimberly, who owned the nearby corral.

1916 American sex educator Margaret Sanger arrested for obscenity (advocating birth control)

1918 Cecil Chubb gives prehistoric monument Stonehenge to the British nation

1918 Germany's supreme commander General Eric Ludendorff resigns, protesting the terms to which the German Government has agreed in negotiating an armistice

1922 Gertrude Bell appointed Honorary Director of Antiquities in new Department of Antiquities in Baghdad, Iraq (origin of the Baghdad Archaeological Museum)

1949 US President Harry Truman increases minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents

1958 – Pan American Airways made the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707, from New York City to Paris, France.

1972 Edwin Land introduces the first truly instant camera the Polaroid SX-70 camera at an event in Miami, Florida

1972 Guided tours of the former prison at Alcatraz by the National Park Service begin

1980 – Pac-Man was released in the United States

1984 – “Baby Fae” received a heart transplant from a baboon, and died three weeks later.

2001 – The United States passed the first Patriot Act.

2015 World Health Organization classifies processed meat as carcinogenic

2017 US President Donald Trump declares the opioid crisis a public health emergency

2017 Cremation ceremony for King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand held in Bangkok, a year after his death

2019 Raid by US Special Forces kills ISIS founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria

 

Birthdays Today

75 – Jaclyn Smith, American actress

73 – Hillary Clinton, American politician, 44th First Lady

73 – Pat Sajak, Game show host

@70 – Pat Conroy, American author (d. 2016; cancer)

@69 – Jackie Coogan, American actor (d. 1984; heart failure)

@60 – Mahalia Jackson, American singer (d. 1972; heart failure)

@59 – C.W. Post, American businessman, founded Post Foods (d. 1914; suicide)

59 – Dylan McDermott, American actor

53 – Keith Urban, New Zealand-American singer-songwriter

47 – Seth MacFarlane, American voice actor, singer, director, producer, and screenwriter

@46 – Benjamin Guggenheim, American businessman (d. 1912; on Titanic)

 

Puzzle Answer

They’re triplets, not twins…or quadruplets…or…

 

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