27 Nov

 

 

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🦃                                     🦃 Week 48  Day 332 Flag Today  53°/34° Air Quality: Fair  Sunshine Wind 8 mph Gusts 13 mph    Gentle Breeze Active Fire: 856 miles away Risk of fire: Low   Nearest Lightning: 1160 miles away Nov. Averages: Temps: 51°\24° Moisture:  3 Days 🦃                                  🦃

Weekly Observations

22-28 National Farm-City Week 24-30 Church/State Separation Week GERD Awareness Week Link National Family Week National Game & Puzzle Week Better Conversation Week

24-12/1 National Bible Week 27-12/3 National Deal Week

Daily Observations

National Bavarian Cream Pie Day National Electric Guitar Day National Jukebox Day    National Pins And Needles Day

Pie in The Face Day Spitegiving Slinky Day  Link Turtle Adoption Day

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Thoughts for the day

A decent fall day.

Finally got a much needed haircut. Feel much better and might even look a little less shaggy.

I’m helping out my brother with a short-term loan. The banking process to do this is very frustrating. I asked the lady at the teller desk to see a banker to do it, knowing it was complicated. She assured me she could do it. I had to stand there in front of the glass barrio, show her my phone that had the banking information in NYC for my brother. It to four phone calls to my brother in Mexico to get it done. I had to hold the phone up with the on speaker, so they could talk. I’m sure the others in the bank did not appreciate it. After about 45 minutes she completed the information that the computer liked. She had my ID and my debit card and said, now this has to be reviewed by someone, so just have a seat over there and someone will bring you the ID and debit card. I waited another 15 minutes. Another lady brought me my ID and debit card. I said, so it’s done? When will he get the money? She said we did it before 2pm so it should go through before end of business today. I got home and called my brother and his account already had the funds. What a crazy experience.

Myths

Myth #31: Brushing Your Teeth After Eating

You might fancy yourself the MVP of dental hygiene, sprinting to the toothbrush after every meal, but hold onto that bristle! Surprisingly, brushing your teeth too often can actually do more harm than good to those pearly whites. Quite a twist, isn’t it? While regular brushing remains a fundamental pillar of oral health, excessive zeal can strip your teeth of their precious enamel.

The key isn’t just about frequency; it’s also about your technique. So, no need to wield your toothbrush like you’re scrubbing a burnt pan. Dental experts concur that twice a day is more than sufficient, provided you focus on proper technique and make good use of fluoride toothpaste.

Ancient Times…

 

Random Thoughts…

The world record for the longest breath held voluntarily was achieved by Aleix Segura Vendrell, a free diver who held his breath for an astounding 24 minutes and 3.45 seconds.

The misplaced apostrophe in Lands’ End (as opposed to Land’s End) resulted from a typo the fledgling clothing company couldn’t afford to fix. It’s still misspelled that way today.

His Full Name? Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso.

Mastercard and Visa were originally not-for-profit ventures who barely covered their operating expenses for the first several years eventually becoming trillion-dollar clearinghouses for merchants and consumers.

Why do we put signs like the dollar sign ($10) before the number, but with percentages (10%) we put after, even when we say both signs after the numbers?

Ancient Roman Life

Being poor in Ancient Rome meant you would live on a high rise

Rome was populated mainly by those at the lower end of the income scale. They all needed somewhere to call home, as they were part of the first city with over 1,000,000 inhabitants. Solution? High rises. These apartment buildings were known as the insula, meaning “island,” and could reach 100 feet in height.

The worst apartments were on the highest floors. Because they were dark and cramped, it was likely that someone would die in a fire. The bottom floors were reserved for people with more money. Many rented rooms to multiple roommates. However, no apartment came with running water or insulation.

Birthdays

Bill Nye, 69 TV Show Host Caroline Kennedy, 67 Politician Robin Givens, 60 TV Actress

Bruce Lee (1940-1973) Movie Actor James Avery (1945-2013) TV Actor

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26 Nov

 

 

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🦃                                     🦃 Week 48  Day 331 Flag Today  53°/27° Air Quality: Fair Partly Cloudy  Sunshine Wind 5 mph Gusts 9 mph  Light Breeze Active Fire: 163 miles away Risk of fire: Low   Nearest Lightning: 1964 miles away Nov. Averages: Temps: 51°\24° Moisture:  3 Days 🦃                                  🦃

Weekly Observations

22-28 National Farm-City Week 24-30 Church/State Separation Week GERD Awareness Week Link National Family Week National Game & Puzzle Week Better Conversation Week 24-12/1 National Bible Week

Daily Observations

Good Grief Day National Cake Day

National Milk Day Link World Olive Tree Day

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Thoughts for the day

I’m starting this week with pure confusion. I need a haircut and called. Their computer was down and couldn’t make appointments. Then I called the Dentist about a $16 bill. She would check into it and call me back. It’s been 4 hours and no call.

The Broncos beat the Raiders the Cards fell to the Seahawks yesterday.

On Nov 18, The Star School of Leupp, AZ, a BIE grant school, took their students on a normal wellness walk near the school. A TikTok video was posted that got 175,000 views where the lady narrating it claimed it was ‘foreign’ children dropped off from ‘God knows where’ and not speaking English. She was claiming they were migrant children with no adult supervision. Crazy.

