Jul 25

 

 

 

Jul  25, 2021 Week: 31 Day:206

Ave. Sky Cover: 45%\Visibility: 10 miles

Local Temp:  77°\ 56° Wind: 6mph\ Gusts: 14mph

Low risk of fire Active fire: 58mi. \ Lightning: 96mi.

Jul Averages: 82°\51° (9 days w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

  

 

Random Tidbits

 

The historical King Arthur may have been Magnus Maximus, or Prince Macsen of Welsh legend, who was one of the greatest figures in Britain toward the end of the Roman Empire. He was also an uncle by marriage of the Welsh King, Coel Godhebog, who is believed to be the Old King Cole of nursery rhymes.

Bonus Fact:

There is only a 21-mile gap between England and France, and the countries are connected by the Channel Tunnel, which opened in 1994. It is the world's second longest underground tunnel; Japan's Seikan Tunnel is the first.

 

True Things

 

But Why?

WLBT-TV in Jackson, Mississippi, reported on June 30 that vandals have been breaking into graves in Rosemount Cemetery -- not only opening the graves, but damaging and opening caskets of people buried there. Mausoleums have also been breached, with urns and remains missing. Zach Martinez, who visited on June 29 to pay respects to a friend, said, "It's sad what's going on out here because this is a resting place for people." Martinez returned one casket to its niche. The secretary of state's office told WLBT that a complaint would have to be raised against the cemetery for an investigation to be opened. [WLBT, 6/30/2021]

 

English Language Oddities

 

There is only one common word in English that has five vowels in a row: queueing.

Soupspoons is the longest word that consists entirely of letters from the second half of alphabet.

 

Weekly Observations

 

Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) Education & Awareness Week	18-25
Comic Con International	22-25
Annie Oakley Days Garlic Days Link National Parenting Gifted Children Week Link	23-25
XXXII Olympic Games (postponed from 2020):	23-8/8
RAGBRAI: Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa Women in Baseball Week	25-31

 

Today’s Observations

 

Auntie's Day Carousel Day or Merry-Go-Round Day Link Culinarians Day Feast of St. James Health & Happiness with Hypnosis Day Hire A Veteran Day  Link National Carousel Day National Chili Dog Day National Hot Fudge Sundae Day National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day Link National Parents Day Parent's Day Red Shoe Day (International)  Link  Link  (Lyme Disease) Thread The Needle Day Link (Note: This is a traditional church game played in the Spring. It really can be played anytime.) Wine & Cheese Day

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 

A light monsoon rain most of the night. More showers expected this afternoon.

A friend from my Rez days is coming to town. I will probably end up taking said friend back to the Rez tomorrow, so probably no pos tomorrow.

It is official, I got the Olympic spirit after finishing the opening ceremonies. ‘Faster, higher, stronger, together. My highlight of the opening was the orb above the stadium. It was made up of 1800 drones that morphed from an orb to our rotating planet showing all the continents. [I have attempted to fly one drone and it sure ain’t easy.]

I was traveling Scotland during one of the Olympics years ago. That is when I really understood the Olympic Spirit. Bob and I would check TV every night to see the highlights. I was expecting to see and hear how the Americans were doing. The nightly highlights were recaps of the Scottish athletes and UK athletes. The only thing ‘American’ was the medal count each day and a 10-second highlight if an American got gold or broke a world record. Very eye-opening.

 

2 New Puzzles Everyday

Answer: bottom of the page

 

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Historical Events

 

306 – Constantine I (Constantine The Great) was proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops.

315 – The Arch of Constantine was completed near the Colosseum in Rome

1593 – Henry IV of France converted from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism.

1788 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completed his Symphony No. 40 in G minor.

1861 – The United States Congress passed the Crittenden-Johnson Resolution, stating that the war was being fought to preserve the Union and not to end slavery.

1868 – The Wyoming Territory was established.

1925 – Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) was established.

1946 – Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis stage their first show as a comedy team at Club 500 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

1956 – The Italian luxury liner Andrea Doria sank after colliding with the Swedish ship Stockholm in 200 feet of water 50 miles southeast of Nantucket Island, Mass.

1959 – The SR.N1 hovercraft crossed the English Channel from Calais, France to Dover, England in just over two hours.

1965 – Bob Dylan played an electric guitar at the Newport Folk Festival, shocking fans of folk and rock music.

1978 – Louise Brown, the world’s first “test-tube baby” (in vitro fertilization, or IVF)was born at Oldham General Hospital, Oldham, England.

1984 – Salyut 7 cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to perform a spacewalk.

2010 – WikiLeaks published classified documents about the War in Afghanistan, one of the largest leaks in US military history.

2017 167 African migrants rescued by NGO Proactiva Open Arms off the coast of Libya, 13 perish

2019 High temperature records set across Europe just one day after previous records set, Paris 42.6C (108.7F), Germany 42.6C (108.6F), Netherlands 40.7C (105.2F), Belgium 40.6C (105.2F)

 

Birthdays Today

 

@84 – Estelle Getty, American actress (d. 2008)

@80 – Walter Brennan, American actor (d. 1974)

@77 – Frank J. Sprague, American inventor (d. 1934)

66 – Iman [Zara Mohamed Abdulmajid], Somalian-English model and actress

54 – Matt LeBlanc, American actor

@45 – Walter Payton, American football player and race car driver (died in 1999)

43 – Louise Brown, first human to be born via IVF

@14 – Emmett Till, American lynching victim (d. 1955)

 

Puzzles Answer

 

All in all                                                                                travel overseas