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Nov
17, 2020 Week: 47 Day:322 |
Local:
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59°\ L 31°\Average Sky Cover: 5% |
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Wind: 7mph\Gusts: 10mph |
Nearest
lightning: 1275mi.; active fire: 59mi |
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Extreme Risk of Fire
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Visibility: 10mi |
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Record: 68°[1898] Record: -10°[1964] |
Nov
Averages: 53°\23° (3
days with moisture) |
Today’s Quote
The
trick is to be grateful when your mood is high and graceful when it is low.
Richard Carlson
A little humor
Q:What do you call a boring banana?
unaPEELING
True Things
Police in California are
searching for the "bra bandit" -- a man recorded stealing clothes
from a pickup truck while wearing a skirt and two bras. Security camera footage
from outside a Coachella home recorded a man, dubbed the "bra bandit,"
wearing a skirt, a bra on his head and another bra on his chest while walking
past the home. Police said the clothing items were taken from an unlocked
pickup truck. The man, who is seen on the video trying to scare a cat on the
front porch of the home, also took cleaning supplies, change and other clothing
items from the truck. The security camera footage shows the man narrowly avoid
capture when a Riverside County Sheriff's Office patrol car passes by the
pickup truck while he's inside. "We have had incidents where stuff has
been stolen, but never like this, where some guy is completely naked, and at a
point in the video you actually see him sniffing the bra," Vidal Coronel,
daughter of the truck's owner, reported. Coronel said the clothing items belong
to her sister, who has been using the pickup truck to move. "We all have
kids here, and for this guy to be walking around in a bra and a skirt stealing,
and he could go into someone's house and do something worse," Coronel
said.
Observations This Week
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Nat’l
Seat Belt Reinforcement Week: 9-29 Link |
InterNat’l Restorative
Justice Week: 16-22 Link |
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Geography Awareness
Week: 15-21 Link |
Random Acts of Kindness Week: 16-23 Link |
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Internat’l Fraud
Awareness Week: 15-21 Link |
American Education Week: 16-20 Link |
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Nat’l Hunger & Homeless Awareness
Week: 15-22 Link |
Nat’l Drone Safety
Awareness Week: 16-22 Link |
Observations for Today
National
Entrepreneurship Day
Parents
Day
National
Unfriend Day
Petroleum
Day
World
Prematurity Awareness Day
My Rambling Thoughts
A
nice weather day to start the week. I headed out to Andy’s as he wanted some
pictures of his new roof. Easy to do. Texted him several photos and he was
pleased. The current high-pressure system will be sticking around for a few
days, so more great walks ahead.
What
a football day yesterday. Broncos just couldn’t get into the game. The Cardiac
Cardinals waited until the last seconds to pull off a win. The only way they
could win was with a TD, and as the last few seconds ticked off, a Hail Mary
pass that worked. Awesome.
Today
I’m feeling like I am just walking on my treadmill. Not getting anywhere and
just wondering…will I make it to Mexico for Christmas, will I be in Tahiti in
March, will the new administration every start? I know many people feel the
same way about their own lives. My mantra continues: I will get through this.
Today’s Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of the page
Which tire doesn't move when a car turns
right?
Historical Events
1558 – Queen Mary I of England died and
was succeeded by her half-sister, The ‘Virgin Queen’ Elizabeth I of England.
1855 – David Livingstone became the first
European to see Victoria Falls in what was now present-day Zambia-Zimbabwe.
1869 – Suez Canal (Egypt) opened, linking
the Mediterranean & Red seas. It is 102 miles long.
1871 – National Rifle Association was
organized (in New York City) by Army and Navy Journal editor William Conant
Church and General George Wood Wingate.
1947 – The Screen Actors Guild
implemented an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
1952 – Archeologists reported finding a
2,000-year-old mosaic floor at Circum, Cyprus, that depicted a scene from
Homer’s Iliad.
1968 – Heidi Game Scandal – NBC cut the
AFL championship to show the children’s film Heidi and millions missed the
Raiders beat the Jets, 43-32. The movie started at 7:00 PM. The game ended at
7:07.
1969 – SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation
Talks) discussions opened in Helsinki, Finland.
1970 – A patent (#3541541) was issued to
Doug Engelbart for the computer mouse – an “X-Y Position Indicator for a
Display System”.
1973 – In Orlando, Florida, President
Richard Nixon told 400 Associated Press managing editors “I am not a crook.”
1992 – Dateline NBC aired a demonstration
show General Motors trucks blowing upon impact, later it was revealed that NBC
rigged the test.
2004 – Kmart Corp. announced it was
buying Sears, Roebuck, and Company for $11 billion USD and naming the newly
merged company Sears Holdings Corporation.
2014 The Church of England adopts
legislation enabling the appointment of female bishops
2016 Smaller pyramid find within 2 known
Kukulkan "nesting" pyramids announced at Chichen Itza in Yucatan,
Mexico, dating to 550-80 AD
2019 Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei labels
protesters "thugs" after unrest over higher gasoline prices brought
Tehran to a standstill day before
Birthdays Today
82 –
Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian Singer/Songwriter, and guitarist
79 –
Martin Scorsese, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
78 – Bob
Gaudio, American Singer/Songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
@77 –
August Möbius, German astronomer, created the Möbius strip (d. 1868)
76 –
Danny DeVito, American actor, director, and producer
76 –
Lorne Michaels, Canadian TV producer (Saturday Night Live)
@75 – Tom
Seaver, American baseball player, sportscaster (d. 2020; dementia)
60 –
RuPaul, American drag queen performer, actor, and singer
@59 –
Rock Hudson, American actor (d. 1985; AIDS)
54 –
Daisy Fuentes, Cuban-American model, and actress
42 –
Rachel McAdams, Canadian actress
Puzzle Answer
The spare tire.
