I am more than ready for Spring!
Mar 1, 2021 Week: 9 Day: 60 Visibility:
10 miles
Local: H 30°\ L 17°\Ave. Sky Cover: 5% Wind:
9mph/ Gusts: 17mph
Nearest Lightning: 888mi. Moderate Risk of Fire: Active
fire: 337mi
Record: 67°[2009] Record: -10°[1997]
Mar. Averages:
53°/23° (6 days with moisture)
Today’s Quote
Fire is the test of gold;
adversity, of strong men.
~Martha Graham
Random Tidbits
Unless you're a real
science geek, chances are you never knew these elements even existed.
Nonetheless, many of them form the foundations of modern life.
Europium (Eu)
Euro paper banknotes
contain tiny amounts of this hard, silvery metal as an anti-counterfeiting
measure. It is also used to produce a strong, rich red color in television and
computer screens.
A Little Humor
Why can't a bike stand on its own? It's two tired
True Things
Man sues female boss for
discrimination…
A man in South Wales is
suing the "woman-dominated" firm where he worked for 'extreme
discrimination against males', claiming that his female boss told him to
"man up" among other sexist comments and actions. Daniel Price claims
that his manager Ashleigh Knowles told him "men are less organized"
and that he was repeatedly ordered to "go away" during
"girls-only" conversations. Mr. Price says he was the only worker
instructed to carry boxes, being told "because you're a man". He once
refused, due to a hernia, but was ordered to "man up and get on with
it." Mr. Price said she once threatened him with disciplinary action for
insubordination after he told her tasks should not lie solely with him because
he was a man. An employment judge in Cardiff ruled he has an "arguable
case" for sex discrimination and ordered a full hearing.
Monthly Observations
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Action & Skill Toys Month |
Weekly Observations
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Lent [Christian] |
Thru 4/3 |
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National Pasty Week Cancelled |
Thru 3/6 |
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National School Breakfast Week: 1-5 |
1-5 |
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Hearing Awareness
Week Link Telecommuter Appreciation Week Universal Human
Beings Week Link |
1-7 |
Today’s Observations
Asiatic Fleet Memorial Day Link
Baby Sleep Day
Casimir Pulaski Day (First Monday in March) Link
Dadgum That's Good Day (Masterbuilt
food products & cookbooks)
Endometriosis
Day or Wear Yellow Day
National
Black Women in Jazz & The Arts Day Link
National Horse Protection Day
National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day
Pig Day
Plan a Solo
Vacation Day
Refired, Not Retired Day
Saint David's Day Link
Self-injury Awareness Day Link
World Compliment Day
Zero Discrimination Day Link
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Chilly and windy as a cold-front blows through.
I’m having a very nice birthday. I’ve gotten several phone calls, lots
of emails, and messages on FB. The virus means no party or gathering. This is
the second year my celebration with friends hasn’t happened. Even so, getting
older is so much better than the alternative.
CPAC sure is strange. Someone has pointed out that the stage setup
resembles a Nazi propaganda symbol. Trump got a 97% approval rating for his
term. He also leads the poll at CPAC as the 2024 nominee (54%) for President. Guess
they are right, it ain’t over till the fat lady sings. Several attendees have
stated they expect America to become the next Myanmar with a coup to put Trump
back in.
Minimum wage has been in the news. Dems waned $15/hr while Republicans
wanted about $10/hr. As an older person, who started working for minimum wage
at 16, it is important to see how our country has changed. When I started at
the grocery store a loaf of bread was 25cents, gasoline was about 35 cents and
the vast majority of minimum wage workers were teenagers at their first job.
Looking at inflation, that $1.25 should be $14.38. Today 691 per 1000 workers
16-24 make minimum wage. AND 401 per 1000 workers 25-34 make minimum wage, 187
per 1000 workers make minimum wage, 187 for workers 35-44, 156 for workers
45-64, 118 for workers 55-64, and 50 for workers 65+. Today many minimum wage
earners are trying to raise a family. I can’t imagine the difficulty that
causes.
Daily Puzzle March will have logic puzzles.
Answer: bottom of the page
There are two ducks in front of a duck, two ducks behind a duck and a
duck in the middle. How many ducks are there?
Historical Events
1516 Printing is completed of Erasmus' "Novum Instrumentum
omne", first published New Testament in Greek
1628 Writs are issued in February by Charles I of England mandating
that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date.
1692 Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, & Tituba arrested for witchcraft
in Salem, Massachusetts.
1780 Pennsylvania becomes 1st US state to abolish slavery (for
newborns only)
1845 US President John Tyler signs a resolution annexing the Republic
of Texas
1870 War of the Triple Alliance finally ends with the Battle of Cerro
Corá and the death of Paraguayan Dictator Francisco Solano López after over 5
years of bloodshed between Paraguay and Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.
1890 1st US edition of Sherlock Holmes' first story "A Study in
Scarlet" by Arthur Conan Doyle published.
1896 Battle of Adwa: 80,000 Ethiopians destroy 20,000 Italians in
Ethopia, killing two generals and capturing General Matteo Albertone.
1927 Bank of Italy (later Bank of America) becomes an American
National Bank
1932 The "Lindbergh kidnapping", 20-month-old son of Charles
and Anne Lindbergh kidnapped from home in East Amwell, New Jersey, found dead
12 May
1945 US President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces success of Yalta Conference.
1954 US explodes Castle Bravo, a 15 megaton hydrogen bomb at Bikini
Atoll, which accidentally became the most powerful nuclear device ever
detonated by the US
1961 US President JFK establishes the Peace Corps
1967 US House of Representatives expels Rep Adam Clayton Powell Jr
(307 to 116)
2014 US President Barack Obama warns Russian President Vladimir Putin
over involvement in Ukraine.
2016 Forbes Richest List released, Bill Gates No. 1 with $75 billion,
number of world's billionaires shrinks to 1,810.
2016 US primary elections: Super Tuesday - both Republican Donald
Trump and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton win seven state races each
2018 Vladimir Putin in his annual state address claims Russia has an
"invincible” intercontinental cruise missile.
2018 US President Donald Trump says he will impose 25% steel, 10%
aluminium import tariffs, raising fears of a trade war.
2020 First known COVID-19 case identified in New York, a health care
worker returning from Iran
Birthdays Today
@92 Archer John Porter Martin, English chemist, Nobel laureate, (d. 2002)
@73 Yitzhak Rabin, Prime
Minister of Israel (1974-77 and 1992-95), 1994 Nobel Peace Prize winner (d.
1995; assassinated)
67 – Ron Howard, Director, actor
@65ish -- Sandro Botticelli,
Florentine Renaissance painter (Birth of Venus), (d. 1510)
55 – Don Lemon, Commentator
52 -- Javier Bardem, actor
47 -- Mark Paul Gosselaar, TV actor
38 -- Lupita Nyong'o, actor
33 – Kesha, singer
27 – Justin Bieber, pop star
Puzzle Answer
Three. Two ducks are in front of the last duck; the first duck has two
ducks behind; one duck is between the other two.
