Nov 22

 

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Nov 22, 2020  Week: 48 Day: 327  

Local:  H 65°\ L 33°\Average Sky Cover: 5%

Wind:   4mph\Gusts:  12mph                       

Nearest lightning:  1009mi.; active fire:  59mi

Moderate Risk of Fire          

Visibility:  10mi

Record: 68°[1903]   Record: -2°[1931]              

Nov Averages: 53°\23° (3 days with moisture)

 

Today’s  Quote

Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude.

Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness.

Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.

Henri Frederic Amiel

 

Random Tidbits

Not long ago a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO became the most expensive car ever when it was sold in the United Kingdom to a private collector for $35 million.

 

A little humor

It's the start of a brand new day, and I'm off like a herd of turtles.

 

Observations This Week

Nat’l Seat Belt Reinforcement Week: 9-29 Link

Random Acts of Kindness Week: 16-23 Link

Nat’l Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week: 15-22 Link

Nat’l Farm-City Week: 19-26 InterNat’l Games Week: 21-28 

InterNat’l Restorative Justice Week: 16-22 Link 

Church/State Separation Week: 22-28  
GERD Awareness Week: 22-28  
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Nat’l Drone Safety Awareness Week: 16-22 Link

Nat’l Bible Week: 22-29 
Nat’l Family Week: 22-28 
Nat’l Game & Puzzle Week: 22-28 

 

Observations for Today

Crystal Skull World Day

Do Dah Day (Pasadena)

Go For a Ride Day

Humane Society Day

Mother Goose Day   Cancelled Due to COVID-19

National Cashew Day

National Cranberry Relish Day

National Family Pajama Night

Stir Up Sunday

 

My Rambling Thoughts

A change linens, wash, dry, and fold the dirty ones.  Pulled out one of my star quilts for the bed. Getting ready for winter.

Street names are usually given for a reason. My friend, Bob E., spent part of his career with Jefferson County and his job was to name the streets in a new development. I don’t remember the names but remember that he had a good system of alphabetical names of foliage in one area. Downtown Flagstaff doesn’t have such a simple system. One of the main streets is named after an early scientist who visited the area. The guy also got one of our peaks named after him. He did have some weird ideas about non-Whites, deciding that white people were at the top of the intelligence scale and all other colors were below. So, being 2020, the city council decided it was time to rename the street. So it is so long ‘N Agassiz St’ and the new name will be determined soon. Probably a good idea, but it will take decades to update all the maps and GPS services.

I was in shop class when I heard that JFK had been shot. I was in Algebra I when they announced he died and everyone was sent home.

I usually have Thanksgiving with a group of friends where each of us brings a dish filled with our favorites…mine is blueberry pie and a fancy fresh green bean thingy. Not this year. I’m still deciding if I will fix a turkey breast with some trimmings. It is so weird this year.

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Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

What can you hold without ever touching it?

 

Historical Events

1809 – The (#1168) patent was issued in the U.S. for a metallic writing pen to Peregrine Williamson.

1858 – Denver, Colorado was founded.

1859 – The Origin of the Species by Charles Darwin was published.

1910 – The patent (#976,267) for a steel-shafted golf club was issued to Arthur F. Knight of Schenectady, NY.

1927 – The patent (#1,650,334) for a snowmobile (motor toboggan) was issued to Carl J.E. Eliason of Saynor, Wisconsin.

1928 – Bolero by Maurice Ravel, was first performed publicly (Paris). The original title for the music was ‘Fandango.’

1935 – First commercial crossing of Pacific Ocean by plane (China Clipper). On November 29, the airplane reached its destination, Manila, after traveling via Honolulu, Midway Island, Wake Island, and Guam, and delivered over 110,000 pieces of mail.

1941 – The US Food and Drug Administration specified the first minimum daily requirements for dietary supplements for vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin D, thiamine, riboflavin, calcium, iron, iodine, and phosphorus.

1951 – Pope Pius XII declared, at the opening meeting of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, that the Big Bang theory does not conflict with the Catholic concept of creation.

1954 – Humane Society of the United States formed.

1963 US President John F. Kennedy assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald while riding in an open-topped motorcade in Dallas, Texas

1965 – Muhammad Ali TKO’ed Floyd Patterson in 12 rounds for the heavyweight boxing title.

1974 – The United Nations General Assembly granted the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) observer status.

1986 – Mike Tyson became the youngest Heavyweight Champion in history today with a second-round knockout win over Trevor Berbick.

1987 – WGN-TV Channel 9 and PBS affiliate WTTW-TV Channel 11 broadcast signals were hijacked by an unknown person wearing a Max Headroom mask. The hijacker was never caught.

1995 – Pixar’s Toy Story was released. It was the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated animation.

2005 – Angela Merkel became the first female Chancellor of Germany.

2012 – 2 people were killed and 120 injured after a 100-vehicle pile-up in dense fog near Beaumont, Texas, on interstate 10.

2016 US President Barack Obama posthumously awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to pioneering computer scientist and Navy Admiral Grace Hopper

2017 Uber admits hackers stole personal information affecting 57 million people worldwide and paid $100,00 to keep quiet

2018 Leaning Tower of Pisa's tilt reduced by 4 cm in 20 year project to stabilise it

 

Birthdays Today

@83 – Thomas Cook, English, founded Thomas Cook Group, (d. 1892)

@82 – Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian, actor, screenwriter (d. 2004)

@79 – Charles de Gaulle, 18th President of France, (d. 1970)

77 – Billie Jean King, American tennis player, and sportscaster

62 – Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress

53 – Mark Ruffalo, American actor, and activist

36 – Scarlett Johansson, American actress (Black Widow, Avengers)

34 – Oscar Pistorius, runner who killed girlfriend.

 

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I retired in '06--at the ripe old age of 57. I enjoy blogging, photography, traveling, and living life to it's fullest.