Mar 10

 

Week 11 Day: 69  Ave. sky cover: 15% \ Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff Today 40° \17°  Wind: 12mph \ Gusts: 21mph
High risk of fire \ Nearest active fire: 519mi \ nearest Lightning: 1184mi
Mar Averages for Flagstaff: 53° \ 23°  (6 days of moisture)

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

 

4-13	Paralympic Games
5-12	Girl Scout Week Link Link
6-12	National Consumer Protection Week Link  Celebrate Your Name Week National Dental Assistants Recognition Week Link National Procrastination Week   National Words Matter Week  No More Week  Link Read an E-Book Week  Link   Save Your Vision Week Link   Termite Awareness Week Women in Construction Week  Link  Words Matter Week
6-14	National Schools Social Work Week Link
6-13	Women of Aviation Worldwide Week
7-11	National School Breakfast Week
10-12	National Money Days National Money Show

 

Daily Observations

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Sunshine and mostly clear sky. Nice…Enjoying it while it lasts…new storm due tomorrow.

I printed my boarding pass this morning. Now to figure out the Covid test situation.

I headed to Sam’s and filled with gas. Throughout the drive gas was $4.40-$4.60, so Sam’s was the cheapest at $4.19 for regular. Still better than having a horse.

32 years ago, the first McDonald’s opened in Moscow. It was a big hit. Yesterday, McDonald’s closed all its 850 Russian Golden Arches. Some GAO’s are getting money to the workers who were displaced. I guess it is a ‘no fry zone.’

The Russian troops bombed a maternity hospital this morning. I am speechless.  This invasion has to end soon.

Favorite Memes

 

A bit of Humor

What word looks the same backwards & upside down?

 SWIMS.

Trivia

Question: What are the horns of a rhinoceros made of?

 

Question: How many humps does a Bactrian camel have?

 

Question: What name is given to a female deer?

 

 Question: How do sea otters keep from drifting apart while they sleep?

 

 

 

 

ANSWERS:

Answer 1: keratin (Hair and fingernails)

Answer 2: Two

Answer 3: Doe

Answer 4: They hold hands

 

Historical Events

Ø    1862 – The United States began using paper currency.

Ø    1876 – Alexander Graham Bell spoke into his just-completed invention, the telephone: “Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you.”

Ø    1906 – An underground fire sparked a massive explosion that virtually destroyed a vast maze of mines in Courrieres, France, that killed over 1,000 workers.

Ø    1880 – The US Salvation Army began serving.

Ø    1955 – A US Patent (#2,704,172) was issued to Aaron S. Lapin for his invention of “Dispensing Valves for Gas Pressure Containers”. That may sound boring until you find out it was for his Reddi-Wip cream topping.

Ø    1977 – Astronomers discovered the rings of Uranus.

Birthdays Today

@93 – Judith Jones, cookbook editor; saved Anne Frank’s Diary (d. 2017)

82 – Chuck Norris, American actor, producer, and martial artist

@70 – James Earl Ray, American criminal; assassin of MLK, Jr. (d. 1998; Hep C)

65 – Shannon Tweed, American model

64 – Sharon Stone, American actress

60 – Jasmine Guy, American actress

58 – Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex

@54 – Osama bin Laden, Saudi Arabian terrorist, founded al-Qaeda (d. 2011, Navy Seals)

51 – Jon Hamm, American actor

50 – Timbaland [Timothy Zachery Mosley], American rapper, producer

39 – Carrie Underwood, American singer-songwriter