Hurricane Helene destroyed thousands of Christmas Tree saplings in North Carolina. Expect a shortage of such trees and higher prices in 5-7 years.

60 Minutes had a piece on Kenya and AI. Kenya has 60%+ unemployment, many Kenyans have graduated from high school and colleges. AI needs ‘labelers’ to watch videos. They label people, actions, places, etc. which are given to the the AI computer programmers to help AI learn things. Here’s some of the issues: Labelers are hired for about $2/hr. for an8–10-hour work day. Sometimes it’s by a long contract, or a short contract of only a few days. As the end of the contract is approaching many workers are fired, without any pay, for breaking community standards they are never made aware of. Those with longer contracts must watch pornography, violent sexual assaults, intimate sex, child and elder abuse and label it correctly. Many suffer from PTSD or similar afflictions and the company offers no psychological or mental health for its workers. These companies then sell the labels to the major AI companies in the US. Many Kenyans won’t complain, because there are many countries ready to open these label companies in the country in Africa. This is horrific and unacceptable.               

Myths

Myth #30: Humans Get Sick Due to a Drop in Temperature

Ah, the magic of winter—snowflakes, steaming hot cocoa, and, of course, a chorus of sniffles? It’s a widely held belief: when the cold weather arrives, it brings with it the unwelcome gift of the common cold. Contrary to popular wisdom, plummeting temperatures aren’t the conjurers of colds. Instead, it’s those cunning culprits known as viruses.

So, what’s the deal with the seasonal surge in sniffles when the frosty air rolls in? Well, the answer lies indoors. As winter blankets us with its cozy charm, people naturally gravitate towards snug, enclosed spaces, huddling together like ornaments on a holiday tree.

Ancient Times…

 

Random Thoughts…

The .tv domain name is actually the country code for the small Polynesian nation of Tuvalu.

The famous “NBC chimes” are the notes G-E-C, which coincidentally corresponded to the initials of its future acquirer, the General Electric Corporation.

Albert Einstein’s ophthalmologist took his eyeballs after his autopsy. They remain to this day floating in a jar in a bank vault in New Jersey.

In a process called triboluminescence, Wint-O-Green Lifesavers give off little sparks when they are eaten in the dark.

James Garfield had no interest in becoming president when he attended the Republican convention in 1880. He was added to the 34th ballot and selected on the 36th. He went on to win the presidency and was assassinated 4 months later.

Ancient Roman Life

Men had all the power while women had none in Rome

Do you want to see how Rome’s family hierarchy worked? It appears that men possessed all power, while women had none. Men could arrange marriages, divorce their wives, and reject newborns if necessary.

Women were also expected to marry men and have kids. If they didn’t, they would be accused of being the problem. They also had to look after the house and work as servers, nurses, or crafters. They did not get a first name and instead used the feminine interpretation of their fathers’ names.

Historic Events

1716 – First African lion was exhibited in America (in Boston). It was just a single lion, which supposedly later joined a “menagerie” which was basically a traveling circus of exotic animals.

1789 – First (unofficial) national Thanksgiving in the USA recognized by the new government. The 1621 good harvest celebration at Plymouth in present-day Massachusetts was first celebrated in North America.

1825 – Kappa Alpha fraternity was founded at Union College, NY.

1842 – The University of Notre Dame was founded.

1865 – Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carrol, was published.

1922 – English archaeologist Howard Carter opened King Tutankhamun’s virtually intact tomb in Egypt. Over the centuries, almost every mummy tomb had been found and plundered – this was possibly the greatest archaeological find of that period.

1941 – President Franklin D Roosevelt established that Thanksgiving Day would be the fourth Thursday in November.

1956 – The Price Is Right was first broadcast on CBS, hosted by Bill Cullen and announced by Don Pardo.

1970 – In Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, 1.5 inches (38.1mm) of rain fell in a minute, the heaviest rainfall ever on record

1983 – Six gunmen broke into the Brinks Mat warehouse at Heathrow Airport, making off with three tons of gold bars valued at almost 48 million dollars (at that time). From a modern perspective, it is worth over $125,000,000. Most of the gold was never recovered.

Birthdays

DJ Khaled, 49 Music Producer Peter Facinelli, 51 Movie Actor   Rich Little, 86 Canadian-American Impressionist

@96 – Katharine Drexel, American nun and saint (d. 1955) @87 – Ellen G. White, American religious leader and author co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church, (d. 1915) @83 - Tina Turner American-born singer d. 2023 @79Eric Sevareid American journalist d. 1992; cancer @77 – Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist, created Peanuts (d. 2000; heart attack) @75 – Bill W., American activist, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (d. 1971) @73 – Robert Goulet, American-Canadian singer, and actor (d. 2007 lung disease) @73 – Willis Carrier, American engineer invented air conditioning, (d. 1950) @67 – Bat Masterson, Canadian/ American police officer, and journalist (d. 1921) @48 – Wayland Flowers, American actor, and puppeteer (d. 1988; AIDS)

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