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Weekly Observations
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22-28 National Farm-City Week
Church/State Separation
Week |
24-12/1 National Bible Week |
Daily Observations
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Letter Writing Day |
Red Planet Day Link |
Today’s Quote
Thoughts for the day
A wintery weather day for the day before
Thanksgiving. It is a combination of rain and snow. Weather guy says it will
not be sticking.
I sure hope the ceasefire in Lebanon
holds so peace talks can bring an end to the violence.
I realize I’m old-er. After the recent
dropping of charges I realize I am old because I remember when if you broke the
law, there would be consequences. Times sure have changed.
Myths
Myth #32: Don’t Microwave Your Food
If you’ve been nuking your meals with a side of guilt,
worrying that each whirl and spin in the microwave zaps the life out of your
food’s nutrients, it’s high time for a culinary confession: Your microwave is entirely
innocent! Contrary to the widespread belief, these buzzing machines don’t
perform nutrient depletion on your meals.
So, how does this kitchen wizardry work, you ask? Well, it’s
pretty straightforward—these metallic boxes emit electromagnetic waves that
excite the water molecules in your food, cooking it swiftly and efficiently.
Rapid microwave cooking can, in fact, help preserve more of those essential
nutrients compared to slow-cooking methods.
Random Thoughts…
It’s
actually quite amazing that we all have a standardized unit of time. We can’t
seem to agree on units of distance or speed but time, we got that.
TV
Ratings: In 1951, the first year Nielsen released television ratings, the
most-watched series was Texaco Star Theater with a 61.6
rating. The 2017 winner (Sunday Night Football) scored only a 12.2.
A
group of Quotations is called a Rosary.
In
Disney’s Frontierland you can see a wooden leg with “Smith” written on it in
the lost and found. This is a tribute to “Mary Poppins” when Bert says, “I knew
a man with a wooden leg named Smith.”
The
longest named place on Earth is “Taumatawhakatangi hangakoauauotamatea
turipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu” (no spaces) containing
85 letters and located in New Zealand.
Ancient Roman Life
It was common for apartment
buildings to burn down in Ancient Rome
However, Ancient Rome did not
have the same access to materials as we do today. Their insula was made of wood
and mud and highly flammable. Even if the buildings didn’t burn, it was common
for them to collapse, especially if they were built cheaply.
Fires could be contained by
destroying nearby buildings and firefighters, called Vigiles, working with
water buckets to extinguish flames. Romans used hot coals to cook food in the
interior, but that didn’t help the fires. The Great Fire of Rome burned six
days, was rekindled for three more days, and destroyed two-thirds of Rome.
Historic Events
1660 – The Royal Society, a scientific
academy, was founded at Gresham College, London.
1717 – Blackbeard attacked a French
merchant vessel called La Concorde, which he captured and renamed as
the Queen Anne’s Revenge.
1895 – America’s first auto race
started: 6 cars, 55 miles, the winner averaged 7 MPH, from Chicago’s Jackson
Park to Evanston, Illinois.
1925 – The Grand Ole Opry made
its (weekly) radio debut on station WSM, in Nashville, Tennessee.
1907 – In Haverhill,
Massachusetts, scrap-metal dealer Louis B. Mayer opened his first movie
theater, The Orpheum. It was a renovated 600 seat burlesque house.
1922 – The first skywriting in
the US was demonstrated over Times Square, New York City, by Capt. Cyril Turner
of the Royal Air Force. Flying at 10,000 feet, he wrote letters in white smoke
a half-mile high: Hello, U.S.A. Call Vanderbilt 7200. It was an advertisement
for the American Tobacco Company.
1948 – The Polaroid Land Camera went
on sale, at a Boston department store. The 40 series, model 95 roll film camera
sold for $89.75.
1995 – President Bill Clinton
ended the federal 55 mph speed limit that began in 1974, as an
energy-saving measure.
2001 – Enron Corporation, once the world’s largest energy trader, covering major electricity, natural gas, communications, pulp, and paper, and with over 20,000 employees, essentially went out of business.
Birthdays
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Berry
Gordy Jr., 95 Entrepreneur |
@70 – Hope Lange, American actress (d. 2003;
colitis) @69 – William Blake, English poet (d. 1827) |
…The End for today…
