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Nov
5, 2020 Week: 45 Day:310 |
Local:
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65°\ L 34°\Average Sky Cover: 5% |
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Wind: 10mph\Gusts: 15mph |
Nearest
lightning: 1525mi.; active fire: 59mi |
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high Risk of Fire |
Visibility: 10mi |
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Record: 70°[1976] Record: 1°[1922] |
Nov
Averages: 53°\23° (3
days with moisture) |
Today’s Quote
At times our own light goes out
and is rekindled by a spark from another
person.
Each of us has cause to think with deep
gratitude
of those who have lighted the flame within us.
Albert Schweitzer
Random Tidbits
The Conjuring is based on real-life paranormal
investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren and their experience with the Perrons, a
family who moved into a Rhode Island farmhouse and experienced ghostly and
terrifying occurrences in 1971. The Warrens also had a possessed Raggedy Ann
doll that was the inspiration for the spin-off film Annabelle.
A little humor
In a public restroom in a high rise building:
"TOILET OUT OF ORDER. PLEASE USE FLOOR BELOW."
True Things
Inexplicable
A 17-year-old was taken into custody, and to the hospital, after
he caused a disturbance at a Petro Deli north of Topeka, Kansas, on Oct. 17.
The teen, who was naked except for the ranch dressing smeared all over his
body, damaged merchandise in the store, then ran out and jumped in a running
car, which he crashed into a pillar, WIBW-TV reported. Investigators said he
was "under the influence of a substance." He was released to the
custody of his parents.
Observations This Week
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World Origami Days: 24-11/11 |
Nat’l Patient
Accessibility Week: 2-6 |
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Drowsy Driving
Prevention Week: 1-8 Link |
Polar Bear Week:
1-7 |
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Give
Wildlife A Brake! Week: 1-7 Link |
World Communication
Week: 1-7 |
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Nat’l Animal Shelter
Appreciation Week: 1-7 Link
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World Karaoke
Championships: 2-7 Link |
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Nat’l Fig Week: 1-7 |
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Observations for Today
Firewood
Day
National
Cash Back Day
National
Medical Cannabis Day
National
Love Your Red Hair Day
National
Men Make Dinner Day (Must Cook. No BBQ Allowed!)
Play
Monopoly Day
Stout
Day
World
Tsunami Awareness Day
My Rambling Thoughts
I’m
spending the day calmly and patiently awaiting the election results. The one outcome
of this election is that our country is very divided. It is sad that our
choices did not allow for a charismatic leader with plans that the vast
majority of voters could believe in. A close election only helps in keeping our
country divided. Hoping everything stays peaceful as more and more results are announced.
I
saw this posted on FB last night:
If Biden wins, I’m leaving the country.
If Trump wins, I’m leaving the country.
This is not a political statement…I just want
to travel again.
I
feel the same. I booked my Christmas trip to Merida, Mexico to spend a week
with my brother and sister-in-law. Now to figure out how to get to and from
Phoenix. Currently the shuttle isn’t running due to Covid. I’ll work it out.
Locally,
Flag will have a new mayor, our current Mayor will be our state rep, our US Rep
was reelected, and Astronaut Mark Kelly (D) will be our new elected Senator.
And in a move to easy the pain of elections, after 3 tries, AZ has approved Recreational
Marijuana. HaHa. It also looks like AZ has turned Blue for the first time in
forever.
I
went to Walmart for my monthly essentials shopping last Friday. Months ago,
they moved all the cosmetics and shaving stuff into an enclosed area near the
cash registers with many cameras. They had a checkout spot, but no one was ever
there. Friday there was somebody, and as I entered to get some shaving stuff,
he informed me I had to purchase them at that register. I get that shoplifting
is an issue. Somehow, during Covid, I find this crazy. I asked if I could shop
and do the whole checkout at his register. He said no. He could only sell
things inside his little area. I had to pay there, get a bag I didn’t want and
a receipt, then get everything else and check out. Too many steps.
Today’s Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of the page
What is at the end of a rainbow?
Historical Events
1605 – Gunpowder Plot –
an attempt to blow up the English Parliament. The plot discovered and leader
Guy Fawkes was tortured and later executed. He was caught with 36 barrels of
gunpowder at the House of Lords.
1639 – First post office in the colonies was set up in
Massachusetts, with permission from King William and Queen Mary. The United
States Post Office (USPO) was created on July 26, 1775, by decree of the Second
Continental Congress.
1781 – John Hanson was elected first “President of US in
Congress assembled.” The other short-term presidents before George Washington
was inaugurated on April 30, 1789, were Elias Boudinot, Thomas Mifflin, Richard
Henry Lee, John Hancock, Nathaniel Gorham, Arthur St. Clair, and Cyrus Griffin.
1852 – American Society of Civil Engineers and Architects was
founded.
1895 – Patent attorney George B. Selden of Rochester, New York,
received the first US patent (#549,160) for a gasoline-driven automobile.
1917 – Supreme Court decision (Buchanan v Warley) struck down
Lousiville, Kentucky, ordinance requiring blacks & whites to live in
separate areas. The USSC held that a Louisville, Kentucky, city ordinance
prohibiting the sale of real property to blacks violated the Fourteenth
Amendment.
1917 – Lenin announced the October Revolution.
1935 – Parker Brothers launched the board game of Monopoly.
Marvin Gardens is actually a misspelling of ‘Marven Gardens’, an actual locale
in Atlantic City.
1956 – The Nat King Cole Show debuted on NBC. It was the first
variety program to be hosted by an African-American. The last episode of The
Nat King Cole Show aired on December 17, 1957.
1959 – American Football League (AFL) was announced, with 8
teams – The New York Titans, Boston Patriots, Buffalo Bills, Houston Oilers,
Los Angeles Chargers, Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders, and Dallas Texans.
2007 – The Android mobile phone operating system was unveiled by
Google.
2009 – US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan (US Army Medical Corps)
killed 13 and wounded 43 at Fort Hood, Texas in the largest mass shooting ever
at a US military installation.
2013 – India launched the Mars Orbiter Mission, its first
interplanetary probe.
2018 NASA's Voyager 2
probe leaves the solar system, becoming the second human-made object to reach
interstellar space
2019 Chinese government
set new rules for gaming for young people to try to curb gaming addiction,
including maximum 90 mins a day
Birthdays Today
@96 – Will Durant, American author, and
philosopher (died in 1981)
@86 – Roy Rogers, American singer,
guitarist, and actor (died in 1998)
79 – Art Garfunkel, American
Singer/Songwriter, and guitarist
73 – Peter Noone, English Singer/Songwriter, and
guitarist
61 – Bryan Adams, Canadian Singer/Songwriter,
guitarist, producer, and actor
57 – Tatum O’Neal, American actress, and author
Puzzle Answer
The letter W
