Oct 3

 

Week: 40 Day: 276 Ave. Sky Cover:  15%\Visibility: 10 miles Local Temp:   62°\ 34° Wind: 3mph\ Gusts: 10mph Moderate risk of fire Active fire: 251mi. \ Lightning: 335mi. Oct Averages: 63°\32° (4 days w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

 

Monthly Observations

 

October [Navajo] is Ghaaji’ which means End of Growing Season Caffeine Addiction Recovery Month Celiac Disease Awareness Month Celebrating The Bilingual Child Month Children's Magazine Month Christmas Seal Campaign (10/1-12/31) Church Library Month Church Safety and Security Month Class Reunion Month Link Contact Lens Safety Month Co-op Awareness Month Corn Month Link Country Music Month Link Cut Out Dissection Month

 

Weekly Observations

 

Minimally Invasive Surgery Week Link	22-10/21
International Sand Sculpting Championships Link	24-10/3
National Walk Your Dog Week Link   Link Universal Children's Week	1-7
Trichotillomania, Skin Picking & Related BFRB Awareness Week Link	1-5
National Storytelling Weekend: 1-3 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Link	2-10
Fire Prevention Week   Link International Post Card Week Link   4-H Week  Link  Getting The World To Beat A Path To Your Door Week Great Books Week Kids' Goal Setting Week International Post Card Week Link    Mental Illness Awareness Week   Mystery Series Week  National Carry A Tune Week Link   National Health Care Food Service Week Link  National Midwifery Week Link National Work From Home Week   Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Week	3-9
No Salt Week	3-10
World Goat Days Link	3-8

 

Daily Observations

 

 

Favorite Memes

 

 

A quick smile!

 

What is the center of Gravity? The letter V.

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 

A nice fall day…every night is a bit cooler. Yesterday started like a typical Friday. I did some shopping and drove home, put the stuff away. When I went out to lock my vehicle, I saw that the tire was low. I drove to Discount Tire about 4 miles away. The guy checked me in and said they could get to it at 2:15p…It was 11:30. He also said the tires were 12 years old and needed to be replaced…even though the tread was still good. They only had 2 tires in my size. I got two and ordered 2 more. I reached in my pocket to call a friend and realized I had not brought my cell phone. He called a taxi company and they were booked up until 4pm. So, I sat there, took a quick walk to Safeway next door, and sat and waited. I got out at 2:45pm with a much bigger credit card bill. I’ve been driving since I was 16 and never knew tires could ‘get old.’  I’ve never kept a vehicle this long either. For the past year I have had a ‘low tire’ light on. I checked the tires, and no tire was low. The guy who brought my car out saw it, said he’d check it. He took a device and touched all 4 tires, the plugged the device in under the dash. No more light. Amazing. Not the way I had planned to spend Friday, but it all worked out well. And there was a screw in the low tire. The UK is having a very real fuel crisis. The truckers who hauled petrol to the gas stations were mostly from the EU on Visas. With Brexit, those Visas ended so the drivers returned to the EU. Now there are not enough drivers to deliver fuel for vehicles. Recycling is complicated and confusing. Maine has come up with a new law. Now producers must pay into a fund that helps municipalities pay for recycling costs. The cost is based on how their material is recycled. It will take about a year to get the regulations worked out. Sounds good to me. It became a really big deal when China stopped accepting recycling stuff a few years ago…leaving municipalities to pay the higher costs.

 

 

Historical Events

 

1863 – US President Abraham Lincoln designates last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day 1913 – US Federal income tax signed into law (at 1%) by President Woodrow Wilson 1922 – Mrs. Rebecca Felton was the first female US Senator (Georgia, for two days) 1955 – The Mickey Mouse Club premiered on ABC 1990 – Germany Reunified as the Federal Republic of Germany 1974 – Frank Robinson was named the first African-American MLB manager (Cleveland Indians) 2020 The UK's wettest day on record, with average of 31.7mm (1.24ins) across the country in wake of Storm Alex

 

Birthdays Today

 

@86 – Gore Vidal, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic (died in 2012) 80 – Chubby Checker [Ernest Evans], American singer-songwriter 72 – Lindsey Buckingham, American singer-songwriter 67 – Al Sharpton, American minister, and political activist 52 – Gwen Stefani, American singer-songwriter