Feb 9

 

Week: 7 Day: 40	Ave. Sky Cover:  5% Visibility: 10 miles
Local Temp:   50°\ 16° Wind: 7mph\ Gusts: 15mph	Moderate risk of fire Active fire: 132mi. \ Lightning: 1792mi.
Feb Averages: 46°\19° (5 days w/moisture)

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

4-20	Winter Olympics XXIV
6-12	Burn Awareness Week  Link Children's Authors & Illustrators Week Tinnitus Awareness Week Link
6-13	Dump Your Significant Jerk Week Freelance Writer Appreciation Week
7-13	Children's Mental Health Week Link
7-14	Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week Link Have A Heart for A Chained Dog Week Link National Marriage Week Link  Link
7-11	International Networking Week National School Counseling Week Link Pride in Foodservice Week Link Tax Identity Theft Week Link
7-12	Solo Diners Eat Out Weekend
7-14	Risk Awareness Week
8-10	Kitchen and Bath Show Week Link  World AG Expo
8-14	Love Makes the World Go Round; but, Laughter Keeps Us From Getting Dizzy Week

Daily Observations

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Warm weather has returned to our mountain town. Hope it stays around.

Back in my early time in Flagstaff I used Frontier Airlines to get from Flagstaff to Denver a couple of times a year. Many times, the flights were ‘puddle jumpers’ with a couple of quick landings in Durango and Colorado Springs. It was OK because it was faster than driving and cheaper than flying from Phoenix. Then Frontier left Flag. About 5 years ago I was flying to Denver and took a Frontier flight from Phoenix. They had cheap prices but charged me $50 for my carry-on. That was the last time I used Frontier. Today’s news says that Spirit and Frontier want to join up as a large low cost airline. If it goes through, I suggest reading the small print before flying with them.

The Olympics are having some great events…last night Nathan Chan performed the highest scoring short program ever. Glad I was watching. It is worth a few hours every day.

I went to Wally World to get some ‘essentials’ that are necessary and inexpensive there. Then I stopped to get my vehicle washed and waxed. It was pretty dirty from the latest snowstorm and Flag now uses chemicals on the main roads and they leave quite a film on vehicles.

Here’s an interesting article to read: An all-Native American NFL team was founded 100 years ago – to promote a dog kennels

Favorite Memes

 

A bit of Humor

Why did the spoon come to the party dressed as a knife?

The invitation said to look sharp.

Trivia

Q: Named after the mallow flower, mauve is a shade of what?

 

Q: Chartreuse is a color between yellow and what?

 

Q: Nephelococcygia is the practice of doing what?

 

Q: If you planted the seeds of Quercus robur, what would grow?

 

 

ANSWERS:

Answer 1: Purple

Answer 2: Green

Answer 3: Finding shapes in clouds

Answer 4: Trees [like English Oaks]

 

Historical Events

W                 1825 – The U.S. House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams president since no candidate had received a majority of electoral votes.

W                 1864 – 109 Union Officers escaped from Libby Prison in Virginia.

W                 1870 – The weather service, now named the National Weather Service (NWS) was authorized by Congress.

W                 1895 – William G. Morgan, a Holyoke, MA, YMCA physical education director, invented the game of volleyball.

W                 1900 – The Davis Cup tennis competition was established.

W                 1943 – The Allies retook Guadalcanal, in the Solomon Island, a major victory in WWII.

W                 1942 – ‘War Time’ Daylight-savings went into effect in the US.

W                 1960 – Adolph Coors III was kidnapped and later killed by Joe Corbett while driving to work from his Morrison, Colorado, home.

W                 1964 – The Beatles appeared on Ed Sullivan, with 73,000,000 viewers, a record at that time. There were 728 people in the studio audience.

W                 1986 – Halley’s Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System, next appearing in 2061.

Birthdays Today

80 – Carole King, American singer-songwriter

79 – Joe Pesci, American actor

77 – Mia Farrow, American actress

73 – Judith Light, American actress

@72 – Thomas Paine, English-American philosopher, author, and activist (d. 1809)

@68 – William Henry Harrison, general, 9th President (d. 1841; septic shock)

@59 – Gypsy Rose Lee (Rose Louise Hovick), burlesque entertainer (d. 1970; lung cancer)

59 – Travis Tritt, American country singer

41 – Tom Hiddleston, English actor

35 – Michael B. Jordan, American actor

30 – Avan Jogia, Canadian actor