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Week: 9 Day: 54 |
Ave. Sky Cover: 75% Visibility: 3 miles |
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Local Temp:
30°\ 18° feels like 19° Wind: 8mph\ Gusts: 20mph |
Very Low risk
of fire Active fire: 488mi.
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Feb Averages: 46°\19° (5 days
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Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
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19-26 |
National FFA Week Link |
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20-26 |
National Sauna Week Link |
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22-24 |
International Petroleum Week Link |
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23-26 |
American Birkenbreiner Race |
Daily Observations
My
Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Winter has
returned to our mountain town. Snow, wind, snow, chilly. It was snowing hard
when I headed out at 8:30am for my dental cleaning. When I got out, it was just
cloudy and chilly. Weatherman says 6-10” tonight…I say maybe.
It only took
the jury 3-hours to find the 3 men who killed Arbery were also guilty of the Federal
hate crime. Justice moves slowly.
Only in AZ…so
far…: The Chandler school district, in metro Phoenix, sent home permission
slips for students to study the anatomy of chickens…including chicken breasts.
They were afraid of the new AZ law about sex education. It was also reported that a senior in a high
school in the district had the assignment of finding recipes for ‘chicken
breast dinner’. The district internet server sent back: ‘inappropriate search’.
How much crazier can it get? I’ll wait.
Ukraine
situation…what a mess. I hope this is merely sword rattling. Putin’s actions
sure look like those that have led to many hot wars throughout history. I sure
hope not.
Favorite Memes
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A bit of Humor
Why did the
man break into song?
He couldn't
find the right key
Trivia
Q: What is
the name of the Duke of Milan who casts a spell on a ship in 'The Tempest'?
Q: What
animal breathes out of its butt?
Q: Chartreuse
is a color between yellow and what?
Q:
Nephelococcygia is the practice of doing what?
ANSWERS:
Answer 1:
Prospero
Answer 2:
Turtles
Answer 3:
Green
Answer 4:
Finding shapes in clouds
Historical Events
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1893 –
Rudolph Diesel received the German patent for his engine.
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1896 – The
Tootsie Roll was introduced by Leo Hirshfield, in New York.
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1903 – Cuba
leased Guantanamo Bay to the United States “in perpetuity”.
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1927 –
Federal Radio Commission (FRC, later replaced by the Federal Communications
Commission, FCC) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the
United States was established.
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1945 –
American Marines lifted the flag at Iwo Jima.
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1954 – The
first mass inoculation of children against polio with Jonas Salk’s vaccine
began in Pittsburgh, PA.
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1975 – There
was an energy crisis in the US in 1975, so daylight savings time started two
months early – Feb 23rd instead of April.
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1978 -Both
Barbra Streisand’s Love Theme from A Star Is Born (Evergreen) and Debby Boone’s
You Light Up My Life were awarded the Best Song Grammy – the first and only tie
in that category in Grammy history.
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1991 – A
ground war began in Iraq (Operation Desert Storm)
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1997 – Scientists
announced the first successful cloning of an animal, a lamb named Dolly.
Birthdays Today
@95 – W.E.B. Du Bois, American sociologist,
historian, and activist (d. 1963)
@79 – Peter Fonda, American actor (d. 2019; lung
cancer)
71 – Ed “Too Tall”
Jones, American football player
52 – Niecy Nash,
American actress and producer
43 – Sarah Elizabeth S.E. Cupp,
American journalist, author
40 – Aziz Ansari,
actor
39 – Emily Blunt,
English actress
28 – Dakota
Fanning, American actress
