Aug 19

 

2023

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 33 Day231  Ave. Sky Cover 50%\ Visibility  20mi. Flagstaff Today  78° \ 55° 
Wind  2mph \ Gusts  5mph  Nearest active fire: 16miles Risk of fire: Low Nearest Lightning:  145mi
Air Quality: Moderate   Moisture Days this month: 6 days Clouds
August Averages: Temps 79° \ 50° Moisture 9 Days   

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

13-19
Feeding Pets of the Homeless Week: Link  Link 
National Resurrect Romance Week:
Weird Contest Week:
National Aviation Week
14-20
National Resurrect Romance Week:
Weird Contest Week:
National Aviation Week
14-20
US Amateur Golf Week
15-19
Numismatic Week (World's Fair of Money)
16-9/4
Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Link

Daily Observations

Aviation Day "Black Cow" Root Beer Float Day  Chef Appreciation Day   Clear The Shelters Day  Clear The Shelters Day Link  Coco Chanel Day International Geocaching Day International Homeless Animals Day  International Bow (Hair) Day  Coco Chanel Day International Geocaching Day International Homeless Animals Day  International Bow (Hair) Day Link

International Orangutan Day   Link National Honey Bee Day Link  Popsicle Day  Popsicle Day Link Potato Day Soft Ice Cream Day Talk Like Jar-Jar Binks Day  Link World Humanitarian Day Link  World Photo Day World Photo Day Link

Today’s Thoughts

 A nice monsoon last night.  More expected today.

I need a haircut and my barber now starts work at 1pm. Messes with my schedule, but really like the barber.

A scam has hit our mountain town. Housing is tight here. Scammers are renting properties through the internet. They post pics and address and rental cost. They ask for a deposit and first month’s rent. People pay over the internet. All communication stops. Sad.

A new study shows that the mysterious whale deaths on the east coast may be due to the wind turbine farms that are being built in the ocean. The sonar used to build the base for the turbine and messing with whales hearing. This prevents them from finding food, to be separated from the pod…especially young whales, or heading into land to get away from the sonar sound. Sad.

Enjoy

 

Statue of Liberty …

9. Thomas Edison once had plans to make the statue talk.

When Edison introduced the phonograph to the public in 1878, he told the newspapers that he was designing a “monster disc” for the interior of the Statue of Liberty that would allow the statue to deliver speeches that could be heard up to the northern part of Manhattan and across the bay. Thankfully, no one pursued that strange promise, which would have led to the odd experience of walking in New York and suddenly hearing the Statue of Liberty “talking.”

Random Trivia…

Roman Catholics in Bavaria founded a secret society in 1740 called the Order of the Pug. New members had to wear dog collars and scratch at the door to get in. This para-Masonic society was reportedly active until 1902!

Historic Events

• 1812 – American frigate USS Constitution defeated the British frigate HMS Guerriere off the coast of Nova Scotia, earning the nickname “Old Ironsides”.
• 1893 – Frank Wisner invented the Root Beer Float.
• 1934 – The first All-American Soap Box Derby was held in Dayton, Ohio.

Birthdays with some quotes

89 – Renée Richards, American tennis player, and ophthalmologist
@87 – Coco Chanel, French fashion designer, founded the Chanel Company (d. 1971)
“Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.”
83 – Jill St. John, American actress
@80 – Ginger Baker, English drummer, and songwriter (d. 2019)
“A really good band with a bad drummer is not a good band. A really bad band with a good drummer sounds better.”
@80 – Johnny Nash, American singer-songwriter (d. 2020)
77 – Bill Clinton, American lawyer, 42nd President of the United States
” We cannot build our own future without helping others to build theirs.”
@76 – Orville Wright, American engineer, and pilot, co-founded the Wright Company (d. 1948)
“If we worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true really is true, then there would be little hope for advance.”
76 – Gerald McRaney, American actor
@73 – Fred Thompson, American actor, and politician (d. 2015; lymphoma)
71 – Jonathan Frakes, American actor, and director
@70 – Malcolm Forbes, American publisher and politician (d. 1990; heart attack)
@70 – Gene Roddenberry, American screenwriter, producer, Star Trek (d. 1991; heart issues)
70 – Mary Matalin, American political consultant
@68 – Ogden Nash, American poet (d. 1971; Chron’s disease)
“Middle age is when you’ve met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.”
67 – Adam Arkin, American actor
@64 – Philo Farnsworth, American inventor, invented the Television (d. 1971)
“There’s nothing on it worthwhile, and we’re not going to watch it in this household, and I don’t want it in your intellectual diet.” regarding television
60 – John Stamos, American actor
58 – Kyra Sedgwick, American actress
57 – Lee Ann Womack, American singer-songwriter
@41 – Nate Dogg, American rapper (d. 2011)
54 – Matthew Perry, American actor
35 – Veronica Roth, American author

…The End for today…