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Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
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1-7 |
Diet Resolution Week Silent Record Week |
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1-8 |
National Personal
Trainer Awareness Week |
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Someday We'll Laugh
About This Week: |
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No Tillage Week |
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International Consumer
Electronics Show |
Daily Observations
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Windy night,
but a nice day…snow is finally melting.
Flagstaff
set up a sliding scale for minimum wages two years ago. The State of AZ didn’t
like it and it is still in the courts. On Jan. 1 the minimum wage became
$15.50, with tipped workers now at $13.15. The economic crash has not happened.
The nation-wide inflation, gas prices, and rental increases can not be blamed
on little old Flagstaff.
The airlines
are having a very hard time. As if Covid wasn’t enough, add in bad weather and
travelers are still dealing with massive, cancelled flights every day. To add
to these problems, the airlines are now begging that 5G not be implemented as
it will further disrupt safe travel. We have been hearing about 5G for more
years than I remember. Now the airlines are speaking up to the FCC. The FCC and
FAA are studying the issues to see if 5G will interfere with planes
communication in an instrument landing. 5G works fine in Europe, but the US is
using a different spectrum for its 5G waves and hasn’t been tested to ensure
that there is no conflict. Then there are the conspiracy folks who believe 5G
will harm humans in many ways. Remember, no one likes change…even a baby cries
while getting a dirty diaper changed.
Favorite Memes
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A bit of Humor
Why are
fingers so reliable?
You can always count on them.
Arizona Trivia
Ø The 13 stripes on the Arizona flag
represent the 13 original colonies of the United States.
Ø The negotiations for Geronimo's final
surrender took place in Skeleton Canyon, near present day Douglas, Arizona, in
1886.
Ø Prescott, Arizona is home to the world's
oldest rodeo, and Payson, Arizona is home to the world's oldest continuous
rodeo, both of which date back to the 1880's.
Historical Events
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1889 – The
word hamburger first appeared in print in the Walla Walla Union, a Walla Walla,
Washington, newspaper.
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1905 – The
National Association of Audubon Society incorporated.1914 – The Ford Motor
Company announced an eight-hour workday and that it would pay a “living wage”
of at least $5 for a day’s labor.
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1957 – In a
speech given to the United States Congress, United States President Dwight D.
Eisenhower announced the establishment of what became The Eisenhower Doctrine,
an anti-communist agenda.
Birthdays Today
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@93 – Walter Mondale, soldier, lawyer, politician,
42nd Vice President (d. 2021)
91 – Robert Duvall,
American actor
80 – Charlie Rose,
American journalist, and talk show host
76 – Diane Keaton,
American actress
72 – Chris Stein,
American guitarist, songwriter
54 – Carrie Ann
Inaba, American actress, and dancer
53 – Marilyn
Manson, American singer-songwriter, AKA Brian Hugh Warner
47 – Bradley
Cooper, American actor
44 – January Jones,
American actress